Purpose The purpose of this research is to develop an understanding of how purchasing can become meaningfully involved … respect to the specific needs and expectations of the budget owner to retain its influence. Research limitations …/implications This research extends institutional theory to show how powerful allies or advocates can mediate purchasing involvement in …

dimension of sensegiving. Research limitations/implications – The level of emotional arousal is assessed qualitatively through … observations, interviews, and interpretation of open‐ended survey responses. Future research should use more objective measures for … assessing the level of emotional arousal and replicate the findings of this study. In addition, future research should …

management can have on business goals. Explains how changes in culture, executive development, performance management, personal …/methodology/approach – Discusses integrated changes, driven by group HR, which aim to raise awareness of the contribution that more effective people …

research undertaken about interpersonal influence in the workplace. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is the second part … research findings. The second section discusses the relevance of the findings. In particular, it considers how the observed … the characteristics of the person, their work role and their orientation to that work role. Research limitations …

awareness of the contribution that more effective people management can have on business goals. These changes relate to culture …. Design/methodology/approach – The paper discusses a series of integrated changes, driven by group HR, which aim to raise … paper explains how each of the key changes has been introduced by influencing business leaders and divisional HR teams …

background to the need – the client's own research, which highlighted employee concerns regarding the management and …

inter‐occupational barriers.  …

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to shed light on the main barriers faced by Mozambican micro and small …/methodology/approach – A literature review was made on those barriers faced by the MSEs and on the policies and governmental instruments of … assistance available for MSEs. Then, a two‐step research was conducted. The first phase consisted of collecting data from 21 MSEs …

Purpose – This paper aims to build on existing theory of knowledge sharing barriers (KSBs) by exploring the concept in …-structured interviews is compared with extant research into KSBs. Findings – The findings of this study highlight the need to re-examine the … KSBs identified in the literature to reflect contexts beyond the private sector. Common barriers were identified, but some …