1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784588203321

Titolo

Casting the other : the production and maintenance of inequalities in work organizations / / edited by Barbara Czarniawska and Heather Hopfl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

1-134-47764-3

1-134-47765-1

1-280-11119-4

0-203-99422-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Management, organizations and society

Altri autori (Persone)

Czarniawska-JoergesBarbara

HopflHeather

Disciplina

331.133

658.30082

Soggetti

Sex discrimination in employment

Sex role in the work environment

Sexual division of labor

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Casting the Other: introduction; How do statistical aggregates work? About the individual and organizational effects of general classifications; Gender order and disorder: the articulation of women and disorder as resources in the establishment of new medical practices; The construction of the female entrepreneur as the Other; Keeping the veil of otherness: practising disconnection; Construction of gender in corporations

Individual vs collective action: gender inequality and women's action strategies in German and Swedish business firmsGender-neutral gender and denial of the difference; The Black Engel: women from the ruins of the National Board of Building; The business case for diversity and the 'Iron Cage'; Casting the native subject: ethnographic practice and the (re)production of difference; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Casting the Other: Maintaining Gender Inequalities in the Workplace



focuses on the production and maintenance of gender inequalities in organizations.  By emphasizing 'difference' as something to be managed many organizations institute the 'problem of difference', and while orgainzations pay lip-service to ideas of equality, their day-to-day practices may be unchanged and unchallenged. Discrimination of various groups such as women, immigrants and older people continues and its dynamics remain unclear, largely because of the difficulties of studying it in the field. Additionally, vari

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254933803321

Titolo

Development of Tourism and the Hospitality Industry in Southeast Asia / / edited by Purnendu Mandal, John Vong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

981-287-606-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (131 p.)

Collana

Managing the Asian Century, , 2364-5857

Disciplina

338.479159

Soggetti

Tourism

Management

Globalization

Markets

Economic growth

Tourism Management

Emerging Markets/Globalization

Economic Growth

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Destination ASEAN, Beyond 2015 -- Chapter 2: Factors Affecting Willingness of Foreign Tourists to Spend Money in Benefiting Local People -- Chapter 3: Destination Loyalty Model of Senior Foreign Tourists Visiting Bali Tourism Destination -- Chapter 4: Hedonic Shopping Motivation: Does it really matter? -- Chapter 5:



Airlines Quality Evaluation: Comparison of Turkish Airlines and Singapore Airlines -- Chapter 6: Managing Development of Resort Destinations in Southeast Asia: Emerging and Peripheral Phu Quoc Island -- Chapter 7: Optimum Stimulation Level and Shopping Experience: A Case of Australia -- Chapter 8: Understanding Dark Tourism Acceptance in Southeast Asia: The Case of World War II Sandakan - Ranau Death March, Sabah, Malaysia.

Sommario/riassunto

This book highlights the state-of-art tourism and hospitality industry in Southeast Asian countries, while also presenting future directions for the industry with an emphasis on decision-making models. It first elaborates on the significant role of the tourism and hospitality industry given the rapid socio-economic and cultural changes occurring in Southeast Asia, before providing perspectives on medical tourism, tourism for seniors and several other developments within the tourism and hospitality sector. Development of Tourism and the Hospitality Industry in Southeast Asia presents scholarly perspectives from researchers across the region and is geared towards world-wide readers in academia, as well as experts from the industry.