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Knocking on the door of Human-Animal Studies: the value of work in interdisciplinary perspective (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). Knocking on the door of Human-Animal Studies: the value of work in interdisciplinary perspective. Society and Animals, 347-366. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-12341525

We argue that human-animal studies (HAS) literature is essential for theorizing work because it fosters a reflexive questioning of humanist power and a more sophisticated understanding of the co-dependency and co-creativity between the species. We hi... Read More about Knocking on the door of Human-Animal Studies: the value of work in interdisciplinary perspective.

Social Networks and Unemployment Exit in Great Britain (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). Social Networks and Unemployment Exit in Great Britain. International Journal of Social Economics, 1205 -1226. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-04-2017-0137

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect employed friends have on the probability of exiting unemployment of an unemployed worker according to his/her educational (skill) level.

Design/methodology/approach
In common with studie... Read More about Social Networks and Unemployment Exit in Great Britain.

Qur’anic ethics for environmental responsibility: implications for business practice (2018)
Journal Article
Ekara Helfaya. (2018). Qur’anic ethics for environmental responsibility: implications for business practice. Journal of Business Ethics, 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.

Links between Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation and Development in Land Policy and Ecosystem Restoration Projects: Lessons from South Africa (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). Links between Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation and Development in Land Policy and Ecosystem Restoration Projects: Lessons from South Africa. Sustainability, 1 - 19. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10030779

Links between climate change adaptation, mitigation and development co-benefits in land policy and ecosystem restoration projects are hampered by limited understanding of how multi-faceted policy, institutions and projects interact. This paper explor... Read More about Links between Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation and Development in Land Policy and Ecosystem Restoration Projects: Lessons from South Africa.

Diamonds are a girl's best friend...?: Examining gender and careers in the jewellery industry (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Diamonds are a girl's best friend...?: Examining gender and careers in the jewellery industry. Organization, 355 -376. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508416687767

Using Acker’s concept of ‘inequality regimes’, this article examines the practices and processes of gender inequality in the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter, highlighting the complex and subtle nature of discrimination sometimes at play and the strategi... Read More about Diamonds are a girl's best friend...?: Examining gender and careers in the jewellery industry.

Burgers for tourists who give a damn! Driving disruptive social change upstream and downstream in the tourist food supply chain (2017)
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(2017). Burgers for tourists who give a damn! Driving disruptive social change upstream and downstream in the tourist food supply chain. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 1563 - 1582. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2017.1291652

Using the theoretical lens of social capital this paper examines the role of small tourist food businesses and their impact on the sustainability of the destination and local food supply chains. The paper analyses the experiences of small business ow... Read More about Burgers for tourists who give a damn! Driving disruptive social change upstream and downstream in the tourist food supply chain.

A conceptual understanding of criminality and integrity challenges in food supply chains (2017)
Journal Article
Fassam, L., & Dani, S. (2017). A conceptual understanding of criminality and integrity challenges in food supply chains. British Food Journal, 119(1), 67 - 83. https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-07-2016-0314

Purpose: Business, consumers and governmental organisations are harbouring a growing need to gain an appreciation of behaviours connected to food criminality. In order to acquire a cross-functional understanding of these thematic areas (crime and fra... Read More about A conceptual understanding of criminality and integrity challenges in food supply chains.

Deregulation is so nineteen eighties, we’re into ‘better regulation’ now: Exploring the unintended consequences of self-regulation through enterprise in the Passive Fire Protection industry (2016)
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(2016). Deregulation is so nineteen eighties, we’re into ‘better regulation’ now: Exploring the unintended consequences of self-regulation through enterprise in the Passive Fire Protection industry. Journal of Organizational Ethnography, https://doi.org/10.1108/JOE-07-2016-0013

Purpose: This paper seeks to explore how organizations operate in the absence of a clear regulatory authority in a self-regulating environment. Significant moves toward self-regulation by various political administrations, together with successive wa... Read More about Deregulation is so nineteen eighties, we’re into ‘better regulation’ now: Exploring the unintended consequences of self-regulation through enterprise in the Passive Fire Protection industry.

