Global agile supply chain practice in the European fashion clothing industry. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Iosif, L., Masson, R., Fernie, J., & MacKerron, G. (2005, June). Global agile supply chain practice in the European fashion clothing industry

The work presented in the paper is the result of a series of case studies investigating the supply chain management practice adopted by European fashion clothing industry retailers and their suppliers. The results show the global agile supply practi... Read More about Global agile supply chain practice in the European fashion clothing industry..

Learning to become a knowledge-centric organisation. (2005)
Book Chapter
Stonehouse, G., & Pemberton, J. (2005). Learning to become a knowledge-centric organisation. In D. D. Carbonara (Ed.), Technology Literacy Applications in Learning Environments (260-262). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-479-8.ch017

The importance of knowledge to an organization’s competitive performance is widely recognized. A knowledge-centric organization is one within which the creation and management of knowledge are at the heart of its strategic thinking, operations, and a... Read More about Learning to become a knowledge-centric organisation..

Running Faster to Stay in the Same Place? The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Government Policy for Workplace Learning in Britain (2005)
Book Chapter
Rainbird, H., Munro, A., & Senker, P. (2005). Running Faster to Stay in the Same Place? The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Government Policy for Workplace Learning in Britain. In N. Bascia, A. Cumming, A. Datnow, K. Leithwood, & D. Livingstone (Eds.), International Handbook of Educational Policy; Springer International Handbooks of Education (885-901). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3201-3_47

Recent policy debates have emphasised the significance of workplace learning to the vision of the ‘learning society’ and the ‘knowledge-based economy’. Whereas these terms trip relatively easily off the tongue, identifying what they mean in terms of... Read More about Running Faster to Stay in the Same Place? The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Government Policy for Workplace Learning in Britain.

Demand led supply chain management in the UK fashion industry. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Masson, R., Iosif, L., Fernie, J., & MacKerron, G. (2005, April). Demand led supply chain management in the UK fashion industry. Presented at 2ND EUROPEAN FORUM ON MARKET-DRIVEN SUPPLY CHAINS, Milan, Italy

Business transformation within the Further Education sector. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MacKerron, G., & Black, G. (2005, September). Business transformation within the Further Education sector. Presented at Quality in Services: 8th Toulon - Verona

MBA for small firms and microenterprises? Development issues (2005)
Journal Article
Lynch, P., Baty, R., Abdullah, F., & Seaman, C. (2005). MBA for small firms and microenterprises? Development issues. Journal of European industrial training, 29(8), 641-652. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090590510627102

Purpose – To report on an investigation amongst small firm owner‐managers in the service sector into potential demand for an MBA.Design/methodology/approach – Relevant recent literature is critiqued concerning small firms and learning, and MBAs and... Read More about MBA for small firms and microenterprises? Development issues.

Human resource development and the psychological contract: Great expectations or false hopes? (2005)
Journal Article
D'Annunzio-Green, N., & Francis, H. (2005). Human resource development and the psychological contract: Great expectations or false hopes?. Human Resource Development International, 8(3), 327-344. https://doi.org/10.1080/13678860500199725

Our paper presents findings of an exploratory study of managers’ experiences of an emotion management leadership programme in a large retail company. Drawing on the concept of the psychological contract, we explore the signalling by the programme of... Read More about Human resource development and the psychological contract: Great expectations or false hopes?.

Organisational restructuring and downsizing: issues related to learning, training and employability of survivors (2005)
Journal Article
Carbery, R., & Garavan, T. N. (2005). Organisational restructuring and downsizing: issues related to learning, training and employability of survivors. Journal of European industrial training, 29(6), 488-508. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090590510610272

Purpose – This article sets out to look at how employees who have survived an organisational downsizing and restructuring process adjust to meet the dynamics of the organisation, develop new skills and competencies, and the extent to which they take... Read More about Organisational restructuring and downsizing: issues related to learning, training and employability of survivors.

The impact of social and economic development on corporate social and environmental disclosure in Hong Kong and the UK. (2005)
Journal Article
Xiao, J. Z., Gao, S. S., Heravi, S., & Cheung, Y. C. Q. (2005). The impact of social and economic development on corporate social and environmental disclosure in Hong Kong and the UK. Advances in international accounting, 18, 219-243. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0897-3660%2805%2918011-8

This study compares corporate social and environmental disclosure
(CSED) in Hong Kong (HK) and the U.K. through a content analysis of
334 annual reports prepared by 69 listed companies over the period of
1993–1997. We find that U.K. and HK compani... Read More about The impact of social and economic development on corporate social and environmental disclosure in Hong Kong and the UK..

