Outputs (102)

Promoting person-centred care at the frontline. (2006)
Report
Innes, A., MacPherson, S., & McCabe, L. (2006). Promoting person-centred care at the frontline

This report documents the barriers and opportunities to the
delivery of person-centred support/care by frontline workers.Recent policy developments across the UK have highlighted
the importance of a more ‘person-centred’ approach within
community... Read More about Promoting person-centred care at the frontline..

Juxtaposing the timeless and the ephemeral: Staging festivals and events at World Heritage Sites (2006)
Book Chapter
Smith, M., Carnegie, E., & Robertson, M. (2006). Juxtaposing the timeless and the ephemeral: Staging festivals and events at World Heritage Sites. In A. Leask, & A. Fyall (Eds.), Managing World Heritage Sites (110-124). Butterworth-Heinemann. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780080461755

The aim of this chapter is to explore the complex relationship between World Heritage Sites (WHS) and temporary festivals and events, analysing some of the impacts and implications of staging ‘ephemeral’ arts projects in the context of ‘timeless’ her... Read More about Juxtaposing the timeless and the ephemeral: Staging festivals and events at World Heritage Sites.

Managing World Heritage Sites (2006)
Book
Leask, A., & Fyell, A. (Eds.). (2006). Managing World Heritage Sites. Routledge

World Heritage Sites are some of the most recognised locations around the world. They include natural sites such as the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier and cultural ones such as the Pyramids at Giza, the Walled City of Baku in Azerbaijan and the H... Read More about Managing World Heritage Sites.

Selective Heritage Interpretation in Lithuania (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wight, C. (2006, May). Selective Heritage Interpretation in Lithuania. Paper presented at Interpreting World Heritage Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Promoting ‘strategic’ working within area based and thematic Social Inclusion Partnerships in Scotland. (2006)
Journal Article
MacPherson, S. (2006). Promoting ‘strategic’ working within area based and thematic Social Inclusion Partnerships in Scotland. Local Economy, 21(2), 180-196. https://doi.org/10.1080/02690940600608317

Fundamental to the historical development of partnership working as an approach to managing neighbourhood regeneration has been a concern to promote `strategic' working practices. However, there has been a distinct lack of conceptual clarity within b... Read More about Promoting ‘strategic’ working within area based and thematic Social Inclusion Partnerships in Scotland..

Philosophical and methodological praxes in dark tourism: Controversy, contention and the evolving paradigm (2006)
Journal Article
Wight, A. C. (2006). Philosophical and methodological praxes in dark tourism: Controversy, contention and the evolving paradigm. Journal of Vacation Marketing, 12(2), 119-129. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356766706062151

The following article will examine examples of current and theoretical issues in academic and related literature written on the subject of what has been variously referred to as ‘dark tourism’ (Lennon and Foley1), ‘thanatourism’ (Seaton2) and sometim... Read More about Philosophical and methodological praxes in dark tourism: Controversy, contention and the evolving paradigm.

What Value Knowledge? Gendered Learning in Public Management (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McMillan, J., & Fenwick, J. (2006, April). What Value Knowledge? Gendered Learning in Public Management. Paper presented at International Research Society for Public Management Annual Conference, Glasgow Caledonian University

The use of management contracts by international hotel firms in Thailand (2006)
Journal Article
Panvisavas, V., & Taylor, J. S. (2006). The use of management contracts by international hotel firms in Thailand. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 18(3), 231-245. https://doi.org/10.1108/09596110610658634

Purpose
Seeks to examine the extent to which management contracts used by international hotel firms in Thailand mirror those used in the USA.

Design/methodology/approach
The study builds on previous research carried out in the late 1990s that hi... Read More about The use of management contracts by international hotel firms in Thailand.

The impact of individual values on human resource decision‐making by line managers (2006)
Journal Article
McGuire, D., Garavan, T. N., Saha, S. K., & O'Donnell, D. (2006). The impact of individual values on human resource decision‐making by line managers. International Journal of Manpower, 27(3), 251-273. https://doi.org/10.1108/01437720610672167

Purpose – This paper explores this relationship between the individual values of managers and human resource (HR) decision‐making.Design/methodology/approach – Questionnaire data were collected from a total of 340 line managers from both Ireland and... Read More about The impact of individual values on human resource decision‐making by line managers.

Inter- and Intra-individual Variation in Applied Force When Listening at a Surface, and Resulting Variation in Earprints (2006)
Journal Article
Meijerman, L., Nagelkerke, N. J. D., Van Basten, R., Van Der Lugt, C., De Conti, F., Drusini, A. G., Giacon, M., Sholl, S., Vanezis, P., & Maat, G. J. R. (2006). Inter- and Intra-individual Variation in Applied Force When Listening at a Surface, and Resulting Variation in Earprints. Medicine, Science and the Law, 46(2), 141-151. https://doi.org/10.1258/rsmmsl.46.2.141

We aimed to explore the level of inter- and intra-individual variation in applied force when listening at a surface, and assess the resulting variation in earprints. We further intended to identify possible sources of this variation. Forty subjects e... Read More about Inter- and Intra-individual Variation in Applied Force When Listening at a Surface, and Resulting Variation in Earprints.