... Communicative spaces/action Leadership United Kingdom Union leaders have a vested interest in retaining a viable membership base. In this respect, trade unions face similar competitive challenges as their private sector counterparts. Members can choose to not belong to a trade union or in some cases...

... of the full range leadership model that relates to the UK manufacturing context. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 United Kingdom Manufacturing industries Transformational leadership Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire UK factor structure One of the most examined areas...

... practitioners primarily as consultants. In their view as to how the discipline has expanded and been applied by other professional groups, HR does not feature in their sample list. Organizational development Human resource development Change management United Kingdom Whether implicitly...

.... Leadership Job satisfaction Psychology (motivation) Organizational culture United Kingdom © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 A relative climate score represents differences in climate experience between individuals in an organizational unit. A recent study by Henderson et al...

... that contribute to the persistent productivity gap between the USA and the UK and offers a range of action areas that would help to improve business and economic performance. Leadership Leadership development Productivity rates United States of America United Kingdom The UK suffers from a 30 per...

... Chemical industries Germany United Kingdom The present article intends to contribute to the addressing of this empirical gap, while also responding to Andrews and Field's (1998) call for a regrounding of the concept of leadership, through an empirical analysis of the importance of context...

... theory. Leadership Senior management Narratives United Kingdom Life's but a walking shadow; a poor player,That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,And then is heard no more: it is a taleTold by an idiot, full of sound and fury,Signifying nothing.(William Shakespeare, Macbeth, V...

.... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Transformational leadership Public sector organizations Questionnaires United Kingdom Hong Kong This paper draws a distinction between managerial or leadership competencies, and transformational and/or “engaging” leadership. It goes...

... Service United Kingdom This paper reviews implementing change initiatives from the perspective of those leading the change, the change agents. This often forgotten resource can provide an important insight into whether such programmes have been successful or not. The research focuses on the views...

...). However, many other organisations are also impacted, which means that effective management should be a collaborative effort. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Tourism Business planning Heritage Conservation United Kingdom Over the last 30 years there has been...

... of their relative convenience of access for the authors. The choice of the 15 Irish librarians was influenced by factors such as: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Public libraries Librarianship Leadership Ireland United Kingdom United States of America Within the limited body...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Child care Family-friendly organizations United Kingdom Childcare must become part of boardroom strategy Keywords Child care, Family-friendly organizations, United Kingdom Seventy-four per cent of the UK's top 500 companies agree...

... Training Development Competitiveness Skills United Kingdom There has been a major increase in training, which has risen by 18 per cent in larger organisations and 25 per cent in smaller companies since the last IM study, A Portrait of Management Development in 1996...

... injury Illness United Kingdom Government sets targets to cut work-related deaths, accidents and illness in biggest Health and Safety shake-up for 25 years Keywords Health and Safety, Work-related injury, Illness, United Kingdom Recently, for the first time ever, the Government...

... 2000 --> ACAS Homeworking Morale Motivation United Kingdom The best of both worlds? Developing sustainable teleworking Keywords ACAS, Homeworking, Morale, Motivation, United Kingdom Introducing homeworking is not a quick fix solution to saving on office overheads...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Entrepreneurialism Attitudes Recognition United Kingdom Business success undervalued in the UK Keywords Entrepreneurialism, Attitudes, Recognition, United Kingdom Managers have expressed concern about how little success in business...

... satisfaction Temporary workers United Kingdom The metaphor of the psychological contract has recently become very popular in the organisational psychology literature as a way of examining and exploring the expectations that individuals have of their relationship with their employer. The reasons...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Innovation Managers Creativity Corporate culture United Kingdom Managing to innovate: business innovation still seeking sponsors Keywords: Innovation, Managers, Creativity, Corporate culture, United Kingdom Much of British business...

... First IPD national training survey Keywords: Training, Training costs, Organization development,Competitiveness, United Kingdom The Institute of Personnel and Development (IPD) has recently published the results of its first national training survey. The first of an annual survey...

... Consultancy Intervention Organizational change Public sector United Kingdom This article reflects on the emotional experience of working as consultants to an organisation which was “hurt” or “upset” by a major restructuring. It has been written by a team which was commissioned by senior management...