Culture can be a significant contributor to, or hindrance to, a team's success. Research has clearly established that failing to have a cohesive team culture creates a severe challenge to any team effort. Culture is also something that everyone brings with them to the team. Yet,…
In this account of the uses of surveillance in art, performance and popular culture, John E. McGrath puts forward the idea that we have much to gain from the experience of being watched.
"Widening The Horizon is the first in-depth study of exoticism in Post-War popular music. The opening chapters analyse the work of Les Baxter, Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman, Korla Pandit and Yma Sumac - the musicians who developed (and exemplified) the style known as Exotica in the…
"In this new collection of essays on the cinema, all written over the last ten years, Peter Wollen explores an extraordinarily wide range of topics, stretching from an analysis of time in film and video art to a study of Riff-Raff Realism in British film. Provocative essays disc…
Multinational corporations are not merely the problem in environmental concerns, but could also be part of the solution. The oil industry and climate change provide the clearest example of how the two are linked; what is less well-known is how the industry is responding to these…
"Multinational corporations are not merely the problem in environmental concerns, but could also be part of the solution. The oil industry and climate change provide the clearest example of how the two are linked; what is less well-known is how the industry is responding to thes…
This dissertation used a qualitative, case study to explore how the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) applied strategic public relations management during peace operations in post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1995 to 1996. The purpose of this research was to propose a model o…
For reasons of Cold War politics, and subsequently for what would become known as “soft power,” Canada has always been an enthusiastic player in the peacekeeping arena. Within these predominantly United Nations missions, supporting peacekeepers through intelligence operations ha…
In light of world economic events including regional integration in Europe, in the Maghreb, and more recently in the Middle East, the dissertation will examine and determine the motives, the determinants, and effects of FDI in the manufacturing sector in Morocco and how it is sh…
The United Nations was established in 1945 with its primary tasks to promote international peace and security. A foundational premise of the new organization was that the world's most powerful nations would cooperate to carry out these goals. Instead, the post-war international …
The United States played a decisive role in the aftermath of the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, notably in its attempt to disengage the deadlocked parties in Beirut. support the Lebanese government in restoring order, and arrange for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Leba…
The number of United Nations interventions in civil conflicts has increased since the end of the Cold War. Traditional peace-keeping has proved ill-suited to deal with them; second-generation, multi-task peace-keeping operations have emerged as a substitute. These new operations…
Many national governments choose to hinder the process of financial integration by imposing restrictions on capital mobility. The majority of the International Monetary Fund member nations have enforced capital controls over the past decade. This dissertation attempts to advance…
This research tested the theory that cultural heritage affects attitudes toward business-related fraud and, as a consequence, influences ethical decisions. A sample of 695 white-collar employees from a Middle Eastern multinational corporation (MNC), who represented nine world cu…
