This original collection examines the managerial and organizational implications of international terrorism and threats to security. When Islamic terrorists flew hijacked airplanes into the World Trade Center on 9/11, it changed much of the world forever. The number of deaths and the financial...

Contents: Part I Leadership and authority: women at the helm -- 1. Women's entrepreneurship: discussing legal perspectives in light of individual and institutional drivers / Ulrike Fasbender and Yue Ang -- 2. Women in management and on corporate boards of directors: accelerating progress /...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Why is line management important? -- Chapter 3: Line managers at the sharp end of HR delivery -- Chapter 4: Line Managers and Wellbeing at Work -- Chapter 5: Line manager wellbeing – Are they being squeezed too much? -- Chapter 6: Line Management in the...

Purpose – Some underlying mechanisms regarding presenteeism still remain unclear, namely, the construct of “presenteeism climate” and the importance of “leadership” Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) for presenteeism. In order to shed some light into this phenomenon, the purpose of this...

Purpose – Explores ways in which the internet and advanced electronic communication systems are enabling a new economy based on the networking of human knowledge. These networks span functional, organisational and national boundaries, allowing people to share data and information to generate...