Recommended Reading

The following selection of articles, books and/or reports represents a group of interesting reading that we hope will broaden your understanding of organisations and organisational change processes. These materials - some recently published and some classics - are provided to you as sources of useful ideas and challenging thought.

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Maintaining Trust During Difficult Times

Amy Lyman
GPTW USA
November 01, 2009
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Are the 100 Best better? An empirical investigation of the relationship between being a "great place to work" and firm performance

Fulmer, Ingrid Smithey
Personnel Psychology Winter 2003
October 25, 2004
See : Highbeam Research (preview only available without membership)

Creating a Great Place to Work®

Robert Levering
Corrections Today Magazine August 2004
October 15, 2004
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Does the Stock Market Fully Value Intangibles? Employee Satisfaction and Equity Prices

Alex Edmans
MIT School of Management
May 15, 2007
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The Economic Impact of Employee Behaviors on Organizational Performance

Wayne F. Cascio
California Management Review, Summer 2006
September 09, 2006
See : Calif. Mgmt. Review

Building trust in the workplace

Amy Lyman, Director of Corporate Research
Strategic HR Review, Volume 3 Issue 1 November/December 2003
November 01, 2003
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The Virtuous Organization: The Value of Happiness in the Workplace

Joanne Gavin and Richard Mason
Organizational Dynamics
January 07, 2005
See : SMU Research Library

"Employability" and Trust

Robert Levering
presented to the Conference Board, Chicago, Illinois, September 12, 1996
August 09, 2004
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Fighting the war for talent is hazardous to your organization's health

Jeffrey Pfeffer
Stanford University/ Organizational Dynamics
August 19, 2004
See : Stanford Research Papers Library
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