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Purpose – This study sets out to describe activities within The Netherlands Centre for Social Innovation, one of the … earliest national bodies to promote and develop the concept of social innovation. Design/methodology/approach – The paper … describes the concept of social innovation and then illustrates how the activities of The Netherlands Centre relate to this …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the need for workplace innovation policies and practices in Europe … workplace innovation and trends in society explaining its emergence. The paper then presents and discusses the results of … of programme on workplace innovation. These programmes differ in size and governance. Evaluation research shows that …
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, often neglected. The purpose of this paper is to deal with the question of whether the digital competences of the workforce … The definition of digital competences lacks scientific depth. Focussing on the workforce is valid, as a “lifelong … digital competences. Furthermore, scholars should focus on the competences of the workforce, including occupations, roles, or …
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intense and growing call for gender equality at the workplace, to provide its female workforce with adequate freedom to work … and protection from conservative opinions and biases that keep women out of the workforce. Several women have taken over …
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Purpose – To provide public sector organizations with a development map to achieve employee and customer satisfaction and to align organizational processes for goal achievement. Design/methodology/approach – The paper re‐works the highly influential and widely validated service‐profit...
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Purpose – This paper seeks to explore the impact of corporate offshoring moves on the economic and psychological contracts between firms and their employees. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws upon literature from diverse social sciences to explore the phenomena of social...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to comment on the apparent conflict between the practice of treating people as commodities on the one hand, and recognising their personal uniqueness and high value on the other. Design/methodology/approach – Satirical poem. Findings – Employees risk...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to celebrate the sense of opportunity arising from realising that one is not trapped in a toxic job. Design/methodology/approach – Satirical poem. Findings – Deciding to leave a job can be uplifting. Originality/value – Addresses the relief felt...
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Purpose – The poem aims to be a reflection on the tension between dedication to the task and the temptation to take one's own reward as a worker. Design/methodology/approach – The approach takes the form of a fictional poem. Findings – The poem presents the tension between, on the one...
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Many companies which consider teleworking do not immediately think of the human resource management side first. They are enticed by reports that teleworking can lead to productivity increases of up to 30 percent, a halving of sickness levels and a widening of the pool of skilled people who might...
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