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Alan Fox and the managerial “unitary” frame of reference in unionised companies: context, roots, elaboration and international applicability (2024)
Journal Article
Lyddon, D., & Cao, X. (2024). Alan Fox and the managerial “unitary” frame of reference in unionised companies: context, roots, elaboration and international applicability. Employee Relations, https://doi.org/10.1108/ER-09-2023-0486

Purpose
This study investigates the origins and elaboration of the managerial “unitary” frame of reference associated with Alan Fox, focusing on unionised firms: the industrial relations context, intellectual roots, elaboration, adaptation by other... Read More about Alan Fox and the managerial “unitary” frame of reference in unionised companies: context, roots, elaboration and international applicability.

Organising to win: the role of trade union leadership in the 2016-17 Mixed Fleet Unite-British Airways dispute (2023)
Thesis
Gallagher, R. (2023). Organising to win: the role of trade union leadership in the 2016-17 Mixed Fleet Unite-British Airways dispute. (Thesis). Keele University

The purpose of this thesis is to add to the industrial relations literature on strikes by conducting a case study of the 2016-17 Mixed Fleet – BA industrial dispute and answer the principal research question: How do trade union workplace representati... Read More about Organising to win: the role of trade union leadership in the 2016-17 Mixed Fleet Unite-British Airways dispute.

Virtual Business Projects in the Classroom: Enhancing Intercultural and Business Skills of Students (2019)
Book Chapter
(2019). Virtual Business Projects in the Classroom: Enhancing Intercultural and Business Skills of Students. In The Palgrave Handbook of Learning and Teaching International Business and Management (747-768). https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137467720

The Handbook of Experiential Learning In International Business is a one-stop source for international managers, business educators and trainers who seek to either select and use an existing experiential learning project, or develop new projects and... Read More about Virtual Business Projects in the Classroom: Enhancing Intercultural and Business Skills of Students.

Heterogeneity in top management teams and outward foreign direct investment: evidence from Chinese listed companies (2019)
Journal Article
Cao, X. (2019). Heterogeneity in top management teams and outward foreign direct investment: evidence from Chinese listed companies. Frontiers of Business Research in China, 13, 16 - 16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s11782-019-0063-0

Drawing upon the knowledge-based view and team learning, we investigated how heterogeneity in top management teams (TMTs) in China influences global expansion strategies. Using panel data from Chinese listed firms from 2008 to 2014, we found that TMT... Read More about Heterogeneity in top management teams and outward foreign direct investment: evidence from Chinese listed companies.

University impact?: Evidencing operations management knowledge transfer (2019)
Presentation / Conference
(2019, September). University impact?: Evidencing operations management knowledge transfer. Presented at Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) International Conference, Brighton

This paper assesses the value and impact of operations management knowledge transfer. It proposes an evidence-based framework to demonstrate the output and impact from industry partners that coexist within complex relationships. It also suggests a us... Read More about University impact?: Evidencing operations management knowledge transfer.

Creative processes of impact making: Advancing an American Pragmatist methodology (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). Creative processes of impact making: Advancing an American Pragmatist methodology. Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management, 241-259. https://doi.org/10.1108/QROM-03-2017-1506

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to provide new insights into the social impact of creative research methods.

Design/methodology/approach
Using the new methodology of cultural animation (CA), the authors highlight how knowledge can be co-pro... Read More about Creative processes of impact making: Advancing an American Pragmatist methodology.

New approaches for Learning Analytics and Business Projects as Learning Enhancers for Students (2019)
Presentation / Conference
(2019, August). New approaches for Learning Analytics and Business Projects as Learning Enhancers for Students. Presented at The 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston

A main obstacle for the higher education sector is the provision of authentic learning experiences and the integration of modern and innovative technology into the existing curriculum. This need prompts universities to re-think current pedagogical co... Read More about New approaches for Learning Analytics and Business Projects as Learning Enhancers for Students.

Labour market segmentation and the demand for EU migrant workers: A comparative study of Sweden and the United Kingdom (2019)
Thesis
Plummer, R. C. (2019). Labour market segmentation and the demand for EU migrant workers: A comparative study of Sweden and the United Kingdom. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414419

This study analyses and compares the nature and extent of employers’ demand for EU migrant workers in the food manufacturing and transportation and storage sectors in Sweden and the United Kingdom (UK). The research uses the theoretical framework pro... Read More about Labour market segmentation and the demand for EU migrant workers: A comparative study of Sweden and the United Kingdom.

