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Overcoming the self-image incongruency of non-cyclists (2012)
Journal Article
Leonard, S., Spotswood, F., & Tapp, A. (2012). Overcoming the self-image incongruency of non-cyclists. Journal of Social Marketing, 2(1), 23-36. https://doi.org/10.1108/20426761211203238

Purpose: The image of cyclists has been increasingly recognised as an important factor in social marketing programmes aimed at increasing cycling. The purpose of this paper is to present findings from a multi-stage research project exploring image in... Read More about Overcoming the self-image incongruency of non-cyclists.

Mobilising differential visions for new product innovation (2012)
Journal Article
Sarpong, D., & MacLean, M. (2012). Mobilising differential visions for new product innovation. Technovation, 32(12), 694-702. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2012.07.003

In contexts of complexity and high uncertainty, turning the differing visions of stakeholders into a shared attainable vision is crucial to the creation, validation and acceptance of a realized innovation. This paper seeks to explore the contingency... Read More about Mobilising differential visions for new product innovation.

Some reasonable but uncomfortable questions about social marketing (2012)
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Spotswood, F., French, J., Tapp, A., & Stead, M. (2012). Some reasonable but uncomfortable questions about social marketing. Journal of Social Marketing, 2(3), 163-175. https://doi.org/10.1108/20426761211265168

The purpose of this paper is to explore the scope of social marketing by re-examining some of its core concepts: the balance between the “wants” of individuals with the “needs” of society; the nature of exchange; the inclusion of techniques not expli... Read More about Some reasonable but uncomfortable questions about social marketing.

Confined site construction: An empirical analysis of factors impacting health and safety management (2012)
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Spillane, J. P., Oyedele, L., & von Meding, J. (2012). Confined site construction: An empirical analysis of factors impacting health and safety management. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 10(3), 397-420. https://doi.org/10.1108/17260531211274747

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify, clarify and tabulate the various managerial issues encountered, to aid in the management of the complex health and safety concerns which occur within a confined construction site environment. Design/... Read More about Confined site construction: An empirical analysis of factors impacting health and safety management.

Can you ever regulate the virtual world against virtual economic crime (2012)
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Chambers-Jones, C. (2012). Can you ever regulate the virtual world against virtual economic crime

The question of whether you can ever regulate the virtual world against economic crime is one which cannot be answered easily in practice or in theory. This paper examines this question as part of a much larger study into virtual economic crime. Econ... Read More about Can you ever regulate the virtual world against virtual economic crime.

Confucian HRM or unitarism with Chinese characteristics? A study of worker attitudes to work reform and management in three state-owned enterprises (2012)
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Danford, A., & Zhao, W. (2012). Confucian HRM or unitarism with Chinese characteristics? A study of worker attitudes to work reform and management in three state-owned enterprises. Work, Employment and Society, 26(5), 839-856. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017012451635

This article addresses the changing nature of factory regimes in China. It analyses worker attitudes to management control and workplace change in three state-owned automotive enterprises. In the context of the diffusion of new management methods tha... Read More about Confucian HRM or unitarism with Chinese characteristics? A study of worker attitudes to work reform and management in three state-owned enterprises.

Public service restructuring in the UK: The case of the English National Health Service (2012)
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Tailby, S. (2012). Public service restructuring in the UK: The case of the English National Health Service. Industrial Relations Journal, 43(5), 448-464. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2338.2012.00695.x

This article overviews welfare state retrenchment in the UK under the Conservative-led coalition government that formed in May 2010 and has centred its response to economic crisis on rapid public deficit reduction through public expenditure austerity... Read More about Public service restructuring in the UK: The case of the English National Health Service.

Shifting models of equality? Union equality reps in the public services (2012)
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Moore, S., & Wright, T. (2012). Shifting models of equality? Union equality reps in the public services. Industrial Relations Journal, 43(5), 433-447. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2338.2012.00674.x

This article explores how far the emergence of public sector Equality Representatives represents a departure from a distinct radical model of union self-organisation generated by the collective mobilisation of politically conscious identities, toward... Read More about Shifting models of equality? Union equality reps in the public services.

