This book analyzes the determinants and effectiveness of corporate governance in an integrated model drawing on contingency theory and employing structural equation modeling (SEM). Business competition as an environmental factor and strategy as an organizational factor are important determinants...

Kai Oliver Thiele analyses M&As between companies from different cultures, which in general impose unique challenges, but also offer invaluable opportunities for all parties. Since Japan lags expectations regarding the amount of cross-border M&As, it is the more important to understand the...

This book describes and analyses the impact of the 2007-2008 financial crisis upon the working conditions of employees in the financial services sector in Britain. It tells the story of workers being made to pay the price for a crisis that was not of their own making, but nevertheless caused a...

This book aims to help leaders maximise the engagement of employees and citizens by exploring the impact of a process of active enthusiasm (PACE). Engagement of employees has long been recognised as a key factor for organisational and national success. Yet, worldwide, engagement levels languish...

*Hotline check pending. At MS submission* This book offers a concise summary of cutting-edge research and practical implications about employee engagement. The author presents a clear perspective on the meaning of employee engagement, its antecedents and consequences are presented with...

This book is the second edition of Well-being: Productivity and Happiness at Work that shows how to improve well-being in organizations. As with its predecessor, this new edition is remarkably timely. It explores the latest findings in the research on wellbeing and offers practical guidelines to...

This comprehensive study provides a perceptive portrait of workplace employment relations in Britain and France using comparable data from two large-scale surveys: the British Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS) and the French Enquête Relations Professionnelles et Négociations...

Sie sind unglücklich im Job? Sie treten im Beruf auf der Stelle? Auf der Karriereleiter kommen Sie nicht mehr voran? Sie leiden unter einem cholerischen Chef oder intriganten Kollegen? Wenn Sie eines dieser Probleme plagt, dann finden Sie hier die passenden Antworten. Die Autoren haben sich...

Dieses Fachbuch beschreibt Chancen und Risiken für Mitarbeitende und Führungskräfte in einer modernen Arbeitswelt. Übergeordnete Entwicklungen wie der demografische Wandel, die zunehmende Digitalisierung und Globalisierung sowie der damit einhergehende Wertewandel verändern die...

Dieses Praxishandbuch gibt Ihnen einen umfangreichen Überblick und detaillierten Einblick in die wesentlichen Anforderungen und Aufgaben eines Feel Good Managers. Das Feel Good Management ist ein neues Managementkonzept, dass intern den Trend zur Mitarbeiterorientierung ausdrückt....