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Challenges of researching showering routines – from the individual to the socio-material (2018)
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Water supplies are under threat from climate change, population growth and modern lifestyles. Excessive demand wastes money, energy and carbon. Evidence indicates that young adults are particularly high water-users. This population segment is at a tr... Read More about Challenges of researching showering routines – from the individual to the socio-material.

How is coaching perceived by leaders engaged in a global talent and leadership development programme? A single case study in the banking and financial services sector (2018)
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This study focuses on the role of coaching in talent and leadership development programmes in a multinational financial services organisation. Talent management (TM) and leadership development (LD) are the main priorities and amongst the most challen... Read More about How is coaching perceived by leaders engaged in a global talent and leadership development programme? A single case study in the banking and financial services sector.

Pre-proceedings in the context of children’s social care: The reality and rationale between different local authority approaches and practices and the impact on children and families (2018)
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Developing Entrepreneurial Leadership with Public Service Mutuals (2018)
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Financial services brand engagement: The role of experience and perceived risk (2018)
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Against a background of growing consumer cynicism towards brands and high levels of consumer distrust of the financial services industry, this developmental paper explores the possible role of consumer experience and perceived risk in consumer brand... Read More about Financial services brand engagement: The role of experience and perceived risk.

Evolution of leadership vision in digital transformation of organisations (2018)
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Capacity of organisations to respond to digital opportunities and challenges is often their competitive differentiator. Recent research points to the advent of complex challenges due to digital transformation of organisations. Despite the rise in the... Read More about Evolution of leadership vision in digital transformation of organisations.

An overview and evaluation of the 'Stand Up and Be Heard' workshops for student fear of public speaking (2018)
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This paper will present the background, outline and evaluation of an educational innovation on the conference theme of educational enhancement. The “Stand Up and Be Heard" workshops for student fear of public speaking developed from a single workshop... Read More about An overview and evaluation of the 'Stand Up and Be Heard' workshops for student fear of public speaking.

Innovation diffusion in healthcare networks: The role of boundary-spanners and gatekeepers in a bottom-up approach to innovation diffusion (2018)
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Summary This paper investigates the roles of boundary-spanners and gatekeepers during the diffusion of innovation where a bottom-up approach to innovation diffusion has been employed, presenting the results of an in-depth investigation of a compl... Read More about Innovation diffusion in healthcare networks: The role of boundary-spanners and gatekeepers in a bottom-up approach to innovation diffusion.

Investigating the benefits and challenges of Total Quality Management implementation in the pharmaceutical companies (2018)
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Pharmaceutical companies in Eastern European region are facing urgent quality tools implementation due to fierce global competition. The aim of this research is to provide current understanding of TQM in this region and provide further guidance on h... Read More about Investigating the benefits and challenges of Total Quality Management implementation in the pharmaceutical companies.

Compact tension test behaviour of Pseudo-ductile thin-ply carbon/ glass hybrids (2018)
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The aim of this work was to investigate the notched behaviour of thin ply pseudo-ductile carbon/glass hybrid laminates with in-plane Over-height Compact Tension (OCT) specimens. Therefore, a series of tests were performed on two different thin-ply ca... Read More about Compact tension test behaviour of Pseudo-ductile thin-ply carbon/ glass hybrids.

Organisational learning and consumer learning in foreign markets: A case study of IKEA in Japan (2018)
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Purpose The aim of this research is to explore the mutual relationship between organisational learning and consumer learning in internationalisation. We would like to build a model on dyadic knowledge management in foreign markets and apply the fram... Read More about Organisational learning and consumer learning in foreign markets: A case study of IKEA in Japan.

‘I am a person who works’: The stigmatised prisoner identity and the work self as redeemer (2018)
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Based on the findings of a ten-month ethnography of prisoners incarcerated in a British prison, this paper addresses how prisoners negotiate between two divergent identities, the criminal self and the work self to manage stigma. Two categories of pri... Read More about ‘I am a person who works’: The stigmatised prisoner identity and the work self as redeemer.

Improved water pumping station supply systems (2018)
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The electrical grid experiences high demand during peak energy times (Triads) and so financial penalty charges are applied to discourage large industrial consumers. Onsite power generation through employment of gas engines mitigated during ‘Triad’ pe... Read More about Improved water pumping station supply systems.

Towards a framework for implementation of virtual reality technologies in schools for autistic pupils (2018)
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Virtual reality and associated technologies offer unique potential for learning in special educational contexts. Research studies have demonstrated applications of collaborative VR for encouraging and enabling children with autism to communicate and... Read More about Towards a framework for implementation of virtual reality technologies in schools for autistic pupils.

Bearing and bearing-bypass of pseudo-ductile thin-ply carbon/ glass hybrids (2018)
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The aim of this work was to investigate the bearing and bearing-bypass behaviour of thin ply pseudo-ductile carbon/glass hybrid laminates in tension. Therefore, a series of tests were performed based on ASTM D7248/D7248M–12 on a Quasi Isotropic (QI)... Read More about Bearing and bearing-bypass of pseudo-ductile thin-ply carbon/ glass hybrids.

A liquid tangible display for mobile colour mixing (2018)
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Digital painting is an increasingly popular medium of expression for many artists, yet when compared to its traditional equivalents of physical brushes and viscous paint it lacks a dimension of tangibility. We conducted observations and interviews wi... Read More about A liquid tangible display for mobile colour mixing.

DAC leadership vs team effectiveness (2018)
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In search of the place of being ready-to-hand. Uncovering reciprocity between architectural design research and philosophy (2018)
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Based on Graham Harman’s illuminating interpretation of Heidegger’s concepts of ready-to-hand and present-at-hand, the paper elucidates some of the consequences of such an analysis for an architectural design research existentially revealing. Once th... Read More about In search of the place of being ready-to-hand. Uncovering reciprocity between architectural design research and philosophy.

An outlier in an independent samples design (2018)
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There is a flaw with some of the most commonly performed statistical tests. A paradox of the one sample t-test is the contrariwise decrease in the p-value as the value of an outlier increases in the direction of the overall effect. Demonstration of t... Read More about An outlier in an independent samples design.

Anode surface modification with activated carbon for improved power generation in urine fed Microbial Fuel Cells (2018)
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Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) utilise organic feedstocks such as urine as fuel for direct electricity production, by employing anode respiring microbes that convert organic matter into electrons while treating waste. One possible approach to bring this... Read More about Anode surface modification with activated carbon for improved power generation in urine fed Microbial Fuel Cells.