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Fire, Property Insurance and Perceptions of Risk in Eighteenth-Century Britain (2010)
Book Chapter
Pearson, R. (2010). Fire, Property Insurance and Perceptions of Risk in Eighteenth-Century Britain. In G. Clark, G. Anderson, C. Thomann, & J.-M. G. von der Schulenburg (Eds.), The Appeal of Insurance (75 - 106). University of Toronto Press. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442685888

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The Appeal of Insurance explores how insurance has grown in concert with a clientele largely of its own making. Drawing on the fields of history, sociology, criminology and economics, these essays illuminate the dialectical relations... Read More about Fire, Property Insurance and Perceptions of Risk in Eighteenth-Century Britain.

Intenção de permanência na organização: um constituinte ou consequente do comprometimento organizacional? (2010)
Journal Article
Bastos, A. V., & Menezes, I. G. (2010). Intenção de permanência na organização: um constituinte ou consequente do comprometimento organizacional?. Estudos de Psicologia (Natal), 15(3), 299-307. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1413-294x2010000300010

O desejo de permanecer na organização tem sido considerado ora um componente constituinte, ora um consequente do comprometimento organizacional. A presente pesquisa teve como objetivo testar a influência de variáveis atitudinais (bases afetiva e inst... Read More about Intenção de permanência na organização: um constituinte ou consequente do comprometimento organizacional?.

Construção, desenvolvimento e validação da Escala de Intenções Comportamentais de Comprometimento Organizacional (EICCO) (2010)
Journal Article
Gomes Menezes, I., & Bittencourt Bastos, A. V. (2010). Construção, desenvolvimento e validação da Escala de Intenções Comportamentais de Comprometimento Organizacional (EICCO). Avaliação Psicológica, 9(1), 119-127

Tendo em vista a inexistência de uma medida para avaliação do comprometimento organizacional que integre as perspectivas atitudinal e comportamental, o presente trabalho buscou desenvolver e validar a Escala de Intenções Comportamentais de Comprometi... Read More about Construção, desenvolvimento e validação da Escala de Intenções Comportamentais de Comprometimento Organizacional (EICCO).

Propriedades psicométricas da Escala de Intenções Comportamentais de Permanência na Organização (EICPO) (2010)
Journal Article
Gomes Menezes, I., & Bittencourt Bastos, A. V. (2010). Propriedades psicométricas da Escala de Intenções Comportamentais de Permanência na Organização (EICPO). Estudos e Pesquisas em Psicologia, 10(3), 800-817. https://doi.org/10.12957/epp.2010.8916

RESUMO Um elevado nível de rotatividade (turnover) dos trabalhadores gera custos de recrutamento, treinamento e desenvolvimento. Diferentes modelos teóricos foram desenvolvidos para explicar o turnover, e várias medidas atitudinais de intenções de pe... Read More about Propriedades psicométricas da Escala de Intenções Comportamentais de Permanência na Organização (EICPO).

EC competition policy: is the role of the substantial part of the common market in determining jurisdictional subsidiarity redundant? (2010)
Journal Article
Davison, L. M., & Johnson, D. (2010). EC competition policy: is the role of the substantial part of the common market in determining jurisdictional subsidiarity redundant?. Liverpool Law Review, 31(3), 273-288. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10991-010-9081-x

The importance of the principle of subsidiarity lies in its role in drawing the demarcation line between EU and member state responsibility for policy formulation and implementation. In theory, the application of the principle of subsidiarity appears... Read More about EC competition policy: is the role of the substantial part of the common market in determining jurisdictional subsidiarity redundant?.

A neurocognitive approach to brand memory (2010)
Journal Article
Ratnayake, N., Broderick, A. J., & Mitchell, R. L. C. (2010). A neurocognitive approach to brand memory. Journal of marketing management, 26(13-14), 1295-1318. https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257X.2010.522531

Consumer decisions are largely influenced by prior experiences via memory, and the episodic (autobiographical)/semantic dichotomy has particular relevance to the cognitive versus emotional decision-making models. Yet, consumer research is limited in... Read More about A neurocognitive approach to brand memory.

Ageing skills and participation in work-related training in Britain : assessing the position of older workers (2010)
Journal Article
Canduela, J., Dutton, M., Johnson, S., Lindsay, C., McQuaid, R., & Raeside, R. (in press). Ageing skills and participation in work-related training in Britain : assessing the position of older workers. Work, employment & society : a journal of the British Sociological Association, 26(1), 42-60. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017011426303

Policy makers have introduced a number of measures to encourage older workers to stay in the labour market, with improving access to training a particular priority. Policy action appeared justified by evidence that older workers are less likely to pa... Read More about Ageing skills and participation in work-related training in Britain : assessing the position of older workers.

The US government dual banking regulation levels, transaction costs and HSBC's strategy in acquiring Marine Midland Banks, Inc., 1978-80 (2010)
Journal Article
Lu, Q. (2010). The US government dual banking regulation levels, transaction costs and HSBC's strategy in acquiring Marine Midland Banks, Inc., 1978-80. Business history, 52(6), 955-977. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2010.511184

This paper undertakes a case study of HSBC acquiring Marine Midland Banks, Inc. (MMBI) in the US between 1978 and 1980, a historic incident that had a catalytic impact on the whole debate about foreign banking in the US and re-examination of the rest... Read More about The US government dual banking regulation levels, transaction costs and HSBC's strategy in acquiring Marine Midland Banks, Inc., 1978-80.

