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Recruiting Women into Scottish Wood Chain Industries (2008)
Journal Article
Ridley-Ellis, D., MacPherson, S., & Thomson, E. (2008). Recruiting Women into Scottish Wood Chain Industries. Timber Engineering, 1, 477-485

In common with many countries, the composition and attitudes of Scotland’s population are changing. It is the regions where the industries in the wood products value chain are based that are expected to change most dramatically. These industries cont... Read More about Recruiting Women into Scottish Wood Chain Industries.

Innovative approaches to event management education in career development: a study of student experiences (2008)
Journal Article
Robinson, R., Barron, P., & Solnet, D. (2008). Innovative approaches to event management education in career development: a study of student experiences. Journal of hospitality, leisure, sport & tourism education, 7, 4-17. https://doi.org/10.3794/johlste.71.170

As the tourism industry matures, so too do career opportunities in its various sectors. This paper reports on a study of graduands preparing for tourism and event management careers. A two-stage sequential research design, using survey and focus grou... Read More about Innovative approaches to event management education in career development: a study of student experiences.

Education and talent management: implications for the hospitality industry (2008)
Journal Article
Barron, P. (2008). Education and talent management: implications for the hospitality industry. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 20(7), 730-742. https://doi.org/10.1108/09596110810897583

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to explore one of the biggest issues and challenges now faced by hospitality education and the hospitality industry: that of how to attract and retain a critical group of talented people.

Design/methodology/appr... Read More about Education and talent management: implications for the hospitality industry.

Governance and accountability: a role for social accounts in the sustainable school. (2008)
Journal Article
Gibbon, J., Fenwick, J., & McMillan, J. (2008). Governance and accountability: a role for social accounts in the sustainable school. Public Money and Management, 28, 353-360. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00669.x

Alongside formal systems of governance in secondary education there are important informal relationships of accountability among key stakeholders, organized around
voluntary obligation in the public interest. Developing these accountabilities enhanc... Read More about Governance and accountability: a role for social accounts in the sustainable school..

MARCIC rules OK? Liability in the law of nuisance in Scotland for escapes from overloaded sewers (2008)
Journal Article
McManus, F. (2008). MARCIC rules OK? Liability in the law of nuisance in Scotland for escapes from overloaded sewers. Journal of Water Law, 19, 61-69

The purpose of this article is to discuss the potential liability in the law of nuisance of Scottish Water for harm which is caused by escapes of sewage from public sewers which, although perfectly adequate when they were originally constructed, beco... Read More about MARCIC rules OK? Liability in the law of nuisance in Scotland for escapes from overloaded sewers.

The effect of evaluation criteria on design attributes and brand equity in the product evaluation process (2008)
Journal Article
Na, K. J., Holland, R., Shackleton, J., Hwang, Y., & Melewar, T. C. (2008). The effect of evaluation criteria on design attributes and brand equity in the product evaluation process. Journal of brand management, 16(3), 195-212. https://doi.org/10.1057/bm.2008.29

This study investigates the influence of design attributes on the importance of brand information in the product evaluation process by consumers. We examine how providing evaluation criteria of design influences consumers’ product evaluation concerni... Read More about The effect of evaluation criteria on design attributes and brand equity in the product evaluation process.

Restraining opportunism in hotel management contracts (2008)
Journal Article
Panvisavas, V., & Taylor, J. S. (2008). Restraining opportunism in hotel management contracts. Tourism and Hospitality Research, 8(4), 324-336. https://doi.org/10.1057/thr.2008.33

Management contracts are widely used throughout the world as a mechanism for separating the ownership of hotel properties and their management. The research reported here concerns how Thai hotel owners seek to control the international hotel chains w... Read More about Restraining opportunism in hotel management contracts.

Managing the talent management pipeline: Towards a greater understanding of senior managers' perspectives in the hospitality and tourism sector (2008)
Journal Article
D'Annunzio-Green, N. (2008). Managing the talent management pipeline: Towards a greater understanding of senior managers' perspectives in the hospitality and tourism sector. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 20(7), 807-819. https://doi.org/10.1108/09596110810897628

Purpose– This paper aims to explore managers' views on the challenges and opportunities around the talent management (TM) pipeline in a range of hospitality and tourism organisations. The paper seeks to focus on drawing out key issues and suggesting... Read More about Managing the talent management pipeline: Towards a greater understanding of senior managers' perspectives in the hospitality and tourism sector.

Concluding commentary on the contemporary human resource issues for talent management in hospitality and tourism (2008)
Journal Article
D'Annunzio-Green, N., Maxwell, G., & Watson, S. (2008). Concluding commentary on the contemporary human resource issues for talent management in hospitality and tourism. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 20(7), https://doi.org/10.1108/ijchm.2008.04120gaa.003

This commentary provides some discussion on emergent points from the articles presented in this thematic edition and re-visits our strategic question posed at the beginning of this theme issue, “what does the highly contemporary, human resource topic... Read More about Concluding commentary on the contemporary human resource issues for talent management in hospitality and tourism.

