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Publication date: 1 February 1993

Jenny Wynne

Discusses the main approaches to power and power relationships anduses this discussion as the basis for analysing how power relationshipsevolve between employees at the lower…

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Discusses the main approaches to power and power relationships and uses this discussion as the basis for analysing how power relationships evolve between employees at the lower level of an organizational hierarchy (traditionally perceived as the least powerful) and customers of a service organization. Derives analysis from data collected during a period of observation on a “luxury” hotel in a major city in England. Finally, evaluates current approaches to “empowerment” in the hotel and catering industry within the context of the preceding sections; and argues that many of the strategies for empowering employees are misdirected, since they have a mistaken and simplistic conception of the nature of empowerment.

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Publication date: 11 September 2007

Stuart Hannabuss

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Library Review, vol. 56 no. 8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0024-2535

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Publication date: 26 November 2020

Wen-Lung Shiau, Xiaodie Pu, Soumya Ray and Charlie C. Chen

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Industrial Management & Data Systems, vol. 120 no. 12
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0263-5577

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Publication date: 1 September 2008

Brenda Sternquist, Carol A. Finnegan and Zhengyi Chen

China’s economy is transforming at a brisk pace. A partially dismantled command economy and introduction of competition have fueled consumer demand for a greater selection of…

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China’s economy is transforming at a brisk pace. A partially dismantled command economy and introduction of competition have fueled consumer demand for a greater selection of innovative new products in the retail market. The challenge for retail buyers is to adjust their procurement processes to respond to consumer needs in an efficient and effective manner. This study examines factors influencing buyer‐supplier relationships in a transition economy. We present a model to explain the factors driving retail buyer dependence on suppliers. We find that retailer evaluation of supplier credibility mediates the relationship between retailer perceptions of a supplier ability to add value to its business and the ability to achieve its desired goals. In part, this is due to the supplier’s market orientation. Interestingly, guanxi ties have no impact on the retailer perceptions of the supplier credibility, but have a positive affect on retailer dependence on its supplier partners.

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Journal of Asia Business Studies, vol. 3 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1558-7894

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Publication date: 1 April 1982

Kathleen W. Craver

During my early years as a junior high school librarian, I was frequently beseiged with requests for heart‐throbbing love stories and mysteries. However, as the years passed and…

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During my early years as a junior high school librarian, I was frequently beseiged with requests for heart‐throbbing love stories and mysteries. However, as the years passed and the divorce rate increased, I began to encounter students who specifically asked for books about “mean stepparents” or “families where there are problems.” I initially wondered whether these new entreaties emanated from a small minority or from a more substantial cross‐section of the school population. Several well‐received book talks concerning the impact of divorce and a few discreet inquiries regarding the number of single‐parent families at my school convinced me that a general need existed.

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Reference Services Review, vol. 10 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0090-7324

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Publication date: 15 April 2020

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Essays in Honor of Cheng Hsiao
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ISBN: 978-1-78973-958-9

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Publication date: 1 November 1936

AT intervals the rules and regulations of libraries should be scrutinized. They are not in themselves sacrosanct as is the constitution of the Realm, but many exist which no…

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AT intervals the rules and regulations of libraries should be scrutinized. They are not in themselves sacrosanct as is the constitution of the Realm, but many exist which no longer have serviceable qualities. Nevertheless, so long as a rule remains in force it should be operative and its application be general and impartial amongst readers; otherwise, favouritism and other ills will be charged against the library that makes variations. This being so, it is imperative that now and then revision should take place. There is to‐day a great dislike of discipline, which leads to attacks on all rules, but a few rules are necessary in order that books may be made to give the fullest service, be preserved as far as that is compatible with real use, and that equality of opportunity shall be given to all readers. What is wanted is not “no rules at all,” but good ones so constructed that they adapt themselves to the needs of readers. Anachronisms such as: the rule that in lending libraries forbids the exchange of a book on the day it is borrowed; the illegal charge for vouchers; insistence that readers shall return books for renewal; the rigid limiting of the number of readers' tickets; or a procrustean period of loan for books irrespective of their character—here are some which have gone in many places and should go in all. Our point, however, is that rules should be altered by the authority, not that the application of rules should be altered by staffs. The latter is sometimes done, and trouble usually ensues.

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New Library World, vol. 39 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 1 February 1907

SO much controversy has raged around the subject of newsrooms in the past two years, that librarians are, as a rule, utterly tired of it, and the appearance of still another…

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SO much controversy has raged around the subject of newsrooms in the past two years, that librarians are, as a rule, utterly tired of it, and the appearance of still another article upon the subject is not calculated to tone down the general spirit of vexation. It requires no little courage to appear in the arena in this year of Grace, openly championing those departments of our institutions which were originally intended to convey the news of the day in the broadest manner.

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New Library World, vol. 9 no. 8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 1 August 1986

TONY WARSHAW, LIZ BOWMAN, TERRY HANSTOCK, ALLAN BUNCH, EDWIN FLEMING and WILFRED ASHWORTH

Two new members of staff are joining BLRDD in September: Lawrence Howells, who is at present working in the Science Reference and Information service, will become a project…

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Two new members of staff are joining BLRDD in September: Lawrence Howells, who is at present working in the Science Reference and Information service, will become a project officer, and Ros Cotton, who is currently working in the Library Association Library, will be the new dissemination officer.

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New Library World, vol. 87 no. 8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 11 August 2022

Emma Weitkamp and Carla Almeida

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Science & Theatre: Communicating Science and Technology with Performing Arts
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ISBN: 978-1-80043-641-1

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