Competitive and regulatory forces have spurred the consolidation of health care provider and payer groups into large integrated care delivery systems that purchase freestanding clinics. Many private practitioners, unable to stand alone against these competitive pressures, are selling their...

What is a committed employee? Are such employees better or worse off than uncommitted employees? What are the organizational advantages and disadvantages of having a committed workforce? This book overviews academic and popular perspectives on commitment in employees. It examines the multiple...

`In this book, the author delineates the merits of full-time workplace counselors... The language is well-articulated [with] no academic jargon. The authors draws on counseling issues that would be current and appropos, ie sexual harrassment, cultural diversity, dispute resolution. The book...