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Influence of Gender and Social Networks on Organizational Learning within Technology Incubators

Buche, Mari W.; Scillitoe, Joanne L. - In: American Journal of Business 22 (2007) 1, pp. 59-68

New technology‐based ventures (NTBVs) gain access to beneficial social capital through their affiliation with technology incubators, organizations created to facilitate learning leading to the successful development of nascent firms. Scillitoe and Chakrabarti (2005, 2) identified three sources...

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Successful organisational teams: Theory and practice from an adult communication management perspective

Kaye, Michael; Gilpin, Anne - In: Journal of Communication Management 2 (1998) 4, pp. 305-319

In the past few years, many Australian organisations have either undergone or been planning a change from a hierarchical bureaucratic culture to a team‐based one. Much faith in the potential success of this kind of change appears to have been based on stories of transformations which worked...

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What can be done to make sure that counselling does not harm people?

McLeod, John - In: The Journal of Adult Protection 1 (1999) 1, pp. 17-22

This paper presents an overview of the research on abuse within counselling and psychotherapy. The concept of ‘wounded healers’ is explored alongside a range of actions that can be taken against abuse. The paper concludes with a discusssion about the integration of research into practice.

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Refugees and asylum seekers as a group at risk of adult abuse

Williams, Lucy - In: The Journal of Adult Protection 6 (2004) 4, pp. 4-15

This paper aims to raise awareness of the vulnerability of some refugees to various forms of abuse. It will relate the forms of abuse described in No Secrets to the situation of refugees and asylum seekers in general and will then focus on three groups of refugees who may be especially...

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The potential influence of organizational and personal variables on customer‐oriented selling

Martin, Craig A.; Bush, Alan J. - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 18 (2003) 2, pp. 114-132

include sales manager leadership style, psychological climate, and empowerment. Each of the variables, and an explanation of …

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Quality management, problems and pitfalls: a critical perspective

Wilkinson, Adrian; Willmott, Hugh - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 13 (1996) 2, pp. 55-65

Quality initiatives have become widespread in recent years. However, the diverse meanings attached to quality initiatives make it a seductive and slippery philosophy of management and an elusive topic of study. Many books champion the cause of quality management but few address its meaning or...

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Moving from fire‐fighting to fire prevention: what service organizations need to know

Young, Cheri A.; Corsun, David L.; Shinnar, Rachel S. - In: International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 16 (2004) 1, pp. 27-36

solving organizational symptoms rather than problems or predicaments. Additionally, many believe the empowerment of front …‐line service workers is key to a successful service recovery procedure or program. Three different types of empowerment – service … recovery, problem solving, and customer service – are presented and it is shown that service recovery empowerment is associated …

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Brains, Heart and Courage

Johnson, Pamela R. - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 9 (1994) 2, pp. 17-21

addresses the topics of disempowered workers, barriers to empowering employees, steps to empowerment, and benefits to … organizations of having self‐directed and empowered employees. The three qualities to empowerment are brains, a heart and courage …

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It's time to cut back on co‐operation, communication and central control

In: Human Resource Management International Digest 15 (2007) 4, pp. 11-13

of decentralizing control to prevent increasing delay, cost and dissatisfaction caused by a lack of empowerment and …

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Employee engagement – completely

Townsend, Patrick; Gebhardt, Joan - In: Human Resource Management International Digest 16 (2008) 3, pp. 22-24

ownership by extending trust and empowerment to all employees and giving them the means to be engaged in the continual …

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