The impact of formal mentorship on socialization and commitment
of newcomers.
Over the last decade a great deal has been written about the process
of mentorship (Burke, 1984; Fagenson, 1988; Kram 1983, 1985) and the
nature of mentorship (Burke, 1984; Kram 1985; Odiorne, 1985: . . .
Strategic analysis for resource allocation decisions in health
care organizations.
Recent trends in the health care industry suggest that fundamental
change is inevitable in the near future. Businesses across America have
become aggressive participants in cost containment . . .
Accommodating employees with disabilities: a matter of
attitude.
Diversity training is becoming widespread. Digital, Merck, Proctor
& Gamble, Folger, Ortho, Hewlett Packard (Jamieson and O'Mara,
1991) and many others have begun formal programs to manage . . .
CEO-board relationship evaluation: an exploratory investigation
of the influence of base rate factors.
Sturdivant (1985) outlined five key roles of the board of directors.
These roles are evaluating management's performance, providing for
top management succession, assessing the corporate mission . . .
Subordinate reactions to the use of impression management tactics
and feedback by the supervisor.
It is commonly accepted that individuals in organizations use
impression management tactics to control the information available to
others about themselves in order to control the image presented. . . .
Managing market structure: achieving competitive advantage and
market dominance.
The development of a comprehensive theory of competitive strategy
remains an elusive goal despite the contributions of researchers in a
wide range of disciplines. Theories of competitive strategy do . . .
Toward a framework for technology in service encounters.
A service encounter may be described as the direct or indirect
interaction between a service provider (i.e., a firm) and its customer.
As a topic of research, service encounters have received . . .
The influence of top management team characteristics on M-form
implementation time.
As firms expand and/or diversity, they generally change their
structures from the holding co more often, the fun the multidivisional
(M-form) structure (Chandler, 1962; Hoskisson, 1987; . . .
Multidimensional components of quality and strategic business
unit performance: a PIMS test. (Profit Impact of Market Share)
In recent years, concerns related to quality of products and
services have received urgent and prolific attention in the business
press (e.g., Byrne, 1994; Calonius, 1991; Jacob, 1993; Port, 1991, . . .
Strategic consistency and performance: an analysis of real estate
developers.
The past three years have seen the remarkable growth of publicly
held real estate companies called Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT).
The industry is still dominated by small, privately held . . .
Competitive intelligence systems: relationships to strategic
orientation and perceived usefulness.
The 1980s and 1990s have seen the formal introduction of
competitive intelligence (CI) tools and processes in the context of the
strategic planning/strategic decision-making functions of the . . .
Modeling the role of total quality management in the customer
focused organization.
To obtain an advantage in the market, firms increasingly compete
on four characteristics simultaneously--quality, price, delivery and
flexibility (DeMeyer et al., 1989). But, the firm's ability . . .
Working with dealers in India.
U.S. participation in the Caribbean Basin Initiative, the European
Lome Convention and ongoing support of the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) is solid evidence that greater trade with . . .
Investor reaction to disclosures of employee fraud.
Employee fraud is a serious problem for American businesses.
Estimates of annual losses due to employee theft and embezzlement across
all industries exceed $100 billion (Lary, 1989; Wells, 1994). It . . .
Strategic planning for protection of business secrets under the
Uniform Trade Secrets Act.
Firms in the United States have enjoyed different types of legal
protection for their intellectual property rights for years. Trademarks,
copyrights and patents are among the legal instruments which . . .
Can performance raters be more accurate? Investigating the
benefits of prior knowledge of performance dimensions.
Performance appraisals are not and probably will never be infallible
reflections of human behavior. They are prone to many sources of error,
most of which are due to raters' cognitive distortions . . .
Diversity in executive networks: a national study of women's
representation in private sector economic development.
Numerous studies have investigated the extent of women's
participation in positions of influence in the business community,
including representation in the ranks of managers (Forbes et al., . . .
A comparison of organizational structure, job stress, and
satisfaction in audit and Management Advisory Services (MAS) in CPA
fi
Since the late 1970s the Management Advisory Services (MAS) has
expanded, establishing itself as an important and separate function
within many CPA firms. MAS usually performs diversified, . . .
Coworker responses to others' ingratiation attempts.
The very nature of organizations suggests that employees are likely
to engage in behavior designed to exercise influence over the attainment
of desired outcomes from their supervisors; that is, . . .
Social, political, and economic determinants of chief executive
compensation.
For more than a decade, as pressures for managerial accountability
have increased, researchers in a variety of disciplines have studied
questions associated with the compensation of top level . . .
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