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Against nature : the metaphysics of information systems (2018)
Book

Against Nature – Chapter Abstracts

Chapter 1. A Transdisciplinary Approach
In this short book you will find philosophy – metaphysical and political - economics, critical theory, complexity theory, ecology, sociology, journalism, and much else... Read More about Against nature : the metaphysics of information systems.

UK consumers’ perceived risk of buying products from emerging economies : a moderated mediation model (2018)
Journal Article

While considerable research has been conducted on consumer attitude towards foreign products, most of these studies focuses on the attitude of products from Western developed countries. Our study intends to investigate the effects of consumers’ natio... Read More about UK consumers’ perceived risk of buying products from emerging economies : a moderated mediation model.

Prediction of financial strength ratings using machine learning and conventional techniques (2017)
Journal Article

Financial strength ratings (FSRs) have become more significant particularly since the recent financial crisis of 2007–2009 where rating agencies failed to forecast defaults and the downgrade of some banks. The aim of this paper is to predict Capital... Read More about Prediction of financial strength ratings using machine learning and conventional techniques.

Financing behavior of R&D investments in the emerging markets : the role of alliance and financial system (2017)
Journal Article

This paper examines the financing behaviour of R&D investments in emerging markets. Drawing on institutional theory and using panel data of generalized methods of moment (GMM) estimation for a sample of 302 firms from 20 countries during the period 2... Read More about Financing behavior of R&D investments in the emerging markets : the role of alliance and financial system.

Inside the compassionate organization : culture, identity and image in an English hospice (2017)
Book

The literature on management and organization studies suggests the time is right for a focus on 'care and compassion'. The aim of this book is to answer this call by examining the cultural changes found within a particular 'compassionate organization... Read More about Inside the compassionate organization : culture, identity and image in an English hospice.

Quantitative analysis of breast cancer diagnosis using a probabilistic modelling approach (2017)
Journal Article

Background: Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in women in most countries of the world. Many computer aided diagnostic methods have been proposed, but there are few studies on quantitative discovery of probabilistic dependencies among breast... Read More about Quantitative analysis of breast cancer diagnosis using a probabilistic modelling approach.

Organisational dynamics and adoption of innovations : a study within the context of software firms in Sri Lanka (2017)
Journal Article

This paper examines the effect of organisational dynamics on innovation focus using the residual dominant and emergent theoretical framework (RDE) and the empirical evidence of four case studies. The findings revealed that different types of innovati... Read More about Organisational dynamics and adoption of innovations : a study within the context of software firms in Sri Lanka.

The relation between the producer and consumer price indices : a two country study (2017)
Journal Article

Marketing managers are often in a dilemma about which pricing index to rely on while calculating the annual increase in the prices for their product. To provide insights that can reduce this dilemma, a critical comparison of the Producer Price index... Read More about The relation between the producer and consumer price indices : a two country study.

Book review : Bob Crow : Socialist, Leader, Fighter : a political biography (2017)
Journal Article

Book review.

Visual service scape aesthetics and consumer response : a holistic model (2017)
Journal Article

The paper looks at the impact of visual servicescapes at consumer preferences. Using an experimental methodology, we try to understand the imapct of different servicescape aesthetic dimensions on emotional and congnitive responses of customers.

Decision and intuition during organizational change : an evolutionary critique of dual process theory (2017)
Journal Article

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to review intuition in the context of organizational change. We argue that intuition as a concept requires attention and its formulation is necessary prior to its application in organizations. The paper provides... Read More about Decision and intuition during organizational change : an evolutionary critique of dual process theory.

A multipath model of salesperson performance in the financial services industry (2017)
Journal Article

Purpose
The study looks at how salesperson’s customer orientation (SCO) mediates the impact of a host of organisational, job-related and personality-related factors on salesperson performance. Previous studies that have considered the impact of cus... Read More about A multipath model of salesperson performance in the financial services industry.

Measuring integrated marketing communication by taking a broad organisational approach : the firm-wide IMC scale (2017)
Journal Article

Purpose – The purpose of this research is twofold: first, to conceptualise integrated marketing
communication (IMC) by adopting a more inclusive and broader organisational perspective, and second, to
empirically develop and validate a new measureme... Read More about Measuring integrated marketing communication by taking a broad organisational approach : the firm-wide IMC scale.

Integrating identity, strategy and communications for trust, loyalty and commitment (2017)
Journal Article

Purpose – This paper operationalizes and juxtaposes variables related to identity, strategy
and communications and then examines the impact of such integration on organizational
stakeholders’ trust, loyalty and commitment by employing commitment/tr... Read More about Integrating identity, strategy and communications for trust, loyalty and commitment.

IMC antecedents and the consequences of planned brand identity in Higher Education (2017)
Journal Article

Purpose – This study identifies the IMC antecedents and consequences of brand awareness, image, reputation and identification in the context of higher education, and empirically tests a number of hypotheses related to the aforementioned constructs.... Read More about IMC antecedents and the consequences of planned brand identity in Higher Education.

The knowledge transfer openness matrix facilitating accessibility in UK management education teaching (2017)
Book Chapter

This is an empirical investigation considering how the Knowledge Transfer Openness Matrix (KTOM) could facilitate accessibility and Knowledge Transfer (KT) for the UK Higher Education (HE) Management Education Teaching when utilising learning technol... Read More about The knowledge transfer openness matrix facilitating accessibility in UK management education teaching.

Psychological contract violation and customer intention to reuse online retailers: exploring mediating and moderating mechanisms (2017)
Journal Article

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.

Impact of gender diversity on social and environmental performance evidence from Malaysia (2017)
Journal Article

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.

Sport 2.0 : transforming sports for a digital world (2017)
Book

Digital technology is changing everything about modern sports. Athletes and coaches rely on digital data to monitor and enhance performance. Officials use tracking systems to augment their judgment in what is an increasingly superhuman field of play.... Read More about Sport 2.0 : transforming sports for a digital world.

The meta-cycle : action research as an orchestrator of situated research inquiry (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The paper presents the role of AR in negotiating the researchers’ relationship with a community and the meaning of that research to the community. Can the researcher maintain both an impulse to be a part of a community and to belong to research? Wher... Read More about The meta-cycle : action research as an orchestrator of situated research inquiry.