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Podcasting library services post COVID-19 pandemic era: its potential and challenges for distant learners (2022)
Journal Article
Adetayo, A., Abata-Ebire, B., & Oladipo, Y. (2022). Podcasting library services post COVID-19 pandemic era: its potential and challenges for distant learners. Journal of Library and Information Services in Distance Learning, 16(3-4), 203-215. https://doi.org/10.1080/1533290x.2022.2149663

The study investigated the willingness of students to remotely tune into podcast programmes aired by libraries and the associated challenges. The study employed a descriptive survey research design. The sample included 245 Adeleke University undergra... Read More about Podcasting library services post COVID-19 pandemic era: its potential and challenges for distant learners.

The influence of social media addiction on compulsive buying behaviour: A comparative analysis of LGBT+ and heterosexual consumers (2022)
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Maccarrone-Eaglen, A., & Schofield, P. (2022). The influence of social media addiction on compulsive buying behaviour: A comparative analysis of LGBT+ and heterosexual consumers. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 22(1), 98-121. https://doi.org/10.1002/cb.2115

Despite the significant research on the impact of social media in people's lives, little is known about the extent to which social media impacts on compulsive buying behaviour (CBB). Moreover, previous studies of this relationship sampled heterosexua... Read More about The influence of social media addiction on compulsive buying behaviour: A comparative analysis of LGBT+ and heterosexual consumers.

The impact of the cost-of-living crisis on British credit unions and community-lenders (2022)
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Vik, P., & Wallace, A. (2022). The impact of the cost-of-living crisis on British credit unions and community-lenders. Journal of co-operative studies, 55(2), 29-34

Credit unions are often hypothesised to be less vulnerable to crises than other types of businesses. This paper examines the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on the British credit union and community lender sector drawing on interviews with 25 m... Read More about The impact of the cost-of-living crisis on British credit unions and community-lenders.

SMEs respond to climate change: evidence from developing countries (2022)
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Alam, A., Anna, D., Rahman, M., Yazdifar, H., & Abbasi, K. (2022). SMEs respond to climate change: evidence from developing countries. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 185, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.122087

Given the concerns stemming from climate change, it is important to investigate whether SMEs could become innovative (and thereby invest in technologies mitigating climate change) because of heightened climate change risk. This study explores the imp... Read More about SMEs respond to climate change: evidence from developing countries.

Quiet quitting is a new name for an old method of industrial action (2022)
Journal Article
Lord, J. (2022). Quiet quitting is a new name for an old method of industrial action

The average UK worker now carries out approximately 22 days’ worth of overtime a year. Meanwhile, inflation is at a 40-year high of 10.1%, and real pay is dropping 2.8% – the fastest decline since records began in 2001. In response, the trend of “q... Read More about Quiet quitting is a new name for an old method of industrial action.

Impacts of host city image in the country destination branding in sport mega-event context: exploring cognitive and affective image dimensions (2022)
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Ferreira, L., Giraldi, J., Maheshwari, V., & Oliveira, J. (2022). Impacts of host city image in the country destination branding in sport mega-event context: exploring cognitive and affective image dimensions. International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 13(4), 486-505. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijefm-10-2021-0080

Purpose This paper aims to verify the brand image effects of holding a sport mega-event by investigating the host city's influence on the country's branding, as a tourist destination. Design/methodology/approach This research considered the Rio... Read More about Impacts of host city image in the country destination branding in sport mega-event context: exploring cognitive and affective image dimensions.

Identifying individual enablers and barriers to the use of digital technology for the self-management of long-term conditions by older adults (2022)
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Moody, L., Wood, E., Needham, A., Booth, A., Jimenez-Aranda, A., & Tindale, W. (2022). Identifying individual enablers and barriers to the use of digital technology for the self-management of long-term conditions by older adults. Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology, 46(6), https://doi.org/10.1080/03091902.2022.2089249

Evidence suggests that much of the digital technology available and provided to older adults to enable self-management of long-term conditions is under-utilised. This research focuses on three conditions prevalent amongst older adults: diabetes, deme... Read More about Identifying individual enablers and barriers to the use of digital technology for the self-management of long-term conditions by older adults.

Negativists, enthusiasts and others: a typology of players in free-to-play games (2022)
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Klézl, V., & Kelly, S. (2022). Negativists, enthusiasts and others: a typology of players in free-to-play games. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 82(5), 7939-7960. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-022-13647-9

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a novel multidimensional typology of free-to-play gamers, based on the theory of consumption values and to test whether these types of gamers differ in their premium content consumer purchasing beha... Read More about Negativists, enthusiasts and others: a typology of players in free-to-play games.

Reduction in transfer of micro-organisms between patients and staff using short-sleeved gowns and hand/arm hygiene in intensive care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A simulation-based randomised trial (2022)
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Vincent, L., Ibrahim, M., Kitchin, J., Pickering, C., Wilson, J., Sorrentino, E., …McCulloch, P. (2022). Reduction in transfer of micro-organisms between patients and staff using short-sleeved gowns and hand/arm hygiene in intensive care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A simulation-based randomised trial. Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 24(3), 265-276. https://doi.org/10.1177/17511437221116472

Background Current personal protective equipment (PPE) practices in UK intensive care units involve “sessional” use of long-sleeved gowns, risking nosocomial infection transmitted via gown sleeves. Data from the first wave of the COVID19 pandemic dem... Read More about Reduction in transfer of micro-organisms between patients and staff using short-sleeved gowns and hand/arm hygiene in intensive care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A simulation-based randomised trial.

