Human Resource Development and Society: Human Resource Development’s Role in Embedding Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, and Ethics in Organizations (2010)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., & McGuire, D. (2010). Human Resource Development and Society: Human Resource Development’s Role in Embedding Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, and Ethics in Organizations. Advances in developing human resources, 12(5), 487-507. https://doi.org/10.1177/1523422310394757

Human resource development (HRD) is increasingly expected to play a facilitative role in corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainability, and ethics in organizations. However, there is also significant skepticism concerning HRD’s ability to mak... Read More about Human Resource Development and Society: Human Resource Development’s Role in Embedding Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, and Ethics in Organizations.

Engaging Organizations in Environmental Change: A Greenprint for Action (2010)
Journal Article
McGuire, D. (2010). Engaging Organizations in Environmental Change: A Greenprint for Action. Advances in developing human resources, 12(5), 508-523. https://doi.org/10.1177/1523422310394759

In the past decade, awareness of environmental issues has increased tremendously and organizations are increasingly looking at ways of becoming more environmentally responsible and responsive. However, to date, progress on environmental issues has pr... Read More about Engaging Organizations in Environmental Change: A Greenprint for Action.

Conceptualizing the Behavioral Barriers to CSR and CS in Organizations: A Typology of HRD Interventions (2010)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., Heraty, N., Rock, A., & Dalton, E. (2010). Conceptualizing the Behavioral Barriers to CSR and CS in Organizations: A Typology of HRD Interventions. Advances in developing human resources, 12(5), 587-613. https://doi.org/10.1177/1523422310394779

A considerable body of research exists on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate sustainability (CS). However, there is significantly less on the influence of employees on the adoption of CSR and CS initiatives. Given the centrality of e... Read More about Conceptualizing the Behavioral Barriers to CSR and CS in Organizations: A Typology of HRD Interventions.

A unifying view of goods and services supply chain management (2010)
Journal Article
Niranjan, T. T., & Weaver, M. W. (2011). A unifying view of goods and services supply chain management. Service Industries Journal, 31(14), 2391-2410. https://doi.org/10.1080/02642069.2010.504821

Ambiguities in the constructs that are the building blocks of research may have hindered advancement of service operations knowledge/research. To alleviate this situation, the authors identify similarities and differences between goods and services t... Read More about A unifying view of goods and services supply chain management.

Internationalisation and mode switching-performance, strategy and timing. (2010)
Thesis
Sachse, U. Internationalisation and mode switching-performance, strategy and timing. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6696

The subject of this thesis is the management of foreign operations and the switching of modes for international business. Contrary to research on the market entry, the focus here lies on the further development of the initially selected market entry... Read More about Internationalisation and mode switching-performance, strategy and timing..

Diversity training in organisations: an introduction (2010)
Journal Article
McGuire, D., & Bagher, M. (2010). Diversity training in organisations: an introduction. Journal of European industrial training, 34(6), 493-505. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090591011061185

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on diversity training and examine the effect of power, privilege and politics on diversity in organisations.Design/methodology/approach – This is a conceptual paper examining the argume... Read More about Diversity training in organisations: an introduction.

Book review: Handbook of Organization Development Thomas G. Cummings (ed). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2009. 720 pp. £95.00 (hbk). ISBN 9780761928126 (2010)
Journal Article
McGuire, D. (2010). Book review: Handbook of Organization Development Thomas G. Cummings (ed). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2009. 720 pp. £95.00 (hbk). ISBN 9780761928126. Management Learning, 41(3), 345-347. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350507610372589

Book review: Handbook of Organization Development Thomas G. Cummings (ed). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2009. 720 pp ISBN 9780761928126

Examining Financial Service Performance through Quality Management Lens’. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kumar, M., & MacKerron, G. (2010, June). Examining Financial Service Performance through Quality Management Lens’. Paper presented at 2nd World P&OM Conference and 17th International EurOMA Conference on Managing Operations in Service Economies

Application of quality initiatives like Lean and Six Sigma is relatively new in UK
financial services (FS), and its application is receiving increasing importance in the
current climate of economic meltdown. This paper analyzes the quality manageme... Read More about Examining Financial Service Performance through Quality Management Lens’..

