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Jungert, Tomas; Gradito Dubord, Marc-Antoine; Högberg, Michael; Forest, Jacques – International Journal of Training and Development, 2022
The present paper describes a quasi-experimental research presenting a workplace training program aimed at helping managers to be more supportive of their employees' autonomy. Drawing on self-determination theory, we built a pre/post questionnaire design measuring perceived autonomy support, need satisfaction, need frustration, autonomous…
Descriptors: Administrators, Management Development, Leadership Training, Professional Autonomy
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Wang, Jia – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2011
Purpose: This study seeks to examine the managerial behavior of Chinese managers, as observed by their superiors, subordinates, and peers in a state-owned enterprise in China. Specifically, this study aims to explore two questions. First, what managerial behaviors are perceived as being effective in the Chinese state-owned enterprise? Second, what…
Descriptors: Asian Culture, Administrator Behavior, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Mateso, Peter E. E. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this concurrent triangulation mixed methods study was to understand the status of succession planning and management (SPM) efforts of the subject university as perceived by the fulltime academic and fulltime administrative staff. Four research questions guided this study: (1) how do fulltime academic staff and fulltime…
Descriptors: Promotion (Occupational), Organizational Culture, Interviews, Program Effectiveness
Schermerhorn, John R., Jr. – Training and Development Journal, 1986
The author examines a team development approach to management that creates shared commitments to performance improvement by focusing the attention of managers on individual workers and their task accomplishments. It uses the "high-performance equation" to help managers confront shared beliefs and concerns about performance and develop realistic…
Descriptors: Change, Employee Attitudes, Job Performance, Management Development
Galagan, Patricia – Training and Development Journal, 1986
Examines the history of the Motorola Company, its use of human capital as a strategic resource, hours and dollars committed to training, and the fact that Motorola owes its strong common culture and much of its success to the large number of long-service employees. (CT)
Descriptors: Electronics, Employee Attitudes, Human Capital, Human Resources
Fleenor, John W.; And Others – 1990
During the past 30 years, assessment centers have become an increasingly popular method for evaluating employees and potential employees in work organizations. This study was conducted to evaluate an assessment center which was part of a management development program for state government employees. The study examined: (1) whether assessment…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrators, Assessment Centers (Personnel), Career Development
Cristiano, Marilyn J. – 1990
In 1990, a study was conducted to holistically evaluate the activities of the Employee Development Program at Paradise Valley Community College (PVCC) and to determine if employee groups differed significantly in their evaluations of the effectiveness of the activities. Of the 114 full- and part-time board-approved employees of PVCC, 86 (75%)…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Faculty Development