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Avatars in social media: Balancing accuracy, playfulness and embodied messages (2008)
Journal Article
Vasalou, A., Joinson, A., Bänziger, T., Goldie, P., & Pitt, J. (2008). Avatars in social media: Balancing accuracy, playfulness and embodied messages. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 66(11), 801-811. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2008.08.002

This paper examines how users negotiate their self-presentation via an avatar used in social media. Twenty participants customised an avatar while thinking aloud. An analysis of this verbal data revealed three motivating factors that drive self-prese... Read More about Avatars in social media: Balancing accuracy, playfulness and embodied messages.

Institutions and social structures (2008)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2008). Institutions and social structures. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 38(3), 241-265. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5914.2008.00370.x

This paper clarifies the terms "institutions" and "social structures" and related terms "rules", "conventions", "norms", "values" and "customs". Part one explores the similarities between institutions and social structures whilst the second and third... Read More about Institutions and social structures.

Collaborative academic/practitioner research in project management: Examples and applications (2008)
Journal Article
Söderlund, J., Walker, D. H., Cicmil, S., Thomas, J., Anbari, F. T., & Bredillet, C. (2008). Collaborative academic/practitioner research in project management: Examples and applications. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 1(2), 168-192. https://doi.org/10.1108/17538370810866313

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a cost-benefit interpretation of academic-practitioner research by describing and analysing several recent relevant examples of academic-practitioner research with a focus on doctoral theses carried o... Read More about Collaborative academic/practitioner research in project management: Examples and applications.

Fractured transitions: Young adults' pathways into contemporary labour markets (2008)
Journal Article
Bradley, H., & Devadason, R. (2008). Fractured transitions: Young adults' pathways into contemporary labour markets. Sociology, 42(1), 119-136. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038507084828

This article uses qualitative data from a study of young adults aged 20-34 in Bristol to explore the labour market transitions considered typical of contemporary advanced economies.The main objective of the article is to develop a typology of labour... Read More about Fractured transitions: Young adults' pathways into contemporary labour markets.

The other side of projects: the case for critical project studies (2008)
Journal Article
Hodgson, D., & Cicmil, S. (2008). The other side of projects: the case for critical project studies. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 1(1), 142-152. https://doi.org/10.1108/17538370810846487

© 2008, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The purpose of this research note is to articulate the limitations that project management (PM) currently faces by outlining the PM literature’s frequent neglect of political, social and ethical d... Read More about The other side of projects: the case for critical project studies.

City brand management (CBM): The case of Kazakhstan (2008)
Journal Article
Gaggiotti, H., Low Kim Cheng, P., & Yunak, O. (2008). City brand management (CBM): The case of Kazakhstan. Place Branding and Public Diplomacy, 4(2), 115-123. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.pb.6000081

In order to attract talents and resources, cities in Kazakhstan need to factor in various marketing techniques in their administrative practices and governing philosophies. This paper explores the concept of city branding and its application to the K... Read More about City brand management (CBM): The case of Kazakhstan.

Let's get ethical: Dealing with socially desirable responding online (2008)
Journal Article
Nancarrow, C., & Brace, I. (2008). Let's get ethical: Dealing with socially desirable responding online

Because marketing researchers are focusing increasingly on the issues of corporate and consumer social responsibility and other ethical behaviour, there is a clear need to assess the possible impact of Socially Desirable Responding in interviews on t... Read More about Let's get ethical: Dealing with socially desirable responding online.

Achieving effective academic/practitioner knowledge exchange in marketing (2008)
Journal Article
Hughes, T., Tapp, A., & Hughes, R. (2008). Achieving effective academic/practitioner knowledge exchange in marketing. Journal of Marketing Management, 24(1-2), 221-240. https://doi.org/10.1362/026725708X274019

Marketing management research and teaching has been criticised for some time as being divorced from practice. However, there has been little research into the nature of knowledge exchange between academics and practitioners in the marketing field. In... Read More about Achieving effective academic/practitioner knowledge exchange in marketing.

Workers and their alter egos as consumers (2008)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2008). Workers and their alter egos as consumers. Capital and Class, 32(1), 31-47. https://doi.org/10.1177/030981680809400103

While socialists hardly need reminding that employers often mistreat their workers, we tend to overlook situations in which workers mistreat other workers. This tendency is exacerbated by discourses that urge us to act as consumers, and to treat chea... Read More about Workers and their alter egos as consumers.

Diversities in an organisational context (2008)
Journal Article
Durbin, S., Lovell, L., & Winters (now Miller), J. (2008). Diversities in an organisational context. Equal Opportunities International, 27(4), 396-400

The purpose of this paper is to report on a research day on the theme of diversity, held at the Centre for Employment Studies Research, University of the West of England. The report is based upon observations, notes and discussions of papers presente... Read More about Diversities in an organisational context.