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Transdisciplinary agricultural research in Lao PDR (2019)
Journal Article
Greenhalgh, G., Alexander, K. S., Larson, S., Thammavong, P., Sacklokham, S., Thephavanh, M., …Case, P. (2019). Transdisciplinary agricultural research in Lao PDR. Journal of Rural Studies, 72, 216-227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.10.020

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Transdisciplinary research focussing on improving smallholder farmers' uptake of technological innovations enables the integration of knowledge systems and the co-design and delivery of creative solutions. In this paper, we illust... Read More about Transdisciplinary agricultural research in Lao PDR.

What is technology adoption? Exploring the agricultural research value chain for smallholder farmers in Lao PDR (2019)
Journal Article
Alexander, K. S., Greenhalgh, G., Moglia, M., Thephavanh, M., Sinavong, P., Larson, S., …Case, P. (2019). What is technology adoption? Exploring the agricultural research value chain for smallholder farmers in Lao PDR. Agriculture and Human Values, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-019-09957-8

© 2019, Springer Nature B.V. A common and driving assumption in agricultural research is that the introduction of research trials, new practices and innovative technologies will result in technology adoption, and will subsequently generate benefits f... Read More about What is technology adoption? Exploring the agricultural research value chain for smallholder farmers in Lao PDR.

Managing international development: (Re)positioning critique in the post-2008 conjuncture (2018)
Journal Article
Frenzel, F., Case, P., Sedgwick, M. W., & Kumar, A. (2018). Managing international development: (Re)positioning critique in the post-2008 conjuncture. Ephemera: Theory and Politics in Organization, 18(3), 577-604

Despite earlier neglect, International Development (ID) has begun to receive some attention from the Critical Management Studies (CMS) community over the last two decades. This paper reviews existing CMS work that engages with ID and outlines directi... Read More about Managing international development: (Re)positioning critique in the post-2008 conjuncture.

On the relationship between attitudes and environmental behaviors of key Great Barrier Reef user groups (2018)
Journal Article
Goldberg, J., Marshall, N., Birtles, R. A., Case, P., Curnock, M., & Gurney, G. (2018). On the relationship between attitudes and environmental behaviors of key Great Barrier Reef user groups. Ecology and Society, 23(2), 19. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10048-230219

© 2018 by the author(s). Urgent action is required to address threats to ecosystems around the world. Coral reef ecosystems, like the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), are particularly vulnerable to human impacts such as coastal development, resource extract... Read More about On the relationship between attitudes and environmental behaviors of key Great Barrier Reef user groups.

A Bayesian network model to explore practice change by smallholder rice farmers in Lao PDR (2018)
Journal Article
Moglia, M., Alexander, K. S., Thephavan, M., Thammavong, P., Sodahak, V., Khounsy, B., …Case, P. (2018). A Bayesian network model to explore practice change by smallholder rice farmers in Lao PDR. Agricultural Systems, 164, 84-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2018.04.004

© 2018 A Bayesian Network model has been developed that synthesizes findings from concurrent multi-disciplinary research activities. The model describes the many factors that impact on the chances of a smallholder farmer adopting a proposed change to... Read More about A Bayesian network model to explore practice change by smallholder rice farmers in Lao PDR.

Rice farming systems in Southern Lao PDR: Interpreting farmers’ agricultural production decisions using Q methodology (2017)
Journal Article
Alexander, K. S., Parry, L., Thammavong, P., Sacklokham, S., Pasouvang, S., Connell, J. G., …Case, P. (2018). Rice farming systems in Southern Lao PDR: Interpreting farmers’ agricultural production decisions using Q methodology. Agricultural Systems, 160, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2017.10.018

© 2017 The agricultural sector in Lao PDR is forecast to move from subsistence rice production to a more modernized and market-oriented sector with greater focus on commercialization of agricultural production. Intensification of agricultural product... Read More about Rice farming systems in Southern Lao PDR: Interpreting farmers’ agricultural production decisions using Q methodology.

Commercialising smallholder agricultural production in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (2017)
Journal Article
Alexander, K., Case, P., Jones, M., & Connell, J. (2017). Commercialising smallholder agricultural production in Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Development in Practice, 27(7), 965-980. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2017.1353064

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Many smallholder farmers in Lao People’s Democratic Republic are transitioning from subsistence to commercial production. This article employs the Agriculture Innovation System (AIS) fra... Read More about Commercialising smallholder agricultural production in Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

Enhancing district delivery and management of agriculture extension in Lao PDR (2017)
Report
Connell, J. G., & Case, P. (2017). Enhancing district delivery and management of agriculture extension in Lao PDR

Background and methodology Lao PDR has a well-established network of central, provincial and district agricultural extension units. The extension system has benefited from several decades of Official Development Assistance (ODA) projects which have... Read More about Enhancing district delivery and management of agriculture extension in Lao PDR.

Critical factors for self-sustaining farmer organizations in Northern Laos (2017)
Report
Jones, M. J., Case, P., & Connell, J. G. (2017). Critical factors for self-sustaining farmer organizations in Northern Laos

The SRA reported on here involved three groups of stakeholders—local farmers represented by their community-elected organizational leaders, government service providers represented by district and provincial extension agents and leaders, and a team o... Read More about Critical factors for self-sustaining farmer organizations in Northern Laos.

