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L&D professionals in organisations: much ambition, unfilled promise (2019)
Journal Article
Garavan, T., Heneghan, S., O'Brien, F., Gubbins, C., Lai, Y., Carbery, R., Duggan, J., Lannon, R., Sheehan, M., & Grant, K. (2020). L&D professionals in organisations: much ambition, unfilled promise. European Journal of Training and Development, 44(1), 1-86. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJTD-09-2019-0166

This monograph reports a study investigating the roles of learning and development (L&D) professionals in Irish, UK European and US organisations. The study investigates the contextual factors influencing L&D roles in organisations, the strategic and... Read More about L&D professionals in organisations: much ambition, unfilled promise.

The transgressive festival imagination and the idealisation of reversal (2019)
Journal Article
Jamieson, K., & Todd, L. (2021). The transgressive festival imagination and the idealisation of reversal. Leisure Studies, 40(1), 57-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2019.1693090

To consider the festival's potential as an activist tactic may seem naïve and disconnected from the colonising practices of event tourism. However, today's immersive and curated festival experiences are indebted to a wider festival imagination: a spa... Read More about The transgressive festival imagination and the idealisation of reversal.

The role of subtitles in mediating cultural sensitivity in French popular comedies (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Penman, C. (2019, November). The role of subtitles in mediating cultural sensitivity in French popular comedies. Paper presented at 19th International Conference of the International Association for Languages and Intercultural Communication: Translating Cultures, Cultures in Translation, Valencia, Spain

The role of foreign language films in promoting intercultural literacies in language learning programmes has long been recognised (Pegrum 2008, Yang and Fleming 2013). More recently, the rise of video-on-demand services such as Netflix and Amazon Pri... Read More about The role of subtitles in mediating cultural sensitivity in French popular comedies.

Rewriting 'Selves' and 'Others' in 'Postmigrant' Theatre (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wilkinson, J. (2019, November). Rewriting 'Selves' and 'Others' in 'Postmigrant' Theatre. Paper presented at Translating Cultures, Cultures in Translation (19th Annual Conference of the International Association for Languages and Intercultural Communication), Universitat de València, Spain

The last decade has witnessed a proliferation of German-language plays engaging with stories of migration. After a relatively slow ‘trickle’ of plays narrating the experiences of Turkish ‘guest workers’ throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the opening of... Read More about Rewriting 'Selves' and 'Others' in 'Postmigrant' Theatre.

The effects of subordinates’ use of upward influence tactics on their supervisors’ job performance evaluations in Saudi Arabia: the significance of loyalty (2019)
Journal Article
Clarke, N., Alshenalfi, N., & Garavan, T. (2022). The effects of subordinates’ use of upward influence tactics on their supervisors’ job performance evaluations in Saudi Arabia: the significance of loyalty. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 33(2), 239-268. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2019.1686650

Most research examining the effects of subordinates’ use of upward influence tactics on supervisor job performance evaluations has been conducted in Western countries. In these contexts, it has been suggested that upward influence tactics bias superv... Read More about The effects of subordinates’ use of upward influence tactics on their supervisors’ job performance evaluations in Saudi Arabia: the significance of loyalty.

Balancing the rights of parents and children: The Children (Scotland) Bill 2019 (2019)
Report
Barnes Macfarlane, L.-A. (2019). Balancing the rights of parents and children: The Children (Scotland) Bill 2019. https://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/112969.aspx: Scottish Parliament Justice Committee

The Scottish Government is in the process of updating the Family Justice system. This includes the legislation regulating how family court law cases (i.e. disputes about children between family members)progress through the courts.

In family law c... Read More about Balancing the rights of parents and children: The Children (Scotland) Bill 2019.

The highs and lows of acclimatising: Strategies and stories from Lenin Peak (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor, S. (2019, November). The highs and lows of acclimatising: Strategies and stories from Lenin Peak. Presented at British Mountain Medicine Society (BMMS) Science Day, Bamford

Presentation given to British Mountain Medicine Society at its 2019 Science day on November 13th, 2019. Based on research carried out on Lenin Peak in Kyrgyzstan, the issue of acclimatisation was examined based on data collected from a number of pri... Read More about The highs and lows of acclimatising: Strategies and stories from Lenin Peak.

An analysis of EHEA Business School: Approaches to the development, configuration and management of international academic alliances (2019)
Book
Harte, P. (2019). An analysis of EHEA Business School: Approaches to the development, configuration and management of international academic alliances. LAP Lambert Academic Press

The purpose of this study is to investigate the motivations for international academic alliance development, the configuration of alliance networks and their sustained management in Business Schools within the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). A... Read More about An analysis of EHEA Business School: Approaches to the development, configuration and management of international academic alliances.

