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Deriving Revenue from in Game Adverts in Online Mobile Games (2018)
Journal Article
Mehrtens, N., Rosenboom, I., Chen, T., & Raeside, R. (2018). Deriving Revenue from in Game Adverts in Online Mobile Games. Entertainment Computing, 27, 101-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.entcom.2018.04.005

With the increased ownership of smart phones online free to play gaming has become popular but deriving revenue for the game owner is difficult and relies on encouraging micro payments to buy in game tools or cross selling of other products. There is... Read More about Deriving Revenue from in Game Adverts in Online Mobile Games.

Buying into Capitalism? Employee Ownership in a Disconnected Era (2018)
Journal Article
Brown, R., McQuaid, R., Raeside, R., Dutton, M., Egdell, V., & Canduela, J. (2019). Buying into Capitalism? Employee Ownership in a Disconnected Era. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 57(1), 62-85. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjir.12309

This article considers whether employee ownership mitigates the negative workplace outcomes identified by the Disconnected Capitalism Thesis (DCT). Drawing on a programme of in‐depth interviews with workers and managers in employee‐owned businesses (... Read More about Buying into Capitalism? Employee Ownership in a Disconnected Era.

A Review of Traditional Approaches to Process Inquiry (2018)
Journal Article
Fascia, M. (2018). A Review of Traditional Approaches to Process Inquiry. Organizations & Markets: Policies & Processes eJournal, 4(23),

Traditional approaches to process inquiry in a business context are at times found to be inadequate, polarised by the inability to predict consequential effects of unplanned outcomes. The theorised view in this paper, looks to resolve the issue of ca... Read More about A Review of Traditional Approaches to Process Inquiry.

Interpretation of Knowledge Transfer Mechanisms (2018)
Journal Article
Fascia, M. (2018). Interpretation of Knowledge Transfer Mechanisms. Organizations & Markets: Policies & Processes, 4(47),

Dominant research streams in healthcare management conclude that knowledge transfer between patient groups is accomplished through instructions and/or socially constructed practices. Underlying these views is the belief that texts and practices carry... Read More about Interpretation of Knowledge Transfer Mechanisms.

Contemporary Elements of Business Philosophy and Knowledge from an Ignatian Perspective (2018)
Journal Article
Fascia, M. (2018). Contemporary Elements of Business Philosophy and Knowledge from an Ignatian Perspective. Organizations & Markets: Policies & Processes eJournal, 4(51), 20

From a retail environment, we reflect on the unity of knowledge as valuable in a business context, and from an Ignatian perspective, consider a reflexion of knowledge transfer practitioners to elementary cognition. We deliberate why, despite decades... Read More about Contemporary Elements of Business Philosophy and Knowledge from an Ignatian Perspective.

Advancing national human resource development research: suggestions for multilevel investigations (2018)
Journal Article
Garavan, T., Wang, J., Matthews-Smith, G., Nagarathnam, B., & Lai, Y. (2018). Advancing national human resource development research: suggestions for multilevel investigations. Human Resource Development International, 21(4), 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/13678868.2018.1429171

National human resource development (NHRD) is now an important area of investigation within human resource development with significant growth in publications over 49 years. Scholars have, however, highlighted the need for multilevel approaches to NH... Read More about Advancing national human resource development research: suggestions for multilevel investigations.

Developing an Elisian Perspective For Customer Service Development (2018)
Journal Article
Fascia, M. (2018). Developing an Elisian Perspective For Customer Service Development. Political Theory: History of Political Thought ejournal, 11(9),

Historical commentary from Marx, Weber and Durkheim, actively addressed philosophical questions regarding the nature of social reality as a structured phenomenon. In this regards clearly drew upon Hegel, Kant and Dilthey to substantiate arguments. Dr... Read More about Developing an Elisian Perspective For Customer Service Development.

Hegelian Approach to Leadership Analysis in Contemporary Healthcare Environments (2018)
Journal Article
Fascia, M. (2018). Hegelian Approach to Leadership Analysis in Contemporary Healthcare Environments. Medical Anthropology eJournal, 3(20),

Many business sectors have witnessed multiple attempts to define the competence of leaders and none more so within healthcare. Contemporary evidence suggests that the focus remains on upskilling of leaders rather than developing residual knowledge wi... Read More about Hegelian Approach to Leadership Analysis in Contemporary Healthcare Environments.

