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Negative Capability in Leadership Practice. Implications for Working in Uncertainty (2022)
Book
von Bulow, C., & Simpson, P. (2022). Negative Capability in Leadership Practice. Implications for Working in Uncertainty. Palgrave Macmillan (part of Springer Nature). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95768-1

Working in uncertainty has become the new normal, but what do leaders have to draw upon when lacking the requisite knowledge? In this book, the authors make a case for Negative Capability, which enables leaders to work in a state of not knowing witho... Read More about Negative Capability in Leadership Practice. Implications for Working in Uncertainty.

Impact of digital technology on supply chain efficiency in manufacturing industry (2022)
Book Chapter
Wang, X., Kumar, V., Kumari, A., & Kuzmin, E. (2022). Impact of digital technology on supply chain efficiency in manufacturing industry. In V. Kumar, J. Leng, V. Akberdina, & E. Kuzmin (Eds.), Digital Transformation in Industry: Digital Twins and New Business Models (28). Springer (part of Springer Nature). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94617-3

With the advancement of digital technologies, supply chain management is changing dramatically. However, the practice and application of digital supply chains are complex and challenging. Some studies claim that technology is the core element, while... Read More about Impact of digital technology on supply chain efficiency in manufacturing industry.

Ready to get on board? Facilitating role transition of new graduates (2022)
Book Chapter
Chen, J. (2022). Ready to get on board? Facilitating role transition of new graduates. In T. Broadley, Y. Cai, M. Firth, E. Hunt, & J. Neugebauer (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Graduate Employability. SAGE Publications

There is abundant evidence that student-professional role transition can be problematic and stressful for new graduates. It is therefore important to understand how new graduates go from the role of a student to that of a professional, which is the f... Read More about Ready to get on board? Facilitating role transition of new graduates.

Journal of Tropical Futures inaugural editorial (2022)
Journal Article
Case, P., Wood, J., & Ng, E. (2024). Journal of Tropical Futures inaugural editorial. Journal of Tropical Futures, 1(1), 3 - 11. https://doi.org/10.1177/27538931221143352

With almost 3.8 billion people living between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, the tropics are one of the fastest-growing regions in the world (Callender and Topp, 2020). Almost 99% of the people in the Tropics are considered to be living in ‘dev... Read More about Journal of Tropical Futures inaugural editorial.

Editorial transitions part 2 – Hail and hello (2022)
Journal Article
Edwards, G., & Schedlitzki, D. (2023). Editorial transitions part 2 – Hail and hello. Leadership, 19(1), 3-6. https://doi.org/10.1177/17427150221147371

This issue of Leadership marks a new year and a new volume but also our first issue as Co-Editors-in-Chief. We are absolutely delighted to be working with colleagues in continuing the success of the journal and are indebted to Dennis Tourish for all... Read More about Editorial transitions part 2 – Hail and hello.

Career development in project-based organizations: Problems and prospects (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Ratanova, I., & Prabhakar, G. (2022, December). Career development in project-based organizations: Problems and prospects. Presented at Baltic International Academy XI International Research-to-Practice Conference “Society Transformations in Social and Human Sciences”, Riga, Latvia

The purpose of this research is to investigate whether project managers could become senior executives, to identify gaps in the skill sets of project managers and CEOs, and to determine how project managers could better design their career path to re... Read More about Career development in project-based organizations: Problems and prospects.

Identity work in the backstage: Exploring the role of expatriate bubbles in identity work of self-initiated expatriate engineers through a Goffmanian lens (2022)
Journal Article
Papafilippou, V., & Efthymiadou, C. (2023). Identity work in the backstage: Exploring the role of expatriate bubbles in identity work of self-initiated expatriate engineers through a Goffmanian lens. Journal of Global Mobility, 11(1), https://doi.org/10.1108/JGM-06-2022-0031

Purpose: While there is vast research on expatriate adjustment, it is still known very little on how self-initiated expatriates (SIEs) in particular might cope with identity conflicts and how they engage with identity work. What is more, although the... Read More about Identity work in the backstage: Exploring the role of expatriate bubbles in identity work of self-initiated expatriate engineers through a Goffmanian lens.

Managing maturity of global supply chains: Learning from COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
Journal Article
Frederico, G., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Martins, R. A., & Kumar, V. (2022). Managing maturity of global supply chains: Learning from COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing, 15(4), 505-509. https://doi.org/10.1108/JGOSS-09-2022-0098

The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought huge challenges for global supply chains to keep their continuity amid this impacting and unexpected event. Several industries and services have faced disruptions and losses. This has created high co... Read More about Managing maturity of global supply chains: Learning from COVID-19 Pandemic.

Guest editorial: The COVID-19 impact on humanitarian operations: Lessons for future disrupting events (2022)
Journal Article
Shah, B., Frederico, G. F., Kumar, V., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Kumar, A. (2022). Guest editorial: The COVID-19 impact on humanitarian operations: Lessons for future disrupting events. Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 12(4), 473-481. https://doi.org/10.1108/JHLSCM-10-2022-132

During wide spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), it has been recorded that humankind played a responsive role in collaboration with societies, governing authorities and controlling agencies (Haque and Islam, 2018) while managing resources d... Read More about Guest editorial: The COVID-19 impact on humanitarian operations: Lessons for future disrupting events.

