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Workplace accommodation for older teachers in Japan and Germany: The role of the institutional context in supporting late career options for teachers with ill health (2016)
Journal Article
Schröder, H., Higo, M., & Flynn, M. (2016). Workplace accommodation for older teachers in Japan and Germany: The role of the institutional context in supporting late career options for teachers with ill health. management revue - Socio-Economic Studies, 27(1-2), 63-81. https://doi.org/10.5771/0935-9915-2016-1-2-63

Owing to the ageing of their respective populations, policy-makers in Japan and Germany are challenged to extend the working life of individual employees. However, conditions of physical and mental ill health tend to increase with old age, leading to... Read More about Workplace accommodation for older teachers in Japan and Germany: The role of the institutional context in supporting late career options for teachers with ill health.

Accounting as gendering and gendered : a review of 25 years of critical accounting research on gender (2016)
Journal Article
Haynes, K. (2017). Accounting as gendering and gendered : a review of 25 years of critical accounting research on gender. Critical Perspectives On Accounting, 43, 110-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2016.06.004

This paper gives a critical review of 25 years of critical accounting research on gender, addressing what we have learned to date and what are the most challenging areas to be investigated in the future. It considers accounting as a political constru... Read More about Accounting as gendering and gendered : a review of 25 years of critical accounting research on gender.

Sustainability management : insights from the viable system model (2015)
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Panagiotakopoulos, P. D., Espinosa Salazar, A. M., & Walker, J. (2016). Sustainability management : insights from the viable system model. Journal of cleaner production, 113, 792-806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.11.035

A review of current literature on sustainability standards reveals a significant gap between their adoption and the implementation of sustainability into every level of the organisation. In this paper, it is argued that in order to overcome this chal... Read More about Sustainability management : insights from the viable system model.

What about leadership?; Comment on “cultures of silence and cultures of voice: The role of whistleblowing in healthcare organisations” (2015)
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Blenkinsopp, J., & Snowden, N. (2016). What about leadership?; Comment on “cultures of silence and cultures of voice: The role of whistleblowing in healthcare organisations”. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 5(2), 125-127. https://doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2015.193

In their valuable discussion of whistleblowing in healthcare organisations Mannion and Davies highlight the importance of organisational culture in influencing whether people raise concerns, and whether these concerns are listened to and acted upon.... Read More about What about leadership?; Comment on “cultures of silence and cultures of voice: The role of whistleblowing in healthcare organisations”.

Trends and determinants of work-retirement transitions under changing institutional conditions: Germany, England and Japan compared (2015)
Journal Article
Hofäcker, D., Schröder, H., Li, Y., & Flynn, M. (2016). Trends and determinants of work-retirement transitions under changing institutional conditions: Germany, England and Japan compared. Journal of Social Policy, 45(1), 39-64. https://doi.org/10.1017/S004727941500046X

Many governments world-wide are promoting longer working life due to the social and economic repercussions of demographic change. However, not all workers are equally able to extend their employment careers. Thus, while national policies raise the ov... Read More about Trends and determinants of work-retirement transitions under changing institutional conditions: Germany, England and Japan compared.

Exploring metaphors of capitals and the framing of multiple capitals: Challenges and opportunities for < IR > (2015)
Journal Article
Coulson, A. B., Adams, C. A., Nugent, M. N., & Haynes, K. (2015). Exploring metaphors of capitals and the framing of multiple capitals: Challenges and opportunities for < IR >. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 6(3), 290-314. https://doi.org/10.1108/sampj-05-2015-0032

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential of the metaphor of capital, and to chart the development of the multiple capitals concept in the International < IR > Framework and consider how it might develop and be used. In doing s... Read More about Exploring metaphors of capitals and the framing of multiple capitals: Challenges and opportunities for < IR >.

Entrepreneurship skills: literature and policy review (2015)
Report
Snowden, N., Johnson, S., Mukhuty, S., Fletcher, B., & Williams, T. (2015). Entrepreneurship skills: literature and policy review. London: Department of Business, Innovation & Skills

BIS research paper no. 236

Governance for sustainability: learning from VSM practice (2015)
Journal Article
Espinosa, A. (2015). Governance for sustainability: learning from VSM practice. Kybernetes, 44(6-7), 955-969. https://doi.org/10.1108/K-02-2015-0043

Purpose – While there is some agreement on the usefulness of systems and complexity approaches to tackle the sustainability challenges facing the organisations and governments in the twenty-first century, less is clear regarding the way such approach... Read More about Governance for sustainability: learning from VSM practice.

Integrated sustainability management for organizations (2015)
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Panagiotakopoulos, P., Espinosa, A., & Walker, J. (2015). Integrated sustainability management for organizations. Kybernetes, 44(6/7), 984-1004. https://doi.org/10.1108/K-12-2014-0291

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose the Viable System Model (VSM) as an effective model to base the analysis of organizational sustainability (long-term viability). It is specifically proposed as a model to integrate the various sustai... Read More about Integrated sustainability management for organizations.

The circular economy: An interdisciplinary exploration of the concept and application in a global context (2015)
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Murray, A., Skene, K., & Haynes, K. (2017). The circular economy: An interdisciplinary exploration of the concept and application in a global context. Journal of Business Ethics, 140(3), 369-380. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-015-2693-2

There have long been calls from industry for guidance in implementing strategies for sustainable development. The Circular Economy represents the most recent attempt to conceptualize the integration of economic activity and environmental wellbeing in... Read More about The circular economy: An interdisciplinary exploration of the concept and application in a global context.

