This book uses the contrast between the theoretical positions of the two Max Webers - that is the Weber of the Protestant Ethic thesis and the Weber of the theory of action – as the basis for developing a theory of agency and an associated dynamic interpretive approach to action.
Workers Without Companies contributes to the debate on the future of work in a productive landscape that is now global, while ways of working diversify at an unprecedented pace.
Workers Without Companies contributes to the debate on the future of work in a productive landscape that is now global, while ways of working diversify at an unprecedented pace.
Emerging technologies in the transport sector have had, and will have, profound implications for the betterment of our daily lives and economic prosperity.
This book engages the reader in a critical and necessary examination of the nature and range of behaviours that comprise diversity and discrimination in business and society.
This book engages the reader in a critical and necessary examination of the nature and range of behaviours that comprise diversity and discrimination in business and society.
This groundbreaking book challenges conventional management wisdom by arguing that mismanagement and disorganisation are not failures but endemic features of organisational life in turbulent times.
After more than 40 years of market reform and transformation, Chinese business associations have come to play an important role in China's economic and social system.
After more than 40 years of market reform and transformation, Chinese business associations have come to play an important role in China's economic and social system.
In the context of profound and widespread global transformations, driven by emerging socio-economic patterns and accelerated by technological advancements, there is a pressing need to redefine the concept of leadership and to understand why effective leadership is essential for navigating socio-economic change.
Despite significant theoretical advances in social and behavioural macroeconomics, little has been done to synthesise the disparate developments in these fields and point the way forward to future research directions and policy implications.
This book provides a critical, ethnographically grounded examination of the hype surrounding the idea of impact by investigating the work of those attempting to create innovative social ventures.
This book provides a critical, ethnographically grounded examination of the hype surrounding the idea of impact by investigating the work of those attempting to create innovative social ventures.
The need for this book arises from the growing cybersecurity challenges faced by small to medium-sized healthcare facilities, which often lack the resources, expertise, and dedicated staff to interpret and implement complex security regulations.
Through a deep dive into specific 'problem' representations in the policymaking on anti- sexual harassment at workplaces (SHW) in India, this book makes broader sense of gendered, caste-based and colonial regimes of power.
Through a deep dive into specific 'problem' representations in the policymaking on anti- sexual harassment at workplaces (SHW) in India, this book makes broader sense of gendered, caste-based and colonial regimes of power.
This book is based on an international, mixed methods research project that conducted interviews with 25 deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) faculty members from mainstream universities and 19 university students who took classes taught by DHH faculty members and collected surveys from 57 DHH faculty members and 104 university students worldwide.
This book is based on an international, mixed methods research project that conducted interviews with 25 deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) faculty members from mainstream universities and 19 university students who took classes taught by DHH faculty members and collected surveys from 57 DHH faculty members and 104 university students worldwide.
This book problematises the socioeconomic and institutional construction of prostitution in Thai contexts, identifying the root causes that propel underprivileged, discriminated and deprived women and girls to enter the sex industry.
This book traces the development of video (especially short video, duan shipin) in China over the past few years, exploring how these videos engaged with China's rapidly changing society, how they enriched existed theories of society, media and communication, and new theories to be extracted.
This book traces the development of video (especially short video, duan shipin) in China over the past few years, exploring how these videos engaged with China's rapidly changing society, how they enriched existed theories of society, media and communication, and new theories to be extracted.
