Journal of Management History: Volume 21 Issue 2

Activist manager: The enduring contribution of Henry S. Dennison to management and organization studies

Kyle Bruce

This paper aims to identify and fill a gap in the knowledge of the contribution of Henry S. Dennison toward management and organization studies and problematize the assumptions…

An intellectual journey into the historical evolution of marketing research in brand switching behavior – past, present and future

Osama Sam Al-Kwifi, Zafar U. Ahmed

The aim of this paper is to explore the historical development of brands and the development of literature on brand switching to define the antecedents that cause switching…

Corporate governance as a reform movement

Bernard Mees

The purpose of this paper is to consider the way in which agency theory has crowded out other approaches to understanding the governance of modern businesses. The paper rescues…

How Theory X style of management arose from a fundamental attribution error

H. Kristl Davison, Jack Smothers

The purpose of this paper is to propose that the Theory X style of management arose from a fundamental attribution error, in which managers assumed that employees’ lack of…

The historical evolution of employee engagement and self-efficacy constructs: An empirical examination in a non-western country

Grace K. Dagher, Olga Chapa, Nora Junaid

This paper aims to highlight the historical roots of employee engagement and empirically examine the influence of self-efficacy on the three dimensions of employee engagement…

Board interlocks and corporate performance among firms listed abroad

Mike W. Peng, Canan C. Mutlu, Steve Sauerwald, Kevin Y. Au, Denis Y.L. Wang

This paper aims to explore the interlock-performance relationship among mainland Chinese firms listed in Hong Kong by taking advantage of a relationship-intensive context whereby…

Signaling intelligence, signaling theory, Project A, and excellent management history research

Shawn Carraher