Purpose – The recently introduced collective effort model (CEM) enlightens from a theoretical point of view different facets of the relationship between individual and group performance. From a more practical point of view, the Productivity Measurement and Enhancement System (ProMES) can be...

Purpose – The purpose of the article is to examine the validity and reliability of Spreitzer's and Menon's instruments in a culturally diverse environment. To test whether individualized measures of Hofstede's cultural dimensions are related to employee empowerment in the Greek context....

Purpose – The original purpose of this study was not to focus on job satisfaction, but rather to conduct an exploratory investigation of how symphony orchestra players cope with the frustrations and disappointments of orchestra life. Symphony orchestra players report surprisingly low levels of...

Purpose – To examine leadership style (transactional versus transformational), knowledge level, and team cohesiveness as antecedents of team performance. Design/methodology/approach – The study was conducted among students studying for an MBA. The 252 participant students were involved in a...

The past few years have seen an increase in studies on the effects of commuting stress on various measures of strain. In particular, commuting impedance, a combination of time and distance between home and work, has been suggested as the independent variable that best describes the commuting...

New personnel perspectives in the work environmentThe twenty-first century has been accompanied by an increasing pace of changein the work environment. The rapidly changing nature of work, together withtechnological advances demand changes in management, and call for newpersonnel perspectives

Organizational behavior investigates the impact that individuals, groups, and structure have on behavior within organizations, for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward improving an organization's effectiveness. The main outcome variables that researchers in organizational behavior try...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework for predicting three facets of employee performance (quality, innovation and efficiency) based on the evaluation of individual (self and occupational), group (collective) and organizational (means) efficacies....

The transition of Poland to a free market economy, concurrent to a substantial increase of the private sector, promoted entrepreneurship, joint ventures, self-employment, labor reallocation, growth of financial markets and direct foreign investments. Previous studies have provided inconclusive...