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Author:   Katerina Nicolopoulou ,  Mine Karataş-Özkan ,  Ahu Tatli ,  John Taylor
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
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9781848445437

ISBN 10:   1848445431
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   29 July 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Contents: Introduction PART I: SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTEXT OF KNOWLEDGE WORK 1. What Makes a Knowledge Society? Privileging Discourses Jennifer Adelstein 2. Global Knowledge Workers: An Eye on the Senior Executives of the Middle East by Stanton Chase International Panos Manolopoulos and Konstantina Sakellariou PART II: MOBILITY, MIGRATION, AND DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE WORKERS 3. Immigration and Emigration Decisions Among Highly Skilled British Expatriates in Vancouver William S. Harvey 4. Transnationality in Small-scale Cities? Integration of, and Cooperation between, Creative and Knowledge-intensive Workers in the Stagnating Socio-economic Landscape of Leipzig (East Germany) Bastian Lange and Juliane Schröder 5. Entrepreneurship, Culture and Mobility of Knowledge Workers in European ICT SMEs: A Theoretical Framework Kanellos-Panagiotis Nikolopoulos 6. The Important Role of Refugee and Migrant Community Organizations in Bringing Out Highly Educated Refugees’ Potential as Knowledge Workers Maria Psoinos 7. Social Exclusion in Information Capitalism: A Study of Online Recruitment Advertisements in the Indian Software Industry C.M. Malish and P. Vigneswara Ilavarasan PART III: RELATIONALITY, SOCIAL NETWORKS AND KNOWLEDGE WORK 8. How the Emergent Properties of Social Networks Support Knowledge Sharing in Dynamic Labour Environments: Lessons from the Hospitality Sector in Australia’s Northern Territory Kalotina Chalkiti 9. Relationality in Global Knowledge Work Teams Olivia Kyriakidou 10. Women in Public Relations and Profit Organizations in the UAE: How Gender Influences Practice Badreya Al-Jenaibi PART IV: KNOWLEDGE WORKERS, TECHNOLOGY AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT 11. The Role of Technology-enhanced Learning in the Development of Global Knowledge Workers Lisa Harris, Paul Harrigan and Jean Leah 12. Digital Skills for Digital Disruption and Value Creation Lorraine Warren PART V: MOTIVATIONS AND FORMS OF CAPITAL IN THE CONTEXT OF KNOWLEDGE WORK 13. Autonomy as a Stressor in Knowledge Work Peter Holdt Christensen 14. Multiple Understandings of Time: Academics’ Experiences of the Work–Family Relationship Gina Gaio Santos Index

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Edited by Katerina Nicolopoulou, Senior Lecturer, University of Strathclyde, Mine Karataş-Özkan, Professor in Strategy and Entrepreneurship, University of Southampton, Ahu Tatli, Lecturer in International Human Resource Management, Queen Mary, University of London and John Taylor, Professor of Higher Education Management, University of Liverpool, UK

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