1 CHAPTER 1: BACKGROUND TO AND OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH 1.1 INTRODUCTION This study focuses on the influence of job satisfaction on burnout among pharmaceutical sales representatives. Chapter 1 deals with the background to the research, the problem statement and the research questions, the aims of the study, the paradigm perspectives of the research, the research design, the research methodology and the layout of the chapters. 1.2 BACKGROUND TO THE RESEARCH People are a vital component
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yTHE IMPORTANCE OF PAY IN EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION: DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN WHAT PEOPLE SAY AND WHAT THEY DO Sara L. Rynes, Barry Gerhart, and Kathleen A. Minette A majority of human resources professionals appear to believe that employees are likely to overreport the importance of pay in employee surveys. However, research suggests the opposite is actually true. We review evidence showing the discrepancies between what people say and do with respect to pay. We then discuss why pay is likely to be
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subjective antiquity, socio-cultural concept vs. concrete manifestations and 'political' power vs. philosophical poverty. Therefore, we see that Nationalism involve multiple frameworks, like history, culture, social or politic. Ernest Gellner reached to mix them and saw Nationalism like a 'theory of political legitimacy, wich requires that ethnic boundaries should not cut across political onces'. Benedict Anderson also add national identity and sentiment to this definition when he noticed that people
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Human Rights, and the Natural Environment (i.e. various published articles and unpublished essays that are components of this work that will either be put on ERES or emailed to you; there’s nothing to buy) David Schweickart, After Capitalism John Rawls, The Law of Peoples Thomas Pogge & Keith Horton (ed.), Global Ethics: Seminal Essays Thomas Pogge & Darrel Moellendorf (ed.), Global Justice: Seminal Essays Will Kymlicka, Politics in the Vernacular (Optional) E-Reserve Essays are
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT A Comparative Study Of The Different Political, Social And Economic Theories Of Development by ALLAN D. TOCA Master in Economics ATTY. DANILO S. AZANA Professor 1st Semester, 2011-2012 CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Political, Social And Economic Theories Of Development I. Political Theorists A. John Locke: The Labor Theory Of Value B. Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Social Contract C. Jeremy Bentham: The Greatest Good II. Economic Theorists
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Ethical Issues in Business Thomas Donaldson and Patricia Werhane Some definitions: Ethics – the study of whatever is right and good for humans Business ethics – business actions etc in light of some aspect of human value. - it requires the evaluation of business practices. - Goes beyond facts to include the “ought to” of a situation. The two traditional issues involved with ethics: 1. Ethical Relativism – are there universal values that apply to everyone or is everything relative
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Journal of Applied Psychology 2007, Vol. 92, No. 4, 909 –927 Copyright 2007 by the American Psychological Association 0021-9010/07/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.92.4.909 Trust, Trustworthiness, and Trust Propensity: A Meta-Analytic Test of Their Unique Relationships With Risk Taking and Job Performance Jason A. Colquitt, Brent A. Scott, and Jeffery A. LePine University of Florida The trust literature distinguishes trustworthiness (the ability, benevolence, and integrity of a trustee) and
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Zack Fellows Professor Gilliard English 1190 M/W 1200-155 How Patent and Copyright Laws are Contracting our Economy Patent and copyright laws have played a very intricate role in the United States economy all throughout our history. Most recently, they have played a very crucial role in protecting intellectual property, distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized under corresponding fields of law. When the United States put into agreement the
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keep up with the pace of rapid changes and to meet financial expectations of numerous stakeholders. However these expectations are not financial only. Growing environmental concerns, depleting natural resources, globalisation issues, political and social instability require companies to reconsider their change management practices to comply with stakeholders expectations Pharmaceutical industry is no exception. The pharmaceutical industry has strategized around market exclusivity for many years
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