Toward a model of effective knowledge management and directions
for future research: culture, leadership, and CKOs.
Organizational culture, organizational leadership, and Chief
Knowledge Officers (CKOs) each play important roles in overcoming human
barriers associated with knowledge creation, transfer and . . .
Dispositional antecedents and consequences of emotional labor at
work.
We examined individual difference variables as antecedents of
perceived emotional labor, as well as affective and behavioral
consequences. Full time employees who had at least five years of . . .
Identifying leader social cognitions: integrating the causal
reasoning perspective into social cognitive theory.
In this paper we propose a leadership model that combines
Bandura's (1997) social cognitive theory with the causal reasoning
perspective (Martinko, 2002). The model suggests that leader . . .
A conversation with Mark Blazey: a driving force in the quality
and performance excellence movement.(Quantum Performance Group,
Mark L. Blazey Ed.D., is the president of Quantum Performance
Group, Inc.--a management consulting and training organization
specializing in organization assessment and high-performance . . .
The results of an evaluation scan of 55 leadership development
programs.
The W. K. Kellogg Foundation has had a long history of investing in
leadership development programs. Recent changes in the way that the
Foundation thinks about leadership have been accompanied by . . .
A cross-cultural, multi-dimensional, nonlinear examination of
managerial skills and effectiveness.
Prior studies in United States organizations have suggested that
appropriate development of managerial skills can improve managerial
effectiveness, thus saving time and other resources. Little . . .
Executive behavior: an examination of selected studies for three
decades of administrative work across organizational settings,
This study examined administrative work in business, schools, and
universities, by using tabular review to compare the findings of
selected studies on patterns of behavior. Results of analysis show . . .
The ambiguity tolerance interface: a modified social cognitive
model for leading under uncertainty.
This paper proposes a modification of McCormick's (2001)
self-regulatory leadership confidence model by including an intervening
variable referred to as the Ambiguity Tolerance Interface (ATI). . . .
Chief executives from 1960-1989: a trend toward
professionalization.
There has been a long-standing debate whether the field of
Management is deserving of professional status, rather than simply
status as an occupation. Critics claim that the absence of a . . .
Using role theory to examine determinants of transformational and
transactional leader behavior.
Managers can and do behave differently in similar organizations and
within similar jobs. Role theory is proposed to be useful in
understanding and determining how managers' perceptions of . . .
The impact of vocational and social efficacy on job performance
and career satisfaction.
Research is presented that examined the impact of social efficacy
on the relationship between vocational efficacy beliefs and various job
performance dimensions as well as career satisfaction. . . .
Unconventional leader behavior, subordinate satisfaction, effort
and perception of leader effectiveness.
In an effort to conduct an initial investigation into the concept
of unconventional leader behavior and determine its utility for future
research, we examined the relationship between a . . .
Emotional intelligence as a moderator of the relationship between
conscientiousness and performance.
This study investigates whether the relationship between
conscientiousness and performance is stronger for individuals who are
high on emotional intelligence. The results of hierarchical . . .
A conversation with F. Bryon Nahser: focusing on values through
pragmatic inquiry.
In 1986, when I first joined DePaul, I had the pleasure of meeting
F. Byron (Ron) Nahser, as he was involved in DePaul's ethics and
values advisory group when Brother Leo V. Ryan was Dean of the . . .
Foreign investment by multinationals from emerging countries: the
case of China.
China has become a leading foreign investor among all emerging
countries, however, the existing literature seldom deals with this
important topic. Based upon both macro and micro data, this . . .
A dynamic view of organizational transformation: the changing
face of Chinese SOEs under transition.
The controlled process of economic reform in China has attracted
growing attention from around the world due to its significance for
theory and practice. What has been missing in the literature is . . .
"Mending fences on the immigrant frontier": a call for
better integration of demographic information in human resource
managemen
The authors argue that human resource management practitioners and
researchers do not adequately take national origin into account when
devising policies and theories. It is further asserted that . . .
"Yo Tengo La Camiseta (I Have the Shirt On)": an
exploration of job satisfaction and commitment among workers in
Mexico.
One major challenge faced by expatriate managers is developing
reasonable levels of worker commitment and satisfaction among host
nation employees. This study adds to the growing knowledge . . .
A model of factors that influence global product
standardization.
The need to maximize long-term profits is causing companies to
globalize markets for their products, and evaluate the role that global
product standardization plays in the achievement of strategic . . .
A methodology for assessing performance-based scenario
planning.
Scenario planning is an expensive organizational intervention and
experts have often justified their high salaries based on the assertion
that expertise in conducting the process is rare. As the . . .
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