... these characteristics and personal values impact strategic decision-making and outcomes driving the success and growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach The research question is answered through a single case study approach based on the case of the charismatic and flourishing...

...Pattanee Susomrith; Alan Brown Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discover the types of HR outsourcing processes employed by Australian organisations and their relationship to outsourcing outcomes. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based upon the results of a survey of medium...

... outcomes and an explanatory mechanism, by incorporating HRM role as a mediator and IT users’ acceptance as a moderator. Design/methodology/approach – HR managers of all organizations that adopt some form of e-HRM systems in Greece were asked to participate in the study. The responses of 80 out of 167...

...‐visibility strategic decisions from different corporations in the 1990s are evaluated and classified to support the hypothesis that a formal decision‐making process is conducive to successful strategic decision outcomes. The results of this evaluation clearly indicate that, in the absence...

..., dissatisfaction. An analysis of Richard Johnson’s model of the antecedents, processes and outcomes of downsizing revealed the impact upon strategy, productivity, human resources and finance. Interrelationships suggested diminished performances of firms which downsized without a lucid blueprint, adversely...

... communications Outcomes Trust Technological advancements are creating sweeping changes in the nature of business that parallel the changes of the industrial revolution. New organizational forms focusing on co‐operation are pervasive as managers position themselves to compete in ever increasing chaotic...