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Governors As Ceos: An Evolution, Jennie Carter Thomas, Richard L. Churchman Mar 2023

Governors As Ceos: An Evolution, Jennie Carter Thomas, Richard L. Churchman

Journal of the North American Management Society

This paper examines the emergence of American governors as modern day CEOs from the historical perspective. In the 1960s, the shift in the power of the governorship was beginning, and by the 1970s, the trend toward stronger chief executives was reinforced by various federalism initiatives and the increasing complexity of managing state government. As the 1980s arrived, shifts in federal responsibilities to state governments, economic challenges and competitiveness, increased urbanization, demands for additional services and programs, and accelerating technologies have required a new kind of leadership in the governor’s office. Such leadership requires not only authority, but a managerial expertise …

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Emotional Intelligence Founded Transformational Leadership Traits: The Impact Of Gender, Tenure, And Organization Position Among Virtual Workers, Michael Charles Hitson Mar 2023

Emotional Intelligence Founded Transformational Leadership Traits: The Impact Of Gender, Tenure, And Organization Position Among Virtual Workers, Michael Charles Hitson

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Teaming, in combination with the drive to complete work virtually has exploded on the enterprise scene over the last two decades. This paradigm shift has precipitated the need for leaders to better understand the impact of the virtual teaming work environment on leadership methodology. Within leadership methodology a major component is the recognition of the effect and fostering of emotional intelligence within the workforce. This study explores a series of transformational leadership traits which can be directly related to the enhancement and specific needs associated with emotional intelligence factors. The study specifically focuses on workers who complete the majority of …

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Using General Systems Theory As A Business Application Paradigm, Vincent O'Rourke Mar 2023

Using General Systems Theory As A Business Application Paradigm, Vincent O'Rourke

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General Systems Theory (GST) is reviewed as a paradigm for modeling business applications. The theory has been used and abused for over sixty years, oftentimes the subject of scholarly articles written by authors who felt the need to write, especially as GST was the current ‘flavor of the day’, but who hadn’t reviewed the basic literature to learn what the GST concept actually entailed. The GST concept is reviewed, from its original documents, and the history is explored. A section is devoted to reviewing some of the literature that has been published in scholarly journals or books over the decades, …

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Impact Of Mandatory Diversity Training: Lessons From A Private University, Patrick O'Leary, Randy L. Richards, Thomas J. Quinlan Jr. Mar 2023

Impact Of Mandatory Diversity Training: Lessons From A Private University, Patrick O'Leary, Randy L. Richards, Thomas J. Quinlan Jr.

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Attendance at diversity training programs is often dictated by management, and participants find themselves caught between their genuine desire to broaden their understanding of the subject and resentment at being forced to do so. The outcomes of these mandatory training programs have not been systematically assessed. This study looks at the cognitive, attitudinal, and behavioral impacts of attending such a program and finds valuable lessons learned and cautious room for optimism.

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Student Versus Employer Perceptions Of College Graduate Skills, Lawrence Roth, Sohel Ahmad, Richard J. Sebastian Mar 2023

Student Versus Employer Perceptions Of College Graduate Skills, Lawrence Roth, Sohel Ahmad, Richard J. Sebastian

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College of business students who soon will graduate and representatives of employers likely to recruit them rated the skills “most important for [job] candidates to possess” and the skills "new college graduates most need to improve upon." Students' ratings for important to possess skills closely mirrored those of employers, demonstrating that efforts to teach students about employer preferences had been successful. Students' ratings of the skills most needing improvement differed dramatically from employers' ratings. Most critically, students rated "interviewing skills" as most in need of improvement whereas employers rated this in the middle range and employers rated "realistic expectations" and …

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Narcissus In The Workplace: What Organizations Need To Know, Mark Arvisais Mar 2023

