Choosing a methodology determines what we can study as well as the range of possible results and conclusions. This study took an instrument that had been developed in the west and used extensively in Europe and North America to investigate managerial behavior in the people's Republic of China....

Most multinational companies agree that their managers need international expertise; but a recent survey surprisingly revealed that more than half of the large European corporations participating in the study lacked a strategy -- either in writing or as a commonly articulated value -- for...

How do European firms define high-potential employees, how do they identify and select them, how do they develop them, what problems arise in managing them, and are there differences in different European countries? In 1985, the author put these five questions to 60 companies in France, Germany,...

When the labor market becomes tighter and the economy is uncertain, companies often respond by downsizing and by asking those employees who remain to be more productive and dependable. It is, therefore, of interest to both managers and researchers to better understand the dynamics of...