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Does the marketing curriculum reflect the importance of services marketing to practitioners? (2007)
Journal Article
Hilton, T., Hughes, T., & McDowell, R. (2007). Does the marketing curriculum reflect the importance of services marketing to practitioners?. Marketing Review, 7(2), 315-335. https://doi.org/10.1362/146934707X198876

Given the growth of the service sector and the increased importance of service marketing thinking for practitioners we are interested in learning how far this development is reflected within the marketing curriculum delivered within UK universities.... Read More about Does the marketing curriculum reflect the importance of services marketing to practitioners?.

Commercial media literacy: what does it do, to whom—and does it matter? (2007)
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Eagle, L. (2007). Commercial media literacy: what does it do, to whom—and does it matter?. Journal of Advertising, 36(2), 101-110

Commercially sponsored media literacy initiatives aimed at educating children about the persuasive nature of advertising are evaluated against implicit theories underlying their use, criticisms of the motivation behind their implementation, and effec... Read More about Commercial media literacy: what does it do, to whom—and does it matter?.

Are penalty shootouts racist? (2007)
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Billsberry, J., Nelson, P., van Meurs, N., & Edwards, G. (2007). Are penalty shootouts racist?. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 6(10), 98

Hard lessons for lifelong learners? age and experience in the graduate labour market (2007)
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Purcell, K., Wilton, N., & Elias, P. (2007). Hard lessons for lifelong learners? age and experience in the graduate labour market. Higher Education Quarterly, 61(1), 57-82. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2273.2006.00338.x

The expansion of the higher education system and widening access to undergraduate study has led to growing diversity within the graduate labour supply, including increasing numbers who studied for their degrees as mature students. Analysis of graduat... Read More about Hard lessons for lifelong learners? age and experience in the graduate labour market.

Front-line managers as agents in the HRM-performance causal chain: Theory, analysis and evidence (2007)
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Purcell, J., & Hutchinson, S. (2007). Front-line managers as agents in the HRM-performance causal chain: Theory, analysis and evidence. Human Resource Management Journal, 17(1), 3-20. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-8583.2007.00022.x

Research on the link between HRM and organisational performance has neglected the role of front-line managers, yet it is these managers who are increasingly charged with the implementation of many HR practices. Using an employee survey in 12 'excelle... Read More about Front-line managers as agents in the HRM-performance causal chain: Theory, analysis and evidence.

Primary care professionals and social marketing of health in neighbourhoods: A case study approach to identify, target and communicate with ‘at risk’ populations (2007)
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Powell, J., Tapp, A., Orme, J., & Farr, M. (2007). Primary care professionals and social marketing of health in neighbourhoods: A case study approach to identify, target and communicate with ‘at risk’ populations. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 8(1), 22-35. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423607000047

Aim: In this article the authors illustrate using a case study approach how primary care professionals can use the combination of geodemographic data with hospital episode statistics (HES) to predict the location of people yat risk’ of diabetes melli... Read More about Primary care professionals and social marketing of health in neighbourhoods: A case study approach to identify, target and communicate with ‘at risk’ populations.

Retroduction as mixed-methods triangulation in economic research: Reorienting economics into social science (2007)
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Downward, P., & Mearman, A. (2007). Retroduction as mixed-methods triangulation in economic research: Reorienting economics into social science. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 31(1), 77-99. https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/bel009

This paper argues that mixed-methods triangulation can be understood as the manifestation of retroduction, the logic of inference espoused by critical realism. As such, it can provide the basis upon which different insights upon the same phenomenon c... Read More about Retroduction as mixed-methods triangulation in economic research: Reorienting economics into social science.

Project hindsight: Exploring necessity and possibility in cycles of structuration and co-evolution (2007)
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Clark, P., Booth, C., Rowlinson, M., Procter, S., & Delahaye, A. (2007). Project hindsight: Exploring necessity and possibility in cycles of structuration and co-evolution. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 19(1), 83-97. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537320601065365

The successful management of strategic change requires an understanding of which moves are possible in specific contexts, and thus of how specific contexts variously require, forbid, or permit certain organizational or policy actions. Appreciation of... Read More about Project hindsight: Exploring necessity and possibility in cycles of structuration and co-evolution.

An empirical re-evaluation of consumer disadvantage (2007)
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Woodliffe, L. (2007). An empirical re-evaluation of consumer disadvantage. International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research, 17(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593960601132268

Consumer disadvantage, concerned with inequality in the market place, is a topic that has attracted waves of interest for over 30 years. Despite recent, renewed interest among academics in marketing and related disciplines, it remains to be clearly c... Read More about An empirical re-evaluation of consumer disadvantage.

Managerialism and the post-war evolution of the French national business system (2007)
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Maclean, M., Harvey, C., & Press, J. (2007). Managerialism and the post-war evolution of the French national business system. Business History, 49(4), 531-551. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076790701296332

Managerial revolutions - which witness the appropriation of corporate power by professional managers - come in different shapes and sizes. This article builds upon existing critiques of Chandler's universal theory of the managerial revolution through... Read More about Managerialism and the post-war evolution of the French national business system.

Does a management degree do the business for women in the graduate labour market? (2007)
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Wilton, N. (2007). Does a management degree do the business for women in the graduate labour market?. Higher Education Quarterly, 61(4), 520-538. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2273.2007.00370.x

The increasing dominance of an economic ideology of higher education, that its principal role is to contribute to national competitiveness, has increased focus on the employability of graduates and their transition into the labour market. Drawing on... Read More about Does a management degree do the business for women in the graduate labour market?.

Friendship and organization: Learning from the western friendship tradition (2007)
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French, R. (2007). Friendship and organization: Learning from the western friendship tradition. Management and Organizational History, 2(3), 255-272. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744935907084013

This article describes and explores some key concepts from the classical, Western friendship tradition in order to see whether anything may be learned from them about the processes of organizing today. First, it looks at the difference between the mo... Read More about Friendship and organization: Learning from the western friendship tradition.