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Causes and consequences of merger waves
Kleinert, Jörn; Klodt, Henning - 2002
This paper presents some ideas about determinants of merger waves and some evidence on their effect on profitability … and employment. A brief survey of previous merger waves and an analysis of the recent one give support to the hypothesis … that sectoral shocks are at the root of merger waves. Deregulation and globalization are identified as the shocks …
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Merge or fail? The determinants of mergers and bankruptcies in Switzerland, 1995-2000
Buehler, Stefan; Kaiser, Christian; Jaeger, Franz - 2005
This paper examines the determinants of mergers and bankruptcies, using firm level data from the Swiss Business Census and the Dun & Bradstreet exit database for Switzerland (1995-2000). Employing duration analysis, we find considerable differences in the determinants of mergers and...
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Explorative Untersuchung der Unternehmenskultur auf die Karrierechancen von Frauen
Weissenrieder, Caprice Oona; Graml, Regine; Hagen, Tobias; … - 2015
Das Thema der geschlechtsspezifischen Unterschiede in den Karrierechancen wird kontrovers diskutiert. Verschiedene Studien belegen, dass im europäischen Vergleich in Deutschland das Potential, insbesondere bei gut ausgebildeten Frauen, nach wie vor nicht ausgeschöpft wird. Diese Studie soll...
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A feminist poststructuralist critique of talent management: Toward a more gender sensitive body of knowledge
Makarem, Yasmeen; Metcalfe, Beverly Dawn; Afiouni, Fida - In: BRQ Business Research Quarterly 22 (2019) 3, pp. 181-193
The field of talent management (TM) has grown over the last two decades, and much theoretical and methodological progress has been made in an effort to better conceptualize the field. Despite these efforts, the construction of knowledge within TM research has ignored power and gender dynamics....
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Toward a methodology for studying leadership-as-practice
Raelin, Joseph A. - In: Leadership 16 (2019) 4, pp. 480-508
This article is intended as a conceptual and practical foundation for those who wish to conduct research in the area of leadership-as-practice. Rather than offer a single methodology for studying how social and leadership activity is carried out in everyday life, it details a pluralistic set of...
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From leadership-as-practice to leaderful practice
Raelin, Joseph A. - In: Leadership 7 (2011) 2, pp. 195-211
Consistent with views that see leadership emerging from social practices rather than from the external mind, this paper contributes to an emerging movement in leadership studies known as ‘leadership-as-practice’ (L-A-P). This movement looks for leadership in its music and activity rather...
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Taking the Charisma Out: Teaching as Facilitation
Raelin, Joseph A. - In: Organization Management Journal 3 (2006) 1, pp. 4-12
The author provides a personal account of his transition from attempting to use charisma to transmit knowledge to students to removing it so that students can themselves experience knowledge as a basis for learning. Consistent with inquiry-based democratic pedagogy, the author demonstrates how...
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The Myth of Charismatic Leaders
Raelin, Joseph A. - In: T+D - Training and development 57 (2003) 3, pp. 1-8
Why do we idolize our leaders? Maybe it is because our culture still admires individualism, or maybe because we fear what is to come. But either way, says Raelin, we must develop a shared management style in order to brave the future. Following someone strictly for inspirational vision can be a...
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An Anatomy of Autonomy: Managing Professionals
Raelin, Joseph A. - In: Academy of Management Perspectives 3 (1989) 3, pp. 216-228
The most vexing problem in the management of salaried professionals is how to provide them with their espoused right of autonomy while ensuring adequate control of the organization. In this article, Joseph Raelin explains how a standard approach of granting professionals operational autonomy...
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The Role of Human Resource Professional in Managing Other Salaried Professionals
Raelin, Joseph A. - In: Career Growth and Human Resource Strategies: The Role …, (pp. 271-288). 1988
The author reviews some specific ways in which human resource professionals can assist management in managing other salaried professionals.
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