Group & Organization Management articles from March 1993

Group & Organization Management archives from March 1993

Patterns of influence behavior for managers.
March 1, 1993... One of the most important determinants of managerial effectiveness is success in influencing people and developing commitment to task objectives (Yukl, 1989). Several studies have examined issues such as the types of influence tactics used by...

A comparison of student and human resource professional attitudes toward work and family issues. (includes appendix)
March 1, 1993... Traditionally, juggling career and family demands has been viewed as a female concern, and maternal employment has been defined as a problem competing with children and family for the working mother's time, energy, and commitment (Menaghan &...

The Myers-Briggs personality indicator and its usefulness for problem solving by mining industry personnel.
March 1, 1993... In recent years, a number of changes have occurred in the mining industry. The industry, once facing a more stable environment and production patterns, now has to deal increasingly with uncertainty as a result of global exploration, currency...

Cohesiveness without groupthink: the interactive effects of social and task cohesion.
March 1, 1993... Janis (1982b) claims that cohesion is a necessary antecedent for groupthink, a concurrence-seeking tendency that leads to poor decision making in groups. The more amiability and esprit de corps among the members of an ingroup of...

The learning performance and cost effectiveness of mentally disabled workers.
March 1, 1993... Over the last two decades, an increasing number of business firms hired disabled workers to do a wide variety of different jobs. One of the principal reasons that businesses used disabled workers was to satisfy government statutory...

Relationships between person-environment congruence and organizational effectiveness.
March 1, 1993... A fundamental assumption in organizational psychology is that organizations and individuals are interdependent (Pfeffer & Salancik, 1978; Roberts, Hulin, & Rousseau, 1978). It is impossible to understand behavior in organizations without...