Citations with the tag: ORGANIZATIONAL research
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- Making use of research: Have we forgotten how?
Klein, Lisl // People Management; 08/24/95, Vol. 1 Issue 17, p17Opinion. Argues that British firms are not making the best use of organizational research. Relevance of research programs during the 1950s and early 1960s; Development of a gap between social science research and applications to actual situations; Consequences of neglecting research findings...
- Getting at the all-important word-of-mouth.
Ward, Kathleen Ladd // Public Relations Tactics; May97, Vol. 4 Issue 5, p5Advises organizations to launch researches which aim to examine word-of-mouth information influencing its members. Asking open-ended questions; Devising a research methodology; Benefits of launching such type of research.
- THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RELATIONS IN INDUSTRY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, 1943-1948.
Moore, David G. // Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings; 1986 Supplement, p45Focuses on the committee on human relations in industry at the University of Chicago, Illinois. Responsibility for stimulating organization research; Provision of dominant conceptual and methodical orientation by social anthropologists; Impact of organization research on the management...
- Using the Internet for Organizational Research: A Study of Cynicism in the Workplace.
Eaton, Judy; Struthers, C. Ward // CyberPsychology & Behavior; Aug2002, Vol. 5 Issue 4, p305The Internet can be a valuable data collection tool for organizational psychology researchers. It can be less expensive than traditional paper-and-pencil survey methods, and the potential pool of participants is much larger. In addition, it can be used in situations where traditional data...
- Between Scylla and Charybdis - and Enjoying it? Organisational Tensions and Research Work.
Gulbrandsen, Magnus // Science Studies; Dec2000, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p52Presents information on a study which explored the tensions in organizational research. Methodology of the study; Results and discussion of the study.
- A personal file of stimulating ideas and problem solvers.
Pollock, Ted // Supervision; Sep91, Vol. 52 Issue 9, p21Discusses information about good organization which is an another name for group efficiency. Questions to consider that people are working at peak effectiveness; How to cultivate the habit of excellence; How to spot a winner; Questions to help manager interpret an individual's promotional...
- RETHINKING DYSFUNCTIONAL EMPLOYEE BEHAVIORS.
Gupta, Nina; Jenkins Jr., G. Douglas // Human Resource Management Review; Spring91, Vol. 1 Issue 1, p39Presents an alternative approach to viewing the dysfunctional employee behaviors for organizational research. Outline of an escape meta-construct; Proposal of a theoretical framework for examining the behaviors.
- A THREE-COMPONENT CONCEPTUALIZATION OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT.
Meyer, John P.; Allen, Natalie J. // Human Resource Management Review; Spring91, Vol. 1 Issue 1, p61Discusses the components that influence organizational commitment of employees. Desire for commitment; Continuance commitment; Measurement of a sense of obligation.
- CROSSROADS.
Frost, Peter // Organization Science; Jan/Feb95, Vol. 6 Issue 1, p132The article discusses various reports published within the issue, including an article by John Van Maanen concerning organizational science.
- SBR 4/2011 SPECIAL SECTION EDITORIAL.
PICOT, ARNOLD; ZU KNYPHAUSEN-AUFSESS, DODO // Schmalenbach Business Review (SBR); Oct2011, Vol. 63 Issue 4, p334An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including the concepts in organization studies, theories on the orientation in article writing, and the concept of exploiting existing opportunities by companies in ensuring long-term survival.
- Value-driven management.
Ginsburg, Lee; Miller, Neil // Business Horizons; May/Jun92, Vol. 35 Issue 3, p23Focuses on how the recessionary economic climate in the end of the Cold war have affected social attitudes and business practices internationally and discusses the essential steps for forging a winning posture for organization concerns. Information about value-focused behavior; Values of...
- Introducing Survival Analysis To Organizational Researchers: A Selected Application To Turnover...
Morita, June G.; Lee, Thomas W.; Mowday, Richard T. // Journal of Applied Psychology; Apr89, Vol. 74 Issue 2, p280Introduces a set of statistical techniques called survival analysis. Usefulness of the techniques in organizational research; Variables of interest; Application of the techniques to turnover research.
- In This Issue...
Morita, June G.; Lee, Thomas W.; Mowday, Richard T. // California Management Review; Summer78, Vol. 20 Issue 4, p2The article presents abstracts of articles appearing within the issue, including "The New Equality: Bureaucracy's Trojan Horse," by Dow Votaw, "Designing Appraisal Systems for Information Yield," by L. L. Cummings and Donald P. Schwab, and "The Placebo Organization," by Richard P. Barthol.
- Entrepreneurial orientation, distinctive marketing...
Smart, Denise T.; Conant, Jeffrey S. // Journal of Applied Business Research; Summer94, Vol. 10 Issue 3, p28Presents a study examining the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) of 599 independent businesspeople comparing them with those with high, medium and low (EO) along a series of distinctive marketing competency and organizational performance measures. Method used to measure (EO); Relationship of (EO)...
- Assessing the State of Organizational Safety--Culture or Climate?
Mearns, Kathryn J.; Flin, Rhona // Current Psychology; Spring99, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p5This article explores the concepts of safety culture and safety climate in an attempt to determine which is the more useful for describing an organization's "state of safety." From a review of the literature purporting to measure safety culture or safety climate, it is argued that, although the...
- A Citation Analysis of Management and Organizational Research in the Chinese Context: 1984�1999.
Jiatao Li; Tsui, Anne S. // Asia Pacific Journal of Management; Mar2002, Vol. 19 Issue 1, p87Examines the status of management and organizational research in the Chinese context. Influence on management research; Importance of China to the world economy; Management of economic activities.
- Response to Professor Lowery.
Lynn Jr., Laurence E.; Heinrich, Carolyn J.; Hill, Carolyn J. // Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory; Apr2002, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p298Comments on the articles on governance written by Professor David Lowery published in the April 2002 issue of 'Research and Theory.' Factors that may account for the variations in organizational performance; Importance of research on governance; Measurement and inclusion of variables in...
- DOMINANT APPROACHES IN THE FIELD OF MANAGEMENT.
Acedo Gonzales, Francisco Jose; Barroso Castro, Carmen; Casillas Bueno, Jose Carlos; Galan Gonzales, Jose Luis // International Journal of Organizational Analysis (1993 - 2002); 2001, Vol. 9 Issue 4, p327Explores the research fronts that have defined the scientific area of organizational studies. Co-citation method; Paradigms in the field of management; Distribution of main approaches.
- Letters to the Editor.
Lorsch, Jay W.; Morse, John J.; Johnston, Russ; Barhyte, Diana Y. // Administrative Science Quarterly; Dec75, Vol. 20 Issue 4, p630The article presents a series of letters to the editor in response to an March 1975 article titled "Organizations and Their Members: A Contingency Approach," by Jay W. Lorsch and John J. Morse.
- Using Physical Models in Simulation Tasks to Focus on Organization Problems.
Keltner, John W. // Training Directors Journal / ASTD; Sep65, Vol. 19 Issue 9, p18Analyzes the effectiveness of Task-Model Procedure as a training instrument that uses physical models to focus on organizational problems. Ways to tackle communication problems at the managerial level; Different procedures that can be employed for the training session; Precautions that needs to...
- Fallibilism and Organizational Research.
Powell, Thomas C. // Journal of Management Research (09725814); Sep2001, Vol. 1 Issue 4, p201Epistemology is the study of knowledge - of what is known and how we know it. Organizational epistemology is dominated by the dualist opposition of objectivist and subjectivist philosophies of science. Objectivists accept knowledge claims as potentially true and warranted on objective evidence,...
- PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
Powell, Thomas C. // Administrative Science Quarterly; Dec79, Vol. 24 Issue 4, p703The article presents a list of publications received by the journal including "Scientific Productivity: The Effectiveness of Research Groups in Six Countries," by Frank M. Andrews; "Metropolitan Reform: An Annotated Bibliography," by Paula C. Baker, Elinor Ostrom, and Robert Goehlert; and "Scale...
- PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
Powell, Thomas C. // Administrative Science Quarterly; Mar1980, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p172The article presents a list of publications received by the journal as of March 1980, including "Energy and Economic Growth in the United States," by Edward L. Allen, "African Businessmen and Development in Zambia," by Andrew A. Beveridge and Anthony R. Oberschall, and "Beyond the Bottom Line,"...
- News and Notes.
Powell, Thomas C. // Administrative Science Quarterly; Sep80, Vol. 25 Issue 3, p514The article announces a conference on organizational research innovations to be held March 25-27, 1981 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
- PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
Powell, Thomas C. // Administrative Science Quarterly; Sep80, Vol. 25 Issue 3, p553The article presents a list of publications received by the journal as of September 1980, including "Innovation Research and Public Policy," edited by John A. Agnew, "Ideas and Intervention: Social Theory for Practice," by Joe Bailey, and "Multihospital Systems: The Process of Development," by...
- Publications Received.
