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Identifying the robust economic, geographical and political determinants of FDI: an Extreme Bounds Analysis (2016)
Journal Article
Chanegriha, M., Stewart, C., & Tsoukis, C. (2017). Identifying the robust economic, geographical and political determinants of FDI: an Extreme Bounds Analysis. Empirical Economics, 52(2), 759-776. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-016-1097-1

Understanding what determines Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows remains a primary concern of economists and policy makers; yet the uncertainty surrounding FDI theories and empirical approaches has created ambiguity regarding the determinants of... Read More about Identifying the robust economic, geographical and political determinants of FDI: an Extreme Bounds Analysis.

Bodies, Sexualities and Women Leaders in Popular Culture: From Spectacle to Metapicture (2016)
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(2016). Bodies, Sexualities and Women Leaders in Popular Culture: From Spectacle to Metapicture. Gender in Management: An International Journal, https://doi.org/10.1108/GM-10-2014-0096

Purpose This paper focuses on visual representation of women leaders and how women leaders’ bodies and sexualities are rendered visible in particular ways. Design/methodology/approach The arguments are based on a reading of the Danish television... Read More about Bodies, Sexualities and Women Leaders in Popular Culture: From Spectacle to Metapicture.

Police pay-contested and contestable: Police Pay (2016)
Journal Article
Mather, K., & Seifert, R. (2016). Police pay-contested and contestable: Police Pay. Industrial Relations Journal, 204 - 219. https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12140

This article provides an analysis of developments in the determination of police pay since 1919. It reveals the contested nature of public sector pay setting where the government of the day pursues short-term economic goals rather than taking a long-... Read More about Police pay-contested and contestable: Police Pay.

Targets and resources: a screening perspective (2016)
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Sikdar. (2016). Targets and resources: a screening perspective. Managerial and Decision Economics, 471-489. https://doi.org/10.1002/mde.2798

To secure funding for a project, an agent (informed about the project's type) announces a target output. The principal provides more generous resources for high targets but makes compensation tied to performance relative to the projection. The incent... Read More about Targets and resources: a screening perspective.

Marketing strategies of United Kingdom universities during clearing and adjustment (2016)
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Mogaji, E. (2016). Marketing strategies of United Kingdom universities during clearing and adjustment. International Journal of Educational Management, 30(4), https://doi.org/10.1108/ijem-11-2014-0147

Purpose Clearing system in UK enable students without a University place after exam results have been announced to find suitable vacancies, as it is important for universities to fill their vacancies as any shortfall loses them a lot of money, this... Read More about Marketing strategies of United Kingdom universities during clearing and adjustment.

Qur’anic Ethics for Environmental Responsibility: Implications for Business Practice (2016)
Journal Article
Helfaya, A., Kotb, A., & Hanafi, R. (2018). Qur’anic Ethics for Environmental Responsibility: Implications for Business Practice. Journal of Business Ethics, 150(4), 1105-1128. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-016-3195-6

Despite the growing interest in examining the role of religious beliefs as a guide towards environmental conscious actions, there is still a lack of research informed by an analysis of divine messages. This deficiency includes the extent to which eth... Read More about Qur’anic Ethics for Environmental Responsibility: Implications for Business Practice.

This advert makes me cry: Disclosure of emotional response to advertisement on Facebook (2016)
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Mogaji, E., & Wright, L. T. (2016). This advert makes me cry: Disclosure of emotional response to advertisement on Facebook. Cogent Business and Management, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2016.1177906

As social media is transforming how consumers interact with brands and how brand-related content is consumed, this paper aims to investigate if and how Facebook users express their emotions towards advertisements of brand share on the site. Seven hun... Read More about This advert makes me cry: Disclosure of emotional response to advertisement on Facebook.

‘It’s Just a Job’: understanding emotion work, de-animalization and the compartmentalization of organized animal slaughter (2016)
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(2016). ‘It’s Just a Job’: understanding emotion work, de-animalization and the compartmentalization of organized animal slaughter. Organization, 330-350. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508416629448

This article contributes to an understanding of the nexus between humans and animals by drawing on ethnographic research conducted in a British chicken factory and, more particularly, by exploring the emotional subjectivity of Meat Inspectors employe... Read More about ‘It’s Just a Job’: understanding emotion work, de-animalization and the compartmentalization of organized animal slaughter.

