SAM Advanced Management Journal articles from September 2003

SAM Advanced Management Journal archives from September 2003

From the editor-in-chief.(Editorial)
September 22, 2003... This issue's seven articles address a variety of business concerns: the effectiveness of boards of directors if they are spread too thin; the barrage of management fads; strategies for outsourcing information technology; the role of trust in...

How can board members be empowered if they are spread too thin?
September 22, 2003... In the post-Enron world, there are increasing calls for directors to be more active in monitoring corporate behavior and delivering returns to shareholders (e.g., Bexley and Duffy, 2000; Business Week, 2002). This continues a general trend of...

Management fads: here yesterday, gone today?
September 22, 2003... In recent years, the academic interest in management fads can be illustrated by a growing body of literature from authors such as Abrahamson (1996, 1999) Carson et al (1999, 2000), Spell (1999), Ettorre (1997), Staw and Epstein (2000) and...

Outsourcing information technology: assessing your options.
September 22, 2003... Introduction Although the term outsourcing may be relatively new to business, the practice of it is not. Historically, numerous businesses have enlisted the help of outside experts to assist with tasks too cumbersome to complete in-house....

Trust in the context of management relationships: an empirical study.
September 22, 2003... Introduction Organizational social capital has recently appeared as a topic of research and theoretical interest in the organizational and economics literature (e.g., Tsai and Ghoshal, 1998; Nahapiet and Ghoshal, 1998; Leana and Van Buren...

An empirical investigation of CEO leadership in two types of small firms.
September 22, 2003... Since the 1980s there has been a proliferation research on leadership in small organizations. While extensive, the literature is not free of controversy. Two limitations addressed in this study are particularly salient. First, there has been an...

Leadership networking and active transitions in the workplace: freedoms, energy, and transformative relationships.
September 22, 2003... Introduction The need for individuals who can communicate and exercise effective and inspired leadership has been a fundamental goal across the ages. This paper seeks to provide contextual reference by relating streams of learning activity...

Bridge over troubled water: implementation of a program management office.
September 22, 2003... Organizations and businesses of all sizes across all industries increasingly find themselves confronted with the need to implement substantial projects essential to company growth. The need may be reactive, arising from competitive and...