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Who benefits from more tasks? Older versus younger workers
Zaniboni, Sara; M. Truxillo, Donald; Fraccaroli, Franco; … - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 29 (2014) 5, pp. 508-523
Purpose – Although a substantial body of research has examined the effects of job characteristics on job attitudes, there is a paucity of work on individual difference moderators of these relationships. Based in selective optimization with compensation theory and socio-emotional selectivity...
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Employee role enlargement
Chiaburu, Dan S.; Marinova, Sophia V. - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 27 (2006) 3, pp. 168-182
Purpose – To investigate the antecedents and contingencies of employee role enlargement. Design/methodology/approach – The hypotheses were tested using hierarchical regression analysis on data obtained by surveying 186 line and administrative employees. Findings – Results indicate that...
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Doing yourself out of a job?
Denham, Nicola; Ackers, Peter; Travers, Cheryl - In: Employee Relations 19 (1997) 2, pp. 147-159
Looks at the effect of modern empowerment policies on middle management. The transition of middle managers from technical experts to coaches, and the position at the sharpest point of conflict between senior management and employees, means that empowerment often requires middle management to...
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The filling in the sandwich: HRM and middle managers in the health sector
McConville, Teri; Holden, Len - In: Personnel Review 28 (1999) 5/6, pp. 406-424
The central role of line managers in implementing human resource management, is widely acknowledged. There has, however, been scant research into how far that group affect, or are affected by, such practices. Through a case study in two Trust hospitals, this article demonstrates that middle line...
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Rule breaking and a new opportunistic managerialism
Young, Ann P. - In: Management Decision 37 (1999) 7, pp. 582-589
An examination of managerial rule breaking is potentially significant in times of rapid change where advantages have to be gained through flexibility and the effective use of power. This paper is based on a study of middle managers with professional backgrounds in public and private UK health...
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Testing Proportionality, Symmetry and Exclusiveness in Long‐run PPP
Moosa, Imad A. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 21 (1994) 3, pp. 3-21
Present some empirical evidence on long‐run Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) using a sample of annual data covering the period 1900‐1987. Three exchange rates are used in the analysis: the dollar, yen and French franc against the pound. It is shown that PPP does hold in the long run and that is...
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A Comparative Study of Manufacturers' Sales Subsidiaries and Manufacturers' Sales Finance Subsidiaries in the UK, USA, Canada and Japan
Seto, Hiroaki - In: European Journal of Marketing 19 (1985) 3, pp. 41-47
UK, the USA, Canada and Japan. Suggests that, in the UK and the USA, these subsidiaries have room for improvement.  …
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Validity of the short‐ and long‐run Fisher relationships: an empirical analysis
Shrestha, Keshab; Chen, Sheng‐Syan - In: Managerial Finance 24 (1998) 8, pp. 64-76
short‐run Fisher relationships. Applies them to the UK, USA, Canada and Japan, using 1978‐1997 monthly data and Eurocurrency … relationship for all four currencies in the long run; and for the UK and Japan but not for Canada in the short run, with … significance only at the 10 per cent level for the USA.  …
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UK Computer Industry: American, British and Japanese Contrasts in Human Resource Management
Oliver, Nick; Lowe, James - In: Personnel Review 20 (1991) 2, pp. 18-23
The management practices of three organisations in the computer industry, one North American, one Japanese and one British owned are described. Although operating in similar marketplaces, markedly different management styles and practices were apparent, with the British company showing much less...
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New Style Product Development
Johne, Axel - In: Management Decision 30 (1992) 2
The distinguishing feature of new style product development is that it allows companies to achieve new sales growth even in markets which many suppliers regard as mature. Success is achieved by using marketing skills to focus technical skills. Discusses the operational requirements for making...
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