"As economic challenges continue to unfold, executives seek a resource to understand a unique alternative.Executives are under pressure to produce results. Industry consolidation, rapid innovation, and shifting consumer attitudes are changing the way companies design products an…
"As economic challenges continue to unfold, executives seek a resource to understand a unique alternative.Executives are under pressure to produce results. Industry consolidation, rapid innovation, and shifting consumer attitudes are changing the way companies design products an…
The SAGE Handbook of Aging, Work and Society offers a critical overview of the most significant themes and topics, with discussions of current research, theoretical controversies and emerging issues.
Key international contributors come together to create a definitive map of the subject. Framed by an authoritative introductory chapter, 'The SAGE Handbook of Aging, Work and Society' offers a critical overview of the most significant themes and topics, with discussions of curre…
"Graduate employability is a significant concern for most higher education institutions worldwide. During the last two decades, universities have attempted to implement their employability agendas to support their students to enhance employment outcomes. However, within today's …
This book is a philosophically sophisticated and scientifically well-informed discussion of the moral and social issues raised by genetically engineering animals, a powerful technology which has major implications for society. Unlike other books on this emotionally charged subje…
In 1935, after the death of dictator General Juan Vicente Gomez, Venezuela consolidated its position as the world's major oil exporter and began to establish what today is South America's longest-lasting democratic regime. Endowed with the power of state oil wealth, successive p…
This work offers a contemporary discussion of the role of organizations in maintaining or challenging structures and cultures based on racism and discrimination through an exploration of the relations between whiteness, identity and organization in migratory contexts.
International development studies draws on political science, geography, sociology, economics, and anthropology. This book looks at the approaches, actors, and issues present in the discipline to provide students with the context and theoretical tools necessary to engage with th…
This volume examines the nature of work that graduates perform as well as the labour market for graduates. It examines existing assumptions we have on the nature of graduate labour, arguing the work of graduates is not necessarily defined by their education.
This work offers an interactive interpretation of the economics that anyone studying business needs to understand. It explains how firms, consumers & government interact in markets, and how, from a business perspective, the economy as a whole operates.
"Employee-organization relationship" is an overarching term that describes the relationship between the employee and the organization. It encompasses psychological contracts, perceived organizational support, and the employment relationship. Remarkable progress has been made in …
In this exploration of the political, economic and social issues that face diverse Third World countries, Howard Handelman examines the nature of underdevelopment and discusses explanatory theories of redevelopment.
Majestic, informative and often delightful ... insights on every page' Yanis Varoufakis, Observer The definitive history of the Great Financial Crisis, from the acclaimed author of The Deluge and The Wages of Destruction. In September 2008 the Great Financial Crisis, triggered b…
This title is a controversial, clear-cut, and thoroughly researched analysis of the effects of various government policies on the labour market during the recent recession.
Africa supplies the majority of the world's diamonds, yet consumers generally know little about the origins and history of these precious stones beyond sensationalized media accounts of so-called blood diamonds. Stones of Contention explores the major developments in the remarka…
