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Written by a team of internationally renowned scholars, this is a comprehensive overview of the practical implications for organizations that manage international employees, and individuals who are currently or aspiring expatriates. For postgraduate, MBA and EMBA students, as well as practitioners, such as HR managers and global mobility managers.

This book updates Social Learning Theory, offering a practical and rigorous way to develop the capacity to bring about change.

This new edition is unparalleled in breadth of coverage, thoroughness of technical explanations and number of worked examples.

Written by a world expert on the subject, this is the first complete reference on the mathematics of origami.

This revised and updated edition reveals the vibrant, colourful past of Bangladesh, chiefly known in the West through media images of poverty, underdevelopment and disasters. Based on the latest academic research and richly illustrated, this is a fascinating and highly readable account of life in Bangladesh over the last two millennia.

Richly illustrated with the images from observatories on the ground and in space, and computer simulations, this book shows how black holes were discovered, and discusses our current understanding of their role in cosmic evolution. This second edition covers new discoveries made in the past decade, including definitive proof of a black hole at the center of the Milky Way, evidence that the expansion of the Universe is accelerating, and the new appreciation of the connection between black holes and galaxy formation. There are entirely new chapters on gamma-ray bursts and cosmic feedback. Begelman and Rees blend theoretical arguments with observational results to demonstrate how both approaches contributed to this subject. Clear illustrations and photographs reveal the strange and amazing workings of our universe. The engaging style makes this book suitable for introductory undergraduate courses, amateur astronomers, and all readers interested in astronomy and physics.

This series has been developed for the Cambridge Lower Secondary Global Perspectives Curriculum Framework (1129).

Students studying classical mechanics can learn Newton's laws of motion through this accessible and pedagogical guide. Carefully scaffolded everyday examples and full explanations of concepts and equations ensure that students will develop a deep and confident understanding of this fundamental and important subject.

Challenging binary interpretations of Iran's Green Uprisings of 2009 as a 'failed revolution', this dynamic history of Iran and the Middle East focuses on the men and women who existed at the centre of these contentious politics, with wider insights into US foreign policy, political Islam and revolutionary politics.

This much-anticipated third edition is an ideal core or supplementary text for undergraduates and graduate students studying neuroscience, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neurochemistry, or biological psychology. It offers a concise introduction to the basic principles of experimental design and analysis.

Sacrifice is not simply an expression of religious beliefs. Its highly symbolic nature lends itself to various kinds of manipulation by those carrying it out, who may use the ritual in maintaining and negotiating power and identity in carefully staged 'performances'. This Element will examine some of the many different types of sacrifice and ritual killing of human beings through history, from Bronze Age China and the Near East to Mesoamerica to Northern Europe. The focus is on the archaeology of human sacrifice, but where available, textual and iconographic sources provide valuable complements to the interpretation of the material.

Child and adolescent psychopharmacology is a rapidly growing field with psychotropic medications used widely in the treatment of this patient group. However, psychopharmacological treatment guidelines used for adults cannot simply be applied for children or adolescents, thus presenting clinicians and nurse practitioners with assessment and prescribing challenges. Based on the best-selling resource Stahl's Prescriber's Guide, this new book provides a user-friendly step-by-step manual on the range of psychotropic drugs prescribed for children and adolescents by clinicians and nurse practitioners. Reviewed by expert child and adolescent psychiatrists, the medications are presented in the same design format in order to facilitate rapid access to information. Each drug is broken down into a number of sections, each designated by a unique color background thereby clearly distinguishing information presented on therapeutics, safety and tolerability, dosing and use, what to expect, special populations, and the art of psychopharmacology, and followed by key references.

Management research is criticised for poor research practices and not addressing important problems. Tourish proposes fundamental changes to rescue it from crisis. A must read for management and organisation scholars, practising managers, university administrators and policy makers within higher education.

A tool for anyone facing the challenge of taking strategic decisions, this book offers thirty recognised and effective strategic models to choose from, concisely described in a process-led manner, and illustrated with graphics. It will appeal to M.B.A. students, students of corporate or business strategy, and practitioners and managers as well.

By bringing together discussions about transparency, surveillance and big data, Flyverbom illustrates how developments in digital technology have consequences for how people live, how organizations work and how societies and politics operate. The interdisciplinary scope will appeal to graduate students, researchers and policymakers alike.

This textbook provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the field of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer psychology. Designed for undergraduate students taking LGBTIQ psychology, psychology of sexuality or related courses, it includes pedagogical features to support learning and to facilitate discussion and reflection.

Ken Hyland presents a practical introduction to teaching second language writing, providing comprehensive coverage of current theory and classroom applications. The book will benefit prospective and practicing teachers of English as a second language (ESL), advanced undergraduates and Masters' students in applied linguistics, and scholars investigating L2 writing.

This new edition of Wiesner-Hanks's prize-winning survey has been thoroughly updated with significant changes designed to reflect the newest scholarship in every chapter. Global issues have been threaded fully throughout the book. As the leading text on women and gender in Europe, this remains essential reading for all students.

Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is a new diagnosis commonly encountered by a range of health care professionals, yet currently no standard of care exists. This book outlines a new cognitive-behavioral treatment for patients with ARFID that has been developed in response to this urgent clinical need.

This concise yet informed text provides medical practitioners with both the theoretical background and practical knowledge to guide them in the practice of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). It covers essential aspects of ECT delivery such as patient selection and preparation, treatment techniques, common adverse side-effects and patient aftercare.

An overview of the connection between science and society, discussing the challenges faced by environmental experts, including how to communicate effectively, identify sources of disagreement and tackle controversial topics. With numerous case studies and practical solutions, this is an essential resource for scientists and professionals.

This book shows how to create arguments, deploy them effectively to justify beliefs and influence others, test them, and attack and defend them. It not only offers a set of techniques but also investigates the underlying assumptions and commitments we make when we argue.

To understand the political causes and consequences of inequality, this book digs deep into voters' attitudes to redistribution. It provides a novel explanation of how the demand for redistribution is the result of expected future income, the negative externalities of inequality, and the relationship between altruism and population heterogeneity.

Category theory reveals commonalities between structures of all sorts. This self-contained tour of applied category theory shows its potential in science, engineering, and beyond. Each chapter discusses a real-world application using category-theoretic tools, all of which are introduced in an accessible way with many examples and exercises.

A detailed, up-to-date survey of Yoruba history from the pre-colonial period to the present which draws on a wide variety of sources to provide an accessible, multidisciplinary overview of the development of Yoruba society and culture.

A clear introduction to lexical-functional grammar, this outstanding textbook will help those who are learning about the formal theory for the first time, those who are familiar with other frameworks, and those interested in using a formal framework to analyze languages that are fundamentally different from English.

Offering a freshly-researched text based on Conrad's original documents, this edition presents a classic of early modernist fiction in a version that recovers the writer's preferred wordings, punctuation and narrative structure. The text is supported by a rich context of ancillary documents and annotation, including introduction, appendices and notes.

For graduate students and researchers in anthropological theory, this book offers a renewal of social theory through anthropological concepts such as liminality, trickster, imitation, schismogenesis, participation, and gift relations, by revisiting the rise of the modern world and its sociology via key ideas developed by 'maverick' anthropologists.

What explains the rise of authoritarian populism in Europe and the US, including Trump and Brexit? The book argues that a backlash against cultural change by older generations triggered these disruptive forces.