Sociology: Recent submissions

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    • Essays on Port Economics 

      Coto-Millán, Pablo; Pesquera, Miguel Ángel; Castanedo, Juan (Physica-Verlag , 2010)
      The aim of this book is to offer a comprehensive overview of the economics of ports for scientists, students and professionals. The text is divided into five self-contained parts: the first chapter defines the demand for ...

    • Craft Beverages and Tourism, Volume 2 : Environmental, Societal, and Marketing Implications 

      Slocum, Susan L.; Kline, Carol; Cavaliere, Christina T. (Springer , 2018)
      This volume applies a mix of qualitative and quantitative research and case studies to analyze the role that the craft beverage industry plays within society at large. It targets important themes such as environmental ...

    • Turkish multinationals : market entry and post-acquisition strategy 

      Ayden, Yuksel; Demirbag, Mehmet; Tatoglu, Ekrem (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      This book explores the internationalization of Turkish multinationals by examining a set of firms from various industries and providing eleven detailed case studies. The authors aim to discover the reasons behind the drive ...

    • Transforming Engagement, Happiness and Well-Being : Enthusing People, Teams and Nations 

      Mayo, Andrew; Scott-Jackson, William (Springer , 2018)
      This book aims to help leaders maximise the engagement of employees and citizens by exploring the impact of a process of active enthusiasm (PACE). Engagement of employees has long been recognised as a key factor for ...

    • Exploring dynamic mentoring models in India 

      Kumar, Payal (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      ‘Although mentoring is a universal relationship, we know little about cultural variations in its processes and outcomes. Addressing this gap, this volume offers important and needed insights on mentoring in India and will ...

    • Understanding novelty in organizations : a research path across agency and consequences 

      Frigotto, Maria Laura (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      Providing a first tentative understanding of novelty and a set of implications for organizations to manage it, this book focuses on the potential offered by emergent novelty, namely novelty which is neither designed nor ...

    • The Political Economy of Robots : Prospects for Prosperity and Peace in the Automated 21st Century 

      Kiggins, Ryan (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      This collection examines implications of technological automation to global prosperity and peace. Focusing on robots, information communication technologies, and other automation technologies, it offers brief interventions ...

    • Higher education governance in the Arab world : exploring the challenges of the education sector and social realities 

      Azzi, Georges (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      This book offers an insight into the complications higher education is currently facing in the Arab world. It discusses whether governance in international higher education is of particular importance in Arab countries ...

    • Motivating language theory : effective leader talk in the workplace 

      Mayfield, Jacqueline; Mayfield, Milton (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      This book presents the findings, applications, and theoretical underpinnings of a unique leadership communication model: motivating language theory. Drawing from management, social science, and communication theories, ...

    • The digitalization of health care : electronic records and the disruption of moral orders 

      Garrety, Karin; McLoughlin, Ian P.; Wilson, Rob (Oxford University Press, 2017)
      Electronic health records are widely regarded as the 'connective tissue' of any modern healthcare system. For some they represent a 'dangerous enthusiasm' and for others a key enabler of 'disruptive innovation'. Many ...

    • Population genetics and belonging : a cultural analysis of genetic ancestry 

      Oikkonen, Venla (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      This book explores how human population genetics has emerged as a means of imagining and enacting belonging in contemporary society. Venla Oikkonen approaches population genetics as an evolving set of technological, material, ...

    • Leadership and small business : the power of stories 

      Hutchinson, Karise (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      This innovative book combines theoretical and practical perspectives with the power of storytelling to present a new understanding of leadership as a concept and endeavour in the small business organisation. With the ...

    • Practising corporate social responsibility in Malaysia a case study in an emerging economy 

      Hui, Loi (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      This book takes a unique approach exploring Corporate Social Responsibility through a case study in Bintulu, Malaysia. Drawing upon major CSR and strategy theories, the author examines how CSR is embedded in the organizational ...

    • Conflict in family businesses : conflict, models, and practices 

      Fahed-Sreih, Josiane (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      This book presents methods for dealing with conflict in family firms. The first part of the book defines conflict in general and then in the context of family businesses. It then identifies several approaches to dealing ...

    • Customer engagement marketing 

      Harmeling, Colleen M.; Kumar, V.; Palmatier, Robert W. (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      This book provides a synthesis of research perspectives on customer engagement through a collection of chapters from thought leaders. It identifies cutting-edge metrics for capturing and measuring customer engagement and ...

    • Building global resilience in the aftermath of sustainable development : planet, people and politics 

      Pagett, Richard (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      This book explains why the concept of sustainable development needs to be consigned to history. Using examples from around the world, Richard Pagett illustrates how so-called sustainable development has simply been a ...

    • An ordinary city : planning for growth and decline in New Bedford, Massachusetts 

      Hollander, Justin B. (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      This book paints an intimate portrait of an overlooked kind of city that neither grows nor declines drastically. In fact, New Bedford, Massachusetts represents an entire category of cities that escape mainstream urban ...

    • Consecutive interpreting : an interdisciplinary study 

      Kozin, Alexander V. (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      This book sheds light on the phenomenon of consecutive interpreting. It combines phenomenological and empirical analyses to build a communication theory of interpreting. The author begins by reviewing mainstream research ...

    • Methods in bioethics : the way we reason now 

      Adams, Matthew; Arras, John D.; Childress, James F. (Oxford University Press, 2017)
      This volume collects essays by the late bioethicist John D. Arras, best known for his many contributions to the methodology of bioethics. Always open-minded, Arras did not favor a single theory or view of method in bioethics, ...

    • Linked innovation : commercializing discoveries at research centers 

      Siota, Josemaria (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      Questioning why research centers so often fail to commercialize discoveries, this book explores the concept of linked innovation, which promises to drive economic sustainability while preserving academic quality at research ...