Radical and Incremental Innovation Effectiveness in Relation to Market Orientation in the Retail Industry: Triggers, Drivers, and Supporters (2015)
Book Chapter
Lewrick, M., Omar, M., Williams Jr., R., Tjandra, N. C., & Lee, Z.-C. (2015). Radical and Incremental Innovation Effectiveness in Relation to Market Orientation in the Retail Industry: Triggers, Drivers, and Supporters. In E. Pantano (Ed.), Successful Technological Integration for Competitive Advantage in Retail Settings (239-268). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8297-9.ch011

The retail industry market environment is very competitive; thus, in order to maintain their competitive advantage retailers are required to continuously come up with innovative offerings and systems. This chapter aims to provide useful insights for... Read More about Radical and Incremental Innovation Effectiveness in Relation to Market Orientation in the Retail Industry: Triggers, Drivers, and Supporters.

Tracing the adoption of a management innovation labelled 'knowledge working' in a public sector agency in Scotland. (2015)
Thesis
Rasmussen, L. Tracing the adoption of a management innovation labelled 'knowledge working' in a public sector agency in Scotland. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/9166

This thesis investigates the process of adoption of management innovation in an organisational setting. It is based on primary research that explores and discusses in depth the introduction of a Knowledge Management programme (labelled ‘Knowledge Wor... Read More about Tracing the adoption of a management innovation labelled 'knowledge working' in a public sector agency in Scotland..

Social Capital Effects on the Career and Development Outcomes of HR Professionals (2015)
Journal Article
Gubbins, C., & Garavan, T. (2015). Social Capital Effects on the Career and Development Outcomes of HR Professionals. Human Resource Management, 55(2), 241-260. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.21727

HR professionals’ roles require them to be responsive to both employee needs and top management strategies. However, the need to respond to the often competing employee and strategic agendas makes relationship-building efforts challenging. This study... Read More about Social Capital Effects on the Career and Development Outcomes of HR Professionals.

The Problem of Transgender Marginalization and Exclusion: Critical Actions for Human Resource Development (2015)
Journal Article
Collins, J. C., McFadden, C., Rocco, T. S., & Mathis, M. K. (2015). The Problem of Transgender Marginalization and Exclusion: Critical Actions for Human Resource Development. Human Resource Development Review, 14(2), 205-226. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534484315581755

Dialogue about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people remains undervalued in Human Resource Development (HRD). Most of HRD’s LGBT-related research has focused on sexual orientation, giving little attention to what differentiates transg... Read More about The Problem of Transgender Marginalization and Exclusion: Critical Actions for Human Resource Development.

The Kate Effect: Fashion, Femininity and Identity. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Logan, A. (2015, April). The Kate Effect: Fashion, Femininity and Identity. Paper presented at Interpretive Consumer Research 2015

High performance work practices: exploring manager and employee perceptions in Scotland (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grant, K., & Maxwell, G. A. (2015, April). High performance work practices: exploring manager and employee perceptions in Scotland. Presented at 33rd International Labour Process Conference

The aim of this paper is to compare line manager and employee perceptions on high performance work practices (HPWPs) linked to employee skills utilisation in their workplace. The empirical study comprises questionnaires sent to line managers and empl... Read More about High performance work practices: exploring manager and employee perceptions in Scotland.

Determinants of entrepreneurial business relationship success. (2015)
Journal Article
Rahatullah, M. K., & Raeside, R. (2015). Determinants of entrepreneurial business relationship success. International journal of business and society, 16(1), 1-18

The business development literature illustrates the importance of relationships on achieving targets and ensuring the sustainability of enterprises. In this paper the sphere of franchising which is essentially an entrepreneurial business is used to l... Read More about Determinants of entrepreneurial business relationship success..

A Unique Investigation of Knowledge Transfer Practices within the Muslim Business Community in Edinburgh (2015)
Journal Article
Fascia, M. (2015). A Unique Investigation of Knowledge Transfer Practices within the Muslim Business Community in Edinburgh. Management Studies and Economic Systems, 1(4), 229-246

The aim of this research was to understand the dynamisms relating to knowledge transfer processes and practices, which exist within a business community in Edinburgh Scotland. The methodology used within this study was a unique design methodology to... Read More about A Unique Investigation of Knowledge Transfer Practices within the Muslim Business Community in Edinburgh.

An investigative analysis of the factors influencing degree of involvement in a foreign market. (2015)
Journal Article
Omar, M., & Osei, C. (2015). An investigative analysis of the factors influencing degree of involvement in a foreign market. Transnational Marketing Journal, 3, 45-60

This paper focuses on factors that influence the degree of involvement in foreign markets. Using survey method, the research data was obtained from 112 usable responses from a sample of 500 UK companies which operate in at least two other countries.... Read More about An investigative analysis of the factors influencing degree of involvement in a foreign market..

Human resource development in SMEs: a systematic review of the literature (2015)
Journal Article
Nolan, C. T., & Garavan, T. N. (2016). Human resource development in SMEs: a systematic review of the literature. International Journal of Management Reviews, 18, 85-107. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12062

Human Resource Development (HRD) in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is a significant area of scholarship. However, the cumulativeness of research on HRD in SMEs remains relatively low when compared to HRD generally. This paper reports a sys... Read More about Human resource development in SMEs: a systematic review of the literature.

