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Perceptions of organizational attractiveness
Authors: Nadler Joel T. , Cundiff Nicole L. , Lowery Meghan R. , Jackson Stacy 
Published: August 2010

PurposePast research on flextime programs often treat work schedule flexibility as a homogeneous construct. The purpose of this paper is to empirically demonstrate the relationship between different flexible work schedules and employee perceptions of organizational attractiveness.Design/methodology/approachParticipants (n = 655) reviewed a scenario with work schedule flexibility manipulated into one of eight consecutively more flexible schedules. Participants then rated the job offer within the scenario on organizational attractiveness.FindingsThe study found significant differences in organizational attractiveness based on the eight types of work schedule flexibility. The study's results supported categorizing flextime programs as heterogeneous constructs.Research limitations/implicationsThe study utilized scenarios reducing generalization to work situations. Participants were college students with a limited work experience and may have viewed organizational attractiveness based on expectations, not on experiences. Future studies should examine workforce populations and also examine different work schedule flexibility programs' effects on absenteeism and productivity.Practical implicationsThe study suggested that work schedule flexibility affects future employees' perceptions of organizational attractiveness. Attracting high‐quality employees is in the best interests of organizations and the effects of a flexible work schedule may begin before employees are hired.Originality/valueThe paper illustrates that different work schedule flexibility schedules, often labeled “flextime,” are perceived differently regarding organizational attractiveness. The paper further supports the notion that work schedule flexibility is a complex construct that cannot be examined using one broad term.
Introducing environmental concern in manufacturing strategies
Authors: Johansson Glenn , Winroth Mats 
Published: August 2010

