Journal of Management History: Volume 16 Issue 2

The social shaping of the early business schools in The Netherlands: Professions and the power of abstraction

Peter van Baalen, Luchien Karsten

This paper aims to provide an alternative explanation for the rise of modern management schools at the turn of the twentieth century. It is to be argued that these schools were…

The adoption of management paradigms in Finnish management research 1937‐2007

Hannele Seeck, Aino Laakso

This paper aims to examine when and how the main management paradigms have emerged and prevailed in Finnish management research. It seeks to offer a country‐specific case on the…

Management paradigms in personnel magazines of the Finnish metal and forest industries

Anna Kuokkanen, Aino Laakso, Hannele Seeck

The paper seeks to examine the manifestation of management paradigms in personnel magazines of Finnish metal and forest industry corporations from the 1930s to recent years.

Barnard on leadership development: bridging action and thinking

Kazuhito Isomura

The purpose of this paper is to explore an effective educational method for leadership development.

The value of original source readings in management education: The case of Frederick Winslow Taylor

Aditya Simha, David J. Lemak

Frederick Taylor, the “Father of Scientific Management” is recognized as a pioneer in the field of management. However, many unfair criticisms have been leveled at him starting…

A forgotten history: The impacts of globalization on Norwegian seafarers' shipboard organizational lives

Kathy S. Mack

The purpose of this paper is to explore the lessons of globalization from the standpoint of Norwegian seafarers' career experiences. An isolated and multicultural shipboard social…

Using historic mutinies to understand defiance in modern organizations

Ray W. Coye, Patrick J. Murphy, Patricia E. Spencer

Guided by voice and leadership theory, this paper aims to articulate the underpinnings of upward defiance (competence deficiency; ignorance of concerns; structural gaps between…

Editorial

David Lamond