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When Workers are Here, There and Everywhere: A Discussion of the Advantages and Challenges of Telework

Nov 14, 1998 | Digital Transformation, Performance Management, Sponsor Content

Nancy B. Kurland and Diane E. Bailey discuss home-based telecommuting, satellite offices, neighborhood work centers, and mobile working which are alternative forms of work organization that together constitute “telework.”

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Do They Do What They Believe They Can? Group-Efficacy and Group Effectiveness Across Tasks and Cultures

Oct 28, 1998 | Performance Management, Sponsor Content

Cristina B. Gibson discusses group-efficacy, a group’s belief regarding its ability to perform effectively. It is argued that group-efficacy effects are complex and moderated by several contingency factors.

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Preserving Commitment During Downsizing: An Empirical Test of the Mitigating Effect of Trust and Empowerment

Oct 15, 1998 | Change Management, Employee Engagement, Sponsor Content, Talent Management

Gretchen M. Spritzer and Aneil K. Mishra explore whether the commitment of downsizing survivors can be preserved at a level comparable to employees who have not been subjected to a downsizing.

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Our Past, Present, and Future in Teams: The Role of Human Resource Professionals in Managing Team Performance Across Cultures

Oct 13, 1998 | Future of HR, Performance Management, Sponsor Content

Cristina B. Gibson and Bradley L. Kirkman discuss how the majority of Fortune 1000 employees have been affected by the widespread proliferation of work teams.

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Understanding Group-Efficacy: An Empirical Test of Multiple Assessment Methods

Oct 12, 1998 | Performance Management, Sponsor Content

In this paper by Cristina B. Gibson, Amy E. Randell, and P. Christopher Earley, methods of assessing group-efficacy were examined using a multi-party role play negotiation.

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Strategies for High Performance Organizations: The CEO Report

Aug 28, 1998 | Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Management, Strategic HR

The CEO Report by Edward E. Lawler III , Susan Albers Mohrman and Gerald E. Ledford, Jr., (Jossey-Bass, 1998) distills reams of surveys and research into an easy-to-interpret tool that managers can use to identify those improvement practices that best promote organizational effectiveness.

Charismatic Leadership in Organizations

Jul 15, 1998 | Leadership

Jay A. Conger and Rabindra N. Kanungo explain that although charismatic leadership is often known for its positive consequences, it has a shadowed side that has been poorly explored.

Who Needs MBA’s in H.R.? USC’s Strategic H.R. Management MBA Concentration

Jun 10, 1998 | Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

P. Adler and E. Lawler III discuss how article after article on the future of U.S. corporations stresses the importance of HR skills for line managers and “business partner” skills for HR managers. Despite this very few MBA programs offer concentrations in HRM.

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The Role of Top Management in Large Scale Change: The View From Within

May 8, 1998 | Change Management, Organization Design, Sponsor Content, Strategic HR

Sue Mohrman argues that top management should focus on organizational architecture, on leading the learning process, on providing very clear strategic direction, and on building a new employment relationship.

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Teams and Information Technology: Creating Value Through Knowledge

May 7, 1998 | Digital Transformation, Sponsor Content

In this paper, Tora K. Bikson, Susan G. Cohen, and Don Mankin examine how information and information technology can make teams more effective.

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Executive Compensation

Apr 9, 1998 | Compensation and Benefits, Sponsor Content

This chapter by Kevin J. Murphy summarizes the empirical and theoretical research on executive compensation and provides a comprehensive and up-to-date description of pay practices (and trends in pay practices) for chief executive officers (CEOs).

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Beyond Competencies: Using the Ability to Learn from Experience for the Early Identification of International Executives

Mar 6, 1998 | Performance Management, Sponsor Content, Talent Management

Morgan W. McCall, Gretchen M. Spreitzer, and Joan D. Mahoney discuss the development of an instrument which measures both traditional competencies for international executive success and the ability to learn from experience.

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