The Re-Emerging Role of the State in Contemporary Russia (2012)
Journal Article
Vanteeva, N. (2012). The Re-Emerging Role of the State in Contemporary Russia. Transition Studies Review, 19(1), 23-34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11300-012-0227-5

I examine ownership structure of Russian firms during the 1998-2006 period, where a greater emphasis is placed on motivations behind increased government ownership in the latter years, when oligarchs' opportunistic influence on the firm diminished as... Read More about The Re-Emerging Role of the State in Contemporary Russia.

Transaction Cost Economics and Open Innovation: Implications for Theory and Practice (2012)
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Remneland-Wikhamn, B., & Knights, D. (2012). Transaction Cost Economics and Open Innovation: Implications for Theory and Practice. Creativity and Innovation Management, 21(3), 277-289. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8691.2012.00639.x

Transaction cost economics (TCE) has had a strong impact on theories of economic exchange but also on open innovation, even though the relationship is often implicit rather than explicit. In this paper, we highlight what we consider to be the problem... Read More about Transaction Cost Economics and Open Innovation: Implications for Theory and Practice.

Managing masculinity/mismanaging the corporation (2012)
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Knights, D., & Tullberg, M. (2012). Managing masculinity/mismanaging the corporation. Organization, 19(4), 385-404. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508411408170

There are numerous accounts of the financial crisis that shocked the Western world in 2008. Almost all the commentaries are steeped in the same cognitive paradigm of linear thinking and assumptions of economic self-interest that could be seen to have... Read More about Managing masculinity/mismanaging the corporation.

Lawyers and cyberspace: Seeing the elephant? (2012)
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Gillen, M. (2012). Lawyers and cyberspace: Seeing the elephant?. SCRIPTed: A Journal of Law, Technology and Society, 9(2), https://doi.org/10.2966/scrip.090212.130

This paper considers the problem of Internet regulation, and how it has been exacerbated by poor theoretical models for cyberspace. Furthermore, it considers how the conceptual difficulties with regard to the nature of cyberspace have been replicated... Read More about Lawyers and cyberspace: Seeing the elephant?.

Feeling and speaking through our gendered bodies: Embodied self-reflection and research practice in organisation studies (2012)
Journal Article
Thanem, T., & Knights, D. (2012). Feeling and speaking through our gendered bodies: Embodied self-reflection and research practice in organisation studies. International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion, 5(1), 91-108. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJWOE.2012.048594

Despite the growing organisational literature on the gendered body, we argue that much of this literature remains disembodied. We therefore seek to further embody the study of gendered bodies and organisations by viewing the body as lived gendered em... Read More about Feeling and speaking through our gendered bodies: Embodied self-reflection and research practice in organisation studies.

Laws and tendencies in Marxist political economy (2012)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2012). Laws and tendencies in Marxist political economy. Capital and Class, 36(2), 235-262. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309816812437921

Whilst terms like 'law of the tendency', 'tendency law' and 'tendential law' appear in Marxist political economy, they are unclear. This paper identifies the main conceptions of laws and tendencies and disambiguates them. Part 1 differentiates betwee... Read More about Laws and tendencies in Marxist political economy.

Resource integration (2012)
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Woratschek, H., Peters, L. D., Kleinaltenkamp, M., Brodie, R. J., Frow, P., & Hughes, T. (2012). Resource integration. Marketing Theory, 12(2), 201-205. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470593111429512

We identify five themes relevant to gaining a clearer understanding of the role of social and economic factors in resource integration. The themes and the broad relationships between them are conceptualized in Figure 1. Here we identify actors who po... Read More about Resource integration.

The adaptation of product cost estimation techniques to estimate the cost of service (2012)
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Huang, X., Newnes, L., & Parry, G. (2012). The adaptation of product cost estimation techniques to estimate the cost of service. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 25(4-5), 417-431. https://doi.org/10.1080/0951192X.2011.596281

This article presents an approach to ascertain whether product cost estimating techniques can be adapted for use in estimating the costs for providing a service. The research methodology adopted consists of a critique and analysis of the literature t... Read More about The adaptation of product cost estimation techniques to estimate the cost of service.