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