Aims to measure the differences which may exist between a number of team aspects for groups working on projects with two different contractual bases: cost‐plus (CP) and fixed‐price (FP). Investigates work groups from engineering companies. Measures team characteristics and their perceived...

This article questions whether a core objective of HRM – to manage organisational culture – is feasible, other than at a most superficial level. On the basis of an in‐depth case study analysis the authors argue that the dominant values of society at large are implicated in what appears to...

Informal work‐groups are described, and their characteristics and development are discussed. They are compared with formal groups which are defined by the structure of the organisation and an individual′s role within that structure. Informal groups will always occur in any organisation; so...