Table of contents
Values, Contracts and Job Satisfaction
Dan GowlerIn 1970, a quite new approach was introduced to the debate about job satisfaction. Briefly, Enid Mumford, who had been conducting research in this field, suggested that,
Breakthrough in Participation: a case study of massive participation in a complex organization as a technique of planned change
W. Michael A. Brooker, David AllisonComplex organizations are undergoing stresses and strains which cause their members to resort to disruptive behaviour. Strikes, lockouts, difficulties between staff and students…
Manpower Planning: a case study in the Forestry Commission
P.L. Ashdown, S. Cruden, J.D. Sheldon, D.G. Boyd, B.G. VennerIntroduction This account of an operational manpower planning study is presented to show how the available ingredients were mixed to produce a very successful and useful end…
The Process of Organizational Entry
Stuart R. TimperleyThe purpose of this paper is to examine the role of recruitment and selection activities as key elements in organizational entry. In reality, though closely connected, they often…
A Further Comment on human resource accounting
James A CannonIn a critical article in the last issue of Personnel Review the two major approaches to Human Resource Accounting (HRA) were examined and the salient criticisms arrayed. The…
Personnel and Training Procedures in a Service Industry: A pilot study of 88 hotels in the North East
Paul Johnson, John CorcoranThe Manpower Consultative Group for the Hotel and Catering Industry has for the last 18 months shown a serious concern for the critical manpower situation faced by that industry…
Behavioural Science and Systematic Management: Allies or Antagonists?
H.J. MisselhornThere are two schools of management philosophy which, in the purist forms, appear to be diametrically opposed to one another. On the one hand, we hear the behavioural scientists…
Is Industrial Warfare Inevitable?
A. PriestGenerations of British managers have been indoctrinated with a system of beliefs that condition their attitudes to industrial conflict in such a manner as to make most difficult…
Research in the Department of Employment
The Department of Employment needs no introduction to readers of Personnel Review. But it may well not be the first organization to come into their minds when they think of…
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hybridEditors:
- Professor Eddy Ng
- Professor Pauline Stanton