This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/eb053568. When citing the article, please…
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This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/eb053568. When citing the article, please cite: Philip L. Quaglieri, Joseph O. Pecenka, (1985), “Making it to the Top”, Leadership & Organization Development Journal, Vol. 6 Iss: 1, pp. 25 - 26.
Among psychologists one of the more frequently observed phenomena is the enhancing effect of feedback on performance and learning (for a review see Annett. It is believed that the…
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Among psychologists one of the more frequently observed phenomena is the enhancing effect of feedback on performance and learning (for a review see Annett. It is believed that the term feedback was originally coined by electrical engineers and was defined as a regenerative process. For the purposes of the present discussion however, feedback refers to the process whereby information about the effectiveness of an individual's actions or responses to a task is reported to that individual. Although it is recognized that an individual's environment is crammed with information about many things, only information that the individual accepts is considered feedback.
Philip L. Quaglieri and Joseph O. Pecenka
Women are under‐represented in senior positions within organisations, but more research is needed before a definitive statement can be made about the promotion process of senior…
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Women are under‐represented in senior positions within organisations, but more research is needed before a definitive statement can be made about the promotion process of senior executives. Data from questionnaires distributed among the senior executives of 379 Chicago‐based firms and 225 top‐level executives of British firms (all firms employing more than 500 people) asking respondents to indicate the importance of performance, membership, education, traits, and personal data criteria in individual promotion for men and women, ranked performance highest, irrespective of sex. Education was rated higher for women in the US, and higher for men in the UK. More attention needs to be given to networking and mentor‐protege relationships' contribution to the senior executive selection process.
Philip L. Quaglieri, Sherry H. Penney and Jennifer Waldner
The Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) at the College of Management at U Mass, Boston is an executive leadership development program for mid‐career professionals (average age 35) in…
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Purpose
The Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) at the College of Management at U Mass, Boston is an executive leadership development program for mid‐career professionals (average age 35) in the Greater Boston Area. The program was founded because of the belief that the future leadership of our urban areas cannot be left to chance. The founders believed that if we are to have inclusive and collaborative leaders in the future, we must find those potential leaders now and provide them with leadership training and development. This paper investigates this subject.
Design/methodology/approach
The model is one that could be replicated in any major urban area. Participants are nominated by their organizations, who select them based on their leadership potential. There are usually 40‐45 participants per year for the ten‐month program: one week in January and one day a month through September. The program is built around three areas: meeting and learning from current leaders, skill development, teamwork and collaboration.
Findings
The paper finds that extensive evaluations are done with frequent surveys to participants. The Leadership Practices Inventory is administered at the beginning and end of the program. ELP participants include 46 percent persons of colour and over half are women: the program meets its goals of being inclusive.
Originality/value
The surveys indicate that a hands‐on approach to leadership (rather than a more structured classroom approach) is quite effective for young professionals and that they cite development, enhanced networking across sectors, and an increased appreciation for diversity as most positive benefits.
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In the last four years, since Volume I of this Bibliography first appeared, there has been an explosion of literature in all the main functional areas of business. This wealth of…
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In the last four years, since Volume I of this Bibliography first appeared, there has been an explosion of literature in all the main functional areas of business. This wealth of material poses problems for the researcher in management studies — and, of course, for the librarian: uncovering what has been written in any one area is not an easy task. This volume aims to help the librarian and the researcher overcome some of the immediate problems of identification of material. It is an annotated bibliography of management, drawing on the wide variety of literature produced by MCB University Press. Over the last four years, MCB University Press has produced an extensive range of books and serial publications covering most of the established and many of the developing areas of management. This volume, in conjunction with Volume I, provides a guide to all the material published so far.
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Maria Gravari-Barbas and Sébastien Jacquot
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the mechanisms involved in the progressive integration of marginal and peripheral urban areas, located close to established tourist…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the mechanisms involved in the progressive integration of marginal and peripheral urban areas, located close to established tourist destinations, into the visited tourism perimeter, and the interplay of the supporting public and private actors. It focusses on the intertwining processes of commercial gentrification, heritagization and aestheticization of former “ordinary” or marginal areas as tools for and indications of their tourism development. It explores how the metropolitan tourism geography is progressively redesigned.
Design/methodology/approach
Following a comprehensive literature analysis, the Saint-Ouen flea market was selected as the object of study. The methodology is based on extensive in situ observations, a systematic analysis of the press and a corpus of tourist guides and several in-depth interviews with local public and private stakeholders.
Findings
This paper shows that combined public (Parisian urban and tourism stakeholders) and private interests led to the integration in the tourism perimeter of a space that was once on the margins of the tourism and metropolitan area. It highlights the mechanisms of this integration and the link between touristification, gentrification, aestheticization and artification. It was found that private investors and political decision makers regard Saint-Ouen flea market as a major opportunity for tourism and real estate development, which leads to some contradictions regarding heritage protection. Finally, it shows that market traders opposed the evolution of a commercial place into a place of symbolic consumption. At another level, it shows the stakes of tourism diversification in a metropolitan tourism destination that is characterized by overtourism.
Research limitations/implications
More studies are needed to identify not only the potential of flea markets to diversify tourist areas and practices, but also any potential resistance. The consequences on metropolitan tourism can be the subject of additional investigations: can this tourism diversification reduce overtourism in the centre, or is it only a diversification that functions as an additional driver of attractiveness? This research opens new perspectives on the modes of diversification (spatial and experiential) of metropolitan tourism as well as on the role that commercial changes play in these evolutions. It also makes it possible to question the modes of engagement of investors and traders in tourism.
Originality/value
This is an in-depth analysis of the case of Saint-Ouen flea market. The issues raised herein are applicable to similar peripheral urban areas, flea markets especially, that are rarely studied on the tourism-aestheticization-gentrification nexus. The analysis also shows the diversification of places and imaginaries of metropolitan tourism.