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Leadership learning for Malaria elimination: Does the Janitor hold the key? (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Case, P., Hove, M., & Gosling, J. (2020, November). Leadership learning for Malaria elimination: Does the Janitor hold the key?. Presented at 22nd International Leadership Association Annual Global Conference, 'Leading at the Edge', Online virtual conference

Every year some half a million people die from malaria, with the largest disease burden carried by sub-Saharan Africa. Focus for improved malaria healthcare performance is often placed on the technical challenges, while operational issues are neglect... Read More about Leadership learning for Malaria elimination: Does the Janitor hold the key?.

Equality of restraint: Reframing road safety through the ethics of private motorised transport (2020)
Journal Article
Davis, A. L., & Obree, D. (2020). Equality of restraint: Reframing road safety through the ethics of private motorised transport. Journal of Transport and Health, 19(December), Article 100970. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2020.100970

Background: Motoring is an emancipation. It is both an individual freedom and a collective freedom with car ownership at 30, 491, 000 vehicles by 2019 in Great Britain. Yet, as the evidence of the impacts of road transport accumulates and the health... Read More about Equality of restraint: Reframing road safety through the ethics of private motorised transport.

BIM competencies for delivering waste-efficient building projects in a circular economy (2020)
Journal Article
Ganiyu, S. A., Oyedele, L. O., Akinade, O., Owolabi, H., Akanbi, L., & Gbadamosi, A. (2020). BIM competencies for delivering waste-efficient building projects in a circular economy. Developments in the Built Environment, 4, 100036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dibe.2020.100036

Competency measures are increasingly becoming effective ways for construction organizations to measure their ability to deliver waste-efficient projects. Despite the ongoing efforts in achieving the goals of the circular economy through BIM adoption,... Read More about BIM competencies for delivering waste-efficient building projects in a circular economy.

Limited evidence for servitisation in UK publishing: An empirical analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Kharlamov, A. A., & Parry, G. (2020). Limited evidence for servitisation in UK publishing: An empirical analysis. International Journal of Business Environment, 11(3), 336-346. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBE.2020.110896

Servitisation is a strategic transition of firms towards the creation of additional value through services. In this study, we adopt a data-driven approach and assume that company activity descriptions are representative of their activity and partly r... Read More about Limited evidence for servitisation in UK publishing: An empirical analysis.

Offsite construction for emergencies: A focus on Isolation Space Creation (ISC) measures for the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)
Journal Article
Gbadamosi, A., Oyedele, L., Olawale, O., & Abioye, S. (2020). Offsite construction for emergencies: A focus on Isolation Space Creation (ISC) measures for the COVID-19 pandemic. Progress in Disaster Science, 8, Article 100130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdisas.2020.100130

The outbreak of a pandemic of global concern, the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has tested the capacity of healthcare facilities to the brim in many developed countries. In a minacious fashion of rapid spread and extreme transmission rate, COV... Read More about Offsite construction for emergencies: A focus on Isolation Space Creation (ISC) measures for the COVID-19 pandemic.

A review of robotics and autonomous systems in the food industry: From the supply chains perspective (2020)
Journal Article
Duong, L. N. K., Al-Fadhli, M., Jagtap, S., Bader, F., Martindale, W., Swainson, M., & Paoli, A. (2020). A review of robotics and autonomous systems in the food industry: From the supply chains perspective. Trends in Food Science and Technology, 106, 355-364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2020.10.028

Background. An increasing global population means resource utilisation and food security remain the critical global challenges. Robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) have been applied to improve productivity, and their role in enhancing supply chain... Read More about A review of robotics and autonomous systems in the food industry: From the supply chains perspective.

Systems leadership: Pitfalls and possibilities (2020)
Report
Bolden, R. (2020). Systems leadership: Pitfalls and possibilities. London: National Leadership Centre

Systems leadership​ is heralded as a means for improving collaboration and alignment between those commissioning, providing and using public services. Despite the clamour, however, little attention has been paid to the challenges of such an approach... Read More about Systems leadership: Pitfalls and possibilities.

Silence in coaching (2020)
Book Chapter
Turner, A., & Passmore, J. (2021). Silence in coaching. In The Coaches' Handbook The Complete Practitioner Guide for Professional Coaches. Routledge

This chapter deals with the theory and practice of the use of silence in a coaching relationships

Managing supply chains for sustainable operations in the era of industry 4.0 and circular economy: Analysis of barriers (2020)
Journal Article
Kumar, P., Singh, R. K., & Kumar, V. (2021). Managing supply chains for sustainable operations in the era of industry 4.0 and circular economy: Analysis of barriers. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 164, Article 105215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105215

Organizations are struggling to leverage emerging opportunities for maintaining sustainability in the global markets due to many barriers in the era of Industry 4.0 and circular economy. The main aim of this study is to analyze these barriers to impr... Read More about Managing supply chains for sustainable operations in the era of industry 4.0 and circular economy: Analysis of barriers.

Big data for design options repository: Towards a DFMA approach for offsite construction (2020)
Journal Article
Gbadamosi, A., Oyedele, L., Mahamadu, A., Kusimo, H., Bilal, M., Davila Delgado, J. M., & Muhammed-Yakubu, N. (2020). Big data for design options repository: Towards a DFMA approach for offsite construction. Automation in Construction, 120, Article 103388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2020.103388

A persistent barrier to the adoption of offsite construction is the lack of information for assessing prefabrication alternatives and the choices of suppliers. This study integrates three aspects of offsite construction, including BIM, DFMA and big d... Read More about Big data for design options repository: Towards a DFMA approach for offsite construction.

