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Global health policy and access to care: investigating patient choice on an international level using social media (2016)
Journal Article
Zhukovsky, P., Ruggeri, K., Garcia-Garzon, E., Plakolm, S., Haller, E., Petrova, D., Mahalingam, V., & Menezes, I. G. (2016). Global health policy and access to care: investigating patient choice on an international level using social media. Frontiers in public health, 3, Article 284. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2015.00284

Background: Increased access to transportation and information has led to the emergence of more diverse patient choice and new forms of health care consumption, such as medical travel. In order for health care providers to effectively attract patient... Read More about Global health policy and access to care: investigating patient choice on an international level using social media.

Customer relationship building: The role of brand attractiveness and consumer–brand identification (2016)
Journal Article
Elbedweihy, A. M., Jayawardhena, C., Elsharnouby, M. H., & Elsharnouby, T. H. (2016). Customer relationship building: The role of brand attractiveness and consumer–brand identification. Journal of business research, 69(8), 2901-2910. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.12.059

Building enduring relationships with consumers is a key marketing objective for most firms, but how can they develop such relationships? Drawing on social identity and self-verification theories, this research postulates that value congruence and cus... Read More about Customer relationship building: The role of brand attractiveness and consumer–brand identification.

Metalogue: trying to talk about (un)sustainability - a reflection on experience (2015)
Journal Article
Allen, S., & Marshall, J. (2015). Metalogue: trying to talk about (un)sustainability - a reflection on experience. Tamara : journal of critical postmodern organization science, 13(1-2), 1-13

This paper considers dilemmas for organization and management scholars studying and writing about environmental sustainability. It suggests that sustainability requires new ways of thinking which in turn require new forms of representation to help fo... Read More about Metalogue: trying to talk about (un)sustainability - a reflection on experience.

Employability and job performance as links in the relationship between mentoring receipt and career success: a study in SMEs (2015)
Journal Article
Bozionelos, N., Kostopoulos, K., Van der Heijden, B., Rousseau, D. M., Bozionelos, G., Hoyland, T., Miao, R., Marzec, I., Jędrzejowicz, P., Epitropaki, O., Mikkelsen, A., Scholarios, D., & Van der Heijde, C. (2016). Employability and job performance as links in the relationship between mentoring receipt and career success: a study in SMEs. Group & organization management, 41(2), 135-171. https://doi.org/10.1177/1059601115617086

This study developed and tested a model that posited employability and job performance as intervening variables in the relationship between receipt of mentoring and career success. Participants were 207 information technology (IT) professionals emplo... Read More about Employability and job performance as links in the relationship between mentoring receipt and career success: a study in SMEs.

Between Maxwell and Micawber: plotting the failure of the Equitable Life (2015)
Journal Article
Collins, D., Dewing, I., & Russell, P. (2015). Between Maxwell and Micawber: plotting the failure of the Equitable Life. Accounting and business research, 45(6-7), 715-737. https://doi.org/10.1080/00014788.2015.1042355

© 2015 Taylor & Francis. This paper offers reflections on the failure of The Equitable Life Assurance Society. Noting that the collapse of this financial institution precipitated a raft of official inquiries, we provide a detailed analysis and 're-... Read More about Between Maxwell and Micawber: plotting the failure of the Equitable Life.

Corporate Forms and Organizational Choice in International Insurance (2015)
Book
Pearson, R., & Yoneyama, T. (Eds.). (2015). Corporate Forms and Organizational Choice in International Insurance. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198739005.001.0001

Throughout history humans have commonly organized to prevent or mitigate risks, or to compensate for losses caused by risk events. Given the infinite variety of risks that existed, it is unsurprising that insurance—the primary modern risk mitigation... Read More about Corporate Forms and Organizational Choice in International Insurance.

Corporate Forms and Organizational Choice in International Insurance: An Overview of the History and Theory (2015)
Book Chapter
Pearson, R., & Yoneyama, T. (2015). Corporate Forms and Organizational Choice in International Insurance: An Overview of the History and Theory. In R. Pearson, & T. Yoneyama (Eds.), Corporate Forms and Organisational Choice in International Insurance (1-26). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198739005.003.0001

This introductory chapter provides an overview of the development of organizations in insurance worldwide from the origins of the industry to the present day and summarizes the relevant theoretical and empirical literature on this topic. It describes... Read More about Corporate Forms and Organizational Choice in International Insurance: An Overview of the History and Theory.

