Purpose – To show how e‐readiness indicators, specifically the Networked Readiness Index (NRI), participate in the work of defining policy problems. Design/methodology/approach – The article critically examines the Networked Readiness Index in terms of its presentation and its underlying...

Purpose – Post 9/11 events not only exposed the visible and invisible aspects of the often intertwined self‐interest of political, economic and especially religious elites, but also presented a practical and ideological vacuum susceptible to “once and for all” opportunistic fantasies of...

Purpose – The purposes of this paper are to examine the actual conditions of the problems of poverty in rural areas in Inner Mongolia, to clarify the problems involved in the measure to fight poverty through promotion of dairy farming and to propose policies for future measures to fight...

Purpose – Seeks to summarize the findings of research undertaken by the Shell Group to better understand the business relevance, parameters, status and tools and approaches to manage social performance. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on four detailed case studies that...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify factors that affect how managers assess the importance of criminal history for job seekers with criminal records in Ban the Box states. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a phenomenological investigative approach to examine narrative...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of self-help groups (SHGs) in providing an environment for the empowerment of Indian rural women. The authors argue that the SHG empowerment strategy paves the way for the process of development of bottom-up empowerment of women. The...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to enhance the understanding of employers’ responses to the restroom requests of transgender employees, and to assess the ability as educators to reduce transphobia in the students. Design/methodology/approach – Subjects were 194 undergraduate...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore attitudes to employment law and the consequent impact of legislation on Irish employment relations practice. Design/methodology/approach – The paper adopts a comparative approach using two separate pieces of employment law governing race...

Terms such as “intergenerational planning”, “intergenerational redistribution”, “intergenerational equity” and “intergenerational accounting” have all gained currency in recent years. This paper reviews recent debates about how to assess the extent and nature of future need,...

Purpose – This paper is about the dynamics of rural development in Bangladesh. The purpose of this paper is to epitomize the scenario of manipulative design in the presence of three influential policy actors, such as bureaucracy, political leadership and tycoons. Design/methodology/approach...