Foucault, power/knowledge, and its relevance for human resource management

B Townley - Academy of Management review, 1993 - journals.aom.org
Drawing on the work of Michel Foucault. I argue that human resource management (HRM)
may be best understood as a discourse and set of practices that attempt to reduce the …

Mentoring revisited: An organizational behaviour construct

SH Appelbaum, S Ritchie, BT Shapiro - Journal of Management …, 1994 - emerald.com
Describes an evolving dynamic relationship between protégé and mentor, which strongly
impacts on the entire organization and thosemicrocomponents associated with …

Mentoring in family firms: A reflective analysis of senior executives' perceptions

J Boyd, N Upton, M Wircenski - Family Business Review, 1999 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper reflectively analyzes 76 family business senior executives' perceptions of their
personal experiences of being mentored. Although mentoring in family firms is a common …

Mentoring managers in organisations

C Conway - Equal Opportunities International, 1995 - emerald.com
The value of mentoring is gaining a growing appreciation among managers today. Despite
scepticism in some quarters that the mentoring relationship if 'just a chemical thing'or people …

The role of mentoring in the CPD programmes of professional associations

A Friedman, M Phillips - International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
This paper seeks to position the current role of mentoring within the continuing professional
development (CPD) programmes of UK professional associations and to examine its …

A question of power: how does management retain it?

D Akella - Vikalpa, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper examines whether the concept of learning organizations is a myth and if it is
possible to intertwine workplace democracy with profitability. Theoretically, learning …

Mentoring and organizational behaviour: chapter 30

BO Ehigie, GO Okang, FO Ibode - IFE PsychologIA: An International …, 2011 - journals.co.za
Managing human resource is one of the most difficult task facing employers; whether
managing a little team or a large group of grown-ups. Managing is an involved responsibility …

Poder disciplinar e gestão de pessoas: um estudo empírico em uma organização de desenvolvimento de software

MCA Cappelle, MJ Brito - Organizações & Sociedade, 2003 - SciELO Brasil
Vive-se, atualmente, a emergência de um novo período, baseado na inovação tecnológica
e na produção do conhecimento. Como resultado, percebe-se a reconfiguração das …

[图书][B] Turnover among professionals: The role of person-culture fit and mentoring

SG Morris - 1995 - search.proquest.com
In order to further the understanding of turnover within large professional service firms, a
structural equation model of turnover was developed and tested. The hypothesized model …

Mentoring in library and information services: A literature review and report on recent research

C Nankivell, M Shoolbred - 1997 - Taylor & Francis
The article presents an overview of recent developments in mentoring in the library and
information services (LIS) community in the United Kingdom (UK). The article discusses the …