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Status, Peer Influence, and Racio-ethnic Diversity in Times of Institutional Change: An Examination from European Labour Law
Sahib, Padma Rao - In: Journal of Business Ethics 126 (2015) 2, pp. 205-218
This paper employs institutional theory as a theoretical lens and examines the role of status and peer influence on … investigation indicates that the increase in racio-ethnic diversity in teams depended on the status of teams and on peer influence … examination of the complex interplay between racio-ethnic diversity, status, and peer influence in a period of institutional …
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Labour Dispute Rules and Strikes in the European Union
Ochel, Wolfgang; Selwitschka, Markus - In: CESifo DICE Report 1 (2003) 2, pp. 63-66
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Equality Law and the Limits of the 'Business Case' for addressing Gender Inequalities
McLaughlin, C.; Deakin. S. - ESRC Centre for Business Research - 2011
The 'business case' for gender equality rests on the claim that organisations can improve their competitiveness through improved diversity management, in particular by reducing turnover and training costs and minimising reputational and litigation risks arising from potentially discriminatory...
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Improved fallows: a case study of an adaptive response in Amazonian swidden farming systems
Marquardt, Kristina; Milestad, Rebecka; Salomonsson, Lennart - In: Agriculture and Human Values 30 (2013) 3, pp. 417-428
Many smallholders in the Amazon employ swidden (slash-and-burn) farming systems in which forest or forest fallows are the primary source of natural soil enrichment. With decreasing opportunities to claim natural forests for agriculture and shrinking landholdings, rotational agriculture on...
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The Necessity of Implementation of Diversity Management Caused by the Actual Development of Cross-border Labour Mobility in EU
Juraj, Chebeň; Drahoslav, Lančarič; Radovan, Savov - In: Studia Commercialia Bratislavensia 4 (2011) 13, pp. 50-64
The article refers to the problemacy of international labour mobility seen as a response to many changes in political as well as in economical and social development in Europe in the last decade. In the first part of the article there is a short summary of the mentioned development in the area...
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The management of diversity in U.S. and German higher education
Langholz, Marlene - In: management revue. Socio-economic Studies 25 (2014) 3, pp. 207-226
The research on diversity and diversity management in German organisations has significantly gained relevance over the last years. The reasons for this are socio-political and economic changes that make diversity a highly relevant topic. In higher education, there is currently much discussion on...
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The Necessity of Implementation of Diversity Management Caused by the Actual Development of Cross-border Labour Mobility in EU
Juraj, Chebeň; Drahoslav, LanÄariÄ; Radovan, Savov - In: Studia Commercialia Bratislavensia 4 (2011) 13, pp. 50-64
The article refers to the problemacy of international labour mobility seen as a response to many changes in political as well as in economical and social development in Europe in the last decade. In the first part of the article there is a short summary of the mentioned development in the area...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010534084
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Leadership Competencies for Managing Diversity
Visagie, Jan; Linde, Herman; Havenga, Werner - In: Managing Global Transitions 9 (2011) 3, pp. 225-247
The new understanding of diversity involves more than increasing the number of different identity groups on the payroll. An important proposal is that the experience of diversity in an organisation results from pervasive styles of management. This article dealt with the specific paradigms of...
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Diversity of the DAX30 Executive Board Members: Aspiration and Reality
Weinert, Stefan - Duesseldorf University of Applied Sciences - 2012
Diversity becomes increasingly important for German companies. Accordingly, the topic stands out prominently in company communications. If diversity has such a high importance it will be assumed that diversity should exist particularly on executive board level. After all, this body leads...
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Culture as an individual process: Deficits of national cultural theories in management of cultural diversity
Lenz, Rainer - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Most prevalent theories in cross cultural management reduce the variability of individual relations to one single category, the national culture. Based on the assumption that the national cultural values determine individual behavior the individual’s behavior in different national cultures...
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