Contrary to popular conceptions that ethical failures in leadership are correlated with economic downturns and other stressful market conditions, this book argues that such transgressions are an intrinsic element of leadership, as it is defined under the current prevailing paradigm. In recent years the crisis of failures in ethical leadership across organizations, particularly corporations, …
A critical exploration of today's global imperative to innovate, by champions, critics, and reformers of innovation. Corporate executives, politicians, and school board leaders agree—Americans must innovate. Innovation experts fuel this demand with books and services that instruct aspiring innovators in best practices, personal habits, and workplace cultures for fostering innovation. But c…
This book focuses on how to promote innovation and an entrepreneurial mindset within organizations in the context of structural changes. It highlights the importance of internal marketing of innovation and ideas among employees, of creating collaborative spaces, and of company leaders promoting collaboration. The key aspect in all contributions gathered here is to understand the co-creation pat…
In his study, Jan Posthumus uses the grounded theory method to explore the implementation of marketing instruments such as segmentation and targeting in the recruitment of high potentials in the pharmaceutical industry. The implementation of these instruments can best be understood as the result of an interaction between four categories: the identified internal need for certain groups of high p…
Vorwort Die Talente eines Unternehmens, also seine Mitarbeiter, sind eine der wichtigsten Ressourcen, in vielen Fällen die wichtigste, die Unternehmen zur Verfügung stehen, um sich erfolgreich vom Wettbewerb abzusetzen. Das von McKinsey geprägte und inzwischen zum geflügelten Wort - wordene Konzept des War for Talents verdeutlicht dies. Talent- Management ist folglich eine der wichtigsten A…
Vorwort Die Talente eines Unternehmens, also seine Mitarbeiter, sind eine der wichtigsten Ressourcen, in vielen Fällen die wichtigste, die Unternehmen zur Verfügung stehen, um sich erfolgreich vom Wettbewerb abzusetzen. Das von McKinsey geprägte und inzwischen zum geflügelten Wort - wordene Konzept des War for Talents verdeutlicht dies. Talent- Management ist folglich eine der wichtigsten A…
This book contributes to the current discussion in society, politics and higher education on innovation capacity and the financial and non-financial incentives for researchers. The expert contributions in the book deal with implementation of incentive systems at higher education institutions in order to foster innovation. On the other hand, the book also discusses the extent to which governa…
This book presents an empirical investigation into the relationship between companies' short-term response to capital and labor market frictions and performance. Two different kinds of performance measures are considered, namely innovation performance and firm performance. The author focuses on two major topics: first, on the relation between innovation performance and the use of trade credit. …
This book examines the links between employee-organisation relationships, work wellness and the impact thereof on the labour market from a South African perspective. By employing this focus, the book explains the role of the employment relationship and the psychological contract in improving work wellness. To do so, it reviews the establishment and management of contracts in the context of labo…
This book focuses on the interface of work and personal life of international professionals. The globalization of business has led to an increasing number of people who work in international roles either through working abroad on different kinds of assignments or through international travelling. This book provides novel knowledge on the topic from different perspectives, highlighting not only …