Narcissus In The Workplace: What Organizations Need To Know, Mark Arvisais

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Any issue that hinders organizational progress is worthy of attention and concern. Researchers have linked the trait of narcissism with leadership and have identified an assortment of senior leader behaviors as representative of narcissism. Some of these behaviors tend to be self-focused but often have the dual benefit of helping the organization reach its objectives. The first question faced by organizations is whether narcissism is a significant component within the personality structure of most senior leaders. If confirmed as such, the institution must then learn how to channel those behaviors toward the benefit of the organization in addition to establishing …

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Women In Management And Emotional Disequilibrium In The Workplace, Willia Glover Mar 2023

Women In Management And Emotional Disequilibrium In The Workplace, Willia Glover

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This exploratory study uses personal narratives from 5 women in senior management to explore the relationship, if any, between women in management and emotional disequilibrium in the workplace. The following questions are of primary interest: 1. Is the workplace a source of emotional disequilibrium for women in management?; and 2. If so, how are these emotionally challenging experiences being managed? This study reveals that many women in management encounter emotionally challenging experiences in the workplace confirming the workplace as a source of emotional disequilibrium.

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International Truck And Engine Parts And Partners Case And Teaching Note, Gurram Gopal, Eric Stasken Mar 2023

International Truck And Engine Parts And Partners Case And Teaching Note, Gurram Gopal, Eric Stasken

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Faculty Development Through Training: Political And Public Relations Implications, Claretha Hughes Mar 2023

Faculty Development Through Training: Political And Public Relations Implications, Claretha Hughes

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Many changes occur for reasons related the political atmosphere of an organization and/or its public relations status within the broader community. The first campus-wide training and development opportunity for faculty at a major, research institution in Southwestern Virginia occurred, partly, as a result of political and public relations concerns related to its emerging technological environment on campus. The success of this endeavor is perceived to have improved the political and public relations status of the University with regards to integrating technology into instruction. The concept of using tangible/measurable barriers as incentives appeared to influence the success of the program.

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An Empirical Investigation Focusing On The Composition And Performance Of The Fortune 500, Joseph T. Martelli, Patricia B. Abels, Kara M. Ward Mar 2023

An Empirical Investigation Focusing On The Composition And Performance Of The Fortune 500, Joseph T. Martelli, Patricia B. Abels, Kara M. Ward

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Each year Fortune Magazine categorizes American corporations into a snapshot view of how each performed in the previous year. The list compiles the top 500 companies based upon revenue. The following article looks closer at the NAICS industry sectors that make up the 2008 Fortune 500 list and the performance level of each sector represented using multiple dimensions of analysis. This research investigates the 2008 Fortune 500 companies in terms of their NAICS industry sector, geography, revenue generation, and profitability. The study further explores employment levels and labor productivity within and across sectors. Additionally, the education levels attained by the …

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Looking Through The “Glass Ceiling:” Compensation Equity & Promotional Challenges, Michaeline Skiba, Joseph Mosca Mar 2023

Looking Through The “Glass Ceiling:” Compensation Equity & Promotional Challenges, Michaeline Skiba, Joseph Mosca

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The purpose of this study is to examine how a select group of current businesspeople view women’s pay equity and promotional opportunities. Research participants were selected from the memberships of two national professional associations and a graduate student class within a university’s MBA program. Although the collected information was limited in its scope, it shows great potential regarding but not limited to such dimensions as the importance of mentors, acquisition of knowledge of one’s chosen professional discipline as well as the law, and the need for work-life balance.

