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Do Interest Groups Cultivate Interest? Trajectories of Geriatric Interest Group Members

open access: yesCanadian Geriatrics Journal, 2020
Background Minimal exposure, misconceptions, and lack of interest have historically driven the shortage of health-care providers for older adults. This study aimed to determine how medical stu­dents’ participation in the National Geriatrics Interest ...
Andrew Perrella   +4 more
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Interest groups and environmental pressure [PDF]

open access: yesManagement Letters/Cuadernos de Gestión, 2008
The pressure exerted by interest groups is one of the main reasons that have led organizations to introduce Environmental Management Systems. Research provides evidence on the existing relationship between Stakeholders´ pressure and their infl uence on ...
EMILIO PABLO DÍEZ DE CASTRO   +2 more
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Interest groups

open access: yes, 2023
Abstract This chapter examines the growth of interest groups participating in Supreme Court nominations. From 1930 to 1970, there was relatively little mobilization, with zero groups mobilizing in many nominations. After 1970, and in particular after Robert Bork’s nomination in 1987, mobilization became routine.
Charles M. Cameron   +1 more
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WHO ARE THE KEY PLAYERS IN ENERGY POLICY IN POLAND? THE ROLE OF INTEREST GROUPS IN ENERGY TRANSITION [PDF]

open access: yesEastern European Journal of Regional Studies, 2023
The paper presents an analysis of the role of interest groups in Poland's energy policy in the context of the EU climate and energy policy. The main aim of the analysis is to try to answer the question of who shapes the Polish energy policy, which ...
Urszula KURCZEWSKA
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Stakeholders’ Participation in Sustainable Tourism Planning for a Rural Region: Extremadura Case Study (Spain)

open access: yesLand, 2021
The objective of this research is to obtain and analyze discursive information on the problems and solutions of the tourism sector in an eminently rural region, such as Extremadura, based on the opinions of stakeholders, in order to incorporate them into
Marcelo Sánchez-Oro Sánchez   +2 more
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Group Type and Social Media Engagement Strategies in the EU: The Case of British Interest Groups on Facebook

open access: yesJournal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, 2021
Although interest group strategies have been studied by a number of authors who compare different types of groups, our knowledge about how these different types of groups differ in the way they use social media as a strategy to realise their goals is ...
Direnc Kanol, Muesser Nat
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ASCO-Sponsored Oncology Student Interest Groups in the World

open access: yesJCO Global Oncology, 2021
PURPOSEIn 2015, ASCO established a program designed to support medical interest in cancer-related careers: Oncology Student Interest Groups (OSIGs).
Andrea Anampa-Guzmán   +4 more
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How Small Interest Groups Can Win the Outcome of Elections and Polls: Lessons for Countries with Modern and Developing Democracies [PDF]

open access: yesWestcliff International Journal of Applied Research, 2019
It might sound perfectly obvious that in a real democracy, the majority’s interests will always win against the interests of the minority. Unfortunately, in reality, this is not the case.
Nima S. Salami
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The Representative Potential of Interest Groups: Internal Voice in Post-Communist and Western European Countries

open access: yesPolitics and Governance, 2023
Why do some interest group systems provide group members with more elaborate voice opportunities than other systems? We argue that evaluating membership voice is important for understanding the representative potential of interest group systems.
Joost Berkhout   +2 more
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Human factors errors and identification of causes of successful/unsuccessful completion of business projects [PDF]

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2020
Managers often deal with uncertainty of a different nature in their decision processes. The objective of the contribution is to confirm or refute the facts published in professional literature including the opinions resulting from the erudition of the ...
Vaníčková Radka
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