The role of Great Barrier Reef tourism operators in addressing climate change through strategic communication and direct action (2017)
Journal Article
Goldberg, J., Birtles, A., Marshall, N., Curnock, M., Case, P., & Beeden, R. (2018). The role of Great Barrier Reef tourism operators in addressing climate change through strategic communication and direct action. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 26(2), 238-256. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2017.1343339

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The projected decline in reef health worldwide will have huge repercussions on millions of stakeholders depending upon coral reefs. Urgent action is needed to sustain coral reefs into th... Read More about The role of Great Barrier Reef tourism operators in addressing climate change through strategic communication and direct action.

The Landscape of Leadership in Environmental Governance: a Case Study from Solomon Islands (2017)
Journal Article
Mills, D. J., Hicks, C. C., Cohen, P. J., Evans, L. S., Case, P., & Prideaux, M. (2017). The Landscape of Leadership in Environmental Governance: a Case Study from Solomon Islands. Human Ecology, 45(3), 357-365. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-017-9901-x

© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media New York. Sustainability science suggests a core set of factors that foster significant change in governance, with leaders and entrepreneurs often identified as the main instigators. Discussions of leadership i... Read More about The Landscape of Leadership in Environmental Governance: a Case Study from Solomon Islands.

The language of leadership in Laos (2016)
Journal Article
Case, P., Connell, J. G., & Jones, M. J. (2017). The language of leadership in Laos. Leadership, 13(2), 173-193. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742715016658214

© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016. This paper responds to recent calls in the leadership studies literature for anthropologically informed empirical research on leadership phenomena in non-Western and non-Anglophone settings. The authors have worked exten... Read More about The language of leadership in Laos.

Italo Calvino and the organizational imagination: Reading social organization through urban metaphors (2016)
Journal Article
Case, P., & Gaggiotti, H. (2016). Italo Calvino and the organizational imagination: Reading social organization through urban metaphors. Culture and Organization, 22(2), 178-198. https://doi.org/10.1080/14759551.2014.901325

© 2014 Taylor & Francis. This article explores the way in which uses or abuses of urban metaphors can inform differing polities and ethics of human organization. From its earliest inception, the city has taken on a metaphorical significance for hum... Read More about Italo Calvino and the organizational imagination: Reading social organization through urban metaphors.

Of tropes, totems and taboos: Reflections on using Morgan’s images from a cross-cultural perspective (2016)
Book Chapter
Case, P., Gaggiotti, H., Gosling, J., & Holmgren Caicedo, M. (2016). Of tropes, totems and taboos: Reflections on using Morgan’s images from a cross-cultural perspective. In K. Trehan, L. Putnam, & A. Ortenblad (Eds.), Exploring Morgan’s Metaphors: Theory, Research, and Practice in Organizational Studies (226-243). Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE

The chapter begins by setting up a reflexive social anthropological stance from which to explore the mimetic qualities and possibilities of Morgan’s images. It then proceeds to consider the pedagogical implications of this theoretical reinterpretatio... Read More about Of tropes, totems and taboos: Reflections on using Morgan’s images from a cross-cultural perspective.

Climate change, the Great Barrier Reef and the response of Australians (2016)
Journal Article
Pert, P., Goldberg, J., Marshall, N., Birtles, A., Case, P., Bohensky, E., …Visperas, B. (2016). Climate change, the Great Barrier Reef and the response of Australians. Palgrave Communications, 2, 15046. https://doi.org/10.1057/palcomms.2015.46

© 2016, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. All rights reserved. Inspiration, aspirations, attitudes, and perception of threats play a pivotal role in the way that individuals associate themselves with natural environments. These sentiments affect how people con... Read More about Climate change, the Great Barrier Reef and the response of Australians.

Effective program management: A cornerstone of malaria elimination (2015)
Journal Article
Gosling, J., Case, P., Tulloch, J., Chandramohan, D., Wegbreit, J., Newby, G., …Gosling, R. (2015). Effective program management: A cornerstone of malaria elimination. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 93(1), 135-138. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.14-0255

Copyright © 2015 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Effective program management is essential for successful elimination of malaria. In this perspective article, evidence surrounding malaria program management is reviewed by ma... Read More about Effective program management: A cornerstone of malaria elimination.

Understanding leadership in the environmental sciences (2015)
Journal Article
Evans, L. S., Hicks, C. C., Cohen, P. J., Case, P., Prideaux, M., & Mills, D. J. (2015). Understanding leadership in the environmental sciences. Ecology and Society, 20(1), 50. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07268-200150

© 2015 by the author(s). Leadership is often assumed, intuitively, to be an important driver of sustainable development. To understand how leadership is conceptualized and analyzed in the environmental sciences and to discover what this research says... Read More about Understanding leadership in the environmental sciences.

Attitudes of undergraduate business students toward sustainability issues (2015)
Journal Article
Eagle, L., Low, D., Case, P., & Vandommele, L. (2015). Attitudes of undergraduate business students toward sustainability issues. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 16(5), 650-668. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-04-2014-0054

© 2015 Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – This paper aims to report on findings from the first phase of a longitudinal study of undergraduate business students’ attitudes, beliefs and perceptions concerning sustainability issues. Design/meth... Read More about Attitudes of undergraduate business students toward sustainability issues.