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Future Proofing the Integrity of Assessments within Business Management Studies for the Age of Artificial Intelligence (2024)
Book Chapter
Khaleel, F., Harte, P., & Avdukic, A. (in press). Future Proofing the Integrity of Assessments within Business Management Studies for the Age of Artificial Intelligence. In International Encyclopedia of Business Management. Elsevier

The content generative artificial intelligence is developing rapidly, and it is challenging the old norms of assessment design within the HEIs. This chapter discusses the impact of AI on the academic integrity, as we argue that with a slight shift wi... Read More about Future Proofing the Integrity of Assessments within Business Management Studies for the Age of Artificial Intelligence.

Interaction Effects in the Cross-Section of Country and Industry Returns (2024)
Journal Article
Umar, Z., Zaremba, A., Umutlu, M., & Mercik, A. (2024). Interaction Effects in the Cross-Section of Country and Industry Returns. Journal of Banking and Finance, 165, Article 107200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2024.107200

We comprehensively examine the interaction effects in the cross-sectional predictability of country and industry returns. Using nearly five decades of data from 68 countries, we construct all possible double-sorted portfolios based on 44 portfolio ch... Read More about Interaction Effects in the Cross-Section of Country and Industry Returns.

Addressing inequalities in smart places: a primer for public administrations and third sector organisations (2024)
Report
Gerli, P., Ferreri, M., Lauri, C., Regalia, M., & Williams, A. (2024). Addressing inequalities in smart places: a primer for public administrations and third sector organisations. The British Academy, Accademia dei Lincei

Over the past 15 years, a variety of initiatives that claim to make places smarter have been launched at different geographic levels and scales, with smart cities and smart villages being just the most prominent examples of this phenomenon. Despite t... Read More about Addressing inequalities in smart places: a primer for public administrations and third sector organisations.

The future of transformative events: An event leaders’ perspective (2024)
Journal Article
Neuhofer, B., Celuch, K., & Rihova, I. (online). The future of transformative events: An event leaders’ perspective. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-07-2023-1027

Purpose – Focussing on the perspective of business event leaders’ perspective, this study explores the future of transformative experience (TE) events, recognising a paradigm shift from organising conventional events to designing and guiding transfor... Read More about The future of transformative events: An event leaders’ perspective.

Affrontare le disuguaglianze negli smart places: una guida per le amministrazioni pubbliche e le organizzazioni del terzo settore (2024)
Report
Gerli, P., Ferreri, M., Lauri, C., Regalia, M., & Williams, A. (online). Affrontare le disuguaglianze negli smart places: una guida per le amministrazioni pubbliche e le organizzazioni del terzo settore. The British Academy, Accademia dei Lincei

Negli ultimi 15 anni sono state lanciate, a diversi livelli geografici, una varietà di iniziative che puntano a promuovere lo sviluppo socio-economico attraverso l’implementazione di soluzioni tecnologiche innovative. Smart cities e smart villages so... Read More about Affrontare le disuguaglianze negli smart places: una guida per le amministrazioni pubbliche e le organizzazioni del terzo settore.

Developing Higher Education Educators’ AI Literacy - An Experiential Learning Method (2024)
Book Chapter
Kurtzke, S., & Brodie, J. (2024). Developing Higher Education Educators’ AI Literacy - An Experiential Learning Method. In Leading Global Excellence in Pedagogy: Augmenting Teaching Excellence: Embracing the future of Education with AI and Emerging Technologies. IFNTF Publishing

In the wake of the rapid rise of Generative AI (GAI) since the end of 2022, this paper focuses on the rapidly emerging need to upskill academics working in higher education (HE) in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and more broadly integrate AI literacy i... Read More about Developing Higher Education Educators’ AI Literacy - An Experiential Learning Method.

Ambient Air Pollution and Chronic kidney disease risk in Deltan communities: A Policy Brief, 2023 (2024)
Journal Article
Okoye, O., Carnegie, E., & Mora, L. (online). Ambient Air Pollution and Chronic kidney disease risk in Deltan communities: A Policy Brief, 2023. F1000Research, https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.145904.1

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a persistent, devastating, yet neglected, non-communicable disease in developing and emerging countries. National, regional, and international agencies’ communications and reports on non-communicable diseases intenti... Read More about Ambient Air Pollution and Chronic kidney disease risk in Deltan communities: A Policy Brief, 2023.

Solo trails/trials for this unlikely hiker: Purpose, purity, and quest (2024)
Book Chapter
Stanley, P. (2024). Solo trails/trials for this unlikely hiker: Purpose, purity, and quest. In A. Grant, & E. Lloyd-Parkes (Eds.), Meaningful Journeys: Autoethnographies of Quest and Identity Transformation. Routledge

Alex Roddie (2021, p.25) sets himself a challenge: to hike Scotland’s Cape Wrath Trail alone, in winter, and without communications technology. And then, almost immediately, his tent floods and he calls home for backup. He writes: "As I packed up... Read More about Solo trails/trials for this unlikely hiker: Purpose, purity, and quest.

