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Sales Questionnaire PDF Print E-mail
Written by Administrator   
Wednesday, 17 August 2011 12:55

We would be very grateful if you help with our research in looking at the properties of this new questionnaire, which is designed to discriminate between the general population and those that would be suitable for a career in sales. With this in mind, we would like you to complete the 25 item scale inventory. We will give you feedback on the results if you provide an email address. The results will be treated confidentially, and the analysis will be at aggregate level, so that no individual response will be identified.

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Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace PDF Print E-mail
Written by Dorothy Spry   
Wednesday, 20 July 2011 22:57

eqEmotional Intelligence (EI) is a necessary component of any successful workplace. People who operate with a high level of EI have more successful work relationships with colleagues and superiors, have greater work success and higher work satisfaction. Their ability to self-manage affords them a heightened self-awareness that is utilized to govern their actions – personally and in relation to others – which leads to reduced stress and maximized skills.


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Employer and Employee Satisfaction – Panacea or Poison? PDF Print E-mail
Written by Dorothy Spry   
Wednesday, 20 July 2011 20:40

The relationship between employer and employee is at the heart of every business nowadays and although technology has changed the way we do work, enabling us to automate and streamline processes in the workplace we must not neglect the very engine that drives business, and that’s the people in them.

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Consuming the Candyfloss PDF Print E-mail
Written by Nigel Marlow   
Tuesday, 21 June 2011 07:17

The story of candy floss

Since the turn of the twentieth century, ‘consuming’ has gradually become more and more central to our way of life. Consuming is no longer just a matter of surviving. It has now become a ‘lifestyle’.

We define ourselves by our consumption patterns. What, where and when we buy says more about who we are than any CV. It tells others what tastes, values, interests and attitudes that we have. We readily display style and class through consuming ‘things’ and can even let others know about our fantasies and sexuality through the contents of our shopping trolley.

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Stars in their shoes! PDF Print E-mail
Written by Nigel Marlow   

Can women’s birth-signs predict their preference for shoes?

Earth style shoesProfessor Dawkins’ recent programme (Enemies of Reason, Channel 4, August 2007), has made it a dangerous time for academics to be associated with anything considered to be ‘pseudo-science’, but could there just be some evidence for the predictive ability of Astrology?

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