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Book Review: The Hamas Intelligence War Against Israel Netanel Flamer. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2025. pp. 207. Pb. £30.99. ISBN: 9781009499408 (2025)
Journal Article
Dover, R. (2025). Book Review: The Hamas Intelligence War Against Israel Netanel Flamer. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2025. pp. 207. Pb. £30.99. ISBN: 9781009499408. Asian Affairs, https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2025.2499148

Opening paragraph:
This book is a decisive contribution to our previously partial and fragmented understanding of the trajectory and capabilities of the intelligence services of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) since its inception... Read More about Book Review: The Hamas Intelligence War Against Israel Netanel Flamer. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2025. pp. 207. Pb. £30.99. ISBN: 9781009499408.

Unravelling Institutional Isomorphic Dynamics on Digitalization Adoption: Insights from an Exploratory Case Study of Clothing and Textile Manufacturing Company (2025)
Thesis
Tanjeen, E. (2025). Unravelling Institutional Isomorphic Dynamics on Digitalization Adoption: Insights from an Exploratory Case Study of Clothing and Textile Manufacturing Company. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/5127454

Given the eminence of digitalisation in the manufacturing sector worldwide, Bangladesh’s clothing and textile industry intends to be an emergent player. Yet literature relating to qualitative evidence examining the institutional drivers of digitalisa... Read More about Unravelling Institutional Isomorphic Dynamics on Digitalization Adoption: Insights from an Exploratory Case Study of Clothing and Textile Manufacturing Company.

Accommodation and critique: A necessary tension (2024)
Journal Article
Smith, A., & Midgley, G. (online). Accommodation and critique: A necessary tension. Systems research and behavioral science, 42(1), 23-50. https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.3096

A dilemma in critical systems thinking is how to balance a desire for critique to inspire far-reaching transformations in society with the requirement for people to reach accommodations to enable on-the-ground change. Both critique and accommodation... Read More about Accommodation and critique: A necessary tension.

Smoothing the Digital Identity Onboarding Process (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Spiliotopoulos, T., & Dover, R. (2024, September). Smoothing the Digital Identity Onboarding Process. Presented at SPRITE+ Showcase 2024: Understandings of Identity, Online

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: The Rising Geopolitical Competition in Balochistan and its Impact on the Local Population (2024)
Thesis
Hussain, M. (2024). China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: The Rising Geopolitical Competition in Balochistan and its Impact on the Local Population. (Dissertation). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4920398

This PhD thesis undertakes a thorough investigation of the complex relationship between increasing geopolitical competition and its resulting impact on human rights, with a particular emphasis on the unique setting of Balochistan. The purpose of this... Read More about China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: The Rising Geopolitical Competition in Balochistan and its Impact on the Local Population.

The Branding of Jihadi Terror: An Organizational Theory Understanding of Jihadi Terrorism (2023)
Journal Article
Farooqi, M., & Dover, R. (2023). The Branding of Jihadi Terror: An Organizational Theory Understanding of Jihadi Terrorism. Studia Socjologiczno-Polityczne. New Series, 25-42

Since 2001, jihadism as a socio-political movement of waging jihadi violence has been prominent in international relations and security. The dominant discourse has been that jihadism is a religious phenomenon, in which violence is drawn from 19th and... Read More about The Branding of Jihadi Terror: An Organizational Theory Understanding of Jihadi Terrorism.

Transformational Leadership And Leader-Member Exchange Organisational Learning And Behaviour In Nigerian Road Transport (2023)
Thesis
Ani, U. E. Transformational Leadership And Leader-Member Exchange Organisational Learning And Behaviour In Nigerian Road Transport. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4297837

This study suggests that transformational leadership (TFL) and leader-member exchange (LMX) play a mediation role in the relationship between organisational learning (OL) and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB). At the same time, it suggests t... Read More about Transformational Leadership And Leader-Member Exchange Organisational Learning And Behaviour In Nigerian Road Transport.

A research agenda for intelligence studies and government (2022)
Book
Dover, R., Dylan, H., & Goodman, M. S. (Eds.). (2022). A research agenda for intelligence studies and government. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800378803

This Research Agenda explores the academic field of intelligence studies and how it is developing into an increasingly international and diverse area of study.

As more governments release records, and as new generations of scholars engage with the... Read More about A research agenda for intelligence studies and government.

Collaborative learning and coordination across agency boundaries to tackle wicked problems (2022)
Thesis
Sydelko, P. J. Collaborative learning and coordination across agency boundaries to tackle wicked problems. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4321188

Conventional approaches to government are confounded by issues that cross agency, stakeholder, jurisdictional, and geopolitical boundaries. These open-ended and highly interdependent issues are often characterized in the literature as ‘wicked problem... Read More about Collaborative learning and coordination across agency boundaries to tackle wicked problems.

