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A matter of foresight: How practices enable (or impede) organizational foresightfulness (2013)
Journal Article
Sarpong, D., Maclean, M., & Davies, C. (2013). A matter of foresight: How practices enable (or impede) organizational foresightfulness. European Management Journal, 31(6), 613-625. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2013.03.004

Emphasizing practice as the site of the emergence of strategic foresight, this paper draws on the contemporary turn to 'practice' to examine how the organizing practices of members positioned further down the organization may facilitate (or constrain... Read More about A matter of foresight: How practices enable (or impede) organizational foresightfulness.

Attitudes Toward, and Use of, Textbooks Among Marketing Undergraduates: An Exploratory Study (2013)
Journal Article
Vafeas, M. (2013). Attitudes Toward, and Use of, Textbooks Among Marketing Undergraduates: An Exploratory Study. Journal of Marketing Education, 35(3), 245-258. https://doi.org/10.1177/0273475313482927

While textbooks remain a key part of the teaching and learning process, evidence suggests that student completion of reading assignments is lower than teacher expectations. Although there is a small body of literature examining textbook use, studies... Read More about Attitudes Toward, and Use of, Textbooks Among Marketing Undergraduates: An Exploratory Study.

Environmental protection in armed conflict: Filling the gaps with sustainable development (2013)
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Das, O. (2013). Environmental protection in armed conflict: Filling the gaps with sustainable development. Nordic Journal of International Law, 82(1), 103-128. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718107-08201006

Recent years have witnessed growing concern over the ever more increasing urgent and pervasive global environmental problems. Environmental problems and challenges in relation to armed conflict are amongst them. Such environmental pressures can cause... Read More about Environmental protection in armed conflict: Filling the gaps with sustainable development.

Sounds of the salon: The auditory routines of hairdressers at work (2013)
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Shortt, H. (2013). Sounds of the salon: The auditory routines of hairdressers at work. International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion, 5(4), 342-356. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJWOE.2013.057400

This article broadens the landscape of sensual ways of knowing and understanding and takes account of what we hear at work. In particular, I examine what role sounds play in the everyday lives of employees and why sounds are notable in organisational... Read More about Sounds of the salon: The auditory routines of hairdressers at work.

Air as a common good (2013)
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Longhurst, J. W., Hayes, E. T., Staddon, C., Appleby, T., Pontin, B., Everard, M., …Longhurst, J. (2013). Air as a common good. Environmental Science and Policy, 33, 354-368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2012.04.008

Ecosystem services provide a framework for integrated assessment of the societal benefits provided by air, the largest ecosystem on the planet, which has been substantially overlooked in former management frameworks. Many attributes of air are 'commo... Read More about Air as a common good.

Supply and demand chain management: The effect of adding services to product offerings (2013)
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Parry, G. C., Bustinza, O. F., Parry, G., & Vendrell-Herrero, F. (2013). Supply and demand chain management: The effect of adding services to product offerings. Supply Chain Management, 18(6), 618-629. https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-05-2013-0149

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand how firms manage their product and service offerings, integrating supply chain management (SCM) and demand chain management (DCM) strategies. Adding services to the product portfolio of a firm may b... Read More about Supply and demand chain management: The effect of adding services to product offerings.

From the 4Ps to COM-SM: Reconfiguring the social marketing mix (2013)
Journal Article
Gordon, R., Tapp, A., & Spotswood, F. (2013). From the 4Ps to COM-SM: Reconfiguring the social marketing mix. Journal of Social Marketing, 3(3), 206-222. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSOCM-01-2013-0011

In this paper, the authors aim to contend that the 4Ps of social marketing have been stretched beyond breaking point. Originally designed for social marketing mixes that contained products and prices, the social marketing 4Ps are no longer fit for pu... Read More about From the 4Ps to COM-SM: Reconfiguring the social marketing mix.

Review: Direct action, deliberation and diffusion: Collective action after the WTO protests in Seattle (2013)
Journal Article
Sutherland, N. (2013). Review: Direct action, deliberation and diffusion: Collective action after the WTO protests in Seattle. Interface, 5(2), 540-543

In Direct Action, Deliberation and Diffusion: Collective Action after the WTO protests in Seattle, Lesley Wood seeks to examine the micro-level interactions that influenced the diffusion of the cluster of tactics associated with the 1999 World Trade... Read More about Review: Direct action, deliberation and diffusion: Collective action after the WTO protests in Seattle.

'Stressed out of my box': Employee experience of lean working and occupational ill-health in clerical work in the UK public sector (2013)
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Carter, B., Danford, A., Howcroft, D., Richardson, H., Smith, A., & Taylor, P. (2013). 'Stressed out of my box': Employee experience of lean working and occupational ill-health in clerical work in the UK public sector. Work, Employment and Society, 27(5), 747-767. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017012469064

Occupational health and safety (OHS) is under-researched in the sociology of work and employment. This deficit is most pronounced for white-collar occupations. Despite growing awareness of the significance of psychosocial conditions - notably stress... Read More about 'Stressed out of my box': Employee experience of lean working and occupational ill-health in clerical work in the UK public sector.

