Journal of Management Development: Volume 23 Issue 4

A multi‐dimensional view of entrepreneurship: Towards a research agenda on organisation emergence

Jin‐ichiro Yamada

This paper attempts to synthesise the theoretical research on entrepreneurship and social capital undertaken in previous studies, and presents a multi‐dimensional view of…

The effect of organisational culture and leadership style on job satisfaction and organisational commitment: A cross‐national comparison

Peter Lok, John Crawford

This study examined the effects of organisational culture and leadership styles on job satisfaction and organisational commitment in samples of Hong Kong and Australian managers…

Consulting as story‐making

Anders W. Johansson

Story‐telling has been identified as a metaphor for management consulting which focuses on the consultant as “impression manager”. The convincing power of strong stories told by…

Efficacy of role‐playing pedagogy in training leaders: some reflections

Olusegun Agboola Sogunro

As the need is rife for today's leaders to make swift and perfect decisions, they need to learn critical thinking and interpersonal skills as quickly as they can. The traditional…

Strategic learning in Germany's largest companies: Empirical evidence on the role of corporate universities within strategy processes

Heiko Hilse, Alexander T. Nicolai

Over the past few years, corporate universities, as they are called, have become increasingly common. Independent of this, strategy process theory is also finding a place in…

Human resource management development and strategic management enhanced by simulation exercises

Peter R.J. Trim

In order to meet the challenges of the marketplace, senior management needs to ensure that an organisation employs highly skilled and well‐motivated staff, and there is a…

Expatriate Women Managers. Gender, Culture and Career

Katharina Hartl