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Ideology in organisations – a comparison of East and West
Glaser, Stan; Halliday, Mike - In: The Learning Organization 6 (1999) 3, pp. 101-107
Defines ideology and examines its role in organisations in the East and West. Looks at different factors involved, including family structure and emotion, and relates them to organisational culture. These were then tested in two medium‐sized pharmaceutical companies, one in Sydney, Australia,...
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The empty company: morality and job security
Warren, Richard C. - In: Personnel Review 25 (1996) 6, pp. 41-53
business organizations are complex, morally significant institutions in addition to being instruments designed to fulfil an …
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The perceptions of trade unions by their members
Zammit, Edward L.; Rizzo, Saviour - In: Employee Relations 24 (2002) 1, pp. 53-68
Trade union members, on the basis of their work experiences and aspirations, tend to develop an implicit paradigm within which they expect their trade union to function. The survey conducted by the Workers’ Participation Development Centre (WPDC) of the University of Malta reveals how trade...
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CEO profits: the Berle and Means thesis revisited
Brinkman, Richard L.; Brinkman, June E. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 29 (2002) 5, pp. 385-410
The Berle and Means thesis focuses on a managerial revolution in which corporate control came to be transferred from owners to managers. Currently, it is arguable that control of corporate policy has shifted back to owners in what has come to be called “investor capitalism.” Stock market...
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Evaluating Risk
Ratliff, Richard; Hanks, Steven - In: Managerial Auditing Journal 7 (1992) 5
Auditors need to assess organizations′ risk‐taking behaviour in the changing marketplace. Discusses strategic risk …
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Responsibility in action: expressions of values in a Swedish company
Baldvinsdottir, Gudrun; Johansson, Inga‐Lill - In: Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management 3 (2006) 2, pp. 112-125
Purpose – To illustrate and discuss how different types of responsibility values are mobilised in a Swedish international company. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is informed by a constructivist pragmatism framework. The part of the study related to the case site was inspired by an...
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Sex worker collective organization
Gall, Gregor - In: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal 29 (2010) 3, pp. 289-304
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine contemporary sex worker labour unionism in a number of major western economies because it now faces an acute historical dilemma of being forced into acting as the antithesis of what it professes and aims to be, namely, elite pressure groups....
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Stress Interventions with Trade Unions
Orlans, Vanja - In: Personnel Review 20 (1991) 2, pp. 11-17
The focus is on the planning and implementation of stress interventions within trade union organisations in the UK. Case material from two trade union projects is presented, together with an overview of some of the key areas of potential stress in such organisational settings. In addition, an...
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Indigenous Chinese HRM research: phenomena, methods, and challenges
Wang, Greg G. - In: Journal of Chinese Human Resources Management 3 (2012) 2, pp. 88-99
– The paper presents six major indigenous phenomena commonly seen in Chinese organizations. With a recent study exploring …
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Managing workforce diversity as an essential resource for improving organizational performance
Aghazadeh, Seyed‐Mahmoud - In: International Journal of Productivity and Performance … 53 (2004) 6, pp. 521-531
Today, human resource management is being renewed in organizations and is gradually affirming its strategic role. The … need for highly qualified managers will increase as more organizations globalize their operations. The research presented … different facets involved in managing and developing a diverse human resource base. Organizations take into account their human …
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