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Academics at the intersection of age and gender: : A Ghanaian experience
Forson, Cynthia; Calveley, Moira; Shelley, Steven; George, Christeen (Routledge, 2017-08-25) -
Are MNCs norm entrepreneurs of followers? : The changing relationship between host country institutions and MNC HRM practices.
Brookes, Michael; Brewster, Chris; Wood, Geoff (2017-07-04)Rooted in the literature on comparative capitalism, we examine the effects of host country institutions on the intra-organizational practices of multinational corporations (MNCs), using transnational level survey data, ... -
British trade unionism in the 1980s reassessed. Are recurring assumptions about union membership and strikes flawed?
Blissett, Ed (2023-07-07)This article questions the hypothesis, put forward by several historians and IR academics, that the 1980s decline in British union membership and strike frequency, was driven by major industrial defeats, a cultural shift ... -
The business case for diversity: The impact of top management diversity on organisational culture.
Georgiadou, Andri (2013) -
Business Partnering
Smith, Paul (Hodder Education, 2010) -
China's place in global divisions of labour: a combined and uneven development perspective
Hardy, Jane (2017-02-23)By examining the contradictions in China’s model of growth and the shifting dynamics of its place in the global division of labour, the aim of this paper is to understand the tensions in the class relations that underpin ... -
‘Communities of resistance’ and the use of newspaper discussion boards Polish workers in Japanese foreign investments
Bancarzewski, Maciej; Hardy, Jane (2017-07-25)This article examines the content of two hundred posts on newspaper discussion boards by workers in a cluster of Japanese foreign investments in Poland. The conclusions are first, that the material experiences of workers ... -
Crisis and Change in Industrial Relations in Central and Eastern Europe
Soulsby, Anna; Hollinshead, Graham; Steger, Thomas (2017-03-01)This article introduces the special issue on industrial relations in Central and Eastern Europe since the financial and economic crisis. Already dependent economically on funding from the west, and lacking the robust ... -
Crowd Work in Europe : Preliminary results from a survey in the UK, Sweden, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands
Huws, Ursula; Spencer, Neil; Joyce, Simon (Foundation for European Progressive Studies, 2016-12-02) -
Cultural dimensions of global hospitality and tourism business management.
Georgiadou, Andri; Jasonos, Chryso (IGI Global Publishing, 2015) -
Digitalisation in the UK Service Industries
Sharma, Anita (ZSI Centre for Social Innovation, 2017-09-30)This report on 'Digitalisation in the UK Service Industries' is based on empirical evidence, academic and policy insight, paying specific attention to national initiatives and policies. Following guidelines provided by ZSI ... -
Diversity as a strategic competitive advantage: The impact of cultural diversity on hotel employees’ satisfaction and retention.
Georgiadou, Andri; Jasonos, Chryso (2014)This research paper, as part of one of the authors’ doctoral thesis, reviews the existing diversity management literature and aims to investigate the impact of diversity on hotel employees’ satisfaction and retention in ... -
Driverless Uber cars are coming to disrupt the sharing economy – but capitalism carries on as usual
Huws, Ursula (2016-08-23) -
Eastern and Western Forms of Social Capital and its Implications for Managing Diversity.
Georgiadou, Andri; Horak, Sven (2016-03-21)Following the studies conducted predominantly by East Asian scholars, we rather observe social ties and networks being conceptualised; Guanxi (in China) as the most dominant research stream in the management literature; ... -
Employee engagement in discussion: Goals, perspectives and recommendations
Jeske, Debora; Sheehan, Maura; Linehan, Carol; Moran, Michael (2017-10-09)This paper represents a summary of a debate on employee engagement that was conducted in a Business School setting. in this debate, representatives from key stakeholders group participated in this debate. The debate ... -
Employment regulation and productivity: Is there a case for deregulation?
Brookes, Michael; James, Phil; Rizov, Marian (2016-03-03)This article explores empirically the economic validity of the relatively limited approach to the regulation of employment protection pursued in the UK over the last three decades and within the European Union more recently. ... -
Fatally Divided: : An analysis of the role micro-political divisions played in the unions’ loss of the 1986-87 News International dispute.
Blissett, Edward (2016-06-30)On 5 February 1987 the SOGAT National Executive Committee (NEC) voted 23 to 9 to end its dispute with News International Limited. One day later the NGA National Council, followed suit and ended their industrial action. ... -
Fatally divided? An analysis of the role micro-political divisions played in the trade unions’ loss of the 1986–1987 News International dispute : An analysis of the role micro-political divisions played in the trade unions’ loss of the 1986-87 News International dispute
Blissett, Edward (2018-06-01)On 5 February 1987, the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades (SOGAT) National Executive Committee voted to end its dispute with News International Limited. One day later, the National Graphical Association (NGA) National ... -
Further Education and the New Managerialism
Randle, Keith; Brady, Norman (1997-06-01)As a result of the process of incorporation following the Further and Higher Education Act (1992), Cityshire College, a large further education (FE) college, left the jurisdiction of the local authority and gained greater ...