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New Look: going private with private equity support
Achleitner, Ann‐Kristin; Lutz, Eva; Herman, Kerry; … - In: Journal of Business Strategy 31 (2010) 3, pp. 38-49
impact of private equity on corporate governance, employment and leverage after the public‐to‐private conversion in 2003 … rich evidence on the impact of private equity on corporate governance, employment and leverage.  …
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The impact of demographic deterioration on labour balances in Greece
Glytsos, Nicholas P. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 26 (1999) 2, pp. 130-158
share analysis for decomposing employment changes, and the manpower requirements approach for predicting employment through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014863557
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Ifa, the deity of wisdom, and importance of work among the Yoruba people
Olurode, Lai - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 1 (2007) 2, pp. 135-141
Purpose – To provide a background examination of the role of work and self‐employment, and their relationship with … within the context of the Yoruba's historical attitudes regarding work, self‐employment, markets, investment, and social … form of employment is self‐employment. A combination of these factors has resulted in a well established and historically …
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Recruiting and retaining scarce information technology talent: a focus group study
Lockwood, Diane; Ansari, A. - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 99 (1999) 6, pp. 251-256
Notes that it has become fiercely competitive to recruit and retain information technology (IT) talent in today’s tight labor market. Cites two main reasons for IT skills shortages. First, the number of students graduating in the USA with bachelor’s degrees in computer science declined more...
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Human resource management in Japan ‐ Adjustment or transformation?
Selmer, Jan - In: International Journal of Manpower 22 (2001) 3, pp. 235-243
Japanese employment system. How fundamental or reversible they are is harder to evaluate. If the economic recovery prevails, a …‐oriented flexibility than previously existed. Despite the connection between the seniority‐based salary system and the lifetime employment …
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The determinants of income for employed indigenous Australians
Daly, Anne - In: International Journal of Manpower 16 (1995) 4, pp. 11-29
Considers the determinants of income for employed indigenous Australians compared with other Australians. Applies ordinary least squares (OLS) regression techniques to 1991 census data to consider the question: does the lower income of these indigenous people compared with other Australians...
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“All I want to do is get that check and get drunk”
Rhodes, Carl - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 22 (2009) 4, pp. 386-401
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the themes of resistance to organizations in Charles Bukowski's novel Factotum in relation to contemporary theory in organization studies, and to consider the ways in which the literary depiction of resistance can be used to extend theoretical...
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The making of a foreign “labour aristocracy” in Botswana
Mogalakwe, Monageng - In: Employee Relations 30 (2008) 4, pp. 422-435
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether expatriate workers in Botswana are a labour aristocracy. Design/methodology/approach – This is a case study based on documentary research methods Findings – The evidence presented supports the case for the existence of a foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014731182
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Outsourcing of employers' responsibilities in the false name of flexibility
Sheikh, Abdullah Z. - In: Employee Relations 32 (2010) 5, pp. 495-508
are a particular form of employment intermediaries through which employers attempt to bypass statutory obligations … the use of pay‐rolling agencies. The results confirmed the anecdotal evidence that some employment agencies are not truly …/value – The paper furthers the understanding of the motives and characteristics of agency employment beyond the conventional model …
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Compensation for discrimination: cause for concern
Sinclair, Adele; Botten, Neil - In: Employee Relations 17 (1995) 8, pp. 46-59
new approach to the calculation of compensation adopted by the Employment Appeal Tribunal. Examines the influence which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014731524