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Mediating Interpersonal Conflict in Organizations: Minimal Conditions for Resolution
Tập 3 Số 1 - Trang 11-16
This article discusses the minimal conditions that must be present in order for movement towards resolution of interpersonal conflict to occur, and brings into question earlier assumptions about the amount of skill a person functioning as a third party mediator must possess in order to be effective.
The psychological contract, organisational commitment and job satisfaction of temporary staff
Tập 21 Số 2 - Trang 84-91
The proportion of the workforce on temporary contracts of employment is increasing, as organisations use non‐permanent staff as a flexible resource. Rousseau and Wade‐Benzoni suggested such temporary staff have a different psychological contract with the organisation than their permanent counterparts. Temporary staff, it is argued, will have a transactional contract, with the emphasis upon the eco......
Technical note: a study of Hersey and Blanchard’s situational leadership theory
Tập 19 Số 2 - Trang 113-116
This study empirically tested Hersey and Blanchard’s situational leadership theory (SLT) among 151 senior executives within service and manufacturing businesses of a large Fortune 100 company. SLT focuses on the interaction of the leader’s behaviour and follower readiness to determine leader effectiveness. SLT suggests that the appropriate level of task and relationship behaviour is the one that “......
Have We Misread the Psychology of Innovation? A Case Study from Two NHS Hospitals
Tập 13 Số 2 - Trang 17-21
Describes a research project using a qualitative research
methodology investigating innovation processes in two NHS hospitals.
Employs a multi‐perspective approach to examine the perception of
innovation processes by actors at different organizational levels,
whereas past innovation research has predominantly adopted a management
perspective of innovation by concentrating upon the views and opinio......
Characteristics associated with success: CEOs' perspectives
Tập 26 Số 3 - Trang 186-196
– This exploratory study investigated the characteristics that chief executive officers (CEOs) associated with their success., – Twenty CEOs were interviewed and asked to identify characteristics they possessed, and that they felt were related to their success., – The two dominant characteristics identified were achievement orientation and humanistic approach, followed by positivism. Very little o......
Managing Professionals in Multidisciplinary Teams: A Case Study from Psychiatry
Tập 14 Số 6 - Trang 12-16
Addresses what “management” means in a
multidisciplinary professional team. Looks at one particular profession
– psychiatry – in which multidisciplinary teams are common
and often problematic. Considers some of the issues that arise in the
management of such teams, and particularly the tendency for competing
professionals to wish to colonize each others′ area of operation.
Proposes that the key to......
The relationship between charismatic leadership behaviors and organizational commitment
Tập 21 Số 1 - Trang 30-35
This article reports on a study to measure the relationship between the six leadership behaviors identified by Conger and Kanunago and the two organizational commitment components identified by Porter and Smith. A total of 245 respondents from six organizations in south‐eastern USA participated in the study. Pearson correlations of the factors from the two scales were computed and revealed tha......
Managing employees in China from Hong Kong: interaction, relationships and productivity as antecedents to motivation
Tập 19 Số 3 - Trang 147-156
States that managers must often try to motivate employees working in another country. Senior accounting managers in Hong Kong were interviewed on their experiences leading professionals in China. Results of structural equation analyses suggest the usefulness of Deutsch’s theory of co‐operation and competition to understanding how interaction between leaders and employees develops future motivation......