The Solution-Focused Approach developed by Steve de Shazer and Insoo Kim Berg has been well established across many areas of society. In this book, the practical uses of solution-focused work in companies and management are shown. By means of conceptual contributions, as well as many case...

Based on insights from recent career research, the present study analyses the correlation between individual characteristics of university and polytechnics graduates and early career outcomes, and delineates the impact of higher education, as a key element within social structure. Departing from...

Recently the transfer of the “solution-focused approach” developed by Steve de Shazer and Insoo Kim Berg into the field of management can be seen in many applications in HR-Management, leadership, team-management, marketing and sales and so on. But there are only few studies which...

Leuphana University of Lueneburg and the University of Minnesota hosted the international symposium on “Personality at Work” in Lueneburg. This symposium was co-organized by Deniz S. Ones (University of Minnesota, USA) and Juergen Deller (Leuphana University of Lueneburg, Germany). The...

This special issue of the German Journal of Human Resource Research sets out to clarify the functioning of employee participation and involvement, paying attention to the explanatory power that the concept of corporate culture has for these phenomena. The following papers concentrate on...

Leuphana University of Lueneburg, Germany, and the University of Minnesota, USA, hosted the international symposium on “Personality at Work” in Lueneburg. The symposium focussed on the role of personality traits in everyday work settings. Invited experts from academia and industry from...

Die in Deutschland gaengigen Aushandlungsprozesse im Rahmen von Tarifverhandlungen sind kaum erforscht und stehen doch vielfach in der Kritik, „ritualhaft“ und damit – so der intendierte Vorwurf – ineffizient und gestrig zu sein. In diesem Buch wird zum einen die Substanz dieser...

The Honda workers’ strike in 2010 attracted world wide attention. It was one of thousands of labor disputes that happen every year in China, but it was the first major calling for the right of workers to represent themselves in collective bargaining. The question of representation is therefore...

Die Schaffung von Transparenz ueber Stand und Entwicklung von Weiterbildungsintensitaet und -umfang, das fruehzeitige Aufzeigen von Qualifikationsbedarfen und -defiziten, die Einordnung und Evaluierung von (Foerder-) Aktivitaeten im Bereich der beruflichen Weiterbildung sind auf der regionalen...

This book deals with a dialogic organizational development process carried out with managers and employees in the Research & Development Department of Bang & Olufsen, Denmark. This action research project did not start with ready-made concepts to be implemented. They were developed during the...