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Forms of power, politics and leadership in asynchronous virtual project environment
Muganda, Nixon; Pillay, Kiyashen - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 6 (2013) 3, pp. 457-484
Purpose – The paper aims to investigate the forms of power, politics and leadership exercised by project leaders within … forms of power and politics within a VPE. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical data are based on a quantitative … of particular forms of power and politics relevant for the exercise of effective leadership in asynchronous virtual …
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The Challenge of Management Development in South Africa: So Little Time and So Much to Do
Templer, Andrew; Beaty, David; Hofmeyr, Karl - In: Journal of Management Development 11 (1992) 2, pp. 32-41
Seeks to provide understanding of the challenges facing management development in South Africa in the next decade: a desperate shortage of managerial skills; a particular need for trained Black managers to fill the opportunities that are opening up. Describes management development techniques...
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The Origins of Anti-Immigrant Sentiments: Evidence from the Heartland in the Age of Mass Migration
Richardson, Gary - In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 5 (2005) 1
Abstract The Kansas Bureau of Labor and Industry surveyed attitudes towards immigration during the 1890s. The surveys reveal that individuals opposed immigration for cultural and economic reasons. Key correlates were the position in the labor market, the business cycle, and immigrant status. The...
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Utah 2011: Crisis – Don’t Go Home Without It?
Huefner, Robert Paul - In: California Journal of Politics and Policy 4 (2012) 3, pp. 213-243
politics remained strongly conservative and Republican, and continued to suffer education, giving public schools far and away …
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The Politics of Interior Immigration Enforcement
Wong, Tom K. - In: California Journal of Politics and Policy 6 (2014) 3, pp. 381-399
Abstract Who supports and who opposes legislation that seeks to tighten interior immigration enforcement among members of Congress, and why? Interior immigration enforcement is one of the critical, but often overlooked aspects of the comprehensive immigration reform debate in the US. An analysis...
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Economic Illiteracy on the Campaign Trail
Boskin, Michael J. - In: The Economists' Voice 1 (2004) 2
All candidates and Presidents make some statements that make economists cringe, often put into speeches by political advisors unconstrained by economic literacy. From its description of the state of the economy to its policy prescriptions, much of the Kerry-Edwards campaign’s pronouncements are...
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John Stuart Mill on Spain
Ramos Gorostiza, José Luis; Trincado, Estrella - In: Journal des Économistes et des Études Humaines 18 (2012) 2
entire intellectual trajectory, Mill seems to have been aware of the complex and eventful life of Spanish politics. Moreover …
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Government-Voluntary Sector Compacts Reconsidered
Smith, Steven Rathgeb - In: Nonprofit Policy Forum 3 (2012) 2
Abstract As the articles in this special issue demonstrate, the emergence of government-voluntary sector compacts around the world is intimately linked to comprehensive transformations the welfare state is undergoing in many countries. The fact that the first compact was developed in England is...
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Do Politics and Culture Affect Middle East Trade? Evidence from the Gravity Model
Mehanna, Dr Rock-Antoine - In: Review of Middle East Economics and Finance 1 (2003) 2, pp. 57-72
This paper estimates the effects of politics and culture on Middle East trade by applying an augmented version of the …. Unlike past and contemporary work, this paper employs a Middle Eastern framework by incorporating politics, corruption and … culture. The levels of corruption and political freedom represent politics, while language affiliation and religion capture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014618718
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Corporate PR in a post-Citizens United world
Myers, Cayce; Lariscy, Ruthann - In: Journal of Communication Management 18 (2014) 2, pp. 146-157
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the historical evolution of campaign finance laws and suggest the legal implications for public relations practitioners after the US Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. FEC . Design/methodology/approach – The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014851154