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TEACHINGS ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS IN GEOGRAPHY REFLECTING DEMANDS OF THE WORKING PRACTICE: A GERMAN CASE STUDY

WEILAND, ULRIKE - In: Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and … 14 (2012) 03, pp. 1250019-1

German geography programmes is analysed and evaluated with respect to the demands of the working practice. The results are … used to advice on further environmental assessment related teaching programmes. The analysis reveals the small number of … geography programmes teaching EIA at universities, a large breadth of teaching, and discrepancies between teaching and actual …

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Bringing the unemployed back to work in Germany: training programs or wage subsidies?

Neubäumer, Renate - In: International Journal of Manpower 33 (2012) August, pp. 159-177

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to theoretically and empirically investigate the relative effects of wage subsidies and further vocational training on employment prospects. Design/methodology/approach – The paper adopts a theoretical approach that discusses the effects of two major...

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Differential Effects of Active Labour Market Programmes in the Early Stages of Young People's Unemployment

Hämäläinen, Kari; Ollikainen, Virve - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 2004

This study evaluates the long-run effects of Finnish active labour market programmes in youth labour markets. The … effectiveness of programmes is measured by a number of outcomes, including employment, unemployment, programme participation … the case of multiple programmes is applied to estimate the average programme effects. Our results point out distinct …

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Learning commercial computerised accounting programmes : Perceptions and motivations

Yaftian, Ali; Mirshekary, Soheila; Mihret, Dessalegn Getie - In: Accounting Research Journal 30 (2017) 3, pp. 312-332

Purpose Practical accountving skills such as the ability to use commercial computerised accounting programmes (CCAP) is …

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Analysis of interaction among the barriers to 5S implementation using interpretive structural modeling approach

Attri, Rajesh; Singh, Bhupender; Mehra, Sunil - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 24 (2017) 7, pp. 1834-1853

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to ascertain and analyze the interactions among different barriers of 5S implementation in manufacturing organizations. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, 15 barriers affecting the implementation of 5S in manufacturing organizations have been...

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Risk aversion in crop insurance program purchase decisions : Evidence from maize production areas in China

Lyu, Kaiyu; Barré, Thomas J. - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 9 (2017) 1, pp. 62-80

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the aforementioned literature on the linkage between economic activity and human preference by estimating the cross-sectional determinants of farmers’ participation in participation in crop insurance programs (CIPs) and identifying the...

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Socio-Economic and Demographic Determinants of Indian Youth Financial Literacy: Determinants of Financial Literacy

Bharucha, Jehangir Pheroze - In: International Journal of Asian Business and Information … 8 (2017) 4, pp. 15-28

The purpose of this study is, with the existing data about the level of financial literacy at hand, to examine which factors actually determine the level of personal financial literacy among the youth in India's financial capital city. A total of 650 completed and returned questionnaires have...

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The application of behavioural thresholds to analyse collective behaviour in information security

Snyman, Dirk; Kruger, Hennie - In: Information & Computer Security 25 (2017) 2, pp. 152-164

security and may provide useful guidelines on how to construct information security awareness programmes. Practical … fatigue; contribute to the economics of information security awareness programmes; track progress of security awareness …

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Complementarity merger as a driver of change and growth in higher education

Boling, J. Ruben; Mayo, Donna Taylor; Helms, Marilyn M. - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 30 (2017) 1, pp. 27-42

Purpose Mergers in higher education seem to be more common as academic institutions work to control costs and avoid program duplications in challenging economic times and adopt the more common cost saving measures often espoused from business mergers. The purpose of this paper is to highlight...

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Exclusion and inclusion in the Danish Military : A historical analysis of the construction and consequences of a gendered organizational narrative

Muhr, Sara Louise; Sløk-Andersen, Beate - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 30 (2017) 3, pp. 367-379

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine why and how past stories of women’s insufficiency for military work survive and how they come to form a gendered organizational narrative dominant in constructing current opinions on women in the military. Design/methodology/approach The analysis...

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