2010：跨国企业高管下课之年

如果只是表现欠佳,许多董事会没有轻易地更换公司领袖。尽管各个产业的销售增长都十分疲软,在2010年的前9个月里,列入标准普尔500指数的公司当中还是只有34家任命了新的常任首席执行官。从高层更迭的速度来说,这已经是自2004年以来的最低水平了。正是在2004年,SpencerStuart猎头公司才开始跟踪这方面的数据。     

Revealing demand for an actual public good

In spite of important theoretical advances and a number of laboratory tests in recent years, no practicable mechanism for revealing demand for public goods has yet emerged. A method is presented which seems capable of meeting the political demands of such mechanisms. It was successfully tested on an actual public-good project provided by the Swedish government. The method is evaluated against the background of the results of this nonlaboratory and nonhypothetical test.     

Trust relations in management of change

Trust is essential for the success of change, but transformational change challenges trust. This paper analyses how trust dynamics develop over time in two Danish manufacturing firms affected by major change programmes. The results show that change creates uncertainty among employees, thereby provoking intense scrutiny of management intentions and a tendency to make interpretations that exaggerate management intentions—with the end result of reduced trust. Management then react similarly with negative interpretations of employee reactions, creating a vicious cycle of reduced trust. The paper proposes a model for how change and trust interact and suggests a managerial strategy for trust repair: Strong management actions that symbolise integrity, competence and benevolence may counteract reduced trust, but if low trust turns into distrust, the result may be a deadlock that both parties find difficult to break.