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Understanding Careers

The Metaphors of Working Lives

By: Kerr Inkson

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Understanding Careers

The Metaphors of Working Lives

By: Kerr Inkson

Understanding Careers: The Metaphors of Working Lives uses a unique framework of nine archetypal metaphors to encapsulate the field of career studies. Using an easy-to-read style, author Kerr Inkson examines key concepts, illustrating them with over 50 authentic career cases, to build an excellent bridge between theory and "real life.

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1483376923

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The New Careers

Individual Action and Economic Change

By: Michael Arthur,Kerr Inkson,Judith Pringle

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The New Careers

Individual Action and Economic Change

By: Michael Arthur,Kerr Inkson,Judith Pringle

`To career used to mean to swerve wildly or to go swiftly. In this beautifully argued, richly documented, original, liberating work, Arthur, Inksen, and Pringle demonstrate that the new careers once more are about swift swerves, unexpected agency, and enacted opportunities and constraints. Readers will think about the future in ways they never imagined possible. This is a good book. People need to get it in their hands to see how good it is′- Karl Weick, University of Michigan The New Careers offers a major new approach to the concept of career and the relation of the individual to the contemporary workplace. It shows that our traditional conceptions of careers are rooted in the stable conditions of the Industrial State model which has dominated the Twentieth century and that new models, better attuned to the New Economy of the later Twentieth and early Twenty-first centuries are now needed. The book points to careers as actions rather than structures, as a means of learning rather than means of earning, and as boundaryless entities rather than constrained ones. It also points to the return of the career as a key concept in social analysis, but shows that in the light of new phenomena, the `career′ as we traditionally know it will never be the same again. This innovative and accessible book is based on work for which Michael Arthur, Kerr Inkson and Judith Pringle won the Academy of Management prize for best section paper, which forms the core of this book.

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0857026348

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Understanding Careers

The Metaphors of Working Lives

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Laugh out Loud: A User’s Guide to Workplace Humor

By: Barbara Plester,Kerr Inkson

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Laugh out Loud: A User’s Guide to Workplace Humor

By: Barbara Plester,Kerr Inkson

This book is the first-ever authoritative work on the use and management of humor in the workplace. It is a practical guide for everyone involved: the humorists (‘jokers’), the targets (sometimes ‘victims’), the observers (‘audience’) and most of all the managers who have to ‘set the tone’ and encourage, control and manage humor. Humor is part and parcel of every workplace. However, while it usually demonstrates and fosters a united, happy workforce, it can at times be deeply damaging and divisive. The authors – academics with vast organizational experience and a research-based understanding of humor at work – bring together state-of-the art knowledge of the topic, making it fun, accessible and readable for all humor participants. The topics include how humor works, humor cultures in organizations, the many forms of workplace humor and their pros and cons, humor rituals at work, digital humor, workplace jokers, the 21st century issue of ‘political correctness’, and both the ‘bright side’ of humor (assisting positive cultures, making work ‘fun’), and its ‘dark side’ (where humor offends and humiliates). With over 60 ‘real life’ illustrative stories of workplace humor, a self-completion questionnaire to measure the Humor Climate in your organization, end-of-chapter ‘takeaways’ and an end-of-book summary advocating ‘best practice’, the book is a ‘fun’, how-to-do-it guide that will both inform and entertain.

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Springer

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9811302839

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Cultural Intelligence

Living and Working Globally

By: Kerr Inkson,David Thomas

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Cultural Intelligence

Living and Working Globally

By: Kerr Inkson,David Thomas

This updated edition of a classic guidebook helps readers to navigate the ever - expanding cultural mazes of a truly globalized world....

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1459625161

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Cross-Cultural Management

An Introduction

By: David C. Thomas,Kerr Inkson

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Cross-Cultural Management

An Introduction

By: David C. Thomas,Kerr Inkson

Cross-Cultural Management: An Introduction offers students a hands-on approach to cross-cultural management that they can apply to a wide variety of organizational contexts. Rather than focusing on specific countries, authors David C. Thomas and Kerr Inkson highlight the interactions of people from different cultures in organizational settings to provide students with practical applications of concepts in international management. Real-world examples and case studies help students understand and integrate differences between attitudes, values, beliefs, and assumptions so that they can thrive as managers.

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1071800191

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Cultural Intelligence

Surviving and Thriving in the Global Village

By: David C. Thomas,Kerr C. Inkson

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Cultural Intelligence

Surviving and Thriving in the Global Village

By: David C. Thomas,Kerr C. Inkson

Presenting a universal set of techniques and people skills that will allow you to adapt quickly to, and thrive in, any cultural environment, this book will show you how to discard your own culturally based assumptions and pay careful attention to cues in cross-cultural situations. --

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Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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1626568669

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Understanding Careers

Metaphors of Working Lives

By: Kerr Inkson,Nicky Dries,John Arnold

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Understanding Careers

Metaphors of Working Lives

By: Kerr Inkson,Nicky Dries,John Arnold

In the hotly anticipated second edition of Understanding Careers, Kerr Inkson has teamed up with Nicky Dries and John Arnold to take readers on a fascinating journey through the field of Career Studies. Interdisciplinary – the text brings together and critiques a range of perspectives, allowing for a broader and more holistic understanding of the field. Theory and practice – comprehensive coverage of all the key theories and cutting edge research is related to the real world through over 50 cases studies. A new ‘Careers in Practice’ section contains chapters devoted to self-development, career counselling, and organizational practices. International perspective – contains examples, cases, research, references and statistics from a range of countries. Use of metaphor – the text is structured around commonly used metaphors for careers, helping students relate to the ideas presented and providing a framework for analysis and comparison. Ideal reading for students considering their own career and personal development, as well as those studying career development, career guidance or human resource management within a psychology, education, counselling or business degree.

