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  • 23 Years in The Irish Guards

    Having signed on the dotted line to be an Irish guardsman not fully understanding all that Queen and country, and other territories stuff, that after six weeks on my own help only by others, I slept beside in the gutter since leaving Ireland to see the world. Finding no work, food and shelter I was on my knees and making this last day as a homeless orphan in Liverpool to ask at the port about ... Read more

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  • Technologically Mediated Human Resource Management

    Working Relationships in the Gig Economy

    This book explores the enactment of technologically mediated Human Resource Management (HRM) in the gig economy from various perspectives.The gig economy offers a new form of work which is in line with the ongoing consumer desire for convenience. Also known as the online platform, on-demand or digital platform economy, the gig economy is perhaps one of the most distinctive and extreme sides of the ... Read more

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  • Work in the Gig Economy

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    Series series State of the Art in Business Research
    Throughout the last decade, the ‘gig economy’ has emerged as one of the most significant developments in the world of work. As a novel, hyper-flexible form of labour, gig work features a uniquely fragmented working arrangement wherein independent workers partner with digital platform organisations to provide a range of on-demand services to customers.Work in the Gig Economy: A Research Overview ... Read more

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  • Talent Management

    A Research Overview

    Series series State of the Art in Business Research
    Talent management is a central element of managerial discourse and organisational practice. This short-form book provides a succinct overview on the state of research on talent management.The authors set out the key themes, arguments, trends and future research trajectories of talent management, highlighting major works in the field. As a research topic with a fragmented body of knowledge, ... Read more

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  • Superbugs

    An Arms Race against Bacteria

    Antibiotics are powerful drugs that can prevent and treat infections, but they are becoming less effective as a result of drug resistance. Resistance develops because the bacteria that antibiotics target can evolve ways to defend themselves against these drugs. When antibiotics fail, there is very little else to prevent an infection from spreading.Unnecessary use of antibiotics in both humans and ... Read more

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    Superbugs

    An Arms Race against Bacteria

    Unabridged

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    Antibiotics are powerful drugs that can prevent and treat infections, but they are becoming less effective as a result of drug resistance. Resistance develops because the bacteria that antibiotics target can evolve ways to defend themselves against these drugs. When antibiotics fail, there is very little else to prevent an infection from spreading.Unnecessary use of antibiotics in both humans and ... Read more

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  • Policy-Making as Designing

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    The book expounds the macro-level relationship between strategy, HRM, and performance, addressing important challenges that have constrained research and practice to date. Adopting a critical perspective, the first challenge is a narrow definition of 'performance' that has been largely driven by a managerialist, profit motive, with little regard for the human element. This book proposes adopting a ... Read more

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