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Factors contributing to organizational change success or failure: a qualitative meta-analysis of 200 reflective case studies. (2018)
Book Chapter
JONES, J., FIRTH, J., HANNIBAL, C. and OGUNSEYIN, M. 2019. Factors contributing to organizational change success or failure: a qualitative meta-analysis of 200 reflective case studies. In Hamlin, R.G., ELLINGER, A.D. and Jones, J. (eds.) Evidence-based initiatives for organizational change and development. Hershey, PA: IGI Global [online], pages 155-178. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6155-2.ch008

Change, and changing, exercise the minds of most managers most of the time. In consequence, leadership development and change management tend to be top priorities for many human resource development (HRD) professionals today. Despite this, much acade... Read More about Factors contributing to organizational change success or failure: a qualitative meta-analysis of 200 reflective case studies..

Decommissioning the UKCS: increasing flexibility of approach through proportionate regulation and evidence based practice. (2018)
Thesis
BROOKS, R. 2018. Decommissioning the UKCS: increasing flexibility of approach through proportionate regulation and evidence based practice. Robert Gordon University, DBA thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1677784

The purpose of this research is to investigate how industry and government can strategically align to improve efficiency and gain environmental benefit from the challenge of decommissioning redundant offshore oil and gas infrastructure, through an al... Read More about Decommissioning the UKCS: increasing flexibility of approach through proportionate regulation and evidence based practice..

Exploring healthcare professionals’ perceptions of medication errors in an adult oncology department in Saudi Arabia: a qualitative study. (2018)
Journal Article
ALHARBI, W., CLELAND, J. and MORRISON, Z. 2019. Exploring healthcare professionals' perceptions of medication errors in an adult oncology department in Saudi Arabia: a qualitative study. Saudi pharmaceutical journal [online], 27(2), pages 176-181. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsps.2018.10.001

Objective: Adverse events which result from medication errors are considered to be one of the most frequently encountered patient safety issues in clinical settings. We undertook a qualitative investigation to identify and explore factors relating to... Read More about Exploring healthcare professionals’ perceptions of medication errors in an adult oncology department in Saudi Arabia: a qualitative study..

Ground-breaking research supports technology adoption. [News article] (2018)
Digital Artefact
ROBERTS, R. and FLIN, R. 2018. Ground-breaking research supports technology adoption. [News article]. Net Zero Technology Centre [online]. Available from: https://tinyurl.com/487vk23p

The Oil and Gas Technology Centre and Aberdeen's Robert Gordon University (RGU) have launched a new research programme to identify the behavioural barriers to successful technology adoption and deployment on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), creating... Read More about Ground-breaking research supports technology adoption. [News article].

Tech20: psychological barriers to technology adoption. [Video recording] (2018)
Digital Artefact
ROBERTS, R. 2018. Tech 20: psychological barriers to technology adoption. [Video recording]. Aberdeen: Net Zero Technology Centre [online]. Available from: https://youtu.be/Ryj25lDQWqI

Dr Ruby Clyde Roberts, Organisational Psychologist and Human Factors Specialist, Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University joins this Tech20 to discuss her research that is being carried out in partnership with the Oil and Gas Technology Cen... Read More about Tech20: psychological barriers to technology adoption. [Video recording].

The acute medical unit model: a characterisation based upon the National Health Service in Scotland. (2018)
Journal Article
REID, L.E.M., PRETSCH, U., JONES, M.C., LONE, N.I., WEIR, C.J. and MORRISON, Z. 2018. The acute medical unit model: a characterisation based upon the National Health Service Scotland. PLoS ONE [online], 13(10), article ID e0204010. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204010

Acute medical units (AMUs) receive the majority of acute medical patients presenting to hospital as an emergency in the United Kingdom (UK) and in other international settings. They have emerged as a result of local service innovation in the context... Read More about The acute medical unit model: a characterisation based upon the National Health Service in Scotland..

