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• BSAD 307 - Organization and Management Studies
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Publication History

Journal Article, Academic Journal

• Ventriss, C.; Gurdon, M. A. - "Emerging Issues in Economic Development Policy and Technology Incubators: The Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies Experience" (Refereed) - Comparative Technology Transfer and Society - 2006 - v. 4, no. 1, pp. 22-55 [View publication] [Show/Hide Abstract]
  Abstract: This article explores the recent efforts of the University of Vermont to promote technology transfer activities and a technology incubator as a way to stimulate job creation and increase the flow of new, targeted technologies from the University to the marketplace. Specifically, the article examines the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET) at the University of Vermont and its role in trying to play a crucial role in facilitating economic growth. Special attention is given to how technology enterprise development and economic development strategies should be custom designed to be congruent with the unique strengths (and weaknesses) of the regional economy. In addition to a literature review pertinent to these issues, a survey and interview data were collected from the key actors associated with VCET. A discussion of broader policy lessons that can be drawn from this case study is explored. [End Page 22]
  
• Gurdon, M. A.; Savitt, R. - "Exit/Voice Behaviors in the Czech Republic: A Longitudinal Study of Consumer Response to Market Dissatisfaction" (Refereed) - Competition and Change - 2001 - v. 4, no. 1,
• Gurdon, M. A.; Savitt, R.; Pribova, M. - "Consumer Activism in the Czech Republic: the role of exit and voice in a changing economy" (Refereed) - The Journal of Socio-Economics - 1999 - v. 28, no. 1, pp. 3-19 [Show/Hide Abstract]
  Abstract: The question "Are consumers actively pursuing their market responsibilities in transforming economies?" is at the center of this article. It reports on a study of Czech consumers using Hirschman's "exit/voice" theory. The research focuses on what actions consumers, who had never experienced the freedom to express complaints, would take when confronted with market disappointments and failures. Analysis of a randomized cross section of consumers indicates that they acknowledge their responsibility to the market by going beyond the choice stage of consumption and actively giving voice to their concerns to retailers and manufacturers. This evidence represents the first milestone describing consumer voice behavior in a transforming economy.
  
• Gurdon, M. A.; Flynn, B. - "Smoking Policies in the Workplace: The Impact of Gender" (Refereed) - Social Science Quarterly - 1996 - v. 77, no. 3,
• Gurdon, M. A.; Flynn, B.; Secker-Walker, R. - "Cigarette Smoking Control Strategies of Firms with Small Work Forces in Two Northeastern States" (Refereed) - American Journal of Health Promotion - 1995 - v. 9, no. 3,
• Gurdon, M. A. - "University Scientists as Entrepreneurs: A Special Case of Technology Transfer and High-Tech Venturing" (Refereed) - Technovation - 1993 - v. 13, no. 2,
• Gurdon, M. A.; Samsom, K.; Bomers, G. - "Ondernemende wetenschappers: ervaringen van door wetenschappers gestarte 'high tech' bedrijen" (Refereed) - M&O: Tijdschrift voor Organisatiekunde en Sociaal Beleid ["Entrepreneurial Scientists: Experiences of Scientist-started 'High-Tech' Companies," in the Dutch Journal Management & Organization: Journal for Organizational Science and Social Policy] - 1991 - v. 45, no. 5, pp. 9.10
• Gurdon, M. A. - "The Politics of Property in the Federal Republic of Germany" (Refereed) - International Labour Review - 1991 - v. 130, no. 5-6, [View publication] [Show/Hide Abstract]
  Abstract: Attitudes towards property are revealing of a society's deeper values. Changes in property relations indicated the presence of varying degrees of latent social change. Obvious instances are the shifting public/private balance in the economies of what used to constitute the socialist Eastern Block and the gradual legitimization of the profit motive in those countries.
  
