..., beliefs and opinions despite privately rejecting them. In fact, Goffman (1961) proposed that public behavior tends to coincide more with social identification with important institutions than does private behavior. Ashforth and Mael (1989) suggested that identification with an ingroup...

...Dane K. Peterson Questionnaire data from 161 business professionals were analyzed to investigate a proposed interaction between pressure to engage in unethical work activity and relativistic moral beliefs with respect to business professionals’ organizational commitment and intentions to leave...

... and practices. This confirms the context‐specific nature of HRM. The paper also highlights the limitations and issues of validity and reliability of the VCS methodology. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Beliefs Cognition Managers India United Kingdom Human resource management Management researchers...

...Thomas E. Slocombe The analysis of polychronicity at the cultural level is compared with the analysis of polychronicity at the level of the individual member of the culture. We suggest that a more detailed analysis of an individual’s polychronicity is appropriate, including the individual’s beliefs...

... of their work. The paper will then outline how dysfunctional beliefs, self‐talk and mental imagery ‐ three components of the thought self‐leadership process ‐ can affect an employee’s ability to cope with the challenges of a diverse workplace. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Beliefs Employees Equal...

... in influencing or leading themselves towards experiencing more spirituality in their organizational life. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Beliefs Individual behaviour Job satisfaction Leadership Performance Religion Self‐development Upon visiting a construction site, a reporter asked three brick...

... as a form of meditation, and problems of pluralism. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Beliefs Managers Religion Values Spiritual and religious pluralism can be a problem for managers who work to integrate their spiritual and managerial lives. Creating a community of like‐minded spiritual colleagues...

... of the environment” which has both objective (tools, roads and appliances)and subjective (beliefs, attitudes, norms, roles and values) elements. Wang[ 1 ] defined culture as shared beliefs, social norms, organizational roles and values, emphasizing a cross‐cultural socio‐economic perspective in industrial...

...Jacky A. Swan; Sue Newell Success in appropriating technological innovations is likely to be a key factor in maintaining a firm′s competitive advantage. Managers′cognitions, or belief systems, play an important role in the decision‐making process that leads to the adoption of innovations...