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The research-teaching nexus: A case study of students' awareness, experiences and perceptions of research (2010)
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Healey, M., Jordan, F., Pell, B., & Short, C. (2010). The research-teaching nexus: A case study of students' awareness, experiences and perceptions of research. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 47(2), 235-246. https://doi.org/10.1080/14703291003718968

This paper presents a case study of students' awareness, experiences and perceptions of research in a 'new' university in the UK. The findings are based on a questionnaire of almost 200 students and five small group interviews. Many of the students p... Read More about The research-teaching nexus: A case study of students' awareness, experiences and perceptions of research.

The case for 'everyday politics': Evaluating neo-tribal theory as a way to understand alternative forms of political participation, using electronic dance music culture as an example (2010)
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Riley, S. C., Griffin, C., & Morey, Y. (2010). The case for 'everyday politics': Evaluating neo-tribal theory as a way to understand alternative forms of political participation, using electronic dance music culture as an example. Sociology, 44(2), 345-363. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038509357206

This article argues that youth cultural leisure and consumption practices have the potential to be sites for alternative political participation, an 'everyday politics' that involves a personalizing of politics and an 'aloof ' stance regarding offici... Read More about The case for 'everyday politics': Evaluating neo-tribal theory as a way to understand alternative forms of political participation, using electronic dance music culture as an example.

Education and entrepreneurial activity: A comparison of white and South Asian Men (2010)
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Kwong, C. C., Thompson, P., & Jones-Evans, D. (2010). Education and entrepreneurial activity: A comparison of white and South Asian Men. International Small Business Journal, 28(2), 147-162. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242609355858

Although a large body of literature exists on ethnic entrepreneurship and the relationship between education and entrepreneurial activity, comparatively little work has been undertaken to study the impact that university-level education has upon entr... Read More about Education and entrepreneurial activity: A comparison of white and South Asian Men.

The impact of partnership and family-building on the early careers of female graduates in the UK (2010)
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Purcell, K., & Wilton, N. (2010). The impact of partnership and family-building on the early careers of female graduates in the UK. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal, 29(3), 271-288. https://doi.org/10.1108/02610151011028868

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to outline the impact of partnership and familybuilding on the aspirations, expectations and orientations to work of a sample of highly qualified women working across a range of industry sectors. Design/methodo... Read More about The impact of partnership and family-building on the early careers of female graduates in the UK.

Female part-time managers: Work-life balance, aspirations and career mobility (2010)
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Tomlinson, J., & Durbin, S. (2010). Female part-time managers: Work-life balance, aspirations and career mobility. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal, 29(3), 255-270. https://doi.org/10.1108/02610151011028859

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the employment trajectories, aspirations, worklife balance and career mobility of women working as parttime managers. Design/methodology/approach – Indepth, semistructured interviews were conducte... Read More about Female part-time managers: Work-life balance, aspirations and career mobility.

Strategic thinking in family businesses (2010)
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Collins, L., O'Regan, N., Hughes, T., & Tucker, J. (2010). Strategic thinking in family businesses. Strategic Change, 19(1-2), 57-76. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.858

Abstract: This practitioner orientated paper seeks to understand better how management knowledge is created, shared and disseminated in family businesses (FBs). It outlines the initial findings from an exploratory study with senior managers of 20 FBs... Read More about Strategic thinking in family businesses.

Firm growth and R and D expenditure (2010)
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Coad, A., & Rao, R. (2010). Firm growth and R and D expenditure. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 19(2), 127-145. https://doi.org/10.1080/10438590802472531

We apply a panel vector autoregression model to a firm-level longitudinal database to observe the co-evolution of sales growth, employment growth, profits growth and the growth of research and development (R&D) expenditure. Contrary to expectations,... Read More about Firm growth and R and D expenditure.

Medicalization and marketing (2010)
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Brennan, R., Eagle, L., & Rice, D. (2010). Medicalization and marketing. Journal of Macromarketing, 30(1), 8-22. https://doi.org/10.1177/0276146709352221

Medicalization is the process by which aspects of the human condition, formerly considered nonmedical, are brought within the medical realm. Medical sociologists have asserted that medicalization is a prevalent contemporary sociocultural phenomenon t... Read More about Medicalization and marketing.

Employee participation and involvement: Experiences of aerospace and automobile workers in the UK and Italy (2010)
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Richardson, M., Danford, A., Pulignano, V., & Stewart, P. (2010). Employee participation and involvement: Experiences of aerospace and automobile workers in the UK and Italy. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 16(1), 21-37. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680109355309

This article questions the view of leading advocates of lean production and high-performance work practices that these increase employee influence. It examines workers' experiences in the automobile and aerospace sectors in Italy and the UK. Despite... Read More about Employee participation and involvement: Experiences of aerospace and automobile workers in the UK and Italy.

