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OECD; Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development - 1999

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The Romanian Academic Society of Management <Bukarest> - [Bukarest] : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] - Volume 1 Issue1 (December 2011)-

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Botswana journal of business : an annual publication of the Faculty of Business

University of Botswana / Faculty of Business - Gaborone : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] - Nachgewiesen 6.2013-volume 13, no. 1 (2021) [?]

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The fad motif in management scholarship

Collins, David - In: Employee Relations 23 (2001) 1, pp. 26-37

of management have sought to dismiss guru theory as an insubstantial and ephemeral body of knowledge, dedicated to the … production of fads, which are said to obscure the reality of management, the paper attempts to encourage academics and … practitioners to reconsider the implications of the fad motif. Offering six objections to the fad motif in management scholarship …

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Edging towards managing diversity in practice

Maxwell, Gillian A.; Blair, Sharon; McDougall, Marilyn - In: Employee Relations 23 (2001) 5, pp. 468-482

Analyses the notion and value of managing diversity to establish its current theoretical positioning and potential organisational significance. Focuses on a recent case study examination of equality at work in a major, national public sector organisation. Affords an insight into an...

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Employee consultation

Sargeant, Malcolm - In: Employee Relations 23 (2001) 5, pp. 483-497

Concerns the current and proposed mandatory requirements for employers to collectively consult those who work for them. Shows that the rhetoric in favour of consultation as a process of co‐operation in the mutual interests of both employers and employees can lead to weak and ineffective...

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An analysis of the functions of international transfer of managers in MNCs

Harzing, Anne‐Wil - In: Employee Relations 23 (2001) 6, pp. 581-598

organisational functions of international transfers: position filling, management development and coordination and control. Based on … Eastern regions. Sees management development as most important for subsidiaries of German, Swiss and Dutch MNCs and as tending … headquarters. Argues that these differences might have important consequences for expatriate management. …

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Job Stress: Boon as well as Bane

Geare, A.J. - In: Employee Relations 11 (1989) 1, pp. 21-26

The widespread practice whereby great emphasis is placed on the harmful effects of stress with only token acknowledgement to the beneficial effects is questioned. While accepting that stress may result in serious problems, it argues that stress is frequently enjoyed and sought by managers. The...

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Managing New Technology and Workplace Relations

Willcocks, Leslie; Mason, David - In: Employee Relations 12 (1990) 3, pp. 3-11

How have managers handled the industrial relations ramifications of information technology? There is a diversity of approaches within an overall framework of employee acceptance of the need for technological change. However, the introduction of ew technology is rarely handled strategically in...

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Unions on the Margin?

Marchington, Mick - In: Employee Relations 12 (1990) 5, pp. 2-24

Discussions about the position of British trade unions under Thatcherism continue to interest scholars and practitioners in the UK, and a variety of theories have been put forward which suggest that unions are becoming increasingly marginal to workplace employee relations. Three of these are...

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