International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior: Volume 15 Issue 3

Innovating the routine? Signs of evolving organizational performance in surveys of federal managers

Ed Gibson

Insufficient achievement of performance management in the federal government is widely acknowledged, despite the absence of an accepted way for determining when and how progress…

Maintaining Dignity – A case of outsourced paper plant cleaners in Finland

Satu Kalliola, Jukka Niemelä

Outsourcing has gained favor since the 1980s, and Finnish paper companies used it as late as 2006, when a group of female cleaners were outsourced from the case plant of this…

Speak softly and carry a big stick: How contract representatives deal with problems

Dennis M. Daley

The contracting process is fraught with difficulties. While successful completion of a contract is the goal, problems and challenges often arise. This requires skills in…

Employee attachment to workplace: A review of organizational and occupational identification and commitment

Shahidul Hassan

This article provides a critical review of four constructs-organizational identification, organizational commitment, occupational identification, and occupational commitment-to…

Something old and something new: Using the technology acceptance model to evaluate nonprofit certification

Lise Anne D. Slatten

Several nonprofit associations have implemented assessment and certification programs intending to produce institutional improvement for member organizations. Using the Technology…