Journal of Management Development: Volume 30 Issue 9

Strategic roles of centers in business school development

Stephen A.W. Drew

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the prevalence and types of business school centers/institutes – their role in business school development, ability to overcome…

The role and need of offering workshops and courses on workplace spirituality

Satinder Dhiman, Joan Marques

The purpose of this paper is to present the experiences and findings of a university course in workplace spirituality in a time and stage where corporate greed and organizational…

Developing wisdom and moral duty in management

Michael W. Small

The primary purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that the writings of Aristotle and Cicero can be used to as a conceptual tool to promote an understanding of wisdom, moral…

Executive coaching: The effect of working alliance discrepancy on the development of coachees' self‐efficacy

Louis Baron, Lucie Morin, Denis Morin

Despite its growing popularity in applied settings, executive coaching has to date received little attention in empirical research, especially in regard to the coaching process…

Contextual leadership: A study of Lebanese executives working in Lebanon, the GCC countries, and the United States

Farid A. Muna

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of context and culture on leadership and decision‐making styles of Lebanese‐born executives working in the USA, the Gulf…

Searching for excellence in business education

Loukas N. Anninos, Leonidas Chytiris

The aim of this paper is to contradict past and present perceptions of excellence in business education, and to present excellence as a primary element for future business…

Modified assessment center approach facilitates organizational change

Michael S. Lehman, Jerry R. Hudson, George W. Appley, Edward J. Sheehan, Dennis P. Slevin

As companies grow and evolve, they inevitably face an influx of new personnel and changing responsibilities of existing staff members, often resulting in an increasingly complex…

Career management strategies among IT professionals in offshore outsourced IT firms in Sri Lanka

Vathsala Wickramasinghe, Mayura Jayaweera

The purpose of this paper is explore career management strategies used by information technology (IT) professionals full‐time employed in offshore outsourced IT firms in Sri…

Governance: the new challenge for the African renaissance

Stefan Schepers

The purpose of this paper is to examine economic growth in Africa. It is generally recognised that governance in African countries is not effective enough to deal with economic…