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Diffusion of ISO 14001 environmental management system: global, regional and country-level analyses (2013)
Journal Article
To, W., & Lee, P. (2014). Diffusion of ISO 14001 environmental management system: global, regional and country-level analyses. Journal of Cleaner Production, 66, 489-498. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.11.076

This paper explores the diffusion patterns of the ISO 14001 environmental management system worldwide. By using the data obtained from the ISO Survey of Certifications, the diffusion of ISO 14001 was investigated at global, regional, and country-spec... Read More about Diffusion of ISO 14001 environmental management system: global, regional and country-level analyses.

Changing perceptions on PPP games: Demand risk in Irish roads (2013)
Journal Article
Burke, R., & Demirag, I. (2015). Changing perceptions on PPP games: Demand risk in Irish roads. Critical Perspectives On Accounting, 27, 189-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2013.11.002

This study is based on three Irish operational toll road public private partnership (PPP) case studies, including interviews with 38 key stakeholders. Our findings show that the Irish Government's treatment of risk and its transfer to the private par... Read More about Changing perceptions on PPP games: Demand risk in Irish roads.

The close supervision of further education lecturers: ‘You have been weighed, measured and found wanting’ (2013)
Journal Article
Mather, K., & Seifert, R. (2014). The close supervision of further education lecturers: ‘You have been weighed, measured and found wanting’. Work, Employment and Society, 28(1), 95-111. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017013490332

This is an empirically based study of changes in the FE lecturer labour process driven by college managers under pressure from central state targets and funding controls. Two elements of labour management are considered: close observation and profess... Read More about The close supervision of further education lecturers: ‘You have been weighed, measured and found wanting’.

Soft Power, Sports Mega-Events and Emerging States: The Lure of the Politics of Attraction (2013)
Journal Article
Grix, J., & Lee, D. (2013). Soft Power, Sports Mega-Events and Emerging States: The Lure of the Politics of Attraction. Global Society, 27(4), 521-536. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600826.2013.827632

This article highlights and analyses a hitherto largely neglected dimension to the growing agency of large developing countries in global affairs: their hosting of international sports mega-events. Why are large developing countries hosting sports me... Read More about Soft Power, Sports Mega-Events and Emerging States: The Lure of the Politics of Attraction.

Internationalisation, crisis and sustainability: opportunities to reinforce corporate social responsibility strategies (2013)
Journal Article
Fernandez, R. M. (2013). Internationalisation, crisis and sustainability: opportunities to reinforce corporate social responsibility strategies. International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies, 1(3), 267-277. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijhrcs.2013.055920

There are many factors influencing companies’ decisions about the adoption of corporate social responsibility strategies. International competition is one of them, and those strategies can contribute to improve business results. But the crisis can af... Read More about Internationalisation, crisis and sustainability: opportunities to reinforce corporate social responsibility strategies.

Idiosyncratic volatility and the pricing of poorly-diversified portfolios (2013)
Journal Article
Miffre, J., Brooks, C., & Li, X. (2013). Idiosyncratic volatility and the pricing of poorly-diversified portfolios. International Review of Financial Analysis, 30, 78-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2013.05.007

This article examines the role of idiosyncratic volatility in explaining the cross-sectional variation of size- and value-sorted portfolio returns. We show that the premium for bearing idiosyncratic volatility varies inversely with the number of stoc... Read More about Idiosyncratic volatility and the pricing of poorly-diversified portfolios.

Submerged discontent and patterns of accommodation: a case study of doctors' pay in two public hospitals in China: Chinese hospital doctors' discontent over pay (2013)
Journal Article
Cao, X. (2014). Submerged discontent and patterns of accommodation: a case study of doctors' pay in two public hospitals in China: Chinese hospital doctors' discontent over pay. International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 29(2), 124-140. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.2196

The article evaluates submerged discontent among Chinese public hospital doctors (Note1) regarding their pay and patterns of accommodation, including doctors' responses through formal and informal actions in the context of health service marketizatio... Read More about Submerged discontent and patterns of accommodation: a case study of doctors' pay in two public hospitals in China: Chinese hospital doctors' discontent over pay.

Market competitiveness and quality performance in high‐contact service industries (2013)
Journal Article
Yee, R. W., Yeung, A. C., Edwin Cheng, T., & Lee, P. K. (2013). Market competitiveness and quality performance in high‐contact service industries. Industrial Management and Data Systems, 113(4), 573-588. https://doi.org/10.1108/02635571311322801

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore conceptually and examine empirically the impact of market competitiveness on employee satisfaction, service quality, and customer satisfaction in high‐contact service industries. Design/methodology/... Read More about Market competitiveness and quality performance in high‐contact service industries.

The economy of Greece (2013)
Book Chapter
Tsoukis, C. (2013). The economy of Greece. In The Europa Regional Surveys of the World 2013 9-Volume Set

Titles in the series: Africa South of the Sahara; Central and South-Eastern Europe; Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia; The Far East and Australasia; The Middle East and North Africa; South America, Central America and the Caribbean; ...

Beasts, burrowers and birds: the enactment of researcher identities in UK business schools (2013)
Journal Article
(2013). Beasts, burrowers and birds: the enactment of researcher identities in UK business schools. Management Learning, 249 - 266. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350507613478890

In this article, we suggest that management research constitutes a field of practice that is made practically intelligible through embodied enactment. This relies on imagination, constructing modes of belonging within communities of management resear... Read More about Beasts, burrowers and birds: the enactment of researcher identities in UK business schools.

Neo-Liberalism at Work: A Case Study of the Reform of the Emergency Services in the UK (2013)
Journal Article
Seifert, R., & Mather, K. (2013). Neo-Liberalism at Work: A Case Study of the Reform of the Emergency Services in the UK. Review of Radical Political Economics, 45(4), 456-462. https://doi.org/10.1177/0486613412475185

This paper examines changes in labor management of workers in UK emergency services under a regime of budget cuts and neoliberal state strategies. It takes an extreme case study, the emergency services, as an example of the limits of privatization an... Read More about Neo-Liberalism at Work: A Case Study of the Reform of the Emergency Services in the UK.

The relationships among leadership, goal orientation, and service quality in high-contact service industries: An empirical study (2013)
Journal Article
Yee, R. W., Lee, P. K., Yeung, A. C., & Cheng, T. (2013). The relationships among leadership, goal orientation, and service quality in high-contact service industries: An empirical study. International Journal of Production Economics, 141(2), 452-464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2011.12.012

High-contact service industries are characterized by close interaction between service employees and customers, and diverse customer needs. Such characteristics pose a great challenge to the delivery of services of superior quality. In this research... Read More about The relationships among leadership, goal orientation, and service quality in high-contact service industries: An empirical study.