Management Research News: Volume 16 Issue 1
Table of contents
An Undeveloped Subject: The Interaction between Environment and Strategy
Yim Yu Wong, Thomas E. MaherStrategic management thinking emerged in the 1930s (Steiner, 1969), and developed significantly in the 1940s. An identifiable body of literature began to appear in the 1950s and…
Towards Management of Physical Stress in Workplaces
A. Waikar, K. Lee, M. BlalockSeveral industrial tasks and workplaces involve sedentary work and/or constrained postures which impart static loads on the neck, back, shoulders and upper extremities. Examples…
The Role of the Interview in the Performance Appraisal Process
Carl R. Phillips, Sam D. Cappel, Dirk D. SteinerUnquestionably, the appraisal interview is a significant part of the performance appraisal process. It is in this formal interview that feedback on subordinate performance is…
In Search of Excellence in the Mexican Restaurant Industry
Arthur M. Sauceda, Brian H. KleinerThe Mexican restaurant industry in Southern California has flourished in the past. However, due to currently tough economic times and the overabundance of Mexican restaurants, it…
Anomalies in Annual Accounting Numbers
Musa Al‐DaraysehAnnual accounting numbers are used in different ways by researchers and investors. Besides the obvious regulatory uses of accounting numbers in financial institutions and public…