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Ethical decision-making among human movement studies researchers. (2000)
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OLIVIER, S.C. 2000. Ethical decision-making among human movement studies researchers. South African journal for research in sport, physical education and recreation, 22(1), 55-67.

Recognising the potential for ethical malpractice in Human Movement Studies (HMS) research, the study sought to evaluate ethical decision-making capabilities among HMS researchers. Senior researchers (n=78) from 15 countries responded to five special... Read More about Ethical decision-making among human movement studies researchers..

A fuzzy model and algorithm to handle subjectivity in life cycle costing based decision-making. (2000)
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KISHK, M. and AL-HAJJ, A. 2000. A fuzzy model and algorithm to handle subjectivity in life cycle costing based decision-making. Journal of financial management of property and construction, 5(1-2), pages 93-104.

A life cycle costing (LCC) algorithm that can effectively deal with judgmental assessments of input parameters is proposed. This algorithm is based on the fuzzy set theory and interval mathematics. The development of the algorithm is motivated by the... Read More about A fuzzy model and algorithm to handle subjectivity in life cycle costing based decision-making..

The performance-governance relationship: the effects of Cadbury compliance on UK quoted companies. (2000)
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WEIR, C. and LAING, D. 2000. The performance-governance relationship: the effects of Cadbury compliance on UK quoted companies. Journal of management and governance [online], 4(4), pages 265-281. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009950903720

This paper investigates the extent to which recommendations made by the Cadbury Committee have affected UK company performance. The Committee recommended that certain internal monitoring mechanisms should be adopted by quoted firms because they were... Read More about The performance-governance relationship: the effects of Cadbury compliance on UK quoted companies..

Power, mastery and organizational learning. (2000)
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BLACKLER, F. and MCDONALD, S. 2000. Power, mastery and organizational learning. Journal of management studies [online], 37(6), pages 833-852. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6486.00206

The topic of power has not featured strongly in debates about organizational learning, a point that is illustrated in a discussion of influential studies of teamworking. Despite the insights that such studies have provided into the nature of expertis... Read More about Power, mastery and organizational learning..

The protean entrepreneur: the entrepreneurial process as fitting self and circumstance. (2000)
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ANDERSON, A.R. 2000. The protean entrepreneur: the entrepreneurial process as fitting self and circumstance. Journal of enterprising culture [online], 8(3), pages 201-234. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218495800000127

This paper is an ethnographic study of rural entrepreneurship. It explores the relationship between small business and the rural environment and is intended to contribute to the development of entrepreneurial theory. The major findings are that the e... Read More about The protean entrepreneur: the entrepreneurial process as fitting self and circumstance..

Provocation: pushing the reasonable man too far? (2000)
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CHRISTIE, S. 2000. Provocation: pushing the reasonable man too far? Journal of criminal law [online], 64(4), pages 409-415. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/002201830006400410

Almost every aspect of the partial defence of provocation has caused considerable debate over the years. Areas of difficulty range from the question of when the issue should be left to the jury, to the relevance of the defence to battered women who k... Read More about Provocation: pushing the reasonable man too far?.

The impact of social class and status on citizenship information need: the results of two national surveys in the UK. (2000)
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MARCELLA, R. and BAXTER, G. 2000. The impact of social class and status on citizenship information need: the results of two national surveys in the UK. Journal of information science [online], 26(4), pages 239-254. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/016555150002600404

This paper reports the key results of the Citizenship Information research project funded by the British Library Research and Innovation Centre. This research comprised two large-scale surveys of the citizenship information needs of the UK public. Th... Read More about The impact of social class and status on citizenship information need: the results of two national surveys in the UK..

Aboutness from a commonsense perspective. (2000)
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BRUZA, P.D., SONG, D.W. and WONG, K.F. 2000. Aboutness from a commonsense perspective. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology [online], 51(12), pages 1090-1105. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-4571(2000)9999:9999%3C::AID-ASI1026%3E3.0.CO;2-Y

Information retrieval (IR) is driven by a process which decides whether a document is about a query. Recent attempts spawned from logic-based information retrieval theory have formalized properties characterizing aboutness, but no consensus has yet b... Read More about Aboutness from a commonsense perspective..

A random walk around Britain: a critical assessment of the random walk sample as a method of collecting data on the public's citizenship information needs. (2000)
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MARCELLA, R. and BAXTER, G. 2001. A random walk around Britain: a critical assessment of the random walk sample as a method of collecting data on the public's citizenship information needs. New review of information behaviour research, 1(1): proceedings of the 3rd International conference on research in information needs, seeking and use in different contexts (ISIC III), 16-18 August 2000, Gothenburg, Sweden, pages 87-104.

This paper discusses the second stage of the Citizenship Information research project, funded by the British Library Research and Innovation Centre: a national survey, by personal doorstep interview and using the random walk sample method, of the cit... Read More about A random walk around Britain: a critical assessment of the random walk sample as a method of collecting data on the public's citizenship information needs..

The UK children's publishing house: adapting to change for the multimedia market. (2000)
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ANTHONEY, A., ROYLE, J.M. and JOHNSON, I.M. 2000. The UK children's publishing house: adapting to change for the multimedia market. Electronic library [online], 18(4), pages 269-278. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000005366

Reports the results of the first stage of research (in progress, 1997-2000), which aims to develop an understanding of the challenges facing publishers who have entered the children's multimedia market in the UK in the 1980s and 1990s. The findings o... Read More about The UK children's publishing house: adapting to change for the multimedia market..

