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Borrower discouragement and SMEs new product development: evidence from the UK (2023)
Thesis
Baah, B. (2023). Borrower discouragement and SMEs new product development: evidence from the UK. (Thesis). University of Salford

Purpose This research aims to investigate the issues of borrower discouragement and new product development (NPD) among SMEs in the UK. Specifically, the study investigates the relationship between discouraged borrowers and ethnic minority SMEs, the... Read More about Borrower discouragement and SMEs new product development: evidence from the UK.

Understanding Syrian refugees in Turkey from an environment of insecurity and the conflict model of migration perspective (2023)
Journal Article
Aksu Kargın, İ., Kargin, I., & Sirkeci, I. (2023). Understanding Syrian refugees in Turkey from an environment of insecurity and the conflict model of migration perspective. Third World Quarterly, 44(5), 856-871. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2022.2161358

Human mobility has been a topic of interest for migration scholars. Despite a growing literature, we are still far from clarity and consensus on motivations and mechanisms of migration. In this paper, we discuss the case of Syrian refugees in Turkey... Read More about Understanding Syrian refugees in Turkey from an environment of insecurity and the conflict model of migration perspective.

Mobile instant messaging for reference queries post COVID-19 (2023)
Journal Article
Adetayo, A., Salvador, M., Oyeniyi, W., & Oladipo, Y. (2023). Mobile instant messaging for reference queries post COVID-19. Reference Librarian, 64(1), 17-34. https://doi.org/10.1080/02763877.2022.2158993

The study investigated whether students would prefer mobile instant messaging versus in-person enquiries for reference queries post-COVID-19. A descriptive survey research design was utilized in the study. The population consisted of 245 Adeleke Univ... Read More about Mobile instant messaging for reference queries post COVID-19.

Carillion’s strategic choices and boardroom’s strategies of persuasive appeals: ethos, logos, pathos (2023)
Journal Article
Al Bahloul, M., Alkaraan, F., & Hussainey, K. (in press). Carillion’s strategic choices and boardroom’s strategies of persuasive appeals: ethos, logos, pathos. Journal of Applied Accounting Research, https://doi.org/10.1108/JAAR-06-2022-0134

Companies documents such as annual reports incorporate narratives of repetitive rhetorical strategies as effective mechanisms adopted by companies’ boardrooms to promote strategic change and strategic choices. These mechanisms can be viewed as pers... Read More about Carillion’s strategic choices and boardroom’s strategies of persuasive appeals: ethos, logos, pathos.

Does students’ satisfaction matter to faculty job satisfaction in higher education? (2022)
Journal Article
Nassar, M., Heinze, A., Jasimuddin, S., & Procter, C. (2022). Does students’ satisfaction matter to faculty job satisfaction in higher education?. Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/08841241.2022.2149665

Drawing on the marketing aspects of customer satisfaction, this paper provides insights into the relationship between students’ and lecturers’ satisfaction in a higher education institution. The study critically adopts the logic of relationship marke... Read More about Does students’ satisfaction matter to faculty job satisfaction in higher education?.

As transgender employees become more common, here’s how workplaces can welcome diversity (2022)
Journal Article
Lord, J., & Baset, S. (2022). As transgender employees become more common, here’s how workplaces can welcome diversity

The process for applying for a gender recognition certificate in the UK has become easier and cheaper due to government changes in recent years. There has been a slow increase in the number of people applying as a result. It is also likely to... Read More about As transgender employees become more common, here’s how workplaces can welcome diversity.

Management and visualisation: seeing beyond the strategic (2022)
Book
Fletcher, G. (2022). Management and visualisation: seeing beyond the strategic. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003304166

As organisations of all sizes become increasingly digitalised, a core management challenge remains unresolved. The ability to successfully and sustainably connect the stated vision of an organisation with its strategic plans and, in turn, with the re... Read More about Management and visualisation: seeing beyond the strategic.

The student voice in employability within tertiary business and management education (2022)
Book Chapter
Harvey, V. (2022). The student voice in employability within tertiary business and management education. In T. Broadly, Y. Cai, M. Firth, E. Hunt, & J. Neugebauer (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Graduate Employability (80-98). London: SAGE Publications Ltd

Embedding employability in HE curricula has resulted in an increasing consideration upon forms of capital as resources that confer employability. This chapter considers research of the undergraduate student voice with respect to employability framing... Read More about The student voice in employability within tertiary business and management education.

Data-driven digital transformation for emergency situations: the case of the UK retail sector (2022)
Journal Article
Papanagnou, C., Seiler, A., Spanaki, K., Papadopoulos, T., & Bourlakis, M. (2022). Data-driven digital transformation for emergency situations: the case of the UK retail sector. International Journal of Production Economics, 250, 108628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2022.108628

The study explores data-driven Digital Transformation (DT) for emergency situations. By adopting a dynamic capability view, we draw on the predictive practices and Big Data (BD) capabilities applied in the UK retail sector and how such capabilities s... Read More about Data-driven digital transformation for emergency situations: the case of the UK retail sector.

Enhancing the organisation and the management of Built Environment Higher Education courses (2022)
Journal Article
Gomis, K., Saini, M., Pathirage, C., & Arif, M. (2022). Enhancing the organisation and the management of Built Environment Higher Education courses. Quality Assurance in Education, https://doi.org/10.1108/QAE-01-2022-0020

Purpose – Persistent critical issues in Built Environment Higher Education (BEHE) curricula may need to be addressed by improving course organisation and management. In addition to the implications of the COVID pandemic, issues such as inadequate c... Read More about Enhancing the organisation and the management of Built Environment Higher Education courses.

SMEs’ innovativeness and technology adoption as downsizing strategies during COVID-19: the moderating role of financial sustainability in the tourism industry using structural equation modelling (2022)
Journal Article
Shwedeh, F., Aburayya, A., Alfaisal, R., Adelaja, A., Ogbolu, G., Aldhuhoori, A., & Salloum, S. (2022). SMEs’ innovativeness and technology adoption as downsizing strategies during COVID-19: the moderating role of financial sustainability in the tourism industry using structural equation modelling. Sustainability, 14(23), https://doi.org/10.3390/su142316044

This study aims to identify why firms, specifically SMEs in the hospitality and tourism industry, downsized during the recent global economic distress caused by COVID-19. This study applied a quantitative methodology by distributing online questionna... Read More about SMEs’ innovativeness and technology adoption as downsizing strategies during COVID-19: the moderating role of financial sustainability in the tourism industry using structural equation modelling.

As transgender employees become more common, here's how workplaces can welcome diversity (2022)
Journal Article
Lord, J., & Baset, S. (2022). As transgender employees become more common, here's how workplaces can welcome diversity

The process for applying for a gender recognition certificate in the UK has become easier and cheaper due to government changes in recent years. There has been a slow increase in the the number of people applying as a result.

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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.