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The application of facilities management expertise to the hotel renovation process. (2002)
Journal Article
Hassanien, A., & Losekoot, E. (2002). The application of facilities management expertise to the hotel renovation process. Facilities, 20(7/8), 230-238. https://doi.org/10.1108/02632770210435143

This paper considers the renovation of hotels in the context of facilities management. It evaluates a study carried out in Egypt into the attitudes of hotel general managers about the importance attached to hotel renovation and refurbishment. The fin... Read More about The application of facilities management expertise to the hotel renovation process..

Gender and Employment Flexibility within Hotel Front Offices (2002)
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Bird, E., Lynch, P., & Ingram, A. (2002). Gender and Employment Flexibility within Hotel Front Offices. Service Industries Journal, 22(3), 99-116. https://doi.org/10.1080/714005084

This article describes a study of the contemporary nature and extent of gendered employment flexibility within hotel front offices in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Previous studies in the service sector have tended to focus upon the career paths o... Read More about Gender and Employment Flexibility within Hotel Front Offices.

Scottish visitor attractions: managing visitor impacts (2002)
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Garrod, B., Fyall, A., & Leask, A. (2002). Scottish visitor attractions: managing visitor impacts. Tourism Management, 23(3), 265-279. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0261-5177%2801%2900077-2

The visitor attraction sector in Scotland plays a vital, if often overlooked, role in the wider Scottish tourism industry. Yet the sector presently faces a host of internal and external threats. In terms of external threats, the sector is currently e... Read More about Scottish visitor attractions: managing visitor impacts.

The cultural boundedness of theory and practice in HRD? (2002)
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McGuire, D., O’Donnell, D., Garavan, T. N., Saha, S. K., & Murphy, J. (2002). The cultural boundedness of theory and practice in HRD?. Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal, 9(2), 25-44. https://doi.org/10.1108/13527600210797389

Argues that cultural influences may not only affect a professional’s implicit concept of what constitutes effective practice, but may also affect researchers’ explicit theories. Suggests that this means that many HRD practices, processes, procedures... Read More about The cultural boundedness of theory and practice in HRD?.

“Working together – involving staff”: Partnership working in the NHS (2002)
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Munro, A. (2002). “Working together – involving staff”: Partnership working in the NHS. Employee Relations, 24(3), 277-289. https://doi.org/10.1108/01425450210428444

Contributes to debates about employee involvement and social partnership by exploring the ways in which individualist and collectivist aspects interrelate in a single initiative in the National Health Service. Identifies a particular form of employe... Read More about “Working together – involving staff”: Partnership working in the NHS.

Human resource development and workplace learning: emerging theoretical perspectives and organisational practices (2002)
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Garavan, T. N., Morley, M., Gunnigle, P., & McGuire, D. (2002). Human resource development and workplace learning: emerging theoretical perspectives and organisational practices. Journal of European industrial training, 26(2/3/4), 60-71. https://doi.org/1

Workplace learning and HRD are considered legitimate topics for study and investigation alongside organisational strategies and practices. Considers key themes in the workplace earning literature in addition to its relationship with HRD. Identifies... Read More about Human resource development and workplace learning: emerging theoretical perspectives and organisational practices.

The Evolution of Local Economic Development in South Africa: The Case of Stutterheim and Social Capital (2002)
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W., & Nel, E. L. (2002). The Evolution of Local Economic Development in South Africa: The Case of Stutterheim and Social Capital. Economic Development Quarterly: The Journal of American Economic Revitalization, 16(1), 60-74. https://doi.org/10

Local economic development and promoting racial reconciliation have been key foci in addressing the legacy of apartheid in South Africa. This article examines what is arguably the most well-established example of local economic development in South A... Read More about The Evolution of Local Economic Development in South Africa: The Case of Stutterheim and Social Capital.

