... of training programs attended by managers (“breadth”) has a significant positive impact on the likelihood of patent filings, while the total hours of training (“intensity”) does not. The positive association between training breadth and innovation is especially strong among smaller, less productive firms...

...Anat Freund Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of gender on the organizational commitments of managers in community-based organizations. Design/methodology/approach A total of 327 managers in community-based organizations were asked about their work attitudes. LISREL...

...Anthony McDonnell; John Burgess; Anthony McDonnell; John Burgess Purpose This paper aims to provide a brief overview of the global financial crisis (GFC), highlighting its most frightening dimensions, the policy responses and issues around the management of labour during and post‐GFC. Further...

... parts of the journal special issue. Design/methodology/approach The guest editors summarize the three papers which comprise this Focus Section. Findings The selected papers are found to relate to the Focus Section theme of impact of managers’ characteristics on creativity and innovation...

... discrimination theories. Data come from the computerized records of a bank's employees. Findings Results show that both gender and managerial status have a differential impact on participation in voluntary training: women participate more than men and managers' participation is higher than non‐managers...

... the existence of type A behavior. This study explores the existence of type A behavior among executives in India and explores the connection between executive performance and type A behavior. A total of 132 bank managers of a leading commercial bank participated in the study. Results indicated that a large...

...Jeffrey Kantor; Jacob Weisberg Ethical attitudes and ethical behavior in organizations may have substantial ramifications on a firm’s operation. This study investigates whether or not managers are perceived by employees to exhibit ethical attitudes and ethical behavior and thereby being their role...

...Shoshana Neuman; Jacob Weisberg The purpose of this paper is to investigate wage differentials and wage discrimination among 9,035 male and female Israeli managers. In our sample, female managers earn on average 64 per cent of their male counterparts. Using a statistical method originally developed...

...Mark Ritter; Amrik S. Sohal; Brian D’Netto Past research on manufacturing has not generally included research on the attributes of outstanding manufacturing managers. This information is important as the success of the manufacturing function depends to an extent on the quality of the manager...

... of these approaches are discussed. © MCB UP Limited 1991 France Industrial sociology Managers Training United Kingdom TAILORING EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO LABOU PRACTITIONERS' CORNER F rance and Britain adopt different approaches to training. Tailoring Education and Training to LabourMarket...

...Abbas J. Ali; Mohammed Al‐Shakhis; Somanathan Nataraj Saudi and Indian managers are compared on attitudes towards work and work‐related variables. Cultural differences were found to play the most important role in determining managerial orientation. Demographic and organisational variables were...

... 1990 Strategic management Managers Leadership Management development United Kingdom THE STRATEGIC MANAGER AS LEADER 3 T he strategic manager as leader is a crucial concept to the future of management development. The Strategic Manager as Leader Colin Leicester "The whole is greater than...

...Abbas Ali; Mohammed Al‐Shakhis The meaning of work among Saudi managers is examined. One‐hundred‐and‐thirty‐two managers completed questionnaires used to measure work centrality and norms about work. The results show that 94 per cent of the participants would continue working even if they had...