Detailliert wird ein ganzheitliches Konzept für das Diversity Management erschlossen. Dabei wird die Relevanz des Unternehmensleitbildes, der Führung, der Kommunikation und des Organisationsklimas für eine diversity-gerechte Unternehmenskultur gezeigt und die Bedeutung für zwei...

Purpose – To test the hypothesis of increased specialisation during the 1980s in the aggregate pattern of intercorporate ownership in the Canadian economy.Design/methodology/approach – The network of ownership between enterprises and subsidiaries is characterised for the period 1976-1995...

Increasing levels of cultural diversity in the workforce poses one of the most challenging human resource and organisational issues of our time. Increased workforce diversity means that organisations are becoming more heterogeneous in terms of gender, race and ethnicity. Such diverse people...

Scholars suggest that organizational diversity management (DM) programs are useful not only to satisfy legal requirements or social demands, but also to further the achievement of business objectives. However, much is still to be learned about the effects of such programs on individuals'...

Personalmanagement in multinationalen und multikulturellen Organisationen: Diversity Management in der Europ??ischen UnionIn der Arbeit wird untersucht, wie die EU mit Diversit??t umgeht, wie sich entsprechende Ma??nahmen in der Personalpolitik der verschiedenen europ??ischen Beh??rden...

Abstract The examination of the behavioural responses of the reciprocal first name exchange as a policy in firms in Nigeria was the main objective of this research. It was also the intent of this empirical work to highlight the challenges and issues of the transferability and applicability of...

This study examines the association between external audit fees, and board and audit committee characteristics of 736 Malaysian listed firms. It is hypothesised that good corporate governance practices reduce auditors' risk assessments, resulting in lower audit fees. Drawing on the existence of...

We show that female directors have a significant impact on board inputs and firm outcomes. In a sample of US firms, we find that female directors have better attendance records than male directors, male directors have fewer attendance problems the more gender-diverse the board is, and women are...

As evident from recent changes in NYSE and Nasdaq listing requirements, boardindependence is considered an important constituent of firms?? corporate governancestructures. However, the empirical evidence regarding the impact of board structure onfirm performance is mixed. Since firms employ a...

Social capital resources for the firm can be conceptualized as those executive-to-executive connections held by a firm’s top management team, as well as firm-to-firm relationships that exist fairly independently of particular individuals. This type of resource can compose an important portion...