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Publication date: 27 April 2023

Gerard Callanan, Sandra M. Tomkowicz, Megan V. Teague and David F. Perri

This study aims to present a pedagogical approach that allows students to discuss and debate the differences between two competing models of corporate governance – the shareholder…

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Purpose

This study aims to present a pedagogical approach that allows students to discuss and debate the differences between two competing models of corporate governance – the shareholder primacy philosophy and the stakeholder value viewpoint.

Design/methodology/approach

This study first presents the conceptual bases for each framework, noting that while shareholder primacy is the historically dominant approach to corporate governance that guide strategic business actions in the USA, pressures from investor and societal groups and government agencies have forced publicly traded companies to recognize the need to take stakeholder interests into account in strategic decision-making, as is the dominant model in Europe and other parts of the world. This study then provides a pedagogical structure on how these opposing perspectives can be used to foster discussion, debate and reflection within the classroom.

Findings

This paper presents a pedagogical structure that allows students to recognize the competing pressures that businesses face of maximizing profits versus concerns over social causes. There are a number of positive pedagogical outcomes that can be realized from a classroom discourse on the differing perspectives on strategic management, corporate governance and social responsibility.

Practical implications

This pedagogical structure should help future business leaders throughout the world understand the differences between the two models of corporate governance. This study offers suggestions on how this pedagogical structure can be used in the student assessment process.

Originality/value

This study fills a gap in the literature by providing a pedagogical structure to guide discussion and debate on the competing theories of corporate governance and how organizational decision-makers can devise strategies to manage the potential competing demands that can arise from the shareholder versus stakeholder models. It is highly relevant and well-suited for courses such as Business Law, Business Policy, Business and Society and Ethics.

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Journal of International Education in Business, vol. 16 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2046-469X

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Publication date: 24 March 2020

Gerard Callanan and David Perri

This paper discusses the well-publicized labor shortages in the building trades, reviews the causes for the deficiencies, and presents prescriptions for how career counselors and…

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Purpose

This paper discusses the well-publicized labor shortages in the building trades, reviews the causes for the deficiencies, and presents prescriptions for how career counselors and schools can play a critical role in encouraging young adults to consider construction occupations.

Design/methodology/approach

Using data from government agencies, trade organizations, and scholarly publications, this paper describes the categories of the building trades as well as their employment trends and compensation prospects. It also reviews the personal and environmental factors that could lead to the “construction of a construction career.”

Findings

This article documents the reasons for the labor shortages in the construction industry and then offers recommendation on how younger adults could be encouraged to consider the building trades as viable career alternatives.

Social implications

Labor shortages in the construction industry have a direct and indirect deleterious effect on the economic well-being of every country. This article provides suggestions on how to inspire young adults to consider the building trades as worthwhile career pursuits.

Originality/value

There is a limited amount of scholarly attention given to career decision making related to occupations that do not require a college degree, including the building trades. This paper attempts to fill this gap in the literature by focusing on the individual characteristics and environmental factors that might prompt consideration of a career in the building trades. It also describes the educational, governmental, and corporate initiatives that work to encourage individuals, working in conjunction with their career counselors, to consider careers in the construction industry.

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Education + Training, vol. 62 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0040-0912

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Publication date: 1 June 2003

Gerard A. Callanan

The recent financial collapses of high profile US‐based corporations owing to legally‐questionable practices have led management theorists to search for answers as to how and why…

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The recent financial collapses of high profile US‐based corporations owing to legally‐questionable practices have led management theorists to search for answers as to how and why these ethical lapses were able to occur. This article examines the possibility that a company’s culture and internal control systems can have such a profound influence on middle managers and executives that they are willing to violate ethical and legal standards in the name of career success. This article reviews how career success is presently defined from an individual and an organizational standpoint and how this definition can be at odds with the realities of organizational culture and internal control systems. It also discusses how perspectives on the relationship between employers and employees can affect individual career management practices. Finally, the article presents ways for individuals to view career success and manage their careers to avoid the traps of an influential corporate culture.

