It is argued that the behaviour of organizational members is influenced to a large extent by characteristics of their work settings. Furthermore, since individuals must change their behaviour in order for organizational improvement to occur, planned organizational change can be viewed as an...

The new transformational leadership theories stress the emotional bond between leaders and followers, as opposed to the cognitive‐calculative exchange emphasized by traditional transactional theories. However, very little empirical research has concentrated on the effects of transformational...

Purpose – The growing interest in developing and applying “integral” approaches to organisations has been accompanied by a corresponding increase in different ways of interpreting this term. This article aims to present a set of criteria to help in defining the varieties of integral...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify just rightsizing practices in a manufacturing organization in an attempt to redefine organizational justice. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 177 individuals were interviewed in an Indian manufacturing organization and their...

Purpose – This paper aims to unify the fragmented views on organizational intelligence from the perspective of Giddens' structuration theory. Design/methodology/approach – The paper used a case study of a firm, which is a small electronics manufacturing group located in the New England area...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature of managerial flexibility and analyse its relationship to the organizational responsiveness of firms. This paper seeks to measure responsiveness by determining the fit between contextual and organizational variables....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the social psychological basis of pathologies, from which result neuroses and behaviours like corruption and sociopathic behaviour. It takes the perspective that social collectives have normative minds and can be explored in terms of their...