Examining the theoretical connections between identity and diversity, this new book explores how diversity management practices can be better informed by an enhanced understanding of the relationship between the two fields. Highlighting the relevance of identity to diversity studies, the authors...

Preface -- Part I Size -- Chapter 1: Mega-states vs. Compact Powers: Risks in the Emerging International System -- Chapter 2: Effects of the Size of a Country on its Economic Performance -- Part II Political Regimes and Social Structure -- Chapter 3: Analyzing Dependence and Conflict in a...

Chapter 1: A short history of builder’s wages in Economic History -- Chapter 2: The market for building -- Chapter 3: Contractors -- Chapter 4: Contracts and ways of working in the building trades -- Chapter 5: What did bosses (in London construction) do? -- Chapter 6: Contracts and Pay at St....

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I. Employment, retirement, and income in China -- Chapter 2. Health and Employment in China -- Chapter 3. Work Skills Gap and Wage Differences between Young, Middle-aged, and Older Workers in China -- Chapter 4. The Impact of Social Insurance Contributions on...

Chapter: 1: Background and introduction: why debating equal pay for all? -- Part I: AGAINST EQUAL PAY FOR ALL.-Chapter: 2: Equal pay for all: an idea whose time has not, and will not, come -- Chapter: 3: Universal equal pay wrong-foots the distribution of incomes -- Chapter: 4: More onerous work...

1.Introduction: Fair Price and Sufficient Profit -- 2.Victorian Pawnbrokers: Cancerous Worms of Ruin or the Poor Man’s Banker? -- 3.Moneylenders: Deeply Rooted Evil or Providers of Quick Cash? -- 4.Legitimate Bankers: Pawnbrokers and Moneylenders Join the Premier League -- 5.Small-loan...

This book develops John Rawls’s theory of justice by adding reality-based analyses. This is accomplished by answering the question of who makes rules and how, and by providing new answers to three of today’s most practical and critical issues. The question of who and how makes rules is...

Grundlagen, Konzepte und Herausforderungen -- Rahmenbedingungen des Kommunikationsmanagements -- Soziologische, kulturelle und psychologische Einflussfaktoren -- Zieldefinition, Planung und Evaluation der Unternehmenskommunikation -- Strukturen, Prozesse und Akteure des Kommunikationsmanagements...

Jeder redet heutzutage von Digitalisierung. Und dass Unternehmen unter Digitalisierungsdruck stehen, ist ein geflügeltes Wort. Aber was heißt das konkret? Welche Aufgaben stellen sich Führungskräften und welche Lösungsansätze gibt es dafür? Um diese Fragen zu beantworten, klärt das Buch...

1. Introduction -- Part I: Foundations, Concepts and Frameworks -- 2. Systemic Potentials for Resilient Performance -- 3. Resilience and Digital Transformation Challenges in Oil and Gas Integrated Operations -- 4. Relational Capital and Organisational Resilience -- 5. Organisational Resilience...