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Interpersonal influence in the workplace – part three: Some research findings: influencing behaviour and team role behaviour
Authors: Manning Tony , Pogson Graham , Morrison Zoë 
Published: September 2008

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to model the relationship between influencing behaviour, personality traits, work roles and role orientation. It builds on previous research into team roles, highlighting the relationship between influencing behaviour and team role behaviour.Design/methodology/approachStatistical analysis on questionnaire data from a mixed, work‐based, UK sample is used to assess relationships between influencing behaviour, role expectations, role orientation and team role behaviour.FindingsThe paper argues that team roles access different types of power and influencing behaviours depending on role and role orientation. The findings establish a link between influencing behaviour and team role behaviour, as well as personality traits, developing the idea that there is a significant social dimension to team roles.Research limitations/implicationsThe research does not consider specific influence attempts, nor does it present evidence regarding the effectiveness of patterns of influencing behaviour in particular contexts.Practical implicationsThe paper highlights the relationship between influencing behaviour and personality and contextual variables. Considering “when” different strategies and styles are used may offer guidelines for action. The findings reinforce the significance of the social dimension of team roles and indicate a need for further research to consider the success of influencing behaviour in different contexts.Originality/valuePrevious research into influencing behaviour has focused on its relationship to either situational variables or personality traits and, where personality variables have been studied, they have been specific traits. This research considers both sets of variables simultaneously and covers the whole personality domain. This is the first study of the relationship between team role behaviour and influencing behaviour.
Ethical governance: beyond good practices and standards
Authors: Agatiello Osvaldo R. 
Published: September 2008

PurposeThe purpose of this article is to take a look at a new paradigm that is taking shape in an increasingly‐interwoven international system – that of ethical governance.Design/methodology/approachThis article uses the literature and the authors' own knowledge.FindingsAll over the world governments are relinquishing many of their hitherto‐inherent activities through deregulation, privatisation, concession, outsourcing or sheer desertion, even in sensitive areas like food and drug control, public health and personal security. Should corporations fulfil a social service in addition to their profit‐seeking function? How is the social incidence of corporate activity measured and who policies it? What are the boundaries of limited corporate liability? Is ethical governance just wishful thinking? This paper suggests that it is through principles‐based policymaking and management that these queries can be addressed in earnest as we may have reached the point of no return already.Originality/valueThe paper adds to the body of knowledge on ethical governance and will be of interest to those in the field.
Towards a system of global ethics in international business: a Rawlsian manifesto
Authors: Prasad Ajnesh 
Published: September 2008

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to use Rawls's principles of justice to develop a system of global ethics that can be used to govern international business practices.Design/methodology/approachA critical synopsis of Rawls's political philosophy is provided, his application in prior business ethics literature is reviewed, and a Rawlsian‐inflected ethics for conducting international business practices is outlined.FindingsThis paper concludes that Rawls's philosophical insights have significant relevance for the conduct of contemporary international business; that through critical engagement of Rawls's ideas there emerges the potential for international business to be predicated on social justice values.Originality/valueThis paper offers the first substantive attempt to elucidate the conditions under which international business is rendered to be consistent with Rawls's principles of justice.
Reflections on responsibility and justice
Authors: Muhr Sara Louise 
Published: September 2008

PurposeThe purpose of this article is to question whether business is ethical as long as it follows rules, and on this view, to reflect over the relation between responsibility and justice.Design/methodology/approachTo exemplify this relation, the paper is based on in‐depth interviews with a human rights consultant. In this way, the paper presents a story from the field and thus follows a narrative method to retell the story of the consultant leading a human rights project in South Africa.FindingsThe paper concludes that following rules is not enough to ensure ethical business in a global market place. As global business rests on dynamics and flexibility, it seems limited that most business ethics rests on bureaucratic notions. The value of also viewing ethical decision‐making as personal responsibility is introduced through the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas.Research limitations/implicationsThe study is based on in depth interviews with one person. Although this method ensures access to deeply personal and thorough knowledge about the event, it also has its limitation and risk of bias. Although this paper points towards some interesting relations between personal responsibility and international/organisational justice, more research is needed in the field of personal responsibility to make stronger conclusions.Practical implicationsThe paper proposes that people working at the global market place could benefit from being educated in personal ethics and not only bureaucratic notions of ethics.Originality/valueThe paper provides valuable insight into the scarcely researched area of personalised business ethics.
CSR in the global marketplace
Authors: Barin Cruz Luciano , Boehe Dirk Michael 
Published: September 2008

