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Work engagement among managers and professionals in Egypt: Potential antecedents and consequences

El-Kot, Ghada; Burke, Ronald J. - In: African Journal of Economic and Management Studies 1 (2010) March, pp. 42-60

of male and female managers and professionals employed in various organizations and industries in Egypt. Design ….g. control, rewards, and recognition) consistent with effective human resource management (HRM) practices. But caution must be … understanding of work engagement among managers and professionals and HRM more broadly in a large Muslim country. …

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Gender Differences and Dynamics in Competition: The Role of Luck

Gill, David; Prowse, Victoria - Economics Group, Nuffield College, Department of Economics - 2013

In a real effort experiment with repeated competition we find striking differences in how the work effort of men and women responds to previous wins and losses. For women losing per se is detrimental to productivity, but for men a loss impacts negatively on productivity only when the prize at...

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Gender differences in occupational status in the South Korean labor market: 1988-1998

Turner, Charlie G.; Monk-Turner, Elizabeth - In: International Journal of Social Economics 34 (2007) August, pp. 554-565

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine gender differences in occupational status among South Korean workers in 1988 and 1998. In 1988, the South Korean National Assembly enacted an Equal Employment Opportunity Act. The goal is to better understand how occupational status differs by...

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The making of accountants: the continuing influence of early career experiences

Sellers, R. Drew; Fogarty, Timothy J. - In: Managerial Auditing Journal 25 (2010) July, pp. 701-719

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the residual influence that the early career experiences of accountants might have on careers in the field. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews semi-structural interviews with former Arthur Andersen personnel. Findings – The...

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Advancement to partnership in public accounting firms in Hong Kong

Law, Philip - In: Managerial Auditing Journal 24 (2009) September, pp. 792-805

Purpose – Although the prior literature has examined gender in analysing the factors underlying departures from and career progression in public accounting practices, the inconclusive results that have been obtained and the evolution of the situation over time bring about opportunities for...

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Building up Undergraduate Skills – empirical evidence from a Portuguese University

Oliveira, Eva; Sottomayor, Miguel; Meireles, A.; Martins, A. - Faculdade de Economia e Gestão, Universidade Católica … - 2010

, collecting data through semi-structured interviews with HR managers and former students focus groups. Study 2 assessed students …

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The career decisions of young men

Keane, Michael P.; Wolpin, Kenneth I. - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis - 1995

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Career journeys and turning points of senior female managers in small construction firms

Lu, Shu-Ling; Sexton, Martin - In: Construction Management and Economics 28 (2010) 2, pp. 125-139

There is under-representation of senior female managers within small construction firms in the United Kingdom. The … career progression of senior female managers in these firms is developed from biographical interviews. First, a turning point … managers. To progress this agenda there is a need for: appropriate longitudinal statistical data to quantify the scale of …

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The professional development of workers and enterprises' competitive advantage

Losa, Nicolás Fernández - In: Cuadernos de Gestión 2 (2002) 1, pp. 65-90

This work focuses on career management. Based on life-cycle, organizational and directional-pattern perspectives of … developmental tasks are highlighted. For career planning to be successful, employees, managers, and the company must all be actively …

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The capability to aspire for continuing training in France: The role of the environment shaped by corporate training policy

Lambert, Marion; Vero, Josiane - In: International Journal of Manpower 34 (2013) May, pp. 305-305

for responses from employees and human resource management to be analysed together. From a mixed ascending hierarchical …

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