Realising the sustainable development goals (SDGs): challenges for business school academics in the responsible management education (RME) field. (2018)
Presentation / Conference
NDUBUKA, N.N. and REY-MARMONIER, E. 2018. Realising the sustainable development goals (SDGs): challenges for business school academics in the responsible management education (RME) field. Presented at the 5th UK and Ireland PRME conference, 25-27 June 2018, London, UK. Hosted on Prezi [online]. Available from: https://prezi.com/view/pNjdYpd2PA8BnkCYIJBd/

This paper seeks to contribute to the debate around the United Nations' seventeen sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the role of business schools in their realisation. It explores the challenges that signatories of the Principles for Responsibl... Read More about Realising the sustainable development goals (SDGs): challenges for business school academics in the responsible management education (RME) field..

Entrepreneurial leadership: setting the scene for a behavioural approach. (2018)
Presentation / Conference
KESIDOU, E. 2018. Entrepreneurial leadership: setting the scene for a behavioural approach. Presented at 2018 Babson College entrepreneurship research conference (BCERC 2018), 6-9 June 2018, Waterford, Ireland.

The commonalities in behavioural and attitudinal approaches of business leaders towards entrepreneurship have led to the devise of the attractive – yet not fully defined and measured – concept of entrepreneurial leadership (EL). The most recent study... Read More about Entrepreneurial leadership: setting the scene for a behavioural approach..

Assessment of patient safety culture in an adult oncology department in Saudi Arabia. (2018)
Journal Article
ALHARBI, W., CLELAND, J. and MORRISON, Z. 2018. Assessment of patient safety culture in an adult oncology department in Saudi Arabia. Oman medical journal [online], 33(3), pages 200-208. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5001/omj.2018.38

Objectives: We sought to evaluate patient safety culture across different healthcare professionals from different countries of origin working in an adult oncology department in a medical facility in Saudi Arabia. Methods: This cross-sectional survey... Read More about Assessment of patient safety culture in an adult oncology department in Saudi Arabia..

Drillers' cognitive skills monitoring task. (2018)
Journal Article
ROBERTS, R.C., FLIN, R., CLELAND, J. and URQUHART, J. 2019. Drillers' cognitive skills monitoring task. Ergonomics in design [online], 27(2), pages 13-20. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/1064804617744713

Drilling incidents have emphasized that offshore drillers require a high level of cognitive skills, including situation awareness and decision making, to maintain safe and efficient well control. Although a number of tools for supporting operators' c... Read More about Drillers' cognitive skills monitoring task..

Gas monetisation intricacies: evidence from Indonesia. (2018)
Journal Article
HAKAM, D.F. and ASEKOMEH, A.O. 2018. Gas monetisation intricacies: evidence from Indonesia. International journal of energy economics and policy [online], 8(2), pages 174-181. Available from: http://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijeep/article/view/6005

Indonesia's geographical spread as an archipelago results in a unique and sophisticated electricity distribution. Consequently, PLN, Indonesia's state-owned electricity company, faces several challenges in implementing a robust gas monetisation schem... Read More about Gas monetisation intricacies: evidence from Indonesia..

Entrepreneurial leadership: an exploratory study of attitudinal and behavioral patterns over the business life-cycle. (2018)
Journal Article
KESIDOU, E. and CARTER, S. 2018. Entrepreneurial leadership: an exploratory study of attitudinal and behavioral patterns over the business life-cycle. International review of entrepreneurship [online], 16(1), pages 63-88. Available from: https://www.senatehall.com/entrepreneurship?article=590

Strategic approaches to venture creation and development highlight the importance of entrepreneurial leadership to business success, yet remarkably little is known about what entrepreneurial leaders actually do and why they do it. This study addresse... Read More about Entrepreneurial leadership: an exploratory study of attitudinal and behavioral patterns over the business life-cycle..

Implementation of electronic patient clinical records in ambulances in the UK: a national survey. (2018)
Presentation / Conference
WILLIAMS, V., LAFLAMME-WILLIAMS, Y., MCNEE, K., MORGAN, H., MORRISON, Z., POTTS, H.W.W., SHAW, D., SIRIWARDENA, N., SNOOK, H., SPAIGHT, R. and PORTER, A. 2018. Implementation of electronic patient clinical records in ambulances in the UK: a national survey. Presented at the 2018 999 EMS research forum, 26-27 March 2018, Stirling, UK.