PurposeThe main purpose of this article is to identify some emergent issues when sustainability is introduced into global value chains. These issues deal with the conditions under which a sustainable global value chain might gain international competitiveness.Design/methodology/approachAn exploratory research was conducted, based on a case study. The main players of the JOBEK's Global Value Chain were identified and interviews were carried out with representatives of these players. A thematic content analysis was developed, supported by Atlas TI software, using interview data and documents.FindingsThree main themes have emerged, which can be considered as underlying issues of an emerging concept that the authors call the “sustainable global value chain”. These are: bargaining power between the chain's players; a differentiation strategy along the global value chain; and a collaborative awareness‐building process along the global value chain.Research limitations/implicationsAlthough the findings result from a single case study, the characteristics of this case have allowed the authors to suggest an emergent concept for the field of international business: the concept of a sustainable global value chain. This has implications for the development of a new research field and for the introduction of some ethical concerns into this field.Practical implicationsManagers of organizations that participate in sustainable global value chains may consider the emerging concepts and their interrelationships as a guideline for strategic decision‐making. In particular, managers need to be aware of how the relationships between power balance, CSR product differentiation strategies and awareness building may influence the competitiveness of their sustainable global value chain.Originality/valueThe article proposes the emergence of a new concept that has important ethical implications for international business: the sustainable global value chain. The authors suggest that the further development of this new concept is likely to stimulate the development of an emergent research field.
Benchmarking as a process for demonstrating organizational trustworthiness?
Authors: Dwyer Rocky J. 
Published: September 2008

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to discuss why neither people nor organizations can demand trust, but rather how people and organizations can demand trustworthiness of themselves and others. While trustworthiness can be developed, and trust earned, this process takes time.Design/methodology/approachAn examination of the literature was undertaken to review trust from a variety of dimensions and perspectives to determine the role of trust as a fundamental notion, which may be an underlying factor in foreign aid objectives.FindingsThis paper advocates that an understanding of trust and trustworthiness, when fused with a stakeholder perspective, may lead to enhanced levels of global poverty reduction objectives.Originality/valueThis paper enhances personal knowledge and understanding at the theoretical and practical levels enabling business leaders to gain insight regarding the inherent stakeholder factors that need to be considered when designing performance‐measurement strategies and reporting frameworks.
Interrelations between competitiveness and responsibility at macro and micro level
Authors: Herciu Mihaela , Ogrean Claudia 
Published: September 2008

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to emphasize that the growing of competitiveness at any level may be possible through more responsibility (business ethics) on the one hand and less corruption (as lack of business ethics) on the other.Design/methodology/approachThe objective of the paper is to identify the double‐way relationships between competitiveness and the responsible (beyond ethics) behaviour. In order to do this, the authors used correlation indexes CORREL and R2 and the graphic representation able to illustrate the above‐mentioned interrelations.FindingsThe authors observed that there is a strong and direct correlation between GCI, RCI and CPI – at national level, and six possible situations which reflect the interrelations between NP and FGP.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper may be continued with specific behavioural models of MNEs in different host countries – integrating different approaches of business ethics.Practical implicationsThe practical implications of the paper consist in offering some guidelines/starting points for firms in the search of global competitiveness through responsible/ethical conduct.Originality/valueThe paper develops a new conceptual framework, which integrates two “obsessions” of nowadays (competitiveness and responsibility) into the concept of global performance – national and firm related.
Social responsibility in Spain
Authors: Prado‐Lorenzo José‐Manuel , Gallego‐Álvarez Isabel , García‐Sánchez Isabel‐María , Rodríguez‐Domínguez Luis 
Published: September 2008