PurposeConcern for environmental issues has entered the agenda in many companies within the manufacturing industry. The purpose of this paper is to analyse implications for the decision criteria when environmental issues are introduced into manufacturing strategy. Furthermore, the purpose is to present a framework illustrating how concern for environmental issues affects the manufacturing strategy formulation process.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is based on a review of literature on environmentally conscious manufacturing and literature on manufacturing strategy. These two fields of research are merged in the analysis.FindingsThe analysis shows that concern for environmental issues may lead to a number of potential implications for the decision criteria. These implications may, in turn, affect the manufacturing strategy formulation process. A framework is presented that illustrates the interrelationships between the drivers for environmental concern, effects for the competitive priorities, implications for the decision criteria, and how it may affect the manufacturing strategy formulation process.Research limitations/implicationsInclusion of environmental issues potentially complicates the manufacturing strategy formulation process. This implies a need for further studies on the challenges companies face in the strategy formulation process.Practical implicationsThe implications for the decision criteria and the framework presented in the paper may encourage companies to prepare for inclusion of environmental concern in the manufacturing strategy formulation process.Originality/valueManufacturing strategy has not traditionally included concern for environmental issues. The paper adopts a novel approach in which research findings on environmental concern are integrated with literature on manufacturing strategy.
Leader behavior: gatekeeper to voluntary upward feedback
Authors: Kilburn Brandon , Cates Tommy 
Published: August 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of leader behaviors on follower attitudes and intentions toward providing voluntary upward feedback to their leader.Design/methodology/approachThis experimental study exposed subjects to one of three different descriptions depicting a relationship‐oriented leader, a task‐oriented leader, or a leader who displays a high level of task and relationship behaviors. Surveys assessing both follower attitudes and intentions toward voluntary upward feedback were administered based on pre‐existing scales that were modified for the study.FindingsAs hypothesized, a leader displaying a high level of relationship orientation did foster significantly higher attitude scores. In contrast, perceptions of a leader displaying high task orientation in conjunction with a high relationship orientation were not found to significantly differ from a high relationship‐oriented leader. Finally, the results of the study indicate that positive attitudes toward providing voluntary upward feedback are likely to result in positive intentions to actually provide this feedback.Originality/valueThe paper's findings indicate that leaders who emphasize relationships with followers may increase followers' propensity to provide voluntary upward feedback. Leaders may utilize these findings to alter behaviors in order to promote greater amounts of voluntary feedback from followers. Potentially beneficial behaviors are addressed in the paper.
The gratuitous form of acceptance as the pathway to the resolution of substance abuse (Acceptance)
Authors: Cook David H. 
Published: August 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present the second of two articles about substance abuse and the discussion of acceptance as a two‐pronged description of human thinking, with the primary care physician the intended audience.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is about the presumption of acceptance as an enabler of the learned addiction‐oriented life style.FindingsAccording to the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Global Status Report, there are about 2 billion people consuming alcoholic beverages worldwide, with about 76.3 million diagnosed as having alcohol use disorders.Research limitations/implicationsThe approach in the article differs from that taken in the discussion of relapse, where substance abuse is presented as a subset of addictive‐oriented thinking with respect to a defined group of persons. Here, there are two parallel tracks, with neither limited to any definable subgroup of a population. The first is a continuation of the focus on substance abuse as a subset of addictive‐oriented thinking. The second, however, has addictive‐oriented thinking as the superset of the learned addiction‐oriented life style.Social implicationsThe potential pool of need in the paper is the 2 billion people as the superset of addiction‐oriented living, on this view of relapse and acceptance as the “why” of substance abuse, as a subset of addictive‐oriented thinking.Originality/valueWhile the paper is in line with the WHO's position that substance abuse is the most serious health problem globally, the advocated approach to the resolution of addiction is the efficiency of the relationship between the primary care physician and the patient.
Danish libraries in WorldCat – and ordering facilities to ten Danish libraries
Authors: Brink Helle , Andresen Leif 
Published: August 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present the Danish agreement with OCLC's WorldCat and the perspectives for international cooperation.Design/methodology/approachThe paper describes the Danish ILL cooperation, the project and WorldCat as a case study of international cooperation which will increase the effectiveness of the international ILL service.FindingsCooperation with an international organization works better when coordinated nationally.Originality/valueThe Danish agreement with OCLC covers both main activities: ILL and cataloguing – creation and use of bibliographic data.
Success factors for the future of information centres, commercial and public libraries: a study from Germany
Authors: Seidler‐de Alwis Ragna , Fühles‐Ubach Simone 
Published: August 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify success factors in commercial and public libraries.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is based on research carried out in various commercial and public libraries and information centres in Germany.FindingsThe development of the internet and end user empowerment in searching threatens the role of conventional librarians and information professionals. A number of suggestions are made as to how they can reposition themselves for this radically changed environment.Originality/valueThis is one of the few studies in English of German commercial libraries. The suggestions for repositioning will also be of interest to document supply librarians in particular.
Implications of new public management and modernization on control
Authors: Palermo Ofelia A. , Cohen Laurie , Loan‐Clarke John , Mellahi Kamel 
Published: August 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the implications of new public management and modernization reform policies on control in the probation service.Design/methodology/approachThe paper takes interpretivist, qualitative approach. It is based on ethnographic data, collected over a one‐year period in an English regional probation service. In the course of the fieldwork, 45 employees were interviewed. Data were also collected through participant observation and analysis of formal documents.FindingsThe paper suggests that new public management and modernization reform policies are interpreted by organizational actors as control mechanismsper se.Originality/valueFindings can be relevant for understanding the “control” side of the reform policies in the public sector. To date those policies have been mainly considered as driven by change rather than by control.
A framework of supply chain orientation
Authors: Esper Terry L. , Clifford Defee C. , Mentzer John T. 
Published: August 2010

PurposeThe concept of supply chain orientation (SCO) has been described in multiple ways in previous research. The purpose of this paper is to integrate previous descriptions and further develop the structural element of SCO including the areas of organizational design, human resources, information technology, and organizational measurement.Design/methodology/approachA literature review is used to identify previous descriptions of SCO and present a framework to more completely describe the concept.FindingsSCO cannot be understood without incorporating both a firm's strategic intention to compete via supply chain capabilities and the firm's internal structural elements.Research limitations/implicationsThis is a conceptual study undertaken to develop a comprehensive framework incorporating SCO concepts. Although the framework is developed from the existing literature, further research is necessary to test the extended view of the concept.Practical implicationsThe paper provides a template for understanding a firm's current SCO, and may be a useful roadmap for firms wishing to develop a greater SCO.Originality/valueLittle research has been published surrounding the concept of SCO. The paper integrates previous descriptions by incorporating both strategic and structural views, and by explaining the antecedent elements internal to the firm that are required to form a SCO.
Career aspects of convention and exhibition professionals in Asia
Authors: Ladkin Adele , Weber Karin 
Published: August 2010

