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Building Workplace Trust In Some Cultures Is To Blur The Line Between Professional And Personal Life, Knowledge@Smu
Building Workplace Trust In Some Cultures Is To Blur The Line Between Professional And Personal Life, Knowledge@Smu
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In China and Turkey, the separation between work and personal life is not so clear cut as compared with western societies, according to a joint study by Singapore Management University professor of organisational behaviour Tan Hwee Hoon, and management professors S. Arzu Wasti and Selin Eser of Sabanci University in Turkey. The main purpose of their research was to provide insights into the impact that different cultures have on trust in the workplace.
Understanding Differences In Behaviour: The Role Of Mental Models, Knowledge@Smu
Understanding Differences In Behaviour: The Role Of Mental Models, Knowledge@Smu
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Why do some people make snap judgements about another person based on a single behaviour, while others make up their minds only after repeated observations in different situations? Singapore Management University psychology professor Jennifer Tong attempts to shed new light on why people entertain different assumptions about the nature of human behaviour in a series of psychological studies with a difference. Her findings have practical implications for interactions in the office and at the personal level. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Search For Global Talent: Recent Trends In Asia, Knowledge@Smu
The Search For Global Talent: Recent Trends In Asia, Knowledge@Smu
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Globally, the cross-border flow of workers has gained significant momentum over the past few decades as many countries actively seek foreign talent or encourage their own nationals to return home, state co-editors Christiane Kuptsch and Pang Eng Fong in a 2006 publication, Competing for Global Talent, which was cited in the Economist’s “Special Report, A Survey of Talent” (5 October 2006). Pang, who is Singapore Management University business school dean and professor of management, talks to Knowledge@SMU about recent trends in Asia with specific reference to Singapore’s experience in sourcing global talent.
Why Does Proactivity Relate To Favourable Employee Attitudes And Behaviours?, Knowledge@Smu
Why Does Proactivity Relate To Favourable Employee Attitudes And Behaviours?, Knowledge@Smu
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Responding to fierce global competition for talent, organisations are increasingly developing and using innovative strategies to attract, hire, and retain employees. One strategy aimed at acquiring top-notch talent has been to consider applicants’ personality traits in the hiring process. One personality trait linked to favourable employee behaviours and attitudes is employee proactivity. Integrating several different literatures, Singapore Management University associate professor of organisational behaviour Gary Greguras, and University of Akron assistant professor of psychology James Diefendorff, developed and tested a model which explicates the processes through which proactivity relates to employee job satisfaction, life satisfaction, performance, and organisational citizenship behaviours.
Manish Sabharwal: 'In Five Years, 25% Of The World's Workers Will Be Indian', Knowledge@Smu
Manish Sabharwal: 'In Five Years, 25% Of The World's Workers Will Be Indian', Knowledge@Smu
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Four years ago, Manish Sabharwal headed India Life, the country's largest business process outsourcing firm in the field of human resources. Having sold India Life to Hewitt Associates in 2002, Sabharwal has now carved out another niche in the HR business as the chairman of TeamLease, a temporary staffing firm headquartered in Bangalore. With more than 450 offices all over India and 67,000 employees, the company has a good shot at becoming the country's largest employer in the private sector by the end of 2007, Sabharwal says. In an interview with India Knowledge@Wharton, he discusses the opportunities and challenges of …
Perk Place: The Benefits Offered By Google And Others May Be Grand, But They're All Business, Knowledge@Smu
Perk Place: The Benefits Offered By Google And Others May Be Grand, But They're All Business, Knowledge@Smu
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Free gourmet food, 24-hour gym, yoga classes, in-house doctor, on-site haircuts, dry cleaner, nutritionist, swimming pool ... .These are just some of the perks Google -- and many other organizations -- offer employees. Companies have their reasons, of course: They want to attract and retain the best knowledge-workers they can, help them work long hours by feeding them gourmet meals on-site and handling time-consuming personal chores, and show them that they are valued members of the team. But, as Wharton faculty point out, there may be a potential downside to all this largesse.
Guangdong Huadi Group: How A Non-Family Business Manages To Thrive In China, Knowledge@Smu
Guangdong Huadi Group: How A Non-Family Business Manages To Thrive In China, Knowledge@Smu
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With the development of a market economy in China, private companies have attracted more attention from academic researchers. For example, scholars Wang Xuanyu, Li Xingchun and Chen Ling analyzed Guangdong Huadi Group, a well-known Chinese manufacturer of household appliances based in Guangdong, a province in south China, in order to identify those factors that contribute to the success of a non-family business. The results of their study are in a paper titled, “Capital Joint-Venture and Trust Expansion--Research on non-family Entrepreneurial Partnership”.