... United Kingdom © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Another example of a historically and contextually grounded study of local union leadership comes from the work of Greene et al. (2000) . This was a longitudinal case study of union leadership in two organisations, looking...

... equivalence is important in order to be able to compare results from both countries. Indeed, other questionnaires relating to leadership have been scrutinised across different countries (e.g. the Romance of Leadership Scale; Schyns et al., 2007). United Kingdom Manufacturing industries...

... management United Kingdom Although the term OD does not appear to have been coined until 1956/1957 (French, 1982), the body of work that initially defined the discipline is generally recognised as emanating from the work of mainly US‐based psychologists and behaviourists during the 1930s to 1950s...

... productivity gaps (Bloom et al., 2005). Leadership Leadership development Productivity rates United States of America United Kingdom Many of the managers interviewed, particularly those in the multinationals, felt that there was a higher level of mobility among US leaders compared...

... satisfaction Psychology (motivation) Organizational culture United Kingdom Thus, we can conclude that looking into differences between groups in their amount of within‐group variation in the perception of leadership climate (climate strength) is a fruitful road to pursue. However, the above‐mentioned...

... limitations of this study will be addressed in the final section of this article. Doris Jepson can be contacted at: doris.jepson@uwe.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Leadership development Chemical industries Germany United Kingdom Leadership theory and research has...

... 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...

... dimensions in the public sector version of the TLQ™ – “Being Honest and Consistent” and “Acting with Integrity” were better interpreted as comprising a single “Acting with Integrity” scale for the private sector. Transformational leadership Public sector organizations Questionnaires United Kingdom...

... links to include infection control protocols. Consideration should also be taken in adapting the manufacturing terminology, making it more applicable to health professionals. Organizational change Experiential learning Change management Business improvement National Health Service United...

...: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Tourism Business planning Heritage Conservation United Kingdom World Heritage designation implies “uniqueness” in terms of the physical resource and also posits a challenge for unique solutions in terms of management. Each site...

... and management (British librarian). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Public libraries Librarianship Leadership Ireland United Kingdom United States of America Our organisational culture should all the time be focused on service, therefore it is essential that the vision...

.... In larger organisations this rises to almost half(49 per cent) – up from 40 per cent in larger companies in 1996. © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Training Development Competitiveness Skills United Kingdom UK business on a learning curve Keywords Training, Development...

... with poor health and safety records. In addition, the action plan willinclude: © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Health and Safety Work-related injury Illness United Kingdom Government sets targets to cut work-related deaths, accidents and illness in biggest Health and Safety shake...

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... © 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...

...) were permanent and 43 respondents (29.7 per cent) were temporary. The mean age was 29.85 (s.d. 6.03) years and 85.5 per cent were female. Work psychology Commitment Job satisfaction Temporary workers United Kingdom The metaphor of the psychological contract has recently become very...

... (0)1908 655882;Fax: +44 (0)1908 655898; E-mail: j.storey@open.ac.uk or Kathy Ham, David Ridley, Jacky Clake, ESRC External Relations. Tel: +44(0)1793 413032/413118/413117. © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Innovation Managers Creativity Corporate culture United Kingdom Managing...

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... such inferences to effective action” (Argyris and Schon, 1996). © MCB UP Limited 1999 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...