John P. Meyer a consacré sa carrière à étudier l’engagement des employés dans les organisations. Dans ce chapitre, nous allons retracer les étapes importantes qui ont émaillé la recherche de l’auteur au fil de sa carrière.

What is a committed employee? Are employees who are committed better or worse off than employees who are uncommitted? What are the organizational advantages and disadvantages of having a committed workforce? Commitment in the Workplace provides an overview of academic and popular perspectives on what committed employees look like and how they become committed. The multiple faces of commitment are examined as are the links that have been established between the various forms of commitment a...

Faculty members, scholars, and researchers often ask where they should publish their work; which outlets are most suitable to showcase their research? Which journals should they publish in to ensure their work is read and cited? How can the impact of their scholarly output be maximized?The answers to these and related questions affect not only individual scholars, but also academic and research institution stakeholders who are under constant pressure to create and implement organiz...

Evolution has been taught as fact for years in science textbooks and classrooms, leaving the need for God out of the discussion. But today's scientific evidence provides compelling evidence for an Intelligent Designer. This series discussion four of the great discoveries that prove God exists. You'll find your mind—and faith—strengthened in a way that will help you better understand and communicate your beliefs.

With the international bestseller The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, Nicholas Meyer brought to light a previously unpublished case of Sherlock Holmes, as recorded by Dr. John H. Watson. Now Meyer returns with a shocking discovery—an unknown case drawn from a recently unearthed Watson journal.January 1905: Holmes and Watson are summoned by Holmes' brother Mycroft to undertake a clandestine investigation. An agent of the British Secret Service has been found floating in the Thames,...

In Nicholas Meyer's The Return of the Pharaoh, Sherlock Holmes returns in an adventure that takes him to Egypt in search of a missing nobleman, a previously undiscovered pharaoh's tomb, and a conspiracy that threatens his very life.With his international bestseller, The Seven Per Cent Solution, Nicholas Meyer brought to light a previously unpublished case of Sherlock Holmes that reinvigorated the world's interest in the first consulting detective....

"Holmes enthusiasts will again find a story that is true to their hero…Readers who just enjoy a good mystery thriller will appreciate the terse narrative and fast moving action." —Lawrence J. Goodrich, Christian Science MonitorLocated by a computer in the bowels of a major university, this missing manuscript by Dr. John Watson, the biographer of Sherlock Holmes, reveals for the first time a hitherto unknown episode in the life of the Great Detective.

New York Times BestsellerOne of Parade's 101 Best Mystery Books of All TimeThis "rediscovered" Sherlock Holmes adventure recounts the unique collaboration of Holmes and Sigmund Freud in the solution of a mystery on which the lives of millions may depend.First discovered and then painstakingly edited and annotated by Nicholas Meyer, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution related the astounding and previously unknown collaboration of Sig...

At last, the reason behind the Tooth Fairy’s visits to children is revealed in The Tooth Fairy Legend: The Touch of Kindness. Never before has this timeless myth of childhood been so clearly defined in story and song. Learn why the teeth collected by the Tooth Fairy are taken to the Isle of Kindness, and why the Tooth Fairy’s job is much more vital than anyone imagined.This double CD set includes the narrated story and fully orchestrated songs sung by a cast that ...

Jeffrey Dahmer committing his first murder with a fear of being left alone, then went on luring young boys and keeping souvenirs of their skulls.Ted Bundy who appeared to be a generous and charming young man with a brilliant future started with a petty crime and worked his way up to the murder of young women.John Wayne Gacy was a pillar of the community, organizing themed block parties and entertaining as Pogo the Clown, bu...

How the university went global and became the heart of the information ageThe university is experiencing an unprecedented level of success today, as more universities in more countries educate more students in more fields. At the same time, the university has become central to a knowledge society based on the belief that everyone can, through higher education, access universal truths and apply them in the name of progress. This book traces the university's rise ove...

«Manhattan Transfer» gehört zu den großen revolutionären Romanen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Durch eine Fülle von Schauplätzen und Charakteren lässt Dos Passos ein schillerndes Porträt des urbanen New Yorker Dschungels entstehen, in dem das Jagdfieber wütet: nach Arbeit, Glück und Macht. Die Figuren des Romans – ein junger Einwanderer, ein Gewerkschaftsführer, ein Mörder, ein Karrierist, eine nach Selbständigkeit strebende Frau, ein sensibler Alkoholiker und andere – scheinen aus der unbestimmba...