Rise of the 'Gig Worker' Economy or Just Mending the Legislative Leak? (2022)
Journal Article
Hardy, S. (2022). Rise of the 'Gig Worker' Economy or Just Mending the Legislative Leak?. Business Law Review, 43(1), 18-23

This article assesses the extent to which the UK's Supreme Court (UKSC) rulings in Uber and Pimlico Plumbers have resolved the long-standing conundrum facing employers of the label 'worker'. This analysis raises critical issues relating to the effect... Read More about Rise of the 'Gig Worker' Economy or Just Mending the Legislative Leak?.

Towards "a good enough justice" : Gillian Rose, interpretive systemology, and the mandatory introduction of British values in schools (2022)
Thesis
Smith, A. Towards "a good enough justice" : Gillian Rose, interpretive systemology, and the mandatory introduction of British values in schools. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224402

Interpretive systemology is a systems approach asking researchers to explore different interpretations of a given social phenomenon or policy problem. While most systems approaches seek to support systemic intervention for social change, interpretive... Read More about Towards "a good enough justice" : Gillian Rose, interpretive systemology, and the mandatory introduction of British values in schools.

Designing interagency responses to wicked problems: Creating a common, cross-agency understanding (2020)
Journal Article
Sydelko, P., Midgley, G., & Espinosa, A. (2021). Designing interagency responses to wicked problems: Creating a common, cross-agency understanding. European journal of operational research, 24(1), 250-263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2020.11.045

Wicked problems are open-ended, highly interdependent issues that cross agency, stakeholder, jurisdictional, and geopolitical boundaries. In response, there has been advocacy for interagency working. However, this confounds conventional approaches to... Read More about Designing interagency responses to wicked problems: Creating a common, cross-agency understanding.

Understanding power in relation to voice and silence on patient safety among surgical professionals in Ghanaian teaching hospitals (2020)
Thesis
Mawuena, E. K. Understanding power in relation to voice and silence on patient safety among surgical professionals in Ghanaian teaching hospitals. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222924

Employee voice is essential in positive work outcomes and harm prevention. However, there is a dearth of research on how power influences voice and silence in organisations (e.g Morrison et al., 2015). This study aims at understanding the implication... Read More about Understanding power in relation to voice and silence on patient safety among surgical professionals in Ghanaian teaching hospitals.

Cryptography and the Global South: secrecy, signals and information imperialism (2020)
Journal Article
Dover, R., & Aldrich, R. J. (2020). Cryptography and the Global South: secrecy, signals and information imperialism. Third World Quarterly, 41(11), 1900-1917. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2020.1793665

© 2020 Global South Ltd. For decades, espionage during the Cold War was often presented as a competition between East and West. The extent to which the Global South constituted the main battleground for this conflict is now being appreciated, togethe... Read More about Cryptography and the Global South: secrecy, signals and information imperialism.

Exploring Public Leaders’ Behaviours During Times of Change: A Case Study of Selected Public Organisations in KSA (2020)
Thesis
Alenezi, H. M. (2020). Exploring Public Leaders’ Behaviours During Times of Change: A Case Study of Selected Public Organisations in KSA. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4922270

The purpose of this study was to explore leaders’ behaviour in a time of change in the under-researched context of Saudi Arabia. Specifically, it explored the role of leaders in initiating, sustaining and embedding change, their actual behaviours, th... Read More about Exploring Public Leaders’ Behaviours During Times of Change: A Case Study of Selected Public Organisations in KSA.

Determining the structure and effects of message sensation value in threatening anti-smoking adverts : a young adult perspective (2020)
Thesis
Mahmoud, H. Determining the structure and effects of message sensation value in threatening anti-smoking adverts : a young adult perspective. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4223029

There is no doubt that anti-smoking campaigns help with other anti-smoking policy to reduce the number of smokers in the UK and indeed globally, through their cumulative effects on their target audiences. However, the effectiveness and impact of such... Read More about Determining the structure and effects of message sensation value in threatening anti-smoking adverts : a young adult perspective.

Whistleblowing over patient safety and care quality: a review of the literature (2019)
Journal Article
Blenkinsopp, J., Snowden, N., Mannion, R., Powell, M., Davies, H., Millar, R., & McHale, J. (2019). Whistleblowing over patient safety and care quality: a review of the literature. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 33(6), 737-756. https://doi.org/10.1108/JHOM-12-2018-0363

© 2019, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to review existing research on whistleblowing in healthcare in order to develop an evidence base for policy and research. Design/methodology/approach: A narrative review, based... Read More about Whistleblowing over patient safety and care quality: a review of the literature.

Twenty-five years of the Information Systems Journal: A bibliometric and ontological overview (2019)
Journal Article
La Paz, A., Merigó, J. M., Powell, P., Ramaprasad, A., & Syn, T. (2020). Twenty-five years of the Information Systems Journal: A bibliometric and ontological overview. Information Systems Journal, 30(3), 431-457. https://doi.org/10.1111/isj.12260

The Information Systems Journal (ISJ) published its first issue in 1991, and in 2015, the journal celebrated its 25th anniversary. This study presents an overview of the leading research trends in the papers that the journal has published during its... Read More about Twenty-five years of the Information Systems Journal: A bibliometric and ontological overview.