Rituals in children's cultures of consumption. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Marsden, D. (2005, July). Rituals in children's cultures of consumption. Paper presented at Childhoods 2005: Children and youth in emerging and transforming societies

Consumption in children’s cultures is a much debated topic. Yet, few attempts have been
made to understand consumer culture from children’s own perspective, to investigate the
positive aspects of children’s relationships with consumer goods, and/or... Read More about Rituals in children's cultures of consumption..

Determinants of corporate social and environmental reporting in Hong Kong: a research note. (2005)
Journal Article
Gao, S. S., Heravi, S., & Xiao, J. Z. (2005). Determinants of corporate social and environmental reporting in Hong Kong: a research note. Accounting forum, 29, 233-242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accfor.2005.01.002%2C

The patterns and determinants of corporate social and environmental disclosure (CSED) in Hong Kong (HK) are examined by analysing 154 annual reports of 33 HK listed companies from 1993 to 1997. The research finds that industry difference has an impac... Read More about Determinants of corporate social and environmental reporting in Hong Kong: a research note..

Studying HRD Practitioners: A Social Capital Model (2005)
Journal Article
Gubbins, M. C., & Garavan, T. N. (2005). Studying HRD Practitioners: A Social Capital Model. Human Resource Development Review, 4(2), 189-218. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534484305275769

The work of the human resource development (HRD) practitioner is continuously evolving. Human resource development is now expected to make a strategic level contribution and contribute to individual and organizational effectiveness. Human resource d... Read More about Studying HRD Practitioners: A Social Capital Model.

A numerical analysis of the theory of the firm. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Crossan, K. (2005, June). A numerical analysis of the theory of the firm. Paper presented at First International Conference on Business, Management and Economics, Cesme, Izmir, Turkey

No abstract available.

Microeconomic theory (of the firm) and its relevance to business. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Crossan, K. (2005, April). Microeconomic theory (of the firm) and its relevance to business. Paper presented at British Accounting Association, University of York

No abstract available.

The use of load factors to segment airline operators (2005)
Journal Article
Dai, Y., Raeside, R., & Smyth, A. (2005). The use of load factors to segment airline operators. Journal of revenue and pricing management, 4(2), 195-203. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.rpm.5170139

In this paper, commentary is made on recent trends in passenger airline movements, and it is suggested that, as a result of the use of revenue management, load factor has emerged as a performance metric. Using data from the IATA database for each of... Read More about The use of load factors to segment airline operators.

You don't know what you've got till it's gone: Recontextualising the origins, development and impact of the call centre (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ellis, V., & Taylor, P. (2005, March). You don't know what you've got till it's gone: Recontextualising the origins, development and impact of the call centre. Paper presented at 21st International Labour Process Conference

This paper locates the emergence of call centres within the broader political economy. We demonstrate how British Gas responded to privatisation, restrictive regulation and the need to deliver shareholder value by radically changing work organisation... Read More about You don't know what you've got till it's gone: Recontextualising the origins, development and impact of the call centre.

Why humanistic approaches in HRD won't work (2005)
Journal Article
McGuire, D., Cross, C., & O'Donnell, D. (2005). Why humanistic approaches in HRD won't work. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 16(1), 131-137. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrdq.1127

Humanism has long been considered a cherished worldview underpinning human resource development. As such, it occupies a privileged status within the field, and in the main, its central tenets have gone unchallenged, despite massive changes in the eco... Read More about Why humanistic approaches in HRD won't work.

Critically Challenging some Assumptions in HRD (2005)
Preprint / Working Paper
O'Donnell, D., McGuire, D., & Cross, C. Critically Challenging some Assumptions in HRD

This paper sets out to critically challenge five inter-related assumptions prominent in the HRD literature. These relate to: the exploitation of labour in enhancing shareholder value; the view that employees are co-contributors to and co-recipients o... Read More about Critically Challenging some Assumptions in HRD.

Supply chain management - practice and performance in the UK clothing industry. (2004)
Book Chapter
Iosif, L., Masson, R., Fernie, J., & MacKerron, G. (2004). Supply chain management - practice and performance in the UK clothing industry. In Service Manufacturing (259-267). Gemini International Ltd

Over the past few decades the textile and apparel industry has experienced radical changes. This has been the result of customers becoming increasingly sophisticated, demanding more frequent innovation, greater exclusivity, more choice and better ser... Read More about Supply chain management - practice and performance in the UK clothing industry..

The organizational characteristics of knowledge-centricity in innovations of knowledge management. (2004)
Book Chapter
Pemberton, J., & Stonehouse, G. (2004). The organizational characteristics of knowledge-centricity in innovations of knowledge management. In B. Montano (Ed.), Innovations of Knowledge Management (99-123). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-281-7.ch006

Knowledge focused organizations are knowledge-centric, a term that
embodies the creation and management of knowledge but embedded as an integral element of an organization’s strategy and performance. By devising an organizational characteristics mat... Read More about The organizational characteristics of knowledge-centricity in innovations of knowledge management..