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A robust design in hardfacing using a plasma transfer arc
(Springer-Verlag, 2006-02)
This paper presents the use of the Taguchi-regression method in developing the optimal plasma transferred arc welding (PTAW) process for obtaining high hardfacing quality characteristics. An “optimal” process means that ...
Structuring for high reliability: HR practices and mindful processes in reliability-seeking organizations
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2003-11)
This paper theoretically and empirically connects the literature on high-reliability organizations (HROs) to a broader set of organizations, which we call reliability-seeking organizations. Unlike HROs, which operate ...
Three Essays on Finance and Health Care Organizations.
(2013)
This dissertation includes three essays that examine the interactions between financial arrangements and product market outcomes in the health care industry theoretically and empirically. Integrating finance and health ...
Essays on the Interaction Effects of Policies Across Jurisdictions.
(2013)
This dissertation analyzes the theoretical and empirical effects of cross-border policy dynamics, specifically state level bottle deposit-redemption systems and international corporate income taxation. As governments can ...
The reversal of the relation between economic growth and health progress: Sweden in the 19th and 20th centuries
(2007-10)
Health progress, as measured by the decline in mortality rates and the increase in life expectancy, is usually
conceived as related to economic growth, especially in the long run. In this investigation it is shown ...
Knowledge Integration in Science Teaching: Analysing Teachers' Knowledge Development
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2004-03)
This paper tests the utility of a new sociocognitive frame for analysing the development of teachers' knowledge – the knowledge integration perspective (Linn, Eylon, & Davis, in press; Linn & Hsi, 2000). In doing so, the ...
Guest editor's note: Breaking barriers in organizations for the purpose of inclusiveness
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2008)
No abstract.
Dreams: Where human resource development is headed to deliver value
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2007)
No abstract.
Giving peace a chance: organizational leadership, empowerment, and peace An earlier version of this paper was presented at an All Academy Symposium entitled ‘A role for organizations in sustainable peace’ at the 2005 National Academy of Management Meetings, August 7–10, Hawaii.
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2007-11)
This paper provides an exploratory look at how the leadership practices of business organizations may foster more peaceful societies. I develop the logic for positive relationships between participative organizational ...