This book investigates the influence of personal values on managerial behaviour in modern organizations, and how this impacts upon company performance and relationships. With a focus on central Europe, the authors explore the notion of a personal values system and seek to identify the influencing factors behind behaviour. Providing a new methodological and contextual framework which goes beyond established measurements, the book offers insights into the most important studies in the area and will provide valuable reading to academics in the fields of management, organization and HRM, as well as practitioners and policy-makers.

Provides a fresh perspective on researching managerial behaviour, going well beyond prevailing methodologiesFocusses on Central Europe in a context of political, economic and social change

Offers analysis of surveys from organizations in two central European countries with different prevailing patterns of employees personal values

Autorentext

Zlatko Nedelko is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Economics and Business, Department of Management and Organization, at the University of Maribor, Slovenia. His research interests involve management, organization, management behaviour, personal values and transition economies. Zlatko was previously a visiting researcher in the Department of Management and Organizational Behaviour at Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria.

Vojko Potocan is Professor of Management and Organization in the Faculty of Economics and Business, Department of Management and Organization, at the University of Maribor, Slovenia. Having previously studied at the University of Maribor, he is head of the postgraduate management and organization programme and teaches in three universities in Slovenia, as well as other universities across Europe.

Inhalt

1. Personal Values and Managerial Behaviour: A Gap in Knowledge.2. Drivers of Managerial Behaviour.3. Personal Values and Managerial Behaviour.4. Towards a New Framework for Measuring Managerial Behaviour: An Initial Approach.5. Values and Managerial Behaviour in Slovenia: A Transforming Economy.6. Values and Managerial Behaviour in Austria: A Well-developed Economy.7. Summary and Future Outlook.