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Does strategic human resource management matter in high‐tech sector? Some learning points for SME managers

Karami, Azhdar; Jones, Brian M.; Kakabadse, Nada - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 8 (2008) 1, pp. 7-17

Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to examine the nature and impact of human resource capabilities and involvement on the firm's performance in the SME sector. Design/methodology/approach – This research is based on an empirical survey of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and their...

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Towards an internal change management perspective of CSR: evidence from project RESPONSE on the sources of cognitive alignment between managers and their stakeholders, and their im...

Zollo, Maurizio; Minoja, Mario; Casanova, Lourdes; … - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 9 (2009) 4, pp. 355-372

their ability to explain the cognitive alignment between managers and stakeholders on what constitutes the social … managers and 219 with stakeholders of 19 multinational firms in eight sectors, to assess the extent of cognitive alignment … between managers and stakeholders on the conceptualization of CSR for the relevant firm, to determine which of the two …

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Corporate governance and board equity ownership

Pergola, Teresa M.; Joseph, Gilbert W. - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 11 (2011) 2, pp. 200-213

Purpose – This study aims to test empirically the relationship between board equity ownership and corporate governance on earnings quality of for‐profit corporations, to help practitioners enhance corporate governance practices. Design/methodology/approach – The study examines two...

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A comparison between I‐Ching 's early management decision‐making model and western management decision‐making models

Hsu, Mu‐Lan; Chiu, Kuan‐Yao - In: Chinese Management Studies 2 (2008) 1, pp. 52-75

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the value of I‐Ching (also called Book of Changes ), the ancient Chinese book of wisdom, which has been used for thousands of years to help people make decisions in daily life. Recently, eastern and western scholars have begun discussing...

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Examining Chinese managers' work‐related values and attitudes

Li, Jessica; Madsen, Jean - In: Chinese Management Studies 4 (2010) 1, pp. 57-76

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine Chinese managers' perceptions of work ethic (work‐related values and … attitudes) and to provide insights on how managers interact with their workers. Design/methodology/approach – This is a … qualitative study using a series of in‐depth interviews to draw state‐owned enterprises (SOE) managers' perceptions of work ethic …

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A multilevel study on antecedents of manager voice in Chinese context

Wang, Lin; Huang, Jiaxin; Chu, Xiaoping; Wang, Xiaohui - In: Chinese Management Studies 4 (2010) 3, pp. 212-230

effect of Chinese indigenous leadership style authoritarian leadership on the relationships between antecedents and manager … ownership, supervisor‐subordinate guanxi, and authoritarian leadership provided the model and hypothesis. Using a sample of 262 …; on a group level, authoritarian leadership is negatively related to manager voice; and authoritarian leadership moderates …

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The impact of managerial political connections and quality on government subsidies

Wu, Jianfeng; Liu Cheng, Menita - In: Chinese Management Studies 5 (2011) 2, pp. 207-226

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to adopt a contingency perspective and examine the impact of managerial political connections on access to a specific external resource – government subsidies – in China. Design/methodology/approach – This study proposes that managerial political...

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Empirical study on the human‐nature view of Chinese enterprise managers

Zhi, Li; Jianling, Li; Nan, Zhao; Zhangli, Luo - In: Chinese Management Studies 5 (2011) 4, pp. 403-421

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to construct the structure of Chinese enterprise managers' human‐nature view … with Chinese characteristics, and also to make comparison analysis on human‐nature views of managers from different types … of enterprises, and between managers and ordinary employees. Finally, this paper proposes some human resource management …

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What change, what stay: the mix picture of value system of Chinese business managers

Xueli, Wang; Lin, Ma - In: Chinese Management Studies 5 (2011) 4, pp. 422-430

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the changes of Chinese business managers' values for the last … value dimension proposed by Hampden‐Turner and Trompenaars, the authors surveyed Chinese enterprise managers in 2000 and … Chinese managers' value system. Findings – First, the value system of Chinese enterprise managers is subjected to dual …

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Web technology in supply chain: an empirical investigation

Tarofder, Arun Kumar; Marthandan, Govindan; Mohan, Avvari V. - In: Business Process Management Journal 19 (2013) 3, pp. 431-458

respondents, ranging from middle‐level to top‐level managers, from firms which currently utilize web technologies for their supply … provides a greater understanding of managers' perception of web technology diffusion in their organizational SCM functions, and …

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