Organizational Choice in UK Marine Insurance (2015)
Book Chapter
Pearson, R., & Doe, H. (2015). Organizational Choice in UK Marine Insurance. In R. Pearson, & T. Yoneyama (Eds.), Corporate Forms and Organisational Choice in International Insurance (47-67). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198739005.003.0003

From the eighteenth century British marine insurance developed via a wide range of organizational forms, including individual and syndicated underwriters, mutual associations, chartered corporations, unchartered stock companies, and protection and in... Read More about Organizational Choice in UK Marine Insurance.

Organizational Forms in Insurance: A Comparison of the USA and Germany during Industrialization (2015)
Book Chapter
Pearson, R. (2015). Organizational Forms in Insurance: A Comparison of the USA and Germany during Industrialization. In R. Pearson, & T. Yoneyama (Eds.), Corporate Forms and Organisational Choice in International Insurance (114-145). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198739005.003.0006

This chapter offers the first historical comparison of organizational choice in two of the world’s leading insurance nations, the United States and Germany, as they industrialized before 1914. It provides an overview of the context in which insurance... Read More about Organizational Forms in Insurance: A Comparison of the USA and Germany during Industrialization.

Measuring performance of non-profit organisations: evidence from large charities (2015)
Journal Article
Boateng, A., Akamavi, R. K., & Ndoro, G. (2016). Measuring performance of non-profit organisations: evidence from large charities. Business ethics : a European review, 25(1), 59-74. https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12108

How to measure performance in charitable organisations continues to excite interest among academics and practitioners. Despite the intellectual interest, little consensus has emerged as to what are the best measures of performance in charities. This... Read More about Measuring performance of non-profit organisations: evidence from large charities.

Improved resource efficiency and cascading utilisation of renewable materials (2015)
Journal Article
Geldermann, J., Kolbe, L. M., Krause, A., Mai, C., Militz, H., Osburg, V. S., Schöbel, A., Schumann, M., Toporowski, W., & Westphal, S. (2016). Improved resource efficiency and cascading utilisation of renewable materials. Journal of cleaner production, 110, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.09.092

In light of various environmental problems and challenges concerning resource allocation, the utilisation of renewable resources is increasingly important for the efficient use of raw materials. Therefore, cascading utilisation (i.e., the multiple ma... Read More about Improved resource efficiency and cascading utilisation of renewable materials.

‘I think I'm more free with them' : conflict, negotiation and change in intergenerational relations in African families living in Britain (2015)
Journal Article
Cook, J., & Waite, L. (2016). ‘I think I'm more free with them' : conflict, negotiation and change in intergenerational relations in African families living in Britain. Journal of ethnic and migration studies, 42(8), 1388-1402. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2015.1073578

While the family is increasingly being recognised as pivotal to migration, there remain too few studies examining how migration impacts on intergenerational relationships. Although traditional intergenerational gaps are intensified by migration, argu... Read More about ‘I think I'm more free with them' : conflict, negotiation and change in intergenerational relations in African families living in Britain.

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

Validation of the Comfort scale for relatives of people in critical states of health (2015)
Journal Article
Freitas, K. S., Menezes, I. G., & Mussi, F. C. (2015). Validation of the Comfort scale for relatives of people in critical states of health. Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 23(4), 660-668. https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.0180.2601

Objective:

this methodological study aims to present the construct validity of the Comfort scale for family members of people in a critical state of health (ECONF).

Method:

this is a methodological study. The sample was made up of 274 family... Read More about Validation of the Comfort scale for relatives of people in critical states of health.

Challenging the perceived wisdom of management theories and practice (2015)
Journal Article
Baden, D., & Higgs, M. (2015). Challenging the perceived wisdom of management theories and practice. Academy of Management Learning and Education, 14(4), 539-555. https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2014.0170

We consider criticisms of business school education and the values it propounds in the context of wisdom. We ask whether the perceived wisdom relating to what business should be is “wise,” and whether the models and frameworks used in management educ... Read More about Challenging the perceived wisdom of management theories and practice.