Purpose – Using the contingency theory's classification of leaders, the purpose of this paper is to examine how the categories of public relations leaders incorporate relationship building tactics into their public relations programming and explore how this categorization of leaders...

Purpose Over the last 50 years the social legitimacy of public relations has improved by standardising and monitoring the education and training of its practitioners. While successful in developing a professional development trajectory from novice to competent practitioner, the profession has...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the need to go beyond relationship management to embrace the techniques of value management with details on why and how CRE managers should pursue this as a professional goal. Design/methodology/approach – This article discusses the...

Purpose – The multidisciplinary research on the phenomena of voluntary career transition (VCT) and voluntary turnover (VTO) remains disparate. This integrative review examines literatures in these two areas in relation to research in the Chinese context. The purpose of this paper is to...

Purpose – Public relations research into career advancement has been frequently criticised for its focus on gender discrimination and the prevailing dominance of American academics, while widely ignoring the perception of “industry insiders”. This paper aims to provide new insight into PR...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to explore career development programs for the sales force including benefits, implementation and managerial implications. Design/methodology/approach – Career development programs are viewed through a conceptual model consisting of assessment,...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to analyze the role of employees’ career management processes and the relationship between human capital and interim leadership role importance. Design/methodology/approach – Responses of 413 Indian manufacturing employees with middle or top‐level...

Purpose Based on the combined experiences of operations and supply chain management (O&SCM) scholars and a reflective practitioner, the paper compares, contrasts and reconciles the competences needed to research O&SCM practice and to practice O&SCM research. The purpose of this paper is to...