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Agency workers and their equivocal roles – wandering employees? (2021)
Journal Article
Itegboje, J., & Chang, K. (2021). Agency workers and their equivocal roles – wandering employees?. Labor History, 62(2), 115-133. https://doi.org/10.1080/0023656X.2021.1876844

Agency workers (AWs) were originally employed on a substitutional and short-term contract basis, but recently they are found to be employed on a long-term purpose in Nigeria. Although agency labour helps solve recruitment challenges, it corresponding... Read More about Agency workers and their equivocal roles – wandering employees?.

The impact of Covid-19 on the mental health of professional footballers (2021)
Journal Article
Souter, G., Tonge, A., & Culvin, A. (2022). The impact of Covid-19 on the mental health of professional footballers. Managing Sport and Leisure, 27(1-2), 162-165. https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2021.1877569

The Covid-19 pandemic has had huge ramifications on professional football. This commentary focuses on the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of professional footballers. Specifically, footballers within the English Premier League, English Fo... Read More about The impact of Covid-19 on the mental health of professional footballers.

Understanding sporting social media brand communities, place and social capital – a netnography of football fans (2021)
Journal Article
Fenton, A., Keegan, B., & Parry, K. (2021). Understanding sporting social media brand communities, place and social capital – a netnography of football fans. Communication and Sport, https://doi.org/10.1177/2167479520986149

The emergence of social media and digital channels have expanded communication practices and also created new, virtual spaces where sports fans can interact and communicate directly with each other and with clubs. This article examines the potential... Read More about Understanding sporting social media brand communities, place and social capital – a netnography of football fans.

Privatisation and Management Accounting Changes (MACs) : a case study in Iran (2021)
Thesis
Farahani, A. Privatisation and Management Accounting Changes (MACs) : a case study in Iran. (Thesis). University of Salford

Despite increasing changes in the business environment, the results of the studies reveal that management accounting systems do not change or change at a much slower rate than expected. This failure has raised much debates at the topic of management... Read More about Privatisation and Management Accounting Changes (MACs) : a case study in Iran.

Rethinking education for sustainability in management education : going beyond metrics toward human virtues (2021)
Book Chapter
Acevedo, B., & Malevicius, R. (2021). Rethinking education for sustainability in management education : going beyond metrics toward human virtues. In R. Perez-Uribe, C. Largacha-Martinez, & D. Ocampo-Guzman (Eds.), Handbook of Research on International Business and Models for Global Purpose-Driven Companies (219-234). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4909-4.ch012

Education for sustainable development (ESD) initially emerged around the 1990s, and it has opened the possibility to re-think areas such as management education. Although the original purpose of inclusiveness and creativity has been gradually replace... Read More about Rethinking education for sustainability in management education : going beyond metrics toward human virtues.

Multiple perspectives of a knowledge-based Innovation Ecosystem : the case of Khalifa Fund for enterprise development in the UAE (2021)
Thesis
the case of Khalifa Fund for enterprise development in the UAE. (Thesis). University of Salford

This research addresses adopts the multiple perspectives theory to explore the key factors of the Innovation Ecosystems in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It offers systemic point of view for how innovation can be transformed from an event to be a su... Read More about Multiple perspectives of a knowledge-based Innovation Ecosystem : the case of Khalifa Fund for enterprise development in the UAE.

Exploring the benefits and challenges of embedded innovation : multiple cases from Jordanian mobile telecoms (2021)
Thesis
Armosh, F. (2021). Exploring the benefits and challenges of embedded innovation : multiple cases from Jordanian mobile telecoms. (Thesis). University of Salford

This research offers a framework of embedded innovation systems (EIS) that helps understand the mechanisms, drivers, and challenges that encounter multinational mobile telecoms while developing and deploying their services based on this system. Using... Read More about Exploring the benefits and challenges of embedded innovation : multiple cases from Jordanian mobile telecoms.

Managerial perspectives of creating a sustainable workplace for employees : a case of the textile industry of Pakistan (2021)
Thesis
Khan, A. Managerial perspectives of creating a sustainable workplace for employees : a case of the textile industry of Pakistan. (Dissertation). University of Salford

At the beginning of the twenty first century, there was an ongoing debate concerning the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in achieving QWL and sustainable competitive advantage (SCA). While external stakeholders required corporations to... Read More about Managerial perspectives of creating a sustainable workplace for employees : a case of the textile industry of Pakistan.

Enhancing employee engagement for small and medium enterprises in Taiwan (2021)
Book Chapter
Cheng, K., & Chang, K. (2021). Enhancing employee engagement for small and medium enterprises in Taiwan. In Research Anthology on Small Business Strategies for Success and Survival (1318-1339). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-9155-0.ch064

The aim of the research is to study the employee engagement strategies utilised in Taiwan's SMEs from the perspective of the employees. In doing so, a qualitative research method was employed using semi-structured interviews. Nine participants from f... Read More about Enhancing employee engagement for small and medium enterprises in Taiwan.

Impact of terrorism and political violence on sacred sites (2021)
Journal Article
Chowdhury, A., Razaq, R., & Clarke, A. (2021). Impact of terrorism and political violence on sacred sites. Journal of islamic tourism (Online), 1(1), 34-46

Over the last decade there has been an increased terrorist attacks on sacred sites and on individuals travelling to perform pilgrimage. Religious terrorism is a type of political violence motivated by an absolute belief that religious faith has autho... Read More about Impact of terrorism and political violence on sacred sites.

A review of contemporary practical applications of cyber security in cloud computing service models (2021)
Journal Article
Ali, M., & Edghiem, F. (2021). A review of contemporary practical applications of cyber security in cloud computing service models

Cloud computing (CC) has slowly evolved into one of the most widely discussed developments for organisational development through technologies such as personal computers and mobile devices. The application of ubiquitous technologies to protect busine... Read More about A review of contemporary practical applications of cyber security in cloud computing service models.