This research investigated the relationship between job performance ratings for 39 Israeli medical unit managers and two types of performance predictor: ratings from behavior description (BD) interviews and ratings from an assessment center. The BD validity 0.53 compared favorably with the 0.62...

The development of a measure of corporate culture is reviewed. A three factor model focused on how managers motivate performance emerged from repeated factorings. Scores are reported for seven organisations. Both frontal assaults and flanking manoeuvres for shaping effective work cultures are...