Journal of Management History: Volume 20 Issue 2

The life and times of a senior scholar: an interview with Jane Dutton

Karl Moore

– The aim of this paper was to interview a senior scholar in the field of management.

Discovering the foundational philosophies, practices, and influences of modern management theory

Eric B. Dent, Pamela Bozeman

The aim of this paper is to discuss the factors that influenced the establishment of modern management into the pervasive force it is today. It briefly describes modern management…

The 1920 Farrow's Bank failure: a case of managerial hubris?

Matthew Hollow

– The aim of this paper is to evaluate the extent to which hubristic behaviour on the part of Thomas Farrow contributed to the downfall of Farrow's Bank in 1920.

History, field definition and management studies: the case of the New Deal

Jason Foster, Albert J. Mills, Terrance Weatherbee

The aim of this paper is threefold. First, to argue for a more historically engaged understanding of the development of management and organization studies (MOS). Second, to…

A historical approach to realistic job previews: An exploration into their origins, evolution, and recommendations for the future

John E. Baur, M. Ronald Buckley, Zhanna Bagdasarov, Ajantha S. Dharmasiri

The aim of this paper is to provide some historical understanding of a popular recruitment procedure called a Realistic Job Preview (RJP). As long as individuals have worked for…

Revisiting Weber's charismatic leadership: learning from the past and looking to the future

Ivana Milosevic, A. Erin Bass

Weber emphasized the informal structure, followers' power, and time in charismatic leadership; yet the extant literature either overlooks or underplays the significance of each of…

Dutton, management philosophy, realistic job previews, and Weber

Shawn Carraher