"Not what we signed up for": Nurse shortages, physician scarcity, and time for collective bargaining? [PDF]
World Med Health PolicyMayes R, Muir KJ, Pingali H.
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Fair Markets and Resilient Supply Chains: Designing Sustainable Intermediation for Rural Communities
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Agriculture in Ecuador's communes faces significant economic, social, and environmental challenges, intensified by supply chains dominated by traditional intermediaries. The lack of context‐specific sustainability studies further increases the vulnerability of smallholders.
Jacqueline del Rocío Bacilio Bejeguen +3 more
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Alliances and Negotiations [PDF]
A characteristic of many bargaining situations is that the negotiators represents the interests of a set of parties (trade unions, political parties, etc.) with composite interests, whose bargaining behaviour is regulated by some collective decision ...
Marco Mariotti, Paola Manzini
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Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary This study draws on the behavioral theory of the firm and a duality perspective to investigate the impact of founders' focus on academic goals on the financial performance of academic spin‐offs (ASOs)—a specific type of hybrid venture. We theorize that such relationship follows an inverse U‐shaped curve and is moderated by the
Tommaso Minola +4 more
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Crime, Gender and Policing: The Role of Women Officers in Addressing Gender‐Based Violence in India
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines whether an increased presence of women in Indian police forces results in enhanced justice for victims of gender‐based crimes and improves the overall effectiveness and responsiveness of the police. It employs focus group discussions and qualitative system dynamics modelling to examine the dynamics of women in law ...
Kandaswamy Paramasivan +3 more
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Standard employment and segmentation practices within the automotive industry in South Africa. [PDF]
Front SociolDingeldey I, Schäfer A.
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Rising Wage Inequality, the Decline of Collective Bargaining, and the Gender Wage Gap [PDF]
This paper investigates the increase in wage inequality, the decline in collective bargaining, and the development of the gender wage gap in West Germany between 2001 and 2006. Based on detailed linked employer-employee data, we show that wage inequality
Antonczyk, Dirk +2 more
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The Trajectory of an Agreement: Tracing Objectivated Knowledge Across a Series of Mundane Encounters
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.This article adds to the sociological study of time and temporality in everyday life by building on recent longitudinal developments within conversation analysis. It investigates members' methods to bring about change within their shared (life) world. It examines how, as part of an extended project of action, one agreement made early on is continually ...
Sarah Hitzler, Jonas Kramer
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Heat stress and social dialogue in Spain. [PDF]
Ind HealthSalas-Nicás S, Laabbas-El-Guennouni M.
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Wage Cyclicality under Different Regimes of Industrial Relations [PDF]
Since there is scant evidence on the role of industrial relations in wage cyclicality, this paper analyzes the effect of collective wage contracts and of works councils on real wage growth. Using linked employer-employee data for western Germany, we find
Gartner, Hermann +2 more
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