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Govender, Krishna; Mapuranga, M - 2019

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The value of managerial beliefs in turbulent environments: Managerial Orientation and E-Business Advantage

Coltman, T.; Devinney, T. M.; Midgley, D. F. - 2008

There is a great divide between the degree to which academic research accounts for the role of managerial discretion in firm performance and the weight given by the popular press and financial community to the importance of the management of an organization. The purpose of this paper is to...

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Strategic people management of coal mining firms in Central Queensland

Zheng, C; Rolfe, J; Di Milia, L; Bretherton, P - 2007

Purpose ? This paper aims to propose a conceptual framework to explore the link between strategic human resource management (SHRM) and firm performance of the coal mining companies in Central Queensland (CQ), Australia. Design/methodology/approach ? The paper reviews literature relating to the...

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Strategic people management of coal mining firms in Central Queensland

Zheng, Connie; Rolfe, John; Di Milia, Lee; Bretherton, Phil - 2007

Purpose – This paper aims to propose a conceptual framework to explore the link between strategic human resource management (SHRM) and firm performance of the coal mining companies in Central Queensland (CQ), Australia. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews literature relating to...

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Entrepreneurial becoming : an educational pathway out of poverty

Tonelli, Marcello; Dalglish, Carol L. - 2011

This paper reports a longitudinal analysis of 20 necessity driven micro-entrepreneurs operating in Beira, Central Mozambique, who received funding and training from the same NGO to establish or grow their business activities and reports the development of these entrepreneurs in terms of their...

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A learning laboratory approach for business improvement : the case of discontinuous innovation

Chapman, Ross L.; Beckett, Ron - 2008

This paper considers the current situation within Australian manufacturing SMEs and their approaches to innovation and international competitive advantage. Using the viewpoint and language of complexity theory, we consider the variety of possibilities available to SMEs in this area. We then...

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America’s research-active, geotechnical faculty members – a snapshot of the community

Laefer, Debra F.; McHale, C. - 2010

This paper is a snapshot in time of the personal backgrounds, educational training, professional ranking, and productivity levels of those individuals with respect to Compendex-listed journal paper. Important questions are raised not only as to issues of age, gender, and nationality, but as to...

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Women on Top: The Human Effects of Women Leaders in Business Organizations

Sheridan, Justin - 2008

top echelons of corporate power, a finding supported by recent research on counter-stereotypical leaders (Matta and Folkes …

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Labour market deregulation, 'flexibility' and innovation

Michie, Jonathan; Sheehan, Maura - 2003

Labour ‘flexibility’ is often portrayed as important to competitive success. Using evidence from an original survey of UK firms, this paper investigates the relationships between firms' use of, on the one hand, various flexible work practices, human resource management techniques, and...

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Civic entrepreneurship in Australia: Opening the “black box” of tacit knowledge in local government top management teams

Rowe, Patricia A; Christie, Michael John - 2008

, namely leadership support that is inherently multi-level in nature.Findings – Leadership support is significant at both the … leadership support has a direct positive impact on explication of tacit knowledge.Research limitations …/implications – Successfully testing the group level significance of leadership support has implications for future research because it is …

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