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Assessment of residents’ perceptions and attitudes towards the appropriation of public spaces by tourists: the case of Aveiro

Moleiro, Diogo Filipe; Carneiro, Maria João; Breda, Zélia - In: International Journal of Tourism Cities 7 (2021) 4, pp. 922-942

Purpose This paper aims to provide an empirical analysis of residents’ perceptions and attitudes in the city of Aveiro … influence residents’ attitudes (RA) towards tourists, and even restructuring of space considering RA, is also presented. It is … with a focus on appropriation processes. Attitudes of residents are also examined. Design/methodology/approach A …

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Teambuilding Training in a Clinical Environment

Currie, Graeme - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 9 (1994) 3, pp. 8-12

Provides a case study of teambuilding training in a clinical environment. Analyses changes in behaviour for individuals and teams following training, and seeks to provide lessons for the trainer and line manager by drawing out the successes and problems of the intervention. Also provides lessons...

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Karoshi: Salaryman Sudden Death Syndrome

Herbig, Paul A.; Palumbo, Frederick A. - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 9 (1994) 7, pp. 11-16

Much current Japanese popular discussion centres around the sudden death, at an early age, of Japan′s hard‐working white‐collar workers: karoshi – death from overwork – or Salaryman′s Sudden Death Syndrome. Officially it does not exist as the Government and big business are hesitant...

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Professional discourses and resistance to change

Pieterse, Jos H.; Caniëls, Marjolein C.J.; Homan, Thijs - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 25 (2012) 6, pp. 798-818

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how resistance to change might be a consequence of differences in professional discourse of professional groups working together in a change program. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses discourse analysis and rubrics to study the...

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The impact of organisational change on public sector employees implementing the UK Government's “Back to work” programme

Greasley, Kay; Watson, Paul; Patel, Shilpa - In: Employee Relations 31 (2009) 4, pp. 382-397

by central government, could result in cynical attitudes towards a new initiative as interviewees await the newer, bigger …

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A procedure to analyse the strategic outliers and the multiple motivations in a contingent valuation

Franco, Daniel; Luiselli, Luca - In: International Journal of Social Economics 40 (2013) 3, pp. 246-266

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe a methodological approach to analyse the strategic outliers and the multiple motivations in a contingent valuation used for a real policy case study. Design/methodology/approach – The used approach rationalises the cross comparison of the...

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Can Opera Be Brought to the Masses?

Currie, Graeme; Hobart, Carrie - In: Marketing Intelligence & Planning 12 (1994) 2, pp. 13-18

Addresses the question as to whether opera can be brought to the masses (defined as socio‐economic groups other than A and B). First, it describes the methodology used in collecting the data. Goes on to describe and analyse the audience profile of opera‐goers, and on‐opera‐goers, in...

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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

world view and the key components of the Yoruba peoples' religion is provided. In particular, these elements are discussed … within the context of the Yoruba's historical attitudes regarding work, self‐employment, markets, investment, and social … Yoruba culture and historical attitudes about work, markets, and self‐employment are still critically important in framing …

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The institutional limitations of Catholic progressivism: an economic approach

Gill, Anthony J. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 22 (1995) 9/10/11, pp. 135-148

From the vantage point of the 1970s and early 1980s, the Latin American Catholic Church appeared to be on a trajectory of increasing progressivism, typically manifesting itself as a “preferential option for the poor”. Recently, however, the Catholic hierarchy has experienced a...

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Hinduism and microcredit

Ashta, Arvind; Hannam, Mark - In: Journal of Management Development 33 (2014) 8/9, pp. 891-904

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show that the microfinance industry practices can benefit from the culture and spiritual traditions of a country. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use the Bhagavad Gita and the codes of Manu and Kautilya to describe the background of Hindu...

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