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Objective – This paper explores how global corporations apply contemporary approaches in management known as holacracy, and its impact on company performance. The paper argues that the number of corporations with an incorporated model of holacracy is growing and that it leads to an increase of...
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with between 50 and 999employees. Some of the findings are as follows: Most respondents work in organisations that have … ethics policies, codes of ethics and core values. Speak up policies exist in the organisations of around two-thirds of … respondents but this survey has found that listen up policies exist in less than half of organisations across all sectors. The …
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The globalization of business has opened up and accelerated the use of expatriation as a mean to control and coordinate foreign subsidiaries. However, several problems arise along the process. Failed overseas assignments, resulted from inability to complete or fulfill the expectation from...
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Global delivery models (GDMs) are transforming the global IT and business process outsourcing industry. GDMs are a new form of client-specific investment promoting services integration with clients by combining client proximity with time-zone spread for 24/7 service operations. We investigate...
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The systematic literature search on the fertility rate was performed on articles from the Web of Science compiled by the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) to provide major publication characteristics. All articles related to Fertility from year 1980 to 2011 were analyzed with the...
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The main aims of the International Labour Organization (ILO) are to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue on work-related issues [1]. The unique tripartite structure of the ILO gives an equal voice to workers,...
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range of materials published by relevant policy organisations and international institutions. These documents have helped to … map out these organisations' particular strategic interests in forced migration research. It has also been influenced by … academic research institution and international organisations and governments with an interest in addressing forced migration …
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The purpose of this study is to present in a complete way the kernel of such a production. People migrate and this decision is sometimes permanent, but there are links with the country of origin that stand up to time and distances. With respect to this, the so called economic diaspora well...
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This article examines human development aspects of the large cross-border labour migration and remittance flows in Eurasian region among the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. It focuses in particular on the sustainability of these flows, and on...
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Lack of economic opportunities in the country of origin and the hope of greater opportunities in another country are important drivers of irregular migration, though expectations vary according to the nature and reliability of the sources of information individual migrants have. Irregular...
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