Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine Trompenaars' cultural dimensions using reference point theory to propose the adjustment difficulties that inpatriates will experience when entering the home market/global headquarters organization culture.Design/methodology/approach -...

The current study investigated the efficacy of performance feedback with or without consequences on the reduction of overtime used by house managers to staff residential programs at a local human services agency. The intervention involved the use of a novel report, the Financial Report, which...

This study engages in the competing values framework to capture the underlying value of organizational culture. Survey data collected from 880 Iran manufacturing plants, the relationships between four culture types and three Six Sigma practices were examined via the structural equation modeling...

There is great interest in the application of technological solutions driven by a thriving CRM industry. It has been shown the more effective the implementation of SFA, the greater its impact on increased sales performance. Previous research on SFA adoption has focused on the individual as the...

The current study examines the effects of the five core job characteristics (skill variety, task significance, task identity, autonomy, and feedback) proposed by Hackman-Oldham (1974) at the team level by investigating whether the model variables are related to the effectiveness of a...