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Psychological contract violation and customer intention to reuse online retailers: exploring mediating and moderating mechanisms (2017)
Journal Article
Neeru, M., Sahadev, S., & Purani, K. (2017). Psychological contract violation and customer intention to reuse online retailers: exploring mediating and moderating mechanisms. Journal of Business Research, 75, 17-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.01.013

This study examines the impact of psychological contract violation (PCV) on customer intentions to reuse online retailer websites via the mediating mechanisms of trust and satisfaction. The moderating role of perceived structural assurance (SA) is al... Read More about Psychological contract violation and customer intention to reuse online retailers: exploring mediating and moderating mechanisms.

The influence of academic culture on quality management system ISO 9001 maintenance within Malaysian universities (2017)
Journal Article
Basir, S., Davies, J., Douglas, J., & Douglas, A. (2017). The influence of academic culture on quality management system ISO 9001 maintenance within Malaysian universities. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 39(3), 320-340. https://doi.org/10.1080/1360080x.2017.1298199

This study investigates the influence of the elements of academic culture on quality management system ISO 9001 maintenance within Malaysian universities. There is a dearth of empirical studies on maintaining ISO 9001, particularly in the higher educ... Read More about The influence of academic culture on quality management system ISO 9001 maintenance within Malaysian universities.

Suggestions for future sustainability (2017)
Book Chapter
Basden, A. (2017). Suggestions for future sustainability. In P. Brandon, P. Lombardi, & G. Shen (Eds.), Future Challenges in Evaluating and Managing Sustainable Development in the Built Environment (319-343). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119190691.ch19

This chapter discusses how the other chapters in this work may be woven into a single fabric of resilience or sustainability and then suggests a way ahead towards their achievement. It makes two main proposals, one philosophical with several suggesti... Read More about Suggestions for future sustainability.

Impact of gender diversity on social and environmental performance evidence from Malaysia (2017)
Journal Article
performance evidence from Malaysia. Corporate Governance, 17(2), 266-283. https://doi.org/10.1108/CG-12-2015-0161

Purpose - This study is guided by the upper echelon theory and argues that the role of females on boards of directors may differ between cultures. In a culture where the community has a significant humane orientation, female directors may pay much mo... Read More about Impact of gender diversity on social and environmental performance evidence from Malaysia.

Empirical evidence of direct rebound effect in Indian two-wheeler sector (2017)
Journal Article
Gopinatha Menon, B. (2017). Empirical evidence of direct rebound effect in Indian two-wheeler sector. Energy Efficiency, 10(5), 1201-1213. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-017-9515-6

The transport sector is the main contributor to the greenhouse gas emissions in India. The rise in atmospheric pollution due to greenhouse gases has triggered the energy efficiency improvement policy in the Indian automotive sector. The extent of suc... Read More about Empirical evidence of direct rebound effect in Indian two-wheeler sector.

Current Issues in Succession Law (2017)
Journal Article
Carn, M. (2017). Current Issues in Succession Law. Trust law international, 31(1), 41-43

Publication review.

Warnings over wine prices are enough to make you hit the bottle (2017)
Journal Article
Owens, J. (2017). Warnings over wine prices are enough to make you hit the bottle

As uncertainty over the 'Brexit' effect continues, every line of business seems to have its own brand of questions about the future. And maybe it was a coincidence that shortly after the end of that driest of months, January, and on Valentine’s Day,... Read More about Warnings over wine prices are enough to make you hit the bottle.

Beyond ecosystem services : valuing the invaluable (2017)
Journal Article
Gunton, R., van Asperen, E., Basden, A., Bookless, D., Araya, Y., Hanson, D., …Jones, G. (2017). Beyond ecosystem services : valuing the invaluable. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 32(4), 249-257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2017.01.002

The ecosystem services framework (ESF) is advantageous and widely used for itemising and quantifying ways in which humans benefit from natural places. However, it suffers from two important problems: (i) incoherence of... Read More about Beyond ecosystem services : valuing the invaluable.

A critical evaluation of the impact of religion on collectivist families’ meal social interaction behaviour in Sierra Leone (2017)
Journal Article
Mulkeen, J., & Kakay, S. (2017). A critical evaluation of the impact of religion on collectivist families’ meal social interaction behaviour in Sierra Leone. International journal of advanced research (Indore), 5(1), 2675-2693. https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3060

The symbolism of religionin the Sierra Leonean collectivist society is encouraged to promote increased interdependency and social bonding among families that share similar beliefsystem. This beliefis further accentuated and translated at the dinner t... Read More about A critical evaluation of the impact of religion on collectivist families’ meal social interaction behaviour in Sierra Leone.

