Purpose The purpose of this article is twofold. Its first objective is to bring to the fore the unexplored and neglected origins of social exchange theory (SET) to critique this body of conjecture. This unearthing is illustrated through focusing on the way the theory was developed and how this...

Purpose This paper takes a long-term view of how the US public and private sectors have been viewed in relation to each other. It notes that since the time of approximately the Nixon Administration, each sector has not been viewed favourably by the public. Over the past 40 years, the private...

1. Introduction to Management History: debates and methodology -- 2. Work, Organization and Commerce in the Pre-Modern World -- 3. The Foundations of Modern Management -- 4. The Classic Age of Management Thought (mid-19th century until 1939) -- 5. Management in the Age of Prosperity (1940s –...