Journal of Management History: Volume 23 Issue 1

Editorial

Bradley Bowden

The overlooked influence of personality, idiosyncrasy and eccentricity in corporate mergers and acquisitions: 120 years and six distinct waves

Kathleen Marshall Park, Anthony M. Gould

Merger waves have typically been viewed through the prism of either corporate strategy or macro-economics. This paper aims to broaden debate about factors that cause – or are…

Frances Perkins: gender, context and history in the neglect of a management theorist

Kristin S. Williams, Albert J. Mills

This paper aims to achieve four things: to build on recent discussion on the neglect of Frances Perkins’ contribution to the understandings of management and organization (MOS);…

The history of the modernisation construct: Tracing the contribution of business and economic historians

Chad S. Seifried, Milorad M. Novicevic

This paper aims to trace and/or historicise modernisation as a conceptual framework from the antecedents to present times. It also highlights the recent and past attention…

The Hawthorne studies: an analysis of critical perspectives, 1936-1958

Jeffrey Muldoon

The purpose of this paper was to analyse the academic context of the Hawthorne studies from 1936. More specifically, great attention was paid towards those articles that were…

Union recognition and union security: Steps to the left and jumps to the right in an Australian state

Linda Colley

Union membership has declined in many countries reducing union capacity to bargain and contribute to economic equality. This paper aims to explore a more hopeful case in an…