This chapter discusses how organizations and their leadership must adapt to the constantly evolving psychological contract, which has shifted over the years to a more boundaryless orientation for employees and a performance-over-loyalty orientation for organizations. These changes have been...

The entry examines the role of normative expectations in fostering innovation, which is conceptualized as a collaborative endeavour among industrial sectors, scientists and governments. These stakeholders establish policies designed to stimulate innovation, which may originate from self-interest...

Based on 21 years of experience as department chair, my advice for performing this role falls into six broad topics that comprise “responsibilities of the department chair”: 1) norming, 2) strategizing, 3) guiding, 4) complying, 5) developing, and 6) behaving. I describe each of these...

This chapter offers some reflections on one of the sources of critical management education (CME) in the UK that hinge around the connection of the personal and the political. It sketches what I take to be the distinctiveness of CME and considers what this means in practice. The chapter then...

Military professionals face numerous future challenges in strategic communication. The top challenges concern the use of artificial intelligence, the fact of surveillance and observation technology, and the speed of information transfer itself. While the term evolved slowly, the practice of...

Employee voice is a major topic of interest across the related fields of Employment Relations, Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour (OB). However, what voice actually means varies considerably across these disciplines. This chapter traces the evolution of voice, showing how the...

The COVID-19 pandemic has strained the economies, health care systems and living standards, but also how people interact and live together on Curaçao, Aruba and Saint Maarten (CAS islands). This chapter focuses on the social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on various types of vulnerable...

In this chapter, I describe some personal reflections and insights, which I have gained over the years on how to (effectively) lead an academic marketing department. I make a big plea for keeping things simple, letting go of control, and cherishing the power and creativity that is in most...

This chapter provides an in-depth examination of the Swiss National Bank's (SNB) monetary policy and its commitment to price stability. It highlights the institutional setup granting the SNB high independence and a clear mandate focused on price stability. The chapter outlines Switzerland's...