States that owing to a vast change in commercial activity, organizational strategy and global competition, the skills needs in the organization of the 1990s are quite different from those needed 20 years ago. In consequence, training needs have changed as well. Examines whether women and men at...

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate gender similarities and differences among managers and professionals working in a variety of organizations and industries in Egypt. It seeks to replicate and extend previous work by employing a different sample working in a large Muslim country....

Purpose – With half of those in leadership positions maybe falling short, the purpose of this paper is to review literature on why leaders fail. Design/methodology/approach – A number of recent journal articles, book chapters and books were examined. Findings – The paper identified common...

Examines the relationship of employment gaps to measures of work outcomes and emotional wellbeing. Data were collected from a diverse sample of 792 managerial and professional women using questionnaires completed anonymously. Managerial women with more employment gaps were older, more likely...

The job training schemes have been and still are important for the supply of labour to cultural institutions in Denmark. Particularly the young and experimental cultural manifestations are depending on labour market subsidies for their development and survival. Discusses the clashes, cultural,...

This investigation examined the consequences of several threats to job security in an organisation under siege. Data were collected from 73 stockbrokers in a financial institution about four months after Black Monday. Five threats to job security were considered: stock market volatility, merger...

Examines benefits of mentoring relationships in organizations from the perspective of mentors. A model which included personal and situational antecedents of mentoring, as well as personal and organizational consequences of mentoring was developed, based on previous research findings. Data were...

This study examines the relationship of three workaholism components proposed by Spence and Robbins and several work and psychological well‐being outcomes using hierarchical regression analysis. Data were collected from 171 construction company owners and senior managers in Norway using...

Examines aspects of career development functions, one component of mentoring relationships, as they relate to employee development. Describes the experiences of over 1,200 professional and managerial women and men with their firm’s performance appraisal and counselling procedures. Data were...