...Dianna L. Stone; Julio C. Canedo; Shay Tzafrir Purpose The purpose of this paper is to: consider the extent to which recent research in industrial and organizational (I&O) psychology has examined the symbiotic relations between organizations and society; review the societal changes affecting...

...Donald G. Gardner; Jon L. Pierce Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the questions “How does employees' focus of attention at work theoretically relate to organization‐based self‐esteem?”, and “Does job focus and off‐job focus moderate relationships between organization‐based self...

... differences revealed that individuals with below average P‐J fit were more attracted to organizations having a favorable image than an unfavorable image. Practical implications Findings underscore the importance of the positive relationship between organizational image and organizational attraction...

... were collected from 48 work units in organizations from different branches of industry. A total of 419 employees completed a questionnaire. Findings Climate quality was related to commitment above and beyond individual climate perceptions. However, this concerned the climate dimensions...

...Gérard Ouimet Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish a critical synthesis of the dynamics of narcissistic leadership in organizations. Moreover, this paper offers suggestions for research aimed at providing greater insight into this form of leadership. Design/methodology/approach...

..., 2002), but also on citizenship behaviors (Ball et al., 1994 ; Konovsky and Organ, 1996 ; Niehoff and Moorman, 1993). In particular, fairness has a very important function in inter‐organizational cooperation, a process marked by a variety of internal and external uncertainties. © Emerald...

...Amos Drory; Nurit Zaidman Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare patterns of impression management in two organizational systems, namely, organic and mechanistic. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative data were gathered from 23 employees by means of in‐depth, semi‐structured...

..., and difficulties, both individuals and organizations can suffer from anxiety‐related problems. The paper aims to argue that organizational anxiety can be diagnosed and treated in a similar way to those of individuals. Design/methodology/approach This is a conceptual paper and examines how individual anxiety...

...Alan Goldman; Alan Goldman Purpose This paper aims to assess highly toxic personality disorders in leaders, implications for organizations, and methods for assessment and intervention. Design/methodology/approach Action research was used, including a thick description case study narrative...

...Alan Goldman; David D. Van Fleet; Ella W. Van Fleet Purpose The paper aims to expand and extend previous work on the role of employees who act in non‐violent ways to achieve their personal ends through inducing fear in others in organizations. Design/methodology/approach The literature...

... organizations aiming to socialize newcomers, and for newcomers themselves. Design/methodology/approach A summary literature review of the OS literature post‐entry, focusing on organizational, insider and newcomer actions. Findings The literature is used to develop and propose a new model of OS success...

..., Entitleds are expected to be most satisfied when over‐rewarded, and equity sensitive individuals are predicted to be most satisfied when they are equitably rewarded. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Employees Job satisfaction Organizations Individual perception Studies have...

... or unintentionally, transmitted and received. All too often, implicit communication is at odds with the “official” explicit communication. Through this latter form of communication the organisation might, for example, proclaim a quality image, while in reality employees experience that, in case of conflicts...

...Scott Chilton Joseph   Raelin . Creating Leaderful Organizations: How to Bring out Leadership in Everyone . San Francisco, CA : Berrett‐Koehler   2003 . © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 --> Leadership Organizations Managerial power Consultants...

... the organization. The results indicated that organizational commitment was lower and intention to leave was higher for professionals who felt pressured by their employer to engage in unethical work activity. The proposed interaction was also significant for organizational commitment demonstrating...

... are highlighted, and their effects on the health of the organisation be explored. Based on the findings of a study into employee absenteeism within local government organisations in Northern Ireland, it is argued that in order to effectively treat infections which cause and are caused by employee absence...

... on an executive development programme emerged with similar levels of affective and normative commitment but apparently lower levels of continuance commitment compared with levels prior to their participation might be beneficial to the organization, in the sense of contributing to a manager’s sense of personal...

...Reva Berman Brown; Richard Herring The temporal aspects of strategy and decision making have not, until recently, been accorded the importance they deserve. This paper describes a study undertaken to measure the temporal perception of people in an organization. An instrument was devised which...

... rights to data sharing and authorship; and dividing responsibility for data analysis and writing. Special attention is given to lessons learned from managing the project. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Data collection Methodology Organizations Project management Recruitment Research...

...Andrew Korac‐Kakabadse; Nada Korac‐Kakabadse Following an overview of the leadership arena, examines completely the lesser explored concept of discretionary leadership with the view that the phenomenon of downsized, delayered organizations will demand even greater discretionary choices...