The Employer’s Association for Insurance Firms (AGV) in Germany is the top political organization of the German Insurance Branch. Over 216,000 workers are working in firms represented in this organization, and 99% of all insurance firms are in this organization, according to Simone Rehbronn, AGV. On March 27, 2012, the AGV hosted a seminar day …
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Intercultural Communication Expert Alexia Petersen visits
Alexia Petersen, intercultural communication expert from Aachen, Germany, was a guest in my seminar “Work and Family in Japan and Germany” on January 24, 2012. Alexia took questions from the students and presented a fascinating look at Japanese culture using pictures taken on her many trips there and a detailed explanation of important terms and …
Congratulations, Dr. Grötzbach!
On behalf of the entire team, I’d like to share how happy we are for Jochen Grötzbach and his successful defense of his dissertation on October 31, 2011. The title of his work is “Technology Transfer and Cultural Exchange as Instruments for reducing Socio-Ecological Conflicts in the Modernization Process” („Techniktransfer und kultureller Austausch als Mittel …
Tampere, Finland: Community, Work, and Family Conference
From May 19-21, about 200 scientists from all over the world – over 80 of whom were from Finland – and multiple disciplines came together to think and talk about the future of work and family in context at the fourth international Community, Work and Family Conference in Tampere, Finland. This conference series started in …
Work-Life: Cross National Conversations in Paris
On May 17, 2011, about 80 scholars from disciplines in the social sciences, business, and management gathered at the Paris Executive Campus of the Rouen Business School. Our purpose was to develop concrete suggestions for what to consider or how to proceed to improve the use of context, especially national context, in research on work-life …