Critical theory (2022)
Book Chapter
Longman, R., & Mackintosh, C. (in press). Critical theory. In A Concise Guide to Key Theories for Human Resource Management Research. Edward Elgar Publishing

Women tech hub: Supporting females to accelerate the digitalization of their start-ups in Georgia (2022)
Book Chapter
Urzelai, B., Carracedo, P., & Mghebrishvili, A. (2022). Women tech hub: Supporting females to accelerate the digitalization of their start-ups in Georgia. In Digitalization in Business: On the Road to a Sustainable World. Nova Science Publishers

We are now living in a constantly changing context characterized by a high digital revolution that adds uncertainty and complexity to business managers and entrepreneurs around the world. Therefore, organizations are witnessing and leading many digit... Read More about Women tech hub: Supporting females to accelerate the digitalization of their start-ups in Georgia.

Performance evaluation of deep learning and boosted trees for cryptocurrency closing price prediction (2022)
Journal Article
Oyedele, A. A., Ajayi, A., Oyedele, A., Bello, S., & Oyedele, L. (2023). Performance evaluation of deep learning and boosted trees for cryptocurrency closing price prediction. Expert Systems with Applications, 213(Part C), Article 119233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2022.119233

The emergence of cryptocurrencies has drawn significant investment capital in recent years with an exponential increase in market capitalization and trade volume. However, the cryptocurrency market is highly volatile and burdened with substantial het... Read More about Performance evaluation of deep learning and boosted trees for cryptocurrency closing price prediction.

Robotics in construction: A critical review of the reinforcement learning and imitation learning paradigms (2022)
Journal Article
Davila Delgado, M., & Oyedele, L. (2022). Robotics in construction: A critical review of the reinforcement learning and imitation learning paradigms. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 54, Article 101787. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2022.101787

The reinforcement and imitation learning paradigms have the potential to revolutionise robotics. Many successful developments have been reported in literature; however, these approaches have not been explored widely in robotics for construction. The... Read More about Robotics in construction: A critical review of the reinforcement learning and imitation learning paradigms.

The role of mentoring in shaping the thriving learning organisations of the future (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Mangion-Thornley, K. (2022, October). The role of mentoring in shaping the thriving learning organisations of the future. Presented at European Mentoring and Coaching Council Mentoring Global Conference 2022, Online

Mentoring is a powerful approach to share knowledge, experience, and establish long-term trustworthy relationships. However complex, the problems that organisations face can be explored through the lens of experience and existing knowledge. Mentors h... Read More about The role of mentoring in shaping the thriving learning organisations of the future.

Migrants as ‘dissonant harmony-seekers’ and migrant life in ‘foam’ (2022)
Journal Article
Kars-Unluoglu, S., Guneri Cangarli, B., Yurt, O., & Gencer, M. (2023). Migrants as ‘dissonant harmony-seekers’ and migrant life in ‘foam’. Journal of Global Mobility, 11(1), 125-144. https://doi.org/10.1108/JGM-06-2022-0025

Purpose: Migration of the Turkish new middle-class – high-skilled, well-educated, young professionals – has been growing in recent years. This paper explores their migration experience and discusses the role of physical and virtual bubbles in the for... Read More about Migrants as ‘dissonant harmony-seekers’ and migrant life in ‘foam’.

Building organisational resilience capability in small and medium-sized enterprises: The role of high-performance work systems (2022)
Journal Article
Zhou, Q., Edafioghor, T. E., Wu, C., & Doherty, B. (in press). Building organisational resilience capability in small and medium-sized enterprises: The role of high-performance work systems. Human Resource Management Journal, https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12479

Although organisational resilience is crucial to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in turbulent business environments, research has yet to establish whether and how human resource management (HRM) systems can help build an SME's organisationa... Read More about Building organisational resilience capability in small and medium-sized enterprises: The role of high-performance work systems.

Why is collective leadership so elusive? (2022)
Journal Article
Edwards, G., & Bolden, R. (2023). Why is collective leadership so elusive?. Leadership, 19(2), 167–182. https://doi.org/10.1177/17427150221128357

This ‘Leading Questions’ thought piece explores the elusive nature of collective leadership. We use our previous experiences to explore issues that tend to go unnoticed and unreported within the academic analysis of collective forms of leadership, in... Read More about Why is collective leadership so elusive?.

ISBE 2022 - Heritage Entrepreneurship (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Rana, H., & Prabhakar, G. (2022, October). ISBE 2022 - Heritage Entrepreneurship

Poster presented at the44th Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) Conference in York, October 2022. The poster outlines Helen Rana's PhD research and won the award of 'Best Poster for the ISBE Doctoral Day 2022'

Popping the 'bubble' metaphor: Separation and integration of expatriate communities (2022)
Journal Article
Miao, C., Gaggiotti, H., & Brewster, C. (2023). Popping the 'bubble' metaphor: Separation and integration of expatriate communities. Journal of Global Mobility, 11(1), 110-124. https://doi.org/10.1108/JGM-05-2022-0016

Purpose: This paper aims to discuss multiple uses of the concept of “bubble” as a metaphor to refer to different experiences of foreign working communities and suggests a more flexible and comprehensive approach. Design/methodology/approach: Based on... Read More about Popping the 'bubble' metaphor: Separation and integration of expatriate communities.