Handbook of Research on Managing Managers

Edited by Adrian Wilkinson, Distinguished Professor of Human Resource Management, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Keith Townsend, Professor of Human Resources and Employment Relations, Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing, Griffith University and Gabriele Suder, Principal Fellow, Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne, Australia

• Contents:1. Managing Managers: The Evolving Management Story in Context Adrian Wilkinson, Keith Townsend and Gabriele SuderPART I PROCESSES AVAILABLE TO MANAGERS WITHIN ORGANISATIONAL BOUNDARIES2. Talent Management: Current Understanding and What We Still Need to KnowAnthony McDonnell3. Perspectives on Problems in Managing Managers’ RemunerationStephen J. Perkins 4. Managing Managerial Careers N. Bozionelos and Y. Baruch PART II TOPICS CUTTING ACROSS THE ROLES OF MANAGERS5. The Role of Leadership in Developing the Innovative ManagerElizabeth J. Sander and Arran Caza 6. Managing the Front-line ManagerKeith Townsend and Ashlea Kellner 7. Professions and ManagersMike Dent8. Evidence Based Management: Some Pros, Cons and AlternativesDennis Tourish9. Managerial Work Stefan Tengblad and Ola Edvin ViePART III CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND NEW DIRECTIONS10. On Solutions to the Crisis in Management Education: Can Business Schools Improve the Effectiveness of Managers?Jon Billsberry 11. The Role of Business Schools in Management EducationWilliam Lightfoot 12. Organisational Knowledge and Knowledge Management Daniele Chauvel and Geneviève Poulingue13. A Manager-centred Perspective on Organisational Work-life AgendasPaula MacDonald and Abby Catchcart14. Managing Diversity for Creativity and Innovation in a Complex WorldRenata Kaminska and Béatrice Toustou15. Managing Managers Across Cultures: Different Values, Different EthicsTerence Jackson 16. Women in Management Robin Kramar 17. Global Comparison of Management PracticesRenu Agarwal, Chris Bajada, Paul James Brown and Roy Green18. Managers in Developing Countries Rabi Narayan Kar, Sumati Varma and Gabriele Suder Index

‘This exciting and comprehensive Handbook brings together leading international HR scholars to review existing research and highlight the current and future cross-cutting issues and challenges facing managerial practice and education. It is a particularly stimulating read in defining the field and setting the future research agenda.’