Journal of Management Development: Volume 24 Issue 8

Management development in SMEs: Practical insights from a university programme

Roger Mumby‐Croft, Reva Berman Brown

The paper aims to examine a management development programme provided for local small businesses by a West Midlands university in order to evaluate how successful the course had…

The relationship between top management teams and innovative capacity in companies

Carmen Camelo‐Ordaz, Ana Beatriz Hernández‐Lara, Ramón Valle‐Cabrera

The aim of this research is two‐fold: to examine the effects of certain characteristics of top management teams (TMTs) on innovative performance in their companies; and to…

Personal epistemological beliefs and transformational leadership behaviours

Emma L. Tickle, Joanne Brownlee, Di Nailon

To review conceptual links between research on personal epistemological beliefs and leadership behaviours associated with the transformational‐transactional leadership model.

The big five in the USA and Japan

Chet Robie, Douglas J. Brown, Paul R. Bly

To examine whether the “big five” personality factors operate similarly from a psychometric perspective across dissimilar cultures.

Analysis of team effectiveness in software development teams working on hardware and software environments using Belbin Self‐perception Inventory

Mazhil Rajendran

Aims to present a team effectiveness analysis of software development teams and one means of improving the effectiveness of software development teams in quite an innovative…

Money ethic, moral conduct and work related attitudes: Field study from the public sector in Swaziland

Gbolahan Gbadamosi, Patricia Joubert

This study aims to investigate perception of ethical and moral conduct in the public sector in Swaziland, specifically, the relationship among: money ethic, attitude towards…