Journal of Managerial Psychology articles from November 1996

Journal of Managerial Psychology archives from November 1996

Letterman or Leno: a groupthink analysis of successive decisions made by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). (David Letterman, Jay Leno)
November 1, 1996... Introduction In 1972, Irving Janis coined the term "groupthink" as "a mode of thinking that people engage in when they are deeply involved in a cohesive in-group... members' striving for unanimity override their motivation to realistically...

The changing relationships between work commitment, personal flexibility and employability: an evaluation of field experiment in executive development.
November 1, 1996... Introduction: human resource management, flexibility and commitment Commitment and flexibility occur frequently in the literature as key outcomes specified for many human resource management (HRM) processes and as key evaluation criteria by...

Job applicant past performance, interpersonal attraction and evaluator attribution in the selection decision process.
November 1, 1996... Determinants of selection decision outcomes for job applicants have been widely researched. Research has shown that applicant past performance is the variable most predictive of selection decision outcomes (e.g. [1]). However, little research...

Reflections: a three-tier model of organizational competencies.
November 1, 1996... In the current dynamic business climate there has been much discussion among academics and management practitioners about the factors which determine the success of a company. For many, this debate has tended to focus on the "competencies" of...