Journal of Managerial Psychology: Volume 17 Issue 7

The meaning of money: The money ethic endorsement and work‐related attitudes in Taiwan, the USA and the UK

Thomas Li‐Ping Tang, Adrian Furnham, Grace Mei‐Tzu Wu Davis

This study compared people’s endorsement of the money ethic across three countries: Taiwan, the USA and the UK. Exploratory factor analysis results for the whole sample suggested…

Dimensions of work satisfaction as predictors of commitment type

I.E. Jernigan, Joyce M. Beggs, Gary F. Kohut

This study of hospital nurses (n = 154) examined the influence of dimensions of work satisfaction on types of organizational commitment. Significant results were found for the two…

Affective organizational commitment of workers in Chinese joint ventures

Yui‐Tim Wong, Hang‐Yue Ngo, Chi‐Sum Wong

This study examines the factors affecting joint venture employees’ affective commitment in the Peoples’ Republic of China. Three theoretical frameworks (i.e. the justice…

Reinforcement learning and the prevention of data catastrophes

Eldad Yechiam, Ernan Haruvy, Ido Erev

Companies incur immense losses due to employee neglect to save and back up data and failure to frequently update anti‐virus protections. This problem appears perplexing as such…

Cultural values in relation to equity sensitivity within and across cultures

Kenneth G. Wheeler

Organizations are faced with the challenge of developing effective reward systems for a diverse workforce within a society, as well as across different cultures for global…

The effects of managerial influence behavior on the transition to self‐directed work teams (SDWTs)

Ceasar Douglas

A growing number of organizations are adopting self‐directed work teams (SDWTs), but many firms experience trouble with the transition – the time needed for SDWT development. The…