Group & Organization Management articles from June 1995

Group & Organization Management archives from June 1995

Organization culture, distribution and amount of control and perceptions of quality: an empirical study of linkages.
June 1, 1995... Contemporary organizations are making substantial financial and human resource investments in training in problem analysis and problem solving techniques, within the context of Total Quality Management (TQM) programs and, in some cases, culture...

The structural embeddedness of resistance among public managers.
June 1, 1995... In my first job after graduate school, it took me about a year to realize that, no matter what I did, it was impossible to please my supervisor. (But) there are other ways to solve a problem. It's not like school, where if you do your best, you...

Gender stereotyping of the managerial role among students in Canada and the United States.
June 1, 1995... In both Canada and the United States, women have entered the paid workforce in ever increasing numbers over the past decades. In Canada, the labor force participation rate for women 15 years and older has escalated from 38% in 1970 to 58% in...

Blue versus gray: a metaphor constraining sensemaking around a restructuring.
June 1, 1995... Contemporary organizations continue to change with increasing levels of frequency and magnitude (Huber & Glick, 1993). Organizational changes are usually initiated either in reaction to environmental shifts or as a result of internal demands...

Psychological ownership: an empirical examination of its consequences.
June 1, 1995... The key to effectively managing in the 1990s will be knowing how to install psychological ownership. It's psychological ownership that makes the competitive difference. - T. L. Brown, 1989, p. 15. Does the psychological ownership that...

Putting the work back into work/family.
June 1, 1995... As we enter the postindustrial era, employees face ever increasing demands by the organization for energy, commitment, and time (Bailyn, 1993; Schwartz, 1992). Employees are also more likely than ever before to be in dual-career relationships...