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Innovative business cases in the South Africa table grape and wine industries: developing the concept of empowerment entrepreneurship

Ras, Peter J.; Vermeulen, Walter J.V. - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 8 (2012) 4, pp. 456-477

The purpose of this paper is to reflect on an innovative initiative taken spontaneously by producers in the supply chain of the table grapes and wine industry to empower employees. Empowerment is a fundamental force for change in doing business in South Africa and its societies, especially in...

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Managerial competencies of head and department nurses in facultative hospital Brno Bohunice

Kotrba, Tomáš - In: Acta Universitatis Bohemiae Meridionales 12 (2009) 1, pp. 99-108

democratic managerial style of department and head nurses. Nurses in management positions are quite satisfied with their … in management and human resource management courses. According to the results of this questionnaire research (the … evaluation of nurses and self evaluation of department nurses and head nurses management competencies are on good level in …

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Does Secular Education Impact Religiosity, Electoral Participation and the Propensity to Vote for Islamic Parties? Evidence from an Education Reform in a Muslim Country

Cesur, Resul; Mocan, Naci - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Using a unique survey of adults in Turkey, we find that an increase in educational attainment, due to an exogenous secular education reform, decreases women's propensity to identify themselves as religious, lowers their tendency to wear a religious head cover (head scarf, turban or burka) and...

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Is Education the Panacea for Economic Deprivation of Muslims? Evidence from Wage Earners in India, 1987–2005

Bhaumik, Sumon K.; Chakrabarty, Manisha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

Few researchers have examined the nature and determinants of earnings differentials among religious groups, and none has been undertaken in the context of conflict-prone multireligious societies like the one in India. We address this lacuna in the literature by examining the differences in the...

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Costs of Basic Services in Kerala, 2007, Education, Health, Childbirth and Finance (Loans)

Rajan, S. Irudaya; KC, Zachariah - eSocialSciences - 2009

The focus of this study is to analyze the pattern and costs of services in four areas, which critically affect most households in Kerala . The major concerns of this paper include answers to questions such as: How much did Kerala households spend for education of their children, for treatment of...

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The Role of Religion in Economic and Demographic Behavior in the United States: A Review of the Recent Literature

Lehrer, Evelyn L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper presents a critical review and synthesis of recent research on the role of religion in economic and … demographic behavior in the United States. Relationships reviewed include the effects of religion on investments in human capital …

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Religious Affiliation and Participation as Determinants of Women’s Educational Attainment and Wages

Lehrer, Evelyn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

Using a human capital model, this paper develops hypotheses about how religious affiliation and participation during childhood influence years of schooling completed and subsequent performance in the labor market as measured by wages. The hypotheses are tested using data from the 1995 National...

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Young Women's Religious Affiliation and Participation as Determinants of High School Completion

Lehrer, Evelyn L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

addressed in this study are: Does religion make a difference in the likelihood of successfully completing the transition to high … effects of two dimensions of religion during childhood - affiliation and participation - and tests them with data on non …

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The Iwakura Mission in Britain, 1872

Breen, John; Checkland, Oliver; Cobbing, Andrew; Ohta, Akiko - Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics … - 1998

In London, at the Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (LSE), a symposium was held on 6 December 1997 - the anniversary of the day when the members of Iwakura's delegation were received by Queen Victoria. Comprising four lectures the symposium was...

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Los Sistemas de Creencias y su Influencia en la Educación

Wompner G., Fredy H. - In: Entelequia. Revista Interdisciplinar (2010) 11, pp. 137-155

This paper makes an historical review of the influence of belief systems in education, from the antiquity to current times in Chile. Our intention is far from judging the work of the different belief systems and their influence in education, but we seek to settle down and analyze the importance...

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