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<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Wickham, Mark</span> and <span class="person_name">Parker, Melissa</span> (2007) <xhtml:em>Reconceptualising Organisational Role Theory for Contemporary Organisational Contexts.</xhtml:em> Journal of Managerial Psychology, 22 (5). pp. 440-464. ISSN 0268-3946</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a onmouseover="EPJS_ShowPreview( event, 'doc_preview_2546' );" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2023/1/Wickham_and_Parker.pdf" onmouseout="EPJS_HidePreview( event, 'doc_preview_2546' );"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a><div class="ep_preview" id="doc_preview_2546"><table><tr><td><img alt="" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2023/thumbnails/1/preview.png" class="ep_preview_image" border="0" /><div class="ep_preview_title">Preview</div></td></tr></table></div></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2023/1/Wickham_and_Parker.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Requires a PDF viewer<br />4Mb</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a onmouseover="EPJS_ShowPreview( event, 'doc_preview_2578' );" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2023/2/Wickham_and_Parker_JMP_FINAL.pdf" onmouseout="EPJS_HidePreview( event, 'doc_preview_2578' );"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a><div class="ep_preview" id="doc_preview_2578"><table><tr><td><img alt="" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2023/thumbnails/2/preview.png" class="ep_preview_image" border="0" /><div class="ep_preview_title">Preview</div></td></tr></table></div></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2023/2/Wickham_and_Parker_JMP_FINAL.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF (Author Version)</span></a> - Requires a PDF viewer<br />198Kb</td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02683940710757182">http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02683940710757182</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">This paper provides an exploration of the contemporary HRM issues that need to be included in a reconceptualisation of ORT. This research would be of value to both academics (reconceptualising classical ORT) as well as practitioners (who would observe specific implications for the formulation of effective HR policies in the workplace).
</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Additional Information:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">The definitive version is available online at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/02683940710757182</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Human Resource Management, Organisational Role Theory.</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/350201.html">350000 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services > 350200 Business and Management > 350201 Human Resources Management</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">2023</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Dr Mark Wickham</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">04 Oct 2007 15:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=2023;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=2023">item control page</a></p>
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