Browsing School of Management (SoM) by Author "Kakabadse, Nada K."

Browsing School of Management (SoM) by Author "Kakabadse, Nada K."

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  • 1% for 10%: Executive Strategies for Customer Care 
    Kakabadse, Andrew P.; Savery, Lawson; Kakabadse, Nada K.; Lee-Davies, Linda (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2006-03-01)
    This paper avoids the linear route to establishing where the biggest impact on customer service lies and instead examines the influences on the quality of the customer experience from all angles in an organization. From ...
  • Auditing employee ownership in a neo-liberal world 
    Knyght, P. R.; Kouzmin, Alexander; Kakabadse, Nada K.; Kakabadse, Andrew P. (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2010-08-31)
    Purpose - Employee ownership has attracted much attention across the globe. Whether affected by the global financial crisis (GFC), or not, this paper seeks to canvass what is known about employee ownership in neo-liberal ...
  • Balancing the multiplicity of different international joint venture (IJV) partners' agendas : IJV directors' contribution to board effectiveness 
    Petrovic, Jelena (Cranfield University, 2006-09)
    This research examines international joint Venture (IJV) directors' contribution to board effectiveness, utilising a role theoretical framework. The study was prompted by a view that academic debate was limited in its ...
  • Bridging the politico-administrative divide 
    Giacchino, Stephen (Cranfield UniversitySchool of Management, 2003-03)
    This thesis presents the findings and conclusions of research that was undertaken with the purpose of exploring the issues (or factors) that typically influence the successful, or unsuccessful, implementation of public ...
  • Chairman and chief executive officer (CEO): that sacred and secret relationship 
    Kakabadse, Andrew P.; Kakabadse, Nada K.; Barratt, Ruth (Emerald, 2006)
    The attention given to corporate governance has engendered little inquiry into one critical aspect of boardroom dynamics – the Chairman/CEO relationship. The reasons for the lack of attention to the Chairman/CEO dyad are ...
  • Chairman of the board: demographics effects on role pursuit 
    Kakabadse, Nada K.; Kakabadse, Andrew P. (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2007)
    This paper aims to undertake a study of national configurational demographics in order to determine the spread of understanding of the chairman's role, performance and contribution.
  • The chemistry factor in the Chairman/CEO relationship 
    Kakabadse, Andrew P.; Kakabadse, Nada K.; Knyght, P. R. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2010-08-31)
    This paper reports a study into the nature, dynamics and effects of the ‘chemistry' of the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) relationship. A qualitative, semi-structured interview, narrative analysis methodology ...
  • Consultant's role: a qualitative inquiry from the consultant's perspective 
    Kakabadse, Nada K.; Louchart, Eddy; Kakabadse, Andrew P. (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2006)
    Many criticisms questioning the role and the efficiency of business consultants have been addressed. However, although a great deal of research has been carried out on business consultancy, little has been written on ...
  • Deliberative inquiry: Integrated ways of working in children services 
    Kakabadse, Nada K.; Kakabadse, Andrew P.; Lee-Davies, Linda; Johnson, Nick (Springer Science Business Media, 2011-02-28)
    Abstract In striving for greater integration of children services across a number of government and non government agencies, this paper examines the effect of drawing on deliberative inquiry as the lever for realising ...
  • Designing Balance into the Democratic Project: Contrasting Jeffersonian Democracy against Bentham's Panopticon Centralisation in determining ICT adoption 
    Kakabadse, Nada K.; Kakabadse, Andrew P.; Kouzmin, Alexander (2007-01-01)
    Positioned in a critical realist perspective, this paper examines the impact of systematic and institutional distortion to communication and the use of information and communicative technology (ICT) for control over ...
  • Directors' remuneration: the need for a geo-political perspective 
    Kakabadse, Nada K.; Kakabadse, Andrew P.; Kouzmin, Alexander (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2004)
    There are many ways to construct an incentive program. However, most compensation plans tend to be focused on profitability and profitability-related accomplishments with little or no incentive for corporate social ...
  • A dynamic theory of leadership development 
    Mostovicz, E. Issac; Kakabadse, Nada K.; Kakabadse, Andrew P. (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2009-12-31)
    Purpose - This paper aims to offer a dynamic theory of leadership development. Design/methodology/approach - The paper examines selected leadership literature through the lens of theory building-blocks. It identifies the ...
  • Exploring the belief systems of senior managers Antecedents of managerial discretion 
    Galavan, Robert (Cranfield UniversitySchool of Management, 2005-02)
    Upper-echelons theory has been an extremely active stream of research for over two-decades and, as a counterbalance to the population ecology perspective, has provided evidence to support the position that managers influence ...
  • Gender diversity and board performance: women's experiences and perspectives 
    Kakabadse, Nada K.; Figueira, Catarina; Nicolopoulou, Katerina; Hong Yang, Jessica; Kakabadse, Andrew P.; Özbilgin, Mustafa F. (Wiley, 2015-02-06)
    Despite considerable progress that organizations have made during the past 20 years to increase the representation of women at board level, they still hold few board seats. Drawing on a qualitative study involving 30 ...
  • Impact of the use of HR internet applications on managers' satisfaction with the HR function 
    Alleyne, Cheryl (Cranfield University, 2002-07)
    This thesis explores the impact of the use of Internet applications, provided by the Human Resource (HR) ftinction as an internal supplier, on its internal customers' satisfaction at the managerial level with the HR ...
  • Inside Out 
    Kakabadse, Andrew P.; Kakabadse, Nada K.; Kaspurz, Antje (Blackwell, 2006)
    Is insider trading the high crime that we have been led to believe? Andrew P. Kakabadse, Nada K. Kakabadse and Antje Kaspurz interviewed more than four dozen members of three international exchanges. What their survey ...
  • International joint venture (IJV) directors contribution to board effectiveness: Learning from the literature 
    Petrovic, Jelena; Kakabadse, Andrew P.; Kakabadse, Nada K. (Emerald, 2006)
    This paper provides a comprehensive review of the literature on the governance of international joint ventures (IJVs). Through focusing on IJV boards and top teams, examination of the current debate regarding the IJV ...
  • Leadership and the art of discretion 
    Kakabadse, Nada K.; Kakabadse, Andrew P. (Blackwell Publishing, 2005)
    Contemporary leaders exercise discretion in context. Nada Kakabadse and Andrew Kakabadse contextualise
  • Role and contribution of the non-executive director : implications for corporate social responsibility in the boardroom 
    Barratt, Ruth (Cranfield University, 2005-06)
    This research examines the role and contribution of the Non Executive Director (NED) within the corporate board. The literature identifies the NED as a boundary spanner. Boundary spanners are believed to be essential to ...
  • Role as a mechanism for rotating leadership in a group 
    Sheard, A. G.; Kakabadse, Andrew P.; Kakabadse, Nada K. (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2009-06-30)
    Purpose - This study seeks to propose that executives need to be prepared to adopt roles as a mechanism for rotating leadership if those groups of which they are a part are to perform to their full potential. ...

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