Powell, Thomas C. // Administrative Science Quarterly; Mar2005, Vol. 50 Issue 1, p160This article presents a list of publication received for review, including "Thriving on an Aging Workforce: Strategies for Organizational and Systemic Change," edited by P. T. Beatty and R. M. S. Visser, "The Oxford Handbook of Work and Organization," edited by S. Ackroyd, R. Batt, P. Thompson,...
- Methods of Organizational Research (Book).
Atchison, Thomas J. // Monthly Labor Review; Jan68, Vol. 91 Issue 1, p76Reviews the book 'Methods of Organizational Research,' edited by Victor H. Vroom.
- SABOTAGE MARKET-ORIENTED CULTURE CHANGE: AN EXPLORATION OF RESISTANCE JUSTIFICATIONS AND APPROACHES.
Harris, Lloyd C. // Journal of Marketing Theory & Practice; Summer2002, Vol. 10 Issue 3, p58This study explores and describes the rationales and the approaches employed by organizational members in order intentionally to sabotage, impede, or otherwise delay management-espoused market-oriented change programs. The objective is to develop theory through supplying grounded insights into...
- Don't write off the traditional career.
Guest, David; Davey, Kate Mackenzie // People Management; 02/22/96, Vol. 2 Issue 4, p22Discusses the research on the innovation developed in the structure and ways of the corporate organization wherein the traditional career management is replaced by self-development. Characteristics and consequent implications on career management; Goal in creating the Career Research Forum;...
- Don't write off the traditional career.
Guest, David; Davey, Kate Mackenzie // People Management; 02/22/96, Vol. 2 Issue 4, p22Discusses the research on the innovation developed in the structure and ways of the corporate organization wherein the traditional career management is replaced by self-development. Characteristics and consequent implications on career management; Goal in creating the Career Research Forum;...
- Managing the white space.
Maurer, Rick // Journal for Quality & Participation; May/Jun99, Vol. 22 Issue 3, p19Discusses ideas that have helped create shifts from resistance to change. How to manage the `white space' on the organizational chart; Effectiveness of creating a `needs and gets' matrix; Description of a meeting designed for two departments that dislike each other.
- Q-Method Survey Yields More Member Details.
Wax, Jack; Casey, Greg // Public Relations Tactics; Jun2000, Vol. 7 Issue 6, p14Focuses on the adoption of Q-Method, an organizational research technique in Missouri. Details on the Missouri Bar project; Description of Q-Method; Comparison of the Q-Method with surveys and focus groups; Benefits derived from using the Q-Method; Identification of several information sources...
- Reconsidering Organizational Structure; A Dual Perspective of Frameworks and Processes.
Rapert, Molly Inhofe; Wren, Brent M. // Journal of Managerial Issues; Fall98, Vol. 10 Issue 3, p287Presents information on a study that proposes a conceptualization which incorporates both the traditional perspective of structural frameworks of organization as well as the concept of structural communication processes. Formation of Gestalts of frameworks and processes; Research design and...
- Who Gets Power -- And How They Hold on to It.
Salancik, Gerald R.; Pfeffer, Jeffrey // Organizational Dynamics; Winter77, Vol. 5 Issue 3, p3Examines the impact of power on an organization. Significance of power for success; Implication of institutionalization for the administration of power; Effect of political power on the economy.
- Above Politics: Credible Commitment and Efficiency in the Design of Public Agencies.
Miller, Gary // Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory; Apr2000, Vol. 10 Issue 2, p289The state has, since its origins, been characterized both by the production of public goods and a competition for the surplus benefits generated by the creation of those goods. Holmstron's (1982) analysis of an impossibility result leads to the conclusion that this problem is logically...
- FROM THE EDITORS: WHAT GROUNDED THEORY IS NOT.
Suddaby, Roy // Academy of Management Journal; Aug2006, Vol. 49 Issue 4, p633The article discusses common misconceptions of what grounded theory is not, by Roy Suddaby of Alberta, Canada. Grounded theory is not: presentation of raw data, or perfect or routine application of formulaic techniques to data. Grounded theory is not easy nor an excuse for the absence of...
- STAGING A TEAM PERFORMANCE.
Van Praet, Ellen // Journal of Business Communication; Jan2009, Vol. 46 Issue 1, p80Drawing on insights from Goffman's dramaturgical approach to interaction, this article demonstrates how meetings are team performances routinely concerned with sustaining or challenging interpretations of power relations. The data for this article were collected at a British embassy, relying on...
- No half measures in nanotech funding.
