HRM (human resource management)

Managing in Recovering Markets

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The changing dynamics of business worldwide have led organizations to look beyond traditional managerial practices while at the same time attempting to retain their core competitive advantages. This development has called upon academicians and practitioners alike to reassess the…

Dynamic Capabilities and Relationships: Discourses, Concepts, and Reflections

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Building on the seminal work of David Teece, Kathleen Eisenhardt, Jeffrey Martin, and others, this volume applies the concept of dynamic capabilities to help readers understand how organizations can be successful in highly dynamic environments. The contributions, written by rese…

Writing for Publication: Liminal Reflections for Academics

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This book focuses on academic writing and how academics who are experts in their fields can translate their expertise into publishable form. The magnitude and speed of the changes that are transforming the global academic landscape produce an ongoing need for literature that int…

Trust factor: the science of creating high-performance companies

by Zak, Paul J.

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For decades, alarms have sounded about declining engagement. Yet companies continue to struggle with toxic cultures, and the low productivity and unhappiness that go with them. Why is culture so difficult to improve? What makes so many good employees check out? Neuroscientist Pa…

Inequality and Organizational Practice: Volume I: Work and Welfare

fromPalgrave explorations in workplace stigma

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Bringing together international authors, this edited collection addresses the need for greater inclusivity within organizational policy and practice, in order to tackle both visible and invisible inequalities amongst employees. Evidence suggests that more positive employment rel…

Inequality and Organizational Practice: Volume II: Employment Relations

fromPalgrave explorations in workplace stigma

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Bringing together international authors, this edited collection addresses the need for greater inclusivity within organizational policy and practice, in order to tackle both visible and invisible inequalities amongst employees. Volume II reflects the shift in thinking around org…

Eurasian Business Perspectives: Proceedings of the 22nd Eurasia Business and Econ…

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This volume of Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics includes selected papers from the 22nd Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference in Rome. It presents original empirical research from several countries and regions including many developing economies such …

The New Ideal Worker: Organizations Between Work-Life Balance, Gender a…

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Many managers and organizations still assume that employees who devote long hours to their jobs with no family interference are "ideal workers". However, this assumption has negative consequences for employees, their families and, more interestingly, for their organizations. Thi…

Advances in Human Factors, Business Management and Leadership: Proceedings of the AHFE 2021 Virtual Conferences …

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This book analyzes new theories and practical approaches for promoting excellence in human resource management and leadership. It shows how the principles of creating shared value can be applied to ensure faster learning, training, business development and social renewal. In par…

Women's Entrepreneurship in STEM Disciplines: Issues and Perspectives

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This book presents scholarly reflections on women's entrepreneurial propensity and on women's entrepreneurship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields. Contributing to a country's innovativeness and competitiveness, women entrepreneurs also promote hea…

Essentials of International Human Resource Management: managing people globally

by Lazarova, Mila B., Thomas, David C.

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The book is an essentials volume that extracts key concepts in the management of people in a global context and presents them in a concise volume. In doing so it seeks to balance the various perspectives on the topic while reflecting the most current research available. Extensiv…

Rubrics - a tool for feedback and assessment viewed from different perspectives: Enhancing learning and assessment quality

by Pluk, Helma, Latijnhouwers, Mieke, de Boer, Ivo, de Vegt, Femmie

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This IAMSE Manual describes how to use rubrics in higher education, especially in the highly specialized health sciences education setting. The book provides a conceptual framework, practices and a series of checklists that lecturers can use to design their own rubrics for a var…

Managing Humans: More Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engi…

by Lopp, Michael

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In this fourth edition of the bestselling business book Managing Humans, author Michael Lopp continues to draw leadership advice from some of the most important software companies of our modern age. Educational stories from companies across Silicon Valley such as Apple, Slack, P…

Corporate Social Responsibility and Employer Attractiveness: An International Perspective

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This book investigates the preferences of young job seekers for different aspects of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in comparison to other non-CSR related employer attributes. It takes into account the potential influence of cultural and socio-economic variables and provi…

Culture in Organizations: Development, Impact and Culture-Mindful Leadership

by Sackmann, Sonja A.

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"Culture eats strategy for breakfast". Peter Drucker's provocative statement points to the importance of culture for organizations. Depending on its characteristics, culture contributes significantly to the success or failure of for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. Hence…

Pedagogy and Partnerships in Innovative Learning Environments: Case Studies from New Zealand Contexts

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This book examines contexts and possibilities in Aotearoa New Zealand education contexts arising from the international trend for open, flexible, innovative learning environments (ILE), specifically on the pedagogical load. The book responds to questions such as: What does it me…

Speaking Management: How to Spot Language Traps and Resolve Contested …

by McGrath, Stephen Keith

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This book identifies ten linguistic traps in our everyday language usage and provides philosophical justification for a method of determining internally consistent definitions of groups of related terms that avoid all ten traps. Various examples and applications of this method a…

The Flexible Workplace: Coworking and Other Modern Workplace Transformati…

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With current socio-economic development trends and changing work landscape, modern workplaces are progressively becoming a subject of flexibilisation and hybridisation. Contemporary office environments are commonly adapting to the needs of the flexible labour markets by offering…

Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence Informed Practice for Unemployed and Dis…

by Mayombe, Celestin

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This book analyses the accessibility and success of vocational training programmes for unemployed and disadvantaged youth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Examining the implementation of vocational education and training programmes, the author assesses various internal and external enabli…