This paper examines the impact of occupational stress on public accountants' job performance. The responses of 354 junior‐level public accountants to a survey questionnaire were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The structural model comprises measures of occupational stress, job...

Relationships among job satisfaction, organizational commitment, organizational citizenship behavior, propensity for participative decision‐making (PPDM), and intentions to leave have been assessed in a number of studies of Western managers. However, there is a dearth of such research in...

Purpose – The paper aims to reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments...

This article examines the careers and changing roles of British production and operations managers through three surveys covering the last quarter of the twentieth century. Careers are examined in terms of both their organisational context and the subjective experiences of those who have chosen...

Despite the renowned poor employment practices across the hospitality industry recent analysis of the Workplace Industrial Relations Survey reported higher levels of job satisfaction among hospitality employees than those in other industries. This paper presents a collective case study of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the literature relating to retention of good employees and the role that work‐life balance (WLB) issues have in an employee's decision to stay or leave an organisation. The paper begins with a brief overview of the seminal material in the...

Purpose – The central aim of this paper is to give an overview of theory and research on the crossover of (work‐related) wellbeing from employees to their partners at home. In addition, it seeks to discuss studies on the crossover of wellbeing from employees to their colleagues in the...

Supervisors are key factors in staff motivation. Existing research is drawn on and the author's own questionnaire‐based study is described. The conclusions suggest what companies can do to improve morale and performance among staff.

Burnout of employees has been a major concern of researchers in management for a number of years. Much of the work, however, has tended to concentrate on professional people rather than employees with various level of skills. This present research studies the employees of a major local...

Managerial stress exists and has to be coped with. The author describes a study that demonstrates that cue‐controlled relaxation can be applied to groups of managers to reduce psychological and physical stress. The study involved 36 middle managers with stress problems who were randomly...