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Service Work as Lived Experience: A Problematizing Review
Human Resource Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Between employee burnout and growing recruitment challenges, a systemic crisis confronts the service industry. One reason lies in the scope of received human resource management (HRM) approaches, which often emphasize organizational performance metrics at the expense of the emotional, social, and material experiences of doing frontline service
Kushagra Bhatnagar +2 more
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To Be or Not to Be at the BOP: A One-North-Many-Souths Model with Subsistence and Luxury Goods [PDF]
In this paper we seek to explain the causes and consequences of Northern penetration in Southern subsistence markets in order to reach the countless masses at the Bottom of the (Income) Pyramid.
Schmidt, Tobias, Zon, Adriaan van
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Journal of Adolescence, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Research to understand the role of social media use (SMU) in explaining deteriorating adolescent mental health has been limited by broad, nonspecific measures of social media use, specifically ‘time spent on social media’. These measures provide insufficient detail to capture specific risk and protective factors to users.
Amanda M. Sursely +3 more
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The Crimes of Fashion: The Effects of Trademark and Copyright Infringement in the Fashion Industry [PDF]
, 2011 Counterfeits of designer merchandise continue to be made and sold throughout the world causing drastic social and economic outcomes everywhere. Despite the illegality of manufacturing and distributing counterfeit goods, this business has far-reaching ...
Marcelo, Carolyn
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Healing Beams: Radiation and Radiotherapy in Novels, Poems, Music, Film, Painting
Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, EarlyView.Radiation and radiotherapy are perceived by patients and the general public as mysterious, dangerous and healing. The image of radiation and radiotherapy can be analysed by studying novels, poems, music, film and painting. Our paper reviews how radiation and radiotherapy are perceived by patients, the general public, as reflected in various art genres.
Ad A. Kaptein +3 more
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Conspicuous Consumption, Pure Profits, and the Luxury Tax [PDF]
We examine a model of conspicuous consumption and explore the nature of competition in markets for conspicuous goods. We assume that, in addition to intrinsic utility, individuals seek status, and that perceptions of wealth affect status.
B. Douglas Bernheim +1 more
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Creating a sustainable future: insights into brand marketing in the luxury fashion industry
Cogent Business & ManagementThis paper aims to develop a conceptual framework that elucidates the factors that impact sustainable luxury brand marketing, specifically focusing on the luxury fashion industry.
Harpreet Kaur +3 more
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Explaining High Economic Growth in Small Tourism Countries with a Dynamic General Equilibrium Model. [PDF]
This paper shows that tourism specialisation can help to explain the observed high growth rates of small countries. For this purpose, two models of growth and trade are constructed to represent the trade relations between two countries.
Carmen Álvarez-Albelo +1 more
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The Influence of Value Perceptions on Purchase Intention Towards Luxury Fashion Products in Jakarta [PDF]
, 2018 In general, luxury market is growing in several countries, including Indonesia. Growth luxury market in a country related with the luxury trends on a particular country. The trends of luxury products consumption are very high causing there so many luxury
Abadi, F. (Fiter), Candra, M. (Made)
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Boron availability and fertilizer response of maize in soils from sub‐Saharan Africa
Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.Abstract Background and aims Low boron (B) availability is associated with strongly weathered, coarse‐textured, and low organic matter soils, widespread in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). It is unknown to what extent B fertilization can increase maize yields in SSA.
Mirjam S. Breure +5 more
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