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Book review of "Culture and Identity through English as a Lingua Franca: Rethinking Concepts and Goals in Intercultural Communication" - Will Baker (2017)
Journal Article
Ratz, S. (2017). Book review of "Culture and Identity through English as a Lingua Franca: Rethinking Concepts and Goals in Intercultural Communication" - Will Baker. Asian EFL Journal, 19(4),

Book review of Culture and Identity through English as a Lingua Franca: Rethinking Concepts and Goals in Intercultural Communication - Will Baker. Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2015, pp xi + 284

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

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.

A systems approach to understanding the perspectives in the changing landscape of responsible business in Scotland (2017)
Journal Article
Weaver, M. W., Crossan, K., Tan, H., & Paxton, S. (2018). A systems approach to understanding the perspectives in the changing landscape of responsible business in Scotland. European Journal of Operational Research, 268(3), 1149-1167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.11.050

The purpose of this paper is to present an application of community O.R. (COR), using soft system methodology (SSM) to help a grant-maker to understand how to unlock and release more resources into communities. The problem area under investigation is... Read More about A systems approach to understanding the perspectives in the changing landscape of responsible business in Scotland.

Restaurants’ social enterprise business model: Three case studies (2017)
Journal Article
Dickerson, C., & Hassanien, A. (2017). Restaurants’ social enterprise business model: Three case studies. Journal of quality assurance in hospitality & tourism JQAHT, 19(2), 192-216. https://doi.org/10.1080/1528008X.2017.1363009

This research explores the application of the Social Enterprise business model within the context of the hospitality industry. In order to achieve this goal, a qualitative primary research was conducted through three case studies. The research sugges... Read More about Restaurants’ social enterprise business model: Three case studies.

Construction Workers’ Well-Being: What Leads to Depression, Anxiety, and Stress? (2017)
Journal Article
Langdon, R. R., & Sawang, S. (2018). Construction Workers’ Well-Being: What Leads to Depression, Anxiety, and Stress?. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 144(2), https://doi.org/10.1061/%28asce%29co.1943-7862.0001406

Work-related stress is an important issue in any industry, particularly in construction, in which stressful environments are frequently encountered. “What are the primary stressors in the construction workplace?” and “What are the relationships betwe... Read More about Construction Workers’ Well-Being: What Leads to Depression, Anxiety, and Stress?.

Direct Payments and Personal Budgets: Putting Personalisation into Practice, 3rd ed. By Jon Glasby and Rosemary Littlechild Bristol: Policy Press, 2016. ISBN: 978‐1‐4473‐2676‐2; £19.99 (pbk). [book review] (2017)
Journal Article
Young, D. (2017). Direct Payments and Personal Budgets: Putting Personalisation into Practice, 3rd ed. By Jon Glasby and Rosemary Littlechild Bristol: Policy Press, 2016. ISBN: 978‐1‐4473‐2676‐2; £19.99 (pbk). [book review]. Social Policy and Administration, 51(7), 1506-1508

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Size matters everywhere: Decomposing the small country and small industry premia (2017)
Journal Article
Zaremba, A., & Umutlu, M. (2018). Size matters everywhere: Decomposing the small country and small industry premia. North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 43, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.najef.2017.09.002

We explore the country and industry size effects by decomposing market value into four components: short-term return, representing momentum; long-run return, representing reversal; composite issuance; and lagged market value. We examine the implicati... Read More about Size matters everywhere: Decomposing the small country and small industry premia.

Entrepreneurial Orientation Rhetoric in Franchise Organizations: The Impact of National Culture (2017)
Journal Article
Watson, A., Dada, O. (., Wright, O., & Perrigot, R. (2019). Entrepreneurial Orientation Rhetoric in Franchise Organizations: The Impact of National Culture. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 43(4), 751-772. https://doi.org/10.1177/1042258717738519

This study examines the role of national culture on the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) rhetoric contained within franchisee recruitment promotional materials, where EO rhetoric is defined as the strategic use of words in organizational narratives t... Read More about Entrepreneurial Orientation Rhetoric in Franchise Organizations: The Impact of National Culture.

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, Partnership, and Sharing, Orlando, USA

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.

Industry characteristics, stages of E-commerce communications, and entrepreneurs and SMEs revenue growth (2017)
Journal Article
Saridakis, G., Lai, Y., Mohammed, A.-M., & Hansen, J. M. (2018). Industry characteristics, stages of E-commerce communications, and entrepreneurs and SMEs revenue growth. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 128, 56-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2017.10.017

This paper empirically examines the role of industry characteristics portrayed by information intensity of value chain or product in the relationship between the stages of E-commerce development and revenue growth for a large representative sample of... Read More about Industry characteristics, stages of E-commerce communications, and entrepreneurs and SMEs revenue growth.

An examination of the ‘rule of law’ and ‘justice’ implications in Online Dispute Resolution in construction projects (2017)
Journal Article
Ojiako, G., Chipulu, M., Marshall, A., & Williams, T. (2018). An examination of the ‘rule of law’ and ‘justice’ implications in Online Dispute Resolution in construction projects. International Journal of Project Management, 36(2), 301-316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2017.10.002

This paper examines the ‘rule of law’ and ‘justice’ implications of using Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) platforms as technology-mediated interfaces for small claim dispute resolution in construction projects. Data is obtained from a questionnaire s... Read More about An examination of the ‘rule of law’ and ‘justice’ implications in Online Dispute Resolution in construction projects.

Domestic legislation and international human rights standards: the case of mental health and incapacity (2017)
Journal Article
Stavert, J., & McGregor, R. (2018). Domestic legislation and international human rights standards: the case of mental health and incapacity. International Journal of Human Rights, 22(1), 70-89. https://doi.org/10.1080/13642987.2017.1390307

The right to health has been somewhat neglected in discussions about human rights at both national and international levels. States are often reluctant to implement socio-economic rights which they consider to be a resourcing issue, rather than a mat... Read More about Domestic legislation and international human rights standards: the case of mental health and incapacity.

Negotiation, bargaining, and discounts: generating WoM and local tourism development at the Tabriz bazaar, Iran (2017)
Journal Article
Thompson, J., Baxter, I. W. F., Curran, R., Gannon, M. J., Lochrie, S., Taheri, B., & Yalinay, O. (2018). Negotiation, bargaining, and discounts: generating WoM and local tourism development at the Tabriz bazaar, Iran. Current Issues in Tourism, 21(11), 1207-1214. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2017.1396294

This paper examines the effects of negotiation intention, bargaining propensity, and discount satisfaction on word-of-mouth (WoM) behaviours for tourists visiting Tabriz bazaar, Iran. Data from 615-survey respondents highlight that tourists are motiv... Read More about Negotiation, bargaining, and discounts: generating WoM and local tourism development at the Tabriz bazaar, Iran.

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.

Human rights law. (2017)
Book Chapter
Moran, C. F. (2017). Human rights law. In N. Busby, & R. Zahn (Eds.), Studying EU law during and after Brexit (81-84). Scottish Universities Legal Network on Europe

The European Union’s original focus was on economic integration among the six founding Member States. The task of securing human rights at a supranational level had been entrusted to the Council of Europe, which oversees and operates the European Con... Read More about Human rights law..