... for changing the unproductive routines and (3) reviewing the process of change through the legitimization of situational routines. In addition to this, the authors found that managers perceive that routines need to change for four main reasons: inability to meet targets (e.g. performance); too cumbersome...

...Aldona Glińska-Neweś; Iwona Escher; Barbara Józefowicz; Alicja Łuka Purpose Together with increasing ambiguity and frequency of changes, management becomes full of seemingly conflicting choices, i.e. paradoxes, coming up in the process of decision-making. Successful management of paradoxes, i.e...

...Associate Professor David Pick, Professor Stephen T.T. Teo, Associate Professor Lars Tummers and Professor Cameron Newton; Clare Kelliher; Emma Parry Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of new public management (NPM) style practices on public sector managers...

...Francesco Schiavone; Roy K. Smollan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore what meanings organizational actors and researchers invest in the term trust, to provide insights from a qualitative perspective of employees' trust in their supervisors and in organizational management when change...

... – beyond‐boundary focus and within‐boundary focus. They exhibit different patterns regarding their relationship with organizational factors – top management leadership, strategic orientation, organizational culture, internal mechanisms and organizational performance. Research limitations/implications...

..., as well as the visual, and is part of the organizational experience of those involved in mergers – particularly expatriate managers. Second, the rhetoric of synergy operates not only in a prospective dimension (in order to justify the mergers or the takeovers and the future of the organization), but also...

... This study was based on field research using primary data gathered from 70 firms by means of an 83‐item survey. The questions were carefully constructed and answered by top managers according to a four‐point scale. The three hypotheses were analyzed using multiple linear and quadratic regression analysis...

...Stefan Heusinkveld; Jos Benders Purpose This paper aims to explore how management practitioners make sense of management fashions as sedimented elements within organizations. Design/methodology/approach To further understanding about sedimentation in management fashion, an institutional...

... management team (TMT) diversity on strategic change and if the moderating effects of resource slack differ in firms with a low or high level of pay disparity. Design/methodology/approach Nine hypotheses are proposed and tested with a sample from 391 listed Chinese firms. Archival data are collected from...

...Marianna Fotaki; Steffen Böhm; John Hassard; Dorota Joanna Bourne Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore and understand the process of successful introduction of total quality management (TQM) in Poland and the way in which it impacted on identity of Polish managers. Design/methodology...

...Hugo Letiche; Robert v Boeschoten; Sanjev Dugal; Yannick Fronda; Jean‐Luc Moriceau Purpose A description of the managerial impact on change processes during a takeover with middle management in the telecom industry. Design/methodology/approach The approach is to use storytelling as a form...

... narrative based on an 18 month period of participant observation where the author was a manager in a business unit acquired by another company for $1 billion. Findings Strategy can be diverted or altered by managers lower down the organization in a counter strategy process. This is consistent...

...Jane Andrews; Helen Cameron; Margaret Harris Purpose This paper aims to examine the usefulness of organizational change theory for management practice. Design/methodology/approach The authors present an exploratory, empirical study of managers who were taught organizational change theory...

... to change problem behaviors, in a leadership development context. Design/methodology/approach A group of over 70 supervisors/managers was studied over a period of nine months as they participated in a company‐sponsored leadership development effort. Findings Results provide initial evidence...

...Chris Shanley Purpose To explore the change management experience of managers in the residential aged care industry and to develop practical proposals concerning change management in that industry. Design/methodology/approach A constructivist methodology. One‐to‐one interviews with two groups...

...Pauline Gleadle; Nelarine Cornelius; Eric Pezet; Graeme Salaman; Dariusz Jemielniak Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a qualitative study of software engineers' perception of dress code, career, organizations, and of managers. Design/methodology/approach...

...Heather Höpfl; Peter Case; Iiris Aaltio; Jiehua Huang Purpose This study seeks to focus on Chinese women managers and gender aspects in information technology (IT) management. Design/methodology/approach Women managers' experience on career is explored in relation to the Chinese cultural...

...Gerald W. Ramey; Ticu Constantin; Daniela Pop; Ana Stoica‐Constantin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the role of human resource management (HRM) in Romania. Design/methodology/approach The paper describes the latest changes and their reflections in research by analysing data...

...Ayse Saka The vital importance of change management in today's competitive climate has been widely investigated. While the need for successful change management is intensively proclaimed by “expert” consultants, the response for some time has been regarded as falling short of what is required...

... society. Woo’s book provides invaluable information for both managers interested in increasing numbers of APAs in upper management positions, as well as APAs wanting to understand the effects of the glass ceiling and their abilities to progress upwardly. Most helpful for managers is the section where...