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This PhD exploratory, descriptive research, carried out in Finland, attempts to understand how non-white educated professionals, of African origin, make sense of living and working in Finland, in a culture distinct from ...

This paper aims to provide an understanding of innovative service design processes by comparing service design logic with the entrepreneurial logics of causation, effectuation and bricolage (CEB). The paper draws upon ...

Technological advancements have brought abundant freedom to our lives. In an educational context, however, the technology utilization is still relatively low despite recent developments on various learning platforms such ...

This paper presents results of a study which investigates the impact of culture and communication (virtual and face-to-face) on generating solutions in multi-and mono-cultural teams. The study was conducted among fifty ...

In my theoretical paper, I seek to elaborate the existing job demands and resources (JD-R) model of employee engagement (EE) by extending it through the work-life balance (WLB) concept. This elaboration of the central model ...

This work-in-progress paper presents the initial findings of a pilot study aimed at testing the validity of the methodology chosen for PhD exploratory research: narrative inquiry, storytelling, life-story interview, with ...

It takes a village to raise a child, and it takes an entire ecosystem to scale an innovation. The increase of areas of innovation (AOIs) globally reflects the need to nurture innovation for the overall industry success ...

In this paper, we discuss how to implement educational virtual reality (VR) applications based on worklife competencies. VR is a technology increasingly used in education, and VR applications can be used, for example, in ...

Retailers are facing new challenges like changing customer behavior into digital channels. The aim of this paper was to contribute to the need for retail store business model development with digital innovations We conducted ...

Psychological capital is a positive quality that describes person’s attitudes towards work and life in general. It includes four dimensions: self-efficacy, optimism, hope and resilience. There are plenty of research of ...