Cross-Cultural Variations in Climate for Autonomy‚ Stress and Organizational Productivity Relationships: A Comparison of Chinese and Uk Manufacturing Organizations Author(s): Giles Hirst‚ Pawan Budhwar‚ Brian K. Cooper‚ Michael West‚ Chen Long‚ Xu Chongyuan and Helen Shipton Source: Journal of International Business Studies‚ Vol. 39‚ No. 8 (Dec.‚ 2008)‚ pp. 1343-1358 Published by: Palgrave Macmillan Journals Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25483350 . Accessed: 02/11/2013 01:15 Your
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the Fair Work Act 2009‚ highlighting weaknesses primarily based around productivity and flexibility. The leading employer associations including the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) and the Australian Industry Group (AI group) “have been conducting a public campaign calling for substantial changes to be made to the Fair Work Act” (Todd 2012 p. 345). This paper will discuss Todd’s (2012) assertation that it is questionable whether these changes to the industrial relations system would
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WORK Work: An Ontological Presupposition of Essence of Social Being Many social theorists and intellectuals have argued that since his existence as a social being‚ man is continuously involved in the process of evolution. Throughout history certain countries and civilizations have glittered for a while‚ then for one reason or another been eclipsed If we observe the stage when man invented fire until contemporary so-called modern world‚ the notion of “work” is attached with
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EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON WOMEN Introduction Definition of basic terms What is Weather? The term weather describes the state of the air at a particular place and time – whether it is warm or cold‚ wet or dry‚ and how cloudy or windy it is‚ for example. It affects many of the things that we do‚ from the clothes we wear and the food we eat‚ to where we live and how we travel. As a result‚ the weather is of great interest to people everywhere‚ from meteorologists‚ the scientists who study it in
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not a static state which can be arbitrarily turned on and off. It is rather a slow build-up of information about his surroundings. It develops gradually over time‚ meaning different levels of awareness can exist(Kai Riemer‚ Russel Haines‚ 2008). Climate change is a significant and emerging threat to public health‚ economics‚ tourism‚ and agriculture‚ and changes the way we must look at protecting vulnerable populations. Another theoryanchored in this study is the theory of Florence Nightingale “Environmental
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Grievance in Industry There are many factors in industry‚ which make a worker unhappy and dejected. May be his fellow workers are non-co-operative or his foreman’s sarcastic or harsh remarks on his own personal problems outside the factory or domestic matters. Poverty‚ undernourishment‚ debts‚ unemployed dependent‚ etc. may be working adversely in his mind. He look around and finds everybody being unkind to him. He is aggrieved and wants to ventilate his feelings and reactions. A well-defined grievance
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MG240 DL Labor Relations Research Assignment 1. Define the term “collective bargaining” and list and describe four issues that are mandatory components of a collective bargaining agreement. Collective bargaining is a process of negotiations between the employer and a group of employees in which terms and conditions of employment are decided. Employees are usually represented in bargaining by a union. The major subjects of bargaining are as follows‚ compensation‚ personnel policies
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1.0 Introduction In modern business environment it is imperative to have an ethical climate. Traditional commerce is fundamentally based upon performance and profit. With the ever changing workforce‚ it is imperative that organisations open themselves up to reorganisation‚ including the application of ethical and moral decision-making‚ and incorporating interest of ethics in the corporate structure. According to Victor and Cullen (1988 cited by Cohen 1993‚ p.343) organisational norms and
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commonly referred to as Licence Raj‚ were required to set up business in India between 1947 and 1990. The first seven Five year plans focused on the following objectives vis-à-vis labour: – improving the conditions of labour and welfare of the workers – prevention and settlement of industrial disputes to prevent disruption that could adversely affect realization of plan goals – controlling industrial growth to prevent concentration of economic power in the hands of a few and reducing income disparities
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The Miracle Worker The Miracle Worker is about Helen Keller who is deaf and blind and initially almost feral child and the struggle of Anne Sullivan to teach her how to communicate. Helen had no manners at all. She would grab food off other people’s plates. She would run around the house‚ and kick and scream. Helen would even throw tantrums when she could not get something‚ but she’ll be quite for a while if you’ll give her a piece of candy. When the first time Annie came‚ she brought a doll
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