Management Under Differing Value Systems: 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