RESEARCH PROPOSAL – EXAMPLE 1 Project Title Emotional Labour and Gender in the Hospitality Industry Research Context The idea that there is an ‘emotional’ aspect to work seems to have only gained academic credence in recent years. Hochschild (1983) originally introduced the concept of emotional labour in her study of flight attendants and bill collectors. Since then various researchers have subsequently expanded the topic to various different types of workers including teachers (Blackmore
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ELIMINATING CHILD LABOUR: DO NGO INTERVENTIONS ADD UP TO A STRATEGY? Rekha Wazir* The involvement of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in child labour is fairly recent but it is steadily growing in momentum. However‚ only a few NGOs have succeeded in achieving recognition in this field at the national level. This paper starts by reviewing a number of inter-linked background factors that circumscribe and curtail the activities of NGOs. This is followed by an analysis of the strategies
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The paper main purpose of this paper is analyzes the issue of turnover culture‚ causes of turnover‚ negative effects of turnover‚ and offers suggestions for curtailing the rate of turnover in the industry. The problem of this article is that employee turnover continues to plague the leisure‚ tourism and hospitality industry as keeping and retaining employees become a huge issue. A common estimate is that employee turnover costs 1.5 times the departing employee’s income. Unemployment rate rose from
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BHM COURSE GUIDE COURSE GUIDE BHM 750 LABOUR RELATIONS Course Developer/Writer Abdullahi S Araga National Open University of Nigeria Course Co-ordinator Abdullahi S Araga National Open University of Nigeria Programme Leader Dr O. J. Onwe National Open University of Nigeria NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA 750 BHM COURSE GUIDE National Open University of Nigeria Headquarters 14/16 Ahmadu Bello Way Victoria Island Lagos Abuja Office 5‚ Dar Es Salaam Street Off Aminu
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Child labour refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives children of their childhood‚ interferes with their ability to attend regular school‚ and that is mentally‚ physically‚ socially or morally dangerous and harmful.This practice is considered exploitative by many international organisations. Legislations across the world prohibit child labour. These laws do not consider all work by children as child labour; exceptions include work by child artists‚ supervised training‚ certain
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Child labour Introduction Throughout the world‚ especially in the less-developed countries‚ an immeasurable amount of children have been involved in what has been called child labour‚ and its prevalence has now sparked much worry. Child labour can be defined as any work that is harmful to a child’s health or interrupt a child’s education (International Labour Organisation‚ 2012). According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO)‚ there were approximately 153 million child labourers aged
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Introduction Employee turnover is a ratio comparison of the number of workers a company must replace in a given time period to the average number of all employees. A big concern to Irontown‚ employee turnover is expensive‚ especially in lower paying job roles‚ for which the employee turnover rate is highest. Many factors play a significant role in the employee turnover rate of any organization‚ and these can stem from both the employer and the employees. Wages‚ employee attendance‚ stress of
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ETHIC AND SOCIETY CHILD LABOUR Name: Tammy (Nhan) Mai Instructor: Chris Barrett Date: December 7‚ 2010 Introduction According to internationally accepted rules‚ regulations‚ laws‚ morality‚ and ethics‚ child labour is unacceptable‚ and child labour should be not legalized. This paper records the results of research on child labour issues in newly industrialized nations and third-world countries‚ and discusses how companies currently make use of child labour. Child labour is unacceptable because
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Receivable Turnover = Net Sales/Average Net Account Receivables Accounts receivable turnover ratio measures the effectiveness of a company in extending credit and collecting debts. It is an activity ratio that measures how efficiently a firm uses its assets. Year ABC DEF GHI Industry Average 2012 31‚ 053/988 = 31.43 16‚842/1‚282.5 = 13.13 5‚160/618 = 8.35 17.64 2013 32‚722/1‚042 = 31.4 18‚657/937 = 19.91 5‚858/494 = 11.86 21.06 In this table you see the accounts receivable turnovers from the 3
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LABOUR UNREST & ITS CAUSES & IMPACTS “KINGFISHER AIRLINES” Kingfisher Airlines Ltd ‚ controlled by liquor baron Vijay Mallya‚ cancelled all flights through Thursday because of labour unrest and was ordered by the aviation regulator to submit a revival plan before it can fly again. The heavily indebted airline‚ which has been months behind on salary payments‚ saw its operations come to a grinding halt on Monday after disgruntled engineers responsible for aircraft safety checks threatened
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