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The Elgar Companion to Managing People Across the Asia-Pacific
provides a crucial exploration of current business and management
research, touching upon topics such as leadership, employee
motivation and politics, and innovation to provide a timely
examination of management in the Asia-Pacific. It addresses how
unique cultural, societal and governance factors in the
Asia-Pacific affect business practices. Bringing together the work
of a diverse collective of international authors, chapters explore
often challenging topics such as the position of ageing workers in
the Asia-Pacific and the dynamics of a multigenerational workforce.
They carefully examine organizational psychology processes among
Asia-Pacific workers in order to paint an accurate picture of
differing work environments. Ultimately, this accessible Companion
directly focuses on ongoing research efforts to conceptualize the
culture, engagement and potential shifts within Asia-Pacific work
environments. This discerning Elgar Companion will be beneficial
for researchers and academics of multiple disciplines, such as
business and management, international business, finance and
organizational psychology. It will additionally be of use to
practitioners in management positions seeking to understand
contemporary issues within the field.
First published in 1980, The Survivors is a detailed and original
study of the experiences of homeless young people in central
London. The book is based on in-depth interviews with 107
'newcomers', who were selected at two nightshelters and a
government reception centre. Their views and experiences are
recorded, their backgrounds described and their reasons for coming
to London examined. We learn how they coped with the interventions
of both those who want to hinder and those who want to help, and
how in general they survived - and sometimes even enjoyed
themselves - in an extreme environment. The authors also examine
the ways in which the various helping agencies view the 'problem'.
They claim that the agencies tend to present a pessimistic picture
- one that understates the resilience and resourcefulness of these
young people, dismisses their spirit of their adventure, and
concentrates almost exclusively on the dangers, difficulties and
hardships. This book will be of interest to students of sociology,
urban studies, public policy and economics.
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