All Outputs (164)

A gendered analysis of teaching employment in Pakistan (2017)
Thesis
Khan, M. A gendered analysis of teaching employment in Pakistan. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/899195

This thesis aims to identify the relationships, structures and actors shaping the gender composition of the teaching workforce in Pakistan, with attention to the societal (or macro) level and through the experiences and interpretations of women and o... Read More about A gendered analysis of teaching employment in Pakistan.

Creative ways of under-taking qualitative research (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Turner, A. F. (2017, January). Creative ways of under-taking qualitative research. Presented at Creative ways of undertaking research 2019, UWE Bristol, England

Positioning creative ways to undertake qualitative research

BIM-based deconstruction tool: Towards essential functionalities (2017)
Journal Article
Akinade, O. O., Oyedele, L. O., Omoteso, K., Ajayi, S. O., Bilal, M., Owolabi, H. A., …Looney, J. H. (2017). BIM-based deconstruction tool: Towards essential functionalities. International Journal for Sustainable Built Environment, 6(1), 260-271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsbe.2017.01.002

© 2017 The Gulf Organisation for Research and Development This study discusses the future directions of effective Design for Deconstruction (DfD) using BIM-based approach to design coordination. After a review of extant literatures on existing DfD pr... Read More about BIM-based deconstruction tool: Towards essential functionalities.

Mapping a product-service-system delivering defence avionics availability (2017)
Journal Article
Settanni, E., Thenent, N. E., Newnes, L. B., Parry, G., & Goh, Y. M. (2017). Mapping a product-service-system delivering defence avionics availability. International Journal of Production Economics, 186, 21-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2017.01.018

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Long-term support agreements such as availability-based contracts are often associated with the servitization of business models in such sectors as defence aerospace. In practice, there is no unambiguous way of linking availabili... Read More about Mapping a product-service-system delivering defence avionics availability.

From imitation to innovation: The discursive processes of knowledge creation in the Chinese space industry (2017)
Journal Article
Bi, J., Sarpong, D., Botchie, D., & Rao-Nicholson, R. (2017). From imitation to innovation: The discursive processes of knowledge creation in the Chinese space industry. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 120, 261-270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2017.01.008

© 2017 Elsevier Inc. The quantum jump from ballistic missiles to space docking in recent decades symbolizes China's new product innovation potential in technologically complex industries. Drawing on theories of knowledge creation and discourse, we ex... Read More about From imitation to innovation: The discursive processes of knowledge creation in the Chinese space industry.

Servitization and advanced business services as levers for competitiveness (2017)
Journal Article
Kamp, B., & Parry, G. (2017). Servitization and advanced business services as levers for competitiveness. Industrial Marketing Management, 60, 11-16

In the servitization section of IMM’s special issue Vol 60/2017, we examine the current state of the domain of servitization and provide insight into emerging trends.

Leadership and Creativity in Public Services: An Interview With Lord Michael Bichard, Chair of the National Audit Office (2017)
Journal Article
Bolden, R., & O'Regan, N. (2018). Leadership and Creativity in Public Services: An Interview With Lord Michael Bichard, Chair of the National Audit Office. Journal of Management Inquiry, 27(1), 45-51. https://doi.org/10.1177/1056492616688088

© The Author(s) 2017. This interview with Lord Michael Bichard, one of the most distinguished public sector leaders in the United Kingdom, explores his ideas around the relationship between leadership, creativity, and innovation. A champion of place-... Read More about Leadership and Creativity in Public Services: An Interview With Lord Michael Bichard, Chair of the National Audit Office.

Socio-spatial authenticity at co-created music festivals (2017)
Journal Article
Szmigin, I., Bengry-Howell, A., Morey, Y., Griffin, C., & Riley, S. (2017). Socio-spatial authenticity at co-created music festivals. Annals of Tourism Research, 63, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2016.12.007

© 2016 The Authors From the early days of hippie counter-culture, music festivals have been an important part of the British summer. Today they are commercialised offerings without the counter-cultural discourse of earlier times. Drawing on participa... Read More about Socio-spatial authenticity at co-created music festivals.

Optimising material procurement for construction waste minimization: An exploration of success factors (2017)
Journal Article
Ajayi, S. O., Oyedele, L. O., Akinade, O. O., Bilal, M., Alaka, H. A., & Owolabi, H. A. (2017). Optimising material procurement for construction waste minimization: An exploration of success factors. Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 11, 38-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susmat.2017.01.001

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Although construction waste occurs during the actual construction activities, there is an understanding that it is caused by activities and actions at design, materials procurement and construction stages of project delivery proc... Read More about Optimising material procurement for construction waste minimization: An exploration of success factors.

Measuring compliance with minimum wages (2017)
Journal Article
Ritchie, F., Veliziotis, M., Drew, H., & Whittard, D. (2017). Measuring compliance with minimum wages. Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 42(3-4), 249-270. https://doi.org/10.3233/JEM-180448

© 2017 - IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved. Identifying genuine underpayment of minimum wages is not straightforward. Some well-known statistical issues affect the measurement of compliance rates, but factors such as processing or behavi... Read More about Measuring compliance with minimum wages.

Using Greek mythology in leadership development: The role of archetypes for self-reflection (2017)
Book Chapter
Schedlitzki, D., Jarvis, C., & MacInnes, J. (2017). Using Greek mythology in leadership development: The role of archetypes for self-reflection. In S. Kempster, A. Turner, & G. Edwards (Eds.), Field Guide to Leadership Development (91-102). Edward Elgar

Deep, critical self-reflection is not easy (Reynolds, 1999). It requires time, space, courage and careful support and is often very difficult to achieve in the context of busy, demanding organisational lives where we are expected to be confident, str... Read More about Using Greek mythology in leadership development: The role of archetypes for self-reflection.

