Looks at the way teams work, how people managed in organizations, and how it can understand the impact of organizational and national cultures. Includes a range of topics including team dynamics, managing human resources, and managing.
"This book shows the great importance of informal institutions on the economic and social development of rural China. It examines the relationship between informal institutions and rural development in China since the end of the 1970s, focusing in particular on three major infor…
Anyone interested in or concerned about the impact of tourism on society, particularly in the developing world, should read this book. It explores a subject that, of interest to academics over the last decade, has long remained ignored, almost a taboo area for many governments, …
Covers; inter alia; the role of group identification and accountability on negotiator judgement and decision making; the importance of power-dependence relations on negotiation; intergroup bargaining; social influence processes in negotiation; cross-cultural perspectives on nego…
Privacy. We want lots of it for ourselves. We love to invade the privacy of others. We are willing to trade it for benefits of all kinds, including credit, social services, and friendship. Why is this? Where should we draw a line? How should we handle our ambivalence in an era i…
Examines the influence of democracy on politics, business and economics, law, culture, and religion in different regions of the world; explores the dark side of the democratic process; and reflects on the future of world democracy.
In Trust, a sweeping assessment of the emerging global economic order "after History," Fukuyama examines a wide range of national cultures in order to divine the hidden principles that make a good and prosperous society, and his findings strongly challenge the orthodoxies of bot…
"The book looks at the profound changes across the political landscape from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the re-emergence of China and at how such events have altered the received ideas that define political cultures throughout the world." "This analysis includes a detailed ex…
Examines the transfer of interest institutions and the subsequent transformation of workplace relations in the east German clothing industry after reunification in 1989. Focuses on the functioning of the newly introduced works councils. Based on surveys of trade union members in…
Study on sociological aspects of workers participation, with particular reference to France - examines the collective functioning of large and small scale industryal enterprises, handicrafts-based enterprises, production cooperatives and voluntary organizations; considers the im…
Focuses on the ways in which working-class youth graduating from vocational colleges in the province of Ulianovsk negotiates and experiences transition from school to work. Discusses changes in the vocational education system and the reproduction of social identities and inequal…
"Law is integral to culture, and culture to law. Often considered a distinctive domain with strange rules and stranger language, law is actually part of a culture's way of expressing its sense of the order of things. In Law as Culture, Lawrence Rosen invites readers to consider …
Examines the link between ethics and economic performance in the context of capitalist economics, with a theoretical scope ranging from early modern economic thought to current theories on economic leadership and the role of contracts. Considers how companies establish their rul…
Occupational sociology monograph on occupations and society - covers sociological aspects and cultural factors in the occupational structure, occupational choice, occupational change, effects of occupations on social status, use of leisure, etc., and the special case of the prof…
Monograph comprising a case study of the huadong collective farming commune to illustrate key features of the collective economy system in China - covers the role of the Chinese communist political party and political ideology, agricultural development, commerce and motivational…
Monograph exploring sexual economics and social roles of women in men-dominated societys - presents cross cultural analysis of cultural factors and economic factors involved in sex discrimination, the situation of married women and woman workers, developed countries and developi…
Contains 11 essays which discuss critically the conception of civil society implicit in donor assistance programmes and the methods by which donors implement such aid. Focuses largely on two aid programmes: USAID and PHARE (the European Community programme for assistance).
Women's social status, womens rights, international division of labour, capitalist country, socialist country, developing country - womens organization, trends, historical, USA and Western Europe, cultural factors, political aspects, woman workers, capitalism, feudalism, sexual …
Comprises a collection of essays about the unfortunate and longstanding marginalization of human rights in the Arab world, the obstacles that bar the way to implementing these rights, and pathways to improve human rights and welfare in the future. Discusses the intersection of g…