Journal of Managerial Psychology articles

Recent articles from Journal of Managerial Psychology

Corporate wellness programmes in Singapore: effect on stress, satisfaction and absenteeism.
March 1, 1997... Introduction Corporate wellness programmes are long-term organizational activities designed to promote the adoption of organizational practices and personal behaviour conducive to maintaining or improving employee physiological, mental, and social wellbeing (Wolfe and Parker, 1994). In...

Mantra and meanings. (use in business literature)
July 1, 1997... Introduction to yoga Many of those unfamiliar with yoga understand it to be a series of physical exercises, with perhaps some esoteric philosophy thrown in. In fact yoga, which is related to the English word "yoke", describes a "union" and is a holistic system for life. Hatha yoga...

The influence of rank on the job satisfaction of organizational members.
July 1, 1997... Introduction Rank, as used in this article, refers to an individual's job status in an organization. It indicates an employee's job level or job seniority in a particular occupational classification. Within the context of UK universities, it indicates whether an academic worker is a...

Expatriate culture shock in China: a study in the Beijing hotel industry.
July 1, 1997... Introduction Expatriate managers in China The People's Republic of China was a relatively closed society from 1949 to 1976. Under the leadership of Hua Guo-Feng and later Deng Xiao-Ping, China opened its doors to tourists, foreign businessmen and joint-venture partners. One of the...

Best practice in Australian public services (APS): an examination of discretionary leadership.
July 1, 1997... Considered as a vital issue since the beginning of humanity, leadership remains a topic of a central interest, vested with the trappings of myth, legend and imagery. A review of the leadership literature suggests that there are almost as many different definitions of leadership as there are...