Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how the proportional representation of men and women in a group, along with the gender‐orientation of the group's task, can impact member displays of helping behavior. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on the gender role...

Asserts that teamwork is fundamental to continuous corporate improvement. Discusses the characteristics and benefits of team management on an organization‐wide basis and examines the steps that can be taken by a company to support team management throughout the organization. Reviews the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to survey National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I administrators ( N =437) in the USA to identify the organizational values that are deemed as having the highest priority by administrators when carrying out the mission of their athletic...

Purpose – Our purpose is to examine whether and how perceived organizational support (POS) mediates the effects of informational and interpersonal justice on organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB). Design/methodology/approach – Data were randomly collected from 159 matched...

An examination of styles of management with comparisons of 124 female and 95 male managers. Shows that there are two defined parts of leadership behaviour. Investigates the findings of a Leader Behaviour Questionnaire on management styles and shows the six major differences between genders....

Discusses how in today’s dynamic world of paradigms, quality and TQM, attempts are made to understand organizational behaviour. Discusses the traditional 2D model of quality versus people and proposes that it is in fact a multifaceted model. Proposes that a 3D model exists for a static...

Discusses aspects of the Japanese economic miracle, where industry and business are seen as superior in quality. Argues, briefly, that Westerners fail to understand Japanese business behaviour because they do not realize that the Japanese are not constrained by Western concepts, but are bound by...

Argues that the behaviour of people at all levels in an organization can be categorized according to the “erratic‐systematic‐organic” model. Describes the organizational behaviour characteristic of each phase. Suggests that the best way for an organization to find out which phase it is...

Re‐engineering presumes that organizational structures and processes govern behaviours in an organization; seen as, essentially, a North American approach to management. Investigates the transferability of the re‐engineering concept, as proposed by Hammer and Champy, to two companies in...