CHAPTER II Travelling Uncharted Waters? REVIEWING THE LITERATURE 2.1 Introduction: Storm in a teacup This part of my research journey was fraught with anxiety‚ distress and a sense of being lost. Reviewing the literature became my own storm in a teacup‚ as I found myself dizzily spiralling‚ being flung between not knowing on the one side‚ on the verge of knowing at the other‚ yet continuously feeling out of control‚ not being here nor there ... caught somewhere between locating
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3.1. Research Objective: To review literature on Social entrepreneurship The aim in this section is to review and discuss the concept of social entrepreneurship (SE). First‚ some of the historical antecedents of SE such as communities‚ cooperatives and philanthropists will be introduced. Then‚ definitions of SE extant literature will be presented. Two significant streams in the definition of SE are derived‚ one is social innovation (SI) and the other one is social enterprise organisation (SEO).
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Portfolio management Portfolio management is the professional management of various securities (shares‚ bonds and other securities) and assets (e.g.‚ real estate) in order to meet specified investment goals for the benefit of the investors. Investors may be institutions (insurance companies‚ pension funds‚ corporations‚ charities‚ educational establishments etc.) or private investors (both directly via investment contracts and more commonly via collective investment schemes e.g. mutual funds or exchange-traded
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The effectiveness of advertising: a literature review Elisabetta Corvi Associate Professor of Economics and Business Management University of Brescia corvi@eco.unibs.it Michelle Bonera (corresponding author) Assistant Professor of Economics and Business Management University of Brescia +39 333 2341484 mbonera@eco.unibs.it Abstract The aim of the paper is to propose a simple approach to monitor and control the encoding phase‚ too often neglected by the doctrine and operators
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Assertiveness in ELT: A Review of Literature Nur’ain Balqis Binti Haladin Faculty of Education Universiti Teknologi Malaysia nurainbalqis@utm.my Noor Aireen Binti Ibrahim Language Academy Universiti Teknologi Malaysia naireen@utm.my According to Sigler‚ Burnett and Child (2008)‚ in 1940s research on assertiveness started to gain the scholarly interest. In its early popularity‚ assertiveness was mainly focused on the differences in assertiveness based on gender and race of the communicator
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Literature Review Outline Motivation of employees and creating harmony in the workplace Three issues that considerably add to higher levels of employee motivation and performance‚ Nemerov (1993) Supervisors should enhance the motivational climate in the workplace‚ Atwood (2004) Employees Motivation and Theories and their Implication for Employee Retention within Organizations‚ Ramlall (2004) Management style of managers in Sierra Leone is based on autocratic-democratic approach Employee can
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Critical Thinking: A Literature Review Research Report Emily R. Lai June 2011 CRITICAL THINKING 1 About Pearson Pearson‚ the global leader in education and education technology‚ provides innovative print and digital education materials for pre-K through college‚ student information systems and learning management systems‚ teacher licensure testing‚ teacher professional development‚ career certification programs‚ and testing and assessment products that set the standard for the industry. Pearson’s
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Running head: A LITERARY REVIEW OF CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENT Celebrity Endorsement in Mass Media Advertising Brands Celebrity endorsement in mass media advertising has become a very beneficial phenomenon for many countries and has significantly increased in the past decade‚ and should be the main principle of brand communications since it is the key to marketing success. Any product that is displayed in a television commercial or magazine advertisement by a corporation that uses a celebrity or
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Business review demonstrates that there are a few investigations of components or factors that impact the business performance of telecommunication companies in the region. However‚ there is no effort at a comprehensive study of the telecommunication organisation in Malaysia. Thus‚ this study endeavours to discuss and dedicates to critical assessment and evaluation of business performance of Digi Telecommunications. The review of related literature is fundamental in order to provide a comprehension
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Gender and Leadership Literature Review 1. Introduction Leadership theories and literature describe what leaders should do and on the other hand literature also exists on what leaders actually do‚ the former are prescriptive and the latter are descriptive (Bratton et al; 2005). Leadership style is a relatively consistent set of behaviours that characterise a leader (DuBrin; 1995). The main leadership theories encompass the trait‚ behaviour‚ contingency‚ power
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