Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an interview with Cary L. Cooper, Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Lancaster University Design/methodology/approach – Interview. Findings – In this wide‐ranging interview, Professor Cooper discusses...

Purpose – This paper aims to contrast the cultures of two organizations – the US Navy's nuclear‐submarine force and large pharmaceutical firm Merck – through the experiences of former naval officer turned pharmaceutical salesman, Howard Roark. Design/methodology/approach – The paper...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of introducing an involuntary wellness program (IWP) on employee attitudes and willingness to participate. Design/methodology/approach The paper analyzes responses to a survey of office workers employed by a US education and media...

Purpose – Observes how a learning program helped a new business created following the collapse of UK care-home company Southern Cross to deal with a legacy of poor management and damaged morale and their inevitable consequences for service quality. Design/methodology/approach – Explains the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper id to observe how imaginative human resource (HR) management has helped overcome resistance and improve performance following the takeover of the Talcher thermal power station in Odisha, India, by central government’s National Thermal Power Corporation...