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European football supporter attitudes toward ambush marketing (2018)
Journal Article
Burton, N., & Chadwick, S. (2019). European football supporter attitudes toward ambush marketing. International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, 20(1), 143-162. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijsms-10-2017-0107

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore attitudes towards ambush marketing at the 2016 Union of European Football Associations European Championships, seeking to examine fan affect towards ambush marketing. Design/methodology/approach... Read More about European football supporter attitudes toward ambush marketing.

Do seasoned offerings improve the performance of issuing firms? Evidence from China (2018)
Journal Article
Zhang, D., Wu, Y., Ye, Q., & Liu, J. (2019). Do seasoned offerings improve the performance of issuing firms? Evidence from China. International Review of Financial Analysis, 62(Mar 19), 104-123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2018.08.001

This study provides new evidence that the performance of issuing firms varies by issue type, based on survival analysis methods. Our non-parametric results show that firms raising capital through rights issues, and notably through cash offers, experi... Read More about Do seasoned offerings improve the performance of issuing firms? Evidence from China.

A paired neural network model for tourist arrival forecasting (2018)
Journal Article
Yao, Y., Cao, Y., Ding, X., Zhai, J., Liu, J., Luo, Y., …Zou, K. (2018). A paired neural network model for tourist arrival forecasting. Expert systems with applications, 114, 588-614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2018.08.025

Tourist arrival and tourist demand forecasting are a crucial issue in tourism economy and the community economic development as well. Tourist demand forecasting has attracted much attention from tourism academics as well as industries. In recent year... Read More about A paired neural network model for tourist arrival forecasting.

Wear rate-state interactions within a multi-component system : a study of a gearbox accelerated life testing platform (2018)
Journal Article
Assaf, R., Do, P., Nefti-Meziani, S., & Scarf, P. (2018). Wear rate-state interactions within a multi-component system : a study of a gearbox accelerated life testing platform. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, 232(4), 425-434. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748006X18764061

The degradation process of complex multi-component systems is highly stochastic in nature. A major side effect of this complexity is that components of such systems may have unexpected reduced life and faults and failures that decrease the reliabil... Read More about Wear rate-state interactions within a multi-component system : a study of a gearbox accelerated life testing platform.

The effects of gamified customer benefits and characteristics on behavioral engagement and purchase : evidence from mobile exercise application uses (2018)
Journal Article
Jang, S., Kitchen, P., & Kim, J. (2018). The effects of gamified customer benefits and characteristics on behavioral engagement and purchase : evidence from mobile exercise application uses. Journal of Business Research, 92, 250-259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.07.056

This study investigates how gamified customer benefits (epistemic, social integrative, and personal integrative) and customer characteristics (age and experience) influence marketing outcomes, behavioral engagement and purchase, in exercise context.... Read More about The effects of gamified customer benefits and characteristics on behavioral engagement and purchase : evidence from mobile exercise application uses.

The leadership component of Kelly’s Mobilisation Theory : contribution, tensions, limitations and further development (2018)
Journal Article
contribution, tensions, limitations and further development. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 39(4), 617-638. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X18777609

This reassessment of Kelly’s analysis of the relationship of activist leadership to collective action within the overall jigsaw of mobilisation theory draws on social movement literature, studies by industrial relations scholars utilising aspects of... Read More about The leadership component of Kelly’s Mobilisation Theory : contribution, tensions, limitations and further development.

Analysis of employee satisfaction with performance measurement system in real estate sector of Pakistan (2018)
Other
Asdullah, M., & Yazdifar, H. (2018). Analysis of employee satisfaction with performance measurement system in real estate sector of Pakistan

Performance Measurement System is the topic of growing research since very recent. These are found to significantly influence the organizational performance. Keeping in view this fact, the current study has been aimed at investigating whether employe... Read More about Analysis of employee satisfaction with performance measurement system in real estate sector of Pakistan.

SPARC 2018 Internationalisation and collaboration : Salford postgraduate annual research conference book of abstracts (2018)
Book
Abdu, Y., Abduljawad, S., Abdullahi, R., Abraham, A., Adamu, H., Adeleke, A., …Usman, B. (2018). T. Ireland (Ed.), SPARC 2018 Internationalisation and collaboration : Salford postgraduate annual research conference book of abstracts. Salford, UK: University of Salford

Welcome to the Book of Abstracts for the 2018 SPARC conference. This year we not only celebrate the work of our PGRs but also the launch of our Doctoral School, which makes this year’s conference extra special. Once again we have received a tremendou... Read More about SPARC 2018 Internationalisation and collaboration : Salford postgraduate annual research conference book of abstracts.

