Management Research 

Idaho is home to several major companies including URS Corporation (MK), J.R. Simplot Company, Boise Cascade, Micron Technology, Idaho National Laboratory (INL), and Coldwater Creek, to name a few.

"Management is the study of how things get done." -- Robert Greenleaf, 1970  If you want to study how to get things done in Idaho companies or in other companies located anywhere in the world, consult any of the following current management book titles.

Affect and Emotion: New Directions in Management Theory and Research / Ronald H. Humphrey, ed.

Critical Theory Ethics for Business and Public Administration /

Leadership, Feedback, and the Open Communication Gap / Leanne E. Atwater & David A. Waldman

Strategic Leadership: Theory and Research on Executives, Top Management Teams, and Boards /  Sydney Finkelstein

Why Women Mean Business: Understanding the Emergence of our Next Economic Revolution / Avivah Wittenberg-Cox & Alison Maitland

 ABI/INFORM Complete

• Full text articles available; some from 1971 to present
• Searches business and trade magazines, journals, and newspapers for information about advertising, computers, economics, finance, human resources, marketing, management, and taxation, among others. 

Business Source Premier

• Full text articles available; some coverage back to 1965 and some earlier
• Scholarly oriented general business database
• Detailed industry, company, and market analyses and profiles from Datamonitor
• Management topics abound

Business and Company Resource Center

• Full text articles available; some from 1980 to present
• Contains broad coverage of company information, both nationally and internationally; comparisons between companies “within the context of their peers and industry;” investment reports, and corporate family relationships
• Management information in popular and trade magazines, journals, and newspapers

Human Resources Library

• "Provides practical, comprehensive, and timely coverage of workplace issues
  of interest to HR professionals, consultants, and attorneys. HR Library
  explains federal and state compliance requirements;
• Summarizes key state laws and regulations; discusses compensation and
  benefits, EEO, employee relations, organizational development, safety and
  health, and staffing issues; and gives tips on writing and implementing work
  rules and policies."

JSTOR -- Limit by Discipline Business

• Full text articles available with coverage 2 to 5 years old
• Comprised of core titles in economics and finance, publications from leading societies, and critical research journals in labor relations, marketing, risk management, and so on.

Regional Business News

• Full text coverage for regional business publications like the Idaho Business Review. 
• Covers all metropolitan and rural business areas within the United States

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