has been prepared for a chapter in the Handbook of Labor Economics Volume IV edited by David Card and Orley Ashenfelter. We would like to thank the Economic and Social Research Council for their financial support through the Center for Economic Performance. This survey draws substantially on joint work with Daron Acemoglu, Philippe Aghion, Eve Caroli, Luis Garicano, Christos Genakos, Claire Lelarge, Ralf Martin, Raffaella Sadun and Fabrizio Zilibotti. We would like to thank Orley Ashenfelter, Oriana
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Journal of Management http://jom.sagepub.com/ Servant Leadership: A Review and Synthesis Dirk van Dierendonck Journal of Management 2011 37: 1228 originally published online 2 September 2010 DOI: 10.1177/0149206310380462 The online version of this article can be found at: http://jom.sagepub.com/content/37/4/1228 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: Southern Management Association Additional services and information for Journal of Management can be found at: Email
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Personnel Management Research in Agribusiness Vera Bitsch Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics Michigan State University, 306 Agriculture Hall, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824 Tel: +517-353-9192, Fax: +517-432-1800, bitsch@msu.edu Paper presented at the 19th Annual World Forum and Symposium of the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, Budapest, Hungary, June 20-23, 2009 Acknowledgements This study was supported by the USDA Cooperative State Research
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found ourselves drawn to the population size and safety features (safety for individuals and for environment). We stimulated our strategic thinking by asking the following questions: What will the automobile industry at large look like in 2025? What trends/shifts will shape mobility in the years to come? What will drive the success of future winners? We quickly realized that our project scope needed to be broader to cover all of the megatrends we indentified and address them as it pertains to specific
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0142-5455.htm Quality of work life and career development: perceptions of part-time MBA students Jessica Li College of Information, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA, and Quality of work life and career development 201 Received 19 April 2010 Revised 8 November 2010 Accepted 10 November 2010 Roland K. Yeo Kuwait Maastricht Business School, Salmiya, Kuwait Abstract Purpose – The
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Communication skills are |a. |not as important in technical fields. | |b. |critical to effective job placement, performance, career advancement, and organizational success. | |c. |required only for high-level positions. | |d. |not as important in a down economy.
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C H A P T E R 7 Work-Related Stress and Stress Management Learning Objectives AFTER READING THIS CHAPTER , YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO : I Define stress and describe the stress experience. I Outline the stress process from stressors to consequences. I Identify the different types of stressors in the workplace. I Explain why a stressor might produce different stress levels in two people. I Discuss the physiological, psychological, and behavioural effects of stress. I Identify five ways
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------------------------------------------------- Human capital management Impact of HR on performance ------------------------------------------------- International HRM Corporate social responsibility ------------------------------------------------- Knowledge management Lean working ------------------------------------------------- High-performance work systems Psychological contract ------------------------------------------------- Organizational behaviour Motivation and job satisfaction -------------------------------------------------
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The Footprint of a Nursing Home Leader Many of us promised our parents that we wouldn't ever put them in a nursing home. Reality is that more than 3 million Americans rely on services provided by nursing homes at some point during a year and 1.4 million of these reside in the Nation’s 15,800 nursing homes on any given day (Bonner, 2013). In my position as Vice President of Operations with a publically traded healthcare company, I support twelve nursing homes. One such nursing home is a 194-bed
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