This book equips readers with a sound understanding of research, theory and the practical aspects of job design. It critiques the theory and research which provide the foundations of our current understanding of job design, pointing to a need for methodological improvements and a broader...

Although employee engagement has become a vital issue in business, research on how different bundles of Human Resource (HR) practices affect employee engagement remains insufficient. This study addresses two primary aims: firstly, to investigate the direct and indirect effects of general HR...

Purpose – Managers in many organizations have indicated that in today's highly competitive environment, knowledge management will be the key to organizational success in this millennium. This paper aims to analyze how the organizational culture and organizational learning impacts knowledge...

Purpose – Based on the resource‐based view of the firm, this study aims to examine antecedents and outcomes of firm‐specific marketing capital pool invested by marketers in a transition market, Vietnam. Design/methodology/approach – A sample of 528 marketers in Ho Chi Minh City was...

This article peers into some of the myths and misconceptions in current management practices in motivating technical professionals. A questionnaire survey was carried out on 376 development engineers. The foregoing analysis clearly suggests that engineers in industry are generally dissatisfied...

Purpose – Globalisation and technological developments are creating uncertainty in both the private and public sectors. There are calls on all sides for increased productivity. Measures for improving productivity involve staff retention and support and the development of an organisational...

Purpose – Businesses have increasingly relied on educators to train students on teamwork skills that are valuable in a highly competitive marketplace. But what are students actually getting from these initiatives? Are they seeing the linkage between teamwork skills and goal accomplishment? Are...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address and gain a more complete understanding of the effects on relationships between perceived team support (PTS), team commitment and intent to leave the team. Design/methodology/approach – Team commitment was examined as a mediator between...