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Leaders And Non-Leaders: A Comparative Study Of Some Major Developmental Aspects, Karin Amit, Micha Popper, Reuven Gal, Tammy Mamane-Levy, Alon Lisak Mar 2023

Leaders And Non-Leaders: A Comparative Study Of Some Major Developmental Aspects, Karin Amit, Micha Popper, Reuven Gal, Tammy Mamane-Levy, Alon Lisak

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The research presented here is based on the assumption that there are unique features in the development of leaders in social and organizational settings. Fifty Israeli soldiers who were perceived as leaders by their commanders and peers were compared with 30 soldiers who received low scores on leadership evaluations. The participants were selected out of a group of 286 soldiers on a combat training course. Differences were found between those perceived as leaders and those who scored low on leadership evaluations, in developmental aspects such as relations in the family, expectations transmitted to them by the family, exposure to models …

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The Influence Of Situational And Transformational Leadership On Successful Crisis Management, Kenneth M. Baylor Mar 2023

The Influence Of Situational And Transformational Leadership On Successful Crisis Management, Kenneth M. Baylor

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This qualitative study engages the narrative method and concerns the interplay of Situational and Transformational Leadership and its influence on successful crisis management. The subjects are two distinguished former World War II Fighter Squadron commanders who participated in lead roles during the invasion of Europe. It includes a review of applicable literature on the theories and a discussion of research that applies to actual crisis situations in a variety of settings. The results demonstrate that Situational and Transformational Leadership have an influence on successful crisis outcomes in terms of both preparation and response. Further, their application is equally appropriate in …

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Guanxi And Ethical Decision Making, Russ Urness, Perry Hahn Mar 2023

Guanxi And Ethical Decision Making, Russ Urness, Perry Hahn

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Guanxi or gift giving in an international business context can mean the difference between continuing a working relationship versus prematurely discontinuing the working relationship. The analysis of gift giving indicates significant economic, cultural, judicial, and ethical differences exist between the United States and China. These differences can be mitigated through the use of a commonly accepted and frequently cited ethical decision making models proposed by Trevino (1986) which take into account cognitive development, individual, and situational moderators. The expected outcome in terms of ethical behavior should be consistent with the established company protocol and at the same time honor the …

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The Shifting Paradigm Of Baby Boomer Retirement Planning, David M. Savino Mar 2023

The Shifting Paradigm Of Baby Boomer Retirement Planning, David M. Savino

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The Baby Boomer generation has done it again. As with other phases of their lives where they pioneered new lifestyles and choices, they now have succeeded in redefining retirement. While many workers before have gone the traditional route of retiring at age 62 with Social Security, Baby Boomers are forgoing the typical retirement scenario to stay on the job to satisfy both economic and workplace quality of life issues. While for years the predominant assumption was that there would be a significant labor shortage created as the Baby Boomers hit Social Security age, the opposite seems to be true. Findings …

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From Micro To Meso: Overuse Of Strengths – A Framework For Assessing And Improving Organizational Effectiveness, Mary K. Foster Mar 2023

From Micro To Meso: Overuse Of Strengths – A Framework For Assessing And Improving Organizational Effectiveness, Mary K. Foster

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This exploratory theoretical paper adapts an individual level concept from executive coaching – the overuse of strengths – to explore its potential at the organizational level as a framework for assessing and improving organizational effectiveness. This study posits a multilevel homologous relationship between overuse of strengths and performance at the individual and organizational levels. Specifically, the framework is used to explore the potential effects of overuse of strengths given a scientific management and high performance work system (HPWS) organization. This exploratory conceptualization suggests that the overuse of strengths framework and a curvilinear “amount” scale may indeed provide fruitful direction for …

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Identifying Pre-Retirees For Bridge Employment: Factors That Influence Post-Retirement Employment Decisions, Sharon Kendrick, Melody L. Wollan Mar 2023

Identifying Pre-Retirees For Bridge Employment: Factors That Influence Post-Retirement Employment Decisions, Sharon Kendrick, Melody L. Wollan

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In a field study of 387 pre-retirees, four factors are demonstrated to be important as tools to aid Human Resource Managers and managers in predicting and influencing employees to consider participation in bridge employment: education levels of pre-retirees, training opportunities offered, role support from others (of particular importance supervisors and coworkers), and work family balance issues. Additionally, our findings draw attention to the importance of employment status (part-time versus full-time) and the number of years to retirement in predicting pre-retirees’ intentions to work in bridge employment.

