Current Topics in Management - Volume 5, 2000

Table of Contents

Preface

R. T. Golembiewski, M. A. Rahim, and K. D. Mackenzie

Introduction

M. A. Rahim, R. T. Golembiewski, and K. D. Mackenzie

Part I. Organization Theory

A Theory for Managing Fast-Changing Organizations

Kenneth D. Mackenzie

Complex Systems and the Measurement of Organizational Change

Daniel J. Svyantek and Linda L. Brown

Part II. Organizational Behavior

A Review of Psychological Contract Theory and Research: Promise Nothing and they May Still Get Angry

Michael J. Keeney and Daniel J. Svyantek

The Construction of Identity in Organizations: Beyond the Cognitive Lens

E. Sharon Mason and Adrian N. Carr

Part III. Trust, Ethics, and Morality

Quality and Trust in the Workplace: An Empirical Investigation of Their Association

P. Gail Wise and Karl W. Kuhnert

Correlates of Trust in a General Hospital

Katinka Bijlsma-Frankema

Moral Autonomy in Organizational Decisions

Eva E. Tsahuridu and Richard J. McKenna

Part IV. Organization Development and Innovation

Toward a Meaning-Centered Organizational Development: A Conceptual Essay

Craig C. Lundberg

OD Applications in Organizational Settings: Another Addendum About Success Rates

Robert T. Golembiewski

Innovation and Conflict Management

M. Afzalur Rahim and Richard A. Wolf

Organizational Innovation and the Science/Craft of Management

Robert T. Golembiewski and Eran Vigoda

Part V. International Management

Does Cultural Fit Matter? The Adoption and Effectiveness of Employee Involvement Practices in China and the United States

Chun-Sheng Yu, David Finegold, Edward E. Lawler III, and Daniel S. Cochran

Strategies, Structures, and Processes for Managing Uncertainty and Complexity: Worldwide Learning From the Chinese Organizational Model of Private Enterprises

Kai-Alexander Schlevogt

Management Challenges for Small Business in Bangladesh in the Context of Globalization

M. A. Mannan

The Role of Narrative in International Business Communication: A Critical Analysis

Muayyad M. Jabri

Part VI. Concluding Comments

Evolving From Data Expertise to Expert Data

K. D. Mackenzie, R. T. Golembiewski, and M. A. Rahim

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