background many organisations have realised the importance of human resource for their competitive advantage. empowering employees is therefore essential for organisational effectiveness. this study aimed to investigate the relationship between employee participation with outcome variables such as organisational commitment, job satisfaction, perception of justice in an organisation and readines...

This study develops a typology of coopetition in value networks, wherein a distinction is made based on two factors. Firstly, whether coopetition takes place inside a particular value network (i.e., intra-value network coopetition) or between value networks (i.e., inter-value network coopetition); and secondly, whether the nature of collaboration is focused on value leveraging or value co-creat...

While a growing body of HRM research has underscored the primacy of people management issues within the broader KM agenda, little progress has been made in understanding the interrelationships between HR practices and intra-organisational knowledge sharing. The aim of this paper is to contribute theoretically to the debate on the emergent role of HR practices in intra-organisational knowledge s...

A version of this paper will be presented at the Academy of Management meeting in Washington, 2001. This is work in progress. Comments are welcome, but please do not reproduce, quote, or cite without prior permission of the authors. Correspondence to the second author listed.

Background Systemic and structural issues of rapid response system (RRS) models can hinder implementation. This study sought to understand the ways in which acute care clinicians (physicians and nurses) experience and negotiate care for deteriorating patients within the RRS.   Methods Physicians and nurses working within an Australian academic health centre within a jurisdictional-based model o...

As the humanitarian aid sector is expanding, the need for enhancing coordination capabilities increases as well. This holds especially for the area of logistics, because humanitarian operations typically take place in unstable and risky environments, where infrastructure is poor, while staff turnover is high. The effectiveness of humanitarian logistics critically depends on the availability and...