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In this paper, we review and analyze the emerging network paradigm in organizational research. We begin with a conventional review of recent research organized around recognized research streams. Next, we analyze this research, developing a set of dimensions along which network studies vary, including direction of causality, levels of analysis, explanatory goals, and explanatory mechanisms. We ...

A comprehensive model that delineates the interrelationships among ‘user involvement’, ‘knowledge cognition’, ‘organizational mechanisms’, and ‘knowledge creation’ is absent. This study aims to fill this void. Unlike previous research, this study examined the issues of effective knowledge management from two perspectives: individuals, i.e. user involvement and knowledge cognition, and organizat...

Increasing evidence has been found in support of a relationship between human resources management (HRM) systems and organization effectiveness, which has emerged as an important body of work in the past decade. Noticeably absent has been sound theoretical development that explains how such HRM system effects operate. In an effort to address such theoretical limitations in the area, the present...

Le management est confronté au défi lancé aux organisations quand elles doivent définir, mesurer et stimuler la performance des salariés avec pour objectif ultime d’améliorer la performance organisationnelle. La gestion des performances implique différents niveaux d’analyse et est manifestement reliée à l’évaluation des performances et aux thèmes relevant du management stratégique des ressource...

De acordo com HOFFMAN(1999) hoje a auto-realização no ambiente de trabalho é uma questão estratégica para as empresas. Neste sentido, Abraham Maslow deixou um enorme legado para aqueles que trabalham com a psicologia organizacional, os profissionais de Recursos Humanos e atualmente todos os gerentes e executivos.

In this article I discuss the findings from a student survey that examined the role of online discussion groups in maintaining a learning community when nursing students were separated by time and place during their last practicum before graduation. The learning community was created face-to-face and then maintained and enhanced through online discussions. Students gained skills and knowledge ...