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Shadowing research in organizations: the methodological debates. (2014)
Journal Article
MCDONALD, S. and SIMPSON, B. 2014. Shadowing