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Attempts to explain the sources of the basic assumption of the socio‐economic approach to management (SEAM): the existence of hidden costs and performance. These are due to the heterogeneity of situations and to the presence of multiple contradictions in these situations. Aims to show how SEAM...
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This paper is concerned with how employees talk about their experiences of organizational change and focuses … study, employees seek conversion into management groups and report the values and philosophies of management in their …
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Purpose – This aim of the paper is to explore regenerative work supporting employees' personal development and, thus … post‐bureaucratic approaches to organizing; post‐bureaucratic organizational values and structures are depicted, employees … proposed theoretical model on regenerative work outlines the kind of work experiences leading to employees' sustainable well‐being.  …
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Purpose – This paper aims to problematize the idea that organizations can be understood as written text. Most of the work done in narrative analysis for organizational studies (OS) relies on an interpretation of narrative which is anchored to the formalist/structuralist tradition. The aim is...
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rather than separate entities to be related. Specifically, the authors take the relationship as constructed by employees as … the way employees construct the change as a basis for identifying the core elements of meaning construction in this … instance. Findings – The findings reveal that contrary to management assumptions, employees interpret change as either …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer scholars an analytical framework to identify what the fundamental choices are in the definition of diversity (the what), in the motivation for diversity within organisations (the why), and in diversity policy as an organisational strategy (the...
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Through the years, positive feedback has been accepted as an effective method of improving employee performance. However, recent research reviews question across individual consistency of this effect. This inconsistency may arise from the interaction of feedback type (positive and negative) with...
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A parable related to ethics among organizations, particularly with regard to relationships between managers and their workforce.
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Offers a deconstructive reading of the Nordstrom Employee Handbook . The purpose of the reading is to demonstrate how this document serves as a representational sign of postmodern ideas about power and organizing capable of encouraging responsible, highly individualized, organizational cultural...
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concern for the welfare, dignity, and creative input of employees, the reality of TQM is a model which places most employees … described as “Management‐by‐stress”. Unions need to understand the basic TQM themes, examine their impact on employees and their …
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