Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Studying Elite Professionals In Transnational Settings, Elisabeth Brooke Harrington

Brooke Harrington

Er Du Megarig, Behøver Du Ikke At Følge Loven, John Hansen

Brooke Harrington

The Wealthiest One Percent, Lester G. Telser

Lester G Telser

The distribution of the returns to stock portfolios of various sizes and the distribution of the gains from stock holdings among households implies that households own relatively few stocks. The evidence shows that the more diversified is the stock portfolio, the less variable the return. Hence to observe a high concentration of the gains among households suggests that they do not pursue the safer course of holding diversified stock portfolios. It seems plausible therefore that luck plays a bigger role than skill in determining the return from stock holdings. This essay supports this conclusion with a variety of evidence.

Revealing The Screening: Organisational Factors Influencing The Recruitment Of Immigrant Professionals, Shamika Almeida, Mario Fernando, Alison Sheridan

Shamika Almeida

Little attention has been paid to factors that influence employers in their recruitment behaviour, especially as it affects immigrants. In order to address this gap in the literature, a case study of regional Australian employers is used to examine how organisation-based factors influence the employer screening and recruitment of immigrant professionals. The findings indicate that employers are not primarily driven by a human capital lens during the recruitment process. Rather they seem to be influenced by the place and specificity of the process. Some of the key factors which can either favourably or unfavourably influence employers include the organisational size, …

Quality Directions; A Qsa Workshop For Quality Professionals, Margie Jantti

Margie Jantti

No abstract provided.

Opinion And Knowledge Of Child-Rearing Professionals And Non-Professionals Regarding Three Child-Rearing Systems, Larry Barnett

Larry D Barnett

No abstract provided.