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Workplace partnership and employee voice in the UK: Comparative case studies of union strategy and worker experience (2005)
Journal Article

This article addresses the role of 'employee voice' in workplace partnership. Drawing on two organizational case studies from the UK's aerospace sector, it analyses employee experiences of two key dimensions of worker participation in partnership env... Read More about Workplace partnership and employee voice in the UK: Comparative case studies of union strategy and worker experience.

Joined up lean (2005)
Journal Article

Author's views on a a lean process methodology for core competence understanding are highlighted. UK companies have been employing lean principles to great effect. They have been supported and guided in their efforts by programmes such as the UK Lean... Read More about Joined up lean.

The unorganised worker: The decline in collectivism and new hurdles to individual employment rights (2005)
Journal Article

The 'unorganised' worker (neither unionised nor covered by a collective agreement) is the norm in Britain, especially in the private sector, which employs about 70% of employees. In 2003, union membership was down to 29.3%, and 18.2% in the private s... Read More about The unorganised worker: The decline in collectivism and new hurdles to individual employment rights.

Agency and bank nursing in the UK National Health Service (2005)
Journal Article

The article draws on published research, mainly survey-based, and original case study interview data to explore the forms of temporary employment in nursing, the reasons nurses give for taking temporary or agency work, as a main job or a second job,... Read More about Agency and bank nursing in the UK National Health Service.

A UK test of an inflation-adjusted Ohlson model (2005)
Journal Article

This paper conducts a UK test of a version of the Ohlson (1995) model. We should only expect abnormal earnings to revert to zero if the book value of assets is economically meaningful. In this paper we make use of the property revaluations common in... Read More about A UK test of an inflation-adjusted Ohlson model.

Workplace resistance in an Irish call centre: Slammin', scammin' smokin an' leavin' (2004)
Journal Article

This article examines workplace conflict in an Irish call centre. It criticizes managerial and post-structural accounts of resistance for failing to see that workplace conflict continues to be located in structural issues, such as the employment rela... Read More about Workplace resistance in an Irish call centre: Slammin', scammin' smokin an' leavin'.

A call to arms for applied marketing academics (2004)
Journal Article

“Research has a value that does not depend on how true it is” is a quote from Griseri's call for management researchers to concern themselves less with scientific validity and more with relevance, striking a chord within the marketing academy in the... Read More about A call to arms for applied marketing academics.

Exploring the link between obesity and advertising in New Zealand (2004)
Journal Article

This paper reviews the debate on the causes and potential solutions to growing obesity and whether there is a proven correlation with advertising, particularly among children. The paper first considers this debate from the context of the burgeoning l... Read More about Exploring the link between obesity and advertising in New Zealand.

Practitioners' perspectives on the UK cost of capital (2004)
Journal Article

The aims of this study were to determine how UK finance practitioners derive and review the cost of capital, and to ascertain whether the final figure varied with the choice of method. To investigate behaviour in the real world a survey questionnaire... Read More about Practitioners' perspectives on the UK cost of capital.

Marketing communications implications of children's new electronic media use: A survey of parental opinions and perceptions (2003)
Journal Article

Currently new electronic media, the Internet in particular, are poised to become a major part of the marketing and communications mix, not only for adults but also children. This poses challenges and heralds a new debate on both protection of the you... Read More about Marketing communications implications of children's new electronic media use: A survey of parental opinions and perceptions.

Effective strategic planning in small and medium sized firms (2002)
Journal Article

Little attention has been paid to the strategymaking processes of small and mediumsized firms (SMEs), or to the effectiveness of strategic planning in the SME sector. Planning often fails because of implementation problems often associated with SME... Read More about Effective strategic planning in small and medium sized firms.

Relative Values: Qualification Programmes or Non-assessed Development? (1994)
Journal Article

The research outlined in this article has involved an extensive evaluation of six management development programmes run in partnership with client organizations of the Bristol Business School. A comparison is made between those programmes that offer... Read More about Relative Values: Qualification Programmes or Non-assessed Development?.