Group & Organization Management articles from March 1996

Group & Organization Management archives from March 1996

The effect of group mentoring on career outcomes. (includes appendices)
March 1, 1996... Mentoring is an important issue for individuals who wish to progress along a career path. Numerous studies have described the interpersonal dimensions of mentoring (Kram, 1986; Levinson, 1978; Ragins & McFarlin, 1990) as well as the benefits of...

OD practitioners as facilitators of change: an analysis of survey results. (organization development)
March 1, 1996... Organization development (OD) practitioners are in the organization change business. This statement presumes that they know something about the nature of organization change and that they have the requisite skills and abilities to bring it...

An empirical study of empowerment in the workplace.
March 1, 1996... The last few decades have seen many attempts by organizations to encourage employee participation. These have included such initiatives as job enrichment, quality circles, Quality of Working Life programs, Management by Objectives, and profit...

The role of justice judgments in explaining the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment.
March 1, 1996... Job satisfaction and organizational commitment are widely studied variables in the organizational literature. Although each has been found to be associated with a range of important consequent behaviors (e.g., performance, turnover), a review...

CEO successor choice, its antecedents and influence on subsequent firm performance: an empirical analysis.
March 1, 1996... A quiet revolution is sweeping through the board rooms and executive suites of America's largest corporations. The convergence of two important trends has changed the traditional dynamics of the corporate governance equation. First,...