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AbstractPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess effectiveness of management development (MD) programs in the Pakistani corporate sector and investigate relationship among various factors that...
View ArticleMosaic leadership: charisma and bureaucracy in Exodus 18
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View ArticleEthical leadership: lessons from Moses
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View Article“He has told you, O man, what is good!”
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View Article“Tikkun Olam”: how a Jewish ethos drives innovation
AbstractPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to argue that the Jewish religious concept “Tikkun Olam” is a source of practical management wisdom. “Tikkun Olam” combines with the diaspora and the...
View ArticleThe banning of images: questions arising in the field of management
AbstractPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to study how representation is conceptualized in Jewish culture, and how this relates to management. More specifically, it seeks to discuss the banning of...
View ArticleThe broken tables of stone: a decalogue approach to corporate compliance...
AbstractPurpose – Corporate compliance practices are often “coercively” structured, coined by a legal discourse and derived from individualist normative concepts. Drawing on the “logic of the...
View ArticlePursuing justice: workplace relations in the eyes of Jewish tradition
AbstractPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how traditional Jewish sources view workplace relations, with particular attention to how those sources may aid individuals to best meet the...
View ArticleJethro's understanding of administration and the convergence of...
AbstractPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how culture influences organizational behavior by connecting elements stemming from individuals’ social habitus with other elements pertaining...
View ArticlePractical wisdom for management from the Jewish tradition
AbstractPurpose – The purpose of this issue is to provide an overview of the special issue on practical wisdom for management from the Jewish traditions. Design/methodology/approach – The guest...
View ArticleMosaic leadership: charisma and bureaucracy in Exodus 18
AbstractPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relations between charisma and bureaucracy, as presented in rabbinic commentaries on Exodus 18 and Max Weber's Economics and Society. It...
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