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The Strategic Impact of Information Technology on Managerial Work Final Report

Jul 1, 1988 | Digital Transformation, HR Analytics, Performance Management, Sponsor Content

The purpose of this research project by Jack Nilles, Omar El Sawy, Allan Mohrman, Jr., and Thierry Pauchnag was to examine the effect of information technology on that major strategic resource: managers and mid-level professionals.

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Obtaining “Purer” or “Poorer” Criteria for Test Validation: An Empirical Test of the Statistical Control of Halo and Implications for Criteria Development

Dec 19, 1987 | HR Analytics, Sponsor Content

The assertion by Landy et al. (1980) that purer criteria for test validation would result from statistically controlling for halo in dimension ratings by partialing out a general impression rating was investigated by Barry R. Nathan and Nancy Tippins.

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A Comparison of Criteria for Test Validation: A Meta-Analytic Investigation

Dec 17, 1987 | HR Analytics, Sponsor Content

Barry R. Nathan and Ralph A. Alexander conducted meta-analyses of validity coefficients from tests of clerical abilities for five criteria; supervisor ratings, supervisor rankings, work samples, production quantity, and production quality, and the resulting expected true validities were compared.

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Impediments to the Sino-U.S. Joint Venture Process

Jul 1, 1987 | HR Analytics, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

Mary Ann Von Glinow and Mary B. Teagarden state that joint ventures between the United States and China have increased dramatically since normalization of relationships resulting in China’s Open Door Policy.

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Measuring Organizational Culture

Nov 1, 1985 | HR Analytics, Sponsor Content

The purpose of this paper by Caren Siehl and Joanne Martin is to describe a hybrid approach to the issue of measuring organizational culture.

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Assessing Innovative Organizational Design: The Case for A Feedback/Adaptation Model

Dec 13, 1984 | HR Analytics, Innovation, Organization Design, Sponsor Content

Organizational change projects entail dynamic complex processes through which organizations and their members learn new ways to function. This paper by T. Cummings and Susan A. Mohrman assesses the appropriateness of traditional evaluation models for the assessment of these projects.

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The Impact of Information Systems Technology on Organizations: A Review of Theory and Research

Apr 1, 1984 | Digital Transformation, HR Analytics, Sponsor Content

This paper by A. Mohrman, Jr. and Edward E. Lawler III reviews the results of recent studies on the impact of office-oriented information technologies.

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Creating Useful Research With Organizations: Relationships and Process Issues

Dec 17, 1983 | HR Analytics, Sponsor Content

Susan A. Mohrman, Thomas Cummings, and Edward E. Lawler III explain that concern about the usefulness of organizational research exists in both the academic and practitioner communities.

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Why Our Old Pictures of the World Don’t Work any More or Why It’s Become so Difficult to Believe in Traditional Research

Dec 1, 1983 | HR Analytics, Sponsor Content

The methods of the social sciences were largely developed for a mechanistic conception of the world. This paper by Ian I. Mitroff discusses why such methods are no longer appropriate.

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Two Sector and “Three Sector” Analyses of Collective Bargaining: Implications for Theory

Jul 1, 1981 | HR Analytics, Sponsor Content

Charles Maxey presents a comparative analysis of aspects of bargaining processes and outcomes in the public sectors.

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Systems are not Solutions: Issues in Creating Information Systems that Account for the Human Organization

Jun 1, 1981 | HR Analytics, Sponsor Content

Philip H. Mirvis (Boston University) and Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) report the results of two action research projects. Both focus on changing the information systems in organizations. One involved public reporting of measures, the other used measures for feedback purposes within the organizations.

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