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Self‐initiated expatriation and self‐initiated expatriates : Clarification of the research stream

Doherty, Noeleen; Richardson, Julia; Thorn, Kaye - In: Career Development International 18 (2013) 1, pp. 97-112

considered by SIE scholars are expounded, and the links between SIE research and career theory are developed. From this …, potential research agendas are proposed. Research limitations/implications – This is a conceptual piece which, rather than … giving precise research data, encourages further thinking in the field. Originality/value – Although the definitional …

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International mobility policies and practices: are there gender differences in importance ratings?

Haines, Victor Y.; Saba, Tania - In: Career Development International 4 (1999) 4, pp. 206-212

Because the low participation rate of women in international management is problematic, this study seeks to identify which international mobility policies and practices appear to be most responsive to the needs of women. Based upon 337 responses to a questionnaire survey, the results show...

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Keeping pace with change: new contracts and responsibilities

Bates, Terence; Bloch, Susan - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 28 (1996) 1, pp. 29-32

A survey of individuals and organizations was undertaken to assess how the changing world of work ‐ in terms of delayering, outsourcing, IT, etc., is affecting the preparedness of people to deal with these changes. Responses were received from 184 individuals and 300 organizations. Areas...

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Consequences for Men of Dual Career Marriages: Implications for Organisations

Rosin, Hazel M. - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 5 (1990) 1, pp. 3-8

, an exploratory research study of 30 dual career partners focused on husbands and wives′ perceptions of the effect of … wives′ careers on men. Predominantly positive professional and personal effects for husbands were identified, with men …

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Competing Social Responsibility Values and the Functional Roles of Managers : IMPLICATIONS FOR CAREER AND EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS

Petrick, Joseph A.; Scherer, Robert F. - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 8 (1993) 3, pp. 14-20

responsibility values for managers who assume roles in different functional department clusters. The research findings support a …

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The macroeconomics of agriculture

Ardeni, Pier Giorgio; Freebairn, John - In: Handbook of Agricultural Economics

The existence of linkages between the agricultural sector and the rest of the economy points to the specificity of that sector and justifies why we can conceive of a macroeconomics of agriculture. The primary sector is characterized by product homogeneity, a pre-condition for the absence of...

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Rural development and rural policy

De Janvry, Alain; Sadoulet, Elisabeth; Murgai, Rinku - In: Handbook of Agricultural Economics

Rural development policy addresses the welfare of rural households and communities. With a majority of the world's poor located in rural areas, the resilience of rural poverty in industrialized countries, and a significant share of environmental degradation the byproduct of rural poverty, the...

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Food security and the world food situation

Duncan, R.C. - In: Handbook of Agricultural Economics

The major food projection agencies see per capita food supplies continuing to increase and real prices of foodstuffs continuing to decline. This trend in food prices has made, and will continue to make, achievement of food security possible for a greater proportion of the world's population....

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Common-pool resources and institutions: Toward a revised theory

Ostrom, Elinor - In: Handbook of Agricultural Economics

empirical studies of this theory conducted in field settings. Since research in the lab and in the field both provide evidence …

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Duality for the household: Theory and applications

LaFrance, Jeffrey T. - In: Handbook of Agricultural Economics

This chapter presents the theory of consumer choice as applied to household behavior. An internally consistent, self-contained framework is developed for the analysis of consumer preferences, household production, quality attributes, and produced nonmarket commodities in static and dynamic...

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