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Critical Research and The Media: the Case of Mr Bates v Post Office and Others. (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Griffiths, M., McLean, R., & Eneman, M. (2024, September). Critical Research and The Media: the Case of Mr Bates v Post Office and Others. Presented at Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association 2024, Manchester

Critical research centres on emancipation, empowerment and social change. This aligns with the drive for academic research to have “impact”, to influence policy, and to facilitate action that brings about change. A state of permacrisis would suggest... Read More about Critical Research and The Media: the Case of Mr Bates v Post Office and Others..

Elon Musk is moving X and SpaceX to Texas. The impact on staff culture and performance is likely to be big (2024)
Other
Lord, J. (2024). Elon Musk is moving X and SpaceX to Texas. The impact on staff culture and performance is likely to be big. [https://theconversation.com/elon-musk-is-moving-x-and-spacex-to-texas-the-impact-on-staff-culture-and-performance-is-likely-to-be-big-235923]

Elon Musk recently announced that he was relocating the companies SpaceX and X (formerly Twitter) from their current headquarters in California to Texas. The news has placed a spotlight on the rise in big tech shifting its operations to the Lone Star... Read More about Elon Musk is moving X and SpaceX to Texas. The impact on staff culture and performance is likely to be big.

Additive manufacturing technology adoption in the upstream supply chain of the Nigerian oil and gas industry (2024)
Thesis
Onyeabo, V. (2024). Additive manufacturing technology adoption in the upstream supply chain of the Nigerian oil and gas industry. (Thesis). University of Salford

Additive Manufacturing (AM) has grown in popularity and advancement in academic research and industrial application, and benefits to supply chain are well documented, yet the technology appears relatively new to Oil and Gas (O&G) sectors, especially... Read More about Additive manufacturing technology adoption in the upstream supply chain of the Nigerian oil and gas industry.

A world of pure industrial relations (2024)
Other
Lord, J. (2024). A world of pure industrial relations. Colchester

How Cadbury, founded in 1824 by John Cadbury in Birmingham, led the way in Employee welfare

All you need to know about the changes in employment law from 6 April 2024 (2024)
Digital Artefact
Lord, J. All you need to know about the changes in employment law from 6 April 2024

There are a number of employment law changes coming into effect on 6 April 2024 that will impact SMEs the most. These modifications to employment law will profoundly influence the daily functions of businesses, especially during a period when SMEs fa... Read More about All you need to know about the changes in employment law from 6 April 2024.

Should whistleblowers be paid? (2024)
Digital Artefact
Lord, J. Should whistleblowers be paid?

Whistleblowing reports are on the rise, and employers are being called out, both for substandard disclosure channels and for not taking concerns seriously.

Should UK companies have employees on their boards? (2024)
Digital Artefact
Cook, J. (in press). Should UK companies have employees on their boards?

Workers should be placed on company boards to “inject some much-needed common sense into boardrooms,” says Paul Nowak, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC).

The Manchester and Salford Strike Wave of Summer 1911 (2023)
Journal Article
Darlington, R. (2023). The Manchester and Salford Strike Wave of Summer 1911. #Journal not on list, 44-52

If the ‘Labour Revolt’ that swept Britain in the years leading up to the outbreak of the First World War between 1910 and 1914 was one of the most dramatic and violent explosions of industrial militancy and social conflict the country has ever experi... Read More about The Manchester and Salford Strike Wave of Summer 1911.

Strikes: when companies collaborate with unions, industrial action can benefit business (2023)
Digital Artefact
Lord, J. (in press). Strikes: when companies collaborate with unions, industrial action can benefit business

More than 4 million working days have been lost to industrial action in the UK in 2023. This is more than at any point since 1989 and around nine times more than the yearly average of 450,000 days in the 2010s.

This is level of activity is particu... Read More about Strikes: when companies collaborate with unions, industrial action can benefit business.

Information Systems Research: Foundations, Design and Theory (2023)
Book
Ali, M. (2023). Information Systems Research: Foundations, Design and Theory. UK: Palgrave Macmillan

This textbook will delve into the philosophical foundation of contemporary IS research design with particular emphasis on the methodological tools that can be applied to conduct effective research in the multidisciplinary area of contemporary IS. Wha... Read More about Information Systems Research: Foundations, Design and Theory.

Responsible Exit Dilemmas under Sanctions: Multinationals’ Divestment Complexities in Myanmar (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Thein, H. H., Klarin, A., Sosnovskikh, S., & Grosman, A. (2023). Responsible Exit Dilemmas under Sanctions: Multinationals’ Divestment Complexities in Myanmar. . https://doi.org/10.5465/amproc.2023.18944abstract

This study is centered around the context of current sanctions against the Myanmar military junta in response to the human rights abuses and the resulting implications of the coup for multinational enterprises (MNEs). We provide a rich qualitative an... Read More about Responsible Exit Dilemmas under Sanctions: Multinationals’ Divestment Complexities in Myanmar.

Understanding the Role of Servant Leadership in the Hospitality Sector: AN INTERNAL MARKETING STRATEGY PERSPECTIVE (2023)
Thesis
Almomani, M. (2023). Understanding the Role of Servant Leadership in the Hospitality Sector: AN INTERNAL MARKETING STRATEGY PERSPECTIVE. (Thesis). University of Salford

The main purpose of the study is to understand the importance of servant leadership, which is considered to be a critical component of internal marketing, in influencing Jordanian hotel frontline employees’ constructive deviance. This study proposes... Read More about Understanding the Role of Servant Leadership in the Hospitality Sector: AN INTERNAL MARKETING STRATEGY PERSPECTIVE.

Taxonomy of Industry 4.0 Technologies in Digital Entrepreneurship and Co-Creating Value (2023)
Book Chapter
Ali, M. (2023). Taxonomy of Industry 4.0 Technologies in Digital Entrepreneurship and Co-Creating Value. In Digital Entrepreneurship and Co-Creating Value Through Digital Encounters (12-16). UK: IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-7416-7

This chapter proposes a taxonomy of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies in the context of digital entrepreneurship and co-creating value. The I4.0 taxonomy ranges from cyber-physical systems and the Internet of Things (IoT) to big data and cloud computi... Read More about Taxonomy of Industry 4.0 Technologies in Digital Entrepreneurship and Co-Creating Value.

Shifting Paradigms in the Rapidly Developing Global Digital Ecosystem: A GCC Perspective (2023)
Book Chapter
Ali, M. Shifting Paradigms in the Rapidly Developing Global Digital Ecosystem: A GCC Perspective. In Digital Entrepreneurship and Co-Creating Value Through Digital Encounters (12-16). UK: IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-7416-7

Despite growing scholarly interest in the impact of the digital economy on economic recovery in the midst of the current global crisis and regional development situations, research on the effects of the global crisis on developing digital economies i... Read More about Shifting Paradigms in the Rapidly Developing Global Digital Ecosystem: A GCC Perspective.

Environmental Finance and Green Banking: Contemporary and Emerging Issues (2023)
Book
Daugaard, D., Linnenluecke, M., Hasan, M. M., Alam, M. S., Paola, D., Popoyan, L., …Chu, C. S. Sosnovskikh, & S. Alam (Eds.), Environmental Finance and Green Banking: Contemporary and Emerging Issues. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003206194

Environmental finance and green banking are central drivers of the transition to a sustainable economy and essential components in solutions to climate change. This book presents the latest research on theory and practices in these interdisciplinary... Read More about Environmental Finance and Green Banking: Contemporary and Emerging Issues.

Environmental policies in Russia: problems of state funding and implementation (2023)
Book Chapter
Sosnovskikh, S. (2023). Environmental policies in Russia: problems of state funding and implementation. In S. Sosnovskikh, & S. Alam (Eds.), Environmental Finance and Green Banking: Contemporary and Emerging Issues (169-208). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003206194-9

Russia has entered the contours of the modern global ecosystem in sustainable finance and responsible investment practices. Its national projects are complex and ensure a balance of all three components of sustainable development: economic, social an... Read More about Environmental policies in Russia: problems of state funding and implementation.

Multi-Perspectives of Contemporary Digital Transformation Models of Complex Innovation Management (2023)
Book Chapter
Ali, M., Wood-Harper, T., & Kutar, M. (2023). Multi-Perspectives of Contemporary Digital Transformation Models of Complex Innovation Management. In Digital Entrepreneurship and Co-Creating Value Through Digital Encounters (12-16). UK: IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-7416-7

Within the past decade, there has been a paradigm shift in complex innovation in organisations through the adoption of contemporary technologies, which has brought us into the age of digital transformation (DT). We adopt a conceptual approach to anal... Read More about Multi-Perspectives of Contemporary Digital Transformation Models of Complex Innovation Management.