Abstract: The “Introduction to Financial Accounting” course is a fundamental requirement for first-year undergraduate students in the Accounting and Finance Program at the University of Leeds. Traditionally delivered, this course faced challenges with student engagement due to lengthy...

This chapter explores how women's role in social reproduction is redefined and how their participation in production is affected in the broad context of the nationwide family planning program. In conjunction with the transition from the One-Child Policy to the Three-Child Policy, a change in...

Gender inequalities are still deeply rooted in societies and in some cases even formalized in laws. Women suffer from discrimination in the workplace and a lack of access to decent work. As a result, societies are confronted with occupational segregation, leaving women underrepresented in...

Focusing on the Slovak National Receipt Lottery, this entry explores the ways in which speculative logics are becoming a part of the governing of the fiscal subject. Receipt-based lotteries are a popular way for governments to combat tax fraud, regulate informal economies, and strengthen the...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications add significant value to the health sector, such as DNA analysis, prediction models, radiotherapy personalization to avoid side effects, diagnostic evaluation, treatment recommendations, robotization of surgical operations, research advancements on rare...

This chapter discusses human resource management (HRM) in Malawi, focusing on legal frameworks, policy implementation, indigenous management systems, and human resource development trends. It argues that, although Malawi has a supportive legal framework, enforcement remains weak, as evidenced by...

Non-profit sport organizations cannot operate without human resources. In sport clubs and sport federations, these human resources increasingly include paid staff, as well as volunteers, even though voluntary work remains a vital resource for clubs offering sport and social services to members....

Native Americans and other ethnic minorities often experience more incivilities in organizations than majority persons ( ; ). One reason for this is that the passage of Civil Rights legislation has made it unacceptable to express unfair discrimination overtly ( ). As a result, individuals often...

The transformation of cork into a wide range of industrial products serves as an excellent example of a circular bioeconomy. It holds valuable lessons that can influence other industrial sectors. However, given its concentration primarily in the Iberian Peninsula, the economic profitability and...

All aspects of life are currently affected by various digital technologies that dictate the pace at which the world evolves. It is observed that the ever-evolving digital landscape is a current force that necessitates a transformation from traditional methods of practice to embrace new...