This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This edited volume examines how economic processes have worked upon social lives and social realities in Latin America during the past decades. Through tracing the effects of the neoliberal epoch into the era of the so-called pink tide, the...

This edited collection surveys and analyses the multidimensional problem of Hubris syndrome, and its deleterious effect on leadership within organisations. The study develops an extended metaphor of the social and political ill of Hubris as a virulent, communicable disease of dysfunctional...

Martin Sturmer unterstützt Sie in diesem essential dabei, wie Sie durch intelligentes, systematisches Eigenmarketing zum Experten werden und allein dadurch Ihre Auftragsbücher füllen. Mit dem Ansatz der Profilierung zeigt der Autor, wie eine glasklare Positionierung, die eindeutige Definition...

Problemstellung und Gang der Untersuchung -- Investitions-Controllingkonzeption für dezentrale Unternehmen -- Anreizsysteme als Instrument des Investitions-Controllings bei Hidden-Information- und Hidden-Action-Problemen im Investitionsprozess -- Residualgewinnbasierte Principal-Agent-Modelle...

The utility maximization paradigm forms the basis of many economic, psychological, cognitive and behavioral models. However, numerous examples have revealed the deficiencies of the concept. This book helps to overcome those deficiencies by taking into account insensitivity of measurement...

This insightful new study explores an emerging and growing interest in Sociology and Organization Studies which concerns the meanings and experiences of ‘dirty’ work. Based on a unique study of male street cleaners, refuse collectors, graffiti removers and butchers, and drawing on Bourdieu...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Education and Occupation in India -- Chapter 3: Intergenerational Mobility -- Chapter 4: Inertia across Generations -- Chapter 5: Regional Dimensions of Mobility -- Chapter 6: Intergenerational Mobility: Micro Level Study -- Chapter 7: State Support and...

This book analyzes the recent development of Gulf capitalism through to the aftermath of the 2008 economic crisis. Situating the Gulf within the evolution of capitalism at a global scale, it presents a novel theoretical interpretation of this important region of the Middle East political economy

The traditional Marxian picture of a two-class polarisation seems far removed from today's diverse society. Re-examining the very foundations of the Marxian theory in the process, the author argues that important critiques can fruitfully be understood and to accomplish the goal, he extends the...

This open access book looks at how a democracy can devolve into a post-factual state. The media is being flooded by populist narratives, fake news, conspiracy theories and make-believe. Misinformation is turning into a challenge for all of us, whether politicians, journalists, or citizens. In...