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managers using a structured interview schedule. It was proposed to examine the strength of
association between various HR practices and financial performance. The results showed that
organizations following different strategies differed in their HR practices and performance. Some
of the HR practices were associated with organizational performance. It has implications for the
top management that they should follow HR practices in alignment with corporate strategy for
better organizational performance.
4133.2 Use new technology to design electronic assessment center, Xiao Xiang, Wang
Zhongming, China
The traditional assessment center can not adapt the fast change world. This paper review validity
of new personnel selection and assessment which are telephone-based, computer-based and
internet-based. The results show the electronic assessment ways have same validity and special
advantages. Building on the existed research, this paper hope to set up new Electronic Assessment
Center (EAC).
4133.3 Survey on the characteristics of managers’ aptitude at private companies in China,
Yongrui Li, China
In order to probe into the managers’ aptitude, with the self-developed questionnaire and software
of Test of Manager’s Aptitude in China, more than 1000 managers from more than 40 private
companies in China were surveyed. Result showed that the specific group’s communication ability,
accomplishment motivation, inclination into a new organization, leadership style, team
consciousness and team-role cognition and attribution manners had significant characteristics.
Five constructive suggestions were provided for both employees who had intention to be a
professional managers at private companies in China and the owners of the private companies.
4133.4 Executive coaching: The coach-coachee fit and its impact on individual and
organizational outcomes, Mahesh Deshmukh, SJM School of Management, Indian Institute of
Technology, Bombay, India
An executive coach's role may lead to increased morale, productivity, and profits. First part of this
study explores effectiveness of EC to individual & organizational variables. A field experiment
with one experimental & two control groups forms the second part. The study examined cognitive
styles of coaches and information processing modes of coaches as independent variables.
Individual performance figures, their interpersonal skills and organizational learning served as
dependent variables. Structure, gender, culture and personality formed the mediating variables.
Training coaches, 180 degree feedback, participant observation, and delayed before-after design
techniques were used to triangulate findings and enhance methodological rigor.
4133.5 The dimension of performance management in China, Shu-hong Wang, Li-Rong Long,
China
Three methods of interview, literature review and questionnaire were adopted in the study. First,
scheme the questionnaire based on the results of the interviews with the domestic employees of
human resource management. Then the structure of performance management and item quality of
each dimension were assessed and got pretest questionnaire. Second, exploratory factor analysis
was conducted on the valid questionnaires, from which 7 dimensions of performance management
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