subjectivity matters and we use a labour process theory framework to address subjectivity; primarily, Michael Burawoy´s concept of … was that productivity increased in a situation where management control over daily operations was diminishing. Managers …

manager. Furthermore, we hypothesize that optimistic managers embody positive leadership—employing a strengths-based approach … productivity of their employees. In a cross-sectional study of 86 employees and 17 managers in an Information Technology (IT … subset of this data prospectively, with 39 employees and 14 managers, manager optimism predicted project performance. Our …

on the firm or industry but is reflective of the strength of the beliefs held by managers. This implies that the "black …

Management texts have long been prescriptive regarding management practice, recommending managers do this, and managers … gone into the field to observe just what managers actually do. Change management literature tends to be prescriptive … empirical information discussing what effective change managers actually do. This paper aims to present empirical data from a …

managers may be less influenced than senior women managers by the gender of the speaker in evaluating whether specific …-year female management students evaluated strategies for the same workplace dilemmas as senior women managers (Barrett 2004 …). Findings - For short and medium term dilemmas students, like senior women managers, regarded masculine communication strategies …

in any given hierarchy is a product of the organization’s mission(Jaques, 1989).Stratified Systems Theory (Jaques, 1989 … reporting results.The research indicates that the organisation is presently, according toJaques Stratified Systems Theory …Conduct an exploratory study on operationally focussed managers within a South African company, using both quantitative …