Tuesday, October 15, 2013
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 16 October 2013
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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IWS Weekly Bulletin, 16 October 2013
Academic Research
IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include ---
7641 Understanding Severance Pay
7640 Does High Home-Ownership Impair the Labor Market?
7639 Supplementary Education in Turkey: Recent Developments and Future Prospects
DigitalCommons@ILR--Most Recent Additions
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/recent_additions.html
Home Page at - http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/
BePress (Berkeley Electronic Press)
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COMMONS
http://network.bepress.com/business/human-resources-management/
or
http://network.bepress.com/explore/business/human-resources-management/
ILR PRESS
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/presses/?fa=publisher&NameP=ILR%20Press
Forthcoming and recent ILR Press titles
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/search/?fa=rechercheA&keyType=all&Editeur=ILR%20Press&StartYear=1920
CORNELL HR REVIEW
http://www.cornellhrreview.org/
(The Cornell HR Review is a student-run HR publication that provides timely articles, essays, and executive commentary).
International Labour Organization (ILO)
ILO WORKING PAPERS—Recent Studies
http://www.ilo.org/global/publications/working-papers/lang--en/index.htm
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
International
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
ENERGY OUTLOOK FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC [14 October 2013]
http://www.adb.org/publications/energy-outlook-asia-and-pacific-2013
or
http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/pub/2013/energy-outlook.pdf
[full-text, 543 pages]
Press Release 14 October 2013
Power Swaps Can Help Asia-Pacific Manage Daunting Future Energy Needs - Report
http://www.adb.org/news/power-swaps-can-help-asia-pacific-manage-daunting-future-energy-needs-report
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 378 | October 2013
INVISIBLE TRADE BARRIERS: TRADE EFFECTS OF U.S. ANTIDUMPING ACTIONS AGAINST THE PRC [CHINA] [October 2013]
or
http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/pub/2013/ewp-378.pdf
[full-text, 29 pages]
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL)
WOMEN IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY: BREAKING THROUGH THE EQUALITY THRESHOLD. SUMMARY [10 October 2013]
or
http://www.eclac.org/publicaciones/xml/2/51172/womaninthedigitalecoSUMMARY.pdf
[full-text, 66 pages]
European Commission (EC)
EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPE 2012 [January 2013]
http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=738&langId=en&pubId=7315
or
http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=9604&langId=en
[full-text, 476 pages]
NOTE: The following development in this series of reports happened in December 2011--
The Employment and Social Developments in Europe (ESDE) (replacing the Employment in Europe report): produced on an annual basis it provides the basic analytical and statistical background to underpin the Joint Employment Report as well as other instruments key to the European Employment Strategy. Previous issues of the report can be found in the document database.
See--
EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPE 2011
http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=7294&langId=en
EMPLOYMENT IN EUROPE 2010
http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=6288&langId=en
EMPLOYMENT IN EUROPE 2009
http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=4196&langId=en
EMPLOYMENT IN EUROPE 2008
http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=681&langId=en
EMPLOYMENT IN EUROPE 2007
http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=3068&langId=en
European Commission (EC)
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN EUROPE
Report on Industrial Relations in Europe – published every two years, the report provides an overview and analysis of industrial relations developments at European and national level from the perspective of the European Commission.
2012 - http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=9994&langId=en
2010 - http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=6607&langId=en
2008 - http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=2535&langId=en
2006 - http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=intl
2004 - http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=2200&langId=en
2002 - http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=1616&langId=en
2000 - http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=1619&langId=en
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
COLLECTIVE WAGE BARGAINING [BY EU MEMBER STATE]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/cwb/
OUTCOMES
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/cwb/outcomes?year=2012&field_variables_tid=91
TIMELINE
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/cwb/eiro-timeline?country_tid=11
SOURCES
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/cwb/sources?country_tid=11
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
TRADE AND INTEGRATION MONITOR 2013: AFTER THE BOOM: PROSPECTS FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN IN SOUTH-SOUTH TRADE [October 2013]
Authors: Giordano, Paolo; Harris, Jeremy; Ramos, Alejandro; Ramos, Barbara
or
http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=38133653
[full-text, 340 pages]
International Labour Organization (ILO)
EQUAL PAY: AN INTRODUCTORY GUIDE [4 October 2013]
or
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---normes/documents/publication/wcms_216695.pdf
[full-text, 126 pages]
International Labour Organization (ILO)
SKILLS FOR EMPLOYMENT: GLOBAL PUBLIC-PRIVATE KNOWLEDGE SHARING PLATFORM (KSP) [DATABASE]
http://www.skillsforemployment.org/KSP/en/index.htm
ABOUT
http://www.skillsforemployment.org/KSP/en/AboutThePlatform/index.htm
ISSUES
http://www.skillsforemployment.org/KSP/en/Issues/index.htm
KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS
http://www.skillsforemployment.org/KSP/en/KnowledgeProducts/index.htm
COUNTRIES
http://www.skillsforemployment.org/KSP/en/Countries/index.htm
SOURCES
http://www.skillsforemployment.org/KSP/en/Sources/index.htm
