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‘Taking care of the small: Article 6 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and childhood accidental injury claims in Scotland’ (2015)
Journal Article
Macfarlane, L. (2015). ‘Taking care of the small: Article 6 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and childhood accidental injury claims in Scotland’. Stellenbosch Law Review, 26(2), 424-442

This article addresses the right to life, survival and development, guaranteed to every child by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, article 6, within the context of childhood accidental injury in Scotland. It is argued that Sc... Read More about ‘Taking care of the small: Article 6 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and childhood accidental injury claims in Scotland’.

Journeys of inspiration: Working artists’ reflections on tourism (2014)
Journal Article
Whiting, J., & Hannam, K. (2014). Journeys of inspiration: Working artists’ reflections on tourism. Annals of Tourism Research, 49, 65-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2014.08.007

While much recent research has been focused on aspects of creative tourism, relatively little has paid attention to the views of creative residents. In this paper we argue that romantically informed modes of travel are important to working artists. T... Read More about Journeys of inspiration: Working artists’ reflections on tourism.

Measuring compliance with IFRS mandatory disclosure requirements: some evidence from Malaysia (2013)
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Abdullah, M., & Minhat, M. (2013). Measuring compliance with IFRS mandatory disclosure requirements: some evidence from Malaysia. Australian journal of basic and applied sciences / International network for scientific information ; INSInet, 7, 163-169

This study examines 225 Malaysian public listed firms’ compliance with IFRS mandatory disclosure requirements during 2008. Two unweighted methods of measuring compliance are used: the dichotomous method and the partial compliance method. The results... Read More about Measuring compliance with IFRS mandatory disclosure requirements: some evidence from Malaysia.

Some observations on mandatory disclosure practices of Malaysian public Listed companies (2013)
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Abdullah, M., Sulaiman, N. A., Sapiei, N. S., & Minhat, M. (2013). Some observations on mandatory disclosure practices of Malaysian public Listed companies. Middle East journal of scientific research, 17, 1228-1236. https://doi.org/10.5829/idosi.mejsr.2013.17.09.12278

This study investigates the mandatory disclosure practices evident in the annual reports of Malaysian public listed companies. Our findings show that none of the examined companies fully met the mandatory disclosure requirements even though the compa... Read More about Some observations on mandatory disclosure practices of Malaysian public Listed companies.

Corporate disclosure quality in Malaysia (2013)
Journal Article
Abdullah, M., & Minhat, M. (2013). Corporate disclosure quality in Malaysia. International Journal of Education and Research, 1,

The objective of this study is to examine the quality of corporate disclosure in the annual reports of Malaysian public listed companies. It reviewed the reports published by the Malaysian Institute of Accountants from 2006-2012 on the common findi... Read More about Corporate disclosure quality in Malaysia.

Islamic financial instruments in corporate firms’ balance sheet: a research note (2012)
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Dzolkarnaini, N., & Minhat, M. (2012). Islamic financial instruments in corporate firms’ balance sheet: a research note. International Journal of Excellence in Islamic Banking and Finance, 2,

Purpose: This paper examines the use of Islamic Financial Instruments (IFIs) in the corporate firms’ balance sheet. Methodology/Approach: The overall research approach involves an examination of annual reports of 20 top non-financial firms from 16 c... Read More about Islamic financial instruments in corporate firms’ balance sheet: a research note.

Managing revenue in Scottish visitor attractions. (2012)
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Leask, A., Fyall, A., & Garrod, B. (2012). Managing revenue in Scottish visitor attractions. Current Issues in Tourism, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2012.667070

Revenue management is often identified as a potentially valuable tool for addressing some of the challenges currently facing visitor attractions. This article sets out to investigate the adoption of revenue-management practices by Scottish paid-entry... Read More about Managing revenue in Scottish visitor attractions..

Engaging residents as stakeholders of the visitor attraction. (2012)
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Garrod, B., Fyall, A., Leask, A., & Reid, E. (2012). Engaging residents as stakeholders of the visitor attraction. Tourism Management, 33, 1159-1173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2011.11.014

While local residents are widely recognised to play a pivotal role in the development and management of destinations, their role in the context of visitor attractions has largely been overlooked. This paper seeks to explore the purposes and processes... Read More about Engaging residents as stakeholders of the visitor attraction..

Classifying Commercial Home Hosts Based on their Relationships to the Home (2009)
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Sweeney, M., & Lynch, P. A. (2009). Classifying Commercial Home Hosts Based on their Relationships to the Home. Tourism and hospitality planning & development, 6(2), 159-170. https://doi.org/10.1080/14790530902981563

This paper reports on a study which investigates the host–home relationship within the commercial home, and proposes a typology of commercial home hosts. Previous studies have identified types of small business owners and home owners and here more sp... Read More about Classifying Commercial Home Hosts Based on their Relationships to the Home.

Measuring the brand category through semantic differentiation (2008)
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Abbott, M., Shackleton, J. P., & Holland, R. (2008). Measuring the brand category through semantic differentiation. The journal of product & brand management, 17(4), 223-234. https://doi.org/10.1108/10610420810887572

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the cognitive processing mechanisms of concepts and categories by examining the methodologies behind how branded-product concepts behave in the second of two co-incident alternative constructs – as a member of a p... Read More about Measuring the brand category through semantic differentiation.

Questioning the impact of the ‘graduatization’ of the managerial labour force upon the management of human resources in the Scottish hotel industry (2000)
Journal Article
Ingram, A., Jamieson, R., Lynch, P., & Bent, R. (2000). Questioning the impact of the ‘graduatization’ of the managerial labour force upon the management of human resources in the Scottish hotel industry. International journal of consumer studies, 24(4), 212-222. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1470-6431.2000.00128.x

This paper outlines the findings of a questionnaire survey returned by 125 Scottish hotels from a sample of 500 small and middle-sized enterprises. We asked questions on the level of impact that hospitality graduates have had upon human resource mana... Read More about Questioning the impact of the ‘graduatization’ of the managerial labour force upon the management of human resources in the Scottish hotel industry.