Towards the end of the twentieth century, the world has witnessed an amazing economic take‐off in the East Asia, especially within the territory of so‐called “Greater China”, encompassing the PRC and Taiwan. Against this economic and cultural background, this study surveyed 258 and 189...

This study investigates the occupational stress amongst 355 male and female Greek junior hospital doctors (JHDs) working in the Greater Athens area. The initial phase of the research involved in‐depth interviews with a random stratified sample of sixty JHDs, both male and female, in a variety...

Mergers and acquisitions frequently result in job losses. At the same time, many organizations experience an unplanned and often undesirable exodus of talented personnel post merger or acquisition. Objective merger reselection procedures can play a useful role in guiding organizational retention...

Examines the management of quality from the perspective of organizational culture change. Discusses the nature of quality and the evolution of the management of quality in relation to key issues arising from the literature on organizational culture. It is found that total quality management...

German and British managers who were attending professional training courses in management were required to rate managers from the other country as to how they perceived them. The profiles were significantly different, with British managers perceiving Germans as more industrious, meticulous,...

Reports the findings of a study which was undertaken to examine the effects of radical organizational changes, the move towards NHS trust status, on the health and wellbeing of health care workers within a large district hospital and community service. A prospective longitudinal design was...

The Occupational Stress Indicator (OSI) was used to investigate job stress in an ambulance service in the north‐west of England. Seven different aspects of the stress‐strain relationship were assessed and the findings compared with those from the fire service. Ambulance service employees...

The relationship between diverse demographic variables and the occupational stress indicator subscales (Cooper et al ., 1988) were examined among several hundred UK senior police officers. Officers who prior to their promotion to superintendent had spent most of their time within the criminal...

This study investigated occupational stress in managers in Hong Kong and Taiwan using the Occupational Stress Indicator‐2 (OSI‐2). The results showed the reliabilities and predictive validity of the OSI‐2 subscales were reasonably high in both samples. The logical relationships between job...

Work is increasingly changing into a short‐term contract culture, with long hours, intrinsic job insecurity and declining sense of loyalty by employees to their employer. The costs of this to employee health, the family and ultimately the “bottom line” are great. A time for reflection is...