Disagreement among legal scholars over the phenomenon of "contingent employment" has led to disparate prescriptions for reform. For some, government regulation of contingent work is at best unnecessary, and at worst counterproductive, and the best solution would be to eliminate the existing...

Presents a modern definition of lobbying suitable for the use of organizational lobbyists and a theory of lobbying as conflict accommodation which arouses ethical considerations. A contingency model of effective lobbying strategies and dynamics of lobbying is developed and tested in a...

Marketing information systems have usually been analysed in terms of market research, market intelligence and computerised modelling and analysis systems. Both empirical and theoretical studies are making it increasingly clear that this approach is inadequate, especially as it takes too little...

While a great deal has been written on the subject of empowerment of employees in the manufacturing industries, its application in the services area is relatively under‐developed. In fact, the special nature of services, and in particular the simultaneity of production and consumption is one...

Contingency models have enabled researchers to develop system‐based decision‐making approaches to organizational studies. Two contingency decision‐making models ‐ rational and political choice ‐ have been applied to identify those organizational characteristics and strategic leadership...