Similar Search Results

Training as a performance appraisal improvement strategy

Fink, Laurence S.; Oliver Longenecker, Clinton - In: Career Development International 3 (1998) 6, pp. 243-251

This paper reviews research findings from 149 managers who work in 22 different US manufacturing and service … why organizations fail to conduct effective rater training with their managers. Four basic integrated stages in the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014693812

The developmental assessment centre: the next generation

Appelbaum, Steven H.; Harel, Vincent; Shapiro, Barbara - In: Career Development International 3 (1998) 1, pp. 5-12

A critical instrument in managerial selection for the past 25 years has been the assessment centre (AC). One of the major reasons for its success is that it has relatively good predictive validity. However, ACs are not without problems. Despite their relatively good predictive validity, research...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014693822

Learning from the USA

Rix, Mike; Gold, Jeff - In: Career Development International 4 (1999) 5, pp. 291-295

This article reports on a visit by a small group of SME managers from Barnsley and Doncaster in the UK to the USA. The … aim of the project, entitled Networking USA, was to learn from US managers’ experiences of recovery and regeneration … network among the managers with continued links to US companies. The paper concludes with some issues and implications for SME …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014693863

The key pieces of the career survival and success puzzle

Simonetti, Jack L. - In: Career Development International 4 (1999) 6, pp. 312-317

Explores the key pieces of today’s career survival and success puzzle. A survey of more then 5,000 managers (both … stateside and internationally, and from CEOs to supervisors) was conducted using an open‐ended questionnaire. Managers were … success. This list was then again sent to managers and yielded ten factors as being the key pieces of the career survival and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014693865

Networking enablers, constraints and dynamics: a qualitative analysis

Kim, Sowon - In: Career Development International 18 (2013) 2, pp. 120-138

study uses a qualitative methodology. A total of 30 semi‐structured interviews with managers were conducted and analyzed …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014694091

Facilitators and barriers to the assimilation of function-specific executives into senior management roles

Bennett, Roger - In: Career Development International 20 (2015) 4, pp. 315-338

expectations; and “shadowing” and training activities for newly appointed senior managers with function-specific backgrounds …. Originality/value – The study is the first to apply newcomer adjustment theory to the assimilation of functional managers into …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014694233

Commitment to life roles and work-family conflict among managers in a post-socialist country

Katja Mihelič, Katarina - In: Career Development International 19 (2014) 2, pp. 204-221

using a self-report survey filled out by married top and middle managers from Slovenia, a Central and Eastern European … socialist regime to a free-market economy. It adopts an integrative perspective and encompasses managers’ professional, as well …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014694348

Toxins in the workplace: affect on organizations and employees

Appelbaum, Steven H.; Roy‐Girard, David - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 7 (2007) 1, pp. 17-28

highly practical for all individuals who are in management and for those who are called on to assume leadership roles …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014694950

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014695001

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 …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014695078