Journal of Management Development: Volume 32 Issue 8

The use of benevolent leadership development to advance principles of responsible management education

Fahri Karakas, Emine Sarigollu, Alperen Manisaligil

The purpose of this paper is to proposes benevolent leadership development as a framework to incorporate principles of responsible management education to mainstream management…

Identity struggle, professional development and career: A career/life history of a human resource management professional

Amanda Peticca‐Harris, Steve McKenna

Through a single‐person career/life history of a human resource (HR) manager, the purpose of this paper is to illuminate the relationship between professional identity and “being”…

An analysis of the contribution of leadership to organisational performance using complexity science

Hester Nienaber, Göran Svensson

The purpose of this paper is to explore the leadership tasks at the different hierarchical levels in the organisation in terms of the teleological approaches to complexity science.

From white paper writing to white water rafting: A review of three strategies to match learning with real life

Joan Marques, Svetlana Holt, Virginia Green

The purpose of the paper is to share practices with other scholars who are on the outlook for different, more rewarding ways of facilitating formal management education, and to…

How organizations support distributed project teams: Key dimensions and their impact on decision making and teamwork effectiveness

Nathalie Drouin, Mario Bourgault

Work in distributed project teams is always a challenge for organizations. Many researchers have studies different aspects of distributed project teams, as witnessed by the…

Knowledge, skills and personality of the effective business consultant

Moshe Banai, Philp Tulimieri

The purpose of this paper to describe the effective business consultant's most desirable characteristics.

Belbin role diversity and team performance: is there a relationship?

Ronald Batenburg, Wouter van Walbeek, Wesley in der Maur

This paper aims to test the relationship between team role diversity and team performance, as one of the main assumptions behind the highly cited and used Belbin model and test.

Feeling responsible vs acting responsibly: contributions of a leadership programme

Amaranta E.A. Karssiens, Claartje van der Linden, Celeste P.M. Wilderom

The purpose of this paper is to address the effects of a unique leadership programme, four years after its delivery: in a Dutch penitentiary organisation. This intervention was…