Journal of Management History: Volume 18 Issue 1

Peter Drucker: modern day Aristotle for the business community

Marcia Kurzynski

Current headlines depicting the billion dollar government bailouts of some of the world's largest business corporations suggest that a new paradigm of management is needed. This…

General management of innovation: lessons from the Shaker community

John F. Preble, Richard C. Hoffman

The purpose of this study is to employ the concepts of the general management of innovation to help explain the extraordinary inventiveness of the Shaker religious community.

The first documents of emancipated African American management: The letters of Benjamin Montgomery (1865‐1870)

Nicole Jones, Milorad M. Novicevic, Mario Hayek, John H. Humphreys

This paper aims to trace the historical roots of African American management by examining managerial practices and experiences described in the letters of Benjamin Thornton…

Nell Nelson and The Chicago Times “City slave girls” series: Beginning a national crusade for labor reform in the late 1800s

Eric W. Liguori

This paper seeks to illustrate the instrumental role of reporter Nell Nelson in beginning a national labor reform movement resulting in improved working conditions for women and…

Reading between the lines: gender, work and history: The case of the Nova Scotia Teachers' Union

Chris Hartt, Jean Helms Mills, Albert J. Mills

The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of history in the creation of gender dynamics at work.

The importance of historical Tang dynasty for place branding the contemporary city Xi'an

Norman Harry Rothschild, Ilan Alon, Marc Fetscherin

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the opportunity of utilizing Tang dynasty history, heritage, buildings and names in the effort to place brand the contemporary city Xi'an.

The Hawthorne legacy: A reassessment of the impact of the Hawthorne studies on management scholarship, 1930‐1958

Jeffrey Muldoon

This paper seeks to analyze the contribution that the Hawthorne studies made to the discipline of management. The recent scholarly trend has been to attack the Hawthorne studies…

The future of the Journal of Management History

Shawn M. Carraher

Japan’s Motorcycle Wars: An Industry History

David R Low