The Art of Creating Culinary Innovations (2008)
Journal Article
Stierand, M., & Lynch, P. (2008). The Art of Creating Culinary Innovations. Tourism and Hospitality Research, 8(4), 337-350. https://doi.org/10.1057/thr.2008.28

The life worlds of innovating chefs are identified as important aspects towards a better understanding of culinary innovation. Hence, the concept of personal culinary innovation is proposed as a verifiable way to identify innovators in the field. Cur... Read More about The Art of Creating Culinary Innovations.

An Extended Model of Theory of Planned Behaviour in Predicting Exercise Intention (2008)
Journal Article
Fen, Y. S., & Sabaruddin, N. A. (2008). An Extended Model of Theory of Planned Behaviour in Predicting Exercise Intention. International Business Research, 1(4), 108-122. https://doi.org/10.5539/ibr.v1n4p108

The main purpose of the present study was to propose and test an extended model with the addition of perceived need in predicting exercise participation, drawing upon the theory of planned behaviour. Cross-sectional data was collected via self-admini... Read More about An Extended Model of Theory of Planned Behaviour in Predicting Exercise Intention.

Mapping the context and practice of training, development and HRD in European call centres (2008)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., Wilson, J. P., Cross, C., Carbery, R., Sieben, I., de Grip, A., Strandberg, C., Gubbins, C., Shanahan, V., Hogan, C., McCracken, M., & Heaton, N. (2008). Mapping the context and practice of training, development and HRD in European call centres. Journal of European industrial training, 32(8/9), 612-728. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090590810918764

Purpose – Utilising data from 18 in‐depth case studies, this study seeks to explore training, development and human resource development (HRD) practices in European call centres. It aims to argue that the complexity and diversity of training, develo... Read More about Mapping the context and practice of training, development and HRD in European call centres.

A hybrid fuzzy goal programming approach with different goal priorities to aggregate production planning (2008)
Journal Article
Jamalnia, A., & Soukhakian, M. A. (2009). A hybrid fuzzy goal programming approach with different goal priorities to aggregate production planning. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 56(4), 1474-1486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2008.09.010

In this study a hybrid (including qualitative and quantitative objectives) fuzzy multi objective nonlinear programming (H-FMONLP) model with different goal priorities will be developed for aggregate production planning (APP) problem in a fuzzy enviro... Read More about A hybrid fuzzy goal programming approach with different goal priorities to aggregate production planning.

World heritage: exploring the tension between the national and the universal (2008)
Journal Article
Rakić, T., & Chambers, D. (2008). World heritage: exploring the tension between the national and the universal. Journal of Heritage Tourism, 2, 145-155. https://doi.org/10.2167/jht056.0

The complex issues of conservation, politics, tourism management and ownership have emerged as critical issues within the World Heritage debate and specifically within heritage tourism research. Within this context, this paper focuses on issues of ow... Read More about World heritage: exploring the tension between the national and the universal.

Small business growth through franchising: A qualitative investigation (2008)
Journal Article
Watson, A. (2008). Small business growth through franchising: A qualitative investigation. Journal of Marketing Channels, 15(1), 3-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/10466690802081350

Although franchising has long been recognised as an attractive means of growing a business, the impact of franchising for small businesses is an area that is relatively less researched and understood. Whilst resource scarcity and agency theory sugges... Read More about Small business growth through franchising: A qualitative investigation.

Journal of Contemporary Hospitality management (2008)
Journal Article
D'Annunzio-Green, N., Maxwell, G., & Watson, S. (2008). Journal of Contemporary Hospitality management. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 20(7),

A study of the drivers of commitment amongst nurses: The salience of training, development and career issues (2008)
Journal Article
McCabe, T. J., & Garavan, T. N. (2008). A study of the drivers of commitment amongst nurses: The salience of training, development and career issues. Journal of European industrial training, 32(7), 528-568. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090590810899829

Purpose – The aim of this study is to highlight factors influencing the commitment of nurses, and particularly focuses on the role of training, development and career issues. It provides the basis for a HRD framework, outlining policy choices in dev... Read More about A study of the drivers of commitment amongst nurses: The salience of training, development and career issues.

Individualized Tourism Brochures as a Novel Approach to Mass Customization (2008)
Journal Article
Migas, N., Anastasiadou, C., & Stirling, A. (2008). Individualized Tourism Brochures as a Novel Approach to Mass Customization. Journal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing, 17(1-2), 237-257. https://doi.org/10.1080/10507050801978463

Tourism is an information intensive business and technological advances have transformed the way in which information is stored, managed and transmitted to potential visitors. Despite the wide adoption of Internet technologies in tourism marketing, i... Read More about Individualized Tourism Brochures as a Novel Approach to Mass Customization.

The Legal Basis for the Application of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (the UCP) in England & Canada (2008)
Journal Article
Chhina, R. K. (2008). The Legal Basis for the Application of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (the UCP) in England & Canada. Journal of International Maritime Law, 14(3), 228-239

This article looks into the legal status of the UCP in two major common law countries — England and Canada. It seeks to show that a transition is under way and that the UCP is slowly becoming recognised as an international commercial custom by the En... Read More about The Legal Basis for the Application of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (the UCP) in England & Canada.