All Outputs (21)

Metalogue: trying to talk about (un)sustainability - a reflection on experience (2015)
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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)
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Bozionelos, N., Kostopoulos, K., Van der Heijden, B., Rousseau, D. M., Bozionelos, G., Hoyland, T., …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.

Measuring performance of non-profit organisations: evidence from large charities (2015)
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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)
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Geldermann, J., Kolbe, L. M., Krause, A., Mai, C., Militz, H., Osburg, V. S., …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)
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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.

Validation of the Comfort scale for relatives of people in critical states of health (2015)
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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.

The transition of the self through the Arab Spring in Egypt and Libya (2015)
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Al-Abdin, A., Dean, D., & Nicholson, J. (2016). The transition of the self through the Arab Spring in Egypt and Libya. Journal of business research, 69(1), 45-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.07.019

This paper builds on Belk's notions of the extended, social, family and dialogic selves in an attempt to explore the transformation of the self during the Arab Spring phenomena. From the perspective of the respondents in Egypt and Libya, this paper p... Read More about The transition of the self through the Arab Spring in Egypt and Libya.

Reflexivity for sustainability: appreciating entanglement and becoming relationally reflexive (2015)
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Allen, S. (2015). Reflexivity for sustainability: appreciating entanglement and becoming relationally reflexive. International journal of work innovation, 1(2), 240-250. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJWI.2015.071191

This paper attempts to open up new possibilities for reflexivity which can help promote adequate human responses to sustainability issues. It explores how predominant ideas about reflexivity are located within an individualistic perspective of bounde... Read More about Reflexivity for sustainability: appreciating entanglement and becoming relationally reflexive.

Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the cognitive distortions questionnaire (CD-Quest) in a sample of undergraduate students (2015)
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De Oliveira, I., Seixas, C., Osόrio, F., Crippa, J., De Abreu, J., Menezes, I., …Wenzel, A. (2015). Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the cognitive distortions questionnaire (CD-Quest) in a sample of undergraduate students. Innovations in clinical neuroscience, 12(7-8), 20-27

Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the initial psychometric properties of the Cognitive Distortions Questionnaire (CD-Quest) in its Brazilian Portuguese version tested in adult undergraduate students. Methods: Brazilian undergraduate medic... Read More about Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the cognitive distortions questionnaire (CD-Quest) in a sample of undergraduate students.

Sustainability marketing: a global perspektive : a book review (2015)
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Osburg, V., & Ludorf, S. (2016). Sustainability marketing: a global perspektive : a book review. Journal of cleaner production, 110, 209-210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.04.043

Book review: Sustainability Marketing - A Global Perspective, Frank-Martin Belz, Ken Peattie, 2nd ed. Wiley, Chichester, West Sussex (2012). p. 336, ISBN 978-1-119-96619-7 (paperback) Frank-Martin Belz is Professor at the Technische Universität Münch... Read More about Sustainability marketing: a global perspektive : a book review.

Corporate image: a service recovery perspective (2015)
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Mostafa, R. B., Lages, C. R., Shabbir, H. A., & Thwaites, D. (2015). Corporate image: a service recovery perspective. Journal of Service Research, 18(4), 468-483. https://doi.org/10.1177/1094670515584146

This article explores direct and indirect antecedents that contribute to corporate image formation in a service recovery context. Two studies were carried out in Egypt. Study 1 comprises 29 semistructured interviews with complainants of mobile phone... Read More about Corporate image: a service recovery perspective.

Intergenerational spaces: Citizens, political marketing and conceptualising trust in a transitional democracy (2015)
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Susila, I., Dean, D., & Harness, D. (2015). Intergenerational spaces: Citizens, political marketing and conceptualising trust in a transitional democracy. Journal of marketing management, 31(9-10), 970-995. https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257X.2015.1036768

© 2015, Westburn Publishers Ltd. As the third largest democracy in the world, Indonesia’s relatively peaceful transition from authoritarian rule to democracy deserves academic attention. This study explored the notion of trust and how it could influe... Read More about Intergenerational spaces: Citizens, political marketing and conceptualising trust in a transitional democracy.

