Download or read book Demographic Differences in Organizations written by Anne S. Tsui and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meticulously researched and authored by two respected scholars, this book addresses the problems and benefits associated with an increasingly diverse global workforce.
Download or read book The Demography of Corporations and Industries written by Glenn R. Carroll and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most analysts of corporations and industries adopt the focal perspective of a single prototypical organization. Many analysts also study corporations primarily in terms of their internal organizational structures or as complex systems of financial contracts. Glenn Carroll and Michael Hannan bring fresh insight to our understanding of corporations and the industries they comprise by looking beyond prototypical structures to focus on the range and diversity of organizations in their social and economic setting. The result is a rich rendering of analysis that portrays whole populations and communities of corporations. The Demography of Corporations and Industries is the first book to present the demographic approach to organizational studies in its entirety. It examines the theory, models, methods, and data used in corporate demographic research. Carroll and Hannan explore the processes by which corporate populations change over time, including organizational founding, growth, decline, structural transformation, and mortality. They review and synthesize the major theoretical mechanisms of corporate demography, ranging from aging and size dependence to population segregation and density dependence. The book also explores some selected implications of corporate demography for public policy, including employment and regulation. In this path-breaking book, Carroll and Hannan demonstrate why demographic research on corporations is important; describe how to conduct demographic research; specify fruitful areas of future research; and suggest how the demographic perspective can enrich the public discussion of issues surrounding the corporation in our constantly evolving industrial society. All researchers and analysts with an interest in this topic will find The Demography of Corporations and Industries an invaluable resource.
Download or read book Demographics written by Hallie J. Kintner and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 1997 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of 20 case studies prepared by a group of demographers; professors of economics, sociology, population studies, business, and marketing; and research analysts interested in understanding a world of changing demographics. Because the study of demography is becoming increasingly important to a growing number of professionals and decisionmakers in business and government, these case studies were written to address how the science of demography is being applied to real-world problems. Written in nontechnical language and presented in a classroom-tested format, this easy-to-use guidebook covers applications of applied demography in government planning, long-term corporate strategy, forecasting, human resource management, and marketing. The authors show how to tie financial, political, and legal analysis into a consideration of demographic data and trends.
Download or read book Not All Differences are the Same written by Sandra Spataro and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasing demographic diversity in the U.S. workforce translates into more interactions, shared responsibilities, and interdependencies among coworkers who are demographically different from one another. While research has shown both desirable and undesirable effects of increasing diversity on the performance of work tasks, the underlying social and psychological processes explaining effects of increasing diversity are not yet well understood. This study introduces the status value of a characteristic; that is, the extent to which a demographic characteristic is valued within the organization's informal social system; to show why differences on one characteristic (like sex) may be more or less meaningful than differences on another characteristic (like race). Further, examining one's informal status position, rather than just differences in discrete demographic characteristics that contribute to it, helps us understand how demographic differences between coworkers affect work outcomes. This field study of three different organizations analyzes naturally emergent informal status hierarchies in organizations to examine contributors to, and effects of, one's informal status position relative to coworkers. Results show demographic characteristics contribute to informal status positions, and such characteristics are valued differently across organizations. Further, status position positively relates to work outcomes, and one's status positions moderates the relationship of being different in status from immediate coworkers to work outcomes. That is, high status individuals working with lower status others experience lower performance, motivation and commitment than high status individuals working with high status others. And low status individuals experience increases in the same outcomes working with high status others.
Download or read book Culture and Demography in Organizations written by J. Richard Harrison and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do corporations and other organizations transmit their cultures over time? This book grounds its analysis in mathematical tools and computer simulation, and offers a comprehensive answer to this question. It is for students of organization theory and behavior, cultural studies, strategic management, sociology, economics, and social simulation
Download or read book The Effects of Demographic Differences on Feedback Acceptance and Perceptions of Organizational Justice written by Kovia Monet Hamilton and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Managing Diversity in Organizations written by Barbara Beham and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-07-10 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diversity management has recently attracted a lot of attention in both academia and practice. Globalization, migration, demographic changes, low fertility rates, a scarce pool of qualified labor, and women entering the workforce in large scales have led to an increasingly heterogeneous workforce in the past twenty years. In response to those ongoing changes, organizations have started to create work environments which address the needs and respond to the opportunities of a diverse workforce. The implementation of diversity policies and practices and the creation of an organizational culture that values heterogeneity have been the focus of recent organizational initiatives. This special issue aims at shedding light on some of open research questions by including both theoretical and empirical contributions.
