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Beyond Gaussian averages : redirecting management research toward extreme events and power laws (2006)
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Andriani, P., & McKelvey, B. (2006). Beyond Gaussian averages : redirecting management research toward extreme events and power laws

Practicing managers live in a world of ‘extremes’ but management research is based on Gaussian statistics that rule out those extremes. On occasion, deviation amplifying mutual causal processes among interdependent data points cause extreme events ch... Read More about Beyond Gaussian averages : redirecting management research toward extreme events and power laws.

The consequences of dual and unilateral commitment : evidence from the Health Service (2006)
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Redman, T., & Snape, E. (2006). The consequences of dual and unilateral commitment : evidence from the Health Service

This paper examines the pattern and consequences of commitment toorganisation and union amongst union members in a UK National Health Service(NHS) Trust. Those who perceived the industrial relations climate as positive weremore likely to be dually co... Read More about The consequences of dual and unilateral commitment : evidence from the Health Service.

Militancy and moderation in teacher’s unions : is there a fit between Union image and member attitudes ? (2006)
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Redman, T., & Snape, E. (2006). Militancy and moderation in teacher’s unions : is there a fit between Union image and member attitudes ?

This paper provides a comparison of member attitudes in the Professional Association of Teachers (PAT) and the National Unions of Teachers (NUT), oftenseen as the most “moderate and “militant” teacher unions respectively. Findingssuggest that members... Read More about Militancy and moderation in teacher’s unions : is there a fit between Union image and member attitudes ?.