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1 – 6 of 6Hannah Meacham, Jillian Cavanagh, Amie Shaw and Timothy Bartram
The purpose of this paper is to examine human resource management (HRM) innovation programs in the early stages of employment for workers with an intellectual disability (WWID).
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine human resource management (HRM) innovation programs in the early stages of employment for workers with an intellectual disability (WWID).
Design/methodology/approach
The first case study was carried out at a large national courier company where a film innovation programme was used to enhance the socialisation process of WWID. The second case study was at a five-star hotel situated in a large city where a buddy system innovation programme was used in the induction and training process of WWID.
Findings
The overarching “life theme” created through these innovation programs was one of enhanced and creative opportunities for social inclusion. The participants displayed more confidence and independence in their ability and exhibited aspirations to advance and succeed in their roles.
Practical implications
The study argues that HR professionals need to be more proactive in finding innovative ways to engage WWID in the early stages of employment.
Originality/value
The qualitative study is underpinned by socialisation and career construction theory which provides the framework to discuss the ways in which socialisation and socially inclusive HRM practices enable participants and other WWID achieve success on their career paths. The key message of our research is that early vocational socialisation innovation programs can make a positive difference to the work experiences of WWID.
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Hannah Meacham, Jillian Cavanagh, Amie Shaw and Timothy Bartram
The purpose of this paper is to examine how HRM practices enhance and/or impede the employment, participation, and well-being of workers with intellectual disabilities in…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine how HRM practices enhance and/or impede the employment, participation, and well-being of workers with intellectual disabilities in three hotels located in Australia.
Design/methodology/approach
The research employs a case study methodology, including interviews with three HR managers, three department managers, 17 workers with intellectual disabilities, and focus groups of 16 supervisors and 24 work colleagues.
Findings
The research found that the opportunities to participate in work are driven primarily by developing a social climate that enables social cohesion through the altruistic motives of managers/supervisors and reciprocal relationships.
Originality/value
The findings lend support for the importance of both formal and informal HR practices, such as inclusive recruitment and selection, mentoring, and training and development, as well as individualised day-to-day support provided by supervisors and colleagues, to improve the participation and well-being of workers with an intellectual disability.
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Hannah Meacham, Jillian Cavanagh, Timothy Bartram and Katharina Spaeth
In order to consider fiction’s contribution to understanding organizations and their ethics, we need to examine the connection between creativity and morality. This…
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In order to consider fiction’s contribution to understanding organizations and their ethics, we need to examine the connection between creativity and morality. This chapter explores six possible relations, drawing upon a variety of works (creations) from a poet, a playwright, and several philosophers. I argue that any relationship between fiction/creativity and morality is multi-dimensional and should be treated as such in future research in business ethics and organizational studies. In particular, we are not entitled simply to assume that fictive creativity will bolster existing norms or engender virtues. On the contrary, in some cases, fiction reveals just how difficult it is to apply norms or to identify the virtuous course of action, given that we often do not have an accurate understanding of what is going on in an organizational or business setting, much less a cogent grasp on whether the behavior is right and good.
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Provides students, scholars, and interested parties an introductory essay and selected bibliography of recent resources on the art and material culture of the Shakers, a…
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Purpose
Provides students, scholars, and interested parties an introductory essay and selected bibliography of recent resources on the art and material culture of the Shakers, a communitarian religious group who lived in the United States from the 18th to 21st centuries.
Design/methodology/approach
Introduces and annotates periodical articles, monographs, and exhibition catalogues examining Shaker art and material culture dating from 1987 to the present.
Findings
Provides information about each source, discusses the characteristics of current scholarship on Shaker art, and describes sources that contain unique scholarly contributions and quality reproductions of well and lesser known Shaker objects.
Practical implications
Provides a point of departure for an exploration of Shaker studies, focusing on the art and material culture of the Shakers, and highlights important sources within the growing body of literature on the Shakers.
Originality/value
As the only recent annotated bibliography of material on Shaker art, the article provides access to interdisciplinary resources that are widely scattered within the humanities literature and thus previously difficult to locate. The article also serves to bring resources on Shaker art and material culture to a wider audience, since the special libraries devoted to Shaker collection do not have electronic catalogs, and are largely limited to on‐site access.
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