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Rural innovation and small business development (2019)
Book Chapter
Cowie, P., Tiwasing, P., Phillipson, J., & Gorton, M. (2019). Rural innovation and small business development. In The Routledge Companion to Rural Planning (192-199). (1). London and New York: Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315102375-20

Rural businesses from multiple sectors make an important contribution to growth and productivity and are affected by wider challenges that impact on local and national growth strategies. Rural firms experience practical challenges concerning the avai... Read More about Rural innovation and small business development.

Exploring the quality of corporate environmental reporting: Surveying Preparers’ and Users’ Perceptions (2019)
Journal Article
Ekara Helfaya, A., Whittington, M., & Alawattage, C. (2019). Exploring the quality of corporate environmental reporting: Surveying Preparers’ and Users’ Perceptions. Accounting, auditing, & accountability, 32(1), 163-193. https://doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-04-2015-2023

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a multidimensional model for assessing the quality of corporate environmental reporting (CER) incorporating both preparer- and user-based views. Design/methodology/approach As opposed to frequently used... Read More about Exploring the quality of corporate environmental reporting: Surveying Preparers’ and Users’ Perceptions.

Efficacy of China’s strategic environmental management in its institutional environment (2019)
Journal Article
Yang, Y., Lau, A. K., Lee, P. K., Yeung, A. C., & Cheng, T. E. (2019). Efficacy of China’s strategic environmental management in its institutional environment. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 39(1), 138-163. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijopm-11-2017-0695

Purpose The Chinese Government encourages firms to diffuse their operational-level environmental management (EM) into their organization’s mission and strategy to develop strategic EM to promote sustainable development. The purpose of this paper is... Read More about Efficacy of China’s strategic environmental management in its institutional environment.

Does designing environmental disclosure quality measures make a difference? (2019)
Journal Article
Helfaya, A., & Whittington, M. (2019). Does designing environmental disclosure quality measures make a difference?. Business Strategy and the Environment, 28(4), 525-541. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2262

Assessing the quality of information disclosed by companies is a complex task. Accounting studies usually rely on analysing the content of corporate reports using measures to obtain a proxy for the information reported by companies. However, there is... Read More about Does designing environmental disclosure quality measures make a difference?.

Assessing the use of computer-based assessment-feedback in teaching digital accountants (2019)
Journal Article
Ekara Helfaya. (2019). Assessing the use of computer-based assessment-feedback in teaching digital accountants. Accounting education, 28(1), 69-99. https://doi.org/10.1080/09639284.2018.1501716

Both assessment and feedback have a vital impact on students’ learning. Using computer-based assessment (CBA) with constructive and prompt computer-based feedback (CBF) reduces the attainment gap of the new generation of digital students. Action rese... Read More about Assessing the use of computer-based assessment-feedback in teaching digital accountants.

DUAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE ROLE OF ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT ROBOTIC VIRTUAL AGENTS IN THE TOURISM, TRAVEL AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRIES (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Ukpabi, D. C., Karjaluoto, H., Olaleye, S. A., & Mogaji, E. (2019). DUAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE ROLE OF ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT ROBOTIC VIRTUAL AGENTS IN THE TOURISM, TRAVEL AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRIES.

Robotics and artificial intelligence are challenging extant business services and fundamentally impacting business relationships and processes. While studies have elaborately investigated social robotic interactions in medical and health-related doma... Read More about DUAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE ROLE OF ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT ROBOTIC VIRTUAL AGENTS IN THE TOURISM, TRAVEL AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRIES.

Social Media Networks and Community Development in Work-based Undergraduate Students (2019)
Journal Article
Murphy, D., Deeming, A., Millward, H., & Jones, J. (2019). Social Media Networks and Community Development in Work-based Undergraduate Students. Polish journal of Educational Studies, 72(1), 5-23. https://doi.org/10.2478/poljes-2019-0002

The purpose of the study was to explore how students on two related work-based degree courses with limited opportunities for face to face interaction used social media platforms to support their experiences and learning. The students involved work as... Read More about Social Media Networks and Community Development in Work-based Undergraduate Students.

The dark side of feeling trusted for hospitality employees: An investigation in two service contexts (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). The dark side of feeling trusted for hospitality employees: An investigation in two service contexts. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 122 -131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2018.04.001

Emerging research appears to suggest that feeling trusted by management can facilitate employees’ organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). However, it is possible that feeling trusted can have negative effects on hospitality employees. In this pape... Read More about The dark side of feeling trusted for hospitality employees: An investigation in two service contexts.

SDG3 Good Health and Well-Being: Integration and Connection with Other SDGs (2019)
Book Chapter
Fernandez, R. M. (2019). SDG3 Good Health and Well-Being: Integration and Connection with Other SDGs. In Good Health and Well-Being (629-636). (1). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95681-7_64

Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG3) pledges to “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages” (UN 2015a). Health is affected by multitude of factors, inherent to each individual but also dependent on environmental and economic ci... Read More about SDG3 Good Health and Well-Being: Integration and Connection with Other SDGs.