Mary Ann Von Glinow, Nirmal Sethia, and Steven Kerr argue that the telecommunications industry is in the throes of revolutionary changes. The new business environment has critically transformed the role and greatly enlarged the responsibilities of the procurement function in the industry.
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Comparative Human Resource Management Practices in the U.S., Japan, Korea, and the People’s Republic of China
Mary Ann Von Glinow and Byung Jae Chung state that human Resource managers in the United States and in other countries have a number of operating assumptions that guide their thinking about the firm’s human assets.
Integrating Academic and Organizational Approaches to Developing the International Manager
Michael Finney and Mary Ann Von Glinow state that the emerging global economic environment has produced a new and critical human resource demand, one that will become even more important in the decades ahead–the international manager.
Women are Minorities in Management
Ann M. Morrison and Mary Ann Von Glinow discuss how women and minorities face a “glass ceiling” that limits their advancement toward top management in organizations throughout U.S. society.
From Recovery to Development: Manufacturing Becomes More Competitive
Jay Galbraith states that the 1980’s have continued the competitive trends which began in the 1970’s. The 1990’s appear to be more of the same. This paper examines the environmental forces that are driving today’s and tomorrow’s strategies.
New CEO Intervention and Dynamics of Deliberate Strategic Change
Larry E. Greiner and Arvind Bhambri state that growing evidence in the executive succession literature and the business press makes clear that many new CEOs attempt to introduce strategic change upon entering their jobs.
Performance Appraisal Driven Pay
Edward E. Lawler III argues that the act of judging is a relatively simple one and one that occurs regularly throughout all human endeavors. The situation is substantially more complex in formal organizations than it is in most situations where performance judgments are reached.
Managerial Values in the People’s Republic of China and Hong Kong
This paper by Philip H. Birnbaum and Gilbert Y. Y. Wong reports on a study of the managerial values in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Hong Kong.
What Laws Govern the Size of a Meaningful Pay Increase?
This study by David Bowen, Christopher G. Worley, and Edward E. Lawler III examined the relationship between different size pay increases and their meaningfulness to employees.
Participative Managerial Behavior and Organizational Change
Managerial behavior has typically not been the lead variable in organizational change efforts. This paper by Susan A. Mohrman and Edward E. Lawler III examines the kinds of behaviors that are required of a manager in a high involvement organization.
Attitudinal Effects of Employee Participation Groups: How Strong, How Persistent?
This study by Gerry Ledford, Jr. and Susan A. Mohrman examines attitudes of 823 employees who are current members, former members, or never members of employee participation groups.
The Transfer of Human Resource Management Technology in Sino-US Cooperative Ventures: Problems and Solutions
In this paper by Mary Ann Von Glinow and Mary B. Teagarden, differences between Chinese and U.S. human resource management systems are described with respect to fundamental organization and work-related assumptions about people and performance, rewards, training and development, and educational background of HR practitioners.