Value co-creation in social marketing: Functional or fanciful? (2013)
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Domegan, C., Collins, K., Stead, M., McHugh, P., & Hughes, T. (2013). Value co-creation in social marketing: Functional or fanciful?. Journal of Social Marketing, 3(3), 239-256. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSOCM-03-2013-0020

Purpose: Value co-creation thinking is reshaping the understanding of markets and marketing and presents a significant opportunity to develop the theory and practice of social marketing. However, whilst value co-creation offers thought-provoking new... Read More about Value co-creation in social marketing: Functional or fanciful?.

Beyond persuasion: A cultural perspective of behaviour (2013)
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Spotswood, F., & Tapp, A. (2013). Beyond persuasion: A cultural perspective of behaviour. Journal of Social Marketing, 3(3), 275-294. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSOCM-01-2013-0006

Purpose: This research suggests that understanding problem behaviours through a cultural lens may offer multifarious layers of insight and provide opportunities for more effective intervention than the classical psychological perspective and cognitiv... Read More about Beyond persuasion: A cultural perspective of behaviour.

Myths, reality, and sexual violence: Changing attitudes, changing practice (2013)
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Fenton, R. A., McCartan, K., Rumney, P., & Jones, J. (2013). Myths, reality, and sexual violence: Changing attitudes, changing practice

This paper describes an event held as part of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Festival of Social Science and was funded by the ESRC and the University of the West of England (UWE). It took place on an afternoon in March 2013 in an inn... Read More about Myths, reality, and sexual violence: Changing attitudes, changing practice.

Organizing strategic foresight: A contextual practice of 'way finding' (2013)
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Sarpong, D., Maclean, M., & Alexander, E. (2013). Organizing strategic foresight: A contextual practice of 'way finding'. Futures, 53, 33-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2013.09.001

Strategic foresight as a derived outcome of corporate foresight exercises has led to the dominant discourse on strategic foresight as an episodic intervention encompassing a proliferation of organizational foresight methodologies. We argue that such... Read More about Organizing strategic foresight: A contextual practice of 'way finding'.

Time for a real shift to relations: Appraisal of social network analysis applications in the UK construction industry (2013)
Journal Article
Ruan, X., Ochieng, E., Price, A., & Egbu, C. (2013). Time for a real shift to relations: Appraisal of social network analysis applications in the UK construction industry. Australasian Journal of Construction Economics and Building, 13(1), 92-105

The Social Network Analysis (SNA) has been adopted in the UK construction management research and generated meaningful insights in analysing project management organisations from network perspectives. As an effective tool, social network analysis has... Read More about Time for a real shift to relations: Appraisal of social network analysis applications in the UK construction industry.

White collar crime and the global financial crisis; How long will we have to wait for the ‘day of reckoning’? (2013)
Journal Article
Ryder, N. (2013). White collar crime and the global financial crisis; How long will we have to wait for the ‘day of reckoning’?

During the height of the Global Financial Crisis, and whilst leader of the Conservative party, David Cameron boldly proclaimed that the City of London faced a ‘Day of Reckoning’ and that severe penalties would be imposed for those bankers whose reckl... Read More about White collar crime and the global financial crisis; How long will we have to wait for the ‘day of reckoning’?.

Promoting Effective Consultation? Assessing the Impact of the ICE Regulations (2013)
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Parker, J., Terry, M., Hall, M., Purcell, J., & Hutchinson, S. (2013). Promoting Effective Consultation? Assessing the Impact of the ICE Regulations. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 51(2), 355-381. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8543.2011.00870.x

Drawing on evidence from longitudinal case studies in 25 organizations, this article examines whether information and consultation (I&C) bodies established in the context of the UK's Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004 have bee... Read More about Promoting Effective Consultation? Assessing the Impact of the ICE Regulations.

Client employment of previous auditors: Shareholders views on auditor independence (2013)
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Dart, E., & Chandler, R. (2013). Client employment of previous auditors: Shareholders views on auditor independence. Accounting and Business Research, 43(3), 205-224. https://doi.org/10.1080/00014788.2012.707968

The role of auditors is to add credibility to financial information and to reduce the risk of management manipulation or concealment. It is vital that auditors be independent of company management. In practice, however, various circumstances may pose... Read More about Client employment of previous auditors: Shareholders views on auditor independence.

Avoiding performance failure payment deductions in PFI/PPP projects: Model of critical success factors (2013)
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Oyedele, L. O., & Oyedele, L. (2013). Avoiding performance failure payment deductions in PFI/PPP projects: Model of critical success factors. Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, 27(3), 283-294. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29CF.1943-5509.0000367

The overall aim of this paper is to identify critical success factors that would help Private Finance Initiative/facility management (PFI/FM) contractors to avoid performance failure payment deductions in Public Private Partnership/PFI (PPP/PFI) proj... Read More about Avoiding performance failure payment deductions in PFI/PPP projects: Model of critical success factors.