This paper reports the results of a part of a study into supervisory behaviours in a sample of firms located in Japan, Britain, the USA and Hong Kong. The findings show that supervisors' styles fall into two distinctive and similar forms (genotypes) -- task-oriented and employee-oriented, but...

This paper compares India's national performance with that of the Asian Tigers and examines the major reasons why she has not been able to achieve the economic success of her fellow Asian countries. The paper focuses more specifically on the management of human resources at macro and micro...