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Deconstructing gender inequality: Implications for women leadership and COVID-19 recovery in Nigeria (2023)
Journal Article

Evidence suggests that the COVID-19 crisis has affected women more severely than their male counterparts. Thus, impeding the progress towards achieving gender equality and inclusion in society. The pandemic has the potential to undo more than decade-... Read More about Deconstructing gender inequality: Implications for women leadership and COVID-19 recovery in Nigeria.

Information behaviour in high risk decision making: Study of international postgraduates (2022)
Journal Article

This article explores the role of information in high risk consumer decision making. Forty-two qualitative interviews were undertaken with international non-EU postgraduates when making the high risk decision to study in a UK Business School. Prospec... Read More about Information behaviour in high risk decision making: Study of international postgraduates.

An investigation of performance of nascent manufacturing firms (2020)
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To understand the context for firms being created in the manufacturing space we explore the factors affecting performance by applying Gartner et al.’s overarching theoretical framework. We investigate the phenomenon of nascent entrepreneurship from a... Read More about An investigation of performance of nascent manufacturing firms.

Construction practitioners’ perception of key drivers of reputation in mega-construction projects (2020)
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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to commence the discourse on the non-inclusiveness of the dynamics of reputation within the construction industry by identifying and examining the key product and process drivers of reputation in mega-constructio... Read More about Construction practitioners’ perception of key drivers of reputation in mega-construction projects.

Examining the relationship between social media analytics practices and business performance in the Indian retail and IT industries: The mediation role of customer engagement (2020)
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Social media analytics (SMA) is a dynamic field which has received considerable attention from both academics and management practitioners alike. A significant number of the scholarly research currently being conducted in SMA, however, is conceptual.... Read More about Examining the relationship between social media analytics practices and business performance in the Indian retail and IT industries: The mediation role of customer engagement.

Design for deconstruction using a circular economy approach: Barriers and strategies for improvement (2019)
Journal Article

This study explores the current practices of Design for Deconstruction (DfD) as a strategy for achieving circular economy. Keeping in view the opportunities accruable from DfD, a review of the literature was carried out and six focus group interviews... Read More about Design for deconstruction using a circular economy approach: Barriers and strategies for improvement.

Creativity in coaching (2019)
Journal Article

a short article looking through a variety of coaching approaches with the emphasis on creativity and the innovative practice of executive coaching

Robotics and automated systems in construction: Understanding industry-specific challenges for adoption (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019 The Authors The construction industry is a major economic sector, but it is plagued with inefficiencies and low productivity. Robotics and automated systems have the potential to address these shortcomings; however, the level of adoption in th... Read More about Robotics and automated systems in construction: Understanding industry-specific challenges for adoption.

Silence and its role in coaching (2019)
Journal Article

A short article dealing with and exploring the use of silence in the practice of psychological executive coaching

Investigation on part-load performances of combined cooling and power system primed by solid oxide fuel cell with different bottoming cycles (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019 Elsevier B.V. In hot-humid cities, conventional trigeneration can be reduced to combined cooling and power system. Solid oxide fuel cell is a high-temperature prime mover with high electrical efficiency, its efficiency may be further boosted u... Read More about Investigation on part-load performances of combined cooling and power system primed by solid oxide fuel cell with different bottoming cycles.

Trade union strategy in fashion retail in Italy and the USA: Converging divergence between institutions and mobilization? (2018)
Journal Article

We investigate trade union strategies in fashion retail, a sector with endemic low-wages, precarity and a representation gap. Unions in Milan organized ‘zero-hours contract’ workers, while their counterparts in New York established an alternative cha... Read More about Trade union strategy in fashion retail in Italy and the USA: Converging divergence between institutions and mobilization?.

What universities might learn from professional associations in marking large undergraduate modules (2018)
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© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to highlight to universities the approach of professional associations in marking large volumes of assessments. Design/methodology/approach: The issues arising in marking large... Read More about What universities might learn from professional associations in marking large undergraduate modules.

Harmful algal blooms: the impacts on cultural ecosystem services and human well-being in a case study setting, Cornwall, UK (2018)
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© 2018 The Authors Whilst harmful algal blooms (HABs) are a natural phenomenon, the impacts of these events can have devastating impacts on human societies. To date, these have largely been studied with reference to economic and health impacts, which... Read More about Harmful algal blooms: the impacts on cultural ecosystem services and human well-being in a case study setting, Cornwall, UK.

From the Lucasian revolution to DSGE models: An account of recent developments in macroeconomic modelling (2017)
Journal Article

PHD THESIS SUMMARY. From the Lucasian revolution to DSGE models: an account of recent developments in macroeconomic modelling

Insights into responsible education for sustainable development: The case of UWE, Bristol (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd In this paper, we argue that it is opportune to revisit profound questions about the purpose, nature and value of higher education in society at a juncture where the context of higher education has been significantly influenced by... Read More about Insights into responsible education for sustainable development: The case of UWE, Bristol.

A well-being framework for impact evaluation: The case of the UK offshore wind industry (2017)
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© 2017 Elsevier Ltd Growing levels of energy consumption and concern over the environmental consequences of energy production are leading to an increased investment in renewable energy generation. Despite an important relationship between energy prod... Read More about A well-being framework for impact evaluation: The case of the UK offshore wind industry.

The wisdom of conversations: Existential Hermeneutic Phenomenology (EHP) for project managers (2017)
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© 2017 Elsevier Ltd, APM and IPMA This paper introduces Existential Hermeneutic Phenomenology (EHP) as an approach to reflecting on and studying the lived experience of project management practice. We argue that an EHP way of being is an effective ap... Read More about The wisdom of conversations: Existential Hermeneutic Phenomenology (EHP) for project managers.

The financial crisis and financial crime in the United Kingdom: A critical analysis of the response by Financial Regulatory Agencies (2017)
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A previously unattributed factor that contributed towards the most recent financial crisis is financial crime. However, it is important to note and accept that financial crime was not the sole and only cause of the financial crisis. For example, it... Read More about The financial crisis and financial crime in the United Kingdom: A critical analysis of the response by Financial Regulatory Agencies.

Estimating the ecological, economic and social impacts of ocean acidification and warming on UK fisheries (2016)
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© 2016 The Authors. Fish and Fisheries Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Assessments of the combined ecological impacts of ocean acidification and warming (OAW) and their social and economic consequences can help develop adaptive and responsive m... Read More about Estimating the ecological, economic and social impacts of ocean acidification and warming on UK fisheries.

Emotional intelligence and British expatriates’ cross-cultural adjustment in international construction projects (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Today’s internationalized business demands global mindset, intercultural sensitivity and the ability to skilfully negotiate through cross-cultural interactions. Therefore, the overall ai... Read More about Emotional intelligence and British expatriates’ cross-cultural adjustment in international construction projects.