Conrad Viedge

TL;DR: The extent of role conflict, role ambiguity, and role overload reported by middle managers from 21 nations was related to national scores on power distance, individualism, uncertainty avoidance, an....

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identified the most important variables for retaining information technology workers as their turnover has a range of negative consequences for their employing companies, and established that the three factors perceived to most affect the retention of IT workers are, in order of importance, equity and enablement for high performance, a liberated and empowered culture, an effective and interactive communication channel between management and the employees.

TL;DR: In this article, data provided by 7380 middle managers from 60 nations were used to determine whether demographic variables are correlated with managers' reliance on vertical sources of guidance in different nations and whether these correlations differ depending on national culture characteristics.

TL;DR: In this article, three key dimensions are discussed in relation to the development of black managers, namely objective power, subjective power and empowerment in competence, based on insights gained in the initial phases of a mentorship programme implemented in a leading information technology company, a number of principles are offered for implementing learning partnerships in a learning organization.