By Professor Peter Blunt

Journal articles

Blunt P, 1990, 'Recent Developments in Human Resource Management: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly', International Journal of Human Resource Management, 1, pp. 45 - 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09585199000000039

Blunt P, 1990, 'Strategies for enhancing organizational effectiveness in the Third World', Public Administration and Development, 10, pp. 299 - 313, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pad.4230100306

Grundlingh A; Simkins C; Newbury C; Esterhuysen P; Tamarkin M; Fair TJD; Decalo S; Dale R; Nel P; Bemath AS; Blunt P; Napier CJ; Whisson MG; Grobler J, 1990, 'Reviews', Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 9, pp. 243 - 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02589009008729499

Blunt P; Richards D; Wilson J, 1989, 'The ‘hidden‐hand’ of public administration in newly‐emerging states: A theoretical and empirical analysis', Journal of International Development, 1, pp. 409 - 443, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jid.3380010402

Blunt P, 1988, 'Cultural Consequences for Organization Change in a Southeast Asian State: Brunei', Academy of Management Perspectives, 2, pp. 235 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ame.1988.4277262

Decalo S; Finlayson R; Swanepoel HJ; Schneider K; Leistner GME; Blunt P; Whisson MG; Wood JRT; Parkington J; Kongwa S; Fair TJD; Marais D; Pridmore J; Hattingh JL; Davenport TRH; Newbury C; Msimang CT, 1987, 'Reviews', Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 6, pp. 202 - 247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02589008708729473

Blunt P, 1986, 'Managerial Motivation in Kenya and Malawi: A Cross-Cultural Comparison', Journal of Modern African Studies, 24, pp. 165 - 175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022278X00006790

D'A Henderson R; Abedian I; Theron F; de Beer FC; Rogerson CM; Blunt P; Whisson MG; Dewar D; van Rensburg APJ; Ingham K; Eyberg C; Wood JRT; Wellings P; Hamilton C; Barber J; Wilsenach A; du Pisani A; Frankel P; Fair TJD; Shole SJ; Hlongwane JB, 1986, 'Review', Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 5, pp. 201 - 267, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02589008608729462

Blunt P, 1986, 'Techno- and Ethnocentrism in Organizational Studies: Comment and Speculation Prompted by Ronen and Shenkar', Academy of Management Review, 11, pp. 857 - 859, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/amr.1986.4284107

Blunt P, 1984, 'Conditions For Basic Need Satisfaction in Africa Through Decentralized Forms of Decision Making', Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 20, pp. 403 - 421, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002188638402000408

Warren DM; Blunt P, 1983, 'Decentralization in Ghana: The Impact on Organizational Effectiveness of Management Training among District and Regional-Level Officials', Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 3, pp. 35 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02589008308729419

Blunt P, 1983, 'Motivation through job design and orientations to work: A theoretical reconstruction and synthesis', Australian Psychologist, 18, pp. 191 - 204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00050068308256252

Blunt P, 1982, 'Work Alienation and Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Some Evidence from Kenya', Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 2, pp. 59 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02589008208729398

Blunt P, 1980, 'Aspects of Psychology and Epistemology', Australian Psychologist, 15, pp. 41 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00050068008254370

Blunt P, 1980, 'Bureaucracy and Ethnicty in Kenya: Some Conjectures for the Eighties', Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 16, pp. 336 - 353, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002188638001600305

Blunt P; Jones M, 1980, 'Structural Correlates of Organisational Size: Some Australian Evidence', Journal of Industrial Relations, 22, pp. 312 - 316, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002218568002200305

Blunt P; Denton S, 1979, 'A Factor Analysis of a Ten‐Item Questionnaire Designed to Measure Maslow's Need Categories', Australian Psychologist, 14, pp. 41 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00050067908254341

Blunt P, 1978, 'Personality characteristics of a group of white South African managers: Some implications for placement procedures', International Journal of Psychology, 13, pp. 139 - 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207597808246618

Blunt P, 1978, 'Social and Organisational Structures in East Africa: A Case for Participation', Journal of Modern African Studies, 16, pp. 433 - 449, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022278X00002512

Blunt P, 1977, '‘Normal’ Science and Some of Its Dangers for Research into Organizational Theory and Behaviour', Australian Psychologist, 12, pp. 175 - 185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00050067708255880

Blunt P, 1973, 'CULTURAL AND SITUATIONAL DETERMINANTS OF JOB SATISFACTION AMONGST MANAGEMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA — A RESEARCH NOTE', Journal of Management Studies, 10, pp. 133 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.1973.tb00505.x

BLUNT P, 'THE SIMULATED ORGANIZATION AS A MANAGEMENT-TRAINING TOOL IN AFRICA', PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT, 7, pp. 327 - 328

Reports

Blunt P; Rondinelli D, 1997, Reconceptualising governance, United Nations Development Program, New York, https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/268781?ln=en

Blunt P; Jones M, 1995, Public sector management, governance, and sustainable human development, United Nations Development Program, New York, https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1488267?ln=en

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