The impact of institutional quality on Chinese foreign direct investment in Africa (2019)
Journal Article
Ross, A. G., Omar, M., Xu, A., & Pandey, S. (2019). The impact of institutional quality on Chinese foreign direct investment in Africa. Local Economy, 34(6), 572-588. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094219882329

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impacts of the host country institutional environment on Chinese foreign direct investment in Africa. As one of the few papers to explicitly address the role of institutions on China–Africa foreign direct i... Read More about The impact of institutional quality on Chinese foreign direct investment in Africa.

Evaluating the Determinants of EU Funds Absorption across Old and New Member States – the Role of Administrative Capacity and Political Governance (2019)
Journal Article
Incaltarau, C., Pascariu, G. C., & Surubaru, N. (2020). Evaluating the Determinants of EU Funds Absorption across Old and New Member States – the Role of Administrative Capacity and Political Governance. Journal of Common Market Studies, 58(4), 941-961. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.12995

This article assesses the impact of administrative capacity and political governance factors on the absorption of structural and cohesion funds (SCF). We drew on EU-27 country level data and developed a dynamic panel data model for the 2007–15 implem... Read More about Evaluating the Determinants of EU Funds Absorption across Old and New Member States – the Role of Administrative Capacity and Political Governance.

What next for tourism policy in the post-Brexit EU? (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Anastasiadou, C. (2019, October). What next for tourism policy in the post-Brexit EU?. Presented at TOURMAN 2019 3rd International Scientific Conference, "Tourism, travel and hospitality at crossroads: The way ahead", Thessaloniki, Greece

Tourism is a major socio-economic activity in the European Union that has traditionally been, cast as a means of promoting European identity and progressing the EU’s aims for further European economic and political integration. The decision of the U... Read More about What next for tourism policy in the post-Brexit EU?.

A comprehensive scenario intervention typology (2019)
Journal Article
Crawford, M. M. (2019). A comprehensive scenario intervention typology. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 149, Article 119748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2019.119748

Scenario planning, as a recognised organisational intervention, has steadily grown in popularity since the mid-20th century. To date, there are arguably as many methods and techniques as there are practitioners, with applications across nearly all se... Read More about A comprehensive scenario intervention typology.

Influencing Employers so More People Break Free from Poverty through Work (2019)
Report
Findlay, P., Lindsay, C., Watson, A., & Young, D. (2019). Influencing Employers so More People Break Free from Poverty through Work. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation

In-work poverty describes the experiences of households where at least one person is in work and the household’s income after housing costs is below 60% of the median household income. Housing and other costs, the income provided by the in-work benef... Read More about Influencing Employers so More People Break Free from Poverty through Work.

The role of online social networks in the wellbeing of highly skilled migrants: a case-study of an online forum for Russian-speaking migrants in the UK (2019)
Thesis
Loginova MacFarlane, N. The role of online social networks in the wellbeing of highly skilled migrants: a case-study of an online forum for Russian-speaking migrants in the UK. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2682673

This study aims to investigate the role of online social networks in highly skilled migrants’ wellbeing. The research focused on Russian-speaking migrants in the UK. It was designed around a case study of a Russian-speaking online forum for migrants... Read More about The role of online social networks in the wellbeing of highly skilled migrants: a case-study of an online forum for Russian-speaking migrants in the UK.

Influences on interpretation: A critical evaluation of the influences on the design and management of interpretation at lighter dark visitor attractions (2019)
Thesis
Wyatt, B. Influences on interpretation: A critical evaluation of the influences on the design and management of interpretation at lighter dark visitor attractions. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2455103

Although previous tourism research has acknowledged the phenomenon of dark tourism, there is still an absence of research in relation to the design and management of interpretation at dark visitor attractions (DVAs) situated on the lighter end of the... Read More about Influences on interpretation: A critical evaluation of the influences on the design and management of interpretation at lighter dark visitor attractions.

Platform Business Modelling for Enhancing the Efficiency of Freight Logistics in the Maritime Supply Chain (2019)
Thesis
Weisshuhn, O. Platform Business Modelling for Enhancing the Efficiency of Freight Logistics in the Maritime Supply Chain. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2455085

The emerging platform economy is transforming industries, and thus also the freight logistics industry. In particular, industry platforms based on blockchain technology that process business-to-business (B2B) transactions offer enormous potential for... Read More about Platform Business Modelling for Enhancing the Efficiency of Freight Logistics in the Maritime Supply Chain.