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Developing wisdom in future managers: encouraging practical wisdom via voluntary engagement during undergraduate business education
Elkin, Graham; Martin-Niemi, Fa; Cathro, Virginia - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 5 (2013) 2, pp. 214-225
Employers report that despite knowledge, graduating students are initially unable to act wisely in the workplace. They lack practical wisdom or phronesis (Aristotle's term). We contribute an exploration of the role of university education in encouraging this practical wisdom to develop. Through...
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The Policies That Affect the Extent of the Subcultures' Alignment in Organization
GERDHE, Suela - In: Journal of Knowledge Management, Economics and … 2 (2012) 1, pp. 14-14
organization conduct its business and helps regulate, control and model of the behavior in each subculture of the organization …
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African Development,Partnership and Rationality Challenge:An Exposition
NWAOBI, GODWIN - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
mindsets and change their behavior positively. Indeed, these changes will not happen overnight but with righteousness, it is …
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NEA presidential address: identity, markets, and persistent racial inequality
Mason, Patrick L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
This paper contrasts competing theories and evidence on the nature and significance of African American racial identity. In particular, we seek to examine whether race is best understood as a set of values and behaviors or whether race is best understood as a social norm.
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Intergenerational mobility and interraical inequality:the return to family values
Mason, Patrick - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper investigates two questions. First, what is the relative importance of the components of childhood family environment—parental values versus parental class status—for young adult economic outcomes? Second, are interracial differences in labor market outcomes fully explained by...
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The dynamics of organizational transformation
Marinescu, Paul - In: Manager Journal 7 (2008) 1, pp. 107-109
The present paper aims to emphasize a number of defining elements of the organizational transformation dynamics. The way in which people are prepared to face changes is essential and it adds value to the management teamÂ’'s qualities. The analysis of the business environment, people training,...
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Teaching a pluralist course in economics: the University of Sydney experience
Stilwell, Frank - In: International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education 2 (2011) 1, pp. 39-56
This article draws on more than three decades of experience in teaching a pluralist introduction to economics at the University of Sydney, Australia. It focuses particularly on the teaching of 'economics as a social science', the foundation unit of study that lays the basis for a full programme...
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Factorial Validity and Invariance of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale Among Portuguese Youngsters
Vasconcelos-Raposo, José; Fernandes, Helder; Teixeira, … - In: Social Indicators Research 105 (2012) 3, pp. 483-498
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Aggression in school and family contexts among youngsters with special needs: Qualitative and quantitative evidence from the TranSpace project
Musil, Bojan; Tement, Sara; Vukman, Karin Bakracevic; … - In: Children and Youth Services Review 44 (2014) C, pp. 46-55
TranSpace is an international project for empowering youngsters with disabilities to protect themselves from community … victimization among these youngsters and to gain deeper insight into these phenomena. Participants in the project, aged from 11 to … themes were obtained by conducting qualitative analyses using open-ended questions. Overall, youngsters reported a low …
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THE YOUNGSTERS IN THE ECO-ECONOMY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF ROMANIA CASE STUDY: FUNDATA VILLAGE FROM BRA?OV CUONTY
Vicen?iuDrago? B??A; Cristina-Elena TOH?NEAN - In: Review of General Management 18 (2013) 2, pp. 115-125
The character of the youngsters can be sketched by four features: pragmatism, curiosity, insight and the need of …
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