Reviews the development of the job characteristics approach of JR Hackman and EE Lawler
(see record 1971-29858-001) and of Hackman and GR Oldham (see PA, Vols 54: 02031 …

Categorizes the literature into 26 substantive areas and further classifies it on the bases of
whether entries offer micro-or macro-data, and the vantage point from which research …

The concept of collective mind is developed to explain organizational performance in
situations requiring nearly continuous operational reliability. Collective mind is …

This paper is concerned with defining organizational processes necessary to operate safely
technologically complex organizations that can do great physical harm to themselves and …

The incident command system (ICS) is a particular approach to assembly and control of the
highly reliable temporary organizations employed by many public safety professionals to …

Recent inherently studies hazardous, oflarge, and formal highly organizations technical
tasks that under perform conditions complex, of inherently hazardous, and highly technical …

Considers that past research on organizational communication has not included systematic
development of a measurement method that can be used to compare dimensions of …

On a global basis, the building and operating ofpotentially hazardous technologies is on the
rise. Policy makers commit to nuclear power, struggle with the question ofnuclear waste …

The impact of trust in the superior, perceived influence of the superior, and mobility
aspirations of subordinates on upward communication behavior was examined. While the …

Executive Overview In the more than 15 years since the initial publication of Charles
Perrow's Normal Accidents, practitioners and academics have contemplated how plane …