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Description for Intimacy
Paperback. Num Pages: 145 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; KJMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Sixty per cent of people at work admit to one or more intimate relationship. A recently completed international workplace survey highlights that many people intermingle their private and work lives. Time spent on tasks, the intensity of team relationships and the sharing of common interests make work a multi-purpose site, satisfying personal needs as well as ambitions and career drives. Are managers prepared to face such challenges? No. However, through understanding workplace intimacy practices, firm guidance for managers is provided to better prepare them to address such sensitive encounters.
Sixty per cent of people at work admit to one or more intimate relationship. A recently completed international workplace survey highlights that many people intermingle their private and work lives. Time spent on tasks, the intensity of team relationships and the sharing of common interests make work a multi-purpose site, satisfying personal needs as well as ambitions and career drives. Are managers prepared to face such challenges? No. However, through understanding workplace intimacy practices, firm guidance for managers is provided to better prepare them to address such sensitive encounters.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
145
Condition
New
Number of Pages
145
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349521944
SKU
V9781349521944
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Ref
99-15
About Andrew Kakabadse
ANDREW KAKABADSE is Professor of International Management Development at Cranfield School of Management in the UK. NADA K. KAKABADSE is Professor in Management and Business Research at Northampton Business School in the UK. Together they have extensively researched and published in the areas of leadership, boards, governance and outsourcing. They are both currently engaged in international surveys on ... Read more
Reviews for Intimacy
'Addressing such personal and emotive issues as workplace intimacy is a brave step for any academic and it is greatly to the credit of Andrew and Nada Kakabadse that they are investigated here in such serious and sensitive depth. There is nothing sensationalist or 'tabloid' in the approach taken by this book. It is, rather, an ambitious and highly scholarly ... Read more