General nonfiction awards, 1962-1993

Awards serve to honour and motivate performance that goes ‘beyond the call of duty’ and thus indicates extra-role behaviours. Recipients may be persons, organizations, or even citi...

Honours are expressions of appreciation that can take various forms, ranging from orders, crosses, medals, decorations, prizes, trophies, and certificates to honorific titles and o...

Money is not always successful in sustaining and raising employee motivation. When money is perceived to be controlling, financial incentives may backfire and undermine motivation....

State orders play a great role in most countries. This applies not only to monarchies (e.g. the United Kingdom) but also includes staunch republics such as France or the United Sta...

Awards may honour and induce performance. There are many different academic awards, ranging from the Nobel Prizes to best paper awards, and to awards for young scholars and rising ...

Abstract Over recent years the jurisdiction of the Employment Tribunal has increased dramatically the vast majority of employment claims are now brought here. And as...

The past few years have featured such blockbusters as Super-Size Me, Fahrenheit 9/11, Sicko, March of the Penguins, and An Inconvenient Truth. And as news articles proclaim a new e...

Since it was written nearly 50 years ago, Night (1958) has changed world perception of the Holocaust experience. Wiesel's oeuvre, including Holocaust narratives such as Dawn (1961)...