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This poem aims to present a reflection on a common issue faced by academics around the world namely, the urgency to publish.
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Purpose
This poem aims to present a reflection on a common issue faced by academics around the world namely, the urgency to publish.
Design/methodology/approach
This is a fictional poem.
Findings
The poet considers how academics are being judged or rewarded by those in university administration. Regardless of how good a teacher they are, unless they have publications they are viewed poorly.
Originality/value
An attempt to summarize the situation many academics are finding themselves in – unless they publish that will be undervalued in the academic workplace.
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– This poem aims to present a reflection on the antecedents to third world poverty, degradation and hopelessness.
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Purpose
This poem aims to present a reflection on the antecedents to third world poverty, degradation and hopelessness.
Design/methodology/approach
The design is that of a fictional poem.
Findings
The poet considers how the antecedents to Third World poverty, degradation and hopelessness, unfortunately, mesh together quite seamlessly.
Originality/value
The paper represents a unique attempt to condense, in a nutshell, what is happening in many Third World countries.
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This poem aims to present a reflection on the bigger picture of how powerless people are in reality to safeguard their own futures.
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Purpose
This poem aims to present a reflection on the bigger picture of how powerless people are in reality to safeguard their own futures.
Design/methodology/approach
It is a fictional poem.
Findings
The poet considers how outside forces devalue the traditional approaches people have taken towards trying to insulate themselves from life's storms.
Originality/value
This is a unique attempt to look at how people are given a false sense of security regarding the methods people should adopt to safeguard themselves and their families against financial ruin.
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This poem aims to present a reflection on the bigger picture of greed and how “hope” is often all the powerless have to hold on to that a better time will come.
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Purpose
This poem aims to present a reflection on the bigger picture of greed and how “hope” is often all the powerless have to hold on to that a better time will come.
Design/methodology/approach
A fictional poem.
Findings
The poet considers the ugliness of our world and how often “hope” is all humanity has that this ugliness can be transformed into something better.
Originality/value
A unique attempt to look at the horrors of this world throughout the ages and how humanity has coped with them.
– This paper aims to develop a framework of connotative meanings afforded to the term “corporate governance”.
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Purpose
This paper aims to develop a framework of connotative meanings afforded to the term “corporate governance”.
Design/methodology/approach
An examination of academic publications from 1985-2012 containing the term “corporate governance” was conducted. The articles are sorted into the theoretical constructs that influence the contemporary connotative meaning of corporate governance.
Findings
That a combination of a weak definitional base coupled with strong motivational forces have aided the development of competing theoretical perspectives of the meaning of corporate governance. The dominant meaning is written from an agency theory perspective.
Research limitations/implications
Theoretical analysis was restricted to articles found in academic journals published since 1985.
Practical implications
This study provides a very useful analysis into the connotative meanings and theoretical bases used by academic writers in the study of corporate governance.
Originality/value
This paper provides an updated and developed analysis to the theoretical dimensions that underpin the contemporary use of the term “corporate governance”.
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