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Career Development International, vol. 8 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1362-0436

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Publication date: 1 October 2003

Some 20 or 30 years ago, embarking on a managerial career was a safe and secure option. You could reasonably expect to join a company, work your way up the ladder, hit top…

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Some 20 or 30 years ago, embarking on a managerial career was a safe and secure option. You could reasonably expect to join a company, work your way up the ladder, hit top management level and retire with a golden farewell as thanks for your loyalty. Not any more. As a result of the downsizing and restructuring of companies in the 1980s and 1990s, relationships between employer and employee are no longer so sturdy. These days very few can be totally confident their job is safe.

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Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal, vol. 17 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1477-7282

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Publication date: 1 February 2004

Gerard Callanan and Cynthia Benzing

This study assessed the relationship between the completion of an internship assignment prior to graduation and subsequent employment in a career‐oriented job after graduation…

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This study assessed the relationship between the completion of an internship assignment prior to graduation and subsequent employment in a career‐oriented job after graduation. Subjects for the study were 163 seniors graduating with a business degree from a large public university in the mid‐Atlantic region of the USA. Results showed that the completion of an internship assignment was linked with finding career‐oriented employment, but was not related to a higher level of confidence over personal fit with the position that was selected. The article presents implications for future research and discusses practical issues related to the use of internships and other forms of anticipatory socialization in the career management activities of college students.

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Education + Training, vol. 46 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0040-0912

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Publication date: 1 April 2004

Gerard A. Callanan

The writings of Niccolò Machiavelli continue to resonate with today's business leaders. Current management literature still focuses on tactics to increase power as a means to…

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The writings of Niccolò Machiavelli continue to resonate with today's business leaders. Current management literature still focuses on tactics to increase power as a means to ensure a leadership position. This attention to individual accomplishment and the building of power runs counter to what is happening structurally within organizations. The acceleration in the use of team‐based structures as a preferred method of organization and decision making reflects the need for timelier processing of information in a world of increased environmental uncertainty. This contrast between the behaviors needed to build individual power and the collaborative skills necessitated by team‐based structures creates a number of leadership challenges for individuals and organizations. This article discusses these challenges from both a theory‐based and a practitioner standpoint, assesses the implications for organizational managers and individual team members, and offers recommendations for leadership effectiveness in a work world dominated by team‐based design.

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Team Performance Management: An International Journal, vol. 10 no. 3/4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1352-7592

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Publication date: 1 October 1995

Jeffrey H. Greenhaus, Gerard A. Callanan and Eileen Kaplan

Examines the conditions under which career goal setting contributesto effective career management. Views career management as a process bywhich individuals can make informed…

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Examines the conditions under which career goal setting contributes to effective career management. Views career management as a process by which individuals can make informed decisions regarding their work lives. Highlights the role of the career goal in the career management process, and identifies the useful features of the goal‐setting process. Reviews the concepts of career indecision and career decidedness, and specifies four subtypes – developmental indecision, chronic indecision, hypervigilant decidedness, and vigilant decidedness. Discusses the implications for organizations and their employees.

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International Journal of Career Management, vol. 7 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0955-6214

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Publication date: 13 February 2009

David F. Perri, Gerard A. Callanan, Paul F. Rotenberry and Peter F. Oehlers

The purpose of his paper is to present a teaching methodology for improving the understanding of ethical decision making. This pedagogical approach is applicable in college…

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Purpose

The purpose of his paper is to present a teaching methodology for improving the understanding of ethical decision making. This pedagogical approach is applicable in college courses and in corporate training programs.

Design/methodology/approach

Participants are asked to analyze a set of eight ethical dilemmas with differing situational contingencies and to choose from among alternatives for handling the dilemma. Group discussion then focuses on a comparison of participants' choices relative to their personal ethical orientations as measured by a standardized self‐report instrument.

Findings

The experiences of the authors with this methodology indicates that participants are able to gain a better understanding of the factors, both individual and situational, that frame an ethical dilemma. This methodology can also show how individuals can be influenced to make unethical choices based on the presence of certain contextual factors.

Originality/value

This paper describes a novel instructional approach for improving the understanding of the factors that frame and influence ethical decision making. This approach is innovative in that it uses vignettes describing real‐life ethical dilemmas in conjunction with an assessment of individual differences in ethical orientation.

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Education + Training, vol. 51 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0040-0912

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Publication date: 4 February 2014

Martin McCracken

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Education + Training, vol. 56 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0040-0912

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Publication date: 10 February 2012

Martin McCracken

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Education + Training, vol. 54 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0040-0912

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