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Business Transformation within the Further Education Sector. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MacKerron, G., & Black, G. (2006, September). Business Transformation within the Further Education Sector. Paper presented at 9th Toulon-Verona Int’l Conference on Quality in Services, University of Paisley, Paisley, Scotland

Technology and Global Integration (CD including doctoral papers) (2006)
Book
Bennett, D., Clegg, B., Greasley, A., Albores, P., Binder, M., & Weaver, M. (Eds.). (2006). Technology and Global Integration (CD including doctoral papers). https://doi.org/10.13140/2.1.4848.4649

In July 1995 Aston Business School had the privilege of organising and hosting the First European Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology (IAMOT). At the time it was the first IAMOT conference to be held outside North... Read More about Technology and Global Integration (CD including doctoral papers).

Leadership and Management in UK Local Government: A Role for Elected Mayors? (2006)
Journal Article
Fenwick, J., Elcock, H., & McMillan, J. (2006). Leadership and Management in UK Local Government: A Role for Elected Mayors?. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 72(3), 431-447. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020852306068026

The paper assesses the impact of the elected executive mayor on leadership and management in UK local government. After exploring the new executive arrangements introduced by the Local Government Act 2000, the three themes of governing, governance an... Read More about Leadership and Management in UK Local Government: A Role for Elected Mayors?.

The perceived influence of centralising operations in chain hotels (2006)
Journal Article
Espino-Rodríguez, T. F., & Taylor, J. S. (2006). The perceived influence of centralising operations in chain hotels. Tourism and Hospitality Research, 6(4), 251-266. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.thr.6050022

This paper makes an exploratory study of the centralisation of operations in hotels that belong to a chain and are located in a tourist destination. Although hotels are increasingly using a strategy of operations centralisation, little research has a... Read More about The perceived influence of centralising operations in chain hotels.

Fighting the bullies. (2006)
Journal Article
Macfarlane, L. B. (2006). Fighting the bullies. The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, 51, ISSN 0458-8711

If we are to believe the media, reports of school bullying are on the increase. Although widely perceived as an educational rather than a legal issue, parents and pupils alike are beginning to look to legal redress where other attempts to resolve bul... Read More about Fighting the bullies..

Political parties' use of web based marketing: some preliminary findings relating to first-time voters in the 2005 general election (2006)
Journal Article
Drummond, G. (2006). Political parties' use of web based marketing: some preliminary findings relating to first-time voters in the 2005 general election. International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, 11, 181-191. https://doi.org/10.1002/nvsm.23

This paper examines the marketing of political parties, via websites, in the 2005 UK general election with specific reference to first-time voters (age 18–24). Common perception views young voters as predominantly politically apathetic and less likel... Read More about Political parties' use of web based marketing: some preliminary findings relating to first-time voters in the 2005 general election.

Contested representations of war and heritage at the Residency, Lucknow, India. (2006)
Journal Article
Hannam, K. (2006). Contested representations of war and heritage at the Residency, Lucknow, India. International Journal of Tourism Research, 8(3), 199-212. https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.567

This paper discusses the contemporary politics of heritage tourism in India and focuses upon contested representations of The First War of Indian Independence/The Indian Mutiny of 1857. The severity of this conflict has been written about extensively... Read More about Contested representations of war and heritage at the Residency, Lucknow, India..

What's significant in value based management: an internal perspective. (2006)
Journal Article
Brown, J. (2006). What's significant in value based management: an internal perspective. International journal of accounting, auditing and performance evaluation, 3(3), 320-340. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijaape.2006.010552

The subject of Value Based Management (VBM) in general, and Economic Value Added (EVATM) in particular, is one that is assuming increasing significance in both the academic and practitioner environments. This study adds to the literature in that it u... Read More about What's significant in value based management: an internal perspective..

European Viking Themed Festivals: An Expression of Identity (2006)
Journal Article
Hannam, K., & Halewood, C. (2006). European Viking Themed Festivals: An Expression of Identity. Journal of Heritage Tourism, 1(1), 17-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/17438730608668463

Viking themed festivals are now widespread throughout Europe and are a popular expression of heritage identity. The Anglo-American stereotypical representation of Viking heritage is of sea-faring, sexist and bloodthirsty men raping and pillaging. In... Read More about European Viking Themed Festivals: An Expression of Identity.

