HPWP (High Performance Work Practices) and its role on promoting the employee performance in the Nigerian hotel industry (2019)
Journal Article
Odiaka, K., & Chang, K. (2019). HPWP (High Performance Work Practices) and its role on promoting the employee performance in the Nigerian hotel industry. Journal of Organizational Psychology, 19(6), 23-36. https://doi.org/10.33423/jop.v19i6.2661

The current study discusses the significance of High Performance Work Practices (HPWPs) and analyses its relevance to employee engagement and performance in Nigeria. Hotel employees with different background are interviewed and their views thematic... Read More about HPWP (High Performance Work Practices) and its role on promoting the employee performance in the Nigerian hotel industry.

Book review: Zhang, X., Yang, E., & Thomas, N: Enterprise Management Control Systems in China (2019)
Journal Article
Asdullah, M., & Yazdifar, H. (2019). Book review: Zhang, X., Yang, E., & Thomas, N: Enterprise Management Control Systems in China. Asia-Pacific Journal of Management Research and Innovation, 15(3), 124-125. https://doi.org/10.1177/2319510X19883075

Book review of Zhang, X., Yang, E., & Thomas, N: Enterprise Management Control Systems in China, 2014, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 352 pp., €152,59 (hardback), ISBN: 9783642547140.

Managing transformation projects : tracing lessons from the industrial to the digital revolution (2019)
Book
Procter, C., & Kozak-Holland, M. (2020). Managing transformation projects : tracing lessons from the industrial to the digital revolution. Switzerland: Palgrave Pivot (Palgrave Macmillan). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33035-4

Living in a period of digital revolution leading to fundamental transformation of our lives, it is possible to forget that there have been previous periods of substantial business transformation, especially during the previous industrial revolutions.... Read More about Managing transformation projects : tracing lessons from the industrial to the digital revolution.

An assessment of industry position on shared equity housing model development in the UK (2019)
Journal Article
Ayoade, O., & Ahmed, V. (2019). An assessment of industry position on shared equity housing model development in the UK. International journal of qualitative research in services (Online), 3(2), https://doi.org/10.1504/IJQRS.2019.103760

This paper investigated affordable housing problems and how they impact the development of Shared Equity Housing Models (SEHM) with emphasis on the Community Land Trust (CLT). The methodological approach identified and tackled inherent industry sour... Read More about An assessment of industry position on shared equity housing model development in the UK.

Service innovation and transformation : the case of WeChat (2019)
Book Chapter
Chen, Y., & Zhao, W. (2019). Service innovation and transformation : the case of WeChat. In A. Fenton, G. Fletcher, & M. Griffiths (Eds.), Strategic Digital Transformation: A Results-Driven Approach (174-181). Routledge

Business innovation is closely associated with the enterprise boundary, focusing on internal control to carry out innovation activities and use internal innovation resources. But this format faces the challenge of knowledge dispersion, information di... Read More about Service innovation and transformation : the case of WeChat.

Sparking interdisciplinarity: let’s take framing students as customers in higher education seriously (2019)
Journal Article
Ma, G. (2019). Sparking interdisciplinarity: let’s take framing students as customers in higher education seriously. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, 45(4), 461-476. https://doi.org/10.1080/03080188.2019.1695171

This paper aims to inspire an interdisciplinary dialogue on framing students as customers in higher education, by reviewing some under-explored conceptual issues and implications in the existing literature especially concerning presently underreprese... Read More about Sparking interdisciplinarity: let’s take framing students as customers in higher education seriously.

The effect of managers’ optimism on competitive strategy and final cost models (2019)
Journal Article
Farajpouri Haghigh, H., & Yazdifar, H. (2019). The effect of managers’ optimism on competitive strategy and final cost models. Religación, 4(20), 432-440

Currently, competition in the global economy is the most complex issue that gives organizations a lot of opportunities and threats. Therefore, the manager of the organization should be able to enhance the organization's performance in this competit... Read More about The effect of managers’ optimism on competitive strategy and final cost models.

A review on maintenance optimization (2019)
Journal Article
De Jonge, B., & Scarf, P. (2020). A review on maintenance optimization. European Journal of Operational Research, 285(3), 805-824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2019.09.047

To this day, continuous developments of technical systems and increasing reliance on equipment have resulted in a growing importance of effective maintenance activities. During the last couple of decades, a substantial amount of research has been car... Read More about A review on maintenance optimization.

An echo state network architecture based on quantum logic gate and its optimization (2019)
Journal Article
Liu, J., Sun, T., Luo, Y., Yang, S., Cao, Y., & Zhai, J. (2020). An echo state network architecture based on quantum logic gate and its optimization. Neurocomputing, 371, 100-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2019.09.002

Quantum neural network (QNN) is developed based on two classical theories of quantum computation and artificial neural networks. It has been proved that quantum computing is an important candidate for improving the performance of traditional neural n... Read More about An echo state network architecture based on quantum logic gate and its optimization.

The experiences of female football fans on social media (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Fenton, A., Vasilica, C., Gillooly, L., & Vurtak, S. (2019, September). The experiences of female football fans on social media. Presented at The European Association for Sport Management (EASM) Conference, Seville, Spain

Volatility modeling and prediction : the role of price impact (2019)
Journal Article
Jiang, Y., Cao, Y., Liu, X., & Zhai, J. (2019). Volatility modeling and prediction : the role of price impact. Quantitative Finance, 19(12), 2015-2031. https://doi.org/10.1080/14697688.2019.1636123

In this paper, we are interested in exploring the role of price impact, derived from the order book, inmodeling and predicting stock volatility. This is motivated by the market microstructure literature thatexamines the mechanics of price formation a... Read More about Volatility modeling and prediction : the role of price impact.

