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Claims that, for the 1990s, images of careers are multidimensional and individualistic. Notes that employees are encouraged to take responsibility for their own self‐development, incorporate horizontal as well as vertical moves, and forge careers based on “employability”, i.e. learning,...
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The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 established self regulation, albeit within specific substantive statutory requirements laid out in previous legislation, as the basis for further developments in company policies and practices designed to improve standards of health and safety at work....
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Imperial College in 1969 looked like a man's world; it was certainly difficult to locate a ladies’ room which was not apparently hastily constructed in a tight space as an afterthought to a great design. Yet I joined a powerhouse of women. Joan Woodward had already tempted Dorothy Wedderburn...
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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to draw on the direct experience of a practitioner undertaking real-time research in his organization to offer insights into the dual role of practical insider and theoretical outsider. The duality helps the researcher to live “in” and think “out”...
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The impact of structural change is being substantially felt in middle management, with many commentators prepared to write off this tier of management. Explores the changing role of the middle manager and the implications for Human Resource Management. Drawing on two research programmes argues...
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Considers the extent to which one organization through rationalization and redundancy programmes has violated its psychological contracts with its middle manager employees by removing the prospect of a traditional career. Offers a review of the issues raised in the literature on careers and the...
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We present findings from evaluations of two government-funded initiatives exploring the transfer of research evidence into clinical practice -- the PACE Programme (Promoting Action on Clinical Effectiveness), and the Welsh Clinical Effectiveness Initiative National Demonstration Projects. We...
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