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Overcoming the self-image incongruency of non-cyclists (2012)
Journal Article

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

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.

Social Marketing (2012)
Book

Social marketing is receiving unprecedented focus and support from government, the private sector and charities internationally. Social marketing attempts to educate people in the hope that they will make ‘informed’(i.e. healthy) choices regarding di... Read More about Social Marketing.

Poverty, power and politics: Considerations for engaging citizens in social marketing programmes (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Environmental governance in Europe and Asia: A comparative study of institutional and legislative framework (2012)
Book

This book looks at environmental governance in both Asia and Europe and offers a comparative analysis of the two regions in order to provide a better understanding of the concept of ‘environmental governance’ and its status in Europe and Asia. The bo... Read More about Environmental governance in Europe and Asia: A comparative study of institutional and legislative framework.

Buddhist belief and living ethics: Challenging business ethics (2012)
Book Chapter

Belief and Organization (2012)
Book

Some reasonable but uncomfortable questions about social marketing (2012)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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.

‘Fading glory? Decision-making around the project – How and why “Glory” projects fail’ (2012)
Book Chapter

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Confucian HRM or unitarism with Chinese characteristics? A study of worker attitudes to work reform and management in three state-owned enterprises (2012)
Journal Article

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.

Can you ever regulate the virtual world against virtual economic crime (2012)
Journal Article

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.

Natural resources and the green economy: Redefining the challenges for people, states and corporations (2012)
Book

Considering that natural resources or green capital are the drivers of globalisation, this book focuses on the link between investment, trade and natural resource management in the context of the growing economic inequalities between states. It argue... Read More about Natural resources and the green economy: Redefining the challenges for people, states and corporations.

Shifting models of equality? Union equality reps in the public services (2012)
Journal Article

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.

Public service restructuring in the UK: The case of the English National Health Service (2012)
Journal Article

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.

Judging a book by its cover: A multimodal analysis of gender representations in celebrity cookbooks (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Beyond boundaries: Sense-making and fuzzy learning from stories about failures and successes of social enterprises (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Importance of personal failure in investigating identity (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Transaction Cost Economics and Open Innovation: Implications for Theory and Practice (2012)
Journal Article

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.

The role of proactive information acquisition and helping behaviour on newcomer integration (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution