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Women's career success: The contributions of human capital, individual, organizational, and power variables.
Blansett, Karen D. - 2008
Women are a significant presence in today's workforce; however, few rise to the top management ranks. Therefore, there is a critical need to better understand the factors that facilitate their success. This study examined several variables that may contribute to women's objective (income, span of...
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The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence: Rewarding World-Class Practices
Chakravorty, Satya S.; Atwater, J. Bryan; Herbert, James I. - 2008
Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …
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Determinants of the Relations between Transitory Earnings and CEO Cash Compensation in the USA
Asthana, Sharad; Ye, Zhongxia Shelly - 2007
effect). This study has practical implications for regulators, corporations and investors, both in the USA and abroad. …
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A study of outsourcing of premedia services to India by US companies
Nayak, Rahul P. - 2009
Offshore outsourcing continues to gain prominence as the printing industrystrides into the future. With different segments of the industry looking at reducingcosts and, in exchange providing value-added services, more companies turntowards outsourcing services offshore as a solution. Although it...
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Outsourcing and Insourcing Jobs in the U.S. Economy: An Overview of Evidence Based on Foreign Investment Data
Jackson, James K.; Foreign Affairs, Defense - 2008
losses have disproportionately negative impact on local communities. Economists generally argue that free and unimpeded …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475015
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Perils of simplistic classifications of universities : a preliminary case study of economic departments
Gangopadhyay, Partha; Gangopadhyay, Renu - University of Western Sydney; College of Law and Business; … - 2005
Europe, USA and also from the global rankings of universities and departments of economics to argue that rankings of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482131
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The incoherent emperor : a heterodox critique of neoclassical microeconomic theory
Lee, Frederic S.; Keen, Steve - University of Western Sydney; College of Law and Business; … - 2004
It is somewhat common for heterodox economists to come to the defense of neoclassical microeconomic theory. This is due … to many reasons, but perhaps the commonest one is ignorance. It seems that most heterodox economists are not aware of the …
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The two tribes of 'The Econ': A study of economists and economic media commentary in Australia
Millmow, Alex; Courvisanos, Jerry - 2007
current economic issues. This has implications for the acceptance of economic policy since these economists are apt to uphold … the interests of their employer. In contrast, academic economists suffer from a lack of recognition and reach in the media … generation of academic economists, in contrast to previous generations, is becoming reticent on matters of public policy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009484643
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Mentoring: Pros and cons for HRM
Ehrich, Lisa C.; Hansford, Brian C. - 1999
Mentoring has received considerable coverage in recent decades and this is evident by the proliferation of research and popular literature available to the reader. It has been hailed as an important human resource management strategy, a career tool, and a workplace learning activity for men,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437515
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Dominated by Women: Managed by Men? The career development process of retail managers
Broadbridge, A. - 2007
Purpose: The aim of the paper is to explore some issues regarding the career development of men and women retail managers and provide an overview of the main issues these present for retailers in the future.Methodology/approach: The research utilised combination of quantitative and qualitative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465876