Journal of Management Development: Volume 30 Issue 6

Towards an holistic understanding of management

Domènec Melé, Carlos J. Sanchez‐Runde

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the special issue and to point at how much in the current economic and social crisis has to do with having lost an integrative, holistic…

Whose responsibility is meaningful work?

Christopher Michaelson

This paper aims to explore the conditions for meaningful work as a moral responsibility. Meaningful work is important in an increasingly globalized world in which greater wealth…

Enhancing business education through integrated curriculum delivery

John W. Weber, Steven W. Englehart

If business education programs are to meet the needs of the business community, educators must continuously examine the strengths and weaknesses of their programs. While the…

Ethics and corporate social responsibility integrated into knowledge management and innovation technology: A case study

Fátima Guadamillas‐Gómez, Mario J. Donate‐Manzanares

The main purpose of this paper is to offer an analysis of how firms could integrate ethical values and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives into its corporate and…

Humanistic corporate community involvement: Walgreens/MEF One‐On‐One program

Domènec Melé, Thomas L. Mammoser

The purpose of this article is to discuss a humanistic perspective on corporate community involvement (CCI), proposing the concept of humanistic corporate community involvement…

The logic of the gift and the bonding value: a new perspective for business management

Guglielmo Faldetta, Sergio Paternostro

This paper aims to conceptualize business relationships so as to include in these dimensions of both gift and gratuity, to develop the concept of “bonding value”, and to offer…

Towards a more humanistic understanding of organizational trust

Manuel Guillén Parra, Álvaro Lleó de Nalda, Ginés Santiago Marco Perles

The aim of this paper is to propose a wider and more humanistic understanding of the phenomenon of trust and “trust building” through a dialogue between ethics and social sciences.