Journal of Managerial Psychology: Volume 18 Issue 6

Work stress, control beliefs and well‐being in Greater China: An exploration of sub‐cultural differences between the PRC and Taiwan

Luo Lu, Cary L. Cooper, Shu‐Fang Kao, Yun Zhou

Towards the end of the twentieth century, the world has witnessed an amazing economic take‐off in the East Asia, especially within the territory of so‐called “Greater China”…

Towards an effectiveness model of development centres

Daniel Vloeberghs, Liselore Berghman

Argues that for competence management to be a valuable tool in leveraging individual competencies to dynamic organisational core competencies, more stress should be laid on…

Trust and decision‐making styles in Chinese township‐village enterprises

Yuan Wang

Employee participation enhances organizational effectiveness. Trust in employees leads to encouragement and acceptance of participation in decision making. There has been recent…

The relationship between ethical pressure, relativistic moral beliefs and organizational commitment

Dane K. Peterson

Questionnaire data from 161 business professionals were analyzed to investigate a proposed interaction between pressure to engage in unethical work activity and relativistic moral…

The use of mental imagery in the simulated employment interview situation

Mike Knudstrup, Sharon L. Segrest, Amy E. Hurley

In this study, interviewees in the training group were instructed to use mental imagery techniques in a simulated employment interview. Results indicated that the subjects who…

Occupational stress, job satisfaction and health state in male and female junior hospital doctors in Greece

Alexandros‐Stamatios G. Antoniou, Marilyn J. Davidson, Cary L. Cooper

This study investigates the occupational stress amongst 355 male and female Greek junior hospital doctors (JHDs) working in the Greater Athens area. The initial phase of the…

Occupational stress among managers: a Malaysian survey

Amat Taap Manshor, Rodrigue Fontaine, Chong Siong Choy

This paper examined the sources of occupational stress among Malaysian managers working in multinational companies (MNCs). A total of 440 managers participated in this survey…

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