PurposeThe study examines the career motivations, paths and challenges of convention and exhibition (C&E) industry professionals in Asia.Design/methodology/approachThe paper reviews the key literature relating to life and work history research, career profiles and human capital, which is followed by a discussion of findings of an online survey of C&E industry professionals in Asia.FindingsFindings indicate that there is no specific career route/path into the industry, with experience being generated in a wide variety of sectors, and primarily gained in management, sales and marketing roles. Professionals show a high level of career commitment and face a variety of challenges relating to environmental, customer and job demands.Research limitations/implicationsData were collected from industry professionals from four South‐East Asian destinations only, thus it is important not to generalize study findings to Asia. Practical implications are discussed in relation to career development and employee retention, specifically in view of the variety of entry points into the industry, potential for job mobility, and challenges to motivate and retain a committed workforce composed of different generations.Originality/valueAppropriately educated and trained labor is essential for the success of the rapidly growing C&E industry. Yet, despite the recognized value of superior staff and the wealth of employment opportunities, there is little understanding of careers in the C&E sector to date. The research addresses this gap in the research.
Environmental sustainability in the third‐party logistics (3PL) industry
Authors: Lieb Kristin J. , Lieb Robert C. 
Published: August 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to document the extent to which large third‐party logistics (3PL) companies have committed themselves to environmental sustainability goals. It also aims to examine the sustainability initiatives undertaken by those companies and the impact of those initiatives on the 3PL and their customers. Finally, the research seeks to examine the impact of the global recession of 2008‐2009 not only on the commitment of the 3PL to their sustainability goals but also on how the recession impacted 3PL customer interest in such goals.Design/methodology/approachThe data upon which this paper is based was generated in two annual surveys of the chief executive officers of 40 large 3PL companies operating in North America, Europe, and the Asia‐Pacific region. These surveys were conducted in 2008 and 2009 and were part of a long‐term series of annual surveys that began in 1994.FindingsThe findings indicate that nearly all of the companies involved in the surveys have made substantial commitments to environmental sustainability goals during the past several years and that they have launched a broad range of related projects that have had quite positive impacts on those companies. Despite the recession, none of the 3PL scaled back their commitment to those goals; in fact, many launched new sustainability projects during that period. 3PL customers have also shown increasing interest in the environmental sustainability capabilities of the 3PL.Originality/valueThe paper effort represents the first large‐scale effort to document the commitment of large 3PL to environmental sustainability goals.
The intangible costs of human‐resource outsourcing
Authors: Sim Mandy 
Published: August 2010

