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The Leadership Practices Of Effective Ras, Barry Z. Posner, Barbara Brodsky
The Leadership Practices Of Effective Ras, Barry Z. Posner, Barbara Brodsky
Management & Entrepreneurship
Investigated is the relationship between the leadership behaviors of RAs and effectiveness assessments provided by their constituents (N = 1,304 ), supervisors (N = 5 ), and themselves (N = 333 ). Significant and consistent patterns emerge, with the RAs most frequently engaged in leadership practices viewed as most effective.
Teaching Big Brother To Be A Team Player: Computer Monitoring And Quality, Terri L. Griffith
Teaching Big Brother To Be A Team Player: Computer Monitoring And Quality, Terri L. Griffith
Management & Entrepreneurship
Computer monitoring should not be seen as a way of gathering information about workers, per se, but rather as one part of a production and quality strategy that provides needed information to a diverse team of workers. In its most powerful and effective form. computer monitoring is the use of computers to collect. process, and provide feedback information about work with the intent of improving performance and developing employees. Unfortunately, computer monitoring has also been used to punish employees. Here, a study of a successful computer monitoring system at Hughes Aircraft Company is described. The study shows that computer monitoring …
Promises, Pitfalls, And Paradox: Cognitive Elements In The Implementation Of New Technology, Terri L. Griffith, Gregory B. Northcraft
Promises, Pitfalls, And Paradox: Cognitive Elements In The Implementation Of New Technology, Terri L. Griffith, Gregory B. Northcraft
Management & Entrepreneurship
Offers a model of new technology implementation (NTI) that elaborates the role of cognitions, specifically user and implementer frames in NTI. The model reveals the paradox of value (PV) and the paradox of experience (PE). The PV occurs when the divergence between user frames (the balanced information that users need) and implementer frames (the unbalanced information that implementers provide) creates negative surprises for users when they experience a new technology. The PE is that these negative surprises need not be costly and may be key components of successful implementation. The key proposition is that the pitfall of unbalanced implementation frames …