What to do and what works? Exploring how work groups cope with understaffing (2018)
Journal Article
Shen, W., Chang, K., Cheng, K., & Kim, Y. (2018). What to do and what works? Exploring how work groups cope with understaffing. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 24(3), 346-358. https://doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000129

Complaints regarding understaffing are common in the workplace and research has begun to document some of the potential ill effects that can result from understaffing conditions. Despite evidence that understaffing is a relatively prevalent and conse... Read More about What to do and what works? Exploring how work groups cope with understaffing.

Barriers to the development of smart cities in Indian context (2018)
Journal Article
Rana, N., Luthra, S., Mangla, S., Islam, R., Roderick, S., & Dwivedi, Y. (2019). Barriers to the development of smart cities in Indian context. Information Systems Frontiers, 21, 503-525. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-018-9873-4

Smart city development is gaining considerable recognition in the systematic literature and international policies throughout the world. The study aims to identify the key barriers of smart cities from a review of existing literature and views of exp... Read More about Barriers to the development of smart cities in Indian context.

Communicating a social agenda within HEIs : the role of the social enterprise mark (2018)
Journal Article
Sutton, E., McEachern, M., & Kane, K. (2018). Communicating a social agenda within HEIs : the role of the social enterprise mark. Social Enterprise Journal, 14(3), 328-347. https://doi.org/10.1108/sej-01-2018-0004

Purpose: By using the lens of the social enterprise mark (SEM) accreditation which enables social enterprises to “prove” that the interests of people and planet are put before shareholder gain, this study aims to enhance the knowledge of how effectiv... Read More about Communicating a social agenda within HEIs : the role of the social enterprise mark.

Modeling doctoral population growth in premier technology institutions in India (2018)
Journal Article
Menon, B., Ghatak, S., Mahanty, B., & Sahadev, S. (2018). Modeling doctoral population growth in premier technology institutions in India. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 35(6), 738-745. https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2515

The present study utilizes the basic reproductive number ‘R0’ to make sense of the Indian Institute of Technologies’ (IITs) doctoral population growth. The analysis shows that the R0 for seven IITs under study, and for the engineering disciplines in... Read More about Modeling doctoral population growth in premier technology institutions in India.

A case study on the use of meditation techniques to develop mindfulness in MBA supply chain management students (2018)
Book Chapter
Kelly, S., Marshall, D., McCarthy, L., & Pugh, J. (2018). A case study on the use of meditation techniques to develop mindfulness in MBA supply chain management students. In The Palgrave Handbook of Workplace Spirituality and Fulfillment (1095-1113). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62163-0_42

An increased focus on spirituality and mindfulness in the management education literature has resulted in calls for greater empirical work of a nontraditional nature. Therefore, this research looks to contribute to this growing body of literature by... Read More about A case study on the use of meditation techniques to develop mindfulness in MBA supply chain management students.

Joint maintenance-inventory optimisation of parallel production systems (2018)
Journal Article
Zahedi-Hosseini, F., Scarf, P., & Syntetos, A. (2018). Joint maintenance-inventory optimisation of parallel production systems. Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 48(Part A), 73-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmsy.2018.06.002

We model a joint inspection and spare parts inventory policy for maintaining machines in a parallel system, where simultaneous downtime seriously impacts upon production performance and has a significant financial consequence. This dependency between... Read More about Joint maintenance-inventory optimisation of parallel production systems.

Can greater use be made of employer feedback on curriculum content and design to enhance graduate employability? (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Malone, N. (2018, June). Can greater use be made of employer feedback on curriculum content and design to enhance graduate employability?. Paper presented at 2018 SOLSTICE and CLT conference, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk

Employability is considered important by academics and policy makers, often because it “will foster the learning outcomes that employers value” (Knight and Yorke, 2003; 1) and also because the labour market is intensely competitive (Greatbatch and Le... Read More about Can greater use be made of employer feedback on curriculum content and design to enhance graduate employability?.

Power influences upon technology design for age-related cognitive decline using the VSD framework (2018)
Journal Article
Burmeister, O., & Kreps, D. (2021). Power influences upon technology design for age-related cognitive decline using the VSD framework. Ethics and Information Technology, 23(1), 95-98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-018-9460-x

Implicit in the value sensitive design (VSD) approach is a concern for understanding, and where possible, disrupting problematic power relationships. Yet an awareness of the issues and ethics of power relations is a pre-requisite for such a concern t... Read More about Power influences upon technology design for age-related cognitive decline using the VSD framework.

Beer supply running dry as C02 shortage bites (2018)
Journal Article
Owens, J. (2018). Beer supply running dry as C02 shortage bites

Shortages of CO2 have led to beer sales being rationed and companies such as Heineken saying production of some of its brands had been hit. Coca Cola has even had production problems.

Beer supply running dry as CO2 shortage bites (2018)
Journal Article
Owens, J. (2018). Beer supply running dry as CO2 shortage bites

Shortages of CO2 have led to beer sales being rationed and companies such as Heineken saying production of some of its brands had been hit. Coca Cola has even had production problems.