SAM Advanced Management Journal articles from June 1997

SAM Advanced Management Journal archives from June 1997

A comparison of contingent and core workers' perceptions of their jobs' characteristics and motivational properties.
June 22, 1997... Businesses, not-for-profit enterprises, and public jurisdictions have come to rely on the help of workers who are hired on a "contingent" or temporary, contractual or part-time basis for a period of time that could range from a few days to years....

Self-directed learning: the quiet revolution in corporate training and development. (includes appendix)
June 22, 1997... When we consider that U.S. businesses budget over $59.8 billion a year to provide over 49.6 million employees with formal training and development courses, it is worthwhile to search for better ways to develop the learning organization (Training,...

Cooperative education: a natural synergy between business and academia.
June 22, 1997... "Professor, do you have any advice for my coop interview at the hospital?" said the student preparing to leave for an interview that he hoped would be the start of a career in purchasing. "Yes," the professor replied. "Lose that earring. This...

Organization therapy: building survivor health and competitiveness.
June 22, 1997... Introduction Over the past 10 years, many organizations have found themselves in such precarious health that they believed their only recourse was surgery. This surgery has taken many forms, such as downsizing, rightsizing, reengineering,...

ISO 14000: the next focus in standardization.
June 22, 1997... This paper addresses how the development of ISO 14000 standards will act as a guiding body to provide the foundation of common understanding for environmental issues and concerns. Included in the discussion are the history and progress of ISO...