Heritage Visitor Attractions: managing revenue in the new millennium (2002)
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Leask, A., Fyall, A., & Garrod, B. (2002). Heritage Visitor Attractions: managing revenue in the new millennium. International Journal of Heritage Studies, 8(3), 247-265. https://doi.org/10.1080/1352725022000018921

Heritage visitor attractions represent an integral component of the tourism product in many countries. This is particularly so in Scotland, where visitor attractions of a heritage genre continue to attract more visitors than others. However, with va... Read More about Heritage Visitor Attractions: managing revenue in the new millennium.

U.K. Conference Venues: Past, Present, and Future (2002)
Journal Article
Leask, A., & Spiller, J. (2002). U.K. Conference Venues: Past, Present, and Future. Journal of Convention & Exhibition Management, 4(1), 29-54. https://doi.org/10.1300/J143v04n01_03

ABSTRACT The following paper investigates the supply and demand for conference venues in the United Kingdom (U.K.) over the past 40 years. The main data relates to trends in the type of venue facilities provided in the U.K. and how the varying marke... Read More about U.K. Conference Venues: Past, Present, and Future.

Disciplinary power and consumer research: an introduction. (2001)
Journal Article
Marsden, D. (2001). Disciplinary power and consumer research: an introduction. European Advances in Consumer Research, 5, 54-60

This paper draws on Michel Foucault’s conception of "disciplinary power" to explore some of the ways in which consumer research is implicated in modern forms of social control. According to Foucault, power in western societies is characterised less b... Read More about Disciplinary power and consumer research: an introduction..

Deconstructing consumer behaviour: theory and practice. (2001)
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Marsden, D. (2001). Deconstructing consumer behaviour: theory and practice. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 1(1), 9-21. https://doi.org/10.1002/cb.50

This paper challenges the conventional opposition, or distinction, between consumer behaviour theory and practice. This binary dualism, it is argued, is predicated on a simplistic ‘either/or’ logic that ignores the effects theory and practice have on... Read More about Deconstructing consumer behaviour: theory and practice..

Labour Market Flexibility, Human Resource Management and Corporate Performance (2001)
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Michie, J., & Sheehan-Quinn, M. (2001). Labour Market Flexibility, Human Resource Management and Corporate Performance. British Journal of Management, 12(4), 287-306. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.00211

Labour market flexibility is often portrayed as a key to the competitive success of the UK and US economies. We surveyed several hundred firms in the UK, and using the resulting data (on over 200 manufacturing firms) this paper investigates the relat... Read More about Labour Market Flexibility, Human Resource Management and Corporate Performance.

Comparative Review of Borders: Frontiers of Identity, Nation and State, Hastings Donnan and Thomas M. Wilson. Oxford: Berg, 1999. pp. 224 and Signifying Identities: Anthropological Perspectives on Boundaries and Contested Values, Anthony P. Cohen (ed.). London: Routledge, 2000, pp. 208 (2001)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, J. (2001). Comparative Review of Borders: Frontiers of Identity, Nation and State, Hastings Donnan and Thomas M. Wilson. Oxford: Berg, 1999. pp. 224 and Signifying Identities: Anthropological Perspectives on Boundaries and Contested Values, Ant

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Designing for mobility, collaboration and information use by blue-collar workers (2001)
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Brodie, J., & Perry, M. (2001). Designing for mobility, collaboration and information use by blue-collar workers. SIGGROUP bulletin : a publication of the Special Interest Group on Supporting Group Work, 22(3), 22-27. https://doi.org/10.1145/567352.567356

The uptake of mobile phones in the UK has increased exponentially in the past two years, indicating that a wider range of users are now utilising mobile technologies in different contexts than ever before. Still little is known about how mobile techn... Read More about Designing for mobility, collaboration and information use by blue-collar workers.

Formal and informal referent groups: An exploration of novices and experts in maternity services. (2001)
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Tinson, J., & Ensor, J. (2001). Formal and informal referent groups: An exploration of novices and experts in maternity services. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 1(2), 174-183. https://doi.org/10.1002/cb.63

Different social groups place varying emphasis on the importance of referent input. While referent groups are recognised as having a significant influence on purchase behaviour, attitude formation and information processing, the extent to which refer... Read More about Formal and informal referent groups: An exploration of novices and experts in maternity services..