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Title Employees and employers in service organizations : emerging challenges and opportunities / editor, Arvind K. Birdie, PhD
Published Oakville, ON ; Waretown, NJ : Apple Academic Press Inc., [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 373 pages)
Series 21st century business management book series
21st century business management book series
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; About the 21st Century Business Management Book Series ; List of Contributors ; List of Abbreviations ; Preface
Summary With the increasing globalization and fast-paced technological advances in business today, service organizations must to respond to the changing business dynamic between employers and employees. The service industry has metamorphosed into a revolution not only in United States but in developed and developing countries also. Highly industrialized countries have become s̀ervice economies', at least when measured in terms of share of the workforce employed in service industries. This new book, Employees and Employers in Service Organizations: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities, the first volume in the 21st Century Business Management book series, provides an in-depth exploration of recent concepts and trends in business management in the service industries. It looks at the changing expectations and loyalties of young workers and others and the challenges and opportunities presented for service employers. The book considers theory and research findings, providing a plethora of practical implications and applications for these new workplace behavior dynamics. Exploring the different perspectives and concepts from the book's researchers and authors, Employees and Employers in Service Organizations: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities cover themes such as work-life balance spirituality in the workplace emerging positive psychology concepts, such as psychological capital, knowledge management, and mindfulness expectations, motivation, and behavior of different generations, such as Generation Y This informative volume will be valuable for faculty teaching courses in management and self-improvement for leaders and executives as well as for those in service industries
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 12, 2017)
Subject Service industries workers.
Service industries -- Personnel management
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior.
Service industries -- Personnel management
Service industries workers
Business & Management.
Personnel & human resources management.
Other manufacturing technologies.
Retail & wholesale industries.
Management & management techniques.
Working patterns & practices.
Business and Management.
Form Electronic book
Author Birdie, Arvind K., editor
LC no. 2017008012
ISBN 9781771884747
1771884746
9781315341637
1315341638
9781315365855
1315365855
9781315322667
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