It has been argued that the adjustment of leadership behavior is essential to leader effectiveness in a cross-cultural context; however, little is known about whether and to what extent business leaders actually do adjust and about the factors that influence any adjustment. This paper presents a study that investigates such aspects. Our data were collected from 391 expatriate senior managers wo...

Background. Athletes’ performance in sporting events is influenced by several factors. One of them is how fair the compensation system is implemented. The proper compensation will motivate the athlete to perform better. Otherwise, it will be a loss for the team. Objectives. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of compensation on the sports achievements of South Sulawesi athlet...

The goal of radiation therapy is to give as much dose as possible to the target volume of tissue and avoid giving any dose to a healthy tissue. Advances of the digital control allow performing accurate plans and treatments. Unfortunately, motion compensation during the treatment remains a considerable problem. Currently, a combination of the different techniques, such as gating (restricting mov...

Development work leading to emittance-compensated symmetric emittance and asymmetric emittance RF photoinjectors is discussed. A mature design for a symmetric emittance photoinjector is described, and current work leading to an asymmetric design is detailed. An experimental program to characterize both injectors and to explore the physical mechanism of emittance compensation using the facilitie...

Local R&D laboratories are traditionally a primary source of information and technology involving local talent and intelligence. This paper focuses on R&D units established by foreign companies in China, investigating their R&D mission, laboratory management, integration with the parent organizations, and overall performance. The research is based on 28 qualitative expert interviews with local ...

Based on theoretical perspectives from the work/family literature, this study tested a model for examining expatriate families' adjustment while on global assignments as an antecedent to expatriates' adjustment to working in a host country. Data were collected from 110 families that had been relocated for global assignments. Longitudinal data, assessing family characteristics before the assignm...

The recent attacks on expatriate hawkers, by their South African counterparts in the streets of Johannesburg, has revealed the vicious xenophobia which lies under the surface of our "rainbow" nation. According to the South African street traders, "illegal" foreigners pose unfair competition to their trade, in an economically adverse climate and should be deported. Migration has been with us for...

The ever increase of nonlinear loads in electric distribution networks causes many problems due to the high level of harmonic currents. This paper proposes a new technique for controlling a single phase shunt active power filter based on a selective compensation using the newly developed technique of harmonic control arrays. Simulation results confirm the appropriate selective harmonic compensa...