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When social means business: the potential of social computing tools to support collaborative work as part of the organisational information infrastructure. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hall, H. (2009, June). When social means business: the potential of social computing tools to support collaborative work as part of the organisational information infrastructure. Presented at Innovation in e-information

Based on the results of a study conducted jointly by Edinburgh Napier University and TFPL, this paper will discuss the main risks and opportunities of the adoption of social computing tools within organizations for collaborative work purposes as perc... Read More about When social means business: the potential of social computing tools to support collaborative work as part of the organisational information infrastructure..

Dialogue, speech and images: the Companions project data set. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wilks, Y., Benyon, D., Brewster, C., Ircing, P., & Mival, O. (2008, May). Dialogue, speech and images: the Companions project data set

This paper describes part of the corpus collection efforts underway in the EC funded Companions project. The Companions project is
collecting substantial quantities of dialogue a large part of which focus on reminiscing about photographs. The texts... Read More about Dialogue, speech and images: the Companions project data set..

R. H. Tawney. (2008)
Book Chapter
Duff, A. (2008). R. H. Tawney. In International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (271-272). Macmillan Reference USA

Ethical messages: R H. Tawney confronts the information age. (2008)
Book Chapter
Duff, A., & Melville, R. (2008). Ethical messages: R H. Tawney confronts the information age. In R. Keeble (Ed.), Communication Ethics Today (125-133). Troubador Publishing

This chapter sets ethical thinker R H Tawney in context as a dissident son of the British establishment. We explore the roots of his politics in philosophical idealism and religious socialism, before translating his famous critiques of acquisitivenes... Read More about Ethical messages: R H. Tawney confronts the information age..

The European information society. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Duff, A. (2008, November). The European information society. Paper presented at 25th Anniversary Conference of the Japan Society of Information and Communication Research

Owning identity-one or many-do we have a choice? (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wigan, M. (2007, October). Owning identity-one or many-do we have a choice?. Presented at Second Workshop on Social Implications of National Security

The rapid growth of databases, biometrics, and RFID has led to an environment where identity-related technologies are approaching a critical mass as a potential means of controlling the population. The essential aspects of these diverse technical adv... Read More about Owning identity-one or many-do we have a choice?.

Understanding acceptance of multisource feedback for management development (2007)
Journal Article
McCarthy, A. M., & Garavan, T. N. (2007). Understanding acceptance of multisource feedback for management development. Personnel Review, 36(6), 903-917. https://doi.org/10.1108/00483480710822427

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report a study investigating the predictors of acceptance of multisource feedback (MSF) by managers. Specifically, it investigates the extent to which locus of control, cynicism and perceptions of procedural... Read More about Understanding acceptance of multisource feedback for management development.

Portrait of a transformational leader: the legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr (2007)
Journal Article
McGuire, D., & Hutchings, K. (2007). Portrait of a transformational leader: the legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership & organization development journal, 28(2), 154-166. https://doi.org/10.1108/01437730710726840

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the leadership of Dr Martin Luther King Jr in relation to four characteristics of transformational leadershipDesign/methodology/approach – The paper draws upon excerpts from archival sources of perso... Read More about Portrait of a transformational leader: the legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr.

Neo-Rawlsian Co-ordinates: Notes on A Theory of Justice for the Information Age. (2006)
Journal Article
Duff, A. (2006). Neo-Rawlsian Co-ordinates: Notes on A Theory of Justice for the Information Age. International journal of information ethics, 6, 17-22

The ideas of philosopher John Rawls should be appropriated for the information age. A literature review
identifies previous contributions in fields such as communication and library and information science. The
article postulates the following neo-... Read More about Neo-Rawlsian Co-ordinates: Notes on A Theory of Justice for the Information Age..

The production of service in the digital city: a social informatics inquiry. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Davenport, E., & Horton, K. (2006, September). The production of service in the digital city: a social informatics inquiry. Presented at Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Human Choice and Computers (HCC7), IFIP TC 9, Maribor, Slovenia

The authors discuss eGovernment as a computerization movement, and present a case study of a small project that was part of a modernising government initiative in a UK municipality. The case is analysed by means of an analytic construct, the technolo... Read More about The production of service in the digital city: a social informatics inquiry..

Performance, importance and user disgruntlement: A six-step method for measuring satisfaction with travel modes (2006)
Journal Article
Stradling, S. G., Anable, J., & Carreno, M. (2007). Performance, importance and user disgruntlement: A six-step method for measuring satisfaction with travel modes. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 41(1), 98-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2006.05.013

The technique described in this paper builds on work in the customer service literature on the measurement of customer dissatisfaction to develop a new way of combining measures of performance (how well is this aspect of a service being delivered?) a... Read More about Performance, importance and user disgruntlement: A six-step method for measuring satisfaction with travel modes.