International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior: Volume 4 Issue 3/4

Dealing with mature employees

Arie Halachmi

Retraining and the technological productivity paradox

Laurie Larwood, Sergei Rodkin, Dean Judson

The need to maintain up-to-date technological skills despite an aging workforce makes it imperative that organizations increasingly focus on retraining older employees. This…

Optimizing the silver collar worker: in the shoes of the older employee

Kenneth L. Nichols

Older workers are increasingly prized in the workplace, though they still represent an undertapped resource. What can be done to meet the needs of employees over the age of fifty…

Chaos theory and postmodern organization

Warren Smith

This article notes the growing attractiveness of concepts “borrowed” from chaos theory in organizational studies. Many of these interpretations display sentiments broadly…

The concept of fit in organizational research

Prescott C. Ensign

This paper focuses on the concept of fit as a topic of research. The concept of fit has been viewed as an internal consistency among key strategic decisions or the alignment…

A cross-cultural test of vroom’s expectancy motivation framework: an australian and a malaysian company in the beauty care industry

Cecil A. L. Pearson, Lynette Tang Yin Hui

This study assessed the relevance of Vroom’s expectancy motivational framework in a cross-cultural context. Differences in attitudes for task investment, preferences for work…

The learning organization: an empirical test of a normative perspective

Swee C. Goh

This paper proposes a framework for understanding the concept of a learning organization from a normative perspective. A questionnaire was developed to operationally measure the…

Mood: a review of its antecedents and consequences

June M. L. Poon

This article reviews selected literature on the causes and effects of mood. Theoretical mechanisms for explaining the mood phenomenon are also considered. Finally, some practical…

Barnard’s cooperative systems and the power of the coworker effect

Mary Sue Love, Granger Macy, Thomas W. Dougherty

Barnard was acutely aware of the social factors present in organizations and their influence on the effectiveness of organizations. He realized that cooperation, and more…