SEARCH (As of 11 October 2013, there are 663 materials in the database)
http://www.skillsforemployment.org/KSP/en/SearchResults/index.htm
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Fiscal Monitor, October 2013 : Taxing Times [9 October 2013]
or
[full-text, 106 pages]
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
World Economic and Financial Surveys
World Economic Outlook Database [October 2013]
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2013/02/weodata/index.aspx
World Bank
Economic Premise
THE STATE OF THE POOR: Where Are The Poor, Where Is Extreme Poverty Harder to End, and What Is the Current Profile of the World’s Poor? [10 October 2013]
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTPREMNET/Resources/EP125.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
Press Release 10 October 2013
Report Finds 400 Million Children Living in Extreme Poverty
World Bank
Policy Research Working Paper 6635
AFRICA'S MACROECONOMIC STORY [1 October 2013]
or
World Health Organization (WHO)
GLOBAL AND REGIONAL ESTIMATES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: PREVALENCE AND HEALTH EFFECTS OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AND NON-PARTNER SEXUAL VIOLENCE [20 June 2013]
http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/violence/9789241564625/en/index.html
or
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/85239/1/9789241564625_eng.pdf
[full-text, 57 pages]
or
Executive Summary
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/85241/1/WHO_RHR_HRP_13.06_eng.pdf
Infographic
· Guidelines for health sector response
jpeg, 313kb
· Health-care worker intervention
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· Full infographic
pdf, 3.29Mb
Press Release 20 June 2013
WHO report highlights violence against women as a ‘global health problem of epidemic proportions’
New clinical and policy guidelines launched to guide health sector response
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2013/violence_against_women_20130620/en/index.html
World Health Organization
STATUS REPORT ON ALCOHOL AND HEALTH IN 35 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES 2013 [20 June 2013]
or
[full-text, 171 pages]
see also
COUNTRY PROFILES
ALCOHOL AND THE WORKPLACE
By Peter Anderson
http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/191367/8-Alcohol-and-the-workplace.pdf
Federal
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases
D. Andrew Austin, Analyst in Economic Policy
Mindy R. Levit, Analyst in Public Finance
September 25, 2013
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL31967.pdf
[full-text, 43 pages]
USA.GOV
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
What's Affected by a Government Shutdown?
http://www.usa.gov/shutdown.shtml
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
Brookings
Center on Children & Families
Series: Social Genome Project Research | Number 48
Improving Children’s Life Chances: Estimates from the Social Genome Model [11 October 2013]
By: Kerry Searle Grannis and Isabel V. Sawhill
http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2013/10/11-improving-childrens-life-chances-sawhill-grannis
or
[full-text, 7 pages]
Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.
107 CEO Changes In September
HIGHEST QUARTERLY TOTAL SINCE Q4 2008 [9 October 2013]
http://challengergray.com/press/PressRelease.aspx?PressUid=290
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
EBRI NOTES
October 2013, Vol. 34, No. 10
“Amount of Savings Needed for Health Expenses for People Eligible for Medicare: More Rare Good News,” and “IRA Asset Allocation, 2011” [10 October 2013]
http://www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=5281
or
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/notespdf/EBRI_Notes_10_Oct-13_RetSvgs-IRAs.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]
Press Release 10 October 2013
Estimated Savings Needed for Retiree Health Continues Drop
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR-1045.09Oct13.RetHlthSvgs1.pdf
Press Release 10 October 2013
“Extreme” IRA Allocations More Likely Among Younger Workers With Smaller Balances
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR-1046.10Oct13.IRAs.pdf
Foundation for Child Development
& Migration Policy Institute
IS THE UNITED STATES BAD FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH? RISK AND RESILIENCE AMONG YOUNG CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS [9 October 2013]
Author: Jennifer Van Hook, Nancy S. Landale, & Marianne M. Hillemeir/ Migration Policy Institute / July 29, 2013
or
http://fcd-us.org/sites/default/files/COI-ChildHealth.pdf
[full-text, 33 pages]
RAND
Factors Affecting Physician Professional Satisfaction and Their Implications for Patient Care, Health Systems, and Health Policy [9 October 2013]
by Mark William Friedberg, Peggy G. Chen, Kristin R. Van Busum, Frances Aunon, Chau Pham, John Caloyeras, Soeren Mattke, Emma Pitchforth, Denise D. Quigley, Robert H. Brook, F. Jay Crosson, Michael Tutty
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR439.html
or
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR400/RR439/RAND_RR439.pdf
[full-text, 152 pages]
or
Summary
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR400/RR439/RAND_RR439.sum.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]
and
APPENDIX MATERIALS
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR400/RR439/RAND_RR439.appendixes.pdf
[full-text, 61 pages]
Towers Watson
Executive Pay Matter
Most U.S. Public Companies Concerned About Complying With Proposed CEO Pay Ratio Rule, Towers Watson Poll Finds [10 October 2013]
Press Release 10 October 2013
Majority of U.S. Public Companies Concerned About Complying With Proposed CEO Pay Ratio Rule, Towers Watson Poll Finds
Only one in 10 companies believes disclosure will provide important information
Law
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Shutdown of the Federal Government: Causes, Processes, and Effects
Clinton T. Brass, Coordinator, Specialist in Government Organization and Management
September 25, 2013
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34680.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]
FindLaw
http://www.findlaw.com/
EMPLOYMENT LAW
http://employment.findlaw.com/
Statistical Reports
OECD Employment and Labour Market Statistics
USA.GOV
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
What's Affected by a Government Shutdown?
