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Chinese Postgraduate choices when considering a UK business and management programme (2015)
Journal Article
Manns, Y., & Swift, J. (2015). Chinese Postgraduate choices when considering a UK business and management programme. Higher Education Quarterly, 70(1), 3-23. https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12080

This research investigated Chinese students' decision making processes for enrolling on a postgraduate taught business and management programme in a UK university, based on structured interviews, followed by a survey of just over 450 respondents. The... Read More about Chinese Postgraduate choices when considering a UK business and management programme.

Do business schools create leaders or conformists? (2015)
Book Chapter
Beech, D. (2015). Do business schools create leaders or conformists?. In Developing Leadership : questions business schools don't ask. Sage

This paper addresses the question of who benefits from the biocultural power, practices, and effects of competitive market capitalism. In particular the paper asks whether managers are ‘conformists rather than leaders in the larger affairs of society... Read More about Do business schools create leaders or conformists?.

A comparative study on financial performance of hotel industry in Pakistan (Sarena Hotel & Marriott Hotel) (2015)
Journal Article
Asdullah, M., & Rehman, Z. (2015). A comparative study on financial performance of hotel industry in Pakistan (Sarena Hotel & Marriott Hotel). Journal of tourism, hospitality and sports (Online), 8(2015), 42-54

The aim of this research is to analyse the financial performance of two big names of Hotel industry of Pakistan (Serena Hotel and Marriott Hotel). Specifically, the study seeks to analyse both hotels using financial ratios. Firstly, a review of the... Read More about A comparative study on financial performance of hotel industry in Pakistan (Sarena Hotel & Marriott Hotel).

Decision-making about child participation in medical research : a relational approach (2015)
Journal Article
Dar, A. (2015). Decision-making about child participation in medical research : a relational approach. Child and Family Law Quarterly, 27(2), 109-128

This paper explores the literature on understanding and interpreting parents’ motivations for the participation of their child in medical research. The paper analyses how and to what extent ethics of care theory can enhance how we both understand and... Read More about Decision-making about child participation in medical research : a relational approach.

Challenges for refugee children at school in eastern Turkey (2015)
Journal Article
Seker, B., & Sirkeci, I. (2015). Challenges for refugee children at school in eastern Turkey. Economics & Sociology (Ternopil), 8(4), 122-133. https://doi.org/10.14254/2071-789X.2015/8-4/9

In this study, we focus on the challenges faced by refugee children at schools in Van, an eastern province at the Iranian border. Focusing on the teachers’ assessment of problems encountered by refugee children at school, this paper is based on qual... Read More about Challenges for refugee children at school in eastern Turkey.