Extreme work in organizations: mapping the field and a future research agenda (2024)
Journal Article
Garavan, T., Grant, K., Holland, P., Bartram, T., & Mackenzie, C. (2024). Extreme work in organizations: mapping the field and a future research agenda. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 35(9), 1603-1625. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2024.2329399

Despite the growing interest in the phenomenon of extreme work amongst academics, policy makers and the media, the area is characterized by different constructs, terminology, and disparate research findings on both contexts and outcomes. The aim of t... Read More about Extreme work in organizations: mapping the field and a future research agenda.

New Horizons in Peer Advice Systems: Developing the Freelance Advisor (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Patrick-Thomson, H., Lawson, A., & Lapok, P. (2024, April). New Horizons in Peer Advice Systems: Developing the Freelance Advisor. Paper presented at Digital Business and Society Consortium, Royal Holloway, University of London

Work in the creative and cultural industries is often seen as “good” because it offers people a chance to earn money while engaged in their passion (McRobbie, 2018), to have autonomy over when, where and how they work (Smith and McKinlay, 2009), and... Read More about New Horizons in Peer Advice Systems: Developing the Freelance Advisor.

‘Welcome to Dounreay’: ideological narratives of hospitality at the Dounreay visitor centre, c.1960 - 2007 (2024)
Journal Article
Mercer-Jones, E. (in press). ‘Welcome to Dounreay’: ideological narratives of hospitality at the Dounreay visitor centre, c.1960 - 2007. Hospitality and Society,

Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment (NPDE) was built in the far northeast of Scotland due to the possible ‘misbehaviour’ of the technology and the dangerous nature of the materials involved. From 1960 to the eve of decommissioning in 200... Read More about ‘Welcome to Dounreay’: ideological narratives of hospitality at the Dounreay visitor centre, c.1960 - 2007.

Curated Collection: The Festival City in Event Management Research (2024)
Journal Article
Todd, L., & Quinn, B. (online). Curated Collection: The Festival City in Event Management Research. Event Management, https://doi.org/10.3727/152599524X17114977927355

This curated collection considers the topic of the Festival City and examines how research on this theme published in the Event Management journal has contributed to extant theory in event management and event studies. Our commentary examines the evo... Read More about Curated Collection: The Festival City in Event Management Research.

From “dirty” oil and gas to green energy: Workers’ views on skills transition (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Heidl, B., O'Neil, J., & Bratton, A. (2024, April). From “dirty” oil and gas to green energy: Workers’ views on skills transition. Presented at 42nd International Labour Process Conference 2024 (ILPC 2024), Göttingen

As the environmental agenda progresses worldwide, it is clear that the move to sustainable forms of energy is both crucial and inevitable. For UK workers currently employed in the traditional energy sector including oil and gas, this transition prese... Read More about From “dirty” oil and gas to green energy: Workers’ views on skills transition.

Career transitions to paid employment: At what point does training placement provision move between up-skilling to exploitation? (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Neil, J., & Ivancheva, M. (2024, April). Career transitions to paid employment: At what point does training placement provision move between up-skilling to exploitation?. Paper presented at 42nd International Labour Process Conference 2024 (ILPC 2024), Göttingen

Precarious work that becomes a ‘stepping stone’ to decent work (McGuiness and Wooden 2009, Nunley et al 2017; Munoz-Comet and Steinmetz 2020) is the bargain struck for many learners leaving education and accessing employment, typically via placements... Read More about Career transitions to paid employment: At what point does training placement provision move between up-skilling to exploitation?.

Will slow tourism slow down air traffic demand? (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Arvanitis, P. (2024, July). Will slow tourism slow down air traffic demand?. Presented at LSA Conference, University of West Scotland

The air transport industry has experienced almost ceaseless growth (Graham, 2000) despite numerous factors that contributed to its slowing down. This growth comes from new travellers and present ones taking more or longer holidays. This trend is gett... Read More about Will slow tourism slow down air traffic demand?.

The Civil Code Controversy in Meiji Japan: The Struggle to Modernize the Nation (2024)
Book
Piegzik, M. (2024). The Civil Code Controversy in Meiji Japan: The Struggle to Modernize the Nation. Netherlands: Leiden University Press

The book outlines a dramatic history of the failed liberalization of Japanese private law during the Meiji era. Once Japan overthrew the shogunate and fully opened up to contact with the world, modernization of the backward country and its fragmented... Read More about The Civil Code Controversy in Meiji Japan: The Struggle to Modernize the Nation.

Enhancing graduate employability – exploring the influence of experiential simulation learning on life skill development (2024)
Journal Article
Scheuring, F., & Thompson, J. (in press). Enhancing graduate employability – exploring the influence of experiential simulation learning on life skill development. Studies in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2024.2334837

Skills and knowledge which increase the likelihood of university graduates finding employment is an increasingly important factor for higher education institutions. Even though subject matter expertise remains a primary objective, supporting students... Read More about Enhancing graduate employability – exploring the influence of experiential simulation learning on life skill development.

Guide for Business Events Shaping Tomorrow (SDGs measurement and evaluation guide) (2024)
Other
Robertson, M. (2024). Guide for Business Events Shaping Tomorrow (SDGs measurement and evaluation guide). [PDF]

This guide is for Business Event client (UK or International) hosting conference, convention or other large business-related event in Edinburgh. It is a guide for application of the measurement matrix created by Dr Martin Robertson in 2022 as part of... Read More about Guide for Business Events Shaping Tomorrow (SDGs measurement and evaluation guide).