Social research and statistics

There is a developing crisis of social democratic trade unionism in Western Europe; this volume outlines the crisis and examines the emerging alternatives.

This provocative new introduction to the field of digital sociology offers a critical overview of interdisciplinary debates about new ways of knowing society that are emerging today at the interface of computing, media, social research and social life.

Written by a top scholar in the field, Practitioner's Guide to Using Research for Evidence-Based Practice gives essential and practical guidance on how to integrate research appraisal into evidence-based practice endeavors to ensure the best client care.

Authentic Excellence for Organizations explores organizational culture from a values-based perspective and applies the psychological principles of values-based flourishing to organizations.

What might the impact be on a grown woman of having a nursery school teacher change and anglicise her name at the age of three?

This text presents facts and figures about the incidence of teenage pregnancies throughout Europe together with current research based information on this subject.

A clear, step-by-step guide to statistical methods for anthropology students, providing a solid footing in basic statistical techniques.

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a global phenomenon which is gaining significant momentum across the world.

Citizens who benefit from the submerged state fail to see it; citizens who don''t benefit see the state and transform it.

Whilst providing a fundamental understanding of computational social science, this book delves into the tools and techniques used to build familiarity with programming and gain context into how, why and when they are introduced.

An R Companion for Applied Statistics II: Multivariable and Multivariate Techniques breaks the language of the R software down into manageable chunks in order to help students learn how to use R to analyze multivariate data.

From diaries and letters to surveys and interview transcripts, documents are a cornerstone of social science research.

It is rare today for employees to stay with one organization for the long tenures that were the norm before the Great Recession.

Adopting an Evidence-Based Management (EBM) approach, this book provides the best evidence available on a wide range of topics from Industrial and Organizational Psychology to help managers base their decisions on scientific findings.

Through sound exegetical methodologies and the current research on organizational leadership, this book uses biblical examples to explore the realities of leadership fatigue.

In Analysing Quantitative Survey Data, Jeremy Dawson introduces you to the key elements of analysing quantitative survey data using classical test theory, the measurement theory that underlies the techniques described in the book.

This 50th Celebratory Research in Labor Economics volume contains ten original and innovative articles each written by stellar senior scholars in labor economics, including a Nobel Laureate.

In today's global business environment, it is vital that individuals and organizations have sophisticated global leadership skills.

The book focusses on the challenges faced in the digital age, and the increasing demands for continuous change in an inter-connected digital world.

One of America's most accomplished landscaping professionals reveals his methods for cultivating greatness.

'The Diversity Scorecard' is designed to provide step-by-step instructions, worksheets and examples to help diversity executives and managers analyze and track the impact of their diversity initiatives to mobilize the organization for strategic culture change.

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This title, originally published in 1972, explores the nature of management in an organisation close to Parliament and subject to the pressure of political forces.

Research Design and Methods: An Applied Guide for the Scholar-Practitioner is written for students seeking advanced degrees who want to use evidence-based research to support their practice.

Business ethics is the set of practices and policies that companies use to guide them through decisions about finances, negotiations and deals, corporate social responsibility, and more.

Whereas traditional classroom instruction requires pilots to be pulled 'off the line', a training facility to be maintained and instructors to be compensated, e-learning is extremely cost-effective and therefore an attractive alternative.

This book analyzes the brand communities of major American multinationals across three industries: finance, tech, and consumer goods.

This book examines how Chinese family and business networks, focused around activities such as revenue farming, including opium, the rice trade, and pawnbroking, and related legal and labour organization activities, were highly influential in the process of state formation in Malaya.

In order to design and deliver effective learning and development initiatives, it is essential to understand how our brains process and retain information.

Given the anthropological focus on ethnography as a kind of deep immersion, the interview poses theoretical and methodological challenges for the discipline.

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This Handbook incorporates a variety of disciplines and approaches in order to provide a comprehensive and authoritative examination of the issues that result from increasing age diversity at work.

How do you conduct a small-scale research project?

This book explores the meaning, perceptions, historical and current cultural and psychological roots of gender stereotypes and patriarchy in the workplace.

Today’s board rooms, think tanks, and staff lounges are more diverse than ever before.

This volume outlines emerging issues for research and practice related to agile coping dynamics in the digital era.

In traditional business circles, wisdom is viewed with a certain scepticism, which is in part due to its historical associations with wisdom traditions and spiritual cultures.

This book challenges the notion that extreme professional expertise is the only path to success, advocating instead for the concept of 'professional generalism' as a complementary approach.