Entrepreneurship Competencies and Management Capabilities for Innovation and Sustainable Growth: Empirical Study (2010)
Book Chapter
Omar, M., & Lewrick, M. (2010). Entrepreneurship Competencies and Management Capabilities for Innovation and Sustainable Growth: Empirical Study. In L. Al-Hakim, & C. Jin (Eds.), Innovation in Business and Enterprise (105-119). IGI GLobal. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-643-8.ch008

The aim of this chapter is to challenge the context of innovation education. We build our arguments in step with actual practice analyzing data from over 200 innovative companies which have been created under the formal requirements of a regional bus... Read More about Entrepreneurship Competencies and Management Capabilities for Innovation and Sustainable Growth: Empirical Study.

Dynamic capability building in the steel industry. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pemberton, J., & Ludwig, G. (2010, March). Dynamic capability building in the steel industry. Paper presented at Strategic Management Society Conference

The existing body of knowledge within the Dynamic Capabilities View (DCV) assumes risk minimisation via establishment of extensive monitoring activities of external changes in combination with capability optimisation through renewal efforts. This pro... Read More about Dynamic capability building in the steel industry..

Exploring the contribution of workplace learning to an HRD strategy in the Scottish legal profession (2010)
Journal Article
Watson, S., & Harmel-Law, A. (2010). Exploring the contribution of workplace learning to an HRD strategy in the Scottish legal profession. Journal of European industrial training, 34(1), 7-22. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090591011010280

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relevance of human resource development
(HRD) for law firms in the UK. It examines how the characteristics of legal professional practice in the
UK, including the partnership structure, long est... Read More about Exploring the contribution of workplace learning to an HRD strategy in the Scottish legal profession.

The value flame at the base of the pyramid: opportunities to source and sell in emerging markets (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
opportunities to source and sell in emerging markets. Paper presented at Academy of Marketing

Power and politeness: a study of social interaction in business meetings with multicultural participation (2009)
Journal Article
Victoria, M. (2009). Power and politeness: a study of social interaction in business meetings with multicultural participation. ESP Across Cultures, 129-140

In today's increasingly global economy, members of the same work team do not necessarily work in the same country or on the same continent. They speak different mother tongues and belong to different cultural backgrounds. Yet they are faced with the... Read More about Power and politeness: a study of social interaction in business meetings with multicultural participation.

Key corporate governance indicators and their relation to the decision to profit maximize (2009)
Journal Article
Crossan, K. (2009). Key corporate governance indicators and their relation to the decision to profit maximize. Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 21,

Multinational corporations' corporate social and environmental reporting (CSED) on websites. (2009)
Journal Article
Joshi, P. L., & Gao, S. S. (2009). Multinational corporations' corporate social and environmental reporting (CSED) on websites. International Journal of Commerce and Management, 19, 27-44. https://doi.org/10.1108/10569210910939654

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate multinational corporations' (MNCs) voluntary practice of including corporate social and environmental disclosure (CSED) on their web sites and characteristics that inspire MNCs to be more accounta... Read More about Multinational corporations' corporate social and environmental reporting (CSED) on websites..

International Business. (2009)
Book
(2009). S. Robertson (Ed.), International Business. Pearson Custom Publishing

Customised textbook developed for Masters Level module.

Creating Competitive Advantage. (2009)
Book
MacKerron, G., Cowe, A., & Milliken, L. (2009). Creating Competitive Advantage. Pearson Education

Resisting change from within and without the Organisation. (2009)
Journal Article
Cutcher, L. (2009). Resisting change from within and without the Organisation. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 22(3), 279-285. https://doi.org/10.1108/09534810910951069

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to contribute further to our understanding of why and how employees resist workplace change. Building on previous studies exploring the link between worker subjectivity and workplace change, the paper highlights... Read More about Resisting change from within and without the Organisation..

Corporate governance reform and firm performance: evidence from China. (2009)
Book Chapter
Gao, S. S., Gao, G., & Zhang, T. (2009). Corporate governance reform and firm performance: evidence from China. In M. Tsamenyi, & S. Uddin (Eds.), Corporate Governance in Less Developed and Emerging Economies (Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies (189-209). Emerald Publishing Group. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1479-3563%2808%2908007-9

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to empirically evaluate the effectiveness of China's 2005 shareholding reform and investigate the relationship of the changes of state-owned shareholdings and the largest shareholdings with corporate performance... Read More about Corporate governance reform and firm performance: evidence from China..

An Empirical study of corporate social responsibility and its disclosure in Islamic financial institutions (2009)
Thesis
Aribi, Z. A. An Empirical study of corporate social responsibility and its disclosure in Islamic financial institutions. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3797

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure (CSRD) have received much attention in the literature. However, a review of previous studies has revealed that the current discussions on CSR and CSRD do not go beyo... Read More about An Empirical study of corporate social responsibility and its disclosure in Islamic financial institutions.