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Introduction -- 1. Employee commitment: an introduction and roadmap / J.P. Meyer -- Part I Conceptualization of commitment -- 2. Commitment as a unidimensional construct / H.J. Klein and H. Park -- 3. Commitment as a multi-dimensional construct / N.J. Allen -- 4. Multiple foci of workplace...

Contents: Foreword / J. Stewart Black -- Part I History of expatriate studies and its current state of play -- 1. Introduction : overview of early expatriate studies, 1952 to 1979 / Yvonne McNulty and Jan Selmer -- 2. The concept of business expatriates / Yvonne McNulty and Chris Brewster -- 3....

Contents: 1. The new frontier of innovation -- 2. Innovation pioneers - the essential role of users, on-line user communities and the crowd -- 3. Exploring the changing landscape of Innovation: the rise of users, on-line communities and the crowd -- 4. Mapping the new world of innovation - the...

Contents: 1. Leading for creativity: functions, models, and domains / Michael D. Mumford, Sven Hemlin, and Tyler J. Mulhearn -- Functions -- 2. Leader planning skills and creative performance: integrating past, present, and future / Michael D. Mumford, Logan M. Steele, Tyler J. Mulhearn, Tristan...

1. Introduction -- 2. Managing horizontal information flows in Japan -- 3. Managing with charismatic leadership in Korea -- 4. Managing the boundaries of the firm in Qing and Nationalist China -- 5. Managing the Chinese firm in Hong Kong and Taiwan -- 6. Managing relations with state agencies in...

1. The Chaebol problem and the economic policy dilemma -- 2. Industrial policies and the growth of the Chaebol -- 3. Critical review of the traditional perception of the Chaebol problem -- 4. A new interpretation of the Chaebol problem and evaluation of Chaebol policy -- 5. The role of...

pt. 1. Context : the knowledge economy and different dynamics -- pt. 2. The main actors : entrepreneurs, organizations and milieux : their capacity to develop knowledge -- pt. 3. The factors : information, networks and innovation : necessary and sufficient conditions for entrepreneurship -- pt....

The authors of this fascinating and original work contend that by analysing the conduct of organization members, a great deal can be learnt about firm behaviour and about the cooperative and competitive forces that underlie industry evolution