Research shows that when accessing and retaining work, and when seeking promotion, disabled people often face discrimination and disadvantage that can be unlawful. Obtaining a remedy is no easy matter as, although access to justice and a fair public hearing are key human rights, disabled claimants often face barriers in Employment Tribunals.

Narcissism is considered a widespread phenomenon at leadership levels, where it is represented disproportionately compared to the general population. Furthermore, younger emerging (leadership) talents exhibit significantly higher levels of narcissism than older generations have shown to date. At the same time, traits of the Dark Triad (narcissism, machiavellianism, and psychopathy) often do not occur in isolation, but rather in combination. For this reason, companies should rethink their personnel selection, management, and development practices today. This analysis will therefore highlight the characteristics and behavior patterns of ruthless individuals from the Dark Triad, as well as possible approaches for intervention and prevention.

There has been a growing interest in the subject of internal marketing: issues and perspectives, principles, foundations and concepts in recent years amongst academics and practitioners because there is a belief that successful and improvement in a competitive market gains through deliver better service to customer (firstly, to internal customers; i.e., employees of organization) and create satisfaction in them which in turn influence consumer patronage and loyalty, and consumer decision-making. The significant role of the internal marketing is to developing and maintaining relationships with the internal stakeholders of a contemporary organisation. There is an extensive belief in today's society on how the company viewed by key stakeholders such as investors and shareholders, consumers and customers (both internal and external), members of the community and employees in which the company resides.The challenge is to explore new and effective ways to harness the power of the communication opportunities it presents to engage with stakeholders in interactive, immediate and innovative ways. Any successful communication campaign will include them in its strategy. We view the study of the relationship between internal marketing, internal and external stakeholders, and companies to be timely topics for further investigation.

This book provides managers and leaders with a conceptual framework for visionary leadership to help them rediscover their vision in a more meaningful way with long-lasting results. It guides managers and leaders through four overlapping phases of the vision development and realization cycle at different levels and during various life stages. It teaches leaders to embrace employees as visionary partners in the journey to build a better organization.

This book presents the necessary resources and practical options for companies to find, bind, and develop international professionals in the DACH region. Through a study conducted by the authors, the interrelationship between Human Resources and internationality is analyzed. The book is organized around the Employee Experience and is suitable for executives, managers, leaders, communication and HR departments, as well as relocation and personnel services.

How can we work towards ensuring that organisations are robust and highly productive and avoid issues such as tiredness, burnout, high employee turnover, motivational issues, or problems with the emotional climate?

This edited volume offers a comprehensive analysis of humanistic leadership, bringing together authors with experience working in different cultures to demonstrate that humanistic leadership exists everywhere and has enabled companies to sustain all over the world.

This book takes readers on a comprehensive journey through ten chapters, seamlessly blending insights from the introductory chapter emphasizing the importance of human resource research with subsequent chapters delving into the complexities of evaluation, program conceptualization, and the integration of Theory of Change and Logic Model. The critical examination of prominent evaluation models, exploration of Participatory Evaluation's role, and the need for an integrated evaluation model are highlighted. The narrative culminates in a practical illustration of the integrated model, emphasizing its effectiveness, insights gained, and contributions to the field, while acknowledging limitations and offering recommendations for improvement. The book serves as a valuable resource for HR practitioners, evaluators, and organizational leaders, providing practical guidance and contributing substantively to the improvement of HR practices and organizational performance.

SMEs face unique challenges directly stemming from their size, which create pressures, tensions and dilemmas with regard to people management. These include the liabilities of smallness and newness, as well as resource challenges pertaining to the attraction, development and retention of the workforce. In turn, these challenges can give rise to unique HR dynamics in the SME setting. This edited collection brings together insights from thought leaders in the field of HRM in SMEs to consider how the interplay of a range of external and internal factors coalesce to shape the nature, form and meaning of HRM in this setting.

This book explores the key conceptual features of the development of the Sociology of Work (SoW) in Europe since 1945, using eleven country case studies.

At a time of transformation for many arts and cultural organisations, this book provides a compact, in-depth and practical introduction to effective leadership in arts organisations. It begins with an overview of leadership theories, then moves on discuss the specific tasks and challenges of leadership in the arts, including digital leadership and remote work challenges for arts managers.

This book discusses the socialization of business as a corporate philosophy to understand customers and stakeholders in order to motivate co-creating value-based business performance. Reviewing a wide range of literature, it analyzes emerging theories of agility in business, corporate social responsibility, social learning, and value co-creation.

This book takes you on a journey through the brain, its function and its impact on leadership. The young business field of neuroleadership is founded on the belief that understanding the brain can give leaders new and powerful insights into human behaviour and how to effectively tap into that knowledge to generate better returns in business. The book approaches the background, history, and major thinkers in the field, but also reassesses the fundamental concept of neuroleadership. The authors look into the fundamental basic needs of human beings, how they are represented in the neural networks, and how this manifests in motivational drives. The book also focuses explicitly on how impactful organisational tools can be from the viewpoint of the brain. By following this methodology, the reader will be able to use the knowledge of neuroscience at the workplace to better address individuals’ brains and hence tap into the full power of brains in business.