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"As the challenge of preventing military conflict has become increasingly complex in the post-Cold War era, economic sanctions are being applied with growing frequency. Sanctions are being used to enforce international law, to deter aggression and terrorism, to defend democracy and human rights, and to prevent nuclear proliferation. In this timely book, some of the world's leading scholars and policymakers critically address questions about the utility,...

"Legitimacy is vital to unions. Without it, they lose political and ideological support, members, and access to funds. Gary Chaison and Barbara Bigelow use the concept of legitmacy as a lens through which to understand the steady decline in union size and influence and to suggest new strategies for union revitalization." "Chaison and Bigelow relate legitimacy to five case studies: the UPS strike, the organization of clerical workers at Harvard, the...

The contributors to this text on industrial relations research methods, represent four countries and a range of fields, including economics, sociology, psychology, law, history and industrial relations. They identify distinct strategies and suggest approaches for future appropriation.

An account of layoffs in America, their questionable necessity, their overuse, and their devastating impact on individuals at all income levels. Economics journalist Uchitelle explains how, in the mid-1970s, the first major layoffs, a limited response to the inroads of foreign competition, spread and multiplied, in time destroying the notion of job security and the dignity of work. The author traces the rise of job security in the United States to...

Case study of organization development and creative thinking as a means to improve quality of working life and work organization in an industrial enterprise (Eaton) in the USA - discusses implementation of change processes regarding work environment, human relations, personnel management, workers participation in decision making, etc.; shows how employees responsibility and Motivation can increase labour productivity and job satisfaction and improve...

Using case studies from real business practice, provides a diagnosis of the fear of failure that traps all who work in organizations-complete with tested tools for making better choices and decisions, and working together more productively.

Presents a hiring audit study on disparate treatment of Hispanic and Anglo job seekers by randomly selected employers in two cities, when both groups have similar qualifications.

With high growth rates in Asia, most notably in China, India, and Southeast and Central Asia, Eurasia's economic centre of gravity is rapidly shifting to the East. At the same time, most of Europe faces serious barriers to growth in the long term. This volume examines the causes and consequences of this major shift in economic power.

Since economists traditionally focus on market activities, women's non-wage labour has not been registered in works on economic development. On the other hand, women's wage labour has been described as supplementary or marginal to the household income as well as to economic development as a whole. The contributors to this collection did their research on women workers in countries from the core, the semiperiphery, and the periphery. The eight articles...

"Fewer than half of today's employees believe that their companies deserve their loyalty. Web-empowered customers now defect more easily and more quickly than ever. Has loyalty become an outdated notion in today's marketplace?" "Fred Reichheld, author of the bestselling book The Loyalty Effect, argues that loyalty is still the fuel that drives financial success - even, and perhaps especially, in today's volatile, high-speed economy - but that most...