Journal of Management History: Volume 17 Issue 3

Henry B. Plant (1819‐1899): Florida's west coast entrepreneur

Robert C. Ford, Peter B. Petersen

Entrepreneurship is increasingly recognized as vital for economies to grow and survive in an increasingly competitive world. Studying the critical success factors of…

Mary, Mary, quite contrary: In a male‐dominated field, women contributed by bringing a touch of spirituality to early management theory and practice

Simone T.A. Phipps

This paper aims to depict the pivotal roles played by Mary Parker Follett and Mary Barnett Gilson, as they uniquely contributed to early management thought, theory, and practice…

Bias, history, and the Protestant Work Ethic

Virgil O. Smith, Yvonne S. Smith

The Protestant Work Ethic (PWE) is an important construct for management theorists. However, there appear to be biases and distortions in the way it is used in research. This…

Ideology or economics: government banking in New Zealand

Andrew Cardow, David Tripe, William Wilson

This paper aims to argue that in the short history of New Zealand banking, political experimentation, based at first upon socialist ideology of the 1940s led to the…

The ideology of executive bonuses: an historical perspective

Bert Spector, Francis C. Spital

This paper seeks to add historical perspective to the contemporary debate concerning the efficacy of executive bonuses. That debate has become particularly significant in the USA…

Applying labour process concepts to public sector executive reforms: Peeling and segmenting the mandarins?

Linda Katurah Colley

This paper aims to extend the literature by applying labour process concepts to public service executive employment.

The life and times of a senior scholar: an interview with HBS’s Joseph Bower

Karl Moore

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