Creativity work environment: do UK advertising agencies have one? (2006)
Journal Article
Ensor, J., Pirrie, A., & Band, C. (2006). Creativity work environment: do UK advertising agencies have one?. European Journal of Innovation Management, 9(3), 258-268. https://doi.org/10.1108/14601060610678130

Purpose ? The aim of the present study is to identify whether the work environment of advertising agencies display the key elements (both positive and negative) of the conceptual categories which Amabile et al. hypothesise influence organisational cr... Read More about Creativity work environment: do UK advertising agencies have one?.

'You don't know what you've got till it's gone': re-contextualising the origins, development and impact of the call centre (2006)
Journal Article
Ellis, V., & Taylor, P. (2006). 'You don't know what you've got till it's gone': re-contextualising the origins, development and impact of the call centre. New Technology, Work and Employment, 21(2), 107-122. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-005X.2006.00167

This paper locates the emergence of call centres within the broader political economy. We demonstrate how British Gas responded to privatisation, restrictive regulation and the need to deliver shareholder value by radically changing work organisation... Read More about 'You don't know what you've got till it's gone': re-contextualising the origins, development and impact of the call centre.

Rejecting romanitas? Sidonius, Syagrius and the politics of language (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dodd, L. (2006, July). Rejecting romanitas? Sidonius, Syagrius and the politics of language. Paper presented at 'Without Let or Hindrance’: Inclusion and its Subversion from the Medieval to the Modern

This paper examines an event described in Letter 5.5 of Sidonius Apollinaris which describes how the Roman aristocrat and lawyer, Syagrius, had broken with tradition and begun taking lessons in the Burgundian language. It demonstrates that this even... Read More about Rejecting romanitas? Sidonius, Syagrius and the politics of language.

The Sheffield School and Discourse Theory: Divergences and Similarities in Legal Idealism/Anti-Positivism* (2006)
Journal Article
Clucas, R. (2006). The Sheffield School and Discourse Theory: Divergences and Similarities in Legal Idealism/Anti-Positivism*. Ratio Juris, 19(2), 230-244. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9337.2006.00326.x

When first I began this paper, I envisaged it as a fairly straightforward exercise in comparison between the Sheffield School’s and Discourse Theory’s varieties of legal idealism or anti-positivism (these terms being synonymous for the types of theo... Read More about The Sheffield School and Discourse Theory: Divergences and Similarities in Legal Idealism/Anti-Positivism*.

The motivation of nurses to participate in continuing professional education in Ireland (2006)
Journal Article
Murphy, C., Cross, C., & McGuire, D. (2006). The motivation of nurses to participate in continuing professional education in Ireland. Journal of European industrial training, 30(5), 365-384. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090590610677926

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to review the extant literature on CPE amongst nurses and concentrate on discovering the factors that motivate and inhibit participation in CPE for nurses in Ireland.Design/methodology/approach – A review of t... Read More about The motivation of nurses to participate in continuing professional education in Ireland.

Transition to a market orientation: preliminary evidence from China. (2006)
Journal Article
Bathgate, I., Omar, M., Nwankwo, S., & Zhang, Y. (2006). Transition to a market orientation: preliminary evidence from China. Marketing Intelligence and Planning, 24(4), 332-346. https://doi.org/10.1108/02634500610672080

Purpose – The research objective was to assess the challenges of transition that firms face in adopting a market orientation in China, as the basis for providing a context-specific explanation of market orientation. Design/methodology/approach – A... Read More about Transition to a market orientation: preliminary evidence from China..

Virtually Connected, Practically Mobile (2006)
Book Chapter
Perry, M., & Brodie, J. (2006). Virtually Connected, Practically Mobile. In M. Vartiainen, & J. Andriessen (Eds.), Mobile Virtual Work, 95-127. Springer Verlag. doi:10.1007/3-540-28365-x_5

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