A rubber‐stamp board serves everyone—especially the CEO—poorly.

Purpose: The authors comment on the paper by Aguinis et al. (2018). The authors believe that their hypotheses probably are true, but their methodology is flawed and their data do not support their conclusions. Design/Methodology: The authors review and comment on the paper by Aguinis et al....

Managerial behavior has typically not been the lead variable in organizational change efforts. Change efforts have assumed that structure, strategy and work design changes will lead to new supervisory behaviors. The kinds of behaviors that are required of a manager in a high involvement...

The application of TQM practices has rapidly increased in US organizations over the past six years, particularly in organizations facing severe competitive pressures. A survey of the 1,000 largest companies shows that these practices fall into two main categories: core practices and...

Ed Lawler suggests HR follows the lead set by marketing and finance by dividing its strategic and administrative work into separate functions.