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Feminist activism to create change in a male dominated industry: The alta mentoring platform (2023)
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The alta mentoring platform, launched within the aviation and aerospace industry in 2019, is the outcome of a joint knowledge exchange project between academics and industry and was designed to meet the mentoring needs of women in this male dominated... Read More about Feminist activism to create change in a male dominated industry: The alta mentoring platform.

Conceptualising older women’s wellbeing at work across the life course (2023)
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The European Research Network: Older Women’s Workplace Wellbeing was was founded in 2021 at the University of Salford, bringing together a diverse group of European female researchers with shared interests in older women, ageing, demographic change... Read More about Conceptualising older women’s wellbeing at work across the life course.

Human resource management students – but no HR analytics? Modifying the traditional masters dissertation to accommodate students struggling with data (2023)
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This developmental paper outlines how the Human Resource Management (HRM) module team on a master’s degree programme at a UK University are attempting to shape the curriculum to encourage HRM students to work with data. This is in direct response to... Read More about Human resource management students – but no HR analytics? Modifying the traditional masters dissertation to accommodate students struggling with data.

In search of the good life? Experiences of executives and senior managers navigating reduced hours in the UK (2023)
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The challenges of greater wellbeing, work-life reconciliation and gender balance in senior management and executive careers are well established. Working hours are critical to career advancement and women, more so than men, seek a reduction in hours... Read More about In search of the good life? Experiences of executives and senior managers navigating reduced hours in the UK.

Navigating reduced hours careers: Experiences of male and female executives and senior managers (2022)
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The focus of this research project was to examine the extent to which elite workers (senior managers and executives) who are often associated with traditional ways of working and long full time hours, are able to work reduced hours and navigate their... Read More about Navigating reduced hours careers: Experiences of male and female executives and senior managers.

When do supervisor expectations for creativity lead to newcomer innovative role orientation (2019)
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Using a role theory perspective, this study investigated contingent conditions under which supervisor expectations for creativity is related to newcomer innovative role orientation. Longitudinal data were collected from 161 graduates from a universit... Read More about When do supervisor expectations for creativity lead to newcomer innovative role orientation.

Understanding newcomer role orientation in the workplace: A self-determination theory perspective (2019)
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Newcomers can be a source of innovation for organisations, bringing fresh perspectives and novel solutions. Thus, in many organisations, it is desirable for newcomers to adopt an innovative (versus custodial) role orientation. Using self-determinatio... Read More about Understanding newcomer role orientation in the workplace: A self-determination theory perspective.

Newcomer innovative behavior: Factors that enable and inhibit (2018)
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In this study, we propose that supervisory expectations for creativity would have a stronger positive effect on innovative behavior for newcomer with lower level of organizational identification. For these newcomers, supervisory expectations for crea... Read More about Newcomer innovative behavior: Factors that enable and inhibit.

A gendered analysis of employment in higher education of Pakistan paper presented at gender work and organisation (2018)
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The number of female academics is increasing gradually in Pakistan (Federal Bureau of Statistics, 2010). The growth in the number of male faculty members, however, was higher than females in colleges and universities since the year 2000, making it a... Read More about A gendered analysis of employment in higher education of Pakistan paper presented at gender work and organisation.

Gender equality and political change in Northern Ireland (2017)
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Most examples of political change in recent times have had negative connotations for equality. By comparison equality has been at the centre of positive political change in Northern Ireland (NI). Stemming from the Belfast Agreement in 1998, non-dis... Read More about Gender equality and political change in Northern Ireland.

The role of the state in feminisation and quality of employment: A comparison of teaching profession in the UK & Pakistan (2017)
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Teaching is considered one of the ‘female’ occupations in most countries around the world (Anker, 1998; Gaskell & Mullen, 2006). Feminization does pave the way to increase the presence of women in work but it does not imply women’s access to power i... Read More about The role of the state in feminisation and quality of employment: A comparison of teaching profession in the UK & Pakistan.

Creating change through feminist solidarities: Critical actors building critical mass (2017)
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Europe has an increasingly ageing workforce and will experience an on-going reduction in its working age population (ILO, 2016). In parallel, we are witnessing a shortage of skills in some economically critical industries, especially engineering, whi... Read More about Creating change through feminist solidarities: Critical actors building critical mass.

Between class and society. The role of ideas in union strategies in the Italian retail sector (2016)
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Mentoring for equality: Women activists creating change in the UK aviation and aerospace industry (2016)
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The UK aviation and aerospace industry remains one of the most male dominated industries in the UK. While academic research has focused upon women’s reluctance to enter STEM employment, their propensity to leave when they become mothers and the lack... Read More about Mentoring for equality: Women activists creating change in the UK aviation and aerospace industry.

Therapeutin oder spionin? Qualitative interviews with German senior managers (2014)
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Despite the fact that qualitative interviews are reputed to be an effective method of obtaining data from organizational elites, studies are concurrent on a number of obstacles which surround the interviewing of senior management. Problem areas flagg... Read More about Therapeutin oder spionin? Qualitative interviews with German senior managers.

Ageing workforces: An empirical study of German industrial three sectors (2013)
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The following paper presents empirical data from medium-large sized companies in Germany, in order to examine the challenges of managing demographic change from an organisational perspective. The findings are consistent with the literature on demogra... Read More about Ageing workforces: An empirical study of German industrial three sectors.

Resistance is futile? Evidence from the small firms sector (2013)
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This paper examines the degree to which workers in small firms seek to resist employer initiatives, either as individual workers or as a collective of workers. It finds that workers can and do adopt informal collectivism as a means of resisting work... Read More about Resistance is futile? Evidence from the small firms sector.

From political economy to economics and beyond (2012)
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Ben Fine and Dimitris Milonakis have done political economy a great service by drawing attention to the insights lost in the twists, turns and reductions in the transition from political economy to economics. These two volumes constitute a solid foun... Read More about From political economy to economics and beyond.

The role of proactive information acquisition and helping behaviour on newcomer integration (2012)
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Speak up, we can't hear you: Grievance resolution practices in small firms (2012)
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It has been suggested that workers in small firms are unable to identify and voice grievances because this represents too great a threat to their position in a workplace, where trade union representation is unlikely (Moore and Read 2006). Workers ar... Read More about Speak up, we can't hear you: Grievance resolution practices in small firms.