Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Digital Commons Network

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Human Resources Management

PDF

Selected Works

1983

Human Resource Management

Articles 1 - 2 of 2

Full-Text Articles in Entire DC Network

Installing Management By Objectives In A Public Agency: A Comparison Of Black And White Managers, Supervisors, And Professionals, M L. Moore, Dow Scott Dec 1982

Installing Management By Objectives In A Public Agency: A Comparison Of Black And White Managers, Supervisors, And Professionals, M L. Moore, Dow Scott

Dow Scott

This paper explores the prediction of King and Bass (1974) that black managers and supervisors maybe e more reluctant than whites to accept management programs such as management by objectives. Data were collected from 77 black and 61 white managers and professionals of the City of Detroit transportation system (D-DOT), after they had been involved with MBO for almost one year. Analyses of t-test results indicate that blacks assessed MBO as more helpful in their individual jobs and more positive for the organization than their white counterparts. Explanations derived from the racial demographics of the organization, the MBO installation, and …


The Evolution Of Personnel Research, Dow Scott, D Deadrick, G S. Taylor Dec 1982

The Evolution Of Personnel Research, Dow Scott, D Deadrick, G S. Taylor

Dow Scott

No abstract provided.