Lee, Andrew // Engineer (00137758); 5/7/2007, Vol. 293 Issue 7723, p5The article reports on the study about the impact of Nanotechnology conducted by the Council of Science and Technology (CST) in Great Britain. According to CST, the standards and measurements had developed in which public funding can be ruled back, and could be identified as greater priorities...
- WHY THE WORLD NEEDS ORGANISATIONAL DESIGN.
Starbuck, William H.; Nystrom, Paul C. // Journal of General Management; Spring81, Vol. 6 Issue 3, p3This article focused on issues pertaining to the need for organizational design. There is a tendency that organizations' methods and values yield wrong decisions, illegal and unethical actions and deceptions. For example, most organizations incur unnecessary turnovers of personnel merely by...
- Training responsibility bypass.
Starbuck, William H.; Nystrom, Paul C. // Personnel Today; 11/19/2002, p55No abstract available.
- Charismatic, ideological, and pragmatic leaders: An examination of leader�leader interactions.
Bedell-Avers, Katrina; Hunter, Samuel T.; Angie, Amanda D.; Eubanks, Dawn L.; Mumford, Michael D. // Leadership Quarterly; Jun2009, Vol. 20 Issue 3, p299Abstract: Although a number of researchers have examined and demonstrated the unique relationships different types of leaders develop with their followers (Dansereau, F., Graen, G.B., & Haga, W.J. (1975). A vertical dyad linkage approach to leadership within formal organizations: A longitudinal...
- Forecasting Your Organizational Climate.
Altmann, Rob // Journal of Property Management; Jul/Aug2000, Vol. 65 Issue 4, p62Discusses information on the importance of measuring an organizational climate to remain competitive and maintain competent workforce in the business in the United States. Identification of work environments; Categories of environment areas in an organization; Ways to assess an organizational...
- The Language of Ethics.
LAWTON, ALAN // Public Integrity; Winter2008, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p45Research into public service ethics is a growing field, but its progress has only fitfully been systematic. Developments in one area (e.g., public service motivation) have outstripped developments in other areas (e.g., the impact of different regulatory regimes over time). Similarly, certain...
- Book Reviews.
Janda, Swinder // International Journal of Organizational Analysis (1993 - 2002); 1999, Vol. 7 Issue 4, p379Reviews the book `Using Qualitative Methods in Organizational Research,' by Thomas W. Lee.
- The Successful Implementation of Strategic Human Resource Management Practices: A Canadian Survey.
Way, Sean A.; Thacker, James W. // International Journal of Management; Mar2001, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p25Focuses on a study which assessed whether Canadian organizations have the foundation for the development of a strategic human resource management process. Discussion on human resource function; Methodology used in the study; Discussion on the results of the study.
- Reengineering for Time-Based Competition: Reducing Time-To-Market by Reengineering.
Lee, Choong Y.; Rittisakdanon, Niwat; Xiaomu Zhou // International Journal of Management; Mar2001, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p33Presents a study which discussed the implementation of business process reengineering to reduce time-to-market point in terms of people, process, structure and technology elements. Discussion on the competitiveness of business firms; Reengineering for time-based competition; Analysis on...
- Nonprofit briefs.
Lee, Choong Y.; Rittisakdanon, Niwat; Xiaomu Zhou // Nonprofit World; Jan/Feb2007, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p30The article presents news related to non-profit organizations in the U.S. as of January 2007. A national meeting of nonprofits was held on October 16 to 17, 2007 in Washington, D.C. Most nonprofit executives are afflicted with burnout according to a study conducted by "Nonprofit World"...
- How to Engage a CEO Coach.
Lee, Choong Y.; Rittisakdanon, Niwat; Xiaomu Zhou // NACD Directorship; May99, Vol. 25 Issue 5, p9Provides information on the guidelines of how to engage a chief executive officer (CEO) to a coach. Importance of organizational needs assessment; Structure of the coaching contract; Content of the agreement; Process of coaching.
- The relationship between organizational culture and financial performance: Some South African...
van der Post, W.Z.; de Coning, T.J.; Smit, E.vdM. // South African Journal of Business Management; Mar98, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p30Studies the relationship of organizational culture and financial performance. Definition of organizational culture; Dimensions; Measurement of financial performance; Aim of the study to establish the statistical relationship between organizational culture and financial performance.
- Organizational Learning in Industrial Research.
Salmenkaita, Jukka-Pekka // International Studies of Management & Organization; Winter2003, Vol. 33 Issue 4, p8Research can be a source of competitive advantage if the competitors cannot readily acquire research capabilities by market transactions or imitation. If research capability is based on idiosyncratic search routines or tacit knowledge, not only is it hard to transfer capability across firm...
