Purpose – The aim of this paper is to describe how a nation full of spenders were encouraged to become a nation full of savers Design/methodology/approach – The paper is an interview with Arkadi Kuhlmann. Findings – Explains the strategy behind the formation of ING DIRECT USA....

Purpose – Over the past decade, the social power taxonomy has been applied in many organizational contexts. This study aims to examine the issue of organizational values as antecedents of social power. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 187 Israeli MBA students participated in a study...

Purpose – This paper seeks to argue that leadership is a purposive process, which is value‐transcendent, and to suggest that organizations, and leadership systems within organizations, are governed as much by beliefs as by rationality and outcomes. Design/methodology/approach – The paper...

Purpose – The recently introduced collective effort model (CEM) enlightens from a theoretical point of view different facets of the relationship between individual and group performance. From a more practical point of view, the Productivity Measurement and Enhancement System (ProMES) can be...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a re‐scripting of how it should educate students in light of a changing environment. Design/methodology/approach – This paper shares a conceptual framework and provide examples from the service learning (SL) courses and data from students...

Purpose – Although Australia and English Canada share common British colonial origins, they have not evolved into identical cultures. This is likely because they do not share an identical pattern of cultural values. Research has shown that, while common values certainly exist, each nation's...

Purpose – To investigate how an individual's value structure influences his/her attitudes toward others who are dissimilar and the moderating effects of age, gender, race, and religiosity on this relationship. Design/methodology/approach – A sample of 165 respondents completed the 56‐item...

Purpose – Individual characteristics have been weaker correlates of organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) than have attitudinal and contextual variables; however, few individual characteristics have been examined. This paper seeks to broaden the search for possible antecedents to include...

Purpose – Two claims are made about play that bears on managing change in organizations. First, play is a creative dynamic of human community; and in particular, it is the form taken by love at the boundary of fantasy and reality. Second, play is known, not by analysis via the mind and reason,...

Purpose – This paper seeks to shed light on how core values are successfully transmitted in family businesses via narratives. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative‐interpretive approach is used. Data were collected through in‐depth interviews made to 17 family members from three...