An observational study of the information seeking behaviour of members of Parliament in the United Kingdom. (2000)
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ORTON, R., MARCELLA, R. and BAXTER, G. 2000. An observational study of the information seeking behaviour of members of Parliament in the United Kingdom. Aslib proceedings [online], 52(6), pages 207-217. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000007015

This paper describes the results of an observational study of the information seeking behaviour of Members of Parliament. It is argued that political life functions on a flow of information and that information itself is a prime resource. The study s... Read More about An observational study of the information seeking behaviour of members of Parliament in the United Kingdom..

Environmental design using dynamic insulation. (2000)
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TAYLOR, B.J. and IMBABI, M.S. 2000. Environmental design using dynamic insulation. ASHRAE transactions, 106(1): proceedings of the 2000 Winter meeting of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), 5-9 February 2000, Dallas, USA, pages 15-26.

In conventional airtight buildings, the architect has considerable freedom to decide how much the external environment will influence the internal heating, cooling, and ventilation loads. The services engineer provides the plant and equipment require... Read More about Environmental design using dynamic insulation..

The role of associations of information and library education in teaching and research: recent and potential developments in Britain and Europe. (2000)
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JOHNSON, I.M. 2000. The role of associations of information and library education in teaching and research: recent and potential developments in Britain and Europe. Education for information [online], 18(2-3), pages 201-220. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3233/EFI-2000-182-308

This paper considers the development of associations of Schools of Librarianship and Information Sciences, illustrated by recent experiences in Britain and Europe, and examines their potential future contribution. It discusses in general terms the ne... Read More about The role of associations of information and library education in teaching and research: recent and potential developments in Britain and Europe..

Professional development and the recently qualified information and library studies professional: factors affecting success in attainment of the Library Association's associate status. (2000)
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CAMPBELL, F., MARCELLA, R. and BAXTER, G. 2000. Professional development and the recently qualified information and library studies professional: factors affecting success in attainment of the Library Association's associate status. Education for information [online], 18(2-3), pages 169-199. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3233/EFI-2000-182-307

This paper describes a project funded by the UK Library Association (LA) which sought to investigate factors impacting upon length of time taken to achieve Associateship of the Library Association and to gather attitudinal data as to the benefits of... Read More about Professional development and the recently qualified information and library studies professional: factors affecting success in attainment of the Library Association's associate status..

Piety and charity in the painted glass of late medieval York. (2000)
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PEDERSEN, S. 2000. Piety and charity in the painted glass of late medieval York. Northern history [online], 36(1), pages 33-42. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1179/007817200790177987

What messages can the images in medieval churches give us about the motivations of their donors? When a wealthy medieval man or woman donated a statue or painted glass window or altar hanging to their parish church, such a gift would have been prompt... Read More about Piety and charity in the painted glass of late medieval York..

Information need, information seeking behaviour and participation, with special reference to needs related to citizenship: results of a national survey. (2000)
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MARCELLA, R. and BAXTER, G. 2000. Information need, information seeking behaviour and participation, with special reference to needs related to citizenship: results of a national survey. Journal of documentation [online], 56(2), pages 136-160. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000007112

This paper reports the results of the second stage of the Citizenship Information research project funded by the BLR&IC: a nation-wide survey, by personal doorstep interview, of the citizenship information needs of almost 900 members of the UK public... Read More about Information need, information seeking behaviour and participation, with special reference to needs related to citizenship: results of a national survey..

Citizenship information needs in the UK: results of a national survey of the general public by personal doorstep interview. (2000)
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MARCELLA, R. and BAXTER, G. 2000. Citizenship information needs in the UK: results of a national survey of the general public by personal doorstep interview. Aslib proceedings [online], 52(3), pages 115-123. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000007005

This paper reports the results of the second stage of the Citizenship Information research project funded by the BLR&IC: a national survey, by personal doorstep interview, of the citizenship information needs of 898 members of the UK public. Major fi... Read More about Citizenship information needs in the UK: results of a national survey of the general public by personal doorstep interview..

Citizenship information service provision in the United Kingdom: a study of 27 case agencies. (2000)
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MARCELLA, R. and BAXTER, G. 2000. Citizenship information service provision in the United Kingdom: a study of 27 case agencies. Journal of librarianship and information science [online], 32(1), pages 9-25. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/096100060003200103

Reports results of 27 case study visits to UK public libraries, Citizens Advice Bureaux (CABx) and other advice agencies to examine existing levels of citizenship information provision within these organizations. The study covered all 13 UK Governmen... Read More about Citizenship information service provision in the United Kingdom: a study of 27 case agencies..

The production of prestige: an entrepreneurial viagra. (2000)
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ANDERSON, A.R. and JACK, S.L. 2000. The production of prestige: an entrepreneurial viagra. International journal of entrepreneurship and innovation [online], 1(1), pages 45-56. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5367/000000000101298504

The social context plays a role in entrepreneurial activity. It shapes the perception and evaluation of opportunities and the generation of status. At a deeper level peer group perceptions influence and shape how businesses are run; they stimulate ac... Read More about The production of prestige: an entrepreneurial viagra..

Are EU business associations governable? (2000)
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GREENWOOD, J. and WEBSTER, R. 2000. Are EU business associations governable? European integration online papers [online], 4(3), article ID 003a. Available from: http://eiop.or.at/eiop/texte/2000-003a.htm.

Business Interest Associations vary widely in their governability – defined as their ability to unify members’ interests and ensure goal compliance. How can these variations be explained? To what extent is associational ‘effectiveness’ governed by fa... Read More about Are EU business associations governable?.