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Mating effort correlates with self-reported delinquency in a normal adolescent sample (2004)
Journal Article
Charles, K. E., & Egan, V. (2005). Mating effort correlates with self-reported delinquency in a normal adolescent sample. Personality and Individual Differences, 38(5), 1035-1045. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2004.06.021

Previous research on males, undergraduates and delinquents has shown that high mating effort is significantly correlated with delinquency, promiscuity and coercive sexual behaviour. Mating effort is defined in terms of the r/K trade-off with parental... Read More about Mating effort correlates with self-reported delinquency in a normal adolescent sample.

Social networks, job seeking and the unemployed. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lindsay, C., Greig, M., & McQuaid, R. W. (2004, April). Social networks, job seeking and the unemployed. Presented at Regional Studies Association Conference

A processual analysis of HRM-based change. (2003)
Journal Article
Francis, H., & Sinclair, J. (2003). A processual analysis of HRM-based change. Organization, 10(4), 685-706. https://doi.org/10.1177/13505084030104004

This article examines the emergence and development of HRM-based change within two private sector manufacturing organizations. We draw upon discourse theory to open up fresh insights into the uncertain and complex nature of organizational change, spe... Read More about A processual analysis of HRM-based change..

Teamworking and change: managing the contradictions (2003)
Journal Article
Francis, H. (2003). Teamworking and change: managing the contradictions. Human Resource Management Journal, 13(3), 71-90. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-8583.2003.tb00099.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 Teamworking and change: managing the contradictions.

Organisational learning: an investigation of response to rapid change in a traditional environment. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buckner, K., & Davenport, E. (2003, June). Organisational learning: an investigation of response to rapid change in a traditional environment. Presented at 10th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International, Crete, Greece 22-27 June 2003; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

This paper is a case study of 'collective' HCI in a 'top-down' systems project - a very large computing center in a new university in the United Kingdom. The authors present the findings of a small empirical study of computer supported teaching and l... Read More about Organisational learning: an investigation of response to rapid change in a traditional environment..

HRM and the beginnings of organizational change (2003)
Journal Article
Francis, H. (2003). HRM and the beginnings of organizational change. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 16(3), 309-327. https://doi.org/10.1108/09534810310475541

This paper presents a discourse-analytic approach to the study of human resource management (HRM) and organisational change, which is more sensitive than conventional research designs to the dynamic role of language in shaping processes of change. Th... Read More about HRM and the beginnings of organizational change.

News Cultures and New Social Movements: radical journalism and the mainstream media (2002)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (2002). News Cultures and New Social Movements: radical journalism and the mainstream media. Journalism Studies, 3(4), 491-505. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670022000019209

Radical media can be viewed as an extremely democratic form of communication, where people normally denied access to the mainstream media are able to speak on issues that concern them. Radical media are especially important for new social movements,... Read More about News Cultures and New Social Movements: radical journalism and the mainstream media.

Job change and workplace learning in the public sector: the significance of new technology for unskilled work (2002)
Journal Article
Munro, A., & Rainbird, H. (2002). Job change and workplace learning in the public sector: the significance of new technology for unskilled work. New Technology, Work and Employment, 17(3), 224-235. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-005X.00106

Focussing here on local authorities and health services, this paper examines the significance of new technology to unskilled work in the public sector as it is developing and the implications for workplace learning. An argument is developed that new... Read More about Job change and workplace learning in the public sector: the significance of new technology for unskilled work.

Enacting organisational change programmes: a centre stage role for HRM. (2002)
Journal Article
Farquharson, L., & Baum, T. (2002). Enacting organisational change programmes: a centre stage role for HRM. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 14(5), 243-250. https://doi.org/10.1108/09596110210433772

This article discusses the key role which HRM can play in strategic change programmes. A theoretical outline is offered which emphasises the strong links between HRM and organisational change literature, with a particular interest in the "soft" and "... Read More about Enacting organisational change programmes: a centre stage role for HRM..

Mundane knowledge management and microlevel organizational learning: an ethological approach. (2002)
Journal Article
Davenport, E. (2002). Mundane knowledge management and microlevel organizational learning: an ethological approach. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 53, 1038-1046. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.10110

Knowledge management is discussed in the context of articulation work, that is routine interactions in groups of local practice. In such situations, knowledge is largely acquired and maintained by learning from the appropriate behavior of others by m... Read More about Mundane knowledge management and microlevel organizational learning: an ethological approach..

On the present state of information society studies. (2001)
Journal Article
Duff, A. (2001). On the present state of information society studies. Education for Information, 19, 231-244

The paper assesses the present condition of the emerging specialism. Topics include the information economy; information technology; the information explosion; the Japanese version of information society; information society as social democracy; soci... Read More about On the present state of information society studies..

The role of knowledge facilitators and inhibitors: lessons from airline reservations systems. (2001)
Journal Article
Stonehouse, G., Pemberton, J., & Barber, C. E. (2001). The role of knowledge facilitators and inhibitors: lessons from airline reservations systems. Long Range Planning, 34(2), 115-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0024-6301%2801%2900021-8

Strategic frameworks seeking to explain how an organisation may generate superior performance are numerous. Earlier approaches centred on the competitive position of an organisation within its industry, with subsequent attention focused on an organis... Read More about The role of knowledge facilitators and inhibitors: lessons from airline reservations systems..

A conceptual framework for the study of structural configurations of organising committees for the Olympic Games. (OCOGs) (2001)
Journal Article
Theodoraki, E. (2001). A conceptual framework for the study of structural configurations of organising committees for the Olympic Games. (OCOGs). European journal for sport management, 2, 106-124

In recent years Organising Committees for the Olympic Games (OCOGs) have become increasingly interested in developing their Games specific management know-how which enables them to increase efficiency in a tight timescale. In response to calls for sy... Read More about A conceptual framework for the study of structural configurations of organising committees for the Olympic Games. (OCOGs).

The making of the UK Sports Institute (1999)
Journal Article
Theodoraki, E. (1999). The making of the UK Sports Institute. Managing Leisure, 4(4), 187-200. https://doi.org/10.1080/136067199375742

The paper explores decision-making related to the UK Sports Institute (UKSI) which was envisaged by ex-prime minister John Major as an agency that would co-ordinate elite sport development in the UK. Conceptual frameworks of organizational decision-m... Read More about The making of the UK Sports Institute.