Non-invasive predictors of axillary lymph node burden in breast cancer: a single-institution retrospective analysis (2022)
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Ngai, V., Tai, J., Taj, S., Khanfar, H., Sfakianakis, E., Bakalis, A., …Baker, R. (2022). Non-invasive predictors of axillary lymph node burden in breast cancer: a single-institution retrospective analysis. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 195(2), 161-169. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-022-06672-7

Purpose: Axillary staging is an important prognostic factor in breast cancer. Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SNB) is currently used to stage patients who are clinically and radiologically node-negative. Since the establishment that axillary node clearan... Read More about Non-invasive predictors of axillary lymph node burden in breast cancer: a single-institution retrospective analysis.

Enhancing quality of teaching in the built environment higher education, UK (2022)
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Gomis, K., Saini, M., Pathirage, C., & Arif, M. (2022). Enhancing quality of teaching in the built environment higher education, UK. Quality Assurance in Education, https://doi.org/10.1108/QAE-03-2022-0072

Purpose The issues in the current Built Environment Higher Education (BEHE) curricula recognise a critical need for enhancing the quality of teaching. This paper aims to identify the need for a best practice in teaching within BEHE curricula and... Read More about Enhancing quality of teaching in the built environment higher education, UK.

Cultural challenges of ERP implementation in Middle-Eastern oil & gas sector: an action research approach (2022)
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Ali, M., Edghiem, F., & Alkhalifah, E. (2022). Cultural challenges of ERP implementation in Middle-Eastern oil & gas sector: an action research approach. Systemic Practice and Action Research, 36, 111-140. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-022-09600-4

The purpose of this paper was to examine the cultural barriers that existed at various stages of the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation process, using the Middle-Eastern oil and gas sector as a case study. Due to a variety of cultural... Read More about Cultural challenges of ERP implementation in Middle-Eastern oil & gas sector: an action research approach.

Development and user-testing of a digital patient decision aid to facilitate shared decision-making for people with stable angina (2022)
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Harris, E., Conway, D., Jimenez-Aranda, A., Butts, J., Hedley-Takhar, P., Thomson, R., & Astin, F. (2022). Development and user-testing of a digital patient decision aid to facilitate shared decision-making for people with stable angina. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 22(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-022-01882-x

Background Research shows that people with stable angina need decision support when considering elective treatments. Initial treatment is with medicines but patients may gain further benefit with invasive percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Ch... Read More about Development and user-testing of a digital patient decision aid to facilitate shared decision-making for people with stable angina.

Professional identity and professional services staff : understanding and impact (2022)
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Caldwell, J. (2022). Professional identity and professional services staff : understanding and impact. Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 26(4), 140-147. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603108.2022.2073288

This article explores the findings from my professional doctorate that focused on professional services staff in a university in the North West of England and their perceptions of identity. With little literature surrounding the identity of profess... Read More about Professional identity and professional services staff : understanding and impact.

A unified theory for bivariate scores in possessive ball-sports: the case of handball (2022)
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Singh, A., Scarf, P., & Baker, R. (2022). A unified theory for bivariate scores in possessive ball-sports: the case of handball. European Journal of Operational Research, 304(3), 1099-1112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2022.05.010

We present a unified theory that posits three fundamental models as necessary and sufficient for modelling the bivariate scores in possessive ball-sports. These models provide the basis for perhaps more complicated models that can be used for predict... Read More about A unified theory for bivariate scores in possessive ball-sports: the case of handball.

Voluntary and collective employer engagement and agency around the high-skill supply-demand relationship of education & training and VET in England (2022)
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Malik, F. (2022). Voluntary and collective employer engagement and agency around the high-skill supply-demand relationship of education & training and VET in England. Journal of Education and Work, 35(4), 390-404. https://doi.org/10.1080/13639080.2022.2073341

This article explores the underexamined idea of employer engagement as the institutional agency around the supply-demand relationship surrounding education and training (E&T) and VET in England (2012), arguing why VET needs are still likely to be unm... Read More about Voluntary and collective employer engagement and agency around the high-skill supply-demand relationship of education & training and VET in England.

Strikers versus scabs: violence in the 1910-1914 British labour revolt (2022)
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Darlington, R. (2022). Strikers versus scabs: violence in the 1910-1914 British labour revolt. Labor History, 63(3), 332-352. https://doi.org/10.1080/0023656x.2022.2103103

Over the last 200 years of British labour history there have been frequent examples of assertive, aggressive and sometimes violent mass picketing aimed at stopping non-striking scab or so-called ‘blackleg’ labour [sic]. Yet remarkably little detailed... Read More about Strikers versus scabs: violence in the 1910-1914 British labour revolt.