Consumer acceptance of Wood-Polymer Composites: a conjoint analytical approach with a focus on innovative and environmentally concerned consumers (2015)
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Osburg, V., Strack, M., & Toporowski, W. (2016). Consumer acceptance of Wood-Polymer Composites: a conjoint analytical approach with a focus on innovative and environmentally concerned consumers. Journal of cleaner production, 110(January), 180-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.04.086

Wood-Polymer Composites (WPCs) can contribute towards resource efficiency as they mainly consist of wood by-products and/or waste materials. The eco-innovative materials represent a hybrid solution on the ‘two-evils’ continuum’ constituted by the com... Read More about Consumer acceptance of Wood-Polymer Composites: a conjoint analytical approach with a focus on innovative and environmentally concerned consumers.

Living with contradictions: the dynamics of senior managers in relation to sustainability (2015)
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Allen, S., Marshall, J., & Easterby-Smith, M. (2015). Living with contradictions: the dynamics of senior managers in relation to sustainability. Organization & environment, 28(3), 328-348. https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026615575048

In this article, we investigate how senior managers located in Northern Europe in the energy and power industry coordinate their recognition of sustainability challenges with other things they say and do. Identity theory is used to examine the fine-g... Read More about Living with contradictions: the dynamics of senior managers in relation to sustainability.

Wood polymer composites and their contribution to cascading utilisation (2015)
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Teuber, L., Osburg, V., Toporowski, W., Militz, H., & Krause, A. (2016). Wood polymer composites and their contribution to cascading utilisation. Journal of cleaner production, 110(January), 9-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.04.009

Due to a shortage of resources and a growing competition of land use, sustainable and efficient resource utilisation becomes increasingly important. The application and multiple, cascading utilisation of renewable resources is aimed at to ensure an a... Read More about Wood polymer composites and their contribution to cascading utilisation.

Imagined relational capital: An analytical tool in considering small tourism firms' sociality (2015)
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Saxena, G. (2015). Imagined relational capital: An analytical tool in considering small tourism firms' sociality. Tourism Management, 49, 109-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2015.03.002

In this paper I introduce the notion of imagined relational capital (IRC) to examine the sociality of small tourism firms operating in coastal towns of Scarborough, Bridlington and Whitby in Yorkshire. Drawing upon the work of Deleuze and Guattari, I... Read More about Imagined relational capital: An analytical tool in considering small tourism firms' sociality.

Customer environmental values and their contribution to loyalty in industrial markets (2015)
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Mustonen, N., Karjaluoto, H., & Jayawardhena, C. (2016). Customer environmental values and their contribution to loyalty in industrial markets. Business strategy and the environment : BSE, 25(7), 512-528. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.1882

Concern over the effect of industries on the natural environment is growing on a multitude of levels. This study examines the effects of how perceptions of (a) environmental values, (b) green image and (c) perceived value of industrial customers infl... Read More about Customer environmental values and their contribution to loyalty in industrial markets.

Political branding: sense of identity or identity crisis? An investigation of the transfer potential of the brand identity prism to the UK Conservative Party (2015)
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Dean, D., & Pich, C. (2015). Political branding: sense of identity or identity crisis? An investigation of the transfer potential of the brand identity prism to the UK Conservative Party. Journal of marketing management, 31(11-12), 1353-1378. https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257x.2015.1018307

Brands are strategic assets and key to achieving a competitive advantage. Brands can be seen as a heuristic device, encapsulating a series of values that enable the consumer to make quick and efficient choices. More recently, the notion of a politica... Read More about Political branding: sense of identity or identity crisis? An investigation of the transfer potential of the brand identity prism to the UK Conservative Party.

Traceability system for capturing, processing and providing consumer-relevant information about wood products: System solution and its economic feasibility (2015)
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Appelhanz, S., Osburg, V. S., Toporowski, W., & Schumann, M. (2016). Traceability system for capturing, processing and providing consumer-relevant information about wood products: System solution and its economic feasibility. Journal of cleaner production, 110(January), 132-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.02.034

Current research and practice reports indicate the existence of purchase barriers concerning eco-friendly products, e.g. wood products. These can be ascribed to consumers' mistrust regarding the non-observable environmental impact of wood products. T... Read More about Traceability system for capturing, processing and providing consumer-relevant information about wood products: System solution and its economic feasibility.

An empirical investigation of wood product information valued by young consumers (2015)
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Osburg, V., Appelhanz, S., Toporowski, W., & Schumann, M. (2016). An empirical investigation of wood product information valued by young consumers. Journal of cleaner production, 110(January), 170-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.01.068

Recent media reports regarding wood products question the trustworthiness of wood origin declaration, the sustainability of production methods and the product quality. In light of this question, it becomes important to ensure consumer trust in wood a... Read More about An empirical investigation of wood product information valued by young consumers.