Journal of Managerial Psychology articles from March 1996

Journal of Managerial Psychology archives from March 1996

Human factor failure and the comparative structure of jobs: the implications for risk management.
March 1, 1996... Background Why do all jobs and processes seem to have "a bit of the devil" in them? Even the most carefully designed, it seems, can never quite eradicate disaster, or at least ensure that things always go according to plan. To answer that...

Testing hypotheses of entrepreneurial characteristics: a study of Hong Kong MBA students.
March 1, 1996... Introduction The last decade has seen a strong current of renewed interest in entrepreneurship research and practice. This entrepreneurial revolution is likely to be sustained into the next decade, helped by the opening up of China and...

Team performance: using repertory grid technique to gain a view from the inside.
March 1, 1996... There is no shortage of people prepared to identify the characteristics of a high performing team. However, obtaining measures of team performance and whether a team is effective or not, is not straightforward. Ideally, one would look for a set...

Self-efficacy as a mediator of goal setting and performance: some human resource applications.
March 1, 1996... Introduction Work organizations seek to optimize the performance of their human resources in order to achieve high levels of productivity, efficiency and effectiveness. Centrally important human resources activities including job selection,...

The competence of top team members: a framework for successful performance.
March 1, 1996... Introduction There has been much interest recently in the identification of a generic list of management competences. The assertion is made that managers who possess and deploy these competences produce "effective and/or superior performance...