Download or read book Not All Differences are the Same written by Sandra Elizabeth Spataro and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pushing our Understanding of Diversity in Organizations written by Eden B. King and published by IAP. This book was released on 2020-02-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few time periods in the past five decades match the intensity of intergroup conflict that people around the world are currently experiencing. Polarized attitudes around various sociopolitical issues, such as gender equality and immigration, have dominated the media and our lives. Furthermore, these powerful social dynamics have also impacted the places where we work and intensified existing strains on workers and workplaces. To address these issues and improve organizational climates, more theories, research and collaborations to understand these phenomena are needed. The volumes in this series will describe and instigate scholarship that advances our understanding of diversity in organizations. This volume features renowned scholars who are unabashedly pushing the field by raising the questions that need to be asked, by working on topics that have received far too little research attention, and by holding researchers, practitioners, managers, organizations, and readers to task for doing what needs to be done to maximize social justice and egalitarian behaviors in the workplace. The chapters provoke the status quo in society and in scholarship, and in so doing, push our understanding of diversity in organizations.
Download or read book Diversity in Organizations written by Cedric Herring and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-21 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diversity in Organizations argues that ensuring a diverse workforce composition has tangible benefits for organizations. Rather than relying on touchy-feely arguments, Herring and Henderson present compelling evidence that directly links diversity to the bottom line. Readers will learn: How and why diversity is related to business performance The impact of diversity training programs on productivity, business performance and promotions The biggest mistakes in diversity management, and how to avoid them What can be done to make diversity initiatives more effective and politically palatable How to measure success in diversity initiatives in rigorous, non-technical ways to achieve desired results Presented accessibly, without shying away from the contentious aspects of diversity, the book also provides concrete advice and guidance to those who seek to implement diversity programs and initiatives in their organizations, and to make their companies more competitive. Students taking classes in diversity, human resource management, sociology of work, and organizational psychology will find this a comprehensive, helpful resource.
Download or read book Demography and Design in a Research and Development Organization written by Myung-Jin Soh and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Handbook of Workplace Diversity written by Alison M Konrad and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2006-01-10 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showcases the scope of international perspectives that exist on workplace diversity and defines this field. This book is a useful resource for students and academics of human resource management, organisational behaviour, organisational psychology and organisation studies.
Download or read book The Demography of Health and Health Care second edition written by Louis G. Pol and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-12-27 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a thoroughgoing revision of the first edition of this classic text and reference, published by Plenum in 1992. The authors convey the general principles that underlie this applied subdiscipline and demonstrate how the merging of demography and health care impacts on the planning processes of a range of health care organizations.
Download or read book Diversity Resistance in Organizations written by Kecia M. Thomas and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book From Grey to Silver written by Sven Kunisch and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-11-08 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demographic change is one of the most crucial issues of our time. This book sheds light on the demographic implications companies face. Based on an integrated framework, the book investigates three important perspectives: An economic and social perspective helps organisations and managers better understand the basic parameters of demographic change and its influences on the labour market. A human resources and leadership perspective reveals how age management can help retain employees of different age groups as motivated and productive workforce members. An innovation and marketing perspective examines how companies can exploit the potentials that senior customers offer. A combination of research-driven and practice-oriented chapters makes this book a profound and an interesting read. It primarily addresses executives from various organisational fields, including HR, marketing, and management. Professional trainers, scholars and students of economy and business will also gain valuable insights.Dr. Guenter Pfeiffer, Chief Personnel Officer and member of the Executive Board, Swisscom Group “New approaches are required to restructuring, redeployment and age management that go beyond the typical instruments of part-time models and flexible retirement schemes.” Dr. Guenter Pfeiffer, Chief Personnel Officer and member of the Executive Board, Swisscom Group “Recognising the business consequences of the demographic developments and taking these into consideration are imperative for the competitiveness of not only companies, but also entire economies.” Bundespraesident a.D. Prof. Dr. Roman Herzog Former President of the Federal Republic of Germany
Download or read book Big Shifts Ahead written by John Burns and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Demographics determine the direction of your business. Demographic trends can be overwhelming, misleading, confusing, conflicting, and difficult to predict. Not anymore. John Burns and Chris Porter wrote this book to help make demographic trends easier to understand, quantify, and anticipate. Readers of this book will have a huge competitive advantage because they will be making decisions with facts, and they will be better able to adjust their strategies when unanticipated events shift prevailing trends."--book jacket
Download or read book Coping with Demographic Change A Comparative View on Education and Local Government in Germany and Poland written by Reinhold Sackmann and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-12 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With many OECD countries experiencing a decline in their populations, this book offers a theoretical model of coping with demographic change and examines different strategies that societies have used to come to terms with demographic change. In particular, it details the different ways that Germany and Poland have tried to cope with this challenge and reveals three conflicting strategies: expansion, reduction, and phasing out. Coverage includes: · How and why demographic change was used in Poland to expand the education system · The variance of linkage between demographic change and growth rates in different fields of education in a German Bundesland · Modes of reflexivity and personnel policy in German and Polish municipalities · Effects of demographic change and forms of coping on fiscal capacity and unemployment rates in German municipalities Coping with Demographic Change examines how and why societies cope with these detrimental effects. It conceptualizes the challenges a society faces as a result of demographic change and focuses on the processes by which actors, organizations and nation-states try to cope with this new situation.
