Key Organizational Management and Research Thrusts in Europe.
Abstract
A sabbatical at the University of Aston Management Centre, Birmingham, UK and visits to other similar UK and Dutch centers revealed major thrusts in the nature of organizational and management research in Europe. In general, there is considerable research of this kind being conducted in Europe. Its flavor is summarized in this report. The work differs from that being done in the United States in a number of ways. One is the emphasis on cross-national studies. There are a number of such European projects involving centralized research designs but decentralized funding and implementation modes across institutions in different countries. While such research is done in the U.S., it does not play the dominant role demonstrated here. Neither is the centralized design, decentralized implementation mode common. A second difference is the emphasis on research concerning work place participation. Though rare in the U.S., such schemes are commonplace in Europe. A third difference is in the way leadership research is treated in Europe and the U.S. Such work is more heterogeneous in Europe and is frequently treated as part of another project, not as a research area in its own right as in the U.S.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 16, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA095955
Entities
People
- J. G. Hunt
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research