...Syed Awais Ahmad Tipu; James C. Ryan Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to extend the current debate on value-intention link by investigating the hitherto unexplored relation between the concepts of the multidimensional work ethic profile and entrepreneurial intentions (EIs). In addition...

... to the following question: how does employees' perception of company values affect their own commitment to that organization? Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted a survey to 216 business leaders, using three types of questionnaires to collect data: values, HR practices and commitment...

... one makes. The paper also seeks to discover the influence of personal values on the reasoning processes associated with ethics and to explore whether the personal value preferences of auditors, as a manifestation of their moral philosophy, influence their ethical beliefs and (presumably...

...S.J. Magala Purpose A concept of culture as a solid black box of mental software is gone from serious research surviving in consulting modules and undergraduate teaching. Cultural values evolve and are more frequently examined in public through filters of institutional patterns and frames. The new...

... engaged in 27 value‐laden semi‐structured interviews where they were looking to build a close relationship between the researcher and what was studied. The interview process was divided into three phases to ensure the planning and validity of the process. Findings It identifies four such categories...

...Linda van der Colff This paper explores meaning of leadership and management in the context of South Africa. It does this by clarifying the way in which Ubuntu – traditional African leadership values – may impact an organisation. It explains how this tradition‐based concept could...

..., by allowing individual employees scope for the expression of their capacity for learning and creativity. To help in this process, recommends that companies revive and imbibe pre‐industrial society value systems that allowed the free expression of what we call the “divinery” instincts in individuals while...

...Tony Morden Contends that in addition to the role of leadership as a fundamental organizational competence, leadership may be defined in terms of vision and shared values. Vision is conceptualized in holistic terms. Defines vision as an imagined or perceived but consistent pattern of communal...

...Jan Mattsson Notes relationship marketing’s need for an overarching theory, suggesting the use of a formal value construct to meet this need. Points out that a broad, generic theory of value is needed and suggests that humanistic philosophy provides such a theory. Looks at various factors...

... that such an approach is dysfunctional, in that “it fails to motivate others to the complex ethical values it claims to represent”; and unpragmatic, in that “the priorities it defines are not the first building blocks of competitive excellence”[ 4 , p. 64]. Means appear important. But exactly how important...

...Rainer Feurer; Kazem Chaharbaghi The increasing level of competition has had a major influence on the value system which defines the characteristics of an organization and its relation to internal and external environments. The value system is central to the reward structure and therefore...

...Tom Kilcourse By subjugating the judgement of its managers to systems, or to the ego of a Messianic MD, modern organizations squeeze out the very human qualities for which they are paying. Argues for greater emphasis on value management, with top people demonstrating the ethics which they espouse...

...Patricia Karathanos; M. Diane Pettypool; Marvin D. Troutt Employees communicate more easily and are more committed to the organization when beliefs and values are shared. Explores the phenomenon of sudden “lost meaning” – a situation in which individuals who strongly share the organization′s...

...Rebecca Zikiye; Anthony Zikiye Builds a profile of values for a sample of Japanese managers and their immediate supervisors, to be used by Western managers engaged in business ventures with Japanese counterparts. An exploratory factor analysis utilizes Maccoby’s head and heart traits to reveal...

...Lee Ginsburg; Neil Miller In changing times, vision and values can be the most powerful focus an organisation can have. The CEO is an architect of these values. They must be shared, and tied to reward systems. Several case examples are cited, including statements of values from DuPont, Tampella...