http://www.usa.gov/shutdown.shtml
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
ADAPT Forum on Internships: Internships and Traineeships: Occupational Transition or Exploitation? October 25-26, 2013 in Bergamo, Italy
http://moodle.adaptland.it/mod/resource/view.php?id=6823
[FLYER]
and
http://moodle.adaptland.it/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=214
Launching the BLG Leadership Academy
Posted by Samuel B. Bacharach
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/leader/new-developments-launching-the-blg-leadership-academy/
BLG LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: Developing Pragmatic Leaders
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/iws/blg/
NOTE: In light of the continuing economic crisis, it is wise to educate ourselves about the social dangers that can result if societies and individuals forget the lessons of history and act irresponsibly. With this in mind, the following ongoing educational project is being brought to your attention.
Camp des Milles: A Memorial for the Future
http://www.campdesmilles.org/index2.html
or
http://www.campdesmilles.org/home2.html
[English Version]
NOTE: The IWS Documented News Service is committed to helping the Rwanda Tribunal garner more attention world-wide. The lessons and legacy of ground-breaking legal matters related to the unspeakable events in Rwanda should not be forgotten. Humans, whether from rich or poor countries, must remain vigilant in curbing the motivations that lead individuals and groups to violent hatred and barbaric acts against a class of people. Consequently, items about this tribunal, which will end shortly after 2013, will appear from time to time on this news service.
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
www.ictr.org
THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/
LEADERSHIP: New Voice, New Insights, RESULTS-ORIENTED
Creativity Tips From 5 World-Famous Artists
Posted by Samuel B. Bacharach on Oct 2, 2013
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/linksy/creativity-tips-from-5-world-famous-artists/
--see also
BACHARACH LEADERSHIP GROUP (BLG)
http://sambacharach.com/blg-lead/
and
INC.com & Inc. Magazine
www.inc.com
Samuel Bacharach Articles
http://www.inc.com/author/samuel-bacharach
Are You Listening, Congress? 8 Things to Remember When You Play Chicken
Leadership, Obama, and the Art of the Schmooze
Leadership Lessons From a Dysfunctional Congress
Creativity Tips From 5 World-Famous Artists
Senator Ted Cruz and the Pitfalls of Zealot Leadership
4 Ways to Justify a Good Idea
5 Steps to Becoming an Innovation Champion
President Obama, Syria, and the Leadership of Muddling Through
Using Summer's End To Boost Your Creativity
4 Strategies That Inspire Creativity
Leadership Without Presumption: Lessons From Eisenhower
5 Productivity Strategies from the Mind of Richard Feynman
Coaching: Beyond the Sports Icon
5 Classic Movies, 5 Leadership Lessons
5 Leadership Lessons From a Hollywood Pope
4 Reasons Your Employees Resist Change--And How To Overcome Them
Are You Still a Great Leader?
4 Lessons for Mid-Life Entrepreneurs
5 Leadership Lessons From the Seder
The One Thing You Need To Create Change
How Competition Makes You Better: 4 Lessons from Picasso and Matisse
Change: A Play in 4 Acts
Creativity Tips From 5 Very Funny People
Great Leaders Know When to Step Down: A Lesson From the Pope
5 Reasons Leaders Fail
Stop Procrastinating: 5 Tips From Ben Franklin
How to Avoid a Desperate Decision
You Talk Too Much
Leading for a Gender-Inclusive Workplace
Can You Manage and Lead?
How to Hang Onto Your Best & Brightest
Negotiation: How to Play the Doomsday Strategy
Your Own Private Whale: Leadership Lessons From Moby Dick
Why He Won: A Lesson in What People Really Want in a Leader
The Leadership Gifts of Keeping Your Mouth Shut
Will They Tell You You're Naked?
5 Traits of True Leaders
How to Lead Creative Geeks
Boosting "Big Mo"
Leadership Training for Your High-Potential Employees
Gen-Y Employees: How to Motivate Them
The 5 Traits of High-Potential Employees
Why You Should Say What You Pay Employees
How to Change Your Mind Without Being a Flip-Flopper
Don't Do Office Politics? Then You Don't Do Leadership.
Leading Teams: Find the Right Balance Between Hands-on and Hands-off
Charisma Is Not Enough. Great Leaders Execute
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