This paper describes the first author's attempt to collect data in a homeless shelter without attending to her role in the social class hierarchy of the organization. The author's egalitarian approach towards the homeless clients, and her lack of involvement in "staff-only" activities, transgress the social class norms within the organizational structure. While the author is successful in gaini...

Battlefield simulations are playing an increasing role in training within the military. This is especially true for training staff officers in tactical operations centers (TOCs) at intermediate echelons like battalions and brigades. Currently, distributed battlefield simulations such as ModSAF and JANUS provide semi-autonomous control of entities (e.g. tanks), and smaller units (up to company s...

it is necessary to consider the impact of demand uncertainty to model the comprehensive approach for supply chain network design. this paper presents four echelons, multiple commodity, and strategic–tactical model for designing supply chain network. uncertain demand, transportation mode selection with lead time configuration has been considered. a numerical example has been implemented to verif...

Purpose Building on the upper echelons theory and sustainability orientation (SO) literature, this paper aims to examine possibility that relationship between chief executive officers’ (CEOs’) SO venture growth might be mediated by levels of corporate social responsibility (CSR) implementation. Design/methodology/approach The authors used data obtained from 211 new ventures operating in Ghana. ...

Abstract Drawing on resource dependency and upper echelons theories, we examine the relationship between directors' international orientation (IO) scope of non‐financial disclosures (NFD) in a two‐tier board structure. Evidence from regression analysis sample firms listed Warsaw Stock Exchange for 2014–2018 period shows that IO supervisory members significantly positively impacts NFD. We also f...

Waste clean-up after a disaster is one of the most critical tasks in response stage management. We develop model to minimise cost and duration waste considering using Temporary Disaster Management Sites (TDWMSs), which can store process before it sent final disposal sites. The problem that arises be seen as Multi-Period Two-echelon Location Routing Problem (MP-2ELRP) main decisions are location...