• Gurdon, M. A. - "A Means to Combat Lack of Worker Involvement [CPECTBO, PPOTB OTEH PAOTHOB]" (Refereed) - Socialist Labor [COCTBEHHOCT TPXC] (Article deals with experiences with employee ownership in western countries, especially written for a Russian and Soviet audience) - 1990 - v. 10,
• Gurdon, M. A.; Rai, A. - "Codetermination and Enterprise Performance: Empirical Evidence from West Germany" (Refereed) - Journal of Economics and Business - 1990 - v. 42, no. 4, pp. 289-302
• Gurdon, M. A.; Rai, A. - "The 1976 Codetermination Act: Positive or Negative Economic Effects for German Firms?" (Refereed) - Labour Economics and Productivity - 1990 - v. 2, no. 2,
• Gurdon, M. A.; McIntosh, B. R. - "Management Values and Health and Safety Performance: Lessons from Britain, France and New Zealand" (Refereed) - International Journal of Management - 1988 - v. 5, no. 2,
• Gurdon, M. A. - "Divergent Paths: Civil Service Employment Relations in Australia and Canada" (Refereed) - Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations - 1987 - v. 42, no. 3,
• McIntosh, B. R.; Gurdon, M. A. - "Factors Influencing Health and Safety Performance in New Zealand" (Refereed) - Journal of Industrial Relations - 1986 - v. 28, no. 4, pp. 521-533 [View publication] [Show/Hide Abstract]
  Abstract: Multiple environmental pressures, both internal and external to the organization, are examined as factors influencing the administration of health and safety programmes and subsequent accident performance. Data were collected from seven industrial sectors in New Zealand. Those firms with better safety records indicated that the most influential factors shaping their policies included government rules and regulations and demonstrated employee concerns and demands. The quality of the relationship with the union and the locus of enterprise ownership also play a significant role in the effectiveness of health and safety administration.
  
• Gurdon, M. A.; McIntosh, B. R. - "Management Values and Health and Safety Performance: Lessons From Three Countries" (Refereed) - Human Resources Management and Organization Behavior Proceedings - 1986
• Gurdon, M. A. - "Equity Participation by Employees: The Growing Debate in West Germany" (Refereed) - Industrial Relations - 1985 - v. 24, no. 1, pp. 113-129
• Gurdon, M. A. - "The Emergence of Co-determination in Australian Government Employment" (Refereed) - International Labour Review - 1985 - v. 124, no. 4, [View publication] [Show/Hide Abstract]
  Abstract: This article analyses the social and political forces leading to the passage of the Public Service Reform Act of 1984. The industrial relations practices established by the Act are a pace-sector for private industry in Australia and may provide useful pointers for public sector jurisdictions in other advanced industrialized countries.
  
• Gurdon, M. A.; Wright, J. D. - "Recent Developments in Collective Bargaining in the Maritime Fishing Industry" (Refereed) - Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations - 1984 - v. 39, no. 2,
• Gurdon, M. A. - "Is Employee Ownership the Answer to Our Economic Woes?" (Refereed) - Management Review - 1982
• Gurdon, M. A. - "Patterns of Industrial Relations Research in Australia" (Refereed) - Journal of Industrial Relations - 1978 - v. 20, no. 4, pp. 446-462 [View publication] [Show/Hide Abstract]
  Abstract: Trends in industrial relations research in Australia over the past twenty years, particularly as reflected in the pages of The Journal of Industrial Relations, are examined. A comparison with parallel developments in American research interests is presented so as to better elicit the evolving local pattern. This comparison reveals a number of surprising gaps in Australian research. A common problem uncovered in both countries is a certain lack of imagina tion and innovation in the subject matter of research as a consequence of being towed in the wake of public policy. Although research practices will, of necessity, follow the headlines, it is argued that there is also need for a less "pragmatic", less status quo oriented strand of research. Such research would attempt to trace the underlying premises of the industrial relations system, a by-product of which, in addition to producing work of long-term theoretical significance, might be the ability of researchers to influence public policy. The role played by the major journals in the field will be of great importance if this development is to be encouraged.
  
• Gurdon, M. A. - "Productivity Bargaining: A Study of the Union-Management Relationship in a Cross-Cultural Setting" (Refereed) - Cornell Journal of Social Relations - 1977
• Gurdon, M. A. - "Themes in Mussolini's Foreign Policy" (Refereed) - Queensland Historical Review - 1970 - v. 3,

