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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.

Exploring leadership styles utilised by Advanced Clinical Practitioners to initiate positive change within clinical practice (2022)
Journal Article
(2022). Exploring leadership styles utilised by Advanced Clinical Practitioners to initiate positive change within clinical practice. The Journal of Academic Development and Education, https://doi.org/10.21252/yjbj-5k05

The concept of advanced practice has been developed to not only enhance the capacity and dimension of the healthcare workforce but improve clinical continuity, demonstrate high quality, patient-focused care and provide visible leadership in the hope... Read More about Exploring leadership styles utilised by Advanced Clinical Practitioners to initiate positive change within clinical practice.

Compensation for Business Tenants: Mischief and Malady (2020)
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Haley, M. (2020). Compensation for Business Tenants: Mischief and Malady. Cambridge Law Journal, 79(3), 490-526. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008197320000586

This article focuses upon the provisions and underlying policy of the Landlord and Tenant Acts of 1927 and 1954. It surveys the mischief that each Act was designed to address and, from the perspective of compensation for business tenants, examines cr... Read More about Compensation for Business Tenants: Mischief and Malady.

Reducing carbon emissions in business through Responsible Management Education: Influence at the micro-, meso- and macro-levels (2020)
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Molthan-Hill, P., Robinson, Z., Hope, A., Dharmasasmita, A., & McManus, E. (2020). Reducing carbon emissions in business through Responsible Management Education: Influence at the micro-, meso- and macro-levels. International Journal of Management Education, 100328 -100328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijme.2019.100328

There has long been an understanding that to achieve meaningful progress against sustainability challenges, action is required at multiple levels. With regards to education initiatives, these levels range from macro-level international agreements and... Read More about Reducing carbon emissions in business through Responsible Management Education: Influence at the micro-, meso- and macro-levels.

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.

Creative processes of impact making: Advancing an American Pragmatist methodology (2019)
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(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.

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.

Organisational Dynamics and Adoption of Innovation: A Study within the Software Firms in Sri Lanka (2019)
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(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.

Industry agglomeration, subnational institution and foreign film performance (2018)
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(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.

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)
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(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)
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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)
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(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)
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(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.

Methodology-as-Technique and the Meaning of Rigor in Globalized Management Research (2016)
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(2016). Methodology-as-Technique and the Meaning of Rigor in Globalized Management Research. British Journal of Management, 534-550. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12205

his paper analyses the genre of ‘methodology-as-technique’, which we suggest provides the underpinning logic for a particular conception of scientific rigour that is increasingly regarded as normal in globalized management research. Based on a qualit... Read More about Methodology-as-Technique and the Meaning of Rigor in Globalized Management Research.

The role of community leadership in disaster recovery projects: Tsunami lessons from Japan (2016)
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(2016). The role of community leadership in disaster recovery projects: Tsunami lessons from Japan. International Journal of Project Management, 913-924. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2016.09.005

While project management has been effectively applied to many fields and sectors, disaster management has yet to see its full benefits. This inductive study generates insights about the nature and role of ‘active leadership’ (LaBrosse, 2007) in the c... Read More about The role of community leadership in disaster recovery projects: Tsunami lessons from Japan.

Seeing and Being Seen as a Management Learning and Education Scholar: Rejoinder to "Identifying Research Topic Development in Business and Management Education Research Using Legitimation Code Theory (2016)
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(2016). Seeing and Being Seen as a Management Learning and Education Scholar: Rejoinder to "Identifying Research Topic Development in Business and Management Education Research Using Legitimation Code Theory. Journal of Management Education, 692-699. https://doi.org/10.1177/1052562916662103

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Dockworkers’ resistance and union reform within China’s globalised seaport industry (2016)
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Cao, X., & Meng, Q. (2016). Dockworkers’ resistance and union reform within China’s globalised seaport industry. Globalizations, 14(2), 272-284. https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2016.1203131

This study examines the prominent 2013 Yantian dock strike in China and analyses the main factors contributing to the dockers’ successful campaign. It finds that the dockers’ capacity to take strike action mainly derives from their bargaining power,... Read More about Dockworkers’ resistance and union reform within China’s globalised seaport industry.

Bodies, Sexualities and Women Leaders in Popular Culture: From Spectacle to Metapicture (2016)
Journal Article
(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.