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ERM Annual report 2014: Restructuring in the public sector (2015)
Report
Celikel-Esser, F., Hurley, J., Storrie, D., Gerogiannis, I., & Broughton, A. (2015). ERM Annual report 2014: Restructuring in the public sector. https://op.europa.eu: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound)

In the immediate aftermath of the recession in 2008, employment in the public sector continued to grow, helping to sustain demand in the European economy. However, by 2010, significant restructuring was underway in the public sector in several Member... Read More about ERM Annual report 2014: Restructuring in the public sector.

Talking and acting for our rights: The interview in an action-research setting (2015)
Book Chapter
Lopes, A. (2015). Talking and acting for our rights: The interview in an action-research setting. In K. Smith, J. Staples, & N. Rapport (Eds.), Extraordinary Encounters: Authenticity and the Interview (157-174). Oxford: Berghahn Books

This chapter draws upon an action-research project in which the ethnographer became a participant and facilitator of a collective effort that led to the unionisation of sex workers in the UK. It is within this context that I will explore the way in w... Read More about Talking and acting for our rights: The interview in an action-research setting.

Mentoring professional women in aviation and aerospace (2015)
Journal Article
Lopes, A., Durbin, S., Neugebauer, J., & Warren, S. (2015). Mentoring professional women in aviation and aerospace

In this article, we report on a new ESRC co-funded project which aims to design, implement and develop a mentoring scheme for female professionals within the aviation and aerospace industry, through a knowledge exchange partnership between UWE, the R... Read More about Mentoring professional women in aviation and aerospace.

A feasibility study into the creation of a development bank for Wales (2015)
Report
Jones-Evans, D. (2015). A feasibility study into the creation of a development bank for Wales

‘It’s all in the Plot’: Narrative explorations of work-related emotions (2015)
Book Chapter
Gabriel, Y., & Ulus, E. (2015). ‘It’s all in the Plot’: Narrative explorations of work-related emotions. In H. Flam, & J. Kleres (Eds.), Methods of Exploring Emotions (36-45). Routledge

Hourly paid teachers in UK universities: Findings from an exploratory survey (2015)
Journal Article
Chen, J., & Lopes, A. (2015). Hourly paid teachers in UK universities: Findings from an exploratory survey

The Higher Education sector in the UK has seen some unprecedented changes in recent years. One of the most striking changes has been the widespread use of casualised contracts in UK universities. In 2012-13, almost 34 per cent of academics worked par... Read More about Hourly paid teachers in UK universities: Findings from an exploratory survey.

An integrated approach of Six Sigma and QSAM methodologies for a pharmaceutical company: A shipment improvement process (2015)
Journal Article
Rocha-Lona, L., Edith Alvarez-Reyes, E., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Kumar, V. (2015). An integrated approach of Six Sigma and QSAM methodologies for a pharmaceutical company: A shipment improvement process. International Journal of Lean Enterprise Research, 1(3), 266-283. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLER.2015.071743

This paper presents a shipment improvement project in a pharmaceutical company to reduce distribution costs of a set of products shipped to Germany. The project consisted in the diagnosis and improvement of the shipment process through the deployment... Read More about An integrated approach of Six Sigma and QSAM methodologies for a pharmaceutical company: A shipment improvement process.

Account manager turnover and the influence of context: An exploratory study (2015)
Journal Article
Vafeas, M. (2015). Account manager turnover and the influence of context: An exploratory study. Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, 30(1), 72-82. https://doi.org/10.1108/JBIM-04-2012-0064

© 2014, Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate the contextual factors that influence the impact of account manager turnover on the client–agency relationship, an under-researched area of relationship m... Read More about Account manager turnover and the influence of context: An exploratory study.

Performance management of suppliers in outsourcing project: Case analysis from the financial services industry (2015)
Journal Article
MacKerron, G., Kumar, M., Benedikt, A., & Kumar, V. (2015). Performance management of suppliers in outsourcing project: Case analysis from the financial services industry. Production Planning and Control, 26(2), 150-165. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2013.869702

© 2014 Taylor & Francis. This study investigates the characteristics of an effective performance management framework for outsourcing projects in a UK-based financial services organisation and how this may contribute to the success of the outsourci... Read More about Performance management of suppliers in outsourcing project: Case analysis from the financial services industry.

The Triple Helix model for innovation: A holistic exploration of barriers and enablers (2015)
Journal Article
White, G. R., Razak, A. A., & White, G. (2015). The Triple Helix model for innovation: A holistic exploration of barriers and enablers. International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling, 7(3), 278-291. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBPSCM.2015.071600

© 2015 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. The Triple Helix model of innovation has attracted considerable attention in both developed and developing economies as an integral policy making tool to enhance innovation and promote economic development (Etzkow... Read More about The Triple Helix model for innovation: A holistic exploration of barriers and enablers.

