Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies articles from September 2005

Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies archives from September 2005

Editors' commentary.
September 22, 2005... This issue of the Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies (JLOS) emerges from a partnership between the Midwest Academy of Management and the initial evolution of its journal, Current Issues in Management, to responsibility for editing...

Has the 'glass ceiling' cracked? An exploration of women entrepreneurship.
September 22, 2005... Many women are saying goodbye to the corporate worm in favor of creating their own through entrepreneurship. This paper explores some of the reasons why women in today's workforce change from the rise on the corporate ladder path to the worm of...

The perception of the glass ceiling in high technology companies.
September 22, 2005... In recent years, there has been increasing concern that gender bias has prevented women from advancing as rapidly and as frequently as men into management positions. Although the number of women managers has increased, they may experience...

The role of perceived violation in determining employees' reactions to psychological contract breach.
September 22, 2005... Using a racially diverse sample of 234 professional employees, this research investigated the impact of psychological contract breach and psychological contract violation on several work outcomes. Specifically, this research examined...

Ideological foundations of perceived contract breach associated with downsizing: an empirical investigation *.
September 22, 2005... This paper explores the effects of three managerial ideologies on the degree of psychological contract breach perceived in connection with a downsizing event. Results from surveys conducted in the U.S. and Singapore suggest that a strong belief...

Antecedents to temporary employee's turnover intention.
September 22, 2005... In an exploratory study using temporary workers, a model based on social exchange and social identity theories was developed and tested. Results revealed that, for both the temporary employee attitudes toward the client organization and the...

The effects of part-time employees in supermarkets on human resource practices.
September 22, 2005... How might the human resource policies and practices offered to full-time employees be determined by organizational choices to hire part-time workers as part of their staffing strategies? What do organizations do proactively to avoid damaging...

The relationship between pre-employment expectations, experiences, and length of stay in public accounting.
September 22, 2005... This study examines the relationship between work-family conflict, employment expectations, and length of stay in public accounting. Length of stay is modeled as a function of demographic factors and job characteristics associated with...

The effects of nationality, work role centrality, and work locus of control on role definitions of OCB.
September 22, 2005... In this study of 116 Chinese managers of state-owned businesses in Shanghai and Tianjin and 109 American managers attending an Executive MBA program, nationality, work role centrality, and work locus of control were examined as possible reasons...

The CNC financial services group: a case study of team formation and recruitment by another company.
September 22, 2005... This is a teaching case about a group of individuals at a financial services firm who formed a team then was recruited by another financial services firm. This case examines how the team was formed and then considered the possibility of moving...