Current Topics in Management

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Part of a series that publishes papers initially offered in presentations at the yearly meetings of the International Conference on Advances in Management. This volume contains seventeen chapters divided into six sections - Organization Theory, Organizational Behaviour, Trust, Morality, and Ethics, and others.

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Introduction (M.A. Rahim et al.). Organization Theory. A theory for managing fast-changing organizations (K.D. Mackenzie). Complex systems and the measurement of organizational change (D.J. Svyantek, L.L. Brown). Organizational Behavior. A review of psychological contract theory and research: promise nothing and they may still get angry (M.J. Keeney, D.J. Svyantek). The construction of identity in organizations: beyond the cognitive lens (E.S. Mason, A.N. Carr). Trust, Ethics, and Morality. Quality and trust in the workplace: an empirical investigation of their association (P.G. Wise, K.W. Kuhnert). Correlates of distrust in a general hospital (K. Bijlsma-Frankema). Moral autonomy in organizational decisions (E.E. Tsahuridu, R.J. McKenna). Organization Development and Innovation. Toward a meaning-centered organizational development: a conceptual essay (C.C. Lundberg). OD applications in organizational settings: another addendum about success rates (R.T. Golembiewski). Innovation and conflict management (M.A. Rahim, R.A. Wolf). Organizational innovation and the science/craft of management (R.T. Golembiewski, E. Vigoda). International Management. Does culture fit matter: the adoption and effectiveness of employee involvment practices in China and the United States (Chun-Sheng Yu et al.). The art of Chinese management: towards a new management paradigm for the 21st century? (K-A. Schlevogt). Management challenges for small business in Bangladesh in the context of globalization (M.A. Mannan). The role of narrative in international business communication: a critical analysis (M.M. Jabri). Concluding Comments. Evolving from data expertise to expert data (K.D. Mackenzie et al.).