Developing oneself as a leader
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to clarify the concept of self as applied to leadership and propose an understanding of how a leader should form conceptions of self, and use these in his...
View ArticleA management tool for developing the relationships between large purchasing...
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to scrutinise the characteristics of the relationship between large purchasing organisations (LPOs) and ethnic minority suppliers (EMSs) engaging with...
View ArticleFrom motivation to organizational commitment of volunteers in non-profit...
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of job satisfaction in the relationship between volunteers’ motivation and affective commitment in non-profit sport...
View ArticleGenerative team learning in Web 2.0 environments
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine how teams work and learn in Web 2.0 environments. Web 2.0 technologies enable geographically dispersed teams to work in synchronous and...
View ArticleConceptualizing coaching as an approach to management and organizational...
AbstractPurpose– Recent debates within the literature and amongst practitioners of coaching have been focussed on defining the scope and practice of coaching as a form of organizational intervention...
View ArticleManaging human resource romance at work: towards a “considerate” approach
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to consider various managerial approaches hitherto adopted to address “workplace romance” and to determine a realistic and constructive approach to explain...
View ArticleVisceral behaviours and leadership: a dark side of boardroom life?
AbstractPurpose– Characteristics of leaders whose behaviour is visceral include taking action based on instinct rather than intellect and exhibiting coarse, base and often negative emotions. Despite...
View ArticleLeadership and knowledge management in UK ICT organisations
AbstractPurpose– While it is well known that leadership can play an important role in engendering effective knowledge management activity, relatively little is known about which styles of leadership...
View ArticleInnovation and Conformity: Intersection of Gender and Ethnicity in Hi-tech...
AbstractPurpose - The purpose of this study was to develop a framework for analyzing preference for innovation of different groups of Hi-Tech workers according to their culture of origin and gender....
View ArticleNegotiating future careers – A relational perspective on skilled migrants’...
AbstractPurpose - The management literature concludes that there is an increasing need for skilled migrants in Europe. A fresh comparative OECD study highlights Norway as one of the successful...
View ArticleIndian Punjabi skilled migrants in Britain: of brain drain and under-employment
AbstractPurpose - This study complicates the normalization of skilled migration as a "win-win" situation by examining the career trajectories of skilled migrants from Indian Punjab who are trying to...
View ArticleFreelancing Eagles: Interpretation as a Transient Career Strategy for Skilled...
AbstractPurpose - This study assesses the role that transient interpretation jobs play in the career development of skilled migrants. Design/methodology/approach - Based on interviews and...
View ArticleInnovation and conformity: intersection of gender and ethnicity in hi-tech...
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework for analyzing preference for innovation of different groups of hi-tech workers according to their culture of origin and gender....
View ArticleNegotiating future careers: A relational perspective on skilled migrants’...
AbstractPurpose– The management literature concludes that there is an increasing need for skilled migrants in Europe. A fresh comparative OECD study highlights Norway as one of the successful countries...
View ArticleIndian Punjabi skilled migrants in Britain: of brain drain and under-employment
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine the careers of skilled migrants from Indian Punjab. This study complicates the normalization of skilled migration as a “win-win” situation by...
View ArticleSelf-employment as a career strategy for ethnic minorities: The case of...
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine the self-employment process of Turkish-Cypriot restaurateurs and lawyers in the UK, in particular the way they mobilize resources as a strategic...
View ArticleFreelancing eagles: interpretation as a transient career strategy for skilled...
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to assess the role that transient interpretation jobs play in the career development of skilled migrants. Design/methodology/approach– Based on interviews...
View ArticleCareers of skilled migrants
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this editorial is to present an overview of the papers in this special issue. Design/methodology/approach– The paper draws on papers in this special issue. Findings–...
View ArticleThe Development of Managerial Skills in MBA Programs: A Reconsideration of...
AbstractPurpose - Purpose: Business schools have been under fire for their alleged inefficacy in developing students’ managerial skills in MBA programs. On the basis of extant learning theories, we...
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