englischIf you want to transform diversity into innovation, you have to uncover unconscious biases and stereotypes. The fact is, unconscious bias is omnipresent and creates mental shortcuts in information processing. The author shows that the so-called unconscious bias inhibits development in [...]

englischTheoretical economics is the foundation of political economics. Its meaning lies in the area between private exchange and public coercion. In summary: control of individual behavior by coercion or control by free bargaining. It is, basically, a problem of rhetoric’s, not of science. To [...]

englischIn the academic literature communication is repeatedly described as a success factor for change management processes. However, the question how communication works best and should be designed in the phases of change usually remains unanswered.

Along the phases "unfreeze", "move" and "freeze" [...]

englischThe human resource management of social organizations faces special and growing challenges. The shortage of skilled workers is one of many examples. It is important to examine all existing potentials and to exploit them in the best possible way. One of the most important potentials of today [...]

englischThe Ruhr region is undergoing constant economic structural change. This study sheds light on the political attitudes and perceptions of the people in the Ruhr region and explores the question of whether so-called ‘disconnected regions’ are particularly susceptible to sociopolitical apathy [...]