Journal of Managerial Psychology: Volume 9 Issue 2

Managers′ Beliefs about Factors Affecting the Adoption of Technological Innovation: A Study Using Cognitive Maps

Jacky A. Swan, Sue Newell

Success in appropriating technological innovations is likely to be a keyfactor in maintaining a firm′s competitive advantage. Managers′cognitions, or belief systems, play an…

Work and Love: A Frame of Reference for Personal Counselling of Managers

Micha Popper

Deals with the manager and the organization from the point of view ofpersonal counselling of managers. Sharpens the different perspectivesfrom which organizational counsellors may…

Brains, Heart and Courage: Keys to Empowerment and Self‐directed Leadership

Pamela R. Johnson

Uses The Wizard of Oz as a metaphor for a workforce comprising ofScarecrows, Tinmen and Cowardly Lions. Specifically addresses thetopics of disempowered workers, barriers to…

Management Performance from Different Perspectives: Do Supervisors and Subordinates Agree

Dennis J. Adsit, Steven Crom, Dana Jones, Manuel London

Examines the relationships between subordinates′ ratings ofboss‐subordinate relationships and supervisors′ overall performanceratings. Data were collected from 3,232 managers (499…

Participant Observation: A Model for Organizational Investigation?

Gerald Vinten

Participant observation, in which research is carried out through thedirect participation of the researcher in the situation of interest, isa method of considerable interest to…