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1. Leading Between the Lines -- 2. If Jadis Ran the N.I.C.E.: Philosophy of Leadership -- 3. Defeating Dragons by Reading the Right Books: Narrative and Leadership -- 4. Womb of Worlds or Silent Space?: Imagination and Leadership -- 5. Let the Prince Win His Spurs: Agency Theory and Agency -- 6....

This book identifies ten linguistic traps in our everyday language usage and provides philosophical justification for a method of determining internally consistent definitions of groups of related terms that avoid all ten traps. Various examples and applications of this method are given...

Language policies are increasingly acknowledged as being a necessary component of many decisions taken in the areas of the labor market, education, minority languages, mobility, and social inclusion of migrants. They can affect the democratic control of political organizations, and they can...

Introduction -- Prospects for Island Studies -- Island as Safe Havens: Thinking about Security and Safety o Gåhan/Guam -- Island Studies & US Militarism of the Pacific -- Island Studies in the Academy: The State of This Interdisciplinary Field -- The Perspective of Cultural Heritage/Cultural...

Institutions are man-made entities and their workings, as well as the changes they may undergo, is fundamentally imbued in language and communication. In analysing the role of socio-cultural values, this book argues that communication and language is inseparable from both the economy and a...

Introduction -- Part I. Country Implementation of SDGs: Measuring the Distance to 2030 Targets -- 1. The impact of Global COVID-19 Crisis on SDGs achievement in ASEAN-countries -- 2. Measuring the Distance to 2030 Targets in China and East Asia Imperatives -- 3. Measuring the distance to 2030...

This book reports on the findings from a research study of vocational and higher education graduates’ employability challenges. The nature and extent of these challenges, their underlying causes, and effective strategies to address the problems in this area are all analysed from a...