... type (i.e. power hierarchy and status hierarchy). When the hierarchical type is a power hierarchy, the wrongdoers’ hierarchical levels positively affect the observers’ negative gossip behavior due to the observers’ increased intentionality attributions and unethical perception; when the hierarchical...

... with concepts from institutional theory. The study is ethnographic and consists of observations of meetings and interviews with eight participants from the Swedish committee participating in the ISO project. Findings HR professionals consider HRM standards positive for the profession’s legitimacy, status...

...Joan Harvey; Steve Carter; Godfrey Mudimu Work values and attitudes were compared for 117 African and 82 British managers and management students. It was predicted that Africans would place more importance on status, prestige and position as motivators, would be less likely to accept criticism...