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to analyse CSR practices implemented by Spanish companies and the relationship between such practices and corporate financial performance.Design/methodology/approachThe empirical analysis carried out was performed in two phases or stages: analysis of the data obtained through content analysis; and analysis of the motivations behind CSR practices using a dependency model, multiple linear regression, enabling their effect on corporate performance to be explained. Several control variables were introduced to represent the size of the companies, expressed in terms of total assets, and the industry in which the firm operates.FindingsThe paper underpins the fact that in Spain there has been a significant increase in practices favouring the reduction of environmental impact, as well as the creation of comfortable workplaces, especially promoting workers' rights. Several of these corporate practices associated with social responsibility in Spanish firms show a positive and significant impact on the rate of sales growth but there is a lack of impact on productivity or market value. Moreover, other responsible practices are not related to short‐run improvements in companies' performance.Practical implicationsThe findings allow the authors to conclude that CSR practices in Spanish firms are geared towards social welfare, and that they are mainly associated with differentiation with regard to competitors and improving the company image, which lead to performance‐linked economic advantages (such as sales increases).Originality/valueThe paper has analysed corporate practices in a specific country separately (Spain) and has determined the relationship between CSR and firm performance.
Pathways to early retirement in Denmark, 1984‐2000
Authors: Larsen Mona , Pedersen Peder J. 
Published: September 2008

PurposeThe paper seeks to describe the multitude of pathways to early exit from the labour force and to estimate how individuals allocate into different pathways out of the labour force conditional on early retirement.Design/methodology/approachA multinomial logit approach is used to analyse the characteristics of individuals who retire through each pathway compared to those remaining in the labour force.FindingsEight pathways from work to an early retirement programme are identified. Overall, availability and/or generosity of retirement programmes are important for early retirement through the employment and unemployment insurance benefit dominated pathways, while personal characteristics seem to be at least as important for early retirement through other pathways.Research limitations/implicationsAn interesting approach in future work would be to gain access to health data, making it possible to build a competing risks model where some pathways are used due to health shocks and others are chosen based on economic optimisation comparing compensation rates with disutility from continued work.Originality/valueWhile the dominant approach in many retirement studies is on destinations, the analytical focus in this paper is instead on how people span the period from leaving the job until entry into an early retirement programme. The period the authors study contains a policy experiment, where a programme for early retirement conditional on age and unemployment is opened and closed down again later in the period.
Age structure of the workforce and firm performance
Authors: Grund Christian , Westergaard‐Nielsen Niels 
Published: September 2008

PurposeGiven the ongoing demographic change in European countries, this paper aims to explore empirically the link between age structures of employees in firms and firm performance.Design/methodology/approachBased on theoretical considerations, the paper examines the link between both the average age and the standard deviation of employees' age and firms' value added per employee. Linked employer employee data of all private‐sector firms in Denmark with at least 20 employees is used.FindingsA pyramidal or inverse U‐shaped interrelation is found between mean age and standard deviation of age and value added per employee, respectively.Research limitations/implicationsIt would be interesting to determine whether the results hold for different countries with other institutional environments.Originality/valueThis is the first paper to examine the link between corporate age structures and firm performance for a whole country. The paper gives insights for both academic scholars and practitioners, who may take the results into account in formulating an efficient personnel policy.
Employment dynamics of Greek married women
Authors: Demoussis Michael , Giannakopoulos Nicholas 
Published: September 2008

PurposeThis paper investigates the employment dynamics of Greek married women.Design/methodology/approachLongitudinal/panel data for the period 1995‐2001 and dynamic discrete choice models are used for estimation purposes.FindingsIt is found that the probability of being employed is influenced by observed individual characteristics (e.g. human capital, fertility and unearned income), while genuine state dependence and unobserved heterogeneity constitute major sources of observed serial persistence. The results show that lagged employment affects current employment decisions in a systematic way, and that the non‐contemporaneous effects of unearned income and fertility correlate with unobserved heterogeneity. The estimated average partial effects reveal that an employed woman int−1 has a probability of being employed intthat is almost 50 percentage points higher than for a non‐employed woman.Practical implicationsThe presence of state dependence and unobserved heterogeneity imply that the bridging of the female employment gap between Greece and its EU partners is expected to follow a slow, long‐term course.Originality/valueGreek female labour force participation has been studied only under a static analytical framework. This is the first study to investigate employment decisions of Greek married women in an inter‐temporal setting.
Intrinsic motivation for an international assignment
Authors: Haines Victor Y. , Saba Tania , Choquette Evelyne 
Published: September 2008

