Leadership & Organization Development Journal: Volume 18 Issue 4

The relationship of vertical and horizontal individualism and collectivism to intrapreneurship and organizational commitment

Rebecca Abraham

Presents a study which derives relationships between the personality/cultural variables of vertical and horizontal individualism and collectivism, on the one hand, and the…

Cross‐cultural leadership dynamics in collectivism and high power distance settings

John R. Schermerhorn, Michael Harris Bond

Individualism‐collectivism and power distance are among the dimensions of national culture frequently discussed in the leadership literature and in executive development…

The human aspects of demerger: a new agenda for research?

Simon C. Hoare, Sue Cartwright

Suggests that research attention has increasingly focused on the human aspects of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), particularly the problem of socio‐cultural integration. Alongside…

The evolution of a university research department facilitated by a groupware system ‐ Part 1: organizational growth, planning and learning

Barbara White, Anthony Deakin, Perena Gouma, Roy Rada

Presents an extended study of the transformation of a university research group into a learning organization. The transformation process was realized during the rapid development…

Workplace bullying: myth or reality ‐ can we afford to ignore it?

Charlotte Rayner, Cary Cooper

Introduces workplace bullying and examines the nature of actions associated with it as well as recent UK data on incidence. Develops a cost‐benefit argument for organizations to…