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Organisational leadership in transforming economies: Leadership, management and national culture in selected countries of Central and Eastern Europe

Edwards, Vincent - In: Journal for East European Management Studies 8 (2003) 4, pp. 415-429

The paper presents the results of a survey of managers in seven countries of CEE, focusing on leadership and management, the degree of deference subordinates display towards senior managers, work and leisure, and ethical issues. In discussing the findings of the survey particular attention will...

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The impact of self-concept and its congruence with different brands on purchase intention: Evidence from Pakistani consumers

Sandhu, Moeed Ahmad; Usman, Muhammad; Ahmad, Zubair; … - In: Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences (PJCSS) 12 (2018) 2, pp. 695-709

Current research explores the effect of self-congruity (matching one.s self with brands) on brand attitude causing purchase intention. Mostly marketers communicate the conception that their brand matches with how ideally consumers want to see themselves. So, there is an imperious self-congruity...

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Understanding the Impact of Future Social Self-Concepts on Newcomer Adjustment

Buerkner, Jonas Franz - In: Junior Management Science (JUMS) 7 (2022) 5, pp. 1270-1288

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impacts of future social self-concepts on newcomer short-term adjustment. Employing a qualitative longitudinal design based on interviews, this work aims to uncover how the shape of identities before and three weeks after entry, as well as the...

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Ursache für Frauenmangel in MINT-Berufen? Mädchen unterschätzen schon in der fünften Klasse ihre Fähigkeiten in Mathematik

Weinhardt, Felix - In: DIW Wochenbericht 84 (2017) 45, pp. 1009-1014

Frauen sind an Universitäten und Fachhochschulen in den sogenannten MINT-Fächern (Mathematik, Informatik, Naturwissenschaft, Technik) stark unterrepräsentiert. Der vorliegende Bericht geht der Frage nach, inwiefern eine der Ursachen schon im Grundschulalter zu suchen ist. Auf Basis eines für...

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Organizing for Societal Grand Challenges

Gümüsay, Ali Aslan (contributor); … - 2022

"The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. Societal grand challenges have moved from a marginal concern to a mainstream issue within the field of organization and management studies. Organizing for Societal Grand Challenges unpacks how diverse forms of...

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Sozial-ökologische Herausforderungen bei der Integration von Wasserstoff in das Energiesystem

Badelt, Ole - In: Transformationsprozesse in Stadt und Land: …, (pp. 90-109). 2024

whether this future expansion will be a driver for potential environmental impacts. Multimodal hydrogen systems are associated …

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Design thinking as an effective method for problem-setting and needfinding for entrepreneurial teams addressing wicked problems

Bender-Salazar, Rahmin - In: Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 12 (2023) 1, pp. 1-23

beyond the confines of creative and design disciplines and into the realm of wicked problems in social and ecological systems … discipline-namely, systems thinking, organizational learning, and action research. Through a distilled design structure this … flexible methodology combines insights from organizational development, social psychology, systems theory, and design research …

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Asia's wicked environmental problems

Howes, Stephen; Wyrwoll, Paul - 2012

The developing economies of Asia are confronted by serious environmental problems that threaten to undermine future growth, food security, and regional stability. This study considers four major environmental challenges that policymakers across developing Asia will need to address towards 2030:...

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Addressing Tipping Points for a Precarious Future

O'Riordan, Timothy (contributor); … - 2013

focuses on the various characterisations and metaphors of tipping points, on the scope for anticipating their onset, the …

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From the global to the everyday: Anti-globalization metaphors in Trump's and Salvini's political language

Freistein, Katja; Gadinger, Frank; Unrau, Christine - 2020

narratives, metaphors, and emotions. We argue that right-wing populists skillfully present abstract phenomena of globalization … and translate them to individual experiences of 'ordinary people'. Metaphors play a crucial role in populist storytelling … recent cases of 'successful' right-wing populist, anti-globalization storytelling, which build on strong metaphors. One is …

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