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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 ...
Firm and industry as determinants of executive perceptions of the environment
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 1998-08)
This study examines variation in top executives’ environmental perceptions within firms and within industries. More specifically, we investigate how industry and organizational membership affect top executives’ perceptions ...
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.
Developing a Feedback System for Work Units: A Field Experiment in Structural Change
(Sage Publications, 1980)
This study examines the effects of introducing an ongoing feedback system into 10 branches of a Midwestern bank. The feedback system was designed to facilitate collaborative control and problem solving in the branches and ...
Competing against an in-house supplier
(Elsevier, 1989-08)
A not uncommon situation in industrial marketing is for an outside supplier to find itself competing against an in-house supplier. Knowing how to compete against an in-house supplier is of importance because industrial ...
Dreams: Where human resource development is headed to deliver value
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2007)
No abstract.
Measuring the hedonic and utilitarian sources of consumer attitudes
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1991-04)
It has been suggested theoretically that consumer attitudes have distinct hedonic and utilitarian components, and that product categories differ in the extent to which their overall attitudes are derived from these two ...
Academic application is not an oxymoron
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2006)
Commentary on “A Performance-Based, Minimalist Human Resource Management Approach in Business Schools”
Blue-Collar Blues
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS, 1982)
Harassment frequency, severity, response, and effect were analyzed for a sample of 138 women who work mostly in unskilled jobs in the auto industry. It was hypothesized that these would be related to several social and ...