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2-(1-Aryliminoethylidene)quinolylnickel(II) dibromides: Synthesis, characterization and ethylene dimerization capability (2011)
Journal Article
Song, S., Li, Y., Redshaw, C., Wang, F., & Sun, W. H. (2011). 2-(1-Aryliminoethylidene)quinolylnickel(II) dibromides: Synthesis, characterization and ethylene dimerization capability. Journal of organometallic chemistry, 696(23), 3772-3778. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2011.08.037

A series of 2-(1-aryliminoethylidene)quinoline derivatives (L1-L9) and the nickel(II) dibromides (C1-C9) thereof, were synthesized and characterized. The molecular structures of C2 (R1 = Et, R2 = H, R = Me) and C9 (R1 = iPr, R2 = H, R = iPr) were con... Read More about 2-(1-Aryliminoethylidene)quinolylnickel(II) dibromides: Synthesis, characterization and ethylene dimerization capability.

Death and organization: Heidegger's thought on death and life in organizations (2011)
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Reedy, P., & Learmonth, M. (2011). Death and organization: Heidegger's thought on death and life in organizations. Organization Studies, 32(1), 117-131. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840610387242

Mortality has not been given the attention it deserves within organization studies. Even when it has been considered, it is not usually in terms of its implications for own lives and ethical choices. In particular, Heidegger's writing on death has be... Read More about Death and organization: Heidegger's thought on death and life in organizations.

Human resource management in Greece in comparative perspective: alternative institutionalist perspectives and empirical realities (2010)
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Psychogios, A. G., & Wood, G. (2010). Human resource management in Greece in comparative perspective: alternative institutionalist perspectives and empirical realities. The international journal of human resource management, 21(14), 2614-2630. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2010.523578

This paper seeks to understand the effects of institutions on the practice of human resource management (HRM) in Greece. Hence, it evaluates how alternative approaches to institutions conceptualize contexts such as Greece, and the relevance of such a... Read More about Human resource management in Greece in comparative perspective: alternative institutionalist perspectives and empirical realities.

A four-fold regional-specific approach to TQM: The case of South Eastern Europe (2010)
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Psychogios, A. G. (2010). A four-fold regional-specific approach to TQM: The case of South Eastern Europe. The International journal of quality & reliability management, 27(9), 1036-1053. https://doi.org/10.1108/02656711011084828

Purpose: This paper aims to increase understanding of the application of total quality management (TQM) initiatives in business environments that differ from those where it emerged. Organisations within such environments, which are often less develop... Read More about A four-fold regional-specific approach to TQM: The case of South Eastern Europe.

Restructuring the employment relationship in South Eastern Europe? Total quality-based changes on managers' careers and job security (2010)
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Psychogios, A. G. (2010). Restructuring the employment relationship in South Eastern Europe? Total quality-based changes on managers' careers and job security. Employee relations, 32(3), 310-327. https://doi.org/10.1108/01425451011038816

Purpose – This paper aims to address the generic research question of how promising management practices such as total quality management (TQM) initiatives affect employee relations in South Eastern European (SEE) countries by focusing on managers' p... Read More about Restructuring the employment relationship in South Eastern Europe? Total quality-based changes on managers' careers and job security.

Some unintended effects of teamwork in healthcare (2010)
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Finn, R., Learmonth, M., & Reedy, P. (2010). Some unintended effects of teamwork in healthcare. Social science & medicine, 70(8), 1148-1154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.12.025

Teamwork has been emphasised as a key feature of health service reform, essential for safe, efficient and patient-centred care. Bringing together literatures from the sociology of healthcare and organizational theory, we examine how the teamwork phen... Read More about Some unintended effects of teamwork in healthcare.

Other possibilities? The contribution to management education of alternative organizations (2009)
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Reedy, P., & Learmonth, M. (2009). Other possibilities? The contribution to management education of alternative organizations. Management Learning, 40(3), 241-258. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350507609104338

Business education tends to reinforce the neo-liberal view that the best, perhaps the only desirable model of organization is the managed corporation. Furthermore, in competing to attract students, business schools frequently stress that lucrative ca... Read More about Other possibilities? The contribution to management education of alternative organizations.

Managers' learning in a UK local authority: the political context of an in-house MBA (2008)
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Thursfield, D. (2008). Managers' learning in a UK local authority: the political context of an in-house MBA. Management Learning, 39(3), 295-309. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350507608090878

Public sector learning is often described as individualistic and operational. This article investigates an in-house MBA that was created explicitly to promote collective learning among managers in a UK local authority. The MBA was envisaged as an inn... Read More about Managers' learning in a UK local authority: the political context of an in-house MBA.