SAM Advanced Management Journal articles from September 2004

SAM Advanced Management Journal archives from September 2004

From the editor-in-chief.(Editorial)
September 22, 2004... This issue addresses a variety of topics including leadership challenges in global virtual teams, dealing with a more religious workplace, career development of women in information technology, organizational culture perceptions, the effect of...

Leadership challenges in global virtual teams: lessons from the field.
September 22, 2004... A steadily growing number of managers find themselves leading project teams with members located literally around the world. Yet, in many instances, the budget doesn't allow the team to meet on a regular basis--if at all. Many of the managers...

How should business respond to a more religious workplace?
September 22, 2004... Introduction The United States is one of the most religious nations in the world, with surveys consistently finding that more than 90% of its citizens believe in God. Moreover, a new study reveals that the country stands alone among...

Career development of women in information technology.
September 22, 2004... Progress in science and technology is critical to the ability of U.S. organizations to stay competitive in a global marketplace, as well to continuous improvements in the standard of living American workers expect. In today's world of...

Cultural assessment: differences in perceptions between boards of directors and other organizational members.
September 22, 2004... "Organizational culture has been presented as an enigma which has held the attention of practitioners and theorists world-wide for at least two decades. Indeed during the early 1980s organizational culture was presented as a universal...

Business-domain definition and performance: an empirical study.
September 22, 2004... Introduction An explicit business-domain definition, or, in other words, a statement identifying the competitive boundaries of the organization, may contribute to better performance because it improves competitor analysis, allows timely...

The effects of family ownership and management on firm performance.
September 22, 2004... Introduction Nearly all businesses start out as family enterprises. As the most common form of business organization in the world, family-owned or-controlled businesses account for over 80% of all firms in the U.S., 12% of GDP, and 15% of...