...Joyce Heames; Susan B. Malcolm; Nell Tabor Hartley Purpose The purpose of the paper is to position Chester I. Barnard as a “management pioneer,” someone who offers an example of management theory through moral persuasion, authenticity, and trust in his “acceptance view of authority” and “zone...

...Joyce Heames; Jeffery D. Houghton Purpose The purpose of this brief commentary is to provide a brief overview of Max Weber's life, work, and contributions to management thought before addressing the question of whether his notion of authority still holds in the twenty‐first century. Design...