Social research and statistics

Previously, the conventional wisdom about organizations was "e;If it's not broken, then don't fix it.

The International Management Series is intended to contain high quality books on current key areas in management, written by the foremost experts in the field.

This book details a unique training evaluation approach developed by David J.

There has been longstanding interest in affective characteristics in both educational and corporate environments.

Corporate training and effective performance have become major issues in the 1980s and '90s.

3 While all of these explanations seem to have merit, there is one dominant reason why the percentage of GDP and employment dedicated to services has continued to increase: low productivity.

What would tempt you to whistleblow?

This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of why taxpayers behave the way they do.

This volume presents evidence-based ideas on all three converging forces to suit an array of individuals and their organisations.

This book explains harmonisation techniques that can be used in survey research to align national systems of categories and definitions in such a way that comparison is possible across countries and cultures.

This book analyses and elaborates on learning processes within work environments and explores professional learning.

Rasch Analysis in the Human Sciences helps individuals, both students and researchers, master the key concepts and resources needed to use Rasch techniques for analyzing data from assessments to measure variables such as abilities, attitudes, and personality traits.

This book provides an up-to-date overview of demographic analysis and methods, including recent developments in demography.

Contemporary worklife builds upon a foundation for teamwork among skilled and dedicated people.

What constitutes a causal explanation, and must an explanation be causal?

This book promotes an understanding of ageism, discrimination and mistreatment of older adult workers, incorporating an international human rights perspective.

This book addresses the question: how can institutions develop and maintain a good purpose?

Recent years in North America have seen a rapid development in the area of crime analysis and mapping using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology.

This book touches upon a few of the major challenges that all modern societies will have to face in the near future: how to set up a resilient pay-as-you-go pension system; whether the current balance between expenses and revenues in social expenditure is viable in the future, and, if not, what changes need to be introduced; whether the relative well-being of the current and future cohorts of the old will be preserved, and how their standards of living compare to those experienced by the old in the recent past.

Applied demography continues its rapid pace of evolution in concert with the emerging trends of the 21st century.

This brief represents a comprehensive review of methods for estimating characteristics of the foreign-born population in the United States, specifically oriented toward characteristics by legal status.

Teaching Statistics in School Mathematics-Challenges for Teaching and Teacher Education results from the Joint ICMI/IASE Study Teaching Statistics in School Mathematics: Challenges for Teaching and Teacher Education.

This book presents the state of the art of biostatistical methods and their applications in clinical oncology.

This book focuses on emotional intelligence, which has emerged as a factor in superior on-the-job performance and ability to lead an effective life.

This book is the first in a series on Chinese management based on the Global Chinese Management Conferences (from 2015 to 2017), an annual conference organized by the Sun Tzu Art of War Institute.

A rich source of ideas about sociological research methods to assist the researcher in determining what method will provide the most reliable and useful knowledge, how to choose between different methodologies, and what constitutes the most fruitful relationship between sociological theories and research methods.

This book, a modest attempt to fill the glaring gap, is an outcome of our efforts in bringing out a compendium of utilitarian values on Women's Studies and Research methodology related to Women's Studies and is entitled ';Research Methodology in Women's Studies'.

NO RIGHT ANSWERS is a practical management guide for developing your subordinates, building winning teams and developing capabilities to become an inspirational leader in the workplace.

The Asian Development Bank Sustainability Report has been produced biennially since 2007.

This publication reviews recent developments in East Asian local currency bond markets along with the outlook, risks, and policy options.

Renewed COVID-19 outbreaks and uneven vaccination progress are prolonging the fight against the disease in developing Asia.

In the second quarter of 2021, rising COVID-19 cases have cast a shadow over emerging East Asia's growth outlook.

Persistent skills shortages have constrained new investments and economic growth in Sri Lanka.

A well-coordinated adult learning system will be essential to support the achievement of Slovenia's long-term development goals.

Migration has been at the centre of political debate across the OECD in recent years.

Raising skills is critical to Portugal's economic success and social well-being.

This flagship publication on migration analyses recent developments in migration movements and policies in OECD countries and selected non-OECD countries.

This seventh edition of Society at a Glance, the biennial OECD overview of social indicators addresses the growing demand for quantitative evidence on social well-being and its trends.

- What has been achieved in rural finance and institutional reform during more than a decade of transition and what challenges remain?

Twice a year, the OECD Economic Outlook analyses the major trends that will mark the next two years.

This 2001 edition of the OECD Employment Outlook provides an aessessment of labor market developments and policies in the OECD area as well as in-depth analyses of a number of crucial policy issues including spending on labour market policies, poverty dynamics, the characteristics and quality of service sector jobs, the work-family balance, and foreign workers.

This book reviews recent trends, reforms and lessons learned in the 29 OECD countries as they relate to ageing.

This 1998 edition of OECD's periodic review of Finland's economy examines recent economic developments, policies and prospects.

This is the second edition of Society at a Glance Asia -Pacific, the biennial OECD overview of social indicators.

This report provides internationally comparable data from upper secondary schools.