the Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management
Summer/Fall, 2000 Vol. 2 No. 1
Abstracts
A Cross-Atlantic View of Training in High Technology Firms with Comparisons Between Germany, Great Britain and the United States
James L. Nimnicht
Central Washington University
Don R. Nixon
Central Washington University
Duk Su Kang
Cheju National University (Korea)
ABSTRACT
To survive in their respective industries high tech organizations worldwide must respond and/or adapt quickly to the myriad of changes in their environment. The extent to which they employ contemporary or state-of-the-art training techniques is the focus of the present study. Specifically, data from 123 high tech organizations in Germany, Great Britain and the United States were gathered. Findings suggest differences both between the countries and between functions within the various firms.
The Cumulative Effects of Justice Perceptions
Jeffrey A. Miles
University of the Pacific
Stefanie E. Naumann
University of the Pacific
ABSTRACT
We report some evidence that justice perceptions may be cumulative, or act together to bolster or undermine other perceptions. In several instances, procedural and distributive justice perceptions about one procedure were different for those reading about only one procedure and outcome versus those who read about that situation and a second situation. Evidence was also found that individuals may average justice perceptions together for two procedures when forming overall fairness and satisfaction perceptions.
Communication Breakdowns in Interpersonal Settings:
An Experiential Application of a Process-Based Model
John E. Barbuto, Jr.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Peruvemba S. Jaya
Lyon College
ABSTRACT
This paper presents an experiential exercise based on a process-based communication model. The communication model is presented in moderate detail to provide the theoretical background for this exercise. Target audience and exercise objectives are provided as well as complete instructions for executing and processing the exercise. The paper also reports some of the reactions of students to the exercise. Essentially everything an instructor needs to teach and demonstrate the model and facilitate student learning using this exercise is provided. Go to Article
Measuring Emotional Intelligence:
Development and Validation of an Instrument
Kerry D. Carson
Paula Phillips Carson
Betty J. Birkenmeier
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
ABSTRACT
Emotional intelligence has been discussed in the popular business press over the past few years and has recently found its way into prestigious business and industrial psychology journals. However, there is no validated instrument available in the academic literature for management consultants, trainers, and business practitioners to use when surveying employees' perceptions of their emotional intelligence. The authors therefore constructed and examined a new measure, beginning with 269 items which were eventually trimmed to 30 items. All items loaded cleanly on their respective factors. In Study 1 and Study 2, reliabilities were: Emotional Intelligence measure = .86, 91; Empathetic Response dimension = .87, 92; Mood Regulation dimension = .77, 76; Interpersonal Skills dimension = .82, 82; Internal Motivation dimension = .78, 81; and Self-Awareness dimension = .69, .70, respectively. It was found that emotional intelligence was positively related to proactive personality and personal control, but negatively related to irritability/verbal hostility and emotional exhaustion. The construct's relationships with selected demographic variables were inconclusive.
The Impact of Diversity Factors on the Scope of Information Search
Roblyn Simeon
San Francisco State University
ABSTRACT
Hofstede's value orientation measures served as a guideline for this investigation of social and demographic diversity in the American environment. Specifically, the paper evaluated the influence of cultural values and social orientations on the extent of information search often needed for innovative outcomes. There was a comparison of American-born and Asia-born participants living in the U.S.. The author used regression analysis to test a number of hypotheses and results showed that rather than ethnic diversity, it was the differences in cultural value orientation and social interaction behavior which had the greatest impact on the scope of information search. Go to Article
Are Fetal Protection Policies Justified in View of Employment Discrimination?*
Christine Noichl-Braun
Southampton College
*No abstract submitted. This paper received the Best Paper Award of the Student Division at the Seventh National Meetings of the Institute of Behavioral and Applied Management, Annapolis, Maryland (November, 1999).