A bivariate Weibull count model for forecasting association football scores (2017)
Journal Article
Boshnakov, G., Kharrat, T., & McHale, I. (2017). A bivariate Weibull count model for forecasting association football scores. International Journal of Forecasting, 33(2), 458-466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2016.11.006

The paper presents a model for forecasting association football scores. The model uses a Weibull inter-arrival-times-based count process and a copula to produce a bivariate distribution of the numbers of goals scored by the home and away teams in a m... Read More about A bivariate Weibull count model for forecasting association football scores.

Exploring MEH (Manager-Employee-Heterophily) in US-owned and managed plants in Taiwan (2017)
Book Chapter
in US-owned and managed plants in Taiwan. In C. Rowley, & E. Paulet (Eds.), The China business model. London: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-100750-1.00007-3

In this chapter, we explores MEH (manager-employee-heterophily) and its organizational influence. MEH refers to a phenomenon in the workplace where managers and employees are from different ethnic backgrounds: the managers are typically expatriates f... Read More about Exploring MEH (Manager-Employee-Heterophily) in US-owned and managed plants in Taiwan.

Timing of earnings and capital structure (2017)
Journal Article
Miglo, A. (2017). Timing of earnings and capital structure. North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 40, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.najef.2017.01.001

This paper shows that asymmetric information about the timing of earnings can affect capital structure. It sheds new light on the following issues: why profitable firms may be interested in issuing equity and why debt does not necessarily signal a fi... Read More about Timing of earnings and capital structure.

Creating new distributions by blunting cusps (2017)
Journal Article
Baker, R. (2017). Creating new distributions by blunting cusps. Statistics and Probability Letters, 124, 55-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spl.2017.01.003

A simple method is proposed for `blunting' cusped distributions, ie removing the cusp. No additional parameters are required. The method is applied to the asymmetric Laplace distribution, to the van Dorp and Kotz double-sided power distribution, an... Read More about Creating new distributions by blunting cusps.

Social cues-customer behavior relationship : the mediating role of emotions and cognition (2017)
Journal Article
Nusairat, N., Akhorshaideh, A., Rashid, T., Sahadev, S., & Rembielak, G. (2017). Social cues-customer behavior relationship : the mediating role of emotions and cognition. International Journal of Marketing Studies, 9(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.5539/ijms.v9n1p1

This paper investigates the effect of social cues in a mall’s shopping environment on customer behavior. Two competing mediation scenarios are assessed: emotion-cognition and cognition-emotion in a stimulus-organism-response (SOR)-based framework. Al... Read More about Social cues-customer behavior relationship : the mediating role of emotions and cognition.

Management accounting and the shortcomings of current performance measurement systems (2017)
Journal Article
Askarany, D., & Yazdifar, H. (2017). Management accounting and the shortcomings of current performance measurement systems. International Journal of Accounting Research, 5(1), https://doi.org/10.4172/2472-114X.1000146

Balanced Scorecard (BSC) is one of the most talked about performance measurement systems in the management accounting literature in the past two decades. In this paper, we argue that the BSC has failed to perform as a comprehensive performance measur... Read More about Management accounting and the shortcomings of current performance measurement systems.

Service employee adaptiveness : exploring the impact of role-stress and managerial control approaches (2017)
Journal Article
Sahadev, S., Purani, K., & Panda, T. (2017). Service employee adaptiveness : exploring the impact of role-stress and managerial control approaches. Employee Relations, 39(1), 54-78. https://doi.org/10.1108/ER-11-2015-0213

The research aims to explore the relationships between managerial control strategies, role stress and employee adaptiveness among call center employees. Based on a conceptual model, a questionnaire based survey methodology is adopted. Data was colle... Read More about Service employee adaptiveness : exploring the impact of role-stress and managerial control approaches.

Turkey's refugees, Syrians and refugees from Turkey: a country of insecurity (2017)
Journal Article
Sirkeci, I. (2017). Turkey's refugees, Syrians and refugees from Turkey: a country of insecurity. Migration Letters, 14(1), https://doi.org/10.33182/ml.v14i1.321

The European Union has faced one of its biggest crises with the rise of population inflows through its Eastern and Southern neighbours as well as movements within the Union. In 2016, the main debate that dominated Europe was on restricting migration... Read More about Turkey's refugees, Syrians and refugees from Turkey: a country of insecurity.

Key benefits of enterprise resource planning adoption within small family businesses : a ERP benefits framework for SFBs (2017)
Journal Article
Lasisi, M., Owens, J., & Udagedara, R. (2017). Key benefits of enterprise resource planning adoption within small family businesses : a ERP benefits framework for SFBs

This research mainly focused on the perceived benefits of ERP adoption for Small Family Businesses (SFB). In doing so, it explores some of the key benefits of an ERP system for SMEs. Through the exploration of the literature, a framework is constru... Read More about Key benefits of enterprise resource planning adoption within small family businesses : a ERP benefits framework for SFBs.