A digital twin model for enhancing performance measurement in assembly lines (2019)
Book Chapter
Papanagnou, C. (2019). A digital twin model for enhancing performance measurement in assembly lines. In M. Farsi, A. Daneshkhah, A. Hosseinian-Far, & H. Jahankhani (Eds.), Digital Twin Technologies and Smart Cities (53-66). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18732-3_4

Dynamic manufacturing processes are characterized by a lack of coordination, complexity and sheer volumes of data. Digital transformation technologies offer the manufacturers the capability to better monitor and control both assets and production. Th... Read More about A digital twin model for enhancing performance measurement in assembly lines.

SPARC 2019 Fake news & home truths : Salford postgraduate annual research conference book of abstracts (2019)
Book
Aarons, T., Abduljawad, S. A. S., Aboelkheir, A., Addis, M. C., Adeboye, O., Adeniyi, I. A., …Yusup, N. H. (2019). E. M. Barnes, D. Greensmith, M. Griffiths, U. Hurley, T. Ireland, C. Starbuck, …D. Whitnall (Eds.), SPARC 2019 Fake news & home truths : Salford postgraduate annual research conference book of abstracts. Salford, UK: University of Salford

Welcome to the Book of Abstracts for the 2019 SPARC conference. This year we not only celebrate the work of our PGRs but also our first ever Doctoral School Best Supervisor awards, which makes this year’s conference extra special. Once again we have... Read More about SPARC 2019 Fake news & home truths : Salford postgraduate annual research conference book of abstracts.

Agile research and the PhD journey (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Procter, C., & Fenton, A. (2019, June). Agile research and the PhD journey. Presented at British Academy of Management conference on Management Knowledge and Education, University of York St John

This paper proposes that Agile is the most effective approach to doctoral research, particularly where an interpretive or phenomenological approach is taken. An iterative cycle through the key processes of research design, literature review, method d... Read More about Agile research and the PhD journey.

Chinese students’ decisions to undertake postgraduate study overseas (2019)
Journal Article
Zhu, L., & Reeves, P. (2019). Chinese students’ decisions to undertake postgraduate study overseas. International Journal of Educational Management, 33(5), 999-1011. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEM-11-2017-0339

Purpose: This study surfaces themes which may influence Chinese students’ decision making in relation to postgraduate study in international universities. Design/ methodology/ approach: The study utilises a semi-structured qualitative interview me... Read More about Chinese students’ decisions to undertake postgraduate study overseas.

Understanding digital events : Bergson, Whitehead, and the experience of the digital (2019)
Book
Kreps, D. E. A. (2019). D. Kreps (Ed.), Understanding digital events : Bergson, Whitehead, and the experience of the digital. London: Routledge

This book introduces an events-based approach to understanding digital experience. Focusing on the event-ontologies of Bergson and Whitehead’s process metaphysics, it explores subjective experience and objective reality as unified ‘events’ in the for... Read More about Understanding digital events : Bergson, Whitehead, and the experience of the digital.

Delay-time modelling of a critical system subject to random inspections (2019)
Journal Article
Scarf, P., Cavalcante, C., & Lopes, R. (2019). Delay-time modelling of a critical system subject to random inspections. European Journal of Operational Research, 278(3), 772-782. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2019.04.042

We model the inspection-maintenance of a critical system in which the execution of inspections is random. The models we develop are interesting because they mimic realities in which production is prioritised over maintenance, so that inspections migh... Read More about Delay-time modelling of a critical system subject to random inspections.

I am a person : a review of value sensitive design for cognitive declines of ageing, interpreted through the lens of personhood (2019)
Journal Article
Kreps, D., & Burmeister, O. (2019). I am a person : a review of value sensitive design for cognitive declines of ageing, interpreted through the lens of personhood. Orbit, 2(2), https://doi.org/10.29297/orbit.v2i2.79

This paper presents a conception of personhood as both physical and social, and both as radically contingent upon their respective physical and social environments. In the context of age-related cognitive decline, particularly dementia, it supports l... Read More about I am a person : a review of value sensitive design for cognitive declines of ageing, interpreted through the lens of personhood.

Subordinates' competency : a potential trigger for workplace ostracism (2019)
Journal Article
Chang, K., Kuo, C., Quinton, S., Lee, I., Cheng, T., & Huang, S. (2021). Subordinates' competency : a potential trigger for workplace ostracism. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 32(8), 1801-1827. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2019.1579246

While the competence of subordinates is considered desirable in the workplace, it may create challenges in managing people in organizations. This study examines why subordinates’ competence triggers ostracism within the workplace based on social comp... Read More about Subordinates' competency : a potential trigger for workplace ostracism.

Virtual series-system models of imperfect repair (2019)
Journal Article
Nafisah, I., Shrahili, M., Alotaibi, N., & Scarf, P. (2019). Virtual series-system models of imperfect repair. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 188(Aug 19), 604-613. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2019.03.046

Novel models of imperfect repair are fitted to classic reliability datasets. The models suppose that a virtual system comprises a component and a remainder in series. On failure of the component, the component is renewed, and on failure of the remain... Read More about Virtual series-system models of imperfect repair.