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Teaching in Transnational Higher Education examines current trends and challenges that face students, teachers and institutions of higher education around the globe. This book comes at a pivotal moment where many universities are offering their courses in offshore locations. Students who could once not access an international qualification can now do so without leaving their home country.

The book clearly defines and takes an in-depth look at the various types of transnational education, including: institutions that have campuses abroad, teach specific courses abroad, and form...

After the sudden and traumatic death of her mother, a daughter is violently pushed into the abyss of denial. In an attempt to detangle the knots of her life, and the relationship they had, she begins to write letters to the dearly departed. It begins to be the haphazard study of addiction through the eyes of a child and her honest reaction to death. Through exploring her past, she is gripped with anxiety due to the ever present internal debate between nature and nurture. The arduous process of expanding one's emotional capacity leads to compassionate revelations when she finally starts to...

Teaching in Transnational Higher Education examines current trends and challenges that face students, teachers and institutions of higher education around the globe. This book comes at a pivotal moment where many universities are offering their courses in offshore locations. Students who could once not access an international qualification can now do so without leaving their home country.

The book clearly defines and takes an in-depth look at the various types of transnational education, including: institutions that have campuses abroad, teach specific courses abroad, and form...

After years of supervising doctoral candidates in business and management studies in Singapore, Keith Ng decided that the time is right to put together exemplars of research studies in applied research. Applied research is a form of systematic inquiry for the purposes of providing theories, knowledge, methods, and techniques to assist practitioners in decision making. It is pragmatic and has its emphasis on solving problems. It enables understanding of a practical problem and yet integrates that understanding into solutions for that practical problem. The book's focus is to provide an insight...

The Chinese construction industry plays a vital role in the nations economic growth and state owned enterprises (SOEs) play an important role in this industry. These enterprises are currently faced with a shortage of key management and technical staff. This book is based on research that explores the relationship between the retention of key staff and a range of motivation factors. It also explores the unique Chinese cultural factors that impact work and motivation. Results of an extensive survey indicate that the two most important motivation factors are fair treatment and opportunities for...