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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.

Antecedents to permission based mobile marketing: An initial examination (2009)
Journal Article
Jayawardhena, C., Kuckertz, A., Karjaluoto, H., & Kautonen, T. (2009). Antecedents to permission based mobile marketing: An initial examination. European Journal of Marketing, 43(3-4), 473-499. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090560910935541

Purpose: This paper's aim is to develop a conceptual model to examine the influence of four antecedent factors (personal trust, insti tutional trust, perceived control and experience) on consumers' willingness to participate in permission-based mobil... Read More about Antecedents to permission based mobile marketing: An initial examination.

Chinese consumer's attitudes towards advertising (2009)
Book Chapter
Liu, W.-L. (2009). Chinese consumer's attitudes towards advertising. In H. Cheng, & K. K. Chan (Eds.), Advertising and Chinese Society: Impacts and Issues (67-84). Copenhagen Business School Press

Exploring older women's citizenship: understanding the impact of migration in later life (2009)
Journal Article
Cook, J. (2010). Exploring older women's citizenship: understanding the impact of migration in later life. Ageing and Society, 30(2), 253-273. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X09990195

Research on the ways in which having been an international migrant in later life shapes the welfare needs, preferences and expectations of non-native older people in rich countries is in its infancy, for both the ageing and migration fields have been... Read More about Exploring older women's citizenship: understanding the impact of migration in later life.

Postcards from the front: changing narratives in UK financial services (2009)
Journal Article
Collins, D., Dewing, I., & Russell, P. (2009). Postcards from the front: changing narratives in UK financial services. Critical Perspectives On Accounting, 20(8), 884-895. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2009.05.004

This paper seeks to explore the methodological difficulties that confront those who would seek to explain, to account for and to intervene in social affairs. Noting the predominance of ‘behaviourist' and ‘cognitivist' accounts of the change process a... Read More about Postcards from the front: changing narratives in UK financial services.

The actuary as fallen hero: on the reform of a profession (2009)
Journal Article
Collins, D., Dewing, I., & Russell, P. (2009). The actuary as fallen hero: on the reform of a profession. Work, employment & society : a journal of the British Sociological Association, 23(2), 249-266. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017009102857

This article investigates reform of the actuarial profession following the establishment of the UK Financial Services Authority and as a result of the problems emerging at the Equitable Life Assurance Society. Perceptions on changes to the role of li... Read More about The actuary as fallen hero: on the reform of a profession.

Modelling and assessing local area differences in road casualties: a case study in England (2009)
Journal Article
Hindle, G. A., Hindle, G., Hindle, T., & Souli, S. (2009). Modelling and assessing local area differences in road casualties: a case study in England. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 60(6), 781-788. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602623

The context of this research is the governmental targeting of road casualty reductions in England. Local authorities have a major role to play in achieving such targets and this research explores the relationships between road casualties and local au... Read More about Modelling and assessing local area differences in road casualties: a case study in England.

Evaluating 'best practice' in integrated rural tourism: Case examples from the England - Wales border region (2009)
Journal Article
Saxena, G., & Ilbery, B. (2009). Evaluating 'best practice' in integrated rural tourism: Case examples from the England - Wales border region. Environment & planning. A, 41(9), 2248-2266. https://doi.org/10.1068/a41294

In this paper we explore and evaluate the concept of integrated rural tourism (IRT) by drawing upon a networks approach and the notion of best practice. By integrating the two an attempt is made to understand the processes that generate the sharing,... Read More about Evaluating 'best practice' in integrated rural tourism: Case examples from the England - Wales border region.

Expatriation outside the boundaries of the multinational corporation: a study with expatriate nurses in Saudi Arabia (2009)
Journal Article
Bozionelos, N. (2009). Expatriation outside the boundaries of the multinational corporation: a study with expatriate nurses in Saudi Arabia. Human Resource Management, 48(1), 111-134. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.20269

To date, research has largely neglected individuals who become expatriates on their own initiative and outside the boundaries of multinational corporations. This study, which focused on 206 non-Saudi expatriate nurses employed in a Saudi Arabian hosp... Read More about Expatriation outside the boundaries of the multinational corporation: a study with expatriate nurses in Saudi Arabia.

Learning on demand, at your own pace, in rapid bite-sized chunks: The future shape of management development? (2008)
Journal Article
Armstrong, S. J., & Sadler-Smith, E. (2008). Learning on demand, at your own pace, in rapid bite-sized chunks: The future shape of management development?. Academy of Management Learning and Education, 7(4), 571-586. https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2008.35882197

Recent decades have witnessed an unprecedented growth In management and executive education which, paradoxically, has been accompanied by a crisis of confidence manifested in debates about its direction, relevance, and effectiveness. Outside academia... Read More about Learning on demand, at your own pace, in rapid bite-sized chunks: The future shape of management development?.

Between Madam Bubble and Kitty Lorimer: Women investors in British and Irish stock companies (2008)
Book Chapter
Freeman, M., Pearson, R., & Taylor, J. (2008). Between Madam Bubble and Kitty Lorimer: Women investors in British and Irish stock companies. In A. Laurence, J. Maltby, & J. Rutterford (Eds.), Women and their money, 1700-1950: Essays on women and finance (95-114). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203885994

As the pilgrims came to rest on the Enchanted Ground, Mr Stand-fast, in Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress (1684), told his friends of an encounter on the road. ‘As I was thus musing . . . there was one in very pleasant attire, but old, that presente... Read More about Between Madam Bubble and Kitty Lorimer: Women investors in British and Irish stock companies.

Social capital, institutional innovation and Atlantic trade before 1800 (2008)
Journal Article
Pearson, R., & Richardson, D. (2008). Social capital, institutional innovation and Atlantic trade before 1800. Business history, 50(6), 765-780. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076790802420336

The growth of the Atlantic economy during the eighteenth century has been associated with developments in business networking to mitigate the hazards of communication in long-distance trade. Such social capital-based mechanisms reduced transaction co... Read More about Social capital, institutional innovation and Atlantic trade before 1800.