Management Research News: Volume 8 Issue 3

U.K. Share Ownership 1966–1980

Richard Dobbins, Norman H. Cuthbert

A comprehensive review of UK share ownership during the 1966–1980 period, with particular reference to the work of Revell and Moyle at the Department of Applied Economics…

Management Development for Entrepreneurs

James S. Lowden

In a small business individual development of its leading entrepreneur is closely tied to the development of the organisation. Key features in management development of…

Involving Employees Through the Recession

Mick Marchington, Roger Armstrong

The biggest influence on employee relations since 1980 has been the increasingly competitive environment, according to a 1984 survey revisiting 18 different workplaces in a wide…

Accounting for Customers as a Resource: A Forgotten Research Proposal

Vassilios P. Filios

A firm's human resources can be split into two groups, internal (employees) and external (customers, major suppliers/distributors, stockholders). Viewing each area as an…

Can QWL Interventions Pay Off in the Short Term?

John G. Veres, Ronald R. Sims

Quality of Working Life (QWL) programmes can pay off in the short term. The Johnson Chemical Company experience in the USA demonstrates that such interventions can immediately…