Cal Massmann has served as Senior Vice President‐Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since January 2000. Mr. Massmann previously served as an independent business consultant providing interim CFO services during 1998 and 1999. In this interview Massmann discusses how the role of the CFO has...

If the organization’s leading performance indicators shift towards innovation and the creation of knowledge, this will result in more non‐routine work and a higher level of interdependency among workers. We argue that a contingent performance management (PM) system has to focus on learning...

Purpose – To propose new commitment construct‐policy commitment, and to examine the influence of attitude, role clarity, and role conflict on policy commitment, as well as the influence of policy commitment on citizenship behavior. Design/methodology/approach – Using a self‐report...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to investigate the role of management support in a lean implementation. The impact the lean implementation made on communication within the organization is also examined. Design/methodology/approach – Qualitative methods were used to study the...

Purpose – This paper seeks to provide a comprehensive review of the literature on the governance of international joint ventures (IJVs). Design/methodology/approach – Through focusing on IJV boards and top teams, examination of the current debate regarding IJV directors' contribution to...

Administrative decision making is contextual both in terms of the type of decisions a position holder must make as well as how they should be made (style). This paper argues that the type of decision is a function of administrative level, and the style is a function of organizational culture....

Purpose – This paper attempts to find out how the decade that team members enter the workforce as well as management or leadership emphasis influences different images of supervisors. Certain features of management discussion prevalent during the past decades are used as instruments in...