La population qui constitue l’objet d’intérêt de la thèse est la communauté polonaise, fixée sur le territoire français depuis l’entre-deux-guerres, dans leur forte majorité ayant statut des « travailleurs étrangers ». L’objectif de la thèse est l’analyse de la situation et de l’histoire de la communauté polonaise en France dans les dimensions sociale, politique, culturelle et dans les aspects précis choisis. L’autre objectif est la présentation de la population polonaise comme étant exemplaire de la situation des immigrés en France dans l’immédiat après-guerre. Les deux premiers chapitres apportent l’analyse des notions employées, la présentation du contexte démographique, économique et politique de la France au lendemain de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et de la genèse de la communauté immigré polonaise en France. Les deux chapitres suivants constituent les études précises de cette communauté dans l’immédiat après-guerre, par l’analyse de la situation, du statut et des changements au sein de l’immigration polonaise, ensuite des conflits politiques intérieures au sein de cette communauté – tout cela dans le contexte du rapatriement, organisé à l’époque par les autorités polonaises de Varsovie. Le dernier chapitre constitue l’étude de l’évolution des phénomènes de l’enseignement polonais, de l’aumônerie polonaise et de la fameuse vie associative des Polonais en France. En bref, la thèse présente divers aspects du processus de l’intégration progressive de la communauté immigrée polonaise à la société d’accueil, accélérée par les années d’hostilités et le contexte particulier de l’immédiat après-guerre. / The object oh the following thesis is the Polish community living in France from the interwar period, in the majority consisting of laborers who owned the status of travailleur étranger – “foreign worker”. The aim of this dissertation is the analysis of the situation and the history of the Polish community in France in the following dimensions: social, political and cultural and in chosen detailed aspects. What is more, the aim of the thesis is a presentation of Polish community as an example of situation of immigrants in France in the years following Second World War. The first two chapters present the analysis of notions frequently used and demographic, economical and political context in France of that time, at last the presentation of the genesis of the Polish community in France. Next two chapters constitute detailed study of this community in the chosen period, through the analysis of its situation, legal status and social changes, as well as internal political conflicts. This is described, taking into consideration, repatriation of the Poles from France, organized by the Polish government in Warsaw. The last chapter constitutes the study of evolution of the Polish education phenomenon, Polish priesthood and well-known activity of Polish associations. To sum up, in the thesis are presented the diverse aspects of the progressive process of the integration of the Polish immigrants in France which was accelerated by the War and the specific context of the first years after the Liberation.

This is a qualitative study which seeks to understand how Somali shop owners run successful businesses in the township of Soweto in South Africa. This research report has three sections, namely (1) the academic paper which comprises a shortened literature review, the research method, findings, and the discussion; (2) an extended literature review and (3) the research methodology. It is important to mention that these three sections are related and not necessarily stand-alone sections. Despite the hostilities faced by the Somali shop owners from the host communities in South Africa, it is notable that they are successful, small-sized entrepreneurs in most townships of South Africa (SA). Previous research on Somalis has predominantly focused on their assimilation into the societies in their host countries, and on how they are led into self-employment because of the unfavourable labour markets in the host country. In this vein, there is a need to understand how they run successful businesses in the townships of SA. This study seeks to answer the following research question: How Do Somali Shop Owners Succeed in Running Businesses in Soweto, South Africa (SA)? In pursuit of answers to the above research question, this study was confined to three locations in Soweto, namely Orlando West, Chiawelo and Rockville which have a relatively high number of Somali entrepreneurs who have been in operation for longer than three years. This qualitative study explored the multiple perspectives of reality of Somali shop owners. Purposively, 14 Somali shop owners were identified initially using purposive sampling. Subsequently, theoretical sampling was used to identify Somali shop owners who were interviewed regarding how they successfully run their businesses in the locations of Orlando West, Chiawelo and Rockville in the township of Soweto. A total of eighteen semi-structured, in-depth and face-to-face interviews were conducted with these shop owners as a means of gathering data to the point of saturating their perspectives. Data collection ceased when new perspectives were no longer evident as interviewees were being repetitive. Open-coding and constant comparison was used to analyse the data. The findings of the study show that ethnicity plays a predominant role in the success of the Somali shop owners. The intra-ethnic networks and trust-based support systems are pivotal to how Somali shop owners run successful businesses in Soweto. The key findings manifested showed that various forms of support came from Somali communities, family and fellow countrymen which were also central to their success. Another key finding showed that Somali shop owners run their businesses by complementing, rather than predominantly competing with the other local businesses, which ultimately differentiates them in this way. The study also revealed that responsiveness to local customer needs by enhancing the value of their business to the locality is also characteristic of how Somali shop owners build customer loyalty. This study contributes to our understanding of how Somali entrepreneurs conduct successful businesses in a hostile host country. The findings have implications for business development training and programmes which support immigrant entrepreneurs. The findings may also be extended to inform how business development programmes would be designed to equally support local entrepreneurs.

The diploma thesis deals with the admission of foreign workers in Czech enterprises with a focus on social security and income tax. The analysis of the current state is devoted to a general introduction to the legal regulations according to which an employer determines the state in which he must fulfil the relevant obligations. In the proposal part, a narrower group of foreign workers is defined according to the statistical data of the selected enterprise. The proposal for effective risk management in the admission and subsequent employment of workers from the defined group is created by means of selected methods for risk identification and analysis. Brainstorming, What-If analysis, Checklist and Scoring method were used to create the proposal. The particular methods are complementary each other. Within the proposal for effective risk management, appropriate measures are proposed for each identified risks and their general financial assessment is made in the last part of the thesis.

