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Sixty per cent of people at work admit to one or more intimate relationship. A recently completed international workplace survey highlights that many people intermingle their private and work lives. Time spent on tasks, the intensity of team relationships and the sharing of common interests make work a multi-purpose site, satisfying personal needs as well as ambitions and career drives. Are managers prepared to face such challenges? No. However, through understanding workplace intimacy practices, firm guidance for managers is provided to better prepare them to address such sensitive encounters.

Introduction : toward a deeper conceptualisation of cosmopolitanism in global cities / Nikolai Mouraviev and Nada K. Kakabadse -- The cosmopolitan environment : traits, challenges and the trends -- Sustainable urban growth and the cosmopolitan environment : the role of power in promoting diversity, opportunities and entrepreneurship / Nikolai Mouraviev and Nada K. Kakabadse -- The modern land of opportunity : cosmopolitan cities attract independent immigrants / A. Timur Sevincer, Michael E. W. Varnum and Shinobu Kitayama -- From sand dunes northward of Jaffa to a cosmopolitan city : Tel Aviv entrepreneurs' experiences / Nada K. Kakabadse and Nikolai Mouraviev -- Cosmopolitanism and entrepreneurship in Istanbul and London : a symbiotic relationship in context / Berk Kucukaltan and Mustafa F. Ozbilgin -- Diversity and opportunities in cosmopolitan cities: gender and entrepreneurship -- Female entrepreneurs in cosmopolitan Dubai / Nada K. Kakabadse and Nikolai Mouraviev -- Barriers to female entrepreneurship in Karachi / Mustafa Ali -- Cosmopolitan cities in Eastern Europe -- Moscow : a global city under siege / Ivan Kariakin and Nikolai Mouraviev -- Kyiv: an emergent cosmopolitan city / Yeliena Prokhorova -- Conclusion -- Entrepreneurship and governance in cosmopolitan cities : lessons learned / Nikolai Mouraviev and Nada K. Kakabadse -- Contributor biographies -- Index.

First published in 1998, this study formed the basis of a report submitted to the Australian Commonwealth Government as an independent piece of research. With the onset of large organizations, leadership has become increasingly important, being viewed both from the perspective of action and from the influence of context. The authors examine leadership in the Australian public sector first through an overview of leadership, followed by a survey of the APS including the culture of the APS and recommendations for improvements.

The globalization of capital has fostered a 'below the radar' global elite that occasionally surfaces at global events, such as Davos and the Bilderberg gatherings. Global Elites: The Opaque Nature of Transnational Policy Determination draws attention to the extensive reach of an emergent ruling class of political, financial and corporate interests. This original collection from internationally renowned authors captures the nature of elites across varying cultural regimes. In this text, the rich history of elites and their shaping of world affairs, even in times of rudimentary technology, is balanced by insightful studies of elites today. The rich, the famous, the entrepreneurial and even the migrants are scrutinised. The critical question is what do elites really contribute? Certainly their philanthropic effort is evident, but so too is their inclination for self absorption. This expoš of the global class is penetratingly illuminating, especially the conclusion that chaos could be the order of the day, if global elite networks lacked cohesion.

Purpose: Israel is characterised by economic growth that is accompanied not only by prosperity but also by increasing poverty. This paper aims to conceptualise the role of Israel's social enterprises in reducing the gap between prosperous and disadvantaged populations. Design/methodology/approach: This qualitative study is based on 23 in-depth interviews. It makes use of a theoretical framework that incorporates two elements: cosmopolitanism and social entrepreneurship. Cosmopolitanism, together with government policies that aim to develop free enterprise and international trade, support entrepreneurship and advance education, accompanies and facilitates prosperity. Whilst prosperity increases inequality, social entrepreneurship develops as a tool to mitigate the side effects of economic growth in the form of the increasing gap between the rich and the poor. Findings: This paper argues that the principal reason why the gap evolved and is increasing is in the discrepancy between rapidly rising requirements presented by the innovation-focussed economy and the workers' skills. Based on interviews with social entrepreneurs who are (co)founders or managers of businesses with a social purpose, findings show that the gap between prosperity and social deprivation could be bridged by increasing workers' capacity to align their skills with employers' requirements, which is the area to which Israeli social enterprises contribute. Originality/value: The paper argues that cosmopolitan orientation is one of the contributors to economic growth and innovation, whilst prosperity increases the gap between high- and low-income groups. The paper contributes to the body of knowledge about social entrepreneurs by applying the framework that makes use of cosmopolitanism as an important driver of Israeli social entrepreneurship, which helps to explain the role that social business enterprises play in reducing the gap between prosperous and disadvantaged populations.