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Flexibility and equality: Friend or foe? (2010)
Book Chapter
Conley, H. (2010). Flexibility and equality: Friend or foe?. In G. Healy, G. Kirton, & M. Noon (Eds.), Equality, Inequalities and Diversity: Contemporary Challenges and Strategies (137-150). Palgrave Macmillan

Central bank communication, transparency and interest rate volatility: Evidence from the USA (2010)
Book Chapter
Biefang-Frisancho Mariscal, I., & Howells, P. (2010). Central bank communication, transparency and interest rate volatility: Evidence from the USA. In G. Fontana, J. McCombie, & M. Sawyer (Eds.), Macroeconomics, Finance and Money (91-108). London: Palgrave Macmillan

The FOMC has changed its style of communication twice recently: from 2000-2003, the Committee imparted information about its assessment on the economic outlook (‘the balance-of-risk statements’) and since August 2003 the FOMC has informed agents addi... Read More about Central bank communication, transparency and interest rate volatility: Evidence from the USA.

Gender, intersectionality and labour process theory (2010)
Book Chapter
Durbin, S., & Conley, H. (2010). Gender, intersectionality and labour process theory. In P. Thompson, & C. Smith (Eds.), Working Life: renewing labour process analysis (182-204). Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan

The intention of this book chapter is to revisit some of the key intersecting themes in relation to feminist and labour process theories to assess both continuity and change. As one might expect, there are some important shifts in how we think about... Read More about Gender, intersectionality and labour process theory.

The money supply in macroeconomics (2010)
Book Chapter
Howells, P. (2010). The money supply in macroeconomics. In M. A. Galindo-Martin, & C. N. Spiller (Eds.), Issues in Economic Thought (161-184). New York: Nova Science Publishers Inc

The notion that the quantity of money in an economy might be endogenously determined has a long history. Even so, it has never been part of mainstream economic thinking which has remained dominated by the view that the policymaker somehow controls th... Read More about The money supply in macroeconomics.

Performance management (2010)
Book Chapter
Hutchinson, S. (2010). Performance management. In M. Inman, N. Osullivan, & A. Murton (Eds.), Unlocking Human Resource Management (177-206). London: Hodder education

SET women and careers: A case study of senior female scientists in the UK (2010)
Book Chapter
Durbin, S. (2010). SET women and careers: A case study of senior female scientists in the UK. In E. Cater, & A. Cater-Steel (Eds.), Women in Engineering, Science and Technology: Education and Career Challenges (232-254). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-657-5.ch011

Very few studies of senior female scientists have been conducted in the UK. This chapter explores the careers of 13 senior female scientists in a male-dominated, UK public sector organisation. These women operate within a context which reinforces, 't... Read More about SET women and careers: A case study of senior female scientists in the UK.

Leadership, management and organisational development (2010)
Book Chapter
Bolden, R. (2010). Leadership, management and organisational development. In J. Gold, R. Thorpe, & A. Mumford (Eds.), Gower Handbook of Leadership and Management Development (117-132). Aldershot: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

In this chapter I suggest that leadership, management and organisational development are all parts of the same process - namely enhancing the capacity of organisations, and the people within them to better achieve their purpose. As such, they are clo... Read More about Leadership, management and organisational development.