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Stakeholder Analysis as a Tool for Systems Approach Research in HRD
Yawson, Robert M.; Greiman, Bradley - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The world is experiencing significant, largely economic and sociotechnical, induced change. These induced changes are meaningful with a function of people taking collective actions around common beliefs. These changes are more than jargon, cliché and hyperbole, and they are effecting major...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011118521
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National cultures and new forms of work organisation in EU countries: convergence or divergence?
Ferreira, Pedro - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
In Europe, anthropocentric organization models had their maximum expression in the Swedish model, which came to be known as “uddevalism” or “volvoism”. There are several factors that were presented as conditioners of this success (cf. Durand, 1994). Some critical factors to the success...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009359938
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Women's participation in high performance work practices: a comparative analysis of Portugal and Spain
Ferreira, Pedro; Porto, Nelida; Portela, Marta - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
-performance work practices. On the other hand, gender, as an employee characteristic has not been much considered. However, according …. Specifically, it will be given special attention to gender as a potential determinant of participation in HPWS. To accomplish this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647356
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Why anthropocentric organization models don't succeed in Portugal? A cultural perspective using Hofstede's cultural dimensions
Ferreira, Pedro - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
In Europe, anthropocentric organization models – an updated version of the sociotechnique approach – had their maximum expression in the Swedish model, which came to be known as “uddevalism” or “volvoism”. Several factors were presented as conditioners of this success [1], and some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009359919
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We're on a road to nowhere... new forms of work organization and national cultures
Ferreira, Pedro - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The main objective of this paper is to discuss how far the cultural environment is related to the potential that new forms of work organization, namely autonomy and teamwork, have for success. To accomplish this objective two main approaches will be used: on the one hand, the Socio-Technical...
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A contribuição da Sociologia para a formação em Engenharia
i, António - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
This article is based on the lesson presented in the scope of academy activities in the area of Sociology (at FCT-UNL). It is intended to approach the controversies concerning the relation between technology and society (technological determinism, effect on employment, importance of the social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790101
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The Effects of Supervisor-Subordinate Genders on Subordinates’ Involvement Across Managerial Functions
Hasan, Syed Akif; Subhani, Muhammad Imtiaz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
One of the renowned agendas’ of the management study around the globe encircles the gender biasness or non-biasness in … of gender on subordinate involvement in management functions by the supervisors. A sample of 1000 respondents were … good relationship with female subordinates or male subordinates. It is often assumed that cross gender supervisor …
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Main features of the labour policy in Portugal
Moniz, António; Woll, Tobias - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
gender and age regulation); d) Restructuring effects (policy on transfer of personnel, policy on redundancies, and …
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Relation between Organizational Commitment and Gender: A Research on Health Care Staff Working in Hospitals
Küçüközkan, Yasemin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This study examines organizational commitment concept and evaluates the gender factor as being an individual factor …, it was suggested that gender would be a factor determining the organizational commitment. For examining the relationship … between gender and organizational commitment, a research study was performed on the health care staff working in hospitals …
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Predicting Employment Effects of Job Coaching
McInness, Melayne; Ozturk, Orgul; McDermott, Suzanne; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Providing employment-related services, including supported employment through job coaches, to individuals with developmental disabilities has been a priority in federal policy for the past twenty years starting with the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act in 1984. We...
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