... online lectures, assigned readings, discussion board postings, and written assignments. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 United States of America Universities Curricula Online learning Managers Education Sustainability Social responsibility Responsible management UN...

... higher education in different fields to eventually work as successful bureaucrats, business managers or social workers in their host countries. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Migrants Interpreters Skilled migrants United States of America United Kingdom Career development...

...‐profit sport organizations. Therefore, the study contributes to the understanding of volunteers’ motivation and how it influences commitment toward non‐profit sport organizations. Job satisfaction Job commitment Non profit organizations Volunteers United States of America Motivation (psychology...

... in selling issues will perceive greater trust in top management. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 United States of America Organizations Trust Middle management Senior management Employees behaviour Trust repair Issue‐selling Perceived organizational support Trust...

..., and that it is this flexibility in Buddhism that has allowed this ethical system to maintain its presence and influence worldwide. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 United States of America Workplace Ethics Religion Buddhism Organizational culture Americanization Spirituality In the past two...

... leadership development intervention on productivity. William Brown can be contacted at: billbrown@montana.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 United States of America Manufacturing industries Productivity rate Transformational leadership Management development A recurring...

....” Originality/value The reform described in the paper shares goals with other recent curriculum reforms, but takes a distinctive approach to achieving them. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 United States of America Universities Business schools Curricula Leaders Leadership Problem...

... Lebanon United States of America Gulf Cooperation Council countries Senior management Leadership National cultures Cross‐cultural management On the other hand, other criticism of Hofstede's and GLOBE's approaches were voiced by Dickson et al. (2003, 2006) , Den Hartog and Dickson...

... to the community, often involving significant resources, are generally known as “corporate community involvement” (CCI). Corporate social responsibility Communities Humanism Non‐government organizations United States of America The Principle of Solidarity therefore highlights the intrinsic social...

... Community relations Industrial societies China United States of America Another important factor about the government sector in China is that the provincial, and sometimes even local, governments are often quite powerful and independent in their actions. The central government in Beijing has...

... of a model for workplace spirituality, and a system for measuring our commitment to our “Catholic identity”. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Business ethics Leadership Health services United States of America Ascension Health operates 76 hospitals and provides healthcare services...

... be contacted at: dlester@mtsu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Managers Job satisfaction Employee productivity United States of America What managers do has been a topic of central interest to researchers for decades. Scholars have studied the actual day‐to‐day activities...

..., 1986). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Performance appraisal Ethics Working practices Total quality management United States of America The process of appraising employee performance developed as a business practice with the emergence of “big” business in the early...

... Group Publishing Limited 2009 Business schools Management research United States of America Europe The “theory/practice” gap is a perennial problem in all fields of social scientific research and education that are symbiotically linked to domains of professional practice...

... with “end use/least cost” analysis as applied in energy and security policy suggests similar promise in healthcare. While challenging, comprehensive system modeling is promising yet limited (Sterman, 2002) (Table I). Health services Medical care United States of America Management...

... structure of business (Leonard and Strauss, 1998 ; Stafford, 1998 ; von Krogh, 1998). Milton Mayfield can be contacted at: mmayfield@tamiu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Leadership Innovation United States of America Today's businesses face an increasing need...

... unemployment rates incrementally predict “district”‐level retention levels. The higher the unemployment rate, the higher the retention levels of PTEs. Part time workers Retention Line managers United States of America A question several researchers and those such as managers and supervisors...

... 2007 Retail management Managers Employee turnover Organizational culture Employee development United States of America Traditionally, employee turnover studies in the USA have focused on three variables – individual satisfaction, commitment, and intention. These variables have been...

... Group Publishing Limited 2007 Boards Chief executives Governance United States of America Governance, Sarbanes‐Oxley, corporate wrong doing, the US chairman/CEO role duality against that of the British and Continental European role separation and a new theme for non‐US audiences...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Fortune 500 companies Business performance United States of America Senior managers endeavor to meet objectives, use resources efficiently, and fulfill the expectations of their various constituents, or stakeholders (see Donaldson and Preston, 1995...