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Editor's Preface, Edward Heler Mar 2023

Editor's Preface, Edward Heler

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Cultural Literacy And Sound Due Diligence: Two Imperatives For Business Success In China, Redmond Humphrey Mar 2023

Cultural Literacy And Sound Due Diligence: Two Imperatives For Business Success In China, Redmond Humphrey

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Doing business in China can be very complex and costly. However, businesses can reduce their risk by being patient, and improving their cultural literacy and the quality of their due diligence. Understanding China’s culture and its ethical and legal system is a necessity for those businesses considering establishing operations in China. Partner selection has received very little attention even though it is one of the major causes of alliance failure. This paper focuses on the importance of these issues and explains why businesses should exercise due care when deciding to invest directly in China.

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Strategic And Visionary Leadership: Individual Differences In Cognitive Styles For Creating Mental Images And Strategic Visions, Tobias Huning, Coy A. Jones Mar 2023

Strategic And Visionary Leadership: Individual Differences In Cognitive Styles For Creating Mental Images And Strategic Visions, Tobias Huning, Coy A. Jones

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This paper provides a new way of thinking about visionary leadership and executive decision making. First, the literature on visionary leadership is reviewed; then a discussion of cognitive styles that draws on the psychology literature is presented. We found differences between the “visualizer” and the “verbalizer” cognitive styles. The paper proposes a research methodology to explore the effect that these cognitive styles have on established characteristics of strategic managerial decisions.

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Charles E. Merrill: The Father Of Main Street Brokerage, John D. Farlin Mar 2023

Charles E. Merrill: The Father Of Main Street Brokerage, John D. Farlin

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A millionaire by the time he was thirty-one, Charles E. Merrill more than any other individual is responsible for the innovations and concepts that allowed the average American after World War II to participate in the stock market. He was also the first prominent Wall Streeter to predict the Great Crash of 1929. By February 1929, Merrill was so convinced the market top was near that he liquidated his firm's stock portfolio. He shared this conviction with his clients. His advice allowed many Merrill Lynch customers to escape the resulting Crash of 1929. His reentry into the brokerage business in …

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Service-Learning And Volunteering: Does The Course Matter?, Paul L. Govekar, Michele A. Govekar Mar 2023

Service-Learning And Volunteering: Does The Course Matter?, Paul L. Govekar, Michele A. Govekar

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One of the greatest challenges facing third-sector organizations is attracting and retaining sufficient, qualified volunteers to develop and deliver their programs. Often, college-educated individuals are uniquely suited for this volunteer role. Many colleges and universities are using Service-Learning (S-L) as a vehicle to educate students on the importance of social and community issues. In 2006, Campus Compact member university students contributed $7.1 billion, using the Independent Sector’s annual value of $18.77 per hour, with 91% of Campus Compact member universities offering some Service-Learning courses Some nonprofit scholars argue that Service- Learning at the collegiate level will increase the extent of …

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Editor's Preface, Edward Heler Mar 2023

Editor's Preface, Edward Heler

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Critical Spirituality, Moral Philosophy, And Business Ethics, Michael Whitty, Jerry Biberman Mar 2023

Critical Spirituality, Moral Philosophy, And Business Ethics, Michael Whitty, Jerry Biberman

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Critical ethics, according to David Boje, require a restoration of moral philosophy as a core value to the theory and practice of business ethics. Managerial business ethics often lack an answerability that challenges systemicity, which produces inhumane "unethics." This essay supports answerability for the administered world of organization, power and politics. We join critical post-modern theorists in rejecting "managerialism" and the cultural industry. We advocate an ethics of responsibility that is drawn from moral philosophy and a free spirituality (by which we mean a trust in human potential, consciousness and human evolution). Just as ethics is often a grey area …

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Educating Business Professionals For 2010 And Beyond: Six Critical Management Themes And Skills To Emphasize, Hamid Akbari Mar 2023

Educating Business Professionals For 2010 And Beyond: Six Critical Management Themes And Skills To Emphasize, Hamid Akbari

Journal of the North American Management Society

In this paper, based on the recent global and technological developments, I propose six main critical themes/skills which need to be emphasized much more than before for educating business professionals in management for 2010 and beyond. While there is interdependence among these six areas, I separate them for reasons of focus and understanding.

