Recently added articles from SAM Advanced Management Journal:
When employee voice is met by deaf ears.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... It stands to reason that an employee who speaks up about a problem or makes a suggestion, usually to a supervisor, and sees some action taken in response, will feel more positively about the employer and the job. Speaking up with negative results should have the opposite effect. What about ...
C-change? Generation Y and the glass ceiling.
Jan 01, 2009; ... When it comes to gender equity, have things really changed in the workplace? Many studies have looked into the complicated workplace scene for executives, long-time workers, and women but not into the possible clash of expectations versus reality for young workplace entrants. Based on a ...
The association between talent retention, antecedent factors, and consequent organizational performance.(Survey)
Jan 01, 2009; ... While much attention has been paid to the subject of employee turnover, little or none has focused exclusively on the retention of an organization's most talented employees. A survey of 197 employees of a Cypriot broadcasting organization was the vehicle for testing the most important ...
A multi-phase framework for supply chain integration.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... Companies whose success necessarily is linked to the efficiency of their supply chains should consider sharing more than information. Joint decision-making and strategic planning can increase competitiveness. However, the transition to joint decision-making needs to be planned and ...
Internal and external influences on global manufacturers.(Report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... Around the world, manufacturers base their planning decisions on similar internal factors, such as previous sales, machine and labor capacity, and inventory levels. They are subject to many of the same external factors, such as customer order backlogs, customers' future plans, and sales ...
"Did you shoot anyone?" A practioner's guide to combat veteran workplace and classroom reintegration.
Sep 22, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "What the Hell Happened to Terry?" (1) Nothing seems out of the ordinary this day at the California-based health care firm. On the fourth floor, the marketing staff goes about their business as warm autumn sunshine streams through the glass ...
Stategies for regional innovation: using the Baldrige criteria to develop an organizational framework.
Sep 22, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The challenge of bringing leaders together from across sectors and geographic locations to address issues from a broad, regional perspective can be dauntig. However, an effective organizational structure for such work can be of great benefit as regional ...
Leadership in the apparel manufacturing environment: an analysis based on the multi-factor leadership questionnaire.(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Introduction One of the most dramatic social changes of the past 50 years has been the reduction of manufacturing employment in the affluent democracies of the world (Brady and Denniston, 2006). Nowhere has this been more evident than in the ...
Empowering women's leadership: a case study of Bangladeshi microcredit business.
Sep 22, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Introduction and Background A thriving global economy is linked to reduction of poverty. Microcredit loan programs have affected the economies of many developing countries. Many of these loans are funded by non-governmental organizations (NGO) ...
A new approach to examining whistle-blowing: the influence of cognitions and anger.(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Introduction Articles about whistle-blowing continue to appear on a regular basis in the popular press as well as in managerial publications and the academic literature (e.g., Delikat, 2007; Leonard, 2007; Rehg, Miceli, Near, and Van Scotter, ...
Bringing lead-user innovations to the market: research and management implications.(Report)
Sep 22, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The high failure rates of a substantial number of innovations in the marketplace are of concern to both researchers and managers. These failure rates represent a multi-billion dollar waste of scarce economic resources. One possible reason for these failure ...
Creating globally competitive and innovative products: China's next Olympic challenge.
Jun 22, 2008; ... Introduction "Do less, make fewer mistakes, do nothing, make no mistakes"--Traditional Chinese saying. Building innovativeness into the business culture is imperative in today's competitive environment. Recommendations for encouraging innovation have been made based ...
Information technology and electronic information: an ethical dilemma.(Report)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Background and Purpose Information technology (IT) ethics play a new and important role in the 21st century. However, concern over ethical uses of computer technology is not new. The historical basis is rich and well-documented, including the voices of such pioneers as Norbert ...
Toward operational excellence in franchising: achieving synergy, adding value, and security competitive advantage by exploiting entrepreneurial traits and core competencies.(Report)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Introduction and Background Franchising is one of the rapidly growing industrial sectors in Western economies. According to Beshel, B. (2005), based on a survey in 2003 by PricewaterhouseCoopers for the U.S.-based International Franchise Association, franchising in the United ...
Bridging the gap from concept to prototype: a case study.
Jun 22, 2008; ... Introduction Product development in the corporate setting is vastly different from a small entrepreneurial venture. Generally, large organizations focus large amounts of development resources competing against incumbents in terms of product improvements (Dolan, 1993). Therefore, ...
Cost reductions, downsizing-related layoffs, and HR practices.
Jun 22, 2008; ... Introduction Organizational decimation, or downsizing, has been a pervasive managerial practice for the past three decades. If a firm finds itself in financial difficulties, the widely accepted corporate panacea has been to cut personnel. While strong empirical evidence suggests ...