Current Topics in Management - Volume 6, 2001

Table of Contents

Preface

R. T. Golembiewski, M. Afzalur Rahim, and Kenneth D. Mackenzie

1. Introduction

M. Afzalur Rahim, Robert T. Golembiewski, and Kenneth D. Mackenzie

I. Theory and Research in Management

2. Toward Theory More Relevant for Practice

Craig C. Lundberg

3. Defining Practical Significance Through Academic and Practitioner Collaboration

Daniel J. Svyantek and Steven E. Ekeberg

4. Ethical Dilemmas of Action Research: A Typological Analysis

A. Carol Rusaw

II. Organization Design, Learning, and Effectiveness

5. A Pure Virtual Organization

Kenneth D. Mackenzie and Richard K. Scott

6. We are the Borg - Resistance is Futile! Star Trek's Borg as a Metaphorical Critique of Organizational Systems Theory

Mohammed Sidky and Astrid Kersten

7. Double-Loop Learning and Improving Organizational Relationships: The Application of the Template Process

Mark N. K. Saunders and Christine S. Williams

8. Organizing to Encourage Creative Thinking

Don G. Schley

III. Behavior in Organizations and Outcomes

9. Global Replications of Phase Model of Burnout: Accumulating Evidence with Profound Theoretical and Practical Implications

Robert T. Golembiewski

10. Ethical Decision Making: Moral Reasoning of Managers

Semra F. Ascigil

11. Business is the Common Purpose of the Employees

Richard J. McKenna

12. Work and Family: American Style

Stephanie K. Johnson and Gary D. Geroy

IV. Management in the Public Sector

13. Virtual-Like Organizational Arrangements and NGOs

Kenneth D. Mackenzie

14. A Model for Managing Conflict in NGOs

M. Afzalur Rahim

15. Barriers to Active Citizen Participation in the Public Sector: Lessons Learned From South Korea

Seok-Hwan Lee

16. Public Trust in Government Agencies: Basic Conceptual Considerations

Seok-Eun Kim

17. A Demographic Profile of Employed Users of Illicit Drugs

John B. White, Thomas Nicholson, Patricia Minors, and David Duncan

V. Research in the New Millennium

18. The Tyranny of Constructs

Kenneth D. Mackenzie, M. Afzalur Rahim, and Robert T. Golembiewski

Notes on Contributors