"Deregulation is so nineteen eighties, we’re into ‘better regulation’ now”: Exploring the unintended consequences of self-regulation through enterprise in the Passive Fire Protection industry (2016)
Journal Article
(2016). "Deregulation is so nineteen eighties, we’re into ‘better regulation’ now”: Exploring the unintended consequences of self-regulation through enterprise in the Passive Fire Protection industry. Journal of Organizational Ethnography, 287-303. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOE-07-2016-0013

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore how organizations operate in the absence of a clear regulatory authority in a self-regulating environment. Significant moves towards self-regulation by various political administrations, together with... Read More about "Deregulation is so nineteen eighties, we’re into ‘better regulation’ now”: Exploring the unintended consequences of self-regulation through enterprise in the Passive Fire Protection industry.

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.

Strategies and tactics for local market making in the Temporary Staffing Industry (2016)
Journal Article
Pemberton, S., & Enright, B. (2016). Strategies and tactics for local market making in the Temporary Staffing Industry. Geoforum, 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2016.05.005

This paper examines the increasing complexity of interactions between temporary staffing agencies and their client firms within the local labour market of Birmingham, UK. Temporary Staffing Agencies have been identified as active and influential agen... Read More about Strategies and tactics for local market making in the Temporary Staffing Industry.

‘It’s Just a Job’: understanding emotion work, de-animalization and the compartmentalization of organized animal slaughter (2016)
Journal Article
(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.

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'.

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'.

Targeting leisure and business passengers with unsegmented pricing (2016)
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(2016). Targeting leisure and business passengers with unsegmented pricing. Tourism Management, 502-512. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2015.12.014

We analyse the fare setting strategy of a leading European low-cost carrier, Ryanair, which, until recently, adopted an unsegmented pricing policy (all tickets belong to a single fare class). We show that, to account for different demand characterist... Read More about Targeting leisure and business passengers with unsegmented pricing.

"You're not going anywhere" Employee Retention, Symbolic Violence and the Experience of Participation and the Structuring of Subordination in a UK-based Call Centre (2015)
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(2015). "You're not going anywhere" Employee Retention, Symbolic Violence and the Experience of Participation and the Structuring of Subordination in a UK-based Call Centre. Sociological Review, 801-819. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954x.12312

This article explores practices that produce and reproduce domination in and through organizational hierarchies and shows how high levels of employee turnover were managed within a UK-based call centre through the use of culturally bound employment p... Read More about "You're not going anywhere" Employee Retention, Symbolic Violence and the Experience of Participation and the Structuring of Subordination in a UK-based Call Centre.

The Kill Programme: an ethnographic study of the Dirty Work of meat inspectors in a slaughterhouse (2015)
Journal Article
(2015). The Kill Programme: an ethnographic study of the Dirty Work of meat inspectors in a slaughterhouse. New Technology, Work and Employment, 95-108. https://doi.org/10.1111/ntwe.12046

It has been argued that ‘dirty work’ is characterised by strong occupational and workgroup cultures. This literature has mainly focused on direct workers, but this article largely attends to indirect ‘dirty’ workers, specifically meat inspectors, thr... Read More about The Kill Programme: an ethnographic study of the Dirty Work of meat inspectors in a slaughterhouse.

Exploring the Role of HR Practitioners in Pursuit of Organizational Effectiveness in Higher Education Institutions (2015)
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(2015). Exploring the Role of HR Practitioners in Pursuit of Organizational Effectiveness in Higher Education Institutions. Journal of Change Management, 210-230. https://doi.org/10.1080/14697017.2015.1045539

This paper focuses on how human resource (HR) professionals view their role in contributing to organizational effectiveness (OE) in the higher education (HE) sector. Drawing on interview and documentary data, we trace how rival definitions of OE rela... Read More about Exploring the Role of HR Practitioners in Pursuit of Organizational Effectiveness in Higher Education Institutions.

Brands at Work: The Search for Meaning in Mundane Work (2015)
Journal Article
(2015). Brands at Work: The Search for Meaning in Mundane Work. Organization Studies, 29 - 53. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840614553382

Brand scholarship traditionally resides within the marketing literature and focuses on organizations’ external relationships with customers. However, increasing critical attention in organization studies has focused on the brand in order to understan... Read More about Brands at Work: The Search for Meaning in Mundane Work.