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Purpose – This paper aims to chart the course of NOCN, one of Britain's largest qualification organizations, to the achievement of an Investor in Diversity award from the National Center for Diversity. Design/methodology/approach – It explains the organization's policies in areas including...
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Purpose – The pursuit of equality and valuing of diversity are central tenets of much organisational thinking and public policy development. However, in this current age of austerity we are witnessing a number of existing and proposed “fairness initiatives” feeling the sharp blade of a...
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Purpose – Due to a number of reported failures of expatriation assignments, a growing body of literature is exploring the possible roles of mentors in supporting expatriates in critical phases while working in another culture. The purpose of this paper is to expand upon the research of...
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Purpose This paper challenges the assumption in cross-cultural research of liability of foreignness (LOF). The literature review demonstrates that LOF comes from pressures for isomorphism, while asset of foreignness (AOF) can derive from the active process of breaking norms. The purpose of this...
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, stronger corporate branding and enhanced cross‐functional communication. Despite the tens of millions of dollars spent to …: the nature and extent of communication across organisational units. The results suggest that the amount of cross …‐unit communication on a corporate campus may be less than expected. Implications for workplace and collocation strategies are discussed.  …
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Many corporations in recent years have considered outsourcing administrative or non‐essential functions. This reflects both a corporate desire to focus on core functions and growing sophistication among providers of these secondary functions. Rogers Communications Inc., one of Canada’s...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to further explore the co-citation and bibliographic-coupling relationship among the core authors in the field of Chinese information science (IS), to expose research activity and author impact, and to make induction analyses about Chinese IS research...
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role of contemporary storytelling in preserving built heritage, as a mechanism for extending the useful life of buildings. Design/methodology/approach The authors adopted a qualitative action research approach to consider the role of...
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communicating parties. The implications for the development of effective sustainability communication strategies for organizations … are discussed. Findings – Sustainability communications requires a systematic approach in which all the communication … issues. The co‐orientation model enables the identification of unique initiatives to overcome the communication problems …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an insight into performance communication from an important public …, politicians, journalists, Ombudsman, and consumer organizations. Findings – The research found that performance communication … quality of performance communication in the Belgian situation are insufficient, this situation seems to result in utilizing …
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