Journal of Managerial Psychology articles from September 1996

Journal of Managerial Psychology archives from September 1996

Social decision schemes and group processes: some impacts on decision making.
September 1, 1996... Introduction "The executive team are the planners". This is a statement made whenever a member of the planning department discusses corporate planning at ICI. It is not a disclaimer, nor is it a sign of excessive modesty, but it is a...

Stress and workplace violence: it takes two to tango.
September 1, 1996... "This is what you get for firing me." These were the last words that three former co-workers of Paul Calden would ever hear. Fired nine months earlier from an insurance company in Tampa, Florida, Calden returned to the cafeteria of his former...

Consultant and client - working together?
September 1, 1996... Introduction Larwood and Gattiker describe the consultant's role as consisting of "analysing and bridging the gap between their (the consultants) body of knowledge and skills and the requirements of the client organization"[1]. The...

Self performance appraisal vs direct-manager appraisal: a case of congruence.
September 1, 1996... The process of performance appraisal (PA) is of most importance in human resource management (HRM). In a broad sense, PA systems are used for two main purposes: as a source for information for management; and as a feedback instrument for...

Major reform needed if careers are to survive.
September 1, 1996... The Institute for Employment Studies has called for a major public debate about how new forms of support for careers, and for learning and development activities might be funded. In a new report, Managing Careers in 2000 and Beyond, published...

Employers crack down on absenteeism.
September 1, 1996... Half of the UK's leading employers have taken steps to tackle the problem of staff absenteeism over the past 18 months, reveals a major new survey sponsored by Plantime and Peterborough Software's PS 2000 Division published in human resources...

What does the future hold for training?
September 1, 1996... Trends The latest figures on economic growth show that the British economy expanded by only 0.4 per cent in the final quarter of last year, giving the lowest annual rate of growth since early 1993. Businesses in Britain are still...

Reed Educational and Professional Publishing website.
September 1, 1996... Reed Educational and Professional Publishing has created a World Wide Web site, Heinemann World, to meet the needs of its customers in the electronic age. The site is divided into sections for the constituent members of its business. Each...

International Review of Professional Issues in Selection and Assessment, vol. 2.
September 1, 1996... Books Edited by Mike Smith and Valerie Sutherland Volume 2, Wiley, 1996, ISBN 0-471-96185-X, 29.95 [pounds sterling] The editors have the aims to report on professional practice issues for organizational psychologists and to update on...

Organizations and the Psychological Contract.
September 1, 1996... Peter Makin, Cary Cooper and Charles Cox BPS Books, 1996, ISBN 1-85433-168-X, 14.99 [pounds sterling] This book provides an insight into the psychological contract and some of the implications while at the same time giving a detailed,...

Total Business Design.
September 1, 1996... Neil Farmer and Bob Lankester John Wiley & Sons, 1996, ISBN 0471-964794, 17.99 [pounds sterling] Two quotations from senior executives seem to epitomize the scope of this book: This book challenges managers to rediscover sound...