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Passionate Labours: Fashion, Celebrity Culture and Bloggerpreneurs (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Logan-McFarlane, A., Hamilton, K., & Hewer, P. (2017, July). Passionate Labours: Fashion, Celebrity Culture and Bloggerpreneurs. Presented at Consumer Culture Theory, Anaheim, California

We explore passion and its link to consumption and entrepreneurial practice through the context of celebrity culture and fashion. Our contribution is to consider passionate labours and forms of production as vital substances for the making and reshap... Read More about Passionate Labours: Fashion, Celebrity Culture and Bloggerpreneurs.

Activating the diaspora: engagement and satisfaction amongst philanthropic transient volunteer tourists (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Thompson, J., Gannon, M. J., Curran, R., & Taheri, B. (2017, December). Activating the diaspora: engagement and satisfaction amongst philanthropic transient volunteer tourists. Paper presented at Academy of Marketing: Tourism Marketing Special Interest G

This study develops understanding of diasporic volunteers who travel for the purpose of fundraising and other supporting roles (excluding service delivery), and seek to contribute positively to social welfare in their homeland. Such volunteers are de... Read More about Activating the diaspora: engagement and satisfaction amongst philanthropic transient volunteer tourists.

Over and over: consumer engagement and turning sports tourists into fans (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cordina, R., Gannon, M. J., & Croall, R. (2017, December). Over and over: consumer engagement and turning sports tourists into fans. Paper presented at Academy of Marketing: Tourism Marketing Special Interest Group (SIG)

Travel to consume sport is an increasingly popular and prevalent leisure pursuit (Fourie & Santana-Gallego, 2011; Fredline, 2005). From those who follow Formula 1 across the globe (Henderson et al., 2010), to Tennis’ most ardent fans (Fredline, 2005)... Read More about Over and over: consumer engagement and turning sports tourists into fans.

Collaborative talent management in public services: evaluating the drivers, barriers and enablers (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grant, K., Mackie, R., Gadsden, S., & McLaughlin, D. (2017, December). Collaborative talent management in public services: evaluating the drivers, barriers and enablers. Paper presented at CIPD Applied Research Conference, Glasgow

Against a background of significant public service reform and growing acceptance of the need for increased collaborative activity within Scotland’s public services, our research examines senior stakeholders’ perceptions of the drivers for, barriers t... Read More about Collaborative talent management in public services: evaluating the drivers, barriers and enablers.

Science communication & sensitive issues: putting risk in context (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kerr, G. (2017, November). Science communication & sensitive issues: putting risk in context. Presented at NATO BRITE Advanced Research Workshop, Yerevan, Armenia

One of the global challenges the world faces is the possibility of a chemical or nuclear attack by terrorists or a rogue state, or of an accidental nuclear disaster. With a breakdown in diplomacy between the USA and North Korea and tensions between b... Read More about Science communication & sensitive issues: putting risk in context.

Opening the black box: A JD-R evaluation of job stress, fatigue and boredom among commercial airline pilots (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grant, K., & Maxwell, G. (2017, November). Opening the black box: A JD-R evaluation of job stress, fatigue and boredom among commercial airline pilots. Paper presented at 10th International Conference of the Dutch HRM Network

The job demands-resources (JD-R) model is utilised to evaluate the interactions between the job demands and job resources of commercial airline pilots in the UK. The model holds that interaction between specific job demands and job resources contribu... Read More about Opening the black box: A JD-R evaluation of job stress, fatigue and boredom among commercial airline pilots.

Factors resulting in traveler disaffection and misbehavior: a study of airports' physical and social environment (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ali, F., Gannon, M. J., & Taheri, B. (2017, November). Factors resulting in traveler disaffection and misbehavior: a study of airports' physical and social environment. Paper presented at 4th World Research Summit for Tourism and Hospitality : Innovation,

Airports play a significant role in globalization, connecting cities and countries. According to Clarkson (2015), the 20 busiest airports in the world moved more than 700 million passengers in year 2014. By 2020, it’s estimated that aviation will con... Read More about Factors resulting in traveler disaffection and misbehavior: a study of airports' physical and social environment.

Transformation of (Project) Management through AI and Industry 4.0 (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Berberich, R. (2017, November). Transformation of (Project) Management through AI and Industry 4.0. Paper presented at First Guanxi Intelligent Manufacturing Forum

The rise of AI and changes themed “Industry 4.0” are great challenges to the manufacturing sector. Only if we act now, and position ourselves for the impact these and other technological advancements will bring, will we be able to sustain ourselves s... Read More about Transformation of (Project) Management through AI and Industry 4.0.

The ageing population and employers in Scotland. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Egdell, V. (2017, September). The ageing population and employers in Scotland. Paper presented at Employment Research Institute / National Institute of Career Education and Counselling seminar, Edinburgh Napier University

Presentation (The Ageing Population and Employers in Scotland) at Employment Research Institute/National Institute of Career Education and Counselling seminar

An Optimization Strategy for Inter Terminal Transportation (ITT) of Containers: Case of Port of Colombo (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Edirisooriya, T., & Bandara, Y. M. (2017). An Optimization Strategy for Inter Terminal Transportation (ITT) of Containers: Case of Port of Colombo. In Proceedings of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies

Inter terminal container transportation (ITT) is a transferring process of containers between two more terminals. This research is related with inter terminal transport (ITT) operation of port of Colombo. The main objective of this research is to det... Read More about An Optimization Strategy for Inter Terminal Transportation (ITT) of Containers: Case of Port of Colombo.

OR and Grand Challenges: Sport, Space & Beyond (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M. (2017, September). OR and Grand Challenges: Sport, Space & Beyond. Presented at Operational Research Society Annual Conference (OR59)

In this panel session the following was discussed: What “Grand Challenges” face us today and into the future in the areas of Sport, Space and beyond? What contribution can the OR community make to address these challenges? The panel included: - P... Read More about OR and Grand Challenges: Sport, Space & Beyond.

Community OR: Creating a ‘Shared Space’ to build value between business and communities (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M., Crossan, K., Tan, H., Paxton, S., & McCallum, L. (2017, September). Community OR: Creating a ‘Shared Space’ to build value between business and communities. Paper presented at OR59 - The Annual Operational Research Society Conference

The presentation provides examples on how systems approaches have helped identify better ways for communities and socially responsible businesses to build value. The examples are the outcome of a two-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership with a Scottis... Read More about Community OR: Creating a ‘Shared Space’ to build value between business and communities.

How does the Beer Distribution Game help us to understand Humanitarian Supply Chains (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Duddy, D., Weaver, M., & Stantchev, D. (2017, September). How does the Beer Distribution Game help us to understand Humanitarian Supply Chains. Paper presented at Annual Conference of The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, Logistics Research

Purpose This research develops a model similar to that used in Forrester’s ‘Beer Distribution Game’ to understand where uncertainty is generated in humanitarian supply chains. It examines the extent to which the Bullwhip Effect impacts upon a humani... Read More about How does the Beer Distribution Game help us to understand Humanitarian Supply Chains.