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Ethnicity, temporality and educational mobilities: Comparing the ethnic identity constructions of Mongolian and Tibetan students in China (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). Ethnicity, temporality and educational mobilities: Comparing the ethnic identity constructions of Mongolian and Tibetan students in China. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 631-646. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2019.1576121

This paper explores the impact of educational mobilities on the ethnic identity construction of minority students in China. Adopting ‘temporality’ as an analytical tool, this paper highlights the dynamic temporal multiplicity in ethnic identity const... Read More about Ethnicity, temporality and educational mobilities: Comparing the ethnic identity constructions of Mongolian and Tibetan students in China.

Forecasting the volatility of the Australian Dollar using high frequency data: Does estimator accuracy improve forecast evaluation? (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). Forecasting the volatility of the Australian Dollar using high frequency data: Does estimator accuracy improve forecast evaluation?. International Journal of Finance and Economics, 1355-1389. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.1723

We compare forecasts of the volatility of the Australian Dollar exchange rate to alternative measures of ex-post volatility. We develop and apply a simple test for the improvement in the ability of loss functions to distinguish between forecasts when... Read More about Forecasting the volatility of the Australian Dollar using high frequency data: Does estimator accuracy improve forecast evaluation?.

An investigation of the dividend-signalling theory from the perspective of behavioural finance: evidence from the UK (2019)
Thesis
Hasan, F. (2019). An investigation of the dividend-signalling theory from the perspective of behavioural finance: evidence from the UK. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413818

The main focus of the research reported in this thesis is the dividend signalling theory. More specifically, I investigate the dividend signalling theory from the perspective of orthodox finance and from the perspectives of two unorthodox areas of fi... Read More about An investigation of the dividend-signalling theory from the perspective of behavioural finance: evidence from the UK.

Macroeconomic determinants of corporate CDS spreads: an empirical study (2019)
Thesis
Wang, X. (2019). Macroeconomic determinants of corporate CDS spreads: an empirical study. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414215

Several theoretical studies suggest the importance of the macroeconomy for credit default swap (CDS) pricing. However, only few studies empirically investigate the effect of macroeconomic variables on CDS spreads. The previous analysis is further lim... Read More about Macroeconomic determinants of corporate CDS spreads: an empirical study.

Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa: an exploratory study of entrepreneurial opportunities identification among early-stage small business owners in Nigeria (2019)
Thesis
Bello, M. A. (2019). Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa: an exploratory study of entrepreneurial opportunities identification among early-stage small business owners in Nigeria. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414415

This thesis explores the under-investigated construct of entrepreneurial opportunities identification within an entirely new context of Sub-Saharan Africa. Opportunity has been recognised as the single most important concept in the study of entrepren... Read More about Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa: an exploratory study of entrepreneurial opportunities identification among early-stage small business owners in Nigeria.

Valuing personalization: network effects and public policy (2019)
Presentation / Conference
O'Donovan, N. (2019, June). Valuing personalization: network effects and public policy. Paper presented at University of Southampton interdisciplinary workshop on Data-Driven Personalisation in Markets, Politics and Law, Southampton University, UK

Qualitatively exploring the effect of change in the residential environment on travel behaviour (2019)
Journal Article
Farinloye, T., Mogaji, E., Aririguzoh, S., & Kieu, T. A. (2019). Qualitatively exploring the effect of change in the residential environment on travel behaviour. Travel Behaviour and Society, 17, 26-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2019.06.001

Qualitative research with residents relocating from London was undertaken to develop an understanding of how and to what extent a change in the residential environment affected people’s travel behaviour and attitudes. Data was collected through semi-... Read More about Qualitatively exploring the effect of change in the residential environment on travel behaviour.

Quality versus volume of carbon disclosures and carbon reduction targets: Evidence from UK higher education institutions (2019)
Journal Article
Saha, A. K., Saha, B., Choudhury, T., & Jie, F. (2019). Quality versus volume of carbon disclosures and carbon reduction targets: Evidence from UK higher education institutions. Pacific Accounting Review, 31(3), 413-437. https://doi.org/10.1108/par-11-2018-0092

Purpose This study aims to investigate the relationship between the quality and volume of carbon emission disclosures (CED) in UK higher educational institutions (HEIs), with an emphasis on the impact of the Higher Education Funding Council of Engla... Read More about Quality versus volume of carbon disclosures and carbon reduction targets: Evidence from UK higher education institutions.

Co-Producing Community and Individual Change through Theatrical Interventions (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). Co-Producing Community and Individual Change through Theatrical Interventions. Organizational Aesthetics, 34 -50

This article sheds light on the role of co-produced creative methods in creating change, with particular reference to marginalized communities and taboo topics. In doing so, the paper offers a vignette of a day-long theatrical outreach event explorin... Read More about Co-Producing Community and Individual Change through Theatrical Interventions.

