J Fam Econ Iss (2012) 33:231–249 DOI 10.1007/s10834-012-9302-7 ORIGINAL PAPER The Generation Y’s Working Encounter: A Comparative Study of Hong Kong and other Chinese Cities Hong-kin Kwok Published online: 7 March 2012 Ó Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 Abstract Understanding the encounter of different generations may be a determining factor in the success of organizations. In order to have a clear understanding about the new generation, this article examines the working
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the defi nition of a project. Processes are typically ongoing; projects start and stop. 2. B. The Project Management Institute (PMI) is the leading professional project management association, with more than 400,000 members worldwide. 3. D. A program is a group of related projects that can benefi t from coordinated management. Life cycles are the various stages a project goes through, and process groups consist of Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, and Closing. 4.
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behaviors. Managers must learn to identify the role that they play in triggering employee deviance. Once recognized, there is much that managers can do to ameliorate the triggers that encourage otherwise honest employees to engage in deviant behavior. M “I wouldn’t say what I did was unethical. Rather, it was more, say, questionable. But hey, my manager says, ‘The customer is always right.’ So basically, I was following her orders.” “Come on – everybody does it. It’s almost expected. I bet even my
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Article Watching the Watchers and McLuhan’s Tetrad: The Limits of Cop-Watching in the Internet Age Brian P. Schaefer Kevin F. Steinmetz University of Louisville, US. brian.schaefer@louisville.edu Kansas State University, US. criminogenic@outlook.com Abstract The internet is considered by many to be a boon for political activists, such as cop-watchers—a free, open, and widespread medium in which to disseminate political messages. While there is truth to these claims,
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University of Warwick Jagmohan S. Raju, University of Pennsylvania Brian Ratchford, University of Maryland Jagdish N. Sheth, Emory University Itamar Simonson, Stanford University David Stewart, University of Southern California Rajan Varadarajan, Texas A&M University Barton Weitz, University of Florida v 6 AUTHOR AD HOC REVIEWERS Dennis B. Arnett,
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I. Eliashberg and C.L. Lilien, Eds., Handbooks in OR d MS. Vol. 5 0 1993 Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. All rights reserved. Chapter 17 Marketing Strategy Models* Yoram (Jerry) Wind The Wharton School. University o/PennryIuonio. Philodrlyhio. P A 19104. U S A Gary L. Lilien Pennsyluanin Stare Uniriersity, Universiry Park, P A 16802, U S A 1. lntrcduction Many of the models and approaches outlined in other chapters of this book address single marketing issues (promotional spending
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sold more effectively by presenting well-organized business data to prospective advertising clients. Several years later, in June 1915, the United States Rubber Company appointed Dr. Paul H. Nystrom as head of the Department of Commercial Research Program. Dr. L. D. H. Weld from Yale University was employed by Swift and Company as a general economist in 1917. Shortly afterwards, Dr. Weld organized a Department of
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Florida State University Bing Pan College of Charleston Stephen W. Litvin is Professor of Hospitality and Tourism Management in the School of Business and Economics, at the College of Charleston (South Carolina); Ronald E. Goldsmith is the Richard M. Baker Professor of Marketing at Florida State University; and Bing Pan is Assistant Professor and the Director of the Office of Tourism Analysis at the College of Charleston. Address correspondence to: Steve Litvin, Department of Hospitality and
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Canada and the United States, 1940-1965 Author(s): Antonia Maioni Source: Comparative Politics, Vol. 29, No. 4 (Jul., 1997), pp. 411-431 Published by: Ph.D. Program in Political Science of the City University of New York Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/422012 . Accessed: 12/10/2013 14:05 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps
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WOMEN DEVELOPMENT AND NATIONAL POLICY ON WOMEN IN NIGERIA Olubunmi Aderemi Sokefun Abstract This paper discusses the document on women in Nigeria (National Policy on Women). Several past administrations in this country have treated women issues and affairs with calculated levity: Carefully side - tracking or blatantly refusing to accord it the necessary attention. It is now a thing to gladden the hearts of all women of Nigeria that, "after four attempts by four former heads of Nigeria's Government
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