Accessible Modelling of Complexity in Health (AMoCH) and associated data flows: asthma as an exemplar (2016)
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(2016). Accessible Modelling of Complexity in Health (AMoCH) and associated data flows: asthma as an exemplar. Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics, 433 - 438. https://doi.org/10.14236/jhi.v23i1.863

Background Modelling is an important part of information science. Models are abstractions of reality. We use models in the following contexts: (1) to describe the data and information flows in clinical practice to information scientists, (2) to compa... Read More about Accessible Modelling of Complexity in Health (AMoCH) and associated data flows: asthma as an exemplar.

"Getting the right people on the bus": recruitment, selection and integration for the branded organisation (2016)
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(2016). "Getting the right people on the bus": recruitment, selection and integration for the branded organisation. European Management Journal, 114-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2016.01.001

This paper examines how employer branding is used and embedded through the organizational HR practices; specifically recruitment, selection and integration. The paper adds to the growing literature on employer branding by specifically focussing upon... Read More about "Getting the right people on the bus": recruitment, selection and integration for the branded organisation.

Can trade be good for the environment? (2016)
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Lapan, H., & Sikdar, S. (2016). Can trade be good for the environment?. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 19(2), 267-288. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpet.12176

We analyze the impact of trade in a differentiated good on environmental policy when there is local and transboundary pollution. In autarky, the (equivalent) pollution tax is set equal to the marginal damage from own emissions. If the strategic polic... Read More about Can trade be good for the environment?.

Introduction to 'A Gendered Perspective on Learning to Labour' (2016)
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(2016). Introduction to 'A Gendered Perspective on Learning to Labour'. Culture and Organization, 85-94. https://doi.org/10.1080/14759551.2016.1151426

This paper presents an auto-ethnographic study of the personal experience of learning to labour. Heather Hopfl reflects on the prospects and opportunities presented to her as part of her life and experiences of learning to labour during the same peri... Read More about Introduction to 'A Gendered Perspective on Learning to Labour'.

Introduction to 'A Gendered Perspective on Learning to Labour' (2016)
Journal Article
(2016). Introduction to 'A Gendered Perspective on Learning to Labour'. Culture and Organization, 85-94. https://doi.org/10.1080/14759551.2016.1151426

This paper presents an auto-ethnographic study of the personal experience of learning to labour. Heather Hopfl reflects on the prospects and opportunities presented to her as part of her life and experiences of learning to labour during the same peri... Read More about Introduction to 'A Gendered Perspective on Learning to Labour'.

Trading Patterns and Market Integration in Overlapping Experimental Asset Markets (2016)
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(2016). Trading Patterns and Market Integration in Overlapping Experimental Asset Markets. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 1473-1499. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022109015000563

This paper examines trading patterns and market integration using laboratory asset markets. Our markets are designed to approximately correspond to the trading day for stocks cross-listed in markets in Europe and North America. Some of our markets fe... Read More about Trading Patterns and Market Integration in Overlapping Experimental Asset Markets.

The Fine Jewellery Industry: Corporate Responsibility Challenges and Institutional Forces Facing SMEs (2016)
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(2016). The Fine Jewellery Industry: Corporate Responsibility Challenges and Institutional Forces Facing SMEs. Journal of Business Ethics, 681 - 699. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-016-3071-4

There has been limited coverage of the corporate responsibility (CR) practices of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the mainstream CR literature. Furthermore, there has been no systematic analysis of the responsibilities of the high value... Read More about The Fine Jewellery Industry: Corporate Responsibility Challenges and Institutional Forces Facing SMEs.

Brand identification in higher education: A conditional process analysis (2016)
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(2016). Brand identification in higher education: A conditional process analysis. Journal of Business Research, 3033 - 3040. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2016.01.018

The dimensions and dynamics of higher education brands remain excessively informed by general principles of branding, with inadequate empirical testing in the specific context. This paper advances understanding of brand identification in higher educa... Read More about Brand identification in higher education: A conditional process analysis.

The leadership criterion: challenges in pursuing excellence in the Jordanian public sector (2016)
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(2016). The leadership criterion: challenges in pursuing excellence in the Jordanian public sector. The TQM Journal, 295-316. https://doi.org/10.1108/TQM-08-2014-0064

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the challenges that face leaders when implementing business excellence programmes in the Jordanian public sector. Design/methodology/approach – The study adopted a content analysis approach to an... Read More about The leadership criterion: challenges in pursuing excellence in the Jordanian public sector.