Conference Proceeding

• Gurdon, M. A.; McAndrew, I.; Risak, M. - "Understanding the Outcomes of Employment Adjudications: A Comparative Study of Adjudication Bodies in New Zealand and the United States" (Refereed) - International Industrial Relations Association - 2009 - v. 15, no. N/A, pp. N/A
• Gurdon, M. A. - "The Rise and Fall of Industrial Democracy in the Federal Public Service" (Refereed) - Transforming Labour: Work, Workers, Struggle and Change. - 2003
• Gurdon, M. A. - "Consumer Response to Market Dissatisfaction -- Research Experience in the Czech Republic [Published in Russian]" (Refereed) - Proceedings of the Interregional Scientific Conference on Russian Enterprises - 2001
• Gurdon, M. A. - "Legislating Against Smoking in the Workplace: Organizational Characteristics Which Predict Grudging Compliance or Zealous Endorsement" (Refereed) - Legal Perspectives -- The Juridification of the Employment Relationship - 1997
• Gurdon, M. A.; Savitt, R.; Pribova, M. - "Voice and Exit Behaviors in Economic Transformation: Preliminary Insights from the Czech Republic" (Refereed) - European Marketing Academy Conference Proceedings: Marketing for an Expanding Europe - 1996 - pp. 14-17
• McIntosh, B. R.; Gurdon, M. A. - "Large Group Decision Making: Computer Feedback and Participant Satisfaction" (Refereed) - Northeast Business and Economics Association Conference Proceedings - 1993 - no. September,
• Gurdon, M. A.; Samsom, K. - "Entrepreneurial Scientists: Organizational Performance in Scientist-Started High Technology Firms" (Refereed) - Frontier of Entrepreneurial Research 1990 - 1991
• Shirland, L. E.; Kraushaar, J. M.; McIntosh, B. R.; Posey, P.; Gurdon, M. A. - "Impact Probability: A Group Decision Support Process" (Refereed) - Proceedings of the First International Meeting of Decision Sciences Institute - 1991 - pp. 138-141
• Gurdon, M. A. - "Union Gains in the Australian Civil Service--Are There Public Policy Lessons for Canada?" (Refereed) - Proceedings of the Canadian Industrial Relations Association - 1987
• Gurdon, M. A.; McIntosh, B. R. - "Managerial Perceptions and Safety Performance Among Domestic and Foreign-Owned Corporations in New Zealand" (Refereed) - Proceedings of the Administrative Sciences Associatin of Canada - 1984
• Gurdon, M. A. - "Organizing Entrepreneurs: The Emergence of a Trade Union among Maritime Fishermen" (Refereed) - Administrative Sciences Association of Canada - 1984
• Gurdon, M. A.; Parke, E. - "Employee Ownership: Overlooked Problems" (Refereed) - Contribution of Theory and Research to the Practice of Management - 1982
• Gurdon, M. A.; Meek, C. - "Problems of Organizational and Technological Fit: Evidence from the Corporate Takeover of Job Shops" (Refereed) - What Can Management Do to Improve Productivity in the 1980 Decade? - 1982
• Gurdon, M. A. - "Determinants of Pro-Unionism Among a University faculty" (Refereed) - Proceedings of the administrative Sciences Association of Canada - 1980

Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New

• Gurdon, M. A.; Savitt, R.; Pribova, M. - "Consumer Activism in A Transforming Economy: International Dimensions of Customer Orientation" (Refereed) - in Contemporary Developments in Marketing - 1999 , Editions ESKA, Paris, Scientific Committee of the Montpelier Graduate School of Management
• Gurdon, M. A.; Hammer, T. H.; Stern, R. N. - "Workers' Ownership and Attitudes Towards Participation" (Refereed) - Workplace Democracy and Social Change - 1982 - pp. Boston , Boston: Porter Sargent

Book, Chapter in Textbook-New

• Gurdon, M. A. - "Quality of Working Life" (Refereed) - in Advanced Instructional Modules to accompany Management for Productivity - 1984 , Wiley

Book, Scholarly-New

• Gurdon, M. A.; Savitt, R. - "Transformations East & West: The New Industrial Structures" - The University of Vermont School of Business Administration - 1993 , Burlington, VT
• Gurdon, M. A. - "An American Approach to Self-Management" - Workers Participation: Success and Problems - 1980 - pp. New York , Praeger

Working Paper

• Gurdon, M. A.; Dowling, J. B. - "Organizational Governance: Political Economy and Economic Polity" - Queens University Working Paper Series - 1982 - v. 1982-20,

Other

• Gurdon, M. A. - "Book Review of John Logue & Jacqueline Yates, The Real World of Employee Ownership" (Refereed) - Industrial and Labor Relations Review - 2003 - v. 56, no. 2,
• Gurdon, M. A. - "Book Review of Stephen Hill, Competition and Control at Work" - Industrial and Labor Relations Review - 1983 - v. 37, no. 1,
• Gurdon, M. A. - "Book Review of Timothy C. Jochim, Employee Stock Ownership and Related Plans: Analysis and Practice" - The Wall Street Review of Books - 1983 - v. 11, no. 3,
• Gurdon, M. A. - "Book Review of William W. Rambo, Work and Organizational Behavior" - Industrial and Labor Relations Review - 1983 - v. 36, no. 2,
• Gurdon, M. A. - "A Review Essay of Marvin D. Dunnette, Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology" - Administrative Science Quarterly - 1977 - pp. with others