Human resource management in the shipping industry by Parsa, Seyed Jafar Sadjadi

“…There are indications of consensus among commentators and other stakeholders that shipping industry managements need to pay greater attention to `the human element'. This thesis examines the ways merchant marine officers (seafarers), working for British and European companies, are managed, through the theoretical specification and empirical evaluation of issues and practices associated with the seafaring employment relationship, including prospects for `progressive HRM'. …”
Get full text

Contradictions, dilemmas, views and motivations of volunteers in two community food support schemes in two London boroughs by Mulrooney, Hilda M., Ranta, Ronald

“…Contradictory views were expressed in relation to both personal responsibility for FI and the pay-as-you-feel model; training on both is needed. …”
Get full text

Relationship between lecturers' professional competence, teaching environment and classroom teaching practices at Al-Baha University by Alghamdi, Abdulkhaliq Hajjad

Get full text

Shaping and managing corporate social responsibility in a low-income country : lessons from Uganda by Katamba, David

“…These values are rooted in Uganda’s traditional society, which means that any company intending to conduct CSR in Uganda needs to pay attention to the sociocultural issues that define a CSR beneficiary group. …”
Get full text

Evaluating roadblocks to implementing a green freight transportation system: an interval valued intuitionistic fuzzy digraph matrix approach by Singh, Suneet, Barve, Akhilesh, Muduli, Kamalakanta, Kumar, Anil, Luthra, Sunil

“…Findings suggest that the freight logistics industries in third world nations should pay more attention to societal and managerial barriers for successful implementation of green freight. …”
Get full text

A framework for assessing sustainability in multi-tier supply chains using empirical evidence and fuzzy expert system by Shayganmehr, Masoud, Kumar, Anil, Luthra, Sunil, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo

“…The finding recommends that the company should pay more attention to environmental issues such as making a cutback on utility consumption and increasing recycled materials. …”
Get full text

Benchmarking the outsourcing factors of third-party logistics services selection: analysing influential strength and building a sustainable decision model by Ahmed Khan, Sharfuddin, Alkhatib, Shahed, Ammar, Zaina, Moktadir, Md. Abdul, Kumar, Anil

“…During the decision to outsource and consider third-party logistics service (3PLs) provider selection, decision-makers need to pay more attention to certain critical outsourcing factors such as coordination, integration and cooperation as these key factors are essential to improve overall supply chain performance. …”
Get full text

The mind of the everyday in contemporary fine art and Zen Buddhist practice by Pok, Chong Boon

“…It developed an enhanced understanding of the everyday in contemporary fine art and Zen Buddhist practice in new and original ways, through bringing forward and integrating the physical and theoretical components of my studio practice.The everyday in my studio practice refers to things we encounter day-in and day-out that we are unlikely to give a second thought, like background noise, we hear it but hardly pay any attention to it. The thesis explored the understanding of Beginner's Mind, the spirit of attentiveness, the idea of the circle, art and meditation, it-is-ness, the relativity of things, "nothingness" and the entanglement of art and life as they revolve around my studio practice, all of which have a connection with Zen Buddhist practice of the everyday. …”
Get full text

Moderated mediation effects of individual differences towards turnover intention in social security organization of Iran by Parvari, Alireza

Get full text

Processing developments in employee performance and reward by Perkins, Stephen J.

“…Purpose The purpose of this paper is to surface and discuss issues associated with employee performance appraisal as a multi-staged social interaction reportedly the butt of managerial dissatisfaction, especially when used to inform decisions around pay and other rewards. Design/methodology/approach To substantiate the territory, existing management-based evidence from the published literature is curated and discussed to frame issues for investigation under the rubric of performance appraisal as an activity that may be understood as combining interaction between forms of administrative, social and psychologically oriented control. …”
Get full text

Water quality prediction and carbon reduction mechanisms in wastewater treatment in Northwest cities using Random Forest Regression model by Sun, Jingjing, Guan, Xin, Sun, Xiaojun, Cao, Xiaojing, Tan, Yepei, Liao, Jiarong

“…By utilizing online monitoring data from pilot systems, it conducts an in-depth analysis of the impacts of different wastewater treatment processes on water quality parameters. This work pays particular attention to their impact on key indicators such as Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), NH4+-N, Total Phosphorus (TP), and Total Nitrogen (TN), and the application of predictive models. …”
Get full text

Risk management framework for housing development appraisal in Nigeria by Jagun, Zainab Toyin

Get full text