shifted when a closedown decision is made by top management. A common feature in the temporary closedown organisations studied … was that productivity increased in a situation where management control over daily operations was diminishing. Managers …

In this dissertation I investigate whether managers alter the linguistic tone of their earnings announcements to … increase the value of their stock options. Empirical research finds evidence that managers use optimistic tone to signal future … announcements and short-window abnormal returns. The market reaction to optimistic tone suggests that managers can profit from using …

Like those in other sectors, managers in community-based organisations face an uncertain and challenging future … community sector managers. While some reflection on the implications for managers of current economic and social policy contexts … is crucial for this sector, research effort needs to be focused on understanding how third sector managers construe their …

transitional period.The goal of this research paper is to explore the attitude of managers of rapidly growing companies toward … changes and conflicts and to examine those managers‘ styles of management and conflict handling. Thus the phenomenon of … managers of such companies was carried out. Research was underway and data analyzed according to the methodology of grounded …

) defines work in seven strata basedon a basis of decision-making complexity. The research presented hereidentifies a specific … organisation’s current level of work based on complexityand the time-span of decision-making.Research was done in one specific …Conduct an exploratory study on operationally focussed managers within a South African company, using both quantitative …

Relationships between Marketing Managers and Sales Managers are amongst the most important working relationships within … type and effects of the influence tactics employed by Sales Managers in this important CFR. Our results suggest that not … all influence tactics are effective in increasing a Sales Manager’s influence within the firm. Also, our findings provide …

The paper explores the effects of organisational change on UK managers' perceptions of their organisation and on their … not delivered productivity gains and have had a negative effect on managers' well-being. The effects of change were … perceived differently by directors and other managers. Despite continuous cost reduction, productivity in the UK remains below …

. This article focuses on the impact of different forms of organizational change on managers' perceptions of the … affected managers' perceptions of their organizations and their working lives, and third, to explore if different forms of … change are associated with differences in managers' perceptions of their organizations “as a place to work”. Hypotheses were …