Background: The roll-out of electronic Patient Clinical Records (ePCR) across UK ambulance services has been an important aspect of modernisation. Electronic Records in Ambulances (ERA) is a two-year study which aims to describe the opportunities and... Read More about Implementation of electronic patient clinical records in ambulances in the UK: a national survey..

Beliefs and expectations of rural hospital practitioners towards a developing trauma system: a qualitative case study. (2018)
Journal Article
ADAMS, R.D.F., COLE, E., BRUNDAGE, S.I., MORRISON, Z. and JANSEN, J.O. 2018. Beliefs and expectations of rural hospital practitioners towards a developing trauma system: a qualitative case study. Injury [online], 49(6), pages 1070-1078. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2018.03.025

An understanding of stakeholders’ views is key to the successful development and operation of a rural trauma system. Scotland, which has large remote and rural areas, is currently implementing a national trauma system. The aim of this study was to id... Read More about Beliefs and expectations of rural hospital practitioners towards a developing trauma system: a qualitative case study..

An evaluation of patient safety culture in a secondary care setting in Kuwait. (2018)
Journal Article
ALQATTAN, H., CLELAND, J. and MORRISON, Z. 2018. An evaluation of patient safety culture in a secondary care setting in Kuwait. Journal of Taibah University medical sciences [online], 13(3), pages 272-280. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtumed.2018.02.002

Objectives: To improve patient safety outcomes, it is considered essential to create a positive culture of patient safety. This study carried out an initial evaluation of the patient safety culture in a secondary care setting in Kuwait. Methods: This... Read More about An evaluation of patient safety culture in a secondary care setting in Kuwait..

We: a robotic system to extend social impact of community gardens. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
JOSHI, S., RANDALL, N., CHIPLUNKAR, S., WATTIMENA, T. and STAVRIANAKIS, K. 2018. We: a robotic system to extend social impact of community gardens. In HRI '18: companion of the 2018 ACM/IEEE (Association of Computing Machinery and Institute of Electrical Engineers) Human-robot interaction international conference (HRI '18), 5-8 March 2018, Chicago, USA. New York: ACM [online], pages 349-350. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3173386.3177817

The social, educational, economic and health benefits from community gardens often stay limited to the gardeners. 'We' is a community-oriented robotic system designed to extend such benefits to the public and community. It consists of 1. 'We-Sense,'... Read More about We: a robotic system to extend social impact of community gardens..

Sports operations management: examining the relationship between environmental uncertainty and quality management orientation. (2018)
Journal Article
BAMFORD, D., HANNIBAL, C., KAUPPI, K. and DEHE, B. 2018. Sports operations management: examining the relationship between environmental uncertainty and quality management orientation. European sport management quarterly [online], 18(5), pages 563-582. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2018.1442486

The outcome of a sporting competition is uncertain and one of the key reasons for the sustained popularity of spectator sport. Whilst unique and exciting, this context poses challenges for the management of the sporting experience as there is no cont... Read More about Sports operations management: examining the relationship between environmental uncertainty and quality management orientation..

The provision of seven-day multidisciplinary staffing in Scottish acute medical units: a cross-sectional study. (2018)
Journal Article
REID, L.E.M., LONE, N.I., MORRISON, Z.J., WEIR, C.J. and JONES, M.C. 2018. The provision of seven-day multidisciplinary staffing in Scottish acute medical units: a cross-sectional study. QJM: an international journal of medicine [online], 111(5), pages 295-301. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcy024

Background: Acute medical units (AMUs) are a central component of the admission pathway for the majority of medical patients presenting to hospital in the United Kingdom and other international settings. Detail on multidisciplinary staffing provision... Read More about The provision of seven-day multidisciplinary staffing in Scottish acute medical units: a cross-sectional study..