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A comparison of international HRM practices by Indian and European MNEs : evidence from Africa (2014)
Journal Article
Gomes, E., Sahadev, S., Glaister, A., & Demirbag, M. (2015). A comparison of international HRM practices by Indian and European MNEs : evidence from Africa. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 26(21), 2676-2700. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2014.939986

By comparing the HRM practices in Indian and European MNE subsidiaries located in four of the Southern African Development Community countries, this paper tests the relevance of the country-of-origin effect and analyses the strength of institutional... Read More about A comparison of international HRM practices by Indian and European MNEs : evidence from Africa.

Students’ interpretations of the meanings of questionnaire items in the National Student Survey (2014)
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Bennett, R., & Kane, S. (2014). Students’ interpretations of the meanings of questionnaire items in the National Student Survey. Quality in Higher Education, 20(2), 129-164. https://doi.org/10.1080/13538322.2014.924786

In many countries the outputs from university student satisfaction surveys are used for a variety of educational management purposes. Within Britain, the main instrument employed by state authorities to measure student satisfaction is the National St... Read More about Students’ interpretations of the meanings of questionnaire items in the National Student Survey.

Externalizing, internalizing and fostering commitment : the case of born-global firms in emerging economies (2014)
Journal Article
Glaister, A., Liu, Y., Sahadev, S., & Gomes, E. (2014). Externalizing, internalizing and fostering commitment : the case of born-global firms in emerging economies. Management International Review, 54(4), 473-496. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-014-0215-6

This paper examines the HR practices of mature born-global firms from 29 emerging economies. Through an examination of large scale survey data the paper questions the extent to which firm size impacts the employment of temporary workers, the employme... Read More about Externalizing, internalizing and fostering commitment : the case of born-global firms in emerging economies.

Exploring the role of stakeholders in place branding - a case analysis of the 'City of Liverpool' (2014)
Journal Article
Maheshwari, V., Lodorfos, G., & Vandewalle, I. (2014). Exploring the role of stakeholders in place branding - a case analysis of the 'City of Liverpool'. International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 13(1), 104-121. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijbg.2014.063398

To date, there has been no investigation into the roles and interrelationships of various stakeholder groups in developing place branding. Similarly, there is limited previous research that examines the links between stakeholders, place branding and... Read More about Exploring the role of stakeholders in place branding - a case analysis of the 'City of Liverpool'.

Theorising director task performance over time : insights from capture theory (2014)
Journal Article
Farquhar, S., Machold, S., & Ahmed, P. (2014). Theorising director task performance over time : insights from capture theory. International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics, 9(2), 155-169. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBGE.2014.063277

We develop a conceptual framework in which we show how a non-executive director's task performance may change over their life cycle on the board. We adopt a three-stage process to examine the task performance of a non-executive director: independence... Read More about Theorising director task performance over time : insights from capture theory.

Exploring the effects of financial and fiscal vulnerabilities on G7 economies : evidence from SVAR analysis (2014)
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We examine the possible interactions of the financial cycle and fiscal position for G7 economies. We employ the innovative aggregate financial and fiscal stress indexes which are able to depict the perplexed nature of modern economies. A SVAR model i... Read More about Exploring the effects of financial and fiscal vulnerabilities on G7 economies : evidence from SVAR analysis.

Polish and UK doctors' engagement with hospital management (2014)
Journal Article
Hartley, K., & Kautsch, M. (2014). Polish and UK doctors' engagement with hospital management. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 27(5), 430-440. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPSM-05-2012-0065

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to present the findings of a short research project, conducted in 2010 as part of a larger EU funded action investigating the participation and impact of doctors in management. The authors sought to compare the... Read More about Polish and UK doctors' engagement with hospital management.

Projecting corporate brand image and behavioral response in business schools : cognitive or affective brand attributes? (2014)
Journal Article
Syed Alwi, S., & Kitchen, P. (2014). Projecting corporate brand image and behavioral response in business schools : cognitive or affective brand attributes?. Journal of Business Research, 67(11), 2324-2336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2014.06.020

This paper considers corporate brand image, focusing on cognitive and affective brand attributes in the context of business schools. While previous research on university or institutional branding has studied these elements separately via cognitive (... Read More about Projecting corporate brand image and behavioral response in business schools : cognitive or affective brand attributes?.

Notions of belonging : First year, first semester higher education students enrolled on business or economics degree programmes (2014)
Journal Article
Kane, S., Chalcraft, D., & Volpe, G. (2014). Notions of belonging : First year, first semester higher education students enrolled on business or economics degree programmes. International Journal of Management Education, 12(2), 193-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijme.2014.04.001

This article reports on students’ sense of belonging in higher education in the first semester of the first year. The main aim of this study is to measure students’ sense of belonging in the context of the university environment across three London u... Read More about Notions of belonging : First year, first semester higher education students enrolled on business or economics degree programmes.

What would John Stuart Mill say? A utilitarian perspective on contemporary neuroscience debates in leadership (2014)
Journal Article
Lindebaum, D., & Raftopoulou, E. (2017). What would John Stuart Mill say? A utilitarian perspective on contemporary neuroscience debates in leadership. Journal of Business Ethics, 144, 813-822. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2247-z

The domain of organizational neuroscience increasingly influences leadership research and practice in terms of both selection and interventions. The dominant view is that the use of neuroscientific theories and methods offers better and refined predi... Read More about What would John Stuart Mill say? A utilitarian perspective on contemporary neuroscience debates in leadership.