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When Non-Standard Work Becomes Precarious: Insights From The New Zealand Call Centre Industry, Zeenobiyah Nadiyah Hannif, Felicity Lamm
When Non-Standard Work Becomes Precarious: Insights From The New Zealand Call Centre Industry, Zeenobiyah Nadiyah Hannif, Felicity Lamm
Faculty of Business - Papers (Archive)
The issue of precarious employment has gained increasing currency over recent years, as OECD countries have shifted away from traditional standard employment models. Nevertheless, there has been little empirical research on the experiences of nonstandard workers and the links that can be established with precarious work. This article attempts to address this gap by introducing precarious employment as a sub-set of non-standard work and highlighting its distinguishing features. The Tucker model is introduced as a useful bridge between non-standard work and precariousness, and is used as a framework for examining employment experiences within two New Zealand call centres. Initial observations …
Barriers In The Adoption Of A Market Orientation By Locally Based Non-Profit Organisations (Npos), Gary I. Noble
Barriers In The Adoption Of A Market Orientation By Locally Based Non-Profit Organisations (Npos), Gary I. Noble
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
The need for non-profit organisations (NPOs) to adopt a ‘market orientation’ has been promoted widely in the academic literature. To date, research in this area has focussed on either measuring the degree of market orientation within an NPO or detailing the financial and other benefits that accrue from a market orientation. Although this body of research acknowledges there are barriers to the adoption of a market orientation no study has identified the nature of these barriers. This study contributes to our knowledge by identifying what managers of small locally based NPOs perceive as the main barriers to the adoption of …
Application Of Non-Linear Error Correction Models To The Demand For Money In Tunisia, Sami Khedhiri, Boudhina Riadh
Application Of Non-Linear Error Correction Models To The Demand For Money In Tunisia, Sami Khedhiri, Boudhina Riadh
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Non linear error correction models (NLECM) have been increasingly used recently in the econometric literature since they lead to more insightful results than the linear models in empirical studies. In this research we present alternative methods of dealing with non linearity in error correction models. We apply these models to the demand for money in Tunisia and our results show that we get better predictions than the usual linear models. It is also shown that the speed of adjustment towards the long-run equilibrium is faster than what we get using linear error correction models.