Journal of Management Development: Volume 23 Issue 2

Does training influence outcomes of organizations?: Some Australian evidence

Lawson K. Savery, J. Alan Luks

From previous research it appears that training of employees is strongly related to profit. The Australian Government collected data on approximately 10,000 registered small and…

Gender and instructional outcomes: The mediating role of leadership style

Fred Ochieng Walumbwa, Cindy Wu, Lucy A. Ojode

This article examines how perceived instructor leadership style mediates the students' gender‐instruction effectiveness relationship. We administered the multifactor leadership…

Team feedback based on dialogue: Implications for change management

Muayyad Jabri

Recent work in change management has emphasized the role of feedback in creating a readiness for, and contributing to acceptance of, the need for change. This article illustrates…

Socioethnic explanations for racioethnic differences in job satisfaction

Shawnta S. Friday, Sherry E. Moss, Earnest Friday

Recent studies of racioethnic differences in job satisfaction have yielded inconsistent results. It is posited that the physical variable race/national origin (synonymous with…

The importance level of ten teaching/learning techniques as rated by university business students and instructors

Carl A. Rodrigues

Four active‐like (A‐like) and six passive‐like (P‐like) business teaching/learning techniques are described. It is proposed that students enrolled and faculty teaching in the…

Philosophy in management: A new trend in management development

Michael W. Small

The focus of this article is centred on two main ideas: persuading management students to study philosophy, and convincing them that a study of philosophy could be relevant for…