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Internal mobility of the foreign-born in Turkey (2016)
Book Chapter
Sirkeci, I., Cohen, J., & Can, N. (2016). Internal mobility of the foreign-born in Turkey. In Minority Internal Migration in Europe. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315595528

Migration scholarship is dominated by studies of international human mobility. The investigation of internal mobility of immigrants remains a low priority among students of migration (Ram and Shin 1999: 150). And while the theoretical divide between... Read More about Internal mobility of the foreign-born in Turkey.

Migration and insecurity: rethinking mobility in the neoliberal age (2016)
Book Chapter
Cohen, J., & Sirkeci, I. (2016). Migration and insecurity: rethinking mobility in the neoliberal age. In J. Carrier (Ed.), After the Crisis. London: Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315657417

This chapter considers some of the new lines of enquiry, arguing that a more in-depth integration of political economy would enhance their analyses of unequal power relations, inequalities and global connections and disconnections. It discusses brief... Read More about Migration and insecurity: rethinking mobility in the neoliberal age.

Investigating the drivers that determines brand loyalty: a study of the experience-commitment-loyalty construct (2016)
Book Chapter
Maheshwari, V., Lodorfos, G., & Jacobsen, S. (2016). Investigating the drivers that determines brand loyalty: a study of the experience-commitment-loyalty construct. In M. Obal, N. Krey, & C. Bushardt (Eds.), Let's Get Engaged! Crossing the Threshold of Marketing’s Engagement Era: Proceedings of the 2014 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11815-4_221

The marketing field first took an interest in brand loyalty on an academic level through Copeland’s work in 1923 (cited in Kabiraj and Shanmugan 2011, p. 288), with the understanding that brand loyalty existed only at the behavioural level. At this t... Read More about Investigating the drivers that determines brand loyalty: a study of the experience-commitment-loyalty construct.

The rise of the phoenix : methodological innovation as a discourse of renewal (2016)
Book Chapter
Wastell, D., McMaster, T., & Kawalek, P. (2016). The rise of the phoenix : methodological innovation as a discourse of renewal. In L. Willcocks, C. Sauer, & M. Lacity (Eds.), Enacting Research Methods in Information Systems (191-212). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29269-4_8

Every 500 years (or 540, 1000, 1461, even 12,994, depending on the cultural context!), the legendary and beautifully plumaged Phoenix1 self-cremates in its nest of cinnamon twigs, rising again to embalm its predecessor in an egg of myrrh. Something o... Read More about The rise of the phoenix : methodological innovation as a discourse of renewal.

Social media (2016)
Book Chapter
Fenton, A., & Mohamad, M. (2016). Social media. In A. Heinze, & G. Fletcher (Eds.), Digital and social media marketing : a results-driven approach (190-213). Routledge

In this chapter you will: 1) understand the dynamics of social media-based communities, their composition and behaviours 2) learn to conduct a social media audit including competitor analysis 3) recognise the importance of a blog as a centre of... Read More about Social media.

From calculator to computer - a critical review of employment tribunals and their impact upon the management of workers (2015)
Book Chapter
Lord, J. (2015). From calculator to computer - a critical review of employment tribunals and their impact upon the management of workers. In ECMLG 2015 11th European Conference on Management Leadership and Governance Lisbon Portugal (225-233). Reading, UK: Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited

The Employment Tribunal Service (ETS) is an alternative to internal workplace dispute resolution, which has facilitated a fluctuating increase in claims since the tribunals were established in 1964. Figures from the ETS annual report (2013) show 191,... Read More about From calculator to computer - a critical review of employment tribunals and their impact upon the management of workers.

A mathematical analysis of badminton scoring systems (2015)
Book Chapter
Percy, D. (2015). A mathematical analysis of badminton scoring systems. In M. Wright (Ed.), Operational Research Applied to Sports (181-200). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

The International Badminton Federation recently introduced rule changes to make the game faster and more entertaining, by influencing how players score points and win games. We assess the fairness of both systems by applying combinatorics, probabilit... Read More about A mathematical analysis of badminton scoring systems.

Gramsci and Foucault: A reassessment - introduction (2015)
Book Chapter
Kreps, D. (2015). Gramsci and Foucault: A reassessment - introduction. In D. Kreps (Ed.), Gramsci and Foucault: A Reassessment (1-9). Farnham, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing

In this introduction, by way of presenting a review of the scant pre-existing literature I have been able to find which considers the work of Gramsci and Foucault together, I attempt firstly to set out a conceptual framework by which the reader may s... Read More about Gramsci and Foucault: A reassessment - introduction.