PurposeDescribes some of the dangers in outsourcing some human‐resource management tasks while keeping others in‐house.Design/methodology/approachExplains why some organizations have decided to outsource aspects of their HR. Shows that the measure, usually designed to cut financial costs, can entail intangible costs.FindingsArgues that major organizational change can be more difficult to achieve if part of the HR function is outsourced; that the recruitment process could be compromised; that outsourcing transactional aspects of HR can make it more difficult for HR people to get training in these areas; and that HR outsourcing can make an organization less flexible.Practical implicationsContends that a shared service center could be a better option, in some cases, as it can keep human‐resource functions in‐house while simultaneously contributing to cost saving by consolidating transaction‐based activities in one place within the organization.Social implicationsAdvances the view that measures that can seem, on the surface, to cut costs, can end up being more expensive.Originality/valueConcentrates on the non‐financial aspects of HR outsourcing.
In search of spiritual leadership
Authors: Altman Yochanan 
Published: August 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide an interview with Lynne Sedgmore, CBE, Executive Director of 157 Group UK.Design/methodology/approachThis briefing is prepared by an independent interviewer.FindingsLynne Sedgmore, CBE, is executive director of the 157 Group UK and was formerly chief executive of the UK Centre for Excellence in Leadership. A corporate mystic, her leadership style in her role as principal of Guildford College of Further and Higher Education, UK, was subject of a PhD dissertation. The achievements of the Centre for Excellence in Leadership under her leadership (2003‐2008) have been documented in a series of reports and papers and are now a topic for a book (in writing). The Centre for Excellence in Leadership was awarded the International Spirit at Work Award for its achievements as a spiritual organization. Lynne Sedgmore was awarded the CBE for services to education in 2004.Practical implicationsProvides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world's leading organizations.Originality/valueThis interview provides definitions and conceptualizations of spiritual leasdership.
Interview with Jonathan Passmore
Authors: by Juliet Norton Interview 
Published: August 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide an interview with Dr Jonathan Passmore, one of the UK's leading coaches. He is a chartered occupational psychologist, an accredited AC coach, a coaching supervisor and fellow of the CIPD.Design/methodology/approachThis briefing is prepared by an independent interviewer.FindingsIn this interview, Jonathan discusses the Association for Coaching's series of books on the topic of coaching, in particular, the most recent publication in the series: “Leadership Coaching”, which examines the models and techniques used to develop greater leadership in others through a coaching relationship.Practical implicationsProvides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world's leading organizations.Originality/valueBefore training as a psychologist, Jonathan worked in several senior management roles in the private, public and voluntary sector at board level. In this interview, he draws on his experiences both as an occupational psychologist and leadership coach, providing some interesting insights into the dilemmas and challenges which leader managers' face.
Entrepreneurial risk taking: empirical evidence from UK family firms
Authors: Wang Yong , Poutziouris Panikkos 
Published: August 2010

PurposeThe theme of this paper is entrepreneurial risk taking. Specifically, the paper has twofold objectives: to develop insights into individual and familial correlates of risk‐taking propensity in family firms; to explore impacts of risk taking on business performance.Design/methodology/approachA quantitative survey was conducted with the sampling frame outlined based on the FAME database. A total of 236 companies participated in this survey.FindingsThe results suggest that individual and familial variables will determine the risk‐taking propensity, specifically entrepreneur's industrial tenure, age, and the controlling generation in family businesses. Furthermore, risk‐taking intensity correlates with business performance.Research limitations/implicationsThe cross‐sectional rather than longitudinal design of the study determines that it can only proffer a snapshot of the scenario. Further, the current study excludes non‐incorporated firms. Future explorative studies in a similar vein may be executed through channels of national and local development agencies to capture non‐incorporated firms.Originality/valueRecent recognition of the intertwinement of family and business in family firms has led to the assumption that risk‐taking propensity in family firms is influenced by family ownership and family associated concerns. Nonetheless, rarely has the influence of family on risk‐taking propensity and the ensuing performance been addressed in the literature. The insights developed by this original exploration will broaden the knowledge landscape of family firms and entrepreneurial venturing allowing us to better understand how family firms can survive and prosper in the increasingly competitive market.
ICTs and knowledge management: an Italian case study of a construction company
Authors: Bigliardi Barbara , Ivo Dormio Alberto , Galati Francesco 
Published: August 2010

PurposeThe objective of this paper is to investigate the process of knowledge creation and transfer in project‐based organizations, with particular reference to a construction firm, emphasizing first the importance of knowledge transfer, in tacit or explicit form, between the various actors of a project, and then the importance of the information and communication technology (ICT) in supporting project‐based organizations (PBOs).Design/methodology/approachAbove all, a series of round‐table meetings were developed with six managers of as many construction companies, with a twofold purpose: to understand how companies are managing knowledge, and to understand how a company may reach the excellence through its knowledge activities. Then, one out of these six companies was chosen as example of excellence and described as case study to further develop and investigate the knowledge management (KM).FindingsThe adoption of a phased approach to manage knowledge appears to be a promising means of enhancing the management and transfer of new knowledge derived from the different projects; moreover, the case study shows how ICTs may be effectively used in KM.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings are limited due to the focused nature of the case study.Practical implicationsThis case study shows that KM is a powerful tool for PBOs, and allows every company to generate and disseminate knowledge, and to transfer it into activities that produce value for the enterprise as the main source of their competitive advantage.Originality/valueThis paper is a real case study showing KM applications in the construction industry.