Employee involvement and the middle manager: evidence from a survey of organizations

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Employee involvement tends to be low in organizations where middle management resistance exists. Middle managers create resisting attitude towards employee involvement due to the risk of losing their self interest, such as delayering and loss of managerial position. The existence of such condition is being attributed not only due to individual attitudes and beliefs but mainly to system failures present within the organization.

Analysis, Work environment, Middle managers

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Participation in the design of performance management systems: a quasi--experimental field study

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While taking sensitive and important decisions in organizations, a participative strategy works better than a tell-and-sell persuasion strategy. The use of participation while designing performance management systems leads to a significant increase in performance.

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The impact of relative tenure on newcomer socialization dynamics

Article Abstract:

An analysis of a sociometric survey of 200 employees across four organizations reveals that an individualEs relative position in the firmEs tenure distribution explains the newcomerEs socialization status in the organization.

Reports, Surveys, Workers, Socialization, Sociometry

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