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by Li Sau Ying, Tam Yuk Lin, Anita. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-79). / ABSTRACT --- p.i / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / LIST OF APPENDICES --- p.v / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.vi / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Objectives --- p.2 / Assumptions --- p.2 / Methodology --- p.3 / Scope of Study --- p.4 / Current Situation --- p.4 / The Hongkong Bank / Standard Chartered Bank / Dah Sing Bank / Chapter II. --- LITERATURE REVIEW / Comparison of Management Culture and Education Between the PRC and Hong Kong --- p.12 / Focus / Socio-Economic Context / Ideological Influences / Mindset / Management Context / The Need for Gradual Integration --- p.18 / Principles for Training PRC Graduates --- p.19 / Needs-Based Training / Participation by PRC Graduates at Design Stage / Emphasis on Experience Sharing / Emphasis on Practice / Chapter III. --- THE TRAINING PLAN / Target Group for Training --- p.22 / Target Interviewees --- p.22 / Training Needs Analysis --- p.23 / Objectives --- p.23 / Sources of Information --- p.24 / Values of the Hong Kong Retail Banking Industry / Interview with the PRC Graduates working as Tellers or Clerks and their Line Managers in the Hong Kong Retail Banking Industry / Interview with PRC Graduates Studying MBA in Hong Kong / Annual Performance Appraisal of Existing PRC Graduates working as Tellers or Clerks / Job Descriptions of Supervisor of the Hong Kong Retail Banking Industry / Training Needs Identified --- p.31 / Stage I / Culture / Working Style / Customer Service / Technical Knowledge / Stage II / Technical Skills / """Soft"" Skills" / Training Methods Identified --- p.33 / Training Objectives --- p.33 / Structure of the Training Program --- p.33 / Training Method --- p.37 / Expected Results --- p.38 / Evaluation --- p.40 / Criteria / Frequency / Assessor and Format / Chapter IV. --- CONCLUSION --- p.43 / APPENDICES --- p.45 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.78

Zhao, Yan. / 500 Thesis submitted in: December 1999. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-89). / Abstracts in English and Chinese, questionnaire in English and Chinese. / ABSTRACT (ENGLISH) --- p.i / ABSTRACT (CHINESE) --- p.ii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.iii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / LIST OF TABLES --- p.vi / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.vii / Chapter CHAPTER 1. --- INTRODUCTION / Background of the Study --- p.1 / Objective of the Study --- p.2 / Significance of the Study --- p.4 / Chapter CHAPTER 2. --- LITERATURE REVIEW / Expatriate's Adaptation --- p.7 / Impression Management --- p.11 / Performance Evaluation in Leader-Member Exchange --- p.13 / Cognitive Information Processing --- p.17 / Summary --- p.21 / Chapter CHAPTER3. --- MODEL DEVELOPMENT / Research Context --- p.22 / Hypotheses --- p.24 / Chapter CHAPTER 4. --- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY / Overview --- p.29 / Sample --- p.30 / Questionnaire --- p.32 / Measurements --- p.34 / Control Variables --- p.37 / Chapter CHAPTER 5. --- RESULTS / Statistical Method --- p.39 / Hypotheses Testing --- p.40 / Chapter CHAPTER 6. --- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION / Discussion of Findings --- p.45 / Additional Considerations --- p.51 / Theoretical Contributions --- p.53 / Practical Implications --- p.55 / Limitations and Future Research Directions --- p.57 / Conclusion --- p.60 / TABLES --- p.61 / FIGURES --- p.72 / APPENDICES --- p.74 / REFENCES --- p.81

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This work addresses to what extent businesses in the United States and the European Union have a moral obligation to participate in social integration processes in areas where they operate with the use of migrant laborers. It begins with the presupposition that a common framework as to what constitutes ethical behavior in business is needed and beneficial. It argues that the very industry that creates a need for migrant labor ought to also be involved in merging this labor successfully into the existing community and specifies that a discourse on business ethics and migration is gravely needed. This must be one that considers how businesses can become more engaged in resolving the social issues that arise both for the migrants and for the local community in which the businesses operate. The purpose would be to fill a social and humanitarian need that government alone cannot. More importantly, it will be to exercise beneficence and display responsible and sincere corporate citizenship. It is claimed that businesses that fail to encourage and participate in integration processes display a moral flaw. Cosmopolitan business ethics are proposed as a way to look at ethical business conduct and it is claimed that businesses that act as cosmopolitan citizens are morally praiseworthy.

This study aimed to determine the applicability of western migration models to the movement patterns of foreign migrant traders at the Hartebeespoort Dam. After reflecting on theoretical dimensions of migration and the informal sector, an overview was provided of the historical development of migration patterns to and within South Africa. The complex nature of migration phenomena ensures the application of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. A snowball sampling technique was used to select 30 respondents for the purpose of the questionnaire survey. Information obtained from this survey was supplemented by five in-depth interviews. Descriptive statistical techniques were used to analyse the information obtained from the survey. The study concluded that western migration models do not offer adequate explanation for the migration patterns observed among foreign migrant traders at the Hartebeespoort Dam. The study also established the merit of the combined use of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies in migration studies. / Geography / M.A. (Geography)