Journal of Management History: Volume 19 Issue 3

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Upward defiance in organizations: management lessons from the Battle of Blair Mountain

John H. Humphreys, Jane W. Gibson, Jennifer D. Oyler

Based upon an analysis of 30 historic narrative accounts of mutinies, Coye, Murphy, and Spencer recently extended voice theory to clarify the ontological status of the concept of…

What is good for General Motors: the contributions and influence of Alfred P. Sloan, Jr

Jeffery D. Houghton

This paper seeks to provide a review and analysis of the contributions and influence of Alfred P. Sloan, Jr, to contemporary business practices and management thought.

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Modern to postmodern management: developments in scientific management

Linzi J. Kemp

The aim of the paper is to evidence the development of scientific management through the lens of postmodernism.

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Guanxi and trust in strategic alliances

Baiyun Gong, Xin He, Huei‐Min Hsu

The purpose of this paper is to distinguish different types of guanxi from a historic perspective and to investigate the effects of different types of guanxi on trust between…

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Managing uncertainty: lessons from Xenophon's retreat

David R. King

The article's purpose is to address complementary perspectives for managing uncertainty by looking at a historical example.

Invoking Black Athena and its debates: Insights for organization on diversity, race and culture

Sally Riad, Deborah Jones

The authors use the debates instigated by Bernal's Black Athena to rethink the concepts of “race”, “culture” and “diversity” in organization and aim to examine their intersection…

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ISSN:

1751-1348

Online date, start – end:

2006

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Bradley Bowden
  • Jeffrey Muldoon