It is widely believed that the implementation of progressive HR practices that affect employee skills, motivation, and behaviors can create strategic advantage for the organization (e.g., Arthur, 1994; Delaney and Huselid, 1996; Snell & Dean, 1992). However, the intervening mechanisms of this effect are...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop an interactionist framework for examining how the cultural dimension of collectivism interacts with workplace attributes to influence organizational commitment. Design/methodology/approach – These issues are studied by using a longitudinal...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine sex effects in evaluations of transformational and transactional leaders. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 459 part‐time (evening) MBA students, most of whom worked full‐time, read a vignette of either a male or female leader who...