Social research and statistics

Written to reflect the realities of todays business environment, Power Mentoring is a nuts-and-bolts guide for anyone who wants to create a connection with a protg or mentor, or to improve a current mentoring relationship.

Find the roadmap to the heart of the conflict The Conflict Paradox is a guide to taking conflict to a more productive place.

Breaking new ground in its innovative blend of quantitative and qualitative methods, the book essentially argues that another sort of growth is indeed possible.

For many years now, both private and public sector organizations have been dealing with the challenge of how best to improve corporate performance.

Business Schools, Leadership and Sustainable Development Goals: The Future of Responsible Management Education is the sixth book in the series Citizenship and Sustainability in Organizations.

This fourth edition has been fully revised and updated to explore the latest approaches to cross-cultural management and global skill-building.

Staffing Organizations: Contemporary Practice and Theory, the new third edition of a classic in the field, shows how organizations of all sizes can use effective staffing procedures as a source of sustained competitive advantage.

Corporate property is routinely identified as the second biggest cost within a business organization after staff.

This is a new edition of the accessible and student-friendly 'how to' for anyone using R for the first time, for use in spatial statistical analysis, geocomputation and digital mapping.

International Hospitality Business: Management and Operations will introduce hospitality managers to the most up-to-date developments in hospitality to prepare you for the rapidly changing world of international hospitality.

Two top experts on high-performing organizations show you how to reframe your-and your employees'-relationship with fear and anxiety to create a learning culture of engaged workers at the top of their game.

Originally published in 1969 Key Profession looks at the rise of the academic profession to its influence and importance, through the history of the Association of the University of Teachers, founded in 1919 and celebrating its half-centenary in 1969.

Capitalize on the radical new realities of artificial intelligence, changing demographics, and the explosion of the freelance economyIn just a few short years, employee mobility will be an imperative for every business, as millions of jobs disappear practically overnight victims of artificial intelligence and automation and new jobs are created.

Aeromedical psychology is that branch of psychology pertaining to the assessment, selection and evaluation of aviation personnel.

Billions of people are paid for their work.

This is the story of the Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto, from its beginning in 1926 to the present.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR), and particularly environmental management, has now become a global social norm.

This book is concerned with trainee professionals and their search for meaning through the determined and creative pursuit of a cross-cultural career transition.

Gadgets, Games, and Gizmos is an innovative book that provides practical and original solutions to the impending boomer/gamer knowledge and skills transfer gap.

First published in 2002.

The Second Edition of this popular text confirms the book's status as an important forerunner in the field of visual methods.

This original book is a wide-ranging, radical and highly innovative critique of the prevailing orthodoxies within industrial relations and human resource management.

The issue of mental health at work has become a hot topic in both the popular media and academic writings.

Discover a fresh perspective on the art of leading in Dr.

Closing the gender pay gap begins with awareness and understanding of the state of the gap.

"e;This is a key text that provides a well-rounded introduction to anti-discriminatory social work, placing this underpinning concept within the context of theory, methods, policy, legislation and skills.

Modern Applied Regressions creates an intricate and colorful mural with mosaics of categorical and limited response variable (CLRV) models using both Bayesian and Frequentist approaches.

The world is spinning so fast it's difficult to keep up.

Essential test prep for PMP(R) certification and handy reference tool for professionals and teams working within this gold standard of project management.

This textbook navigates through the complex landscape of mentorship in academic research across all levels of education.

This book presents an HRM scenario in a number of South-East Asian and Pacific Rim countries.

This book proposes a novel approach to practising social and political analysis based on the role of logics.

This study focuses on working-class women, catering and cleaning workers, and the way their interests were presented in trade unions.

Research Methods for Early Childhood Education takes an international perspective on research design, and illustrates how research methods are inextricably linked to cultural and theoretical understandings of early childhood, young children's competences and the purposes of education.

In this book, first published in 1971, the author develops and tests a productivity system based on Added Value as the measure of company income and output.

Since the first edition of this book, the level of interest and the varied forms of assessment and development centres have mushroomed.

This text brings together important ideas on the model-based approach to sample survey, which has been developed over the last twenty years.

Changing Female Identities explores the influence of parental figures, the role models that women adopt, the diverse feelings that arise as a result of family mandates and the emotions that arise from cooperation or competition among siblings.

Updated for a post-Covid world, the second edition of this groundbreaking book explains why becoming a Humachine enterprise is the only way forward for a company to maintain a competitive advantage in the age of artificial intelligence (AI).

Shows how to perform qualitative research in cross-cultural contexts, with an emphasis on a more ethical, sensible and responsible approach.

Written from an 'in house' perspective in response to the UK Government Housing White Paper released in February 2017, Housing Regeneration: A Plan for Implementation presents sustainable solutions to Britain's housing crisis and will be a useful practical guide for anyone involved in the process of regeneration.

Insights from varied disciplines such as: physics, mythology, psychology, philosophy, statistics, and systems theory to re-think the very intent of business and its corresponding organizing and management principles.

The effective development of human resources within the organisation is one of the most powerful contributions to the long-term growth and survival of the enterprise.

This indispensable textbook provides student researchers with extensive guidance and methods from across the social sciences and humanities, showing them how to make informed choices and consider the many alternatives available throughout the research process.

"e;Written by one of the best Criminological Ethnographers in the business, this text will serve as an invaluable and insightful resource for both novice and seasoned ethnographers of criminological issues.

A Handbook of Statistics and Quantitative Analysis for Educational Leadership is an approachable reference for all levels of educational leadership.

Needs Assessment for Learning and Performance offers comprehensive coverage of the knowledge and skills needed to develop and conduct needs assessments and to analyze, interpret, and communicate results to clients and organizations.

This study, originally published in 1990, introduces a rich array of approaches to defining and developing the competency of managerial performance.

Appeasement is a controversial strategy of conflict management and resolution in world politics.

Race is once again a contentious topic in America, as shown by the divisive rise of Donald Trump and the activism of groups like Black Lives Matter.