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A marriage of convenience: How employers and students working in hospitality view the employment relationship (2022)
Journal Article

Since the 1990s, the hospitality industry has been increasingly characterized by temporary and insecure forms of employment, a development, which has coincided with rising numbers of students seeking part-time employment. This provides increased job... Read More about A marriage of convenience: How employers and students working in hospitality view the employment relationship.

Evaluating R&D efficiency of China’s listed lithium battery enterprises (2022)
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Promoting the growth of the lithium battery sector has been a critical aspect of China’s energy policy in terms of achieving carbon neutrality. However, despite significant support on research and development (R&D) investments that have resulted in i... Read More about Evaluating R&D efficiency of China’s listed lithium battery enterprises.

The dynamics of control of migrant agency workers: Over-Recruitment, ‘The Bitchlist’ and the enterprising-self (2022)
Journal Article

This article explores migrant workers’ experiences of organisational control while undertaking temporary agency work. This study is based on a ‘covert’ ethnographic study set at a temporary employment agency that short-term contracts workers to the c... Read More about The dynamics of control of migrant agency workers: Over-Recruitment, ‘The Bitchlist’ and the enterprising-self.

Finding one's own way: How newcomers who differ stay well (2022)
Journal Article

Purpose: Being different from others can be stressful, and this may be especially salient for newcomers during organizational socialization when they may be expected to fit in. Thus, drawing on conservation of resources theory, the authors examine th... Read More about Finding one's own way: How newcomers who differ stay well.

Acceptability of the COVID-19 contact-tracing app – Does culture matter? (2022)
Journal Article

During the pandemic, several countries deployed contact-tracing apps in order to contain or reduce the community spread of COVID-19. However, the success rate in terms of acceptance and use of these apps was reportedly low. Using information gathered... Read More about Acceptability of the COVID-19 contact-tracing app – Does culture matter?.

The Russia-Ukraine conflict: Its implications for the global food supply chains (2022)
Journal Article

Food is one of the most traded goods, and the conflict in Ukraine, one of the European breadbaskets, has triggered a significant additional disruption in the global food supply chains after the COVID-19 impact. The disruption to food output, supply c... Read More about The Russia-Ukraine conflict: Its implications for the global food supply chains.

A deep learning approach to concrete water-cement ratio prediction (2022)
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Concrete is a versatile construction material, but the water content can greatly influence its quality. However, using the trials and error method to determine the optimum water for the concrete mix results in poor quality concrete structures, which... Read More about A deep learning approach to concrete water-cement ratio prediction.

A question of gender: Gender classification in international research (2022)
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The research community acknowledges that in many countries and cultures there is greater recognition of the diversity of genders with which people identify. In this paper we define and discuss the categories of “sex”, “gender” and related categories... Read More about A question of gender: Gender classification in international research.

An interactive decision-making model of international postgraduate student course choice (2022)
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This paper explores the decision-making process of international non-EU postgraduates when choosing a qualification from a UK business school and proposes a new model which reflects the iterative, cyclical and continuous nature of the process. The de... Read More about An interactive decision-making model of international postgraduate student course choice.

Investment in digital infrastructure: Why and for whom? (2022)
Journal Article

This study investigates the variation in attitudes across stakeholders towards investments in the digital economy. Using semi-structured interviews to identify attitudes about the spatially evolving socioeconomic importance of the digital economy in... Read More about Investment in digital infrastructure: Why and for whom?.

Role of information and communication technology in mitigating risks in Indian agricultural supply chains (2022)
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Purpose: Theorising from a resource-based view perspective, the intersection of supply chain management and the use of IT has been investigated in this study. This work aims to investigate supply chain performance as an essential outcome of the use o... Read More about Role of information and communication technology in mitigating risks in Indian agricultural supply chains.

The implications of market-based versus supportive idiosyncratic deal pathways (2022)
Journal Article

This article contributes to the idiosyncratic deals (i-deals) literature by explicating and theorizing market-based and supportive i-deal pathways. In so doing, it enhances understanding of how i-deals are negotiated, addresses gaps in theoretical un... Read More about The implications of market-based versus supportive idiosyncratic deal pathways.

A deep learning approach for context-aware citation recommendation using rhetorical zone classification and similarity to overcome cold-start problem (2022)
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In the recent decade, the citation recommendation has emerged as an important research topic due to its need for the huge size of published scientific work. Among other citation recommendation techniques, the widely used content-based filtering (CBF)... Read More about A deep learning approach for context-aware citation recommendation using rhetorical zone classification and similarity to overcome cold-start problem.

Women's formal networking: The relationship between networking activities and power (2022)
Journal Article

This article examines the networking that takes place within formally organized internal (organization-based) and external (industry-based) women engineers' networks. Drawing upon 48 interviews with women engineers, across a number of industries and... Read More about Women's formal networking: The relationship between networking activities and power.

Retrofitting existing office buildings towards life-cycle net-zero energy and carbon (2022)
Journal Article

Background Energy devices for achieving net-zero operating energy and carbon generally entails additional embodied energy and carbon during the production and disposal stages. For a building to be considered as truly life-cycle net-zero, the energy... Read More about Retrofitting existing office buildings towards life-cycle net-zero energy and carbon.

CSR, marketing capabilities and human resource development: The endogenous role of network capabilities (2022)
Journal Article

Purpose: This study aims to examine the relationship between human resource development (HRD) and the interaction between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and marketing capabilities in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the food industry. De... Read More about CSR, marketing capabilities and human resource development: The endogenous role of network capabilities.

Business process improvement for sustainable technologies investments in construction: A configurational approach (2022)
Journal Article

Given the importance of investments in business process improvements for sustainable technologies, many industry sectors are forced to examine and balance new investments with long-term economic viability. There are disputes with regard to the value... Read More about Business process improvement for sustainable technologies investments in construction: A configurational approach.

Exploring the effects of reduced load work arrangements (RLWAs): The role of individual autonomy and workplace level justice perceptions (2022)
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This paper explores the effects of reduced load work arrangements (i.e. RLWAs) in a context where employees are seeking to balance their work-personal life while employers are reducing costs and staying competitive. We draw on the job-demands control... Read More about Exploring the effects of reduced load work arrangements (RLWAs): The role of individual autonomy and workplace level justice perceptions.

Leadership Development Evaluation (LDE): Reflections on a collaboratory approach (2022)
Journal Article

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report on the experience of attempting a “collaboratory” approach in sharing knowledge about leadership development evaluation (LDE). A collaboratory intertwines “collaboration” and “laboratory” to create inno... Read More about Leadership Development Evaluation (LDE): Reflections on a collaboratory approach.

A multi-objective integrated optimisation model for facility location and order allocation problem in a two-level supply chain network (2022)
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This study proposes a mixed-integer multi-objective integrated mathematical model solving facility location and order allocation optimisation problems simultaneously in a two-echelon supply chain network. The proposed problem is motivated by a factor... Read More about A multi-objective integrated optimisation model for facility location and order allocation problem in a two-level supply chain network.