Behind the Beer: An examination of the labour process within the Scottish microbrewing industry (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ellis, V., & O'Neil, J. (2018, March). Behind the Beer: An examination of the labour process within the Scottish microbrewing industry. Paper presented at International Labour Process Conference, Buenos Aires

Much of the contemporary discourse on the future of work centres on the robot revolution and the continued automation of production processes. Long predicted by labour process theorists such as Braverman, the deskilling of work has produced increasin... Read More about Behind the Beer: An examination of the labour process within the Scottish microbrewing industry.

Business Perspectives of Philosophy and Knowledge: Occident Contra Islam (2018)
Journal Article
Fascia, M. (2018). Business Perspectives of Philosophy and Knowledge: Occident Contra Islam. Working Papers on Operations Management, 11(03),

This discussions surrounds the dialectical methodology, underpinning the unity of knowledge, and discusses a differing perspective to knowledge and knowledge value from knowledge transfer practitioners, in a business context. It asks why, if knowledg... Read More about Business Perspectives of Philosophy and Knowledge: Occident Contra Islam.

Actual and intended growth in family firms and non-family-owned firms: are they different? (2018)
Journal Article
Saridakis, G., Lai, Y., Muñoz Torres, R. I., & Mohammed, A.-M. (2018). Actual and intended growth in family firms and non-family-owned firms: are they different?. Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, 5(1), 2-21. https://doi.org/10.1108/joepp-04-2017-0033

Purpose
Drawing on the motivation theory and family business literature, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of family effect in growth behaviour of small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK.
Design/methodology/appro... Read More about Actual and intended growth in family firms and non-family-owned firms: are they different?.

Developing high performance working through case study evidence (2018)
Journal Article
Grant, K., & Maxwell, G. A. (2018). Developing high performance working through case study evidence. Development and Learning in Organizations, 32(2), 5-8. https://doi.org/10.1108/dlo-03-2017-0028

Purpose
The article theoretically proffers and empirically evidences five inter-related high performance working (HPW) groupings of value to practitioners interested in developing HPW in their organizations.
Design/methodology/approach
The empiric... Read More about Developing high performance working through case study evidence.

Learning to be a professional football manager: a Bourdieusian perspective (2018)
Journal Article
Morrow, S., & Howieson, B. (2018). Learning to be a professional football manager: a Bourdieusian perspective. Managing Sport and Leisure, 23(1-2), 92-105. https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2018.1452629

This paper draws on the theoretical concepts of Pierre Bourdieu to provide an insight into aspirant football managers’ perceptions of what is required and valued at different stages of their desired managerial career journey. Drawing on interviews wi... Read More about Learning to be a professional football manager: a Bourdieusian perspective.

HR transformation within the hotel industry: building capacity for change (2018)
Journal Article
Francis, H., & Baum, T. (2018). HR transformation within the hotel industry: building capacity for change. Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, 10(1), 86-100. https://doi.org/10.1108/whatt-10-2017-0064

Purpose – This study aims to identify recent trends in the strategic repositioning of the human resources (HR) function within the hotel industry, and to explore challenges facing HR professionals as they engage in strategies to develop talent and or... Read More about HR transformation within the hotel industry: building capacity for change.

Exploring the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment: an instrumental variable approach (2018)
Journal Article
Saridakis, G., Lai, Y., Muñoz Torres, R. I., & Gourlay, S. (2019). Exploring the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment: an instrumental variable approach. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 31(13), 1739-1769. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2017.1423100

The possible role of job satisfaction (JS) on organizational commitment (OC) has been a very important and hotly debated topic among experts. However, existing studies have yielded mixed results potentially due to utilization of small datasets, diffe... Read More about Exploring the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment: an instrumental variable approach.

Workplace bullying and employee outcomes: a moderated mediated model (2018)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., Sheehan, M., McCabe, T. J., & Garavan, T. (2020). Workplace bullying and employee outcomes: a moderated mediated model. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 31(11), 1379-1416. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2017.1406390

This paper investigates the relationship between workplace bullying and employee outcomes in a healthcare setting. Drawing on HR process theory, we investigate the mediating role of the perceived effectiveness of implementation of anti-bullying pract... Read More about Workplace bullying and employee outcomes: a moderated mediated model.