Günter Dlugos & Klaus Weiermair 
Management Under Differing Value Systems [PDF ebook] 
Political, Social and Economical Perspectives in a Changing World

Frontmatter – Preface – Contents – Programme Committee – Chairmen – Discussants – Part I. Fundamental Problems and the Epistemology of Value Research – Fundamental Values of Western Democracies – The Explanation of Values. Problems and Approaches – Taking on Ayres. Values: On the Possibility of a Convergence Between Economic and Non-Economic Decision-Making – Part II. Societal and Political Perspectives of Value Change – Value Change in the Uncertain 1970’s – Social Change and the Political Culture of Problem-Posing in Advanced Industrial Societies : The Case of Canada – Changing Values and the Politics of the Quality of Life – Social Value Change and Economic Development: Idiosyncrasies and Non-Linearities – Part III. Values, External Exchange Processes and the Employment Relationship – A. Value Systems and External Exchange Processes – Relationships Between Social Values, the Education System and the Structure and Performance of Labour Markets – Social Organization and Changing Consumer Values – Possibilities and Limits of Influencing Consumer Behavior – B. Industrial Relations – Theoretical Dilemmas and Value Analysis in Comparative Industrial Relations – Price, Power, Social Justice and Other Union Values – A Theory of Employer Attitudes and Behaviour Towards Trade Unions in Western Europe and North America – The Nonwage Impact of Unions – The German Model of Codetermination: Programmatic Perspectives, Confrontative Issues and Prospective Developments – C. Industrial Democracy and Quality of Worklife – The Co-Determination and Quality of Work Life Movements Compared – Management and Quality of Worklife: A Clash of Values? – D. Social and Economic Rationale of Organization-Internal Labour Markets – Bridges Over Contested Terrain: Exploring the Radical Account of the Employment Relationship – The Employment Relationship as a Form of Socio-Economic Exchange – Divergence and Convergence in Industrial Organizations: The Japanese Case – Changing Values and the Future of the Employment Relationship – Part IV. Values and Management Process – Cross-National Comparisons – Sources of Influence on Managers’ Value Dimension Structure, Value Dimension Intensity, and Decisions – Bureaucratic Structures in Cross-National Perspective: A Study of British, Japanese, and Swedish Firms – The Meaning of Working – Social Responsibility of Business Firms and Social Reporting – Part V. Value Changes and Conflict Management – The Relationship Between Changing Value Systems, Conflicts, and Conflict-Handling in the Enterprise Sector – Values and Conflict Behavior. An Exploration of Conceptual Relationships – Dynamization of Employees’ Goal Criteria – Change of Leadership Style in German Enterprises: From Authoritative to Participative Leadership? – Part VI. Values and Organizational Processes in Different Countries – Changing Business Values and Management Concepts – The German Experience – Work Motivation and Canadian Bicultural Context – Social Values and Management Innovation: The Case of Japan – Ambiguity of Managerial Values in Self-Management – Societal Values Affecting the Level of Leadership Creativity in Polish Economic Organizations – Subject Index