'Smart' industrial relations in the making? Insights from analysis of union responses to digitalization in Italy (2020)
Journal Article
Gasparri, S., & Tassinari, A. (2020). 'Smart' industrial relations in the making? Insights from analysis of union responses to digitalization in Italy. Industrial Relations -Quebec-, 75(4),

Employee benefits and paternalistic work regimes: Historical and contemporary perspectives on company welfare in Italy (2020)
Journal Article
Gasparri, S. (2020). Employee benefits and paternalistic work regimes: Historical and contemporary perspectives on company welfare in Italy. management revue - Socio-Economic Studies, 31(4), 465-488. https://doi.org/10.5771/0935-9915-2020-4-465

This article examines the changing role of employee benefits in work regimes in light of the controversies associated with paternalism. We review historical (industrial, scientific, bureaucratic and sophisticated) and recent (libertarian) variants of... Read More about Employee benefits and paternalistic work regimes: Historical and contemporary perspectives on company welfare in Italy.

Absolute Essentials of International Business (2020)
Book
Sitkin, A., & Mangion-Thornley, K. (2020). Absolute Essentials of International Business. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429022234

As challenges to the era of globalisation emerge, international business grows in importance and complexity as a field of study. This shortform textbook introduces learners to the frameworks within which international business occurs and to the range... Read More about Absolute Essentials of International Business.

Deploying Kaizen events in the manufacturing industry: An investigation into managerial factors (2020)
Journal Article
Garza-Reyes, J. A., Christopoulos, C., Kumar, A., Luthra, S., González-Aleu, F., Kumar, V., & Villarreal, B. (2022). Deploying Kaizen events in the manufacturing industry: An investigation into managerial factors. Production Planning and Control, 33(5), 427-449. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2020.1824282

Despite the extensive research on Continuous Improvement (CI), limited reflection has been reported regarding the managerial factors needed to successfully deploy Kaizen Events (KEs). This study investigates various managerial aspects that affect the... Read More about Deploying Kaizen events in the manufacturing industry: An investigation into managerial factors.

Combining design thinking and systems engineering to improve customer outcomes - PhD study report (2020)
Journal Article
Robertson, B. J. M. (2020). Combining design thinking and systems engineering to improve customer outcomes - PhD study report. Design Journal, 23(6), 911 - 918. https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2020.1822046

Overview: The field of engineering is a major contributor to the economic stability and growth of the UK and other economies. Therefore, the efficient operation of engineering companies and firms is vital. However, design projects undertaken by large... Read More about Combining design thinking and systems engineering to improve customer outcomes - PhD study report.

Benchmarking of sustainability to assess practices and performances of the management of the end of life cycle of electronic products: A study of Brazilian manufacturing companies (2020)
Journal Article
da Costa, L. G., Ferreira, J. C. E., Kumar, V., & Garza-Reyes, J. A. (2022). Benchmarking of sustainability to assess practices and performances of the management of the end of life cycle of electronic products: A study of Brazilian manufacturing companies. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 24, 1173–1189. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-020-01947-3

The relentless pursuit of lower production costs causes companies to invest in more efficient production systems so that they can remain economically competitive, while the actions focusing on more sustainable operations from an environmental point o... Read More about Benchmarking of sustainability to assess practices and performances of the management of the end of life cycle of electronic products: A study of Brazilian manufacturing companies.

Racialised professionals’ experiences of selective incivility in organisations: A multi-level analysis of subtle racism (2020)
Journal Article
Ozturk, M. B., & Berber, A. (2022). Racialised professionals’ experiences of selective incivility in organisations: A multi-level analysis of subtle racism. Human Relations, 75(2), 213-239. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726720957727

This article explores how racialised professionals experience selective incivility in UK organisations. Analysing 22 in-depth, semi-structured interviews, we provide multi-level findings that relate to individual, organisational and societal phenomen... Read More about Racialised professionals’ experiences of selective incivility in organisations: A multi-level analysis of subtle racism.

Intensity of foreign investment promotion and development levels in Central–Eastern European regions (2020)
Journal Article
Capik, P. (2021). Intensity of foreign investment promotion and development levels in Central–Eastern European regions. Journal of Place Management and Development, 14(2), 114-133. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPMD-07-2019-0070

Purpose: Investment promotion is gaining in popularity, yet its relationship with regional development remains unclear and under-investigated. The purpose of this paper is to combine place marketing and regional development concepts to explore invest... Read More about Intensity of foreign investment promotion and development levels in Central–Eastern European regions.

Deep learning in the construction industry: A review of present status and future innovations (2020)
Journal Article
Akinosho, T. D., Oyedele, L. O., Bilal, M., Ajayi, A. O., Delgado, M. D., Akinade, O. O., & Ahmed, A. A. (2020). Deep learning in the construction industry: A review of present status and future innovations. Journal of Building Engineering, 32, Article 101827. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2020.101827

The construction industry is known to be overwhelmed with resource planning, risk management and logistic challenges which often result in design defects, project delivery delays, cost overruns and contractual disputes. These challenges have instigat... Read More about Deep learning in the construction industry: A review of present status and future innovations.

Life cycle assessment approach for renewable multi-energy system: A comprehensive analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Luo, X., Oyedele, L. O., Owolabi, H. A., Bilal, M., Ajayi, A. O., & Akinade, O. O. (2020). Life cycle assessment approach for renewable multi-energy system: A comprehensive analysis. Energy Conversion and Management, 224, Article 113354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2020.113354

In response to the gradual degradation of natural sources, there is a growing interest in adopting renewable resources for various building energy supply. In this study, a comprehensive life cycle assessment approach is proposed for a renewable multi... Read More about Life cycle assessment approach for renewable multi-energy system: A comprehensive analysis.