Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies
About the Book Series
Management and business studies are firmly established as a popular, important and significant area of study in the academic world. Bringing together theories and thought from a wide range of disciplines, this series features cutting -edge research addressing all the major issues in business and management today, helping to define and advance the field.
Recession at Work: HRM in the Irish Crisis
1st Edition
By Bill Roche, Paul Teague, Anne Coughlan, Majella Fahy
August 06, 2018
How has the recession affected the conduct of human resource management? How have HR departments and managers fared? Have leading firms taken measures to sustain and revive their businesses through innovative HR measures? How have union representation and influence been affected? Is the recession ...
The Business of Gamification: A Critical Analysis
1st Edition
Edited
By Mikolaj Dymek, Peter Zackariasson
August 06, 2018
At the turn of the century the term "gamification" was introduced as a concept to understand the process of using game mechanics in "non-game" contexts. The impact of gamification was soon evident to business practices where it had impact both on marketing and, more broadly, on the organizations ...
Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions: UK Dimensions
1st Edition
By Moshfique Uddin, Agyenim Boateng
June 08, 2018
Cross-border mergers and acquisitions (CBM&As) activity has become an important vehicle for firms’ internationalization and corporate restructuring over the past three decades. Despite the huge volume of global CBM&A activity, however, there are few books which carefully explore the ...
Decision-Making Groups and Teams: An Information Exchange Perspective
1st Edition
By Steven Silver
June 08, 2018
In recent years, there has been increasing implementation of group and team decision-making within organizations, much of it managed electronically, between members of what are "virtual" groups or teams. Recent research into effective team implementation emphasizes "trust" as an intermediary ...
Diversity in Multinational Corporations
1st Edition
By Roxana Maiorescu, Brenda Wrigley
June 08, 2018
Globalization, information and communication technologies, and the millennials who have entered the workforce, compelled corporations to change their resistant and defensive approaches to diversity and to proactively address differences. Companies determined that embracing diversity positively ...
Innovative Business School Teaching: Engaging the Millennial Generation
1st Edition
Edited
By Elaine Doyle, Patrick Buckley, Conor Carroll
June 08, 2018
Innovative Business School Teaching showcases the latest pedagogic innovations that actively engage the millennial generation in learning within the business domain. In the context of the contemporary macro issues facing higher education, this book presents the latest teaching practices and tools ...
Management, Society, and the Informal Economy
1st Edition
Edited
By Paul Godfrey
June 08, 2018
Informal economic activity, defined as exchanges made by individuals and organizations in extra-legal or non-bureaucratic contexts, represents a significant and growing share of global economic activity. The informal economy brings to mind images of street vendors in markets and bazaars throughout ...
Managerial Flow
1st Edition
Edited
By Veronica Vecchi, Manuela Brusoni, Rodney Farr-Wharton
June 08, 2018
When globalization affects jobs and economies, policy makers strive to plan, design and implement actions to support their communities and businesses (Ansell and Gash 2007). Furthermore, local development policies are at the core of international cooperation programs or more in general represent a ...
Monitoring Business Performance: Models, Methods, and Tools
1st Edition
By Per Lind
June 08, 2018
The idea of using models to inform business practice seems appealing, as it suggests the abstraction and control of a large, complex subject by means of a smaller, easily manipulated mechanism. In reality, however, many models prove inadequate when translated into business methods. Monitoring ...
The Philosophy of Management Research
1st Edition
By Eric W.K. Tsang
December 22, 2017
The field of management research is commonly regarded as or aspires to be a science discipline. As such, management researchers face similar methodological problems as their counterparts in other science disciplines. There are at least two ways that philosophy is connected with management research:...
Management in Africa: Macro and Micro Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Terri Lituchy, Betty Jane Punnett, Bill Buenar Puplampu
May 31, 2017
This book offers a comprehensive look at the current literatures and research based on empirical data from across different countries in Africa. It focuses on the work of leading scholars of management in and around Africa and the African Context, exploring whether we can at this point refer to ‘...
Organizations and Working Time Standards: A Comparison of Negotiations in Europe
1st Edition
By Jens Thoemmes
May 31, 2017
Collective bargaining between employers and trade unions has profoundly changed working conditions in companies around the globe. But why do we start work at the age of 10, 16, 18 or 24? Why do we work 6, 8, 10 or more hours a day? These questions are becoming increasingly pertinent as working ...