Management Decision: Volume 42 Issue 5

The institution of tenure: freedom or discipline?

David Wicks

Tenure, the permanency of employment offered to university professors, is discussed in the context of an institutionalized practice. This article examines the bases of legitimacy…

A reconceptualization of mentoring and sponsoring

Earnest Friday, Shawnta S. Friday, Anna L. Green

Mentoring is highly regarded as a career‐enhancing phenomenon necessary for any aspiring executive. Several debates within the literature have led to a lack of consistency…

Customer value: a review of recent literature and an integrative configuration

Azaddin Salem Khalifa

The concept of customer value is becoming increasingly used in strategy and marketing literature in recent years. Customer value is considered central to competitive advantage and…

Strategy visualisation: knowing, understanding, and formulating

Ken Platts, Kim Hua Tan

The key to executing strategy is to have people in the organisation understand it. As the complexity of the business environment increases, good communication and shared…

Organisational ethics and employee satisfaction and commitment

Hian Chye Koh, El'fred H.Y. Boo

This study examines the relationship between organisational ethics and organisational outcomes based on the justice theory and cognitive dissonance theory. The sample data are…

Lighting up the “dark side” of international export/import relationships: Evidence from UK exporters

Andrew Pressey, Nikolaos Tzokas

It is widely held that long‐term relationships between buyers and suppliers are beneficial for both parties. This view has become axiomatic in contemporary management. However…