Author: Keith Michael Hearit
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associate
Keywords: wrongdoing, lea, communication, series, allegations, responses, management, apology, corporate, crisis
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2005-08-15
List price: $100.00
ISBN-10: 0805837884
ISBN-13: 9780805837889

Crisis Management by Apology: Corporate Response to Allegations of Wrongdoing examines the role of apologia and apology in response to public attack. Author Keith Michael Hearit provides an introduction to these common components of public life, and considers a diverse list of subjects, from public figures and individuals to corporations and institutions. He explores the motivations and rationales behind apologies, and considers the ethics and legal liabilities of these actions. Hearit provides case studies throughout the volume, with many familiar examples from recent events in the United Sta

Author: Vyvyan Evans; Melanie Gree
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associate
Keywords: introduction, linguistics, cognitive
Number of Pages: 856
Published: 2006-03-03
List price: $46.95
ISBN-10: 0805860142
ISBN-13: 9780805860146

A general introduction to the area of theoretical linguistics known as cognitive linguistics, this textbook provides up-to-date coverage of all areas of the field, including recent developments within cognitive semantics (such as Primary Metaphor Theory, Conceptual Blending Theory, and Principled Polysemy), and cognitive approaches to grammar (such as Radical Construction Grammar and Embodied Construction Grammar). The authors offer clear critical evaluations of competing formal approaches within theoretical linguistics. For example, cognitive linguistics is compared to Generative Grammar and

Authors:Linda K. Stroh, Homer H. Johnso,
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associate
Keywords: consulting, effective, principles, basic
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2005-12-15
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0805854207
ISBN-13: 9780805854206

This is a very good time for consultants. As corporations have been reorganizing and downsizing, merging and globaliing, the consulting business has been booming. The Basic Principles of Effective Consulting is about what effective consultants do and how they do it. It provides a step-by-step process that can provide successful outcomes for consultants and their clients. The chapters have plenty of examples and cases of the process used by effective consultants, as cases and examples are one of the best ways to learn the consulting business. Also provided as part of each chapter are short piec

Author: David Blustei
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associate
Keywords: counseling, public, policy, series, psychotherapy, lea, development, working, new, perspective, career, psychology
Number of Pages: 376
Published: 2006-02-15
List price: $41.95
ISBN-10: 0805858792
ISBN-13: 9780805858792

In this original and major new work, David Blustein places working at the same level of attention for social and behavioral scientists and psychotherapists as other major life concerns, like intimate relationships, physical and mental health, and socio-economic inequities. He also provides readers with an expanded conceptual framework within which to think about working in human development and human experience. As a result, this creative, new synthesis enriches the discourse on working across the broad spectrum of psychology’s concerns and agendas, and especially for those readers in ca

Author: Joan Poliner Shapiro; Jacqueline A. Stefkovich Jo
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associate
Keywords: perspectives, complex, dilemmas, second, theoretical, applying, leadership, decision, making, education, ethical
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2005-06-01
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0805850228
ISBN-13: 9780805850222

This text--developed in response to an increasing interest in ethics and a growing number of courses on this topic that are now being offered in educational leadership programs--is designed to fill a gap in instructional materials for teaching the ethics component of the knowledge base that has been established for the profession. Ethical Leadership and Decision Making in Education: Applying Theoretical Perspectives to Complex Dilemmas, Second Edition: *demonstrates the application of different ethical paradigms (the ethics of justice, care, critique, and the profession) through discussion and

Author: Marilyn Cochran-Smith; Kenneth M. Zeichner
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associate
Keywords: education, teacher, research, panel, report, studying, aera
Number of Pages: 816
Published: 2005-06-29
List price: $195.00
ISBN-10: 0805855920
ISBN-13: 9780805855920

This landmark volume presents the work of the American Educational Research Association’s Panel on Research and Teacher Education. It represents a systematic effort to apply a common set of scholarly lenses to a range of important topics in teacher education. The Panel’s charge was twofold: *to create for the larger educational research community a thorough, rigorous, and even-handed analysis of the empirical research evidence relevant to major policies and practices in pre-service teacher education in the U.S., and to propose a research agenda related to teacher education that bui

Authors:Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Ellen Ernst Kossek, Stephe
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associate
Keywords: perspectives, approaches, disciplinary, multi, family, handbook, work
Number of Pages: 816
Published: 2005-12-16
List price: $225.00
ISBN-10: 0805850252
ISBN-13: 9780805850253

The Work and Family Handbook is a comprehensive edited volume, which reviews a wide range of disciplinary perspectives across the social sciences on the study of work-family relationships, theory, and methods. The changing demographics of the labor force has resulted in an expanded awareness and understanding of the intricate relations between work and family dimensions in people’s lives. For the first time, the efforts of scholars working in multiple disciplines are organized together to provide a comprehensive overview of the perspectives and methods that have been applied to the study