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Empowerment: WHAT TO DO WITH TROUBLING EMPLOYEES?
Robert E. Ripley, Marie J. RipleyDiscusses the problem of managing and empoweringthose employees in the USA whose employment isprotected by special legislation – minority groups – whenthey do not work responsibly.
A Practitioner's View of “Motivation”
Robert HersheyContends that motivation theories have done little to helpoperating managers. “Help” to achieve the manager′sobjectives is what current theories are all about butsince no one can…
Competing Social Responsibility Values and the Functional Roles of Managers: IMPLICATIONS FOR CAREER AND EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
Joseph A. Petrick, Robert F. SchererReports a study conducted to determine whether or notthere were differences between descriptive andnormative social responsibility values for managers whoassume roles in different…
Motivation and Information System Professionals
John W. GriesserUses the job characteristics theory and additionalresearch to measure the impact of growth needs, groupinteraction, advanced technology, change acceptanceand the motivating…
Human Resource Management and the Specialist/Generalist Issue
Steven J. Cesare, Coleen ThorntonIllustrates the key differences between two distinct sub‐populationsemployed by most organizations: specialistsand generalists. Specialists are defined as thoseprofessionals who…
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0268-3946Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Professor Carrie Bulger