What is accounting? The “being” and “be-ings” of the accounting phenomenon and its critical appreciation (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). What is accounting? The “being” and “be-ings” of the accounting phenomenon and its critical appreciation. Accounting, auditing, & accountability, 1414-1436. https://doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-08-2017-3097

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to reflect a critical perspective drawing from phenomenology, especially informed by a reading of Heidegger, to enhance and extend appreciation of the need to question accounting’s meaning or delineation and how... Read More about What is accounting? The “being” and “be-ings” of the accounting phenomenon and its critical appreciation.

Co-Producing Community and Individual Change through Theatrical Interventions (2019)
Journal Article
Millward, H., Kelemen, M., & Mangan, A. (2019). Co-Producing Community and Individual Change through Theatrical Interventions. Organizational Aesthetics, 8(1), 34-50

This article sheds light on the role of co-produced creative methods in creating change, with particular reference to marginalized communities and taboo topics. In doing so, the paper offers a vignette of a day-long theatrical outreach event explorin... Read More about Co-Producing Community and Individual Change through Theatrical Interventions.

Growing Consumers Through Production and Play: A Phenomenological Exploration of Food Growing in the School Foodscape (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). Growing Consumers Through Production and Play: A Phenomenological Exploration of Food Growing in the School Foodscape. Sociology, 468-485. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038518789542

This article adopts a phenomenological perspective to illustrate how gardens become important spaces where children informally encounter, produce, consume and learn about food. We extend the theoretical concept of the ‘foodscape’ by applying it to bo... Read More about Growing Consumers Through Production and Play: A Phenomenological Exploration of Food Growing in the School Foodscape.

When is a bed not a bed? Exploring the interplay of the material and virtual in negotiating home-work boundaries (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). When is a bed not a bed? Exploring the interplay of the material and virtual in negotiating home-work boundaries. Culture and Organization, 159-177. https://doi.org/10.1080/14759551.2017.1349128

Working from home is often associated with possibilities of anytime-anyplace working and with a fusion of work and home. In this empirical paper, we explore how the sociomaterial contexts of home-working define and tether what is possible for home-wo... Read More about When is a bed not a bed? Exploring the interplay of the material and virtual in negotiating home-work boundaries.

Volunteers as monstrous workers:'monsters' in UK live-action roleplay game organizations (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). Volunteers as monstrous workers:'monsters' in UK live-action roleplay game organizations. Culture and Organization, 233-248. https://doi.org/10.1080/14759551.2016.1241254

This paper examines volunteers as workers in the leisure activity of festival-scale UK live-action roleplaying. The descriptive term ‘monsters’ is native within the field, referring to volunteer roles often involving dramatic performance of a ‘villai... Read More about Volunteers as monstrous workers:'monsters' in UK live-action roleplay game organizations.

Knowledge Transfer and Industry Impact? (2019)
Presentation / Conference
(2019, May). Knowledge Transfer and Industry Impact?. Presented at Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) Annual Conference, Washington DC

Conference presentation.

Energy contagion analysis: a new perspective with application to a small petroleum economy (2019)
Journal Article
Legrenzi. (2019). Energy contagion analysis: a new perspective with application to a small petroleum economy. Energy Economics, 890-903. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2019.02.007

We put forward the novel concept of energy contagion, i.e. a deepening of energy-finance linkages under crisis conditions in energy markets. Further, we show how to construct tests for energy contagion through correlation, co-skewness, and co-volatil... Read More about Energy contagion analysis: a new perspective with application to a small petroleum economy.

Environmental Sustainability in the Follow-Up and Evaluation Stage of Logistics Services Purchasing: Perspectives from UK Shippers and 3PLs (2019)
Journal Article
Bahr, W., & Sweeney, E. (2019). Environmental Sustainability in the Follow-Up and Evaluation Stage of Logistics Services Purchasing: Perspectives from UK Shippers and 3PLs. Sustainability, 11(9), Article 2460. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11092460

The purpose of the research described in this paper is to investigate the role played by the green agenda and sustainability in the follow-up and evaluation stage of the purchasing of logistics services. This stage is relatively under-explored in the... Read More about Environmental Sustainability in the Follow-Up and Evaluation Stage of Logistics Services Purchasing: Perspectives from UK Shippers and 3PLs.

Types, obstacles and sources of empowerment in co-design: the role of shared material objects and processes (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). Types, obstacles and sources of empowerment in co-design: the role of shared material objects and processes. CoDesign, 1 - 20. https://doi.org/10.1080/15710882.2019.1605383

Co-design is intrinsically linked to the notion of empowerment, however little research has focussed specifically on understanding the types, obstacles and sources of empowerment in co-design. This paper combines theoretical investigations with obser... Read More about Types, obstacles and sources of empowerment in co-design: the role of shared material objects and processes.