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Are returnships the answer to the current skills shortage? What are they and why are they popular? (2023)
Journal Article
Lord, J. (2023). Are returnships the answer to the current skills shortage? What are they and why are they popular?

Businesses have noticed a huge change in labour trends over the last couple of years with the ‘Great Resignation’ and Great Reshuffle.
Businesses have noticed a huge change in labour trends over the last couple of years with the ‘Great Resignation’... Read More about Are returnships the answer to the current skills shortage? What are they and why are they popular?.

Anaerobic digestion of recycled paper crumb and effects of digestate on concrete performance (2023)
Journal Article
Hurst, G., Ahmed, A., Taylor, S., & Tedesco, S. (2023). Anaerobic digestion of recycled paper crumb and effects of digestate on concrete performance. Renewable Energy, 208, 577-582. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2023.03.061

Paper crumb (PC) is a type of paper sludge residue from the wastepaper recycling industry. It is a by-product from the various fiber purification stages that is particularly composed of short cellulose fibers, lignin, organic compounds and inorganic... Read More about Anaerobic digestion of recycled paper crumb and effects of digestate on concrete performance.

Understanding the technical and social paradoxes of learning management systems usage in Higher Education: a sociotechnical perspective (2023)
Journal Article
Ali, M., Wood Harper, T., & Bob, W. (2023). Understanding the technical and social paradoxes of learning management systems usage in Higher Education: a sociotechnical perspective. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 41(1), 134-152. https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2945

The recent COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedentedly complex situation and wicked problem in the education domain. This has forced educators and learners to study from home using unfamiliar pedagogical typologies and technologies in order to a... Read More about Understanding the technical and social paradoxes of learning management systems usage in Higher Education: a sociotechnical perspective.

‘Enough to be Seen to be Onside but Hardly Substantial?’: RAF Bomber Command and Operation Husky (2023)
Journal Article
Worrall, R. J. (2023). ‘Enough to be Seen to be Onside but Hardly Substantial?’: RAF Bomber Command and Operation Husky. War in History, 30(4), 427-446. https://doi.org/10.1177/09683445221149679

This article considers the operations of RAF Bomber Command in support of Operation Husky. Earmarked to play a considerable supporting role, the piece goes on to examine how valid operational difficulties, rather than the usual supposed notion of Sir... Read More about ‘Enough to be Seen to be Onside but Hardly Substantial?’: RAF Bomber Command and Operation Husky.

A survey of environmental performance enhancement strategies and building data capturing techniques in the Nigerian context (2023)
Journal Article
Omoragbon, O., Al-Maiyah, S., & Coates, P. (2023). A survey of environmental performance enhancement strategies and building data capturing techniques in the Nigerian context. Buildings, 13(2), 452

The need to improve the performance of Nigeria’s office buildings is due to, energy challenges, increasing population, changing user needs, and climate change. With the expansion of several Nigerian cities, existing buildings constitute a significant... Read More about A survey of environmental performance enhancement strategies and building data capturing techniques in the Nigerian context.

Is the maternal health voucher scheme associated with increasing routine immunization coverage? Experience from Bangladesh (2023)
Journal Article
Sultana, N., Hossain, A., Das, H., Pallikadavath, S., Koeryaman, M., Rahman, M., …Hanifi, S. (2023). Is the maternal health voucher scheme associated with increasing routine immunization coverage? Experience from Bangladesh. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.963162

Bangladesh initiated the Maternal Health Voucher Scheme (MHVS) in 2007 to improve maternal and child health practices and bring equity to the mainstream of health systems by reducing financial and institutional barriers. In this study, we investigate... Read More about Is the maternal health voucher scheme associated with increasing routine immunization coverage? Experience from Bangladesh.

Social media influence: a new frontier in proprietary rights? (2023)
Journal Article
Carn, M. (2023). Social media influence: a new frontier in proprietary rights?. Trusts and Trustees, 29(2), 126-142. https://doi.org/10.1093/tandt/ttac123

The importance of social media has rapidly increased throughout the 21st Century. The metric of influence has been key to the commercialisation of social media, with accurate methods of quantification now allowing it to be used by a litany of corpora... Read More about Social media influence: a new frontier in proprietary rights?.

Factors Indicating Media Dependency and Online Misinformation Sharing in Jordan (2023)
Journal Article
Habes, M., Elareshi, M., Mansoori, A., Pasha, S., Salloum, S. A., & Al-Rahmi, W. M. (2023). Factors Indicating Media Dependency and Online Misinformation Sharing in Jordan. Sustainability, 15(2), 1474. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15021474

Although social media is a vital platform in our life, it is blamed for poor efforts to moderate content included mis/disinformation and fake news. This could have an impact on its legacy and on sustainability in society in the long term. This resear... Read More about Factors Indicating Media Dependency and Online Misinformation Sharing in Jordan.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 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), 16044. 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.