Organizational efforts to manage diversity: do they really
work?
Many organizations are engaging in activities to manage their
employees of different genders, ages, racioethnic backgrounds, sexual
orientations, etc. When demographic diversity is valued, all . . .
Always getting the short end of the stick: the effects of
negative affectivity on perceptions of equity.
Recently, much research has found it worthwhile to use dispositional
variables as predictors of attitudes and behaviors (Ball et al., 1994;
Graves, 1993; Judge, 1993; Staw and Ross, 1985). One . . .
Production capability in international operations: the impact of
planning and information support.
Concern that U.S. industry will continue to face escalating
international competition has focused much attention on improving the
competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing. One result of this . . .
Ethical decision making: an extension to the group level.
As managerial problems become increasingly complex and decisions are
made more frequently by groups than by individuals, the study of group
ethical decision making becomes more important both to . . .
Estimation of consumer savings from coupon redemption.
Since their first introduction by C. W. Post in 1895, the
distribution of manufacturer- and retailer-sponsored coupons has become
an aspect of market functioning that has experienced near . . .
Alternative models of collegiate business education: their
validity and implications.
Higher education in business has had an interesting, albeit brief,
history in the United States (McKenna, 1989). The forces of change that
have impacted collegiate level business education have, . . .
Achieving simultaneous cost and differentiation competitive
advantages through continuous improvement: world class manufacturing
Since the early 1980s, the issue of the competitiveness of U.S.
industry has been widely discussed because of an increased awareness of
global competition and the appreciation that management . . .
Assessing the managerial objectives of CPA firm partners.
Managing a CPA firm has become increasingly complex over the past
ten to twenty years due to increased environmental pressures, including
greater competition for clients, staffing cost pressures, . . .
Hospital strategy and its relationship to administrative
practices and performance: a partial test of the miles and snow
typolog
The purpose of the paper is to test certain propositions made by
Miles and Snow (1978) about the strategic behavior of organizations
within a sample of hospitals. The propositions are:
1. . . .
Scanning behavior and the process of organizational
innovation.
Intelligence is not something possessed once and for all. It is in
constant process of forming, and its retention requires constant
alertness in observing consequences, and open-minded will to . . .
The maternity leave as a role negotiation process.
Few personnel issues are as difficult to manage as the negotiation
of the maternity leave. Problems associated with maternity leaves stem
from major demographic changes in the United States, . . .
An examination of job tension and coping in the relationship
between stressors and outcomes in public accounting.
The relation of individual auditors to their work and to their
organizations should be important to many. Those employed in this area,
or aspiring to be, should be concerned with the career . . .
Barriers to market exit.
Over the past couple of decades, U.S. firms have faced increasing
foreign rivalry. For many, increased competition brought the problem of
lower market shares. Surely, foreign competition is not the . . .
Family responsibilities and absenteeism: employees caring for
parents versus employees caring for children.
Over the past decade, there has been increasing interest in the
impact of employees' family responsibilities on absenteeism. Having
children has been found in a long tradition of research to . . .
Performance evaluation and measurement issues.
The setting of organizational goals is considered a key aspect of the
managerial function. This decision process has been called
"strategic planning" by Anthony, which involves:
the process of . . .
Evaluating the environmental performance of corporations.
One rapidly evolving change in corporate management and strategy in
the early 1990s has been the recognition of and response to
environmental concerns by corporations. Often called
"greening," this . . .
Factors influencing award of compensation contracts: an analysis
of written protocols.
The view that compensation should be tied to performance is
widespread throughout the organization literature. It is commonly
believed that if one wants to motivate high performance, one . . .
Pay satisfaction and sales force turnover: the impact of
different facets of pay on pay satisfaction and its implications for
sa
The costs associated with sales force turnover are sizable -
recruiting and training new salespeople as well as the opportunity costs
that result when a territory is left open and revenue is lost. . . .
Stock option compensation, CEO pay, and corporate performance: a
board-level perspective. (chief executive officer)
There is a vast academic literature investigating the association
between executive compensation and corporate performance. Literature
reviews are provided by Pavlik et al. (1993) and Tosi and . . .
The relationship between boundary spanners' job satisfaction
and the management control system.
In most businesses there are groups of individuals whose boundary
spanning positions differentiate them from others in the organization.
Adams (1976) used the term "boundary role persons" . . .
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