Browsing by Subject "Major management"
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1993)Corporate restructuring of publicly owned firms has recently become a common occurrence. The magnitude of restructuring events, both in terms of value and actual numbers, indicate corporate restructuring is, and has been, ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)Service organizations require information in order to provide services (Bowen, 1986; Mills & Margulies, 1980). Clients are the source of that information, resulting in interaction between clients and service organizations ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)The determinants of salary are not well understood. The role that salary determinants play in influencing the male/female wage differential is even less well understood. As a result, the extent to which volitional employer ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1972)A Variation II training laboratory similar in approach to Blake's Instrumented T-Group was implemented in conjunction with a senior level management course in human relations. Twelve one-and-one-half hour laboratory sessions ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1985)A retrospective longitudinal analysis was conducted of the growth of the microcomputer industry from 1975 through 1983 and of the competition among five dominant firms in the industry from the summer of 1977 through 1983. ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1991)This study examined the influence of procedural, interpersonal, and distributive justice on perceptions of fairness and workplace attitudes and behaviors for layoff victims and survivors. Self-report survey instruments ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1985)Implementation is a stage in strategic management that pertains to the ways in which firms' commpetitive plans are put into operation. Most research focuses on budgetary allocations as a means of studying strategy ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)Ethical/unethical behavior in the organization is proposed to be a function of both the environment (organizational variables) and the person (individual difference variables). Organizations can influence ethical decision ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1992)This research effort proposes to develop and test an integrated and extended model of strategic decision making. The model is developed using an interactionist framework that emphasizes the relevance of both the person and ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)The exchange quality of a supervisor-subordinate relationship influences attitudes and behaviors of both the supervisor and the subordinate. Unfortunately, there are few studies investigating the determinants of exchange ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1986)The emergence of an idea champion is an essential ingredient in the process of strategic change. The idea champion provides energy to move the system, yet "we know practically nothing about this activity" (Daft & Bradshow, ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)The purpose of this research was to examine the relationship between the demographic characteristics of strategic linking group members of organizations and the performance of the organization. Because the past experiences ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1993)This dissertation examined organizational control from a property rights perspective. The primary objective was to develop a framework which aligns technology, skills and organizational control, and test this framework. A ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1977)The primary purpose of this study were twofold. One was to determine whether there were any linear relationships between various individual and organization characteristics and the turnover rate of real estate salespersons. ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1992)The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptual process of top managers of U.S. construction firms and to examine its relationship with organizational commitment to innovation and internationalization. Top ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1986)Several scholars in the area of entrepreneurial research have shifted their interests away from the dominant, independent-minded, owner-manager who makes the strategic decisions for his firm and have focused, instead, on ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1986)This research investigated the extent to which the Pygmalion effect, long studied in education, occurs in a work organization. The study was designed to investigate the relationship between a supervisor's expectations of ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1993)The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between firm risk and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) compensation from an agency theory perspective. The focus of the study is on compensation mix, the manner ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1980)A typology of city manager policy role selection was developed containing five roles and two contingency variables. Combining low and high extremes of the two contingency variables defined four situation types. Political ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1993)This study was designed to determine what effect the sex of the actor and the gender identity of the target in an upward influence episode would have on the target's normative associations regarding appropriate influence ...