Boris Kabanoff
Biographic Data
| ID | 5788898 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Boris Kabanoff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Boris |
| FAMILY NAME | Kabanoff |
| SIGNATURE | KABANOFF B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queensland University of Technology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Computers can read as well as count
Computers can read as well as count
Managerial accounts of downsizing
Downsizing remains a popular management technique for restructuring organizations. This is despite evidence that, by itself, downsizing often fails to deliver promised benefits and can result in a range of staff and other problems. Within the management literature some have responded by identifying ‘best practices’ in downsizing, whilst others have argued for downsizing to be used strategically, not just for cost reduction. The study reported in …
Metamorphic effects of power as reflected in espoused organisational values
Corporate governance concerns the monitoring and control of senior executive behaviour. Implicit in these concerns is recognition that top managers, as organisations' major powerholders, can abuse their positions in the pursuit of selfish goals that disadvantage shareholders and other stakeholders. A theory that suggests that power can influence the cognitions of powerholders is Kipnis' (1976) metamorphic theory of power. We study predictions der…
Changes in the espoused values of Australian organizations 1986—1990
We compared the frequency with which 85 Australian organizations espoused nine values (authority, leadership, teamwork, commitment, rewards, normative, participation, performance and affiliation) in 1986–1988 and 1989–1990 through a content analysis of annual reports, internal magazines, and mission statements. We studied value changes both by comparing the frequency of references to single values in the two periods and the frequency with which f…
Equity, Equality, Power, and Conflict
Effectiveness of creativity training and its relation to selected personality factors
This exploratory study assesses the effectiveness of the Creative Problem Solving Program (Parnes, Noller and Biondi, 1977) for increasing the ideational fluency, flexibility and originality of trainees in a Master of Business Administration program. Pre‐ and post‐training performances of trainees ( N = 32) on the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (verbal) are compared with a control group of MBA students ( N = 44). Compared to the control grou…
Analyzing Organizational Conflicts Using a Model Based On Structural Role Theory
A qualitative case approach is used to examine the capacity of the potential influence incongruence model of interpersonal conflict to analyze the latent sources of conflict and the resultant conflict processes in three cases of interpersonal conflict in organizations. A discussion of the case study approach and its role in theory construction and confirmation is provided. The three cases analyzed are those described by Walton (1969) in his semin…
Stress and the Leisure Needs and Activities of Different Occupations
This study examined the association between stress and the leisure needs and activities of four occupational groups: professional, managerial, clerical, and trades. It was found that stress was associated with passive/recuperative leisure needs and activities among managerial employees. Professionals also showed evidence of a correlation between stress and leisure needs and activities which revealed a partly recuperative, partly active-compensato…
Conservatism, locus of control and life satisfaction
Pettigrew's (1958) hypothesis that quality of psychological adjustment is partly a function of the fit between a person's political values and those of the surrounding social milieu was tested using student samples from Queensland and South Australia. The measures of psychological adjustment were two factors of locus of control (political and general) and general life satisfaction. As predicted, in the Queensland sample conservatism was positivel…
Occupational and sex differences in leisure needs and leisure satisfaction
A stratified sample of 210 employees in Adelaide, Australia, were interviewed. Occupational and sex differences in eleven, need‐related uses of leisure time and level of leisure satisfaction were examined. Occupational differences were small but lower status occupations were less likely to report autonomy and skill utilization needs. Females were more likely to report social oriented leisure needs. Occupations did not differ in leisure satisfacti…
Why and which university for the diploma in applied psychology
Australian norms and factor analysis of rotter's internal-external control scale
Rotter's internal/external control scale (I/E) was administered to a representative sample of 1473 households in metropolitan Adelaide. Within each household all persons 14 years old and over completed the scale. Means, norms and standard deviations were presented for the total sample as well as sub-samples of employees, students, housewives, unemployed and retirees. Tables showing the variation of I/E scores with age, education, nationality and …
Work and nonwork
Work and nonwork
Comparison of unemployed and employed workers on work values, locus of control and health variables
A 1/2% sample of metropolitan Adelaide households was selected using multi-stage cluster sampling. Employed and unemployed workers were asked to complete a questionnaire which measured work values, patterns of home and leisure activity, locus of control (Rotter, 1966) and number of frequent health and stress symptoms. A 70% response rate was obtained for employed workers and the response rate for unemployed was 80%. Comparisons between the two gr…
Comparison of unemployed and employed workers on work values, locus of control and health variables
A 1/2% sample of metropolitan Adelaide households was selected using multi-stage cluster sampling. Employed and unemployed workers were asked to complete a questionnaire which measured work values, patterns of home and leisure activity, locus of control (Rotter, 1966) and number of frequent health and stress symptoms. A 70% response rate was obtained for employed workers and the response rate for unemployed was 80%. Comparisons between the two gr…
Stress and the Leisure Needs and Activities of Different Occupations
This study examined the association between stress and the leisure needs and activities of four occupational groups: professional, managerial, clerical, and trades. It was found that stress was associated with passive/recuperative leisure needs and activities among managerial employees. Professionals also showed evidence of a correlation between stress and leisure needs and activities which revealed a partly recuperative, partly active-compensato…
Occupational and sex differences in leisure needs and leisure satisfaction
