Group & Organization Management articles from June 1998

Group & Organization Management archives from June 1998

Extending latent role and psychological contract theories to predict intent to turnover and politics in business organizations.
June 1, 1998... Organizational researchers broadly accept, in theory, the early work of Gouldner (1957, 1958), which describes the influence of cosmopolitan-local latent roles on careers in organizations (Cornwall & Grimes, 1987; Wright & Larwood, 1997). Over...

Motivating effects of task and outcome interdependence in work teams. (includes appendix)
June 1, 1998... Teamwork in organizations is increasingly embraced with enthusiasm by managers and organizational consultants. Work teams are supposed to have the potential to enhance member motivation, production, and satisfaction (Gladstein, 1984; Hackman,...

Test of a justice-based model of subordinates' resistance to downward influence attempts.
June 1, 1998... A promising approach to the study of managerial leadership focuses on the interpersonal influence processes underlying manager-subordinate interaction. Prominent scholars (e.g., Bass, 1990; Hollander & Offerman, 1990; Yukl, 1994) have urged...

Team orientation, self-orientation, and diversity in task groups: their connection to team performance over time.
June 1, 1998... Both internationally and domestically, a multicultural workforce has become a reality (Adler & Ghadar, 1990). Internationally, increasing competition has prompted many corporations to extend their operations to new countries. There has also...

Leader-member exchange quality and effectiveness ratings: the role of subordinate-supervisor conscientiousness similarity.
June 1, 1998... Prior research supports the organizationally advantageous nature of higher quality leader-member exchanges (LMX) (e.g., Liden & Graen, 1980; Yukl, 1994). For example, higher quality LMX have been positively associated with...