Management Decision: Volume 44 Issue 10

Motivation of scientists in a government research institute: Scientists' perceptions and the role of management

Divya Jindal‐Snape, Jonathan B. Snape

This study seeks to explore the perceptions of scientists regarding the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that motivate them and the role of management in enhancing and maintaining…

The “learning trap”: a Bollywood frame for strategic learning

Sonal Minocha, George Stonehouse

This paper aims to highlight the nature of strategic learning in Bollywood, India's Hindi Film Industry. Film making is an art that requires continuous learning as a prerequisite…

Construct development and measurement of indecisiveness

Raed Elaydi

The current study aims to aid in the theoretical development of the indecisiveness construct, create a definition of indecisiveness that reflects current research, and…

Beyond English: Transnational corporations and the strategic management of language in a complex multilingual business environment

Dirk Maclean

The purpose of this article is to reassert the status of language as a topic of major interest to researchers in the light of the rise of the transnational corporation.

Anxiety and defective decision making: an elaboration of the groupthink model

Judith Chapman

This article sets out to revisit Janis' groupthink theory that holds that, when anxiety is present for a decision‐making group, premature concurrence seeking emerges unless other…

The role of culture in the merger and acquisition process: Evidence from the European chemical industry

George Lodorfos, Agyenim Boateng

The cultural element in M&As' integration process has been identified as one of the key issues that may help explain the failure of many mergers and acquisitions. Yet what needs…

Reflecting on a TQM‐based university/industry partnership: Contributions to research methodology and organisational learning

Joan Henderson, Rodney McAdam, Denis Leonard

The aim of this paper is to show how a university‐industry partnership can be used in two key ways. First, to contribute to academia through the development of new research…

Strategy implementation: a role for the balanced scorecard?

Helen Atkinson

The purpose of this paper is to develop a deeper understanding of the role of the balanced scorecard in strategy implementation.

The dark side of management decisions: organisational psychopaths

Clive Roland Boddy

This paper aims to look at some of the implications of organisational psychopaths for organisations and corporations.

Spotlight on Stuart L. Hart

Sarah Powell

This paper seeks to provide an interview with Professor Stuart Hart discussing how multinational corporations can be a catalyst for a truly sustainable form of global development…