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Online learning for the forest and timber industries. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ridley-Ellis, D., Nolte, S., & Condon, P. (2008, June). Online learning for the forest and timber industries

Online learning offers advantages for all levels of training and development in the timber industries, from new recruits at technician level to chartered professionals. Learners and employers both value the flexibility it affords, while educators val... Read More about Online learning for the forest and timber industries..

A remote marriage: The theory and practice of being apart and staying together. (2008)
Book Chapter
Wigan, M. (2008). A remote marriage: The theory and practice of being apart and staying together. In S. Holland (Ed.), Remote relationships in a small world (277-284). Peter Land

Small children, a time consuming job, and remote living are not conducive to a happy life. Why does one choose to do it? If one has to, how can one arrange one's life to make a family work? What can communications do to help? It is easy to ask the qu... Read More about A remote marriage: The theory and practice of being apart and staying together..

Quotidian bus journeys: City life reflections on Lothian buses (2008)
Thesis
Noble, A. F. Quotidian bus journeys: City life reflections on Lothian buses. (Thesis). Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2396

The main objectives of this research are to investigate the interaction between the city of Edinburgh, Lothian Buses (Edinburgh’s principal public transport provider) and people using specific bus routes within the city boundaries. A single overarchi... Read More about Quotidian bus journeys: City life reflections on Lothian buses.

Towards a body aware strategic organisation. (2007)
Journal Article
Minocha, S., & Stonehouse, G. (2007). Towards a body aware strategic organisation. Strategic Organization, 5, 439-448. https://doi.org/10.1177/1476127007083351

This essay attempts to give a voice to the non-verbal in strategic organization
through an enhanced conceptualization of the body, a discussion of which has
too long been overlooked within the field. As a result, management in general,
and strateg... Read More about Towards a body aware strategic organisation..

Towards a model of human resource solutions for achieving intergenerational interaction in organisations (2007)
Journal Article
McGuire, D., Todnem By, R., & Hutchings, K. (2007). Towards a model of human resource solutions for achieving intergenerational interaction in organisations. Journal of European industrial training, 31(8), 592-608. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090590710833651

Purpose – Achieving intergenerational interaction and avoiding conflict is becoming increasingly difficult in a workplace populated by three generations – Baby Boomers, Generation X‐ers and Generation Y‐ers. This paper presents a model and proposes... Read More about Towards a model of human resource solutions for achieving intergenerational interaction in organisations.

From Gutenberg to Gates: a study of socio-technical change in the Edinburgh printing industry (2007)
Thesis
Parnell, M. P. From Gutenberg to Gates: a study of socio-technical change in the Edinburgh printing industry. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3804

Printing has a long and illustrious history as a craft industry. This study explores the effects of technological change on skilled workers in the Edinburgh general printing industry. Three, initially distinct, areas of sociological theory concerni... Read More about From Gutenberg to Gates: a study of socio-technical change in the Edinburgh printing industry.

Adolescent substance use in different social and peer contexts: a social network analysis. (2006)
Journal Article
Pearson, M., Sweeting, H., West, P., Young, R., Gordon, J., & Turner, K. (2006). Adolescent substance use in different social and peer contexts: a social network analysis. Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy, 13(6), 519-536. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687630600828912

This exploratory study investigates whether associations between social network measures and substance use differ according to type of substance and social context. The analyses use data obtained from 13 and 15 year olds (N=3146) in a school-based su... Read More about Adolescent substance use in different social and peer contexts: a social network analysis..

The changing face of HRM: in search of balance (2006)
Journal Article
Francis, H., & Keegan, A. (2006). The changing face of HRM: in search of balance. Human Resource Management Journal, 16(3), 231-249. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-8583.2006.00016.x

Current models of HRM suggest that expectations about HR roles are changing as organisations are striving to make the HR function leaner and more `strategic'. In our article we explore the changing roles of HRM as they are perceived by different stak... Read More about The changing face of HRM: in search of balance.

Learning communities: towards a suffiently place-based knowledge of the critical roles networking, innovation and creative partnerships play in governing the social capital of successful partnerships. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Allwinkle, S., & Deakin, M. (2005, October). Learning communities: towards a suffiently place-based knowledge of the critical roles networking, innovation and creative partnerships play in governing the social capital of successful partnerships. Presented at PASCAL International Conference, Making Knowledge Work: Building Sustainable Communities through Partnerships in Place

Learning from patterns during information technology configuration. (2005)
Journal Article
Horton, K., & Dewar, R. G. (2005). Learning from patterns during information technology configuration. Journal of Organizational and End User Computing, 17, 26-42. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-926-7.ch012

This paper asks how people can be assisted in learning from practice, as a basis for informing future action, when configuring information technology (IT) in organizations. It discusses the use of Alexanderian Patterns as a means of aiding such learn... Read More about Learning from patterns during information technology configuration..

The influence of social networks on the employment of the elderly. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gayen, K., Raeside, R., & McQuaid, R. W. (2005, February). The influence of social networks on the employment of the elderly. Presented at XXV International Conference of International Network of Social Network Analysis (INSNA), 16-20 February, Redondo Beach, LA

Sensational Interests, Mating Effort, and Personality: Evidence for Cross-Cultural Validity (2005)
Journal Article
Egan, V., Figueredo, A. J., Wolf, P., McBride, K., Sefcek, J., Vasquez, G., & Charles, K. (2005). Sensational Interests, Mating Effort, and Personality: Evidence for Cross-Cultural Validity. Journal of Individual Differences, 26(1), 11-19. https://doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001.26.1.11

We assessed whether violent or macabre interests ("sensational interests") were related to mating effort and a higher-order personality construct reflecting the combined features of higher Extraversion, lower Psychoticism, and lower Neuroticism in 1,... Read More about Sensational Interests, Mating Effort, and Personality: Evidence for Cross-Cultural Validity.