The International Journal of Organizational Analysis: Volume 2 Issue 4

EDUCATING TOMORROW'S MANAGERS: THE ROLE OF CRITICAL THINKING

T.K. Das

This paper argues for adopting the development of critical thinking as a key component of management education. It discusses various deficiencies in the traditional instructional…

LABOR FORCE EXTERNALIZATION IN GROWING FIRMS

Bruce Barry, J. Michael Crant

Organizational staffing strategies are turning increasingly to workers removed from the core workforce, a practice known as externalization. Our survey of 153 growing firms…

THE GREAT DUTCH WORK DISABILITY EPIDEMIC: CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION AND INSTITUTIONAL ACTION

Robert Hooijberg, Richard H. Price, Akkeneel Talsma

We propose that institutional actors do not just ceremonially comply with the cultural values in their environment, as institutional theorists have suggested. Instead, we argue…

BURNOUT AMONG CANADIAN POLICE MANAGERS

Robert Loo

The occupational stress of policing is receiving greater attention from police forces and researchers. The present study assessed burnout, as measured by the Maslach Burnout…

EXPECTATIONS AND ADAPTATIONS IN CROSS‐CULTURAL EDUCATION: AN AMERICAN‐STYLE MBA PROGRAM IN SPAIN

John D. Aram

This study analyses interviews with Spanish students and American and British faculty in an MBA program in Spain. Predictions about cultural differences were derived from…