Impact of the Financial Crisis on Banking Acquisitions: A Look at Shareholder Wealth (2015)
Journal Article
Rao-Nicholson, R., & Salaber, J. (2015). Impact of the Financial Crisis on Banking Acquisitions: A Look at Shareholder Wealth. International Journal of the Economics of Business, 22(1), 87-117. https://doi.org/10.1080/13571516.2014.982901

© 2015, © 2015 International Journal of the Economics of Business. Abstract: This paper examines the influence of the 2007–08 financial crisis on value creation for acquirer’s shareholders in the banking industry using a sample of 883 deals over 2004... Read More about Impact of the Financial Crisis on Banking Acquisitions: A Look at Shareholder Wealth.

Managing the monsters of doubt: Liminality, threshold concepts and leadership learning (2015)
Journal Article
Hawkins, B., & Edwards, G. (2015). Managing the monsters of doubt: Liminality, threshold concepts and leadership learning. Management Learning, 46(1), 24-43. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350507613501736

© The Author(s) 2013. In this article, we argue that management and business undergraduate students who are engaged in learning about leadership occupy a liminal space or state of between-ness. Drawing on anthropological conceptualisations of liminal... Read More about Managing the monsters of doubt: Liminality, threshold concepts and leadership learning.

Institutional entrepreneurship, governance, and poverty: Insights from emergency medical response servicesin India (2015)
Journal Article
George, G., Rao-Nicholson, R., Corbishley, C., & Bansal, R. (2015). Institutional entrepreneurship, governance, and poverty: Insights from emergency medical response servicesin India. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 32(1), 39-65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-014-9377-9

© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York. We present an in-depth case study of GVK Emergency Management and Research Institute, an Indian public–private partnership (PPP), which successfully brought emergency medical response to remote and ur... Read More about Institutional entrepreneurship, governance, and poverty: Insights from emergency medical response servicesin India.

On the influence of organisational routines on strategic foresight (2015)
Journal Article
Appiah, G., & Sarpong, D. (2015). On the influence of organisational routines on strategic foresight. Foresight, 17(5), 512-527. https://doi.org/10.1108/FS-11-2014-0067

© 2015, Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a conceptual model to unpack the relationship between organisational routines and strategic foresight integration. Design/methodology/approach – Three moderat... Read More about On the influence of organisational routines on strategic foresight.

Customer, collaborator or co-creator? What is the role of the student in a changing higher education servicescape? (2015)
Journal Article
Chalcraft, D., Hilton, T., & Hughes, T. (2015). Customer, collaborator or co-creator? What is the role of the student in a changing higher education servicescape?. Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 25(1), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1080/08841241.2015.1044790

Across the globe, higher education (HE) is experiencing ever increasing turbulence. The more established markets are dealing with pressure on budgets, coupled with government intervention to steer HE in particular directions. In contrast, institution... Read More about Customer, collaborator or co-creator? What is the role of the student in a changing higher education servicescape?.

A life span perspective on leadership (2015)
Book Chapter
Zacher, H., Clark, M., Anderson, E. C., & Ayoko, O. B. (2015). A life span perspective on leadership. In P. Matthijs Bal, D. Kooij, & D. M. Rousseau (Eds.), Aging Workers and the Employee-Employer Relationship (87-106). UK: Springer

Requisition of labour and constitutional legitimacy: Thoughts on Article 1 Law 4325/2015 - Πολιτική Επιστράτευση και Συνταγματική Νομιμότητα: Σκέψεις επί του άρθρου 1 του ν.4325/2015 (2015)
Journal Article
Kapotas, P., & Voskeritsian, H. (2015). Requisition of labour and constitutional legitimacy: Thoughts on Article 1 Law 4325/2015 - Πολιτική Επιστράτευση και Συνταγματική Νομιμότητα: Σκέψεις επί του άρθρου 1 του ν.4325/2015

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“Obviously in the cool group they wear designer things”: A social practice theory perspective on children’s consumption (2015)
Journal Article
Nairn, A., & Spotswood, F. (2015). “Obviously in the cool group they wear designer things”: A social practice theory perspective on children’s consumption. European Journal of Marketing, 49(9-10), 1460-1483. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJM-10-2013-0557

© 2015, Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – This paper aims to propose the lens of social practice theory (SPT) as a means of deepening insights into childhood consumer culture. Design/methodology/approach – The data comprise four qualitative... Read More about “Obviously in the cool group they wear designer things”: A social practice theory perspective on children’s consumption.

A simple decision market model (2015)
Journal Article
Grainger, D., Sun, S., Watkin-Lui, F., & Case, P. (2015). A simple decision market model. https://doi.org/10.5750/jpm.v9i3.1148

Economic modeling of decision markets has mainly considered the market scoring rule setup. Literature has made reference to the alternative, joint elicitation type decision market, but no in depth analysis of it appears to have been published. This p... Read More about A simple decision market model.

The special topic of organisational disruption: An editorial (2015)
Journal Article
Grisoni, L., & Page, M. (2015). The special topic of organisational disruption: An editorial

In August 2014 we ran a stream on The Disruptive Potential of Arts Based Approaches at the Art of Management and Organisation Conference held at Copenhagen Business School. We were curious about trends in organization studies literature that are enco... Read More about The special topic of organisational disruption: An editorial.