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Purpose – The purpose of this study is to determine whether the ethical attributes of workers or firms affect firms’ productivity or not. There is growing literature that establishes the fact that human capital attributes such as education, skill and experience matter for productivity...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to establish the concept of unemployment defined by the International Labour Organisation appears to be too narrow within the context of many African countries including Ghana. This phenomenon tends to put many jobless adults into the discouraged worker...
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External shocks may cause a decline in the productivity of fixed capital in certain regions of an economy. Exogenous obstacles to migration make it hard for workers in those regions to reallocate to more prosperous regions. In addition; firms may devise “attachment” strategies to keep...
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mapping. This analysis attempted to both decipher space transition and to identify patterns. Interviews were conducted to … interpret the social meaning of these configurations and to factor in the historical context of the transition. Findings The … transition in the Sudanese society, reflected on the spatial arrangement of houses and traditions. It is directed to the Sudanese …
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Purpose Readers from outside the region may not be familiar with the subject matter, therefore, the purpose of this paper is to serve as a foundation for the further reading and appreciation of the submitted manuscripts. Design/methodology/approach Based on a pertinent literature review, the...
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‐wide perspective and their impact on working with transformational change in a society in transition. Design/methodology/approach – A … to lead alternative forms of organization in periods of transition. Research limitations/implications – As with all … transformational change in other societies in transition. Originality/value – The paper offers an in‐depth review of factors impacting …
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Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the career transition experiences of three immigrants from Pakistan in … Canadian organisations using Nicholson’s four-phase transition cycle. Design/methodology/approach A case study approach was … level of expectations before coming to Canada; however, there were significant differences in their career transition …
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strategy to resolve the status–identity incongruence relates if it is mainly a vertically or horizontally determined transition …
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The recent inadequate development of tourism in Serbia was conditioned by the poor economic and political situation that affected the state of the nineties of the 20th century. The authors of the paper pointed to the current situation of the separation of tourism in Serbia and the factors that...
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