..., in the relationship between perceived organizational support (POS) and quality of care. Second, it aimed to develop a better understanding of the moderating effect of the educational level in the relationships proposed. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional survey design was implemented. The study...

... across cultures. Design/methodology/approach The 100-item LBDQXII survey was administered to 6,451 participants from 14 countries; these data were used to refine the survey. Findings The shorter survey instrument is a valid and reliable tool for assessing preferred leader behavior. Four periods...

... has been used to conceive a structured questionnaire to empirically investigate the different aspects of high‐potential development policies using a survey among 86 Belgian companies. Findings The results indicate that very often the development policies are of an ad hoc nature...

... and wealth creation by developing and testing a normative model, which clarifies the nature of the influences of corporate entrepreneurship and its environmental and organizational antecedents on organizational performance. The findings of structural equation modeling, based on mail survey data from 477...

... questions were answered, via a survey, by over 80 executives who frequently attend EE programs. Among other findings, the results indicate a desire for: more EE program experiences; the criticality of a host institution's and instructor's reputation in attracting executives; and a willingness to tradeoff...

... that use well‐defined HP‐competencies? When does the identification of HPs take place? How does the identification of HPs happen? What is the relationship between the required HP‐competencies and how HPs are identified? © MCB UP Limited 2003 Organizational culture Surveys Human...

...Peter Goodge Analyses the business context of management development in the late 1990s, and presents some surprising survey results on the effectiveness of development methods ‐ results which challenge many of our past assumptions. Describes two central “principles” of effective management...

...Sayed M. Elsayed‐Elkhouly; Harold Lazarus; Volville Forsythe Executives in the Caribbean are spending more time planning and attending meetings now than they did five years ago. They will continue to spend a great deal of time in meetings five years from now. Yet, in the spring of 1995, our survey...

...Simon S.K. Lam Reports on a survey of 67 middle managers and 174 front‐line workers, conducted in Hong Kong, which aimed to investigate the perceived impact of total quality management (TQM) programmes on job satisfaction. Both middle managers and front‐line workers considered that the TQM...

...Brian J. Farrell; Deirdre M. Cobbin Focuses on the status of ethics in the larger and more significant Australian business corporations, using a survey instrument. The findings cover the origins of Australian enterprise codes, their implementation, the use of comprehensive strategies to support...

...Robert Loo Management training has gained much attention over the past decade with developed countries spending billions of dollars each year in this area. In order to examine management training, a mail survey was conducted of 1,000 randomly selected Canadian organisations having at least 500...

... distinguishable transfer strategies. These form action propositions for transfer of training. An open‐ended survey of 84 human resource development professionals was conducted in which they were asked to report the most important impediments to training transfer. From this list, a set of nine frequently mentioned...

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