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This book shows why mindful leadership is the key element for supportive management and leadership in the 21st century. It highlights the fundamentals of mindful leadership in philosophy and history in different cultural traditions and shows latest research on mindfulness and digitalization, technology, social networking, and leading-self concepts. The book bridges the past and the future. By combining a range of research perspectives, it connects mindfulness to serving leadership concepts and describes resilience for both individuals and organizations. In addition, it presents theoretical aspects and practical recommendations on how to implement mindful leadership and supportive environment...
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. This thought-provoking book provides a detailed exploration of work–life balance, considering the perspectives of specific groups such as parents, academics, the self-employed, and migrants. Moreover, it sheds more light on the dynamics of self-care, childcare as well as informal care. Collaborative and interdisciplinary in its approach, featuring researchers ranging from quantitative to interpretative scholars, it highlights the importance of a sustainable work–life balance and the instruments needed to improve this.
The Software Principles of Design for Data Modeling, written by Debabrata Samanta of Rochester Institute of Technology in Kosovo, offers a practical and comprehensive solution to the challenges of designing effective software architecture for data modeling. This book covers key topics such as gathering requirements, modeling requirements with use cases, testing the system, building entity-relationship models, building class models in UML with patterns of data modeling and software quality attributes, and use case modeling. It also includes case studies of relational and object-relational database schema design. The unique approach of this book lies in its unifying method for designing softwa...
China ist seit geraumer Zeit nicht mehr das exotische Land im "Fernen Osten". Die mit dem Anspruch einer neuen Weltmacht auftretende Volksrepublik stellt für die Länder Europas und des übrigen Westens eine große Herausforderung dar. Das vorliegende Buch untersucht und beschreibt erstmals umfassend die Bilder, Begriffe und kognitiven Prozesse in der chinesischen Ideen- und Kulturgeschichte, die der Wahrnehmung der räumlichen Welt, der Verortung der eigenen Position in dieser und besonders dem Verhältnis zur Ferne und dem Fremden zugrunde lagen. Diese sind zum großen Teil bis in die Gegenwart nachzuweisen, beginnen sich aber bereits in der frühen vorchristlichen Zeit zu entwickeln. Der...
Die Unternehmenswelt hat sich in den letzten Jahren rasant verändert. Waren bereits die Generationen Y und Z kritisch gegenüber traditionellen hierarchischen Modellen, so hat die Covid 19 - Krise die Interaktion zwischen dem Management und den Mitarbeitenden noch einmal dramatisch verändert. Führung, die menschliche Orientierung, Empathie und Vertrauen aufbringt, wird sich in diesem Säkulum auf breiter Front durchsetzen. Doch was bedeutet das für die Qualifikationen des Managements? Was bedeutet achtsame Führung, und vor allem gibt es Unterschiede achtsamen Führens in den verschiedenen kulturellen Kontexten, in denen Führung stattfindet? Das Buch umfasst Geschichte, aktuelle Führungsherausforderungen und zukünftige Managementperspektiven und lädt dazu ein, Modelle bewährter Praktiken in das tägliche Arbeitsleben umzusetzen.
The abstracts of the XXX International Congress of Psychology (July 2012, Cape Town) are published as a supplement to Volume 47 of the International Journal of Psychology. The published volume includes the abstracts of the invited addresses, symposia, oral and poster presentations, numbering over 5,000 separate contributions and creating an invaluable overview of the discipline of psychological science around the world today.
Work Across the Lifespan coalesces lifespan theoretical and lifespan-based empirical perspectives on aging and work. The books examines human development theories that explain patterns of growth, trajectories of change and maintenance of continuities across the entirety of life. Using the implicit focus of these theories on aging as a guide to intra-individual change and goal-based self-regulation processes, the book examines the relationship between work and aging. Drawing upon developmental psychology, life course sociology, microeconomics, and critical gerontology, this authoritative reference brings together the collective thinking of researchers who study aging and working, and aging and careers. Summarizes key tenets of lifespan theories Draws upon theories from work and organizational psychology, organizational behavior, and human resources management Applies theories to work, organizational life and careers Examines age and work-related processes Provides an exclusive lifespan focus on work and aging Focuses on aging as a continuous intraindividual change process
The link between HRM and performance has become an important policy issue at both a national and a corporate level. HRM and Performance draws on the knowledge and expertise of a number of leading international scholars in the field of HRM to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of HRM and identify fruitful directions for theory, research and practice. A central question throughout is - what's next for HRM and what are the keys to the future of managing people and performance?
Research from a diverse array of organizational settings and occupations is included, from the education of medical students to the promotion of salespeople and from the adjustment of camp counselors to the retirement of CEOs. Role Transitions will appeal to scholars and students in the fields of orgainizational behavior, human resource management, and social, developmental, and industrial psychology."--Jacket.