Journal of Management Development: Volume 27 Issue 6

Investigating project managers' work values by repertory grids interviews

Shi‐Rui Song, Andrew Gale

The purpose of the research is to investigate project managers' work values and their relationship with project managers' competence.

Interventions to stimulate group learning in organizations

Valerie I. Sessa, Manuel London

The purpose of this paper is to briefly describe a model of group learning, examine variables that stimulate a group to learn and determine the group's readiness to learn, and…

Barriers to organizational creativity: The marketing executives' perspective in Saudi Arabia

Muhammad Asad Sadi, Ali H. Al‐Dubaisi

The purpose of this paper is to examine the significance of some barriers in Saudi organizations from the perspectives of marketing executives.

Reforming public sector: Facing the challenges of effective human resource development policy in Ghana

K.B. Antwi, F. Analoui

This paper seeks to explore and understand the public sector reform (PSR) as it affects local governments in Ghana within the context of challenges facing human resource capacity…

Management development and the unconscious from an analytical psychology framework

Robert Figler, Susan Hanlon

The purpose of this paper is to explore and explicate the role of the unconscious, from an analytical psychology framework, in the development of managers.

Managerial recruitment: the influence of personality and ideal candidate characteristics

Alonzo Johnson, Paul A. Winter, Thomas G. Reio, Henry L. Thompson, Joseph M. Petrosko

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the vital issue of managerial recruitment for private industry. Personality and demographic variables and their interactions are to be…