Outputs (38)

Access to sensitive data: Satisfying objectives rather than constraints (2014)
Journal Article

The argument for access to sensitive unit-level data produced within government is usually framed in terms of risk and the legal responsibility to maintain confidentiality. This article argues that the framing of the question may restrict the set of... Read More about Access to sensitive data: Satisfying objectives rather than constraints.

Using student evaluations to improve individual and departmental teaching qualities (2014)
Journal Article

Student evaluations can be seen as an opportunity for students to vent their views on the quality of teaching that they receive, and sometimes instructors trivialise the importance of this opportunity for dialogue with students and colleagues and ref... Read More about Using student evaluations to improve individual and departmental teaching qualities.

What determines students' choices of elective modules? (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. Prior literature emphasises supply side issues concerning the modularisation of university programmes such as curricula issues and enhanced learning opportunities. Comparatively little is known about the demand side, such as why... Read More about What determines students' choices of elective modules?.

The German miracle or the miracle of the cultural attitude Inequality and convergence as products of culture in Germany (2014)
Journal Article

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose : The purpose of this paper is to explore the link between redistribution, convergence and local cultural capital (as defined by culture-based development concept).Design/methodology/approach : The paper in... Read More about The German miracle or the miracle of the cultural attitude Inequality and convergence as products of culture in Germany.

Introduction to cultural research approaches: Applications to culture and labour analysis (2014)
Journal Article

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief introduction to the topic of cultural research approaches that are applicable for investigating the interdependence of culture and labour. The "Introduction" notes two main constraints and four... Read More about Introduction to cultural research approaches: Applications to culture and labour analysis.

Altruism to strangers for our own sake: Domestic effects from immigration: A comparative analysis for EU15 (2014)
Journal Article

Purpose: Theoretical and empirical research on the impact of immigrants for local development is rather inconclusive regarding the direction of said impact. The purpose of this paper is to identify relationships between human capital and cultural cap... Read More about Altruism to strangers for our own sake: Domestic effects from immigration: A comparative analysis for EU15.

Attracting convention and exhibition attendance to complex MICE venues: Emerging data from Macao (2014)
Journal Article

This study presents an importance-performance analysis of multi-level attributes (event, facility and destination) evaluated by delegates attending an exhibition event in a 'complex meetings, incentive, convention or exhibition (MICE) venue' in great... Read More about Attracting convention and exhibition attendance to complex MICE venues: Emerging data from Macao.

A universal mechanism for long-range cross-correlations (2014)
Journal Article

Cross-correlations are thought to emerge through interaction between particles. Here we present a universal dynamical mechanism capable of generating power-law cross-correlations between non-interacting particles exposed to an external potential. Thi... Read More about A universal mechanism for long-range cross-correlations.