Outputs (286)

Computerised gymnastics judging scoring system implementation – an exploration of stakeholders’ perceptions (2021)
Journal Article

Gymnastics is one of the original Olympic sports, subjectively judged by humans. Judging errors and bias can occur, resulting in medals being incorrectly awarded. The
International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) with Fujitsu are introducing the compute... Read More about Computerised gymnastics judging scoring system implementation – an exploration of stakeholders’ perceptions.

Political connections and seasoned equity offerings (2021)
Journal Article

This study examines the impact of political connections on seasoned equity offerings. Using seasoned equity offerings (SEOs) from 2001 to 2018 in the USA, we find that politically connected issuers enjoy a lower cost of seasoned equity issuance than... Read More about Political connections and seasoned equity offerings.

The impact of Human Choice and Computers and Technical Committee 9 on ICTs and society : a critical sociotechnical tale (2021)
Book Chapter

In this chapter we briefly recount the history of the Human Choice and Computers conference series, and of Technical Committee 9, and show that not only has there been a marked focus, over more than four decades, on a critical and sociotechnical appr... Read More about The impact of Human Choice and Computers and Technical Committee 9 on ICTs and society : a critical sociotechnical tale.

Social media conversations about high engagement sports team brands (2021)
Journal Article

This study conducts an analysis of social media discussions related to high engagement sports brands. More specifically, our study examined the English Premier League (EPL). Our study sought to retrieve data systematically over the same day, weekly,... Read More about Social media conversations about high engagement sports team brands.

SPARC 2021 - Against all odds : Salford postgraduate annual research conference book of abstracts (2021)
Book

Welcome to the Book of Abstracts for the 2021 SPARC conference. Our conference is called “Against All Odds” as we celebrate the achievements of our PGRs and their supervisors, who have continued to excel despite the most challenging circumstances. Fo... Read More about SPARC 2021 - Against all odds : Salford postgraduate annual research conference book of abstracts.

Higher education under threat: China, Malaysia, and the UK respond to the COVID-19 pandemic (2021)
Journal Article

This Forum explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Higher Education (HE) sector through the experiences and perspectives in China, Malaysia and the UK, with schools and universities closed and teaching moved online with very short notice.... Read More about Higher education under threat: China, Malaysia, and the UK respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Agency workers and their equivocal roles – wandering employees? (2021)
Journal Article

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?.

Female fans and social media : micro-communities and the formation of social capital (2021)
Journal Article

Research question: Using the theoretical lens of social capital, this study explores the challenges faced by female football fans in performing their fandom on social media, and how they respond to these challenges in the way they consume and express... Read More about Female fans and social media : micro-communities and the formation of social capital.

Understanding sporting social media brand communities, place and social capital – a netnography of football fans (2021)
Journal Article

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.

Covid-19 transition, could Twitter support UK Universities? (2020)
Journal Article

This paper seeks to conceptually explore the use of social media platforms such as Twitter as a microblog to share Covid-19 prescribed knowledge through developing a conceptual framework of university ecosystem knowledge regime. The framework outline... Read More about Covid-19 transition, could Twitter support UK Universities?.

The combined network effect of sparse and interlocked connections in SMEs’ innovation (2020)
Journal Article

This paper aims to examine the relationship between the structures of inter-organizational connections and innovation results in the context of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Existing literature shows that inter-organization connections can ben... Read More about The combined network effect of sparse and interlocked connections in SMEs’ innovation.

Workplace gossip and employee cynicism : the moderating role of dispositional envy (2020)
Journal Article

This study investigated the relationship between workplace gossip (positive gossip and
negative gossip) and employee cynicism and explored the moderating role of dispositional
envy through the social information processing approach. Data were colle... Read More about Workplace gossip and employee cynicism : the moderating role of dispositional envy.

Routine activity theory and cybercrime investigation in Nigeria : how capable are law enforcement agencies? (2020)
Book Chapter

The evolution of the Internet amidst a rapidly growing global economy has created a completely new environment in which traditional crime prospers. Equally the convergence of computing and communication has changed the way we live, communicate and co... Read More about Routine activity theory and cybercrime investigation in Nigeria : how capable are law enforcement agencies?.

Temporal dimensions of knowledge exchanges in horizontal knowledge networks (2020)
Journal Article

Purpose – This study examines reciprocal exchanges in knowledge networks using temporal differentiation of knowledge exchanges. To date research on horizontal knowledge networks rather overlooks the temporal perspective, which could explain the dyna... Read More about Temporal dimensions of knowledge exchanges in horizontal knowledge networks.

Optimal supply chain design with product family : a cloud-based framework with real-time data consideration (2020)
Journal Article

When the product family (PF) and the supply chain designs (SCD) are aligned and integrated, original equipment manufacturers (OEM) are more likely to improve their operational performance. In this paper, we propose a novel approach, which demonstrate... Read More about Optimal supply chain design with product family : a cloud-based framework with real-time data consideration.

Stakeholder identification and salience in purchasing : an empirical study from UK hospitals (2020)
Journal Article

The lack of systematic processes for stakeholder identification and the omission of key stakeholders in UK hospitals cause significant delays in purchasing processes. This is reinforced by the strict tender processes that follow in making their purch... Read More about Stakeholder identification and salience in purchasing : an empirical study from UK hospitals.

Managing transformation projects : tracing lessons from the industrial to the digital revolution (2019)
Book

Living in a period of digital revolution leading to fundamental transformation of our lives, it is possible to forget that there have been previous periods of substantial business transformation, especially during the previous industrial revolutions.... Read More about Managing transformation projects : tracing lessons from the industrial to the digital revolution.

An assessment of industry position on shared equity housing model development in the UK (2019)
Journal Article

This paper investigated affordable housing problems and how they impact the development of Shared Equity Housing Models (SEHM) with emphasis on the Community
Land Trust (CLT). The methodological approach identified and tackled inherent industry sour... Read More about An assessment of industry position on shared equity housing model development in the UK.

The effect of managers’ optimism on competitive strategy and final cost models (2019)
Journal Article

Currently, competition in the global economy is the most complex issue that gives
organizations a lot of opportunities and threats. Therefore, the manager of the organization
should be able to enhance the organization's performance in this competit... Read More about The effect of managers’ optimism on competitive strategy and final cost models.

A digital twin model for enhancing performance measurement in assembly lines (2019)
Book Chapter

Dynamic manufacturing processes are characterized by a lack of coordination, complexity and sheer volumes of data. Digital transformation technologies offer the manufacturers the capability to better monitor and control both assets and production. Th... Read More about A digital twin model for enhancing performance measurement in assembly lines.