The complexity of social systems: could hegemony emerge from the micro-politics of the individual? (2015)
Book Chapter
Kreps, D. (2015). The complexity of social systems: could hegemony emerge from the micro-politics of the individual?. In D. Kreps (Ed.), Gramsci and Foucault: A Reassessment (171-181). Farnham, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing

What if there were a suitably Gramscian totalizing – and scientific– approach to understanding social systems, which nonetheless escaped all the reductionist, scientistic pitfalls a deconstructive and poststructuralist Foucauldian would be wont to po... Read More about The complexity of social systems: could hegemony emerge from the micro-politics of the individual?.

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?.

The mediating role of role stress in the relationship between goal orientation and job satisfaction among salespersons : an empirical study (2015)
Book Chapter
Sahadev, S., Purani, K., & Nair, S. (2015). The mediating role of role stress in the relationship between goal orientation and job satisfaction among salespersons : an empirical study. In Boundary Spanning Elements and the Marketing Function in Organizations (81-97). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13440-6_6

The paper develops a model that explores the relationship between goal orientation, role-stress and job satisfaction among salespersons. Learning orientation is hypothesised to reduce role-stress while performance orientation is linked to high role-s... Read More about The mediating role of role stress in the relationship between goal orientation and job satisfaction among salespersons : an empirical study.

A conceptual model for IT Governance : a case study research (2015)
Book Chapter
Janahi, L., Griffiths, M., & Al-Ammal, H. (2015). A conceptual model for IT Governance : a case study research. In Computer Vision and Image Analysis Applications (ICCVIA), 2015 International Conference on 23-24 March 2015 (1-11). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCVIA.2015.7351894

The purpose of this paper is to explore the importance of Information Technology (IT) Governance models for public organizations and presenting an IT Governance model that can be adopted by both practitioners and researchers. A review of the liter... Read More about A conceptual model for IT Governance : a case study research.

Multiperspectives of mobile money system development at the base of the pyramid : case of e-Masary in Egypt (2015)
Book Chapter
Mohamad, M., Wood-Harper, T., & Ramlogan, R. (2015). Multiperspectives of mobile money system development at the base of the pyramid : case of e-Masary in Egypt. In J. Zhao, & P. Tennyson (Eds.), Organizational Innovation and IT Governance in Emerging Economies. Canada: IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.4251.9123

This chapter highlights how the motives, utility and benefits, and challenges of Mobile Money Systems (MMS) shape the financial inclusion in today’s dynamic environment and increase its sustainability. Recently, Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) have b... Read More about Multiperspectives of mobile money system development at the base of the pyramid : case of e-Masary in Egypt.

Mobile financial services at the base of the pyramid : a systemic view for cross-sector governance and embedded innovation (2015)
Book Chapter
a systemic view for cross-sector governance and embedded innovation. In J. Zhao, P. De Pablos, & R. Tennyson (Eds.), Organizational Innovation and IT Governance in Emerging Economies (46-82). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7332-8.ch003

Mobile financial services is one of the uprising movements to bank the unbanked by integrating philanthropic and business approaches for financial inclusion. In this paper, we address how a systemic view help integrate the Philan... Read More about Mobile financial services at the base of the pyramid : a systemic view for cross-sector governance and embedded innovation.

Entry modes and the impact of mobile microfinance at the base of the pyramid : scenarios of “My village phone” in Egypt (2015)
Book Chapter
Mohamad, M., Wood-Harper, T., & Ramlogan, R. (2015). Entry modes and the impact of mobile microfinance at the base of the pyramid : scenarios of “My village phone” in Egypt. In J. Zhao, P. De Pablos, & R. Tennyson (Eds.), Organizational Innovation and IT Governance in Emerging Economies (46-82). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7332-8.ch013

The expansion of mobile telecoms in the Egyptian market has contributed to different development paradigms. The entry mode followed by the telecoms accessing the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) in Egypt identifies which development para... Read More about Entry modes and the impact of mobile microfinance at the base of the pyramid : scenarios of “My village phone” in Egypt.

End of the rainbow? A review of community events in Liverpool (2015)
Book Chapter
Ryan, W. (2015). End of the rainbow? A review of community events in Liverpool. In A. Jepson, & A. Clarke (Eds.), Exploring Community Festivals and Events (224-237). Abingdon: Routledge

This chapter highlights the issues that eminent places often experience in maintaining a ‘community festival’. It is particularly interested in how community festivals are maintained and managed where the identity of a place has changed or become fr... Read More about End of the rainbow? A review of community events in Liverpool.