Several recent studies have found that managers engage in redundant communication; that is, they send the same message to the same recipient sequentially through two or more unique media. Given how busy most managers are, and how much information their subordinates receive on a daily basis, this practice seems, initially, quite puzzling. We conducted an ethnographic investigation to examine the...

Occupational position is one of the determinants of psychological health, but this association may differ for men and women depending on the social context. In contemporary Japanese society, occupational gender segregation persists despite increased numbers of women participating in the labour market, which may contribute to gender specific patterns in the prevalence of poor psychological healt...

Objective Short- and medium-term effectiveness (up to 3 years) of individual level stress management interventions (SMI) at work were demonstrated, yet long-term effectiveness remains unexplored. We therefore aimed to address this research gap. Methods 94 male middle managers participated in a randomized wait-list controlled trial between 2006 and 2008 and in a post-trial-follow-up survey in ...

This comment argues that instead of worrying about the pros and cons of whistleblowing one should focus on the more general problem of the failure of upward communication around safety and quality problems and consider what leaders and managers must do to stimulate subordinates to communicate and reward such communication. The article analyzes why safety failures occur and introduces the concep...

In ad hoc networks, relay nodes use their limited resources such as battery capacity, CPU, buffer, etc. to support other nodes' communications. This discourages users from joining an ad hoc network and becoming a relay node. Receiving a reward for supporting relay may encourage users to join such networks. This research focuses on the factors of residual battery power, and time during which AC ...

Abstract Systems diagrams allow one to model the way in which complex systems work. They support thinking through factors within a system interact and feedback upon themselves. Leadership, followers’ engagement performance are depicted via diagram approach. Current survey examines leadership behaviour toward followers, i.e. transformational transactional styles. Full Range Leadership Model is e...

This study aimed to determine how the overall quality management and reward system of PT INTI (Persero) Bandung affects productivity its managers. Quantitative research methods were used. The sample for this consisted 43 managers from Bandung, including 20 division heads 23 members company's expert group. included all population as method is based on census. data analysis includes normality, he...