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.

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.

Organisational Dynamics and Adoption of Innovation: A Study within the Software Firms in Sri Lanka (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). Organisational Dynamics and Adoption of Innovation: A Study within the Software Firms in Sri Lanka. Journal of Small Business Management, 450-475. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsbm.12378

This paper examines the effect of organizational dynamics on innovation focus using the residual dominant and emergent theoretical framework (RDE) and the empirical evidence of four case studies. The findings revealed that different types of innovati... Read More about Organisational Dynamics and Adoption of Innovation: A Study within the Software Firms in Sri Lanka.

The role of social capital and community leadership in post-disaster recovery practices: an ethnography of Minami-Sanriku after the 2011 Tsunami (2019)
Thesis
Lin, Y. (2019). The role of social capital and community leadership in post-disaster recovery practices: an ethnography of Minami-Sanriku after the 2011 Tsunami. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413088

This research explores community post-disaster recovery practices in Minami-Sanriku, Japan after the 2011 tsunami by focusing on how various types of social capital have been developed and deployed in bottom up community-based tourism initiatives. In... Read More about The role of social capital and community leadership in post-disaster recovery practices: an ethnography of Minami-Sanriku after the 2011 Tsunami.

Industry agglomeration, subnational institution and foreign film performance (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). Industry agglomeration, subnational institution and foreign film performance. Management International Review, 969-993. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-018-0361-3

This study investigates the impact of industry agglomeration and its interaction with sub-national institutions on the profitability of multinational enterprises (MNEs) subsidiaries operating in an emerging economy. We argue that in an emerging econo... Read More about Industry agglomeration, subnational institution and foreign film performance.

Knowledge Transfer and Impact? (2018)
Presentation / Conference
(2018, September). Knowledge Transfer and Impact?. Presented at 32nd British Academy of Management (BAM) Conference, Bristol

This paper suggests a comparison framework to try and evidence the impact of knowledge transfer. It examines impact by reporting on the outputs from case studies across two sectors, manufacturing and healthcare. The paper assesses the impact of knowl... Read More about Knowledge Transfer and Impact?.

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.

Multilingual Research, Monolingual Publications: Management Scholarship in English only (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Multilingual Research, Monolingual Publications: Management Scholarship in English only. European Journal of International Management, 28-45. https://doi.org/10.1504/EJIM.2018.10009384

This paper identifies several stages of international management scholarship as multilingual in character as the conception and execution of research projects, whether empirical or theoretical, frequently require the use of several languages... Read More about Multilingual Research, Monolingual Publications: Management Scholarship in English only.

Do Board CSR Strategy and Orientation Influence Corporate Environmental Disclosures of UK firms. (2017)
Journal Article
Helfaya, E., & Moussa, T. (2017). Do Board CSR Strategy and Orientation Influence Corporate Environmental Disclosures of UK firms. Business Strategy and the Environment, 26(8), 1061-1077. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.1960

The environmental implications of corporate economic activities have led to growing demands for firms and their boards to adopt sustainable strategies and to disseminate more useful information about their activities and impacts on environment. This... Read More about Do Board CSR Strategy and Orientation Influence Corporate Environmental Disclosures of UK firms..

The Translator as Agent in Talent Management Knowledge Transfer (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). The Translator as Agent in Talent Management Knowledge Transfer. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 151-169. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470595817701509

We investigate the transfer of talent management knowledge into a Slovak manufacturing setting from a translation perspective. The translator is shown to be the key agent in the cross-national, cross-language knowledge transfer process, who not only... Read More about The Translator as Agent in Talent Management Knowledge Transfer.

Critical Essay: Meta-analysis: A critical realist critique and alternative (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Critical Essay: Meta-analysis: A critical realist critique and alternative. Human Relations, 11-39. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726716674063

Meta-analysis has proved increasingly popular in management and organization studies as a way of combining existing empirical quantitative research to generate a statistical estimate of how strongly variables are associated. Whilst a number of studie... Read More about Critical Essay: Meta-analysis: A critical realist critique and alternative.