Modern technology has now reached a point where improved safety can only be achieved through a better understanding of human error mechanisms. In its treatment of major accidents, the book spans the disciplinary gulf between psychological theory and those concerned with maintain…
"Three experts in Human Resources introduce a measurement system that convincingly showcases how HR impacts business performance. Drawing from the authors'ongoing study of nearly 3,000 firms, this book describes a seven-step process for embedding HR systems within the firm's ove…
Three experts in Human Resources introduce a measurement system that convincingly showcases how HR impacts business performance. Drawing from the authors' ongoing study of nearly 3,000 firms, this book describes a seven-step process for embedding HR systems within the firm's ove…
"This landmark graduate level text combines depth and breadth of coverage with recent, cutting edge work in all the major areas of modern labor economics. Labor Economics is the only textbook available for advanced graduate students in the field, and it will be widely used, beca…
"Why do so few women occupy positions of power and prestige? Virginia Valian uses concepts and data from psychology, sociology, economics, and biology to explain the disparity in the professional advancement of men and women. According to Valian, men and women alike have implici…
In this new volume from the International Food Policy Research Institute, economists, demographers, sociologists, and anthropologists collaborate in the study of how resources are allocated within households in developing countries and why it matters from a policy perspective. S…
Education is a key area for knowledge-based, globalising economies. McMahon develops a new approach for measuring the social benefits of education and finding more cost effective policies.
Human Capital in Gender and Development addresses timely feminist debates about the relationship between feminism, neoliberalism, and international development. The book engages with human capital theory, a labour economics theory associated with the Chicago School that now anim…
La presente edición continúa destacando el enfoque práctico de las ediciones prevías, a la vez que incorpora ejemplos derivados de experiencias en compañías reales de todo el mundo, los cuales no solo añaden interés, sino que también proporcionan perspectivas auténticas de esta …
Restoring Natural Capital brings together economists and ecologists, theoreticians, practitioners, policy makers, and scientists from the developed and developing worlds to consider the costs and benefits of repairing ecosystem goods and services in natural and socioecological s…