Labour pains: Starting a career within the neo-liberal university (2017)
Journal Article
Robinson, S., Ratle, O., & Bristow, A. (2017). Labour pains: Starting a career within the neo-liberal university. Ephemera: Theory and Politics in Organization, 17(3), 481-508

This paper explores how Early Career Academics (ECAs) come to understand their future and the nature of their academic labour at a time when the profession as a whole faces increasingly uncertain and challenging working conditions. Focusing on a grou... Read More about Labour pains: Starting a career within the neo-liberal university.

Ontology and the Current Economic Crisis (2017)
Book Chapter
Fleetwood, S. (2017). Ontology and the Current Economic Crisis. In L. Urs, & M. Dimitri (Eds.), Critical Realism meets kritische Sozialtheorie: Ontologie, Erklärung und Kritik in den Sozialwissenschaften (167-193). Bielefeld: Transcript

There are, meta-theoretically speaking, two main ways to investigate socio-economic phenomena in general and the current economic crisis in particular, each one rooted in its own ontology. The first, which I refer to as `scientistic-oriented economic... Read More about Ontology and the Current Economic Crisis.

Inherited organizational performance? The perceptions of generation Y on the influence of leadership styles (2017)
Journal Article
Lottermoser, B., Nazarian, A., & Soares, A. (2017). Inherited organizational performance? The perceptions of generation Y on the influence of leadership styles. Leadership and Organization Development Journal, 38(8), 1078-1094. https://doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-05-2016-0119

© 2017, © Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: Leadership has a major impact on organizational performance (Agle et al., 2006; Felfe and Schyns, 2004; Peterson et al., 2003). However, results are still conflicting regarding these effects and research... Read More about Inherited organizational performance? The perceptions of generation Y on the influence of leadership styles.

Effective material logistics in urban construction sites: A structural equation model (2017)
Journal Article
Spillane, J. P., & Oyedele, L. (2017). Effective material logistics in urban construction sites: A structural equation model. Construction Innovation: Information, Process, Management, 17(4), 406-428. https://doi.org/10.1108/CI-11-2015-0063

© 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to identify best practice relating to the effective management of materials in an urban, confined construction site, using structural equation modelling. Design/methodology/app... Read More about Effective material logistics in urban construction sites: A structural equation model.

The effect of internal and external determinants of electricity projects in Libya (2017)
Journal Article
Mpofu, B., Ochieng, E. G., Elsahati, K., Zuofa, T., & Ruan, X. (2017). The effect of internal and external determinants of electricity projects in Libya. International Journal of Energy Sector Management, 11(1), 158-176. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJESM-11-2015-0002

© 2017, © Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: In recent times, electricity as one of the most important energy sources has witnessed considerable decreases in consumption figures. These cutbacks have been mainly due to the growing increasing living... Read More about The effect of internal and external determinants of electricity projects in Libya.

The influence of supply chain quality management practices on quality performance: an empirical investigation (2017)
Journal Article
Soares, A., Soltani, E., & Liao, Y. Y. (2017). The influence of supply chain quality management practices on quality performance: an empirical investigation. Supply Chain Management, 22(2), 122-144. https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-08-2016-0286

© 2017, © Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The extant literature highlights the notable lack of a consensus among operations and supply chain management scholars regarding the theoretical underpinnings and associated empirical evidence for the pe... Read More about The influence of supply chain quality management practices on quality performance: an empirical investigation.

Control Optimization of Combined Cooling and Power System with Prime Mover of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell-gas Turbine for Building Application (2017)
Journal Article
Luo, X. J., & Fong, K. F. (2017). Control Optimization of Combined Cooling and Power System with Prime Mover of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell-gas Turbine for Building Application. Energy Procedia, 105, 1883-1888. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.552

© 2017 The Authors. This paper presents a control strategy for a combined cooling and power (CCP) system using a prime mover of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) with bottoming cycle of gas turbine (GT) for building application. Dynamic simulation model o... Read More about Control Optimization of Combined Cooling and Power System with Prime Mover of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell-gas Turbine for Building Application.

Service innovation and performance in Mexican service SMEs (2017)
Journal Article
Maldonado-Guzman, G., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Rocha-Lona, L., & Kumar, V. (2017). Service innovation and performance in Mexican service SMEs. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 514, 230-239. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66926-7_27

© 2017, IFIP International Federation for Information Processing. This empirical research investigates the influence of service innovation on the performance of service SMEs, especially within the context of a country with an emerging economy as it i... Read More about Service innovation and performance in Mexican service SMEs.

The Impact of Supply Chain Integration on Performance: Evidence from the UK Food Sector (2017)
Journal Article
Kumar, V., Chibuzo, E. N., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kumari, A., Rocha-Lona, L., & Lopez-Torres, G. C. (2017). The Impact of Supply Chain Integration on Performance: Evidence from the UK Food Sector. Procedia Manufacturing, 11, 814-821. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2017.07.183

© 2017 The Authors Supply chain Integration has emerged as a major field of interest over the years that involve the strategic alignment of functions and processes within an organization. However, there have been major debates regarding the true desi... Read More about The Impact of Supply Chain Integration on Performance: Evidence from the UK Food Sector.