The study focuses on Interim-Management as a so far rarely discussed phenomenon of the flexible firm. Contradicting … popular leadership perception, the authors argue that Interim-Management does not constitute a leadership paradox but can be … explain the utilization of Interim-Management. Furthermore, the authors show that Interim-Management constitutes a response to …

that has been addressed in the management literature. In a new 'theory of expert leadership' (TEL), this paper blends …-business industry; and (3) leadership capabilities, which include management skills and a leader's innate characteristics. This paper …

advanced management practices. Many of these practices - including monitoring, goal setting, and the use of incentives - are … unique data set that combines detailed survey data on the management practices of German manufacturing establishments with … longitudinal earnings records for their employees to study the relationship between productivity, management, worker ability, and …

workers, (b) management opposition against workers' organizing drives, (c) the possibility of productivity enhancing effects … of forgone productivity gains puts an upper bound on management opposition against organizing drives of the workers, even … if management opposition is cost-less. Strategic gift exchange - less opposition for higher productivity - plays a …