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“Why Not Use the Computer?” The Use and Lack of Use of Computers in Personnel
Laura Hall, Derek TorringtonThe information on which this article is based comes from a major piece of research on the changing nature of personnel management, which is being conducted by the authors and…
Information Technology: Personnel, Where Are You?
Chris Clegg, Nigel KempMany commentators believe that we are racing into the age of Information Technology (IT). If in most cases the reality lags some way behind the image, it nevertheless remains the…
Getting Started: How Graduates Adjust to Employment
John ArnoldEntering a work organisation is a time of uncertainty both for the newcomers and for the organisations they join. For new graduates, uncertainty surrounds their own skills and…
Alienation Among Managers — The New Epidemic or the Social Scientists' Invention?
John W. HuntThere has been a long and wide‐ranging literature on the problems of the individual's adjustment to the demands of work organisations. In the 1950s, Argyris and Merton argued that…
Continuous Development: Theory and Reality
Harry A. BarringtonRegular readers of Personnel Review may be surprised to encounter a style that does not involve a theoretical or principled base, and prefers reflections on experience as the…
Personality Questionnaires as a Source of Learning in Management Education and Training: A Comparison of the OPQ and the 16PF
Penny SwinburneA previous article compared the OPQ and 16PF in terms of content. It commented also on the dearth of papers on the use of personality questionnaires in selection, guidance and…
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- Professor Eddy Ng
- Professor Pauline Stanton