There is a tradition in modern business scholarship to see the corporation as a political actor. S.P. Waring argues that the modern business corporation is a polity, Herbert Kaufman views political theorists and management theorists as merely quot;different species of the same genus,quot; while...

Soccer coaches can easily be compared to CEOs as they operate in almost the same (or even stiffer) environment. Sports provides an ideal real world experiment to measure the effect of top-management changes. A statistical analysis of the results of 1979 games in Austria's Premier Soccer League...

This study examines how auditors' job performance is affected by the interaction between individual auditors' locus of control and the extent to which the employing audit firm uses a structured audit technology. We distributed an instrument that measures locus of control (quot;internalquot; vs....

In his 2007 book lt;igt;No Seat at the Tablelt;/igt;, Professor Douglas Branson aptly describes how patterns of male dominance inherent in the legal structures of corporate governance reproduce themselves again and again to keep women out of executive suites and boardrooms, and then he offers a...

We use a model of information asymmetry and rent seeking to understand why management control becomes easier when a firm makes improvements that are translated into increasing sales. We show that increases in market share can lead to better information sharing if (1) workers make continuous...

Strategically aligned behaviour (SAB), i.e., employee action that is consistent with the company s strategy, is of vital importance to companies. This study provides insights into the way managers can promote such behaviour among employees by stimulating employee motivation and by informing...

This paper reviews the strategic nature of open book 'financial' management (hereafter referred to as open book management) in optimizing an organizations return on human capital and illustrates it using Manco Inc., as a case study. The challenges and advantages of implementing open book...

Much research on acculturation around global experiences has focused on the “type” of overseas experience—e.g. expatriate, repatriate, inpatriate, flexpatriate. The experiences of people in those categories and across various demographics (single/married/divorced; gender; sexual orientation)...

Esta investigación pretende mostrar si el predominio de culturas individualistas o colectivistas en una organización puede moderar los efectos de las políticas de recursos humanos sobre el rendimiento empresarial, relación a la que la literatura existente ha prestado muy poca atención. Para...