How customers ‘learn’ to work for retailers (2015)
Journal Article
Cassidy (aka Harris), K., Harris, K., Baron, S., & Lu, X. (2015). How customers ‘learn’ to work for retailers. Journal of Marketing Management, 31(17-18), 1747-1772. https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257x.2015.1020329

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how learning style affects the performance of the ‘working’ customer in one self-service context – retail Self Check-Out Tills (SCOT). For the purposes of this paper, we have adopted the UK term Self Check-... Read More about How customers ‘learn’ to work for retailers.

Creating efficiency by managing innovation. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J. (2015, March). Creating efficiency by managing innovation. Paper presented at Efficiency Through Technology: Public Sector 2.0

Creating efficiency by managing innovation • Driving innovation within the public sector • Creating an organisational structure that rewards efficiency • Identify the issues stifling innovation public organisations through audience live voting.

The impact of gender perceptions and professional values on women’s careers in nursing (2015)
Journal Article
McIntosh, B., McQuaid, R., & Munro, A. (2015). The impact of gender perceptions and professional values on women’s careers in nursing. Gender in management an international journal, 30(1), 26-43. https://doi.org/10.1108/gm-12-2013-0135

Purpose
– This purpose of this paper is to engage two enduring sets of assumptions within nursing: firstly, that woman with children should prioritise the care of children; and secondly, that nursing standards require nurses to put their profession... Read More about The impact of gender perceptions and professional values on women’s careers in nursing.

Cultural due diligence: an investigation into its significance in tertiary education mergers in Scotland (2015)
Thesis
Steen, C. J. Cultural due diligence: an investigation into its significance in tertiary education mergers in Scotland. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/8854

Mergers are a fact of life in the private sector and are increasingly becoming a factor in the public sector. Organisations seek to merge in order to survive or grow by accruing benefits of scale, better or cheaper access to resources or by overcomin... Read More about Cultural due diligence: an investigation into its significance in tertiary education mergers in Scotland.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Careers and Human Resource Development: A Systematic Literature Review (2015)
Journal Article
McFadden, C. (2015). Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Careers and Human Resource Development: A Systematic Literature Review. Human Resource Development Review, 14(2), 125-162. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534484314549456

A systematic review was carried out on literature within the business, management, and broader social sciences disciplines, from 1985 to the present day, on the careers and workplace experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) worke... Read More about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Careers and Human Resource Development: A Systematic Literature Review.

Trust development and horizontal collaboration in logistics: a theory based evolutionary framework (2015)
Journal Article
Pomponi, F., Fratocchi, L., & Rossi Tafuri, S. (2015). Trust development and horizontal collaboration in logistics: a theory based evolutionary framework. Supply chain management, 20(1), 83-97. https://doi.org/10.1108/scm-02-2014-0078

Purpose
The purpose of this article is to provide academicians and practitioners alike with a theory-based framework regarding horizontal collaboration in logistics. The proposed tool is based on an incremental perspective, according to two main dim... Read More about Trust development and horizontal collaboration in logistics: a theory based evolutionary framework.

Regenerative medicine translation: Cross-national analysis of entrepreneurial ecosystem development (2015)
Journal Article
Johnson, D., & Bock, A. J. (2015). Regenerative medicine translation: Cross-national analysis of entrepreneurial ecosystem development. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2015(1), 12653-12653. https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2015.12653abstract

In the field of regenerative medicine, new ventures face unformed markets and inconsistent industry practices. We study two university- centric regenerative medicine ecosystems to explore the characteristics of venturing activity and ecosystem develo... Read More about Regenerative medicine translation: Cross-national analysis of entrepreneurial ecosystem development.

Sensemaking at entrepreneurial firms: Acknowledgment practice under uncertainty (2015)
Journal Article
Johnson, D., & Bock, A. J. (2015). Sensemaking at entrepreneurial firms: Acknowledgment practice under uncertainty. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2015(1), 12638-12638. https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2015.12638abstract

Acknowledgement practices represent individual or group responses to events or outcomes. Within organizational contexts, acknowledgement practices reflect sensemaking and have long term affects on firm development and success. Yet despite their impor... Read More about Sensemaking at entrepreneurial firms: Acknowledgment practice under uncertainty.

The Events' Industry In Qatar And Social Behaviour Change Promotion Efforts: Green And Active Living Messaging And Anticipations In Light Of The 2022 Fifa World Cup (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Theodoraki, E., Haija, S. A., Ali-Knight, J., Musinguzi, D., Omar, M., Canduela, J., & Bourne, S. (2014, December). The Events' Industry In Qatar And Social Behaviour Change Promotion Efforts: Green And Active Living Messaging And Anticipations In Light Of The 2022 Fifa World Cup. Presented at QNRF Annual Research Conference (ARC’14)

Qatar's growth, in terms of economic and political influence, is documented extensively in the literature and part of the country's long-term strategy for future development involves a growing events' industry. Having previously hosted the Asian Game... Read More about The Events' Industry In Qatar And Social Behaviour Change Promotion Efforts: Green And Active Living Messaging And Anticipations In Light Of The 2022 Fifa World Cup.

Co-creating brand value with Independent Financial Advisors (IFAs): Introducing the spiral model of brand value co-creation. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tjandra, N. C., Ensor, J., Omar, M., & Thomson, J. R. (2014, July). Co-creating brand value with Independent Financial Advisors (IFAs): Introducing the spiral model of brand value co-creation. Presented at Marketing Dimensions: people, places, spaces - 47th Academy of Marketing Conference

The concept of co-creation is inspired by the recognition of the changing role of customers from passive participation into active players. This recognition has led to the idea of involving customers in the various stages of the value creation proces... Read More about Co-creating brand value with Independent Financial Advisors (IFAs): Introducing the spiral model of brand value co-creation..