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International Academic Staff: The Roles of Languages, Cultures, and Personalities (2024)
Book
Richards, K., Pilcher, N., & Lee, G. S. J. (2024). International Academic Staff: The Roles of Languages, Cultures, and Personalities. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-58760-3

This book ​focuses on the experiences of international academic staff in higher education, particularly examining the influences of issues such as languages, cultures, and personalities. The qualitative approach taken by the authors provides vignette... Read More about International Academic Staff: The Roles of Languages, Cultures, and Personalities.

Linking AI for Intervention Strategies: A systematic Review for Nursing (2024)
Journal Article
Fascia, M. (2024). Linking AI for Intervention Strategies: A systematic Review for Nursing. EMRI Journal of Business Philosophy, 2,

Artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized many industries, with healthcare atthe forefront. AI-driven predictive analytics holds significant potential for earlyintervention in nursing management, promising enhanced patient outcomes.This paper e... Read More about Linking AI for Intervention Strategies: A systematic Review for Nursing.

Digital Financial Inclusion, the Belt and Road Initiative, and the Paris Agreement: Impacts on Energy Transition Grid Costs (2024)
Journal Article
Zubair Chishti, M., Xia, X., Du, A. M., & Ozkan, O. (online). Digital Financial Inclusion, the Belt and Road Initiative, and the Paris Agreement: Impacts on Energy Transition Grid Costs. Finance Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2024.106517

We investigate how digital financial inclusion, the Belt and Road Initiative, and the Paris Agreement influence the energy transition grid cost. We propose two new Kendall and Spearman wavelet cross-quantile correlation methods and utilize data from... Read More about Digital Financial Inclusion, the Belt and Road Initiative, and the Paris Agreement: Impacts on Energy Transition Grid Costs.

Fueling Financial Development: The Crucial Role of Generative AI Financing Across Nations (2024)
Journal Article
Bakkar Siddik, A., Li, Y., Du, A. M., & Migliavacca, M. (online). Fueling Financial Development: The Crucial Role of Generative AI Financing Across Nations. Finance Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2024.106519

This study examines the impact of Generative AI (GAI) financing on financial development (FD) across 21 countries using cross-sectional data from 2020 to 2022. Employing both simple linear regression and two-stage least squares (2SLS) to address endo... Read More about Fueling Financial Development: The Crucial Role of Generative AI Financing Across Nations.

Preparing Tourism, Hospitality and Events graduates to be industry ready: Extending the three-factor model of authentic learning (2024)
Journal Article
Kitchen, E., Goh, E., Steriopolous, E., Harkison, T., Drake, C., Robertson, M., Losekoot, E., & Waterston, L. (online). Preparing Tourism, Hospitality and Events graduates to be industry ready: Extending the three-factor model of authentic learning. Studies in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2024.2420868

Authentic learning is a critical pedagogy and curriculum requirement in higher education to better prepare students for future workforce requirements. As such, educators adopt a range of authentic learning tasks such as work-integrated learning, indu... Read More about Preparing Tourism, Hospitality and Events graduates to be industry ready: Extending the three-factor model of authentic learning.

Material matters: recommendations for the analysis of relational spaces in sociotechnical transition studies (2024)
Journal Article
Lykouras, I., & Mora, L. (online). Material matters: recommendations for the analysis of relational spaces in sociotechnical transition studies. Technology in Society, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102764

This Opinion Paper examines the interplay between materiality, relational spaces, and technological change dynamics. The objective is to introduce a novel theoretical perspective and a structured analytical process designed to enrich the investigatio... Read More about Material matters: recommendations for the analysis of relational spaces in sociotechnical transition studies.

Breaking away from family control? Collaboration among political organisations and social media endorsement among their constituents (2024)
Journal Article
Wagner, P. M., Malkamäki, A., & Ylä-Anttila, T. (online). Breaking away from family control? Collaboration among political organisations and social media endorsement among their constituents. Policy Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11077-024-09553-6

Coalitions that engage in political advocacy are constituted by organisations, which are made up of individuals and organisational subunits. Comparing the coalitions formed by organisations to the those formed by their constituent parts provides a me... Read More about Breaking away from family control? Collaboration among political organisations and social media endorsement among their constituents.

Reframing discourses of healthcare “helping” in volunteer tourism: Critical interculturality, liberation theology, and Latin America (2024)
Book Chapter
Stanley, P. (2024). Reframing discourses of healthcare “helping” in volunteer tourism: Critical interculturality, liberation theology, and Latin America. In F. Dervin (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Critical Interculturality in Communication and Education. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003513940-37

This chapter discusses critical interculturality as the socio-historical context against which individuals’ intercultural communications and developing intercultural competence may be understood. The individuals are short-term sojourners, primarily y... Read More about Reframing discourses of healthcare “helping” in volunteer tourism: Critical interculturality, liberation theology, and Latin America.

A New Age for Academic Integrity? Rethinking Assessment Security (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khaleel, F. (2024, November). A New Age for Academic Integrity? Rethinking Assessment Security. Presented at Future of HE Assessment 2024, Online

What counts as misconduct in the age of AI and how do we define the parameters?

Recognising the barriers to effective AI detection and exploring how we can embrace AI in the assessment process

How should assessment design be reimagined to suppo... Read More about A New Age for Academic Integrity? Rethinking Assessment Security.

Women entrepreneurs: From potential to intention. The role of motivations and culture in emerging economies (2024)
Book Chapter
Osowska, R., & Kapasi, I. (2024). Women entrepreneurs: From potential to intention. The role of motivations and culture in emerging economies. In H. Neergaard, M. Guerrero, & B. Kenny (Eds.), De Gruyter Handbook of Women Entrepreneurs in Emerging Economies (369-392). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110747669-015

Entrepreneurial motivations are theorised as informing entrepreneurial behaviours and their scope and direction. Although the literature has identified agency-focused cognitive process, little is still known about women’s entrepreneurial motivations... Read More about Women entrepreneurs: From potential to intention. The role of motivations and culture in emerging economies.

Artificial intelligence as a catalyst for sustainable tourism growth and economic cycles (2024)
Journal Article
Siddik, A. B., Forid, M. S., Yong, L., Du, A. M., & Goodell, J. W. (2025). Artificial intelligence as a catalyst for sustainable tourism growth and economic cycles. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 210, Article 123875. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2024.123875

We investigate the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in promoting sustainable tourism growth and its implications for the next technological and economic cycle. Focusing on the top ten global tourist destinations from 2010 to 2022, we investigate... Read More about Artificial intelligence as a catalyst for sustainable tourism growth and economic cycles.

Franchisee well-being: The roles of entrepreneurial identity, autonomy perceptions, and franchisor management practices (2024)
Journal Article
Watson, A., Backhaus, C., El Akremi, A., Mignonac, K., & Perrigot, R. (2024). Franchisee well-being: The roles of entrepreneurial identity, autonomy perceptions, and franchisor management practices. Industrial Marketing Management, 123, 386-399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2024.11.001

Using two-level data drawn from franchisors and their franchisees, this paper explores how individual and work characteristics influence franchisee well-being. Franchising is an interesting context in which to examine well-being, given the boundary s... Read More about Franchisee well-being: The roles of entrepreneurial identity, autonomy perceptions, and franchisor management practices.

The ‘Skills Gap’ in the Animation/VFX industry in Scotland (2024)
Journal Article
Mortimer, J., Richards, K., & Pilcher, N. (2024). The ‘Skills Gap’ in the Animation/VFX industry in Scotland. Animation, 19(2-3), 161-176. https://doi.org/10.1177/17468477241281629

Integral to the animation and visual effects (VFX) industry are graduates with industry focused skills. Yet, the industry is rapid and ever changing, almost defying attempts to define it. How then should animation/VFX, and indeed any subject of a sim... Read More about The ‘Skills Gap’ in the Animation/VFX industry in Scotland.

Effect of consumer brand involvement on brand advocacy: a moderated mediation model (2024)
Journal Article
Cheung, M. F. Y., & To, W. M. (online). Effect of consumer brand involvement on brand advocacy: a moderated mediation model. Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, https://doi.org/10.1080/10696679.2024.2427207

This study explored the mechanisms and contexts through which consumer brand involvement can influence brand advocacy. A moderated mediation model was empirically tested with a random sample of 387 Chinese consumers in Hong Kong. The results indicate... Read More about Effect of consumer brand involvement on brand advocacy: a moderated mediation model.

Meeting the Job Expectations of a New Generation of Police Officers: The Changing Psychological Contract and Turnover Intention (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grant, K., & Vincent, D. (2024, November). Meeting the Job Expectations of a New Generation of Police Officers: The Changing Psychological Contract and Turnover Intention. Presented at 13th Biennial International Conference of the Dutch HRM Network, Rotterdam, Netherlands

This research draws upon psychological contract (PC) theory to investigate the ‘work’ and ‘workplace’ expectations of new probationer police officers in Scotland, UK, and to compare these with the extent to which initial job expectations of establish... Read More about Meeting the Job Expectations of a New Generation of Police Officers: The Changing Psychological Contract and Turnover Intention.

Going the extra mile: Unveiling the roots of franchisee organisational citizenship behaviours in franchise systems (2024)
Journal Article
Grünhagen, M., Watson, A., & Croonen, E. Going the extra mile: Unveiling the roots of franchisee organisational citizenship behaviours in franchise systems. International Small Business Journal, https://doi.org/10.1177/02662426241292035

While researchers and practitioners have recognised the essential role of employee organisational citizenship behaviours (OCBs), there is an absence of their consideration within franchise systems as a unique context. We aim to address this gap by ex... Read More about Going the extra mile: Unveiling the roots of franchisee organisational citizenship behaviours in franchise systems.

Firm biodiversity risk, climate vulnerabilities, and bankruptcy risk (2024)
Journal Article
Adamolekun, G. (2024). Firm biodiversity risk, climate vulnerabilities, and bankruptcy risk. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 97, Article 102075. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2024.102075

This study examines the relationship between firms’ biodiversity risk, climate susceptibility, and bankruptcy risk. The findings indicate that firm exposure to biodiversity risk increases the likelihood of financial distress. Furthermore, we document... Read More about Firm biodiversity risk, climate vulnerabilities, and bankruptcy risk.

The new path towards ecopreneurship education (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harte, P., Fonseca, A. P., & Peisl, T. (2024, November). The new path towards ecopreneurship education. Presented at Heriot Watt University Sustainability Week, Edinburgh

The chapter will provide our working definition of ecopreneurs as (start-up) entrepreneurs who focus on an environmental or green aspect in their product or service innovations (Harte et al., 2021) and the roadmap for the chapter.

A brief literatu... Read More about The new path towards ecopreneurship education.

Evaluating the effectiveness of the ‘eco-cooler’ for passive home cooling (2024)
Journal Article
Bunker, A., Lundgren Kownacki, K., Sarker, S., Bari, R., Sarker, M., Buonocore, J. J., Geldsetzer, P., Revstedt, J., & Bärnighausen, T. (2024). Evaluating the effectiveness of the ‘eco-cooler’ for passive home cooling. npj Climate Action, 3(1), Article 94. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-024-00165-7

Constructed with used plastic bottles, the eco-cooler has been widely adopted in resource-poor communities in Bangladesh and other countries. We tested the eco-cooler under controlled conditions using a scientific wind tunnel in a climatic chamber. I... Read More about Evaluating the effectiveness of the ‘eco-cooler’ for passive home cooling.

Thailand’s Kra Canal: economic feasibility and expert perspectives on its complexity (2024)
Journal Article
Tseng, P.-H., & Pilcher, N. (online). Thailand’s Kra Canal: economic feasibility and expert perspectives on its complexity. Maritime Business Review, https://doi.org/10.1108/mabr-05-2024-0042

Purpose
Asia is one of the most important economic regions of the world. The Kra Canal is considered as a potential maritime transportation node in global trade. Indeed, for centuries, a canal across the Kra isthmus in Thailand has been proposed as... Read More about Thailand’s Kra Canal: economic feasibility and expert perspectives on its complexity.