Self-reported health status of older adults in Malaysia and Singapore: evidence from the 2007 Global Ageing Survey (2015)
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Khan, H. T. A., & Flynn, M. (2016). Self-reported health status of older adults in Malaysia and Singapore: evidence from the 2007 Global Ageing Survey. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 11(3), 687-705. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-015-9390-2

The aim of this study is to investigate the correlates of self-reported health (SRH) among older adults in Malaysia and Singapore. The study uses data collected in the Global Ageing Study (GLAS) 2007, one of the largest surveys of its kind, specially... Read More about Self-reported health status of older adults in Malaysia and Singapore: evidence from the 2007 Global Ageing Survey.

Defined benefit pension decline: the consequences for organizations and employees (2014)
Journal Article
de Thierry, E., Lam, H., Harcourt, M., Flynn, M., & Wood, G. (2014). Defined benefit pension decline: the consequences for organizations and employees. Employee relations, 36(6), 654-673. https://doi.org/10.1108/ER-02-2013-0020

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to use the theoretical and empirical pension literatures to question whether employers are likely to gain any competitive advantage from degrading or eliminating their employees’ defined benefit (DB) pensions.... Read More about Defined benefit pension decline: the consequences for organizations and employees.

The management of an ageing workforce: organisational policies in Germany and Britain (2014)
Journal Article
Schröder, H., Muller-Camen, M., & Flynn, M. (2014). The management of an ageing workforce: organisational policies in Germany and Britain. Human resource management journal, 24(4), 394-409. https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12043

Demographic change as well as pressure from the European Union and national government are forcing organisations to change age‐discriminatory HRM approaches. Based on a qualitative analysis of eight British and German organisations, we found that com... Read More about The management of an ageing workforce: organisational policies in Germany and Britain.

Government as institutional entrepreneur: extending working life in the UK and Japan (2014)
Journal Article
Flynn, M., Schröder, H., Higo, M., & Yamada, A. (2014). Government as institutional entrepreneur: extending working life in the UK and Japan. Journal of Social Policy, 43(3), 535-553. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279414000075

Through the lens of Institutional Entrepreneurship, this paper discusses how governments use the levers of power afforded through business and welfare systems to affect change in the organisational management of older workers. It does so using nation... Read More about Government as institutional entrepreneur: extending working life in the UK and Japan.

A two-year stretch: the functions of an identity workspace in mid-career identity work by management academics (2014)
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Haynes, K., Grugulis, I., Spring, M., Blackmon, K., Battisti, G., & Ng, I. (2014). A two-year stretch: the functions of an identity workspace in mid-career identity work by management academics. Journal of Management Inquiry, 23(4), 379-392. https://doi.org/10.1177/1056492614521692

This paper examines the way in which identity workspaces function to facilitate and stimulate transitions at mid-career. We explore our collective experience as a cohort of a mid-career management academics participating in a two-year fellowship prog... Read More about A two-year stretch: the functions of an identity workspace in mid-career identity work by management academics.

Sexuality and sexual symbolism as processes of gendered identity formation: An autoethnography of an accounting firm (2013)
Journal Article
Haynes, K. (2013). Sexuality and sexual symbolism as processes of gendered identity formation: An autoethnography of an accounting firm. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 26(3), 374-398. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513571311311865

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to critically evaluate sexuality and sexual symbolism within the organisational culture of an accounting firm to explore how it is implicated in processes of gendering identities of employees within the firm. Design/... Read More about Sexuality and sexual symbolism as processes of gendered identity formation: An autoethnography of an accounting firm.

Genetic linkage between the Yellow River, the Mu Us desert and the Chinese Loess Plateau (2013)
Journal Article
Stevens, T., Carter, A., Watson, T. P., Vermeesch, P., Andò, S., Bird, A. F., Lu, H., Garzanti, E., Cottam, M. A., & Sevastjanova, I. (2013). Genetic linkage between the Yellow River, the Mu Us desert and the Chinese Loess Plateau. Quaternary science reviews, 78, 355-368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.11.032

Arid and semi arid northern China holds some of the world's most significant sand sea and loess deposits. In particular, arguably the most important late Cenozoic wind-blown dust archives on land are exposed on the Chinese Loess Plateau. The origin o... Read More about Genetic linkage between the Yellow River, the Mu Us desert and the Chinese Loess Plateau.

Complexity management in practice : a Viable System Model intervention in an Irish eco-community (2012)
Journal Article
Espinosa, A., & Walker, J. (2013). Complexity management in practice : a Viable System Model intervention in an Irish eco-community. European journal of operational research, 225(1), 118-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2012.09.015

While soft OR tools offer specific solutions to manage complexity in organisations, little is known concerning soft OR tools to deal with self-organisation in communities. This paper describes an action research project where the authors facilitated... Read More about Complexity management in practice : a Viable System Model intervention in an Irish eco-community.

Body beautiful? Gender, identity and the body in professional services firms (2011)
Journal Article
Haynes, K. (2012). Body beautiful? Gender, identity and the body in professional services firms. Gender, work, and organization, 19(5), 489-507. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0432.2011.00583.x

This article explores the professional identity formation of professionals and its relationship with their embodied physical image, with a particular focus on women in accounting and law. It examines the role of the professional services firm in defi... Read More about Body beautiful? Gender, identity and the body in professional services firms.

Management science methodologies in environmental management and sustainability: discourses and applications (2011)
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Paucar-Caceres, A., & Espinosa, A. (2011). Management science methodologies in environmental management and sustainability: discourses and applications. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 62(9), 1601-1620. https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.2010.110

This paper investigates and discusses the use of systemic methodologies (SMs) developed in management science/operational research (MS/OR), in particular, those SM that have been informing the complexity inherent in environmental management and susta... Read More about Management science methodologies in environmental management and sustainability: discourses and applications.