PurposeThis study aims to explore how the motivational construct of intrinsic motivation for an international assignment relates to variables of interest in international expatriation research.Design/methodology/approachQuestionnaire data from 331 employed business school alumni of a high‐ranking Canadian MBA program was analyzed. The sample consisted of respondents from a wide variety of industries and occupations, with more than half of them in marketing, administration or engineering.FindingsHigher intrinsic motivation for an international assignment was associated with greater willingness to accept an international assignment and to communicate in a foreign language. Externally driven motivation for an international assignment was associated with perceiving more difficulties associated with an international assignment. Intrinsic and extrinsic motivations for an international assignment were, however, associated with comparable reactions to organizational support.Originality/valueDrawing from self‐determination theory, this study explores the distinction between authentic versus externally controlled motivations for an international assignment. It underscores the need to pay more attention to motivational constructs in selecting, coaching, and training individuals for international expatriation assignments. It extends a rich tradition of research in the area of motivation to the international assignment arena.
A trust‐based approach to promote employees' openness to organizational change in Turkey
Authors: Ertürk Alper 
Published: September 2008

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore the role of managerial communication, employee participation and trust in one's supervisor in enhancing openness to organizational change of Turkish employees.Design/methodology/approachData were collected via a structured questionnaire. A total of 878 employees from public organizations in Turkey participated in the study. The basic postulate of this study is that trust in one's supervisor will surpass the effects of managerial communication (i.e. task communication, career communication and communication responsiveness) and employee participation as they jointly influence employees' openness to organizational change.FindingsThe results indicate that trust in one's supervisor fully mediates the relationship between managerial communication and openness to change, whereas it partially mediated the relationship between employee participation and openness to change of Turkish employees.Practical implicationsThis paper demonstrates that using a trust‐based approach during change initiatives could be very effective for organizations in collectivist cultures like Turkey.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the literature by investigating the combined effects of managerial communication, employee participation and openness to organizational change on employees' openness to organizational change in a different cultural context. Managerial and theoretical implications of research findings are also discussed.
“All in the hall” or “sage on the stage”: learning in leadership development programmes
Authors: Foster Mary K. , Bell Angus Barbara , Rahinel Ryan 
Published: September 2008

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the intersection of learning theory and leadership development by developing a conceptual framework and applying it to an exemplar case.Design/methodology/approachFirst, the conceptual framework was developed through extant literature in learning theory. Then, using a qualitative design, the researchers conducted telephone interviews with participants and past graduates of a leadership programme that had already been evaluated as successful from a behavioural and job performance perspective.FindingsCurrent participants and past graduates of the leadership development programme were more likely to describe their learning experiences in terms of “all in the hall” comments versus “sage on the stage” comments. The researchers also found that human resource professionals were not taking “all in the hall” factors into consideration when making decisions on awarding contracts for leadership development programmes.Research limitations/implicationsGiven that the paper examined only one case, further research in this area is needed to substantiate the findings. Interesting research opportunities exist at the intersections of two disparate bodies of scholarly knowledge.Practical implicationsThe researchers suggest that more attention should be paid to learning principles in both the design of leadership development programmes and the decision criteria employed by those who are responsible for awarding contracts.Originality/valueTo the researchers' knowledge, this paper constitutes the first investigation of leadership development through a cognitive psychology lens.
The formulation of a leadership development praxis: linking intentions to outcomes
Authors: Olivares Orlando J. 
Published: September 2008

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to formulate a leadership development praxis by integrating the theories of human agency and goal setting within an experiential framework.Design/methodology/approachDefinitional and conceptual distinctions are made between leader and leadership development: this conceptual clarity allows for the development and explication of three interrelated propositions.FindingsThe analysis suggests that although each proposition focuses on a different phenomenon, level of analysis, and level of abstraction, these phenomena are connected, consistent with one another, and consistent with the conceptualization of leadership development provided herein; that is, leadership development is an active, intentional forward‐looking process that seeks to enhance the collective capacity of organizational members and the organization through human‐centered, goal‐inspired relationships.Practical implicationsThe present research has direct implications for leadership development education, communicating organizational goals, and virtual teams.Originality/valueThis paper provides a leadership development praxis by showing how the broad, abstract concepts of human agency are mirrored in the action oriented constructs of goal setting and concretized within an experiential framework.