For better or worse? Non - standard jobs and high involvement work systems

Article Abstract:

Survey report from Britain on workers, their types of employment and their relationship to the levels of skill and job insecurity and influence of work systems on different kinds of employed workers, is presented. While part time workers and those on temporary contracts are more in lowly skilled jobs, only temporary contracts workers suffer from insecurity. With regard to the work system non-standard employees were found to gain from it as compared to full-time permanent employees.

Employment, Administration of General Economic Programs, Jobs & Employment, Job Description & Qualifications, Job security, Job qualifications, Vocational qualifications

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The Global Leadership Life Inventory: development and psychometric properties of a 360-degree feedback instrument

Article Abstract:

The design of Global Leadership Life Inventory (GlobeInvent), a 360-degree leadership feedback instrument used in executive programmes to help identify the operational mode of individual executives is described. The study addresses differences between 'Self' scores and scores given by the others, gender differences in scoring and the influence of nationality, management experience and age on test results.

United States

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Effective Japanese leadership of China: co-operative goals and applying abilities for mutual benefit

Article Abstract:

Effective leadership can be achieved by applying abilities for mutual benefit even when managers and employees have different nationalities. This can be facilitated when Chinese employees believe in goal interdependence with their Japanese Managers.

China, Manpower Planning, Human resource planning, Employee attitudes

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