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Productivity growth and HRM: challenges and opportunities of employee potential in Fiji
Nabalarua, Eci K - 1999
The linkages between productivity growth and human resources management are not new, nor are they totally unfamiliar to … which the particularities of context impact on the extent to which strategies aimed at enhancing productivity growth and HRM … studies in public sector workplace. The Fijian experience shows that policies aimed at greater productivity and, consequently …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009451611
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Verteilte Führung in virtuellen Teams : zum Einfluss struktureller, interaktionaler und teambasierter Führungstechniken auf den Teamerfolg
Julia E. Hoch - 2007
In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird ein Modell zur Verteilten Führung in Teams operationalisiert und validiert. Dabei wird angenommen, dass Führung verteilt auf die drei Instanzen der strukturellen, der interaktionalen und der teambasierten Führung ausgeübt wird. Die drei Führungsgruppen werden...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009428985
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Improving Business Performance through Effectively Managing Employees
Poquette, Ross E.L. - 2011
Businesses in today’s highly competitive environment need to be aware of the best methods for motivating, training, developing, and promoting a diverse environment in an organization. These methods will be examined in order to gain an understanding of what works well and how the ideal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009463247
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Push and Pull Factors: Influence on Female Managers and Executives’ Exit From the Workplace, Impact on Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment
Ntumba, Lila N; Chen McCain, Shiang-Lih - 2011
The entry of women into the professional world has, without a doubt, changed the dynamics of the workplace over the past few decades. That observation still holds true today and becomes more prevalent with the changing face of the labor market in terms of diversity. However, in spite of that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467757
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A Study of the Impact of Restaurant Affiliation on Part-time Workers’ Organizational Citizenship Behavior
Liu, Yu Shan; Qu, Hailin; Yang, Jing - 2011
The purposes for this study are: 1) To examine the influence of the management style of restaurant affiliation (chain and independent restaurants) on the relationships between organization citizenship behavior and three factors: a. part-time employee’s perceived supervisor support, b....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467916
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Expatriate General Manager Perceptions of Hotel Management in Jamaican Four and Five Star Properties-An Exploratory Study
Rigg, Julaine S; Adler, Howard - 2011
With the increasing globalization of the hospitality industry, expatriate assignments have become a necessary undertaken. There is a competitive advantage to be gained through expatriate managers who can operate firms effectively. Most international hotel corporations still employ expatriates to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467991
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Customer Perceptions of Corporate Social Responsibility of Service Firms: Impact on Customer Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions
Guchait, Priyanko; Anner, Mark; Wu, Luorong - 2011
Using an experimental research design, this study investigates the influence of customer perceptions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on customer attitudes (loyalty, trust and commitment) and behavioral intentions (patronage intentions, switching intentions and word of mouth). Focusing...
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The effects of a human resources information technology intervention on background check processing in a financial institution: A process level analysis.
Mallari, Alexander David - 2008
The human resources department of a financial institution implemented a multi-component intervention to replace a paper-based hiring system. Organization-wide impacts included changes in the background check operations. To support changes, training was conducted and procedure manuals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475019
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Australia's mining productivity paradox: implications for MFP measurement
Zheng, S.; Bloch, Harry - 2010
This paper investigates the mining industry's poor productivity performance as measured by the conventional multifactor … productivity (MFP) index during the recent mining boom in Australia. We derive a relationship between the measured and 'true' MFP …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434879
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Growth and productivity in Australia
Agbenyegah, Benjamin K.; Bloch, Harry - 2008
This paper empirically investigates and identifies the main contributing factors to output and productivity growth in … capital and ICT are important drivers of output growth in Australia, so their omission from standard productivity measures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434976