Journal of Management Development: Volume 30 Issue 4

Enhancing relationship value between manufacturers and distributors through personal interaction: Evidence from Vietnam

Tho D. Nguyen, Trang T.M. Nguyen

Realizing the importance of personal interaction in business relationships between manufacturers and distributors, this study aims to explore the role of personal interaction in…

A 2009 perspective of HR practices in Australian mining

Carolyn Dickie, Joe Dwyer

Mining organisations operate with a finite resource, often in remote locations, require specialised skills, with high capital intensity and are subject to political, social and…

Fostering post‐conventional consciousness in leaders: why and how?

Charles Baron, Mario Cayer

The purpose of this paper is to clarify why and how leadership development programs should be used to foster post‐conventional consciousness in their participants.

Leadership competencies across organizational levels: a test of the pipeline model

Guangrong Dai, King Yii Tang, Kenneth P. De Meuse

This paper aims to test the pipeline model of leadership development by investigating how the competency profile change across position levels.

Modeling managerial promotion decisions using Bayesian networks: an exploratory study

Archie Lockamy, Robert W. Service

A review of the academic literature on managerial promotions reveals that there has been a limited number of studies conducted on this subject. This study aims to identify key…

Franchising and small medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in industrializing economies: A Saudi Arabian perspective

Muhammad Asad Sadi, Joan C. Henderson

The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent of interest in franchising among small medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and to identify attitudes…

Managing professional service firms: role of managerial abilities

Cigdem Sahin

More professional service firms are increasing their role in modern economies, both as employers and as economic value providers. Although there is a quite extensive literature…

Mentoring and job satisfaction in Malaysian SMEs

May‐Chiun Lo, T. Ramayah

Building on social exchange theory, this paper aims to hypothesize the direct impact of mentoring on employees' job satisfaction.