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Abusive Supervision: Observer Perceptions Of Causes And Consequences, Richard J. Sabastian, Dennis Bristow, Caity Longfield Mar 2023

Abusive Supervision: Observer Perceptions Of Causes And Consequences, Richard J. Sabastian, Dennis Bristow, Caity Longfield

Journal of the North American Management Society

The research examined the circumstances under which observers believe a worker would remain in a situation where abusive supervision occurs and the perceived reasons why such supervision happens. Eight different vignettes were created by independently varying the age and experience of the worker (young and inexperienced or older and experienced), the status of the boss (high or low), and the benefits and compensation the worker received (high or low). In all vignettes the male boss abusively responds to a report completed by a female worker. Undergraduate men and women business students at a Midwestern university read one of the vignettes …

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Unemployment And Absenteeism Pension Effects For Low Income Workers, Ronald M. Faust Mar 2023

Unemployment And Absenteeism Pension Effects For Low Income Workers, Ronald M. Faust

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This study investigated the effects that expected absenteeism and unemployment, based on BLS and Census data, would have on the income and thus retirement contributions made into the OAI Social Security Retirement plan, and also into a private account, by a low-income worker. Low-income-worker is defined as one earning half the average annual wages subject to FICA taxes, or $17, 449 in the year 2004. Low income workers are reported to have significantly higher absenteeism and unemployment rates than do high income workers. The conclusion is that absenteeism and unemployment have about equal impacts on Social Security Retirement benefits and …

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A Long-Term Study Of Sex Differences In Attitudes Towards Women’S Roles In The Military And In Combat, Edward F. Murphy Jr., Regina A. Greenwood Mar 2023

A Long-Term Study Of Sex Differences In Attitudes Towards Women’S Roles In The Military And In Combat, Edward F. Murphy Jr., Regina A. Greenwood

Journal of the North American Management Society

This study explored changes in attitudes towards women’s roles in society, particularly the military, from 1993 to 2004 using the Spence, Helmreich and Stapp (1973) Attitudes towards Women scale. The researchers surveyed 500 respondents in 1993 and 2,560 between 2002 and 2004, finding that, while both women and men became more equalitarian, women became even more equalitarian. Although both men and women believe that women belong in the military, female respondents felt that women would be just as good as men in combat while men felt that women should not be in combat occupations. The study concludes that traditional stereotypes …

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Editor's Preface, Edward Heler Mar 2023

Editor's Preface, Edward Heler

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No abstract provided.

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Capacity Building For Organizational Accomplishment: Lessons From A Network Of Nonprofit Organizations, Jacqueline Stavros, Jane Galloway Seiling, Patricia Ann Castelli Mar 2023

Capacity Building For Organizational Accomplishment: Lessons From A Network Of Nonprofit Organizations, Jacqueline Stavros, Jane Galloway Seiling, Patricia Ann Castelli

Journal of the North American Management Society

Organizational capacity is based upon internal relationships which exist within an organization with the goal of enhancing structure through the talents and competencies of its people. Although at times used by profit organizations as a means to strengthen company performance and assist with strategic planning, the use of capitalizing on the value of organizational capacity in nonprofits has been largely ignored. A study was undertaken to capture the essence of capacity building specifically for nonprofits. An appreciative inquiry process was utilized with favorable results toward assisting an organization to accomplish its mission of serving stakeholders effectively by building on the …

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