A stratified sample of 210 employees in Adelaide, Australia, were interviewed. Occupational and sex differences in eleven, need‐related uses of leisure time and level of leisure satisfaction were examined. Occupational differences were small but lower status occupations were less likely to report autonomy and skill utilization needs. Females were more likely to report social oriented leisure needs. Occupations did not differ in leisure satisfacti…
Australian norms and factor analysis of rotter's internal-external control scale
Rotter's internal/external control scale (I/E) was administered to a representative sample of 1473 households in metropolitan Adelaide. Within each household all persons 14 years old and over completed the scale. Means, norms and standard deviations were presented for the total sample as well as sub-samples of employees, students, housewives, unemployed and retirees. Tables showing the variation of I/E scores with age, education, nationality and …
Effectiveness of creativity training and its relation to selected personality factors
This exploratory study assesses the effectiveness of the Creative Problem Solving Program (Parnes, Noller and Biondi, 1977) for increasing the ideational fluency, flexibility and originality of trainees in a Master of Business Administration program. Pre‐ and post‐training performances of trainees ( N = 32) on the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (verbal) are compared with a control group of MBA students ( N = 44). Compared to the control grou…
Why and which university for the diploma in applied psychology
Comparison of unemployed and employed workers on work values, locus of control and health variables
A 1/2% sample of metropolitan Adelaide households was selected using multi-stage cluster sampling. Employed and unemployed workers were asked to complete a questionnaire which measured work values, patterns of home and leisure activity, locus of control (Rotter, 1966) and number of frequent health and stress symptoms. A 70% response rate was obtained for employed workers and the response rate for unemployed was 80%. Comparisons between the two gr…
Work and nonwork
Work and nonwork
Australian norms and factor analysis of rotter's internal-external control scale
Rotter's internal/external control scale (I/E) was administered to a representative sample of 1473 households in metropolitan Adelaide. Within each household all persons 14 years old and over completed the scale. Means, norms and standard deviations were presented for the total sample as well as sub-samples of employees, students, housewives, unemployed and retirees. Tables showing the variation of I/E scores with age, education, nationality and …
Occupational and sex differences in leisure needs and leisure satisfaction
A stratified sample of 210 employees in Adelaide, Australia, were interviewed. Occupational and sex differences in eleven, need‐related uses of leisure time and level of leisure satisfaction were examined. Occupational differences were small but lower status occupations were less likely to report autonomy and skill utilization needs. Females were more likely to report social oriented leisure needs. Occupations did not differ in leisure satisfacti…
Why and which university for the diploma in applied psychology
Conservatism, locus of control and life satisfaction
Pettigrew's (1958) hypothesis that quality of psychological adjustment is partly a function of the fit between a person's political values and those of the surrounding social milieu was tested using student samples from Queensland and South Australia. The measures of psychological adjustment were two factors of locus of control (political and general) and general life satisfaction. As predicted, in the Queensland sample conservatism was positivel…
Stress and the Leisure Needs and Activities of Different Occupations
This study examined the association between stress and the leisure needs and activities of four occupational groups: professional, managerial, clerical, and trades. It was found that stress was associated with passive/recuperative leisure needs and activities among managerial employees. Professionals also showed evidence of a correlation between stress and leisure needs and activities which revealed a partly recuperative, partly active-compensato…
Analyzing Organizational Conflicts Using a Model Based On Structural Role Theory
A qualitative case approach is used to examine the capacity of the potential influence incongruence model of interpersonal conflict to analyze the latent sources of conflict and the resultant conflict processes in three cases of interpersonal conflict in organizations. A discussion of the case study approach and its role in theory construction and confirmation is provided. The three cases analyzed are those described by Walton (1969) in his semin…
Equity, Equality, Power, and Conflict
Effectiveness of creativity training and its relation to selected personality factors
This exploratory study assesses the effectiveness of the Creative Problem Solving Program (Parnes, Noller and Biondi, 1977) for increasing the ideational fluency, flexibility and originality of trainees in a Master of Business Administration program. Pre‐ and post‐training performances of trainees ( N = 32) on the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (verbal) are compared with a control group of MBA students ( N = 44). Compared to the control grou…
Changes in the espoused values of Australian organizations 1986—1990
We compared the frequency with which 85 Australian organizations espoused nine values (authority, leadership, teamwork, commitment, rewards, normative, participation, performance and affiliation) in 1986–1988 and 1989–1990 through a content analysis of annual reports, internal magazines, and mission statements. We studied value changes both by comparing the frequency of references to single values in the two periods and the frequency with which f…
Computers can read as well as count
Computers can read as well as count
Managerial accounts of downsizing
Downsizing remains a popular management technique for restructuring organizations. This is despite evidence that, by itself, downsizing often fails to deliver promised benefits and can result in a range of staff and other problems. Within the management literature some have responded by identifying ‘best practices’ in downsizing, whilst others have argued for downsizing to be used strategically, not just for cost reduction. The study reported in …
Metamorphic effects of power as reflected in espoused organisational values
Corporate governance concerns the monitoring and control of senior executive behaviour. Implicit in these concerns is recognition that top managers, as organisations' major powerholders, can abuse their positions in the pursuit of selfish goals that disadvantage shareholders and other stakeholders. A theory that suggests that power can influence the cognitions of powerholders is Kipnis' (1976) metamorphic theory of power. We study predictions der…
Psychology (15 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sample (material (5 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (3 works) · Management (3 works)