Effective socialization of employees: socialization content
perspective.
Organizational socialization is the process through which
organizational culture is perpetuated, by which newcomers learn the
appropriate roles and behaviors to become effective and . . .
Balancing the two dimensions of time for Time-Based
Competition.
During the past two decades, the notion of time has received
considerable attention from business management. Just-In-Time (JIT) and
Time-based-Competition (TBC) are perhaps two of the most . . .
Financial reporting of "significant-influence" equity
investments: analysis and managerial issues.
Financial Reporting Of "Significant-Influence" Equity
Investments: Analysis and Managerial Issues
The purpose of consolidated statements is to present, primarily for
the benefit of the . . .
Goal programming and international expansion in the hospital
industry.
One service industry that has undergone fundamental change in the
past 15 years and currently faces an increasingly turbulent environment
is the U.S. hospital industry (Ginn, 1990; Zinn, et al., . . .
The influence of individual differences on reactions to
co-workers' ingratiatory behaviors.
Organizational politics has been defined as the enactment of
self-serving behaviors designed to influence another party in order to
obtain some personal goal or a goal not sanctioned by the . . .
Selecting the dimensions that define strategic groups: a novel
market-driven approach.
This purpose of this article is to introduce and illustrate a novel
approach that improves the process of defining strategic groups. The
approach overcomes the subjectivity associated with . . .
Perceptions of organizational responses to formal sexual
harassment complaints.
Research over the past two decades has revealed that the percentage
of employees who perceive themselves as targets of workplace sexual
harassment (SH) is substantial (Defense Manpower Data Center . . .
On the relationship between DSS design characteristics and
ethical decision making.(decision support systems)
The impact of unethical decisions on organizations and their
stakeholders is significant to our society and has been the focus of
recent research (e.g., Ford and Richardson, 1994; Frederick, . . .
Meeting management and group character development.
Although managers spend nearly 75% of their time in meetings, this
organizational rite is often neglected as a lever for work process
improvement and group character development (Johann, 1994; . . .
Transfer pricing strategies and lot sizing decisions.
Companies often use a decentralized form of organization to achieve
informational and organizational efficiencies. When the decentralized
segments of the organization interact, transfer prices must . . .
Evaluating corporate performance: a comparison of the Fortune
Reputation Survey and the Socrates social rating database.
Organizational efficacy, effectiveness, and efficiency are perhaps
the most compelling and important topics in strategic management and
organization theory. In the world of business, these issues . . .
An exploration of empowerment and organizational memory.
As business use of information technology (IT) expands, the
traditional constraints of time and geography, which were formerly
rigorous, are now relaxing or changing. Rapid advances . . .
Employee involvement and market orientation in a transition
economy: importance, problems and a solution.
The former state controlled economies in Central and Eastern Europe
continue the transition from state control of business enterprises to
private ownership of those enterprises through . . .
The effects of organizational stability and leadership structure
on firm performance.
Most large corporations today are not managed by their owners or
shareholders. Instead, they are managed by a leader - CEO or President -
and a team of officers. The CEO is accountable to the . . .
Developing corporate codes of ethics in multinational firms:
Bhopal revisited.
On the night of December 3rd, 1984, one of the most monumental
industrial catastrophes in history took place at a chemical plant
located in the heart of Bhopal, India. Around midnight, a leak in . . .
The impact of the regulatory environment and corporate level
diversification on firm performance.
The strategic choice perspective views adaptation as a process
determined by management occurring within a controllable environment
(Child, 1972). In response to this view many studies have been . . .
Evaluating and interpreting the effectiveness of end-user
interest rate derivative disclosures.
Over the last decade derivative financial instruments have become a
key component in firms' capital structures and financial management
decisions. However, the huge derivatives losses experienced . . .
The socialization of expatriate interns.
The use of internships as a career development experience has
increased substantially over the past twenty-five years. When designed
and implemented effectively, internships can generate numerous . . .
On the advisability of using CEOs as the sole informant in
strategy research.
A fundamental conflict in all organizational research is the
balancing of rigor, relevance and "doability." As an example,
paper and pencil experiments using student subjects often have high
internal . . .
Toward validation of partner goal achievement as a measure of
joint venture performance.
Joint ventures offer a strategy to succeed in highly competitive
environments. For example, in the computer software and
telecommunications industries, firms are increasingly forming joint
ventures . . .
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