Belonging among disaporic African communities in the UK: plurilocal homes and simultaneity of place attachments (2010)
Journal Article
Waite, L., & Cook, J. (2011). Belonging among disaporic African communities in the UK: plurilocal homes and simultaneity of place attachments. Emotion, space and society, 4(4), 238-248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emospa.2010.08.001

This paper compares the emotional attachments to place(s) of first and second generation African migrants in the UK. Qualitative studies from the field of migration studies have tended to examine generational cohorts in isolation from one another rat... Read More about Belonging among disaporic African communities in the UK: plurilocal homes and simultaneity of place attachments.

Exploratory study in tourism: designing an initial, qualitative phase of sequenced, mixed methods research (2010)
Journal Article
Mason, P., Augustyn, M., & Seakhoa-King, A. (2010). Exploratory study in tourism: designing an initial, qualitative phase of sequenced, mixed methods research. The international journal of tourism research, 12(5), 432-448. https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.763

Exploratory studies in the social sciences are being increasingly advocated, particularly in relation to new research themes or when addressing an existing issue from a new perspective. Although exploration is usually the starting point, it is freque... Read More about Exploratory study in tourism: designing an initial, qualitative phase of sequenced, mixed methods research.

Sector variations in SMEs use of external business advice (2010)
Journal Article
Webber, D. J., Johnson, S., & Fargher, S. (2010). Sector variations in SMEs use of external business advice. Local Economy, 25(4), 339-355. https://doi.org/10.1080/02690942.2010.498959

This paper uses employer survey data to identify whether and why the probability that a firm uses external advice varies across sectors. The results suggest that the probability of a firm using external advice does vary across sectors and these secto... Read More about Sector variations in SMEs use of external business advice.

Developing geographical indicators of mileage-related costs: a case study exploring travelling public services in English local areas (2010)
Journal Article
Hindle, G. A., & Hindle, A. (2010). Developing geographical indicators of mileage-related costs: a case study exploring travelling public services in English local areas. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 61(5), 714-722. https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.2009.21

The context of this study is the public sector provision of services involving travelling in local authority areas in England. Such travelling services are costly and the relative levels of these costs across different local areas have raised a numbe... Read More about Developing geographical indicators of mileage-related costs: a case study exploring travelling public services in English local areas.

Clima organizacional: uma revisão histórica do construto (2010)
Journal Article
Menezes, I., & Passos Gomes, A. C. (2010). Clima organizacional: uma revisão histórica do construto. Psicologia em revista, 16(1), 158-179. https://doi.org/10.5752/P.1678-9563.2010v16n1p158

Clima organizacional pode ser caracterizado como um conjunto de percepções compartilhadas por trabalhadores sobre diferentes aspectos do ambiente organizacional, sendo um dos construtos mais investigados no campo do comportamento organizacional. Este... Read More about Clima organizacional: uma revisão histórica do construto.

Developing integrated rural tourism : actor practices in the English/Welsh border (2010)
Journal Article
Saxena, G., & Ilbery, B. (2010). Developing integrated rural tourism : actor practices in the English/Welsh border. Journal of rural studies, 26(3), 260-271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2009.12.001

This paper examines community attitudes and distinctive practices that shape local responses to integrated rural tourism (IRT) development in the lagging rural region of the English/Welsh border area. The focus is on how actors acquire attributes as... Read More about Developing integrated rural tourism : actor practices in the English/Welsh border.

Escala de clima organizacional para organizações de saúde: desenvolvimento e estrutura fatorial (2009)
Journal Article
Menezes, I. G., Sampaio, L. R., Gomes, A. C. P., Teixeira, F. S., & Santos, P. D. S. (2009). Escala de clima organizacional para organizações de saúde: desenvolvimento e estrutura fatorial. Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas), 26(3), 305-316. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0103-166x2009000300004

O clima organizacional, um dos construtos de maior complexidade na área organizacional, apresenta características que podem ser percebidas de formas distintas por diferentes profissionais. Este estudo teve como objetivo desenvolver e validar a Escala... Read More about Escala de clima organizacional para organizações de saúde: desenvolvimento e estrutura fatorial.

Bases sociológicas, antropológicas e psicológicas do comprometimento organizacional (2009)
Journal Article
Gomes Menezes, I., & Bittencourt Bastos, A. V. (2009). Bases sociológicas, antropológicas e psicológicas do comprometimento organizacional. Psicologia em revista, 15(3), 200-215. https://doi.org/10.5752/P.1678-9563.2009V15N3P200

O comprometimento organizacional é um construto complexo e polissêmico, não existindo ainda um consenso sobre a definição que mais bem o caracterize. Muitas vezes confundido com outros construtos, como satisfação, identificação e envolvimento, são ra... Read More about Bases sociológicas, antropológicas e psicológicas do comprometimento organizacional.

Combining problem structuring methods to conduct applied research: a mixed methods approach to studying fitness-to-drive in the UK (2009)
Journal Article
Hindle, G. A., & Franco, L. A. (2009). Combining problem structuring methods to conduct applied research: a mixed methods approach to studying fitness-to-drive in the UK. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 60(12), 1637-1648. https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.2008.125

This paper describes a mixed methods approach using problem structuring methods to conduct applied research into fitness-to-drive arrangements within the UK Department for Transport. Computer-supported group causal mapping was used to collect and str... Read More about Combining problem structuring methods to conduct applied research: a mixed methods approach to studying fitness-to-drive in the UK.

An empirical investigation into e‐shopping excitement: antecedents and effects (2009)
Journal Article
Jayawardhena, C., & Tiu Wright, L. (2009). An empirical investigation into e‐shopping excitement: antecedents and effects. European Journal of Marketing, 43(9/10), 1171-1187. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090560910976429

Purpose - This paper seeks to examine the antecedents of online shopper excitement, its consequences for behavioural intentions as expressed by intent to return, and positive word-of-mouth communication. Design/methodology/approach - A conceptual mod... Read More about An empirical investigation into e‐shopping excitement: antecedents and effects.