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1473909082

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Cultural Intelligence

Living and Working Globally

By: David C. Thomas,Kerr C. Inkson

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Cultural Intelligence

Living and Working Globally

By: David C. Thomas,Kerr C. Inkson

In today’s global economy, the ability to interact effectively across cultures is a fundamental job requirement for just about everyone. But it’s impossible to learn the customs and traits of every single culture with which you might come into contact. Cultural Intelligence teaches a universal set of techniques and people skills that will allow you to adapt quickly to, and thrive in, any cultural environment. This extensively revised second edition features new real-life examples of CQ working well, drawn from a rich range of cultures and situations. The authors also address the interplay of race and gender with culture factors, and show how developing cultural intelligence can enhance our appreciation of cultural diversity. Cultural Intelligence teaches you to disable the “cultural cruise control” that makes you unaware of how your culture affects your perceptions, and learn to pay careful attention, in a mindful and creative way, to cues in cross-cultural situations. Over time, you’ll develop a repertoire of skills appropriate to different intercultural situations.

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1576754944

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The New Careers

Individual Action and Economic Change

By: Michael Arthur,Kerr Inkson,Judith Pringle

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Individual Action and Economic Change

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Cultural Intelligence

Surviving and Thriving in the Global Village

By: David C. Thomas,Kerr C. Inkson

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Surviving and Thriving in the Global Village

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Cross-Cultural Management

An Introduction

By: David C. Thomas,Kerr Inkson

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An Introduction

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Cultural Intelligence

People Skills for Global Business

By: David Clinton Thomas,Kerr Inkson

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Cultural Intelligence

People Skills for Global Business

By: David Clinton Thomas,Kerr Inkson

A professor of international management presents a three-stage process for gaining cultural literacy in any setting, revealing creative ways to gain competency in a wide variety of business settings and countries. Original.

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Cultural Intelligence

Living and Working Globally

By: Kerr Inkson,David Thomas

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Living and Working Globally

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Laugh out Loud: A User’s Guide to Workplace Humor

By: Barbara Plester,Kerr Inkson

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Managing Expatriates

A Return on Investment Approach

By: Yvonne McNulty

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Managing Expatriates

A Return on Investment Approach

By: Yvonne McNulty

Expatriation is a big topic, and is getting bigger. Over 200 million people worldwide now live and work in a country other than their country of origin. Tens of billions of dollars are spent annually by organizations that move expatriates around the world. Yet, despite the substantial costs involved, expatriation frequently results in an unsatisfactory return on investment (ROI), with little or no knowledge as to how to improve it. Why is this so? Drawing on more than a decade of expertise, research, and publications in top journals, the authors provide you real solutions to achieve more than a satisfactory ROI from expatriates—with rule number one being: Understand expatriates themselves. This book provides a practical “insider’s” guide that reveals why expatriates seek and accept international assignments; how they feel impacted by new forms of remuneration and other working conditions; how international assignments fit in with their longer-term career aspirations; and what complications arise in terms of their families. Whether you’re a manager or consultant, inside you’ll learn what modern-day global mobility is like (based on the authors’ decade-long study with nearly four hundred expatriates and their managers, as well as over a hundred who were interviewed personally), how it is changing, and why now, more than ever, a hard-nosed ROI approach is necessary.

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Business Expert Press

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160649483X

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Organisational Behaviour in New Zealand

Theory and Practice

By: Graham Elkin,Kerr Inkson,Brad Jackson

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Organisational Behaviour in New Zealand

Theory and Practice

By: Graham Elkin,Kerr Inkson,Brad Jackson

New Zealand organisations have undergone many changes over the past decade and are continuing to face many challenges: diversity is increasing; the management role is becoming more complex; workplaces are demanding; and there are unprecedented levels of competition. The people in organisations thus become increasingly important and play a vital role in linking all the elements of an organisation together. The third edition of ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR IN NEW ZEALAND provides management students with an understanding of the working environment. The book introduces the theory of organisational behaviour and shows how this is applied to the New Zealand environment: whether the organisation is a large corporation or a small to medium-sized enterprise; a New Zealand organisation or an overseas-owned enterprise; service oriented or manufacturing based. This book will also be useful as a reference for managers and employees wishing to continually improve their own performance. By knowing how to observe, understand, predict and influence behaviour, they will be better equipped to improve the organisation's performance. This edition includes the most recent research in the discipline as well as new references and examples. Current issues and emerging challenges in the field of organisational behaviour are discussed and put into context.

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