1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461335003321

Titolo

Discretionary behavior and performance in educational organizations [[electronic resource] ] : the missing link in educational leadership and management / / edited by Ibrahim Duyar, Anthony H. Normore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley [England], : Emerald Group Pub. Ltd., 2012

ISBN

1-280-12060-6

9786613524461

1-78052-643-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Collana

Advances in educational administration, , 1479-3660 ; ; v. 13

Altri autori (Persone)

DuyerIbrahim

NormoreAnthony H

Disciplina

371.2011

375

Soggetti

Organizational behavior

School management and organization

Electronic books.

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

pt. 1. Theoretical foundations of discretionary behavior -- pt. 2. Applications of discretionary behavior in educational organizations -- pt. 3. Conclusions and implications for future research.

Sommario/riassunto

The purpose of this volume is to contribute for the development of a parsimonious and coherent theory/understanding in discretionary behavior in organizations, educational organizations in particular. The volume will set a stage for the discussion of significance and timeliness of discretionary behavior towards solving long lasting issues in educational organizations. The volume also will create an environment where the future discourse and direction of discretionary behavior in educational organizations are discussed.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963681703321

Autore

Lo Kwai-Cheung

Titolo

Excess and masculinity in Asian cultural productions / / Kwai-Cheung Lo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2010

ISBN

9781438432106

1438432100

9781441669575

1441669574

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in global modernity

Disciplina

305.38/8951

Soggetti

Civilization, Modern - Asia - 21st century

Civilization, Modern - China - 21st century

Masculinity in popular culture - China

Popular culture - China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-239) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- EXCESS AND MASCULINITY IN ASIAN CULTURAL PRODUCTIONS -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: Asian Modernity and Its Unassimilable Male Excess -- 1. Ethnic Ghosts in the Asian Shell: Racial Crossover and Transnational Cinema -- 2. The Racial Other and Violent Manhood in Murakami Haruki's Writings about China -- 3. Becoming-Woman in the Male Writings of Hong Kong Chinese Society -- 4. Fighting Female Masculinity: Modernity and Antagonism in Woman Warrior Films -- 5. Ethnic Excess in Films about Minorities -- 6. Clean Modernization, the Web-Marriage Game, and Chinese Men in Virtual Reality -- NOTES -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

Innovative analysis of the relationship of gender to East Asian economic development.