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Working Below the Line in the Studio System : Exploring Labour Processes in the UK Film Industry 1927-1950
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013)Drawing on archived interview material from ten participants in the BECTU Oral History Project this paper gives voice to largely unheard below-the-line technical employees in the UK film industry. It considers the extent ... -
Working capital management and firm performance in the hospitality and tourism industry
(2022-04-01)The aim of this study is to provide empirical evidence concerning the effects of working capital on firm performance in the hospitality and tourism industry. We identify an inverted U-shaped relationship between working ... -
Working Class Women's Agency in the Labour Movement in East London, 1840 – 1914
(2021-08-12)This research reveals a hidden history of working-class women’s lives and agency in industrial East London, 1840 to 1914. “Sweated” industrial women were integral to East London’s industrial labour geographies, as demonstrated ... -
Working in film : employment in a project-based industry
(2001)Currently the “creative industries”, especially the British film industry, are receiving much popular attention. The aim of this paper is to present a description and evaluation of employment in the film industry, and ... -
Working in Universities : The realities from porter to professor
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Working memory and emotion : Detecting the hedonic detector
(2012)In an attempt to account for the impact of emotion on cognition, Baddeley (2007) proposed the existence of a hedonic detection system. Malfunctioning of this system was assumed to play a crucial role in depression. Exploring ... -
Working online, living offline : labour in the Internet Age
(2013)This paper begins by tracing changes in employment patterns since the middle of the 20th Century, arguing that the mid 2000s marked the beginning of a fourth distinctive phase, the earlier ones having begun, respectively, ... -
The working relationship between the general practitioner and the health visitor
(1984-05)The views of 40 health visitors from the Cambridge health district on their working relationship with general practitioners are presented. Patterns of attachment and facilities at the work base are described. The health ... -
Working Time and Family Life in the UK
(University of Hertfordshire, 2003)This paper explores the relationship between working time flexibility and family life in the UK using data from a national survey of households carried out in the spring of 2001. The paper focuses on working hours and ... -
Working Time Flexibility and Family Life in the UK, the Netherlands and Sweden
(University of Hertfordshire, 2003)This paper focuses on working time flexibility and family life in the UK, the Netherlands and Sweden based on comparable survey findings carried out in Spring 2001. In addition, a more detailed analysis of the UK survey ... -
Working time, gender and family in west and central east Europe
(University of Hertfordshire, 2003)This paper provides a comparative analysis of west and central east European countries focusing on how work flexibility affects individuals and their households and particularly their ability to combine family and work ... -
Working together on nuclear waste
(The Energy Industries Council (EIC), 2012-03-18)The UK and CHINA are considering High Level Waste (HLW) and Spent Fuel (SF) geological disposal using an engineered barrier system (EBS) covering wasteform, canisters and backfill/buffer materials. With both countries ... -
Working towards an International ANPR Standard : an initial investigation into the UK Standard
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012)This paper examines the use of the UK National ACPO ANPR Standard (NAAS) as the “de facto” technical standard applied in many international countries. It considers the requirement for a standard and examines the effectiveness ... -
Working Towards Excellence : teachers and teaching assistants supporting children with special educational needs
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Working towards explicit modelling : experiences of a new teacher educator
(2011)As a new teacher educator of beginner teachers on the Graduate Teacher Programme in a large School of Education in a UK University, I have reflected on how I have been able to develop the effectiveness of modelling good ... -
Working towards widening participation in nurse education
(2016-02)The widening participation agenda has particular significance for worldwide nursing since it is a profession which is under increasing scrutiny in its recruitment and retention practices. Debate about this agenda within ... -
Working under protest and variation of employment terms : Robinson v Tescom Corporation [2008] IRLR 408 (EAT)
(2008)Robinson v Tescom Corporation turns on the proper analysis in law of an employee agreeing to work ‘under protest’ when faced with an attempt by the employer to vary the employment contract by imposing changes in breach of ... -
Working with alternative development life cycles : A multiproject experiment
(Springer Nature, 2005)