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Foremen and Grievances: Some Problems of Definition
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The Assessment of Employee Grievances Handling in Tanzania: the Case of Udsm and Muha
… learning institutions to in handling employee grievances, explored employees’ perceptions about the way their grievances are handled, discovered factors which hinder effective management of employees’ grievances, and found out what should be done to effectively manage employees’ grievances. In …
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Perceptions and Grievances: Impact of Resource Governance on Protracted Conflicts in Nigeria's Niger Delta
… rents, royalties, and taxes. In the mid-1990s, grievances and protests against perceived unfair allocation of oil resources started peacefully among the Ogoni and a handful of communities in the Niger Delta. Within a decade, it took violent dimensions and spread to other communities in the …
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Studying Janus behavior : how support, deterrence, grievances and organizational structure shape violent and peaceful behaviors
Examples abound of movements once entirely fixated on violence who choose to enter the political arena, exchanging politics by force for politics of a gentler sort. These groups exhibit "Janus-faced" personalities, simultaneously including militancy and nonviolent mobilization in their toolbox of …
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Does mining alleviate or exacerbate poverty: Are local community grievances really 'Much Ado about Nothing'?
This study sets out to evaluate the impact of industrial mining on local economies, within a context of a developing country with a strict procurement policy on its extractive industry. It contributes empirical evidence on two main ideas on the impact of mining on local communities. The one idea is …
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Indigenous Environmental Conflicts in Mexico, 2007-2020: a Neoliberal and Environmental Justice Perspective on Collective Grievances
… on indigenous collective action, neoliberal grievances, and environmental justice, I argue that neoliberal reforms in Mexico have served to perpetuate and amplify the North-to-South “ecological debt,” causing disproportionate damage against indigenous communities, for whom territoriality is …
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‘Painting a Picture’ when ‘Putting in a Grievance’ Revelations and Reforms for Resolving Individual Grievances at the Town Hall
… (i) how have the legal frameworks on workplace grievances and contractual status evolved?; and (ii) how do local authorities, through their procedural structures and operational practice, facilitate the resolution and inclusion of individual grievances?
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"Trust Deficit Disorder": The Role of Social or Economic Grievances on Institutional Trust During Covid-19 in the United States
… Utilizing Collier and Hoeffler's (2000) grievances, I approach the perceptions of social restrictions and economic decline from the Covid-19 pandemic as grievances. Additionally, following the framework of Hardin (1993), trust is defined as "a three-part relation: A trusts B to do X" (pg. …
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The Relationship between Leadership Styles and Labour Disputes in British Columbia's Public Schools
… been commonplace, frequently resulting in formal grievances and arbitration. Since dealing with these issues imposes enormous costs on both teachers' unions and school boards, this study used hierarchical regression analysis to explain why some schools have fewer grievances filed than other …
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An assessment of workability and communicative implications of the Virginia State Board of Education's procedure for adjusting grievances as perceived by local school division personnel
… of Education's 1973 Procedure for Adjusting Grievances mandated for use in all Virginia public school divisions reflects that school superintendents perceive the provisions relating to the workability of the procedure and its communicative implications in a more critical manner than do …
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Impact of institutional diversity on unions and NGO's efforts to represent and articulate farm workers' grievances: case study of the 2012 Western Cape farm workers strike and protest action
Following a disconcerting pattern in South Africa's recent labour history, a violent strike and protests gripped the De Doorns area in the Hex Valley River Valley of Western Cape Province in the late months of 2012 and early 2013. Literature on collective action and mobilisation shows that many of …
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Insiders and Outsiders: Global Social Movements, Party Politics, and Democracy in Europe and North America
… arguments that are investigated are whether grievances opposing U.S. unilateralism in Iraq, on which there was a strong issue consensus, are as important as Tarrow's politically opportune domestic targets, such as a government joining the "Coalition of the Willing," in accounting for dynamics …
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Examining the Factors that Contribute to the Survival and Resilience of the Al-Shabaab Terrorist Organization
… Islam to portray itself as a defender of Muslim grievances; complicating counter-terrorism efforts, and garnering sympathy and supporters globally.</p> <p>Central to understanding Al-Shabaab’s adaptability are the dimensions of clannism. Clannism in Somalia shapes the political climate. …
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Political violence as a form of communication: understanding marginalised voices in South Africa through content analysis
… with systemic inequities and historical grievances. In South Africa, political violence has persisted as a troubling legacy, complicating the nation's democratic transition. While much of the existing research has focused on the manifestations of violence—such as interpersonal, criminal, …
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Two paths to nationhood : explaining the goals of ethnic rebellions
… different goals. The theory posits that popular grievances against the state concerning the legitimate relationship between the ethnic group and the government are crucial for understanding the objectives rebel groups seek. These grievances are shaped by cultural and historic differences between …
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American Foreign Policy and Islamic Aggression
… produced from this research is that political grievances are generating anti-Americanism among Muslims, but the extraordinary value placed upon these grievances is determined by psychological inadequacies within the Islamic world which would continue to generate Islamic aggression against the …
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Regulating Payday Lending
… 18.4% increase in payday loan grievances reported to the CFPB after the rule took effect. These findings reflect success in empowering and educating consumers about their rights through disclosure requirements and financial literacy efforts, with elevated grievances signaling …
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The Bengal army and the outbreak of the Indian mutiny
… of recruitment, its growing list of professional grievances, the deteriorating relationship between its sepoys and their European officers, its relaxation of discipline and its sepoys' use of caste issues as a smokescreen for other grievances. Then it analyzes the events of 1857: the cartridge …
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The Dynamics of Violent Escalation and De-escalation: Explaining Change in Islamist Strategies in Egypt and Indonesia
… of violent escalation is driven by the logic of grievances. Government repression, low policy convergence and salient threats to the Muslim community lead to escalating grievances. These grievances are aggravated by the pervasiveness of violent norms of resistance and by intra-organizational …
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The Effect of Grievance Management on Motivation of Teachers: A Case of Ilala and Temeke Municipalities in Dar es Salaam Region
… assess the extent to which handling of teacher grievances at the municipal level affects teacher motivation. Respondents of the study were public primary school teachers (N = 86) who were selected on sampling. The study used survey method. Data were collected using a hand delivered highly …
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