This article examines when the information on central management paradigms first arrived in Finland, and how they have been discussed in Finnish journals. Our key findings reveal that rational paradigms - scientific management and structural analysis - dominated management discussions in Finnish...

The name of William Foote Whyte is most frequently associated with Street Corner Society, the sociological study of life in Boston's North End during the late 1930s, but his research spanned another sixty years in a range of settings on three continents. This article traces his achievements over...

Quality of work life (QWL) refers to the level of happiness or dissatisfaction with one’s career. Those who enjoy their careers are said to have a high QWL, while those who are unhappy or whose needs are otherwise unfilled are said to have a low QWL. QWL is the quality of relationship...

This article argues that the prevalence of schisms and divergences regarding the adoption of human relations and industrial democracy principles as well as the role of labour unions and collective bargaining in industrial relations practices provide fecund breeding grounds for labour problems....