contained with the conceptual model, managers can learn how to change themselves. Originality/value – The paper departs from the …

Purpose – Most managers are heavily affected by the relationship between their professional and their private life … contradiction of private and professional requirements. Managers use a range of individual strategies to deal with this conflict … how managers perceive work‐life‐balance. Real types of handling work‐life‐conflicts are revealed. Based on these findings …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how, and the degree to which, superior and peer managers exerted … pressure on middle managers' work cross‐culturally. Design/methodology/approach – Australian ( n =251) and Singaporean ( n =340 …) health managers, respectively of Anglo and Confucian‐Asian cultures, rated the pressures exerted on them by managers …

qualitative design based on interviews with 20 managers on a global career path involving multiple international assignments … of managers. First, the interviewees reported that their global careers had strongly increased their knowing‐why career …‐cultural differences. Finally, in terms of knowing‐whom capital, the results of the study indicate that the contact network managers …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether managers at different levels differ in terms of ability … and personality. Design/methodology/approach – Assessment centre results for over a thousand managers on two cognitive and … ability test, but lowest on the other. Senior managers had highest Expressed Inclusion and Control scores but lowest Wanted …

by one in which managers are expected to create and nourish positive relationships by effectively managing their own … emotions and those of their employees. Practical implications – Managers need to be aware of the impact that their expressed …

male, managers who accurately perceive non‐verbal emotion expressions, and how male and female managers' non … situation described male or female managers either perceiving or not attending to the employees' emotional expression, and using … examined. Findings – Participants indicated that they were more satisfied with female, but not male, managers, who accurately …

influence of learning and organizational commitment on talent retention across generations. A total of 1,666 European managers … contract between organizations and their managers need to be understood. Practical implications – The findings suggest an …

justice can explain the frequently reported low organizational commitment of managers in corporate mergers. Specifically, it … trust might function as a mediator. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 128 managers from 37 companies completed a … variables cannot be drawn. Practical implications – The authors recommend that top managers should pay extra attention to timely …

managers should be aware of the potential inertia by implementing a service‐oriented business strategy. The main effects for …