Das ifo Institut befragte im Auftrag der WirtschaftsWoche rund 600 Manager aus den Wirtschaftsbereichen Industrie, Bau, Handel und Dienstleistung nach ihren Einschätzungen der konjunkturellen Entwicklung im Jahr 2013 sowie zu ihren Investitions- und Beschäftigungsplänen für das neue Jahr....

The article sets out an experience-based account of “Learning from Differences”, underpinning engaged research as an alternative to conventional detached social science. There is a central focus on Action, and Action Research, with particular reference to policy development at regional...

The notion of regular, full-time employment as one of the defining features of the U.S. economy has been called into question in recent years by the apparent growth of alternative or "nonstandard" arrangements - part-time work, temporary help, independent contracting, and other arrangements....

It is well-known that the development of a country, the improvement of man’s material and moral well-being, in one word his freedom and happiness depends on work. This problem is more urgent for the Romania, because of the fact that the adherence to EU structures supposes to create an...

In our study we have extended the human-resource-based theory of the firm to include small enterprises, by intorducing some stylised facts concerning small enterprises: the dominant position of the employer, the lack of 'classical' management styles and a low degree of specialisation within the...

Leuphana University of Lueneburg, Germany, and the University of Minnesota, USA, hosted the international symposium on “Personality at Work” in Lueneburg. The symposium focussed on the role of personality traits in everyday work settings. Invited experts from academia and industry from...

The market economy in Romania within 2008 - 2010 will have, among other consequences, the functioning of labour force market and a change of the role hold by the economic sectors in generating labor force.

This paper explored Slovenian entrepreneurs’ personal characteristics to understand the existing gender gap in transitional countries, testing the proposed model among small and medium-sized company owners (N = 201; 32.3% female, 67.7% male). The research operationalized entrepreneurs’...