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The social foundations of the bureaucratic order
Kallinikos, Jannis - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
This article views the bureaucratic form of organization as both an agent and an expression of key modern social innovations that are most clearly manifested in the non-inclusive terms by which individuals are involved in organizations. Modern human involvement in organizations epitomizes and...
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Structured observational research in services for people with learning disabilities
Mansell, Jim - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
This review focuses on structured observational research, primarily in services for people with learning disabilities. Observational research is particularly useful where people using services are unable to answer interviews or questionnaires about their experiences, and where proxy respondents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745357
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Convergence or divergence?: a longitudinal analysis of behaviour problems among disabled and non-disabled children aged 3 to 7 in England
Fauth, Rebecca; Parsons, Samantha; Platt, Lucinda - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
-scale, nationally representative UK study. We track the behaviour problems from age 3 to 7 to examine the emergence of problems and … whether disabled girls’ and boys’ behaviour converges or diverges from non-disabled children over time. Childhood … parenting and the home environment moderate any associations between disability and behaviour. Estimating linear growth models …
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Behavioral economics: a primer
Samson, Alain; Wood, Orlando - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
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The economic psychology of incentives: an international study of top managers
Pepper, Alexander; Gore, Julie - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
The world-wide inflation in executive compensation in recent years has been accompanied by an increase in the prevalence of long-term incentives. This article demonstrates how the subjectively perceived value of long-term incentives is affected by risk aversion, uncertainty aversion, and time...
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Turning virtual public spaces into laboratories: thoughts on conducting online field studies using social network sites
Gleibs, Ilka Helene - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
This article deals with the topic of ethics in large-scale online studies on social network sides. ‘Big data’ and large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745210
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Research governance and ethics for adult social care research: procedures, practices and challenges
Woolham, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
The introduction of the Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care by the Department of Health in 2001 extended the reach of research governance from the NHS, where reviewing arrangements were already well established, into universities and local authorities, who were requested in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745329
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What are financial journalists for?
Tambini, Damian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
role in corporate governance, and its impact on market behaviour. I develop the notion that financial and business …” role in relation to markets and corporate behaviour, and whilst the financial journalists interviewed tended to agree on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071271
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Deep uncertainty in long-term hurricane risk: scenario generation and implications for future climate experiments
Ranger, Nicola; Niehörster, Falk - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
Current projections of long-term trends in Atlantic hurricane activity due to climate change are deeply uncertain, both in magnitude and sign. This creates challenges for adaptation planning in exposed coastal communities. We present a framework to support the interpretation of current long-term...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071427
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A British industrial success: productivity in the Lancashire and New England cotton spinning industries a century ago
Leunig, Tim - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
stems from more intensive competition, manifested through external economies of scale and longer production runs. We finish …
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