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Escape from the Iron Cage? Organizational Change and Isomorphic Pressures in the Public Sector
- R. Ashworth, George A. Boyne, R. Delbridge
- Business
- 13 November 2007
Institutional theory suggests that organizations pursue legitimacy by conforming to isomorphic pressures in their environment. We extend previous research on institutional theory by distinguishing…
News From Behind My Hand: Gossip in Organizations
- M. Noon, R. Delbridge
- Business
- 1 January 1993
This paper offers an interpretation of the importance of organizational gossip. It draws together theory and research from various disciplines in order to explore four main propositions: that gossip…
Understanding innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises: a process manifest
- T. Edwards, R. Delbridge, M. Munday
- Business
- 1 October 2005
Context matters: examining ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ approaches to employee engagement in two workplaces
- Sarah Jenkins, R. Delbridge
- Business
- 24 May 2013
This paper reports different managerial approaches to engaging employees in two contrasting organizations. We categorize these approaches to employee engagement as ‘hard’ and ‘soft’, and examine how…
Inhabiting Institutions: Critical Realist Refinements to Understanding Institutional Complexity and Change
- R. Delbridge, T. Edwards
- Sociology
- 24 April 2013
This paper builds on recent contributions to understanding conditions of institutional complexity by developing a theoretical framework to elaborate the interdependencies between actions, contexts…
Employee engagement, organisational performance and individual well-being: exploring the evidence, developing the theory
- C. Truss, A. Shantz, E. Soane, K. Alfes, R. Delbridge
- Business
- 27 January 2011
The development of mainstream human resource management (HRM) theory has long been concerned with how people management can enhance performance outcomes. It is only very recently that interest has…
Beyond the enterprise: Broadening the horizons of International HRM
- R. Delbridge, Marco Hauptmeier, Sukanya Sengupta
- Business
- 8 March 2011
In this article we argue that International HRM research will benefit from an extended research agenda that moves: i) beyond the enterprise, ii) beyond managerialism, and iii) beyond universalism.…
Lean Production Practices: International Comparisons in the Auto Components Industry1
- N. Oliver, R. Delbridge, J. Lowe
- Business
- 1 December 1996
In recent years the application of lean production principles has been forcefully expounded as the route to high-performance manufacturing. This paper examines the relationship between lean…
Organizing unionism comes to the UK
- E. Heery, M. Simms, D. Simpson, R. Delbridge, J. Salmon
- Business
- 1 February 2000
The concept of an “organizing model” of trade unionism has shaped union strategies for revitalization in a number of countries in recent years. This article examines the transfer of “organizing…
Editors' Comments: Styles of Theorizing and the Social Organization of Knowledge
- R. Delbridge, Peer C. Fiss
- Business
- 11 October 2013
An introduction to the journal is presented in which the editor discusses various articles within the issue on topics including the diversity of management theory, the social, political, and…
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