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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 (2017)
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Mangion-Thornley, K. 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

This PhD study focuses on the role of coaching in a talent and leadership development programme in a multinational financial services organisation. Talent management (TM) and leadership development (LD) are the main priorities and amongst the most c... 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.

‘Exit the system’: Crafting the place of protest camps between antagonism and exception (2011)
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Frenzel, F. ‘Exit the system’: Crafting the place of protest camps between antagonism and exception

Protest camps have been a prominent feature of social movement activity in the last three decades. More than a means to enable protest in remote locations, protest camps have often been constituted as autonomous and alternative worlds, set antagonist... Read More about ‘Exit the system’: Crafting the place of protest camps between antagonism and exception.

The strategic defence review 1998: Politics, power and influence in government decisions (2011)
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Grattan, R., Parry, G., & O'Regan, N. The strategic defence review 1998: Politics, power and influence in government decisions. Bristol

This study explores the UK Strategic Defence Review [SDR] 1997/98 from a strategy process perspective. The review in contrast to previous reviews was intended to be transparent and policy rather than resource led. The paper adopts a case study approa... Read More about The strategic defence review 1998: Politics, power and influence in government decisions.

Enterprise imaging: The visualisation of resource base (2011)
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Parry, G., Mills, J., & Purchase, V. Enterprise imaging: The visualisation of resource base. Bristol

Purpose – To present a methodology for the visual representation of resources within a multi-organisational enterprise. The visualisation shows resource dependency and co-ordinators utilised by an alliance relationship to deliver an outcome. Design/... Read More about Enterprise imaging: The visualisation of resource base.

SMEs access to formal finance in post-communist economies: Do institutional structure and political connectedness matter?
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Do institutional structure and political connectedness matter?. UWE Bristol

In post-communist economies, a disproportionately greater share of formal finance is channelled to larger enterprises and SMEs lack appropriately-priced formal finance. This article examines whether institutional structure and interpersonal connected... Read More about SMEs access to formal finance in post-communist economies: Do institutional structure and political connectedness matter?.

Working Paper 12. A trans-disciplinary (proto) model of labour markets
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Fleetwood, S. (2008). Working Paper 12. A trans-disciplinary (proto) model of labour markets. Bristol

Building upon trans-disciplinary insights from the ‘socio-economics of labour markets’ tradition and drawing upon critical realist meta-theory, this paper outlines a trans-disciplinary (proto) model of labour markets as an alternative to the orthodox... Read More about Working Paper 12. A trans-disciplinary (proto) model of labour markets.

Working Paper 8. Where do organisations end and labour markets begin?
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Fleetwood, S. (2008). Working Paper 8. Where do organisations end and labour markets begin?. Bristol

The division of labour between labour economists and organisation theorists results in there being little or no (epistemic) connection between the disciplines of labour economics and organization theory, and little or no recognition of the (ontic) co... Read More about Working Paper 8. Where do organisations end and labour markets begin?.

Working Paper 9. Insitutions and social structures: some clarifications
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Fleetwood, S. (2008). Working Paper 9. Insitutions and social structures: some clarifications. Bristol

The objective of this paper is to continue the important task of clarifying two terms that are central to a great deal of social science, but often mired in confusion, namely, ‘institutions’ and ‘social structures’. The opening part of the paper uses... Read More about Working Paper 9. Insitutions and social structures: some clarifications.

The unorganised worker: problems at work, routes to support and views on representation. The unrepresented worker survey 2004. Working Paper 11. Who experiences problems at work, what problems do they experience, what do they do about them and what happens as a result?
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Pollert, A., & Charlwood, A. (2008). The unorganised worker: problems at work, routes to support and views on representation. The unrepresented worker survey 2004. Working Paper 11. Who experiences problems at work, what problems do they experience, what do they do about them and what happens as a result?. Bristol

This is the eleventh working paper from a project that explored the experience of problems at work and sources of support and advice of non-unionised workers in Britain. It explored ‘concerns’ at work – what these were, how they were perceived, wheth... Read More about The unorganised worker: problems at work, routes to support and views on representation. The unrepresented worker survey 2004. Working Paper 11. Who experiences problems at work, what problems do they experience, what do they do about them and what happens as a result?.

Working Paper 10. Organsing unions, organising communities? Trades unions councils and community union politics in England and Wales
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Taylor, G., & Mathers, A. (2008). Working Paper 10. Organsing unions, organising communities? Trades unions councils and community union politics in England and Wales. Bristol

The division of labour between labour economists and organisation theorists results in there being little or no (epistemic) connection between the disciplines of labour economics and organization theory, and little or no recognition of the (ontic) co... Read More about Working Paper 10. Organsing unions, organising communities? Trades unions councils and community union politics in England and Wales.

The unorganised worker: problems at work, routes to support and views on representation. The unrepresented worker survey. Working Paper 7. Collectivism and views on trade unions among unrepresented workers with problems at work
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Pollert, A. (2006). The unorganised worker: problems at work, routes to support and views on representation. The unrepresented worker survey. Working Paper 7. Collectivism and views on trade unions among unrepresented workers with problems at work. Bristol

This is the seventh working paper from a project that explored the experience of problems at work and sources of support and advice of non-unionised workers in Britain. It explored ‘concerns’ at work – what these were, how they were perceived, whethe... Read More about The unorganised worker: problems at work, routes to support and views on representation. The unrepresented worker survey. Working Paper 7. Collectivism and views on trade unions among unrepresented workers with problems at work.

The unorganised worker: problems at work, routes to support and views on representation. Working Paper 6. The unorganised worker: Problems at work and routes to resolution with the Citizens Advice Bureau
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Pollert, A. (2006). The unorganised worker: problems at work, routes to support and views on representation. Working Paper 6. The unorganised worker: Problems at work and routes to resolution with the Citizens Advice Bureau. Bristol

This is the sixth working paper from a project that explored the experience of problems at work and sources of support and advice of non-unionised workers in Britain. It explored ‘concerns’ at work – what these were, how they were perceived, whether... Read More about The unorganised worker: problems at work, routes to support and views on representation. Working Paper 6. The unorganised worker: Problems at work and routes to resolution with the Citizens Advice Bureau.