Using ASHE to examine trends in low pay: Initial exploration of the data (2020)
Report
Bryson, A., Phan, V., Stokes, L., Ritchie, F., Forth, J., McKenzie, A., & Whittard, D. (in press). Using ASHE to examine trends in low pay: Initial exploration of the data. Bristol: Low Pay Commission

Using the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) 2004-2019 we report consistent time-series estimates of the percentage of jobs on and around the minimum wage; low paid jobs above the minimum; and ‘high paid’ jobs. In doing so we report on some i... Read More about Using ASHE to examine trends in low pay: Initial exploration of the data.

Systems leadership: Pitfalls and possibilities (2020)
Report
Bolden, R. (2020). Systems leadership: Pitfalls and possibilities. London: National Leadership Centre

Systems leadership​ is heralded as a means for improving collaboration and alignment between those commissioning, providing and using public services. Despite the clamour, however, little attention has been paid to the challenges of such an approach... Read More about Systems leadership: Pitfalls and possibilities.

All that jazz (2020)
Journal Article
Turner, A. (2020). All that jazz. Coaching Psychologist, 16(1),

This is a paper (one of an informal series) looking at creative ways of coaching.

Leading to achieve social change: An interview with Ruth Hunt, former Chief Executive Officer of Stonewall (2020)
Journal Article
Bolden, R., Williams, R., & O’Regan, N. (2021). Leading to achieve social change: An interview with Ruth Hunt, former Chief Executive Officer of Stonewall. Journal of Management Inquiry, 30(1), 91-97. https://doi.org/10.1177/1056492620935192

In this interview Ruth Hunt, former CEO of the lesbian, gay, bi and trans equality charity Stonewall and now crossbench peer at the House of Lords, discusses her approach to leadership for social change. She considers the changing context of LGBT rig... Read More about Leading to achieve social change: An interview with Ruth Hunt, former Chief Executive Officer of Stonewall.

Safety climate factors in construction - A literature review (2020)
Journal Article
Umar, T. (2020). Safety climate factors in construction - A literature review. Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 18(2), 80-99. https://doi.org/10.1080/14773996.2020.1777799

It is an established fact that a mature safety climate and a rich safety culture contribute to achieving a safe workplace. This paper aims to explore and to make explicit the existing safety climate assessment tools and dimensions and suggests the le... Read More about Safety climate factors in construction - A literature review.

Resource integration: Adopting a paradox perspective to inform the management of tensions in customer resource allocation (2020)
Journal Article
Vafeas, M., & Hughes, T. (2020). Resource integration: Adopting a paradox perspective to inform the management of tensions in customer resource allocation. Industrial Marketing Management, 91, 596-609. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2020.03.014

Service-dominant logic maintains that value is created collaboratively through a process of resource integration. Knowledge-intensive business services, the context for this study, are heavily dependent on customer resources for the fulfilment of the... Read More about Resource integration: Adopting a paradox perspective to inform the management of tensions in customer resource allocation.

Leadership learning, power and practice in Laos: A leadership-as-practice perspective (2020)
Journal Article
Case, P., & Śliwa, M. (2020). Leadership learning, power and practice in Laos: A leadership-as-practice perspective. Management Learning, 51(5), 537-558. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350507620909967

This article contributes to the growing body of literature developed within the leadership-as-practice perspective, focusing on issues of learning and power. It draws on a co-constructed (auto)ethnographic account of an individual’s longitudinal expe... Read More about Leadership learning, power and practice in Laos: A leadership-as-practice perspective.

High fatalities risk found in gulf construction (2019)
Journal Article
Umar, T., Egbu, C., Ofori, G., Honnurvali, M. S., Saidani, M., & Opoku, A. (2019). High fatalities risk found in gulf construction. International Journal of Sustainable Real Estate and Construction Economics, 1(4), 351-376. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSRECE.2019.106544

It is predicted that the construction industry will be growing in the future, and that could lead to an increase in risks in work safety and accidents. This paper presents the current status of occupational safety and health in the Gulf region by pro... Read More about High fatalities risk found in gulf construction.

Briefing: Status of occupational safety and health in GCC construction (2019)
Journal Article
Umar, T., Egbu, C., Honnurvali, M. S., Saidani, M., & Al-Bayati, A. J. (2019). Briefing: Status of occupational safety and health in GCC construction. Proceedings of the ICE - Management, Procurement and Law, 172(4), 137-141. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmapl.18.00053

The construction projects in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-member countries are peaking as the region is in the stage of improving its infrastructures. This briefing presents the current status of occupational safety and health in the region by prov... Read More about Briefing: Status of occupational safety and health in GCC construction.

Exploring log-normal distributions in nascent entrepreneurship outcomes: International comparisons and agent-based modelling (2019)
Thesis
Rodriguez Hernandez, I. Exploring log-normal distributions in nascent entrepreneurship outcomes: International comparisons and agent-based modelling. (Thesis). University of Bath. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9184765

Recently, Joo, Aguinis and Bradley (2017), using a novel distribution pitting technique, have found that the exponential tail distributions-- exponential and power law with an exponential cut-off -- and their generative mechanism – namely, incrementa... Read More about Exploring log-normal distributions in nascent entrepreneurship outcomes: International comparisons and agent-based modelling.

The Rise of Online Shopping: Could Servicescape Revive the High Street? (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Wiseman, G., & Poole, A. (in press). The Rise of Online Shopping: Could Servicescape Revive the High Street?.

Against a background of rising online sales and the decline of traditional high street shopping, this study examines factors related to in-store 'atmosphere' and 'servicescape' that may encourage consumers to purchase in-store rather than online in t... Read More about The Rise of Online Shopping: Could Servicescape Revive the High Street?.

Perceptions on safety climate: A case study in the Omani construction industry (2018)
Journal Article
Umar, T., & Egbu, C. (2018). Perceptions on safety climate: A case study in the Omani construction industry. Proceedings of the ICE - Management, Procurement and Law, 171(6), 251-263

Generally, a mature safety climate and a rich safety culture contribute to achieving a safe workplace. The purpose of this paper is to examine the understanding of using safety climate and to make explicit some of the main elements that have a greate... Read More about Perceptions on safety climate: A case study in the Omani construction industry.

Briefing: Occupational safety and health regulations in Oman (2018)
Journal Article
Umar, T., Egbu, C., Wamuziri, S., & Honnurvali, M. S. (2018). Briefing: Occupational safety and health regulations in Oman. Proceedings of the ICE - Management, Procurement and Law, 171(3), 93-99. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmapl.18.00007

Poor occupational safety and health (OS&H) results in an economic burden of 4% of the total world gross domestic product (GDP). Effective OS&H regulations and their implementation are one of the main factors in achieving an improved safety performanc... Read More about Briefing: Occupational safety and health regulations in Oman.

Factors that influence safety climate in construction in Oman (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Umar, T., Wamuzir, S., & Egbu, C. (2017). Factors that influence safety climate in construction in Oman. In F. Emuze, & M. Behm (Eds.), Joint CIB W099 and TG59 International Safety, Health, and People in Construction Conference: Towards Better Safety, Health, Wellbeing, and Life in Construction Conference Proceedings (99-113)

The safety climate on a specific construction project refers to managers? and workers? shared perceptions of the adequacy of the safety and health programmes and the consistency between the organization?s espoused safety policies/procedures and the a... Read More about Factors that influence safety climate in construction in Oman.

Causes of construction accidents in Oman (2017)
Journal Article
Umar, T., & Egbu, C. (2018). Causes of construction accidents in Oman. Middle East Journal of Management, 5(1), 21-33. https://doi.org/10.1504/MEJM.2018.088725

Considering the costs associated with accidents in construction, a model identifying root causes of accidents is proposed for construction organisations in Oman. The model classifies the accidents in construction mainly arising from main four causes:... Read More about Causes of construction accidents in Oman.

Causes of accidents in highway construction projects in Oman (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Umar, T., Wamuziri, S., & Egbu, C. (2017). Causes of accidents in highway construction projects in Oman. In Y. Sandanayake, T. Ramachandra, & S. Gunatilake (Eds.), The 6th World Construction Symposium: What's New and What's Next in the Built Environment Sustainability Agenda? (96-104)

Construction workers are three to four times more likely than workers in other sectors to die from accidents at work. Construction is one of the main industries in Oman providing jobs to 18% of the total population and contributing around 10% of the... Read More about Causes of accidents in highway construction projects in Oman.

University-industry relationships in developing countries: Opportunities and challenges in Algeria, Indonesia, Malaysia and India (2017)
Journal Article
Saad, M., Datta, S., & Razak, A. A. (2017). University-industry relationships in developing countries: Opportunities and challenges in Algeria, Indonesia, Malaysia and India. International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development, 16(2), 175-190. https://doi.org/10.1386/tmsd.16.2.175_1

This article is aimed at investigating the various opportunities as well as the challenges faced by National Systems of Higher Education in aligning themselves with the requirement of National and Regional Innovation Systems in developing countries.... Read More about University-industry relationships in developing countries: Opportunities and challenges in Algeria, Indonesia, Malaysia and India.

Briefing: Using ‘safety climate factors’ to improve construction safety (2017)
Journal Article
Umar, T., & Wamuziri, S. (2017). Briefing: Using ‘safety climate factors’ to improve construction safety. Proceedings of the ICE - Municipal Engineer, 170(2), 65-67. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmuen.16.00020

This briefing discusses the health and safety problems in the construction industry. The focus is on safety performance improvement by using ‘safety climate factors’. Construction organisations can assess their safety climate factors by using a safet... Read More about Briefing: Using ‘safety climate factors’ to improve construction safety.

Cost of accidents in construction in Oman (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Umar, T. (2017). Cost of accidents in construction in Oman. In The Ninth International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC-9) : Revolutionizing the Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industry through Leadership, Collaboration and Technology

In this article, the ongoing and planned projects for financial year 2015-2016 in different sectors in Oman are presented. While specific focus is on the construction industry, the costs of accidents associated with projects in different sectors are... Read More about Cost of accidents in construction in Oman.

Briefing: Defining safety leadership in construction (2017)
Journal Article
Umar, T. (2017). Briefing: Defining safety leadership in construction. Proceedings of the ICE - Municipal Engineer, 170(1), 3-5. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmuen.16.00004

This briefing explores the tenets of safety leadership within the construction environment. The scope of this briefing aims to define a universal definition of safety leadership with key components from literature review. Without a clear definition t... Read More about Briefing: Defining safety leadership in construction.