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HRM In Practice- A New Role For HR Professionals (2012)
Book Chapter
McLean, L. (2012). HRM In Practice- A New Role For HR Professionals. In J. Bratton, & J. Gold (Eds.), Human resource management : theory and practice. Palgrave Macmillan

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Personality disorder and mental health in the perinatal period. (2012)
Book Chapter
Hollins Martin, C. J. (2012). Personality disorder and mental health in the perinatal period. In C. R. Martin (Ed.), Perinatal Mental Health: a clinical guide (43-57). M & K Update

The act of giving birth has the capacity to precipitate extreme emotional reactions in some women, with parturition shown to be a risk factor for developing psychiatric illness (Brockington, 1996; Paradice, 2002). Statistically 1–20 per cent of all n... Read More about Personality disorder and mental health in the perinatal period..

Partners at the birth. (2012)
Book Chapter
Hollins Martin, C. J. (2012). Partners at the birth. In C. R. Martin (Ed.), Perinatal Mental Health: a clinical guide. M & K Update

Contemporary Western culture incorporates a belief that fathers should attend the birth of their child, but is this always a healthy assumption to make? There has been an increasing trend in the West for fathers to be present during childbirth (David... Read More about Partners at the birth..

Conformity and obedience among midwives. (2012)
Book Chapter
Hollins Martin, C. J. (2012). Conformity and obedience among midwives. In C. R. Martin (Ed.), Perinatal Mental Health: a clinical guide (249-261). M & K Updates

The literature on obedience emphasises that legitimate authority is a powerful and compelling force. This is particularly evident in Milgram’s experiments (1963, 1974) in which participants systematically shocked a helpless victim at the bidding of a... Read More about Conformity and obedience among midwives..

Drugs, drink and mental health: The impact and consequences of dual diagnosis for mental health service delivery (2012)
Book Chapter
Hughes, L., & Phillips, P. (2012). Drugs, drink and mental health: The impact and consequences of dual diagnosis for mental health service delivery. In P. Phillips, T. Sandford, & C. Johnston (Eds.), Working in Mental Health: Practice and Policy in a Changing Environment (81-89). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203120910-17

Mental health service users with co-morbid alcohol and/or drug use problems (which will be referred to as ‘dual diagnosis’) have presented one of the most significant challenges to British and international mental health and wider health and social c... Read More about Drugs, drink and mental health: The impact and consequences of dual diagnosis for mental health service delivery.

Routing metrics for wireless mesh networks: a survey (2012)
Book Chapter
Zhao, L., & Al-Dubai, A. (2012). Routing metrics for wireless mesh networks: a survey. In Recent Advances in Computer Science and Information Engineering (311-316). (127). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25769-8_45

Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) is a key emerging technology to construct next generation wireless multi-hop network. It combines the advantages of both mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) and traditional fixed network, attracting significant industrial and ac... Read More about Routing metrics for wireless mesh networks: a survey.

Distributed Discussion: An Integrated eParticipation Model for Engaging Young People in Technology Policy (2012)
Book Chapter
Taylor-Smith, E., Kimpeler, S., & Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, P. (2012). Distributed Discussion: An Integrated eParticipation Model for Engaging Young People in Technology Policy. In Y. Charalabidis, & S. Koussouris (Eds.), Empowering Open and Collaborative Governance (181-197). Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27219-6_10

This chapter describes an eParticipation model, designed to be especially appropriate to young people and complex topics: distributed discussion. It draws on the experiences of the HUWY project, which piloted a distributed discussion model, in four c... Read More about Distributed Discussion: An Integrated eParticipation Model for Engaging Young People in Technology Policy.

Critical HRD and Organisational Effectiveness (2012)
Book Chapter
Ramdhony, A. (2012). Critical HRD and Organisational Effectiveness. In People and Organisational Development: A New Agenda for Organisational Effectiveness, 161-179. KoganPage

Managing Improvisational Practice: The Tension Between Structure and Creative Difference (2012)
Book Chapter
Patrick, H., Grieg, G., & Beech, N. (2012). Managing Improvisational Practice: The Tension Between Structure and Creative Difference. In Handbook of Institutional Approaches to International Business14 (344-362). Edward Elgar Publishing

This chapter adopts cultural historical activity theory in an empirical analysis of theoretical improvisation in order to explore its relational nature as an example of bounded diversity.