Organizational Management Policies and Practices in a Global Market
Organizations are increasingly facing continuous and highly complex changes that require more proactive strategies, policies and management practices. Conscious of this reality, this book provides information and debate on principles, strategies, models,
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Organizational Management Policies and Practices in a Global Market Edited by
Carolina Machado University of Minho, Portugal and
J. Paulo Davim University of Aveiro, Portugal
ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT: POLICIES AND PRACTICES IN A GLOBAL MARKET
Selection and editorial content © Carolina Machado and J. Paulo Davim 2016 Individual chapters © Respective authors 2016 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-47307-3 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of Nature America, Inc., One New York Plaza, Suite 4500, New York, NY 10004–1562. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. ISBN 978-1-349-69243-9 E-PDF: 978-1-137-47308-0 DOI: 10.1057/9781137473080 Distribution in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world is by Palgrave Macmillan®, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Machado, Carolina, 1965– editor. | Davim, J. Paulo, editor. Title: Organizational management: policies and practices in a global market / Carolina Machado, J. Paulo Davim, [editors]. Description: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; NewYork, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. | Includes index. Identifiers: LCCN 2015038870 Subjects: LCSH: Management. | Personnel management. | Organizational sociology. Classification: LCC HD31 .O7586 2016 | DDC 658—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015038870
Contents List of Figures
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List of Tables
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Preface
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Acknowledgments
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Notes on Contributors 1
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What We Know about Organizational Commitment: An Overview of the Literature of the Last Decades Santiago Gutiérrez-Broncano, Pedro Jiménez Estévez and Mercedes Rubio-Andrés Purpose, Change and Top Management in the Mid-1920s: Revisiting Selected
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