Is organisational leadership theory and discourse converging internationally? An examination of the German case (2010)
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Jepson, D. (2010). Is organisational leadership theory and discourse converging internationally? An examination of the German case. Scandinavian Journal of Management, 26(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scaman.2009.10.001

This paper addresses the issue of convergence/continued divergence within leadership theory and discourse in Germany by revisiting Larsen's (2003) work on German academic contributions to leadership theory between 1920 and 1950 and moving his discuss... Read More about Is organisational leadership theory and discourse converging internationally? An examination of the German case.

Impact of the US credit crunch and housing market crisis on China (2010)
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Yao, S., Luo, D., & Morgan, S. (2010). Impact of the US credit crunch and housing market crisis on China. Journal of Contemporary China, 19(64), 401-417. https://doi.org/10.1080/10670560903444355

Similarities between the US, the UK and the Chinese housing markets, including the movements of interest rates and house prices, and the exposure of some Chinese banks to the US mortgage securitization market, have triggered concern about whether Chi... Read More about Impact of the US credit crunch and housing market crisis on China.

A serial successful strategic transformer of businesses: An interview with Anthony Habgood, Chairman of Whitbread plc, Reed Elsevier plc and former CEO and Chairman, Bunzl plc (2010)
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O'Regan, N., & Ghobadian, A. (2010). A serial successful strategic transformer of businesses: An interview with Anthony Habgood, Chairman of Whitbread plc, Reed Elsevier plc and former CEO and Chairman, Bunzl plc. Journal of Strategy and Management, 3(1), 72-78. https://doi.org/10.1108/17554251011019422

© 2010, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how key strategic decisions are made in practice at successful FTSE 100 companies. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on a semi-structured... Read More about A serial successful strategic transformer of businesses: An interview with Anthony Habgood, Chairman of Whitbread plc, Reed Elsevier plc and former CEO and Chairman, Bunzl plc.

Target gearing in the UK: A triangulated approach (2010)
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Tucker, J., Pointon, J., & Olugbode, M. (2010). Target gearing in the UK: A triangulated approach. International Journal of Managerial Finance, 6(1), 58-80. https://doi.org/10.1108/17439131011015797

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the incidence of target gearing behaviour in firms as well as the drivers of such behaviour. Design/methodology/approach: The paper employs a triangulation approach across three methodological phas... Read More about Target gearing in the UK: A triangulated approach.

Field-capital theory and its implications for marketing (2010)
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Tapp, A., & Warren, S. (2010). Field-capital theory and its implications for marketing. European Journal of Marketing, 44(1-2), 200-222. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090561011008673

Purpose: This paper seeks to explore the applicability and implications of Bourdieu's field-capital theory for marketing using original research with a typical European society. Bourdieu's field-capital theory proposes that people acquire economic, s... Read More about Field-capital theory and its implications for marketing.

The 'pleasure citizen': Analyzing partying as a form of social and political participation (2010)
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Riley, S., Morey, Y., & Griffin, C. (2010). The 'pleasure citizen': Analyzing partying as a form of social and political participation. Young, 18(1), 33-54. https://doi.org/10.1177/110330880901800104

In this article, we explore the potential for leisure as a site for new forms of political participation. Using electronic dance music culture (EDMC) as an example, we locate our analysis within theories of neo-liberalism and neo-tribalism, both of w... Read More about The 'pleasure citizen': Analyzing partying as a form of social and political participation.

The lived experience of isolation for vulnerable workers facing workplace grievances in 21st-century Britain (2010)
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Pollert, A. (2010). The lived experience of isolation for vulnerable workers facing workplace grievances in 21st-century Britain. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 31(1), 62-92. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X09343992

In the 'Warwick Agreement' with trade union leaders in 2004, the British government pledged support for 'vulnerable workers' and developed this policy in 2006. However, there is no policy acknowledgement that weak collective organization is the cause... Read More about The lived experience of isolation for vulnerable workers facing workplace grievances in 21st-century Britain.

Educational podcasts: some early evidence and thoughts (2010)
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Robson, N., & Greensmith, J. (2010). Educational podcasts: some early evidence and thoughts. International Journal of Management Education, 8(3), 107-117. https://doi.org/10.3794/ijme.83.277

To investigate, using a non-specialist accounting module, when and where students use podcasts, analyse student views on their educational value and explore some of the potential barriers to their introduction. The paper uses a student questionnaire... Read More about Educational podcasts: some early evidence and thoughts.