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The effect of social exchange relationships on peer reporting fraudulent financial misconduct: a case study of an UK-non-profit organization (2022)
Thesis
Lamba, E. The effect of social exchange relationships on peer reporting fraudulent financial misconduct: a case study of an UK-non-profit organization. (Thesis). University of Salford

Non-profit organizations are an important component of the UK market and a large part of culture. In March 2017, there were 167,063 registered charities in England and Wales with a combined turnover of £74.7 billion and a charitable spend of more tha... Read More about The effect of social exchange relationships on peer reporting fraudulent financial misconduct: a case study of an UK-non-profit organization.

The single silo university (2021)
Book Chapter
Fletcher, G., Dron, R., & Gimeno, M. (2021). The single silo university. In D. Remenyi (Ed.), Excellence in university leadership and management : case histories. Academic Conferences International

In 2015, the University of Salford committed to a new five-year institutional strategy. A hallmark of this strategy was the focus on the undeviating single priority of industrial collaboration. The clarity and simplicity of this approach was challeng... Read More about The single silo university.

The incompatibility of motherhood and professional women's football in England (2021)
Journal Article
Culvin, A., & Bowes, A. (2021). The incompatibility of motherhood and professional women's football in England. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 3, 730151. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2021.730151

There has been an advancement of professionalisation of women's football globally. Professional women's football in England has grown exponentially since the inception of the Football Association (FA) Women's Super League in 2011. This article offers... Read More about The incompatibility of motherhood and professional women's football in England.

A study of work-family balance policies and practices for returning nursing mothers in the Nigerian banking industry (2021)
Thesis
Ogunbor, O. A study of work-family balance policies and practices for returning nursing mothers in the Nigerian banking industry. (Thesis). University of Salford

With the increase in the number of women in the labour force, there has been a growing literature on working women handling multiple roles arising from work and family. Presently there is a gap in the literature about the activities of the returning... Read More about A study of work-family balance policies and practices for returning nursing mothers in the Nigerian banking industry.

Green purchasing capabilities and practices towards Firm's triple bottom line in Malaysia (2021)
Journal Article
Foo, M. Y., Shaharudin, M. R., Ma, G., Mohamad Zailani, S. H., & Kanapathy, K. (2021). Green purchasing capabilities and practices towards Firm's triple bottom line in Malaysia. Journal of Cleaner Production, 307, 127268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127268

The study has aimed to develop a conceptual framework on green purchasing capabilities and green purchasing practices towards triple bottom line performance in Malaysia's manufacturing firms. The researchers use two stages of methods with a full revi... Read More about Green purchasing capabilities and practices towards Firm's triple bottom line in Malaysia.

The impact of knowledge, skills, and attitude on organisational performance among Kuwaiti employees within the private oil and gas sector in Kuwait : the moderating effect of power distance (2021)
Thesis
Baroun, A. (in press). The impact of knowledge, skills, and attitude on organisational performance among Kuwaiti employees within the private oil and gas sector in Kuwait : the moderating effect of power distance. (Thesis). University of Salford

There are many successful, expanding business organisations in Kuwait (Kipco, 2019). Business success does not only depend on the intelligence and hard work of the founder, but the whole workforce - from the lowest to the highest position in an organ... Read More about The impact of knowledge, skills, and attitude on organisational performance among Kuwaiti employees within the private oil and gas sector in Kuwait : the moderating effect of power distance.

Do you really mean it? Ouster clauses, judicial review reform, and the UK constitutionalism paradox (2021)
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Sandro, P. (2021). Do you really mean it? Ouster clauses, judicial review reform, and the UK constitutionalism paradox

The Conservative government’s response to the IRAL report has raised plenty of alarm bells from UK constitutional scholars. The widespread observation that the government’s judicial review reform plans appear to go well beyond what the Independent Pa... Read More about Do you really mean it? Ouster clauses, judicial review reform, and the UK constitutionalism paradox.

The importance of digital communication competence in the competitive advantage context of the UK professional business sector (2021)
Thesis
Sharpe, R. The importance of digital communication competence in the competitive advantage context of the UK professional business sector. (Thesis). University of Salford

Rapid technological advancement is impacting jobs and work resulting in digital skills being critical in the contemporary UK workforce (Riley et al., 2020). As such and by 2030, 20% of the labour market could be under skilled for their job requiremen... Read More about The importance of digital communication competence in the competitive advantage context of the UK professional business sector.

The mathematics of committees (2021)
Working Paper
Fox, R. The mathematics of committees. Salford

What is the accuracy of a majority committee decision compared to individual accuracies? What is the effect of actions? What is the effect of requiring unanimity of near unanimity? What is the effect of faction formation? When should a committee foll... Read More about The mathematics of committees.

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.

The future is visual management (2020)
Book Chapter
Fletcher, G. The future is visual management. In J. Metselaar (Ed.), Strategic Management in the Age of Digital Transformation. Diamond Scientific Publishing/Proud Pen. Manuscript submitted for publication

This chapter describes the development of the use of visualisation techniques within management planning and decision-making processes towards the realisation of visual management. By drawing on exemplars and vignettes of visualisations that have bee... Read More about The future is visual management.

How do academic staff and managers perceive internal branding in UK business schools? Exploring internal branding understanding, support and leadership in universities (2020)
Thesis
Frigenti, P. How do academic staff and managers perceive internal branding in UK business schools? Exploring internal branding understanding, support and leadership in universities. (Thesis). University of Salford

The development of a strong university brand requires commitment of employees and alignment of their values to the institutional ones (Hemsley Brown and Goonawardana, 2007; Whisman, 2009). Internal branding is important for organisations to promote t... Read More about How do academic staff and managers perceive internal branding in UK business schools? Exploring internal branding understanding, support and leadership in universities.

Two-stage model of destination image : exploring the consequences (2020)
Thesis
Khudaykulova, M. Two-stage model of destination image : exploring the consequences. (Thesis). University of Salford

In the globalized world tourism industry is acknowledges as an opportunity to enhance a country’s overall development. As research suggests, a destination’s main tool to become attractive is the destination image – the main pull factor in tourists’ d... Read More about Two-stage model of destination image : exploring the consequences.

Book review : Effective Management Control; Theory and practice by Eric G. Flamholtz (2020)
Journal Article
Asdullah, M., & Yazdifar, H. (2020). Book review : Effective Management Control; Theory and practice by Eric G. Flamholtz. Journal of management and research, 7(1), 235-244

Effective Management Control sheds light on relatively misunderstood and neglected aspect of organizational effectiveness. It critically analyzes the process of controlling people’s behaviour in any organization. The issue of the design of an optimal... Read More about Book review : Effective Management Control; Theory and practice by Eric G. Flamholtz.

Antecedents of the propensity to learn management practices and their impacts on firm outcomes in emerging markets : a Bayesian model averaging approach (2020)
Journal Article
Ali, A., & Ali, S. (2020). Antecedents of the propensity to learn management practices and their impacts on firm outcomes in emerging markets : a Bayesian model averaging approach. International Business Review, 29(4), 101906. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2020.101706

This article explores the factors that motivate firms to learn new management practices. The hypotheses are empirically tested using a representative sample of 3,676 small, medium and large firms from four South Asian countries and across all main se... Read More about Antecedents of the propensity to learn management practices and their impacts on firm outcomes in emerging markets : a Bayesian model averaging approach.

Conceptualising slow tourism : a perspective from Latvia (2020)
Journal Article
Serdane, Z., Maccarrone-Eaglen, A., & Sharifi, S. (2020). Conceptualising slow tourism : a perspective from Latvia. Tourism Recreation Research, 45(3), 337-350. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2020.1726614

Slow tourism is perceived as a new type of sustainable tourism and a promising alternative
to mass tourism with which tourists, destination managers and tourism service providers
are willing to engage. However, inconsistent interpretations impede t... Read More about Conceptualising slow tourism : a perspective from Latvia.

On the relationship between financial performance and position of businesses in supply chain networks (2020)
Journal Article
Seiler, A., Papanagnou, C., & Scarf, P. (2020). On the relationship between financial performance and position of businesses in supply chain networks. International Journal of Production Economics, 227, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2020.107690

We investigate how the network position of organisations in an extended supply chain
network impacts their financial performance. The paper argues that performance measurement tools
should incorporate a network (external, connectedness) perspective... Read More about On the relationship between financial performance and position of businesses in supply chain networks.

Knowledge influences on perception of innovation drivers for sustainable housing delivery models (2020)
Journal Article
Ayoade, O., & Ahmed, V. (2020). Knowledge influences on perception of innovation drivers for sustainable housing delivery models. International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies, 11(1), https://doi.org/10.1504/IJKMS.2020.105070

This paper demonstrates the impact of knowledge sharing on the perception of innovation drivers for affordable housing, with a focus on the Community Land Trust Shared Equity Housing Model (CLT SEHM). In the context of a competitive housing sector, t... Read More about Knowledge influences on perception of innovation drivers for sustainable housing delivery models.

Developing corporate communications : insights from the Italian scenario (2020)
Journal Article
Palazzo, M., Foroudi, P., Kitchen, P., & Siano, A. (2020). Developing corporate communications : insights from the Italian scenario. Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal, 23(3), 407-426. https://doi.org/10.1108/QMR-12-2017-0185

Purpose - Based on managerial perceptions from large firms, this paper explores the emergence,
growth and importance of corporate communications and how it is evolving and creating competitive
advantage for Italian firms.
Design/methodology/appro... Read More about Developing corporate communications : insights from the Italian scenario.