employees are seldom passive observers of the events that occur in the work place. they form impressions of others and the events that affect them. the problem of how to motivate employees has puzzled and frustrated managers for generations however, the topic has received considerable and sustained attention in recent decades different motivational theories are developed and the related researc...

The way we work today is being transformed. Recent technological advances, combined with more flexible job design, have helped increase the number of people working in geographically and/or temporally dispersed environments. Increasing numbers of organizations have employees who are not physically present in the traditional organizations. Hence, more employees are working on teams that seldom, ...

Drawing on two waves of survey data conducted six months apart in 2006, this study examined the impacts of a team-level flexibility initiative (ROWE--results only work environment) on changes in the work-home spillover and health behavior of employees at the Midwest headquarters of a large U.S. corporation. Using cluster analysis, we identified three distinct baseline spillover constellations: ...

The concept of self-directed work teams (SDWT) as a leading work practice can be traced back mainly to changes in work methods in British collieries and Japanese factories. The idea spread later to the United States, where it was popularized by Kimball Fisher and others1. Internationally, companies have learnt that the key to production effectiveness lies in the better utilization of their own ...

today, teams are a key resource for learning and work in organizations and this has increased the importance of designing team-based structures. diversity management teams is something that managers should consider when team building. the effect of team diversity on team outcomes and its moderating variable,hasn’t completely identified yet in iran. therefore, given the importance of, this study...

introduction: citizenship behaviors are behaviors which are not mentioned directly in the formal rewarding system of organization and often are forgotten and usually are regarded as voluntary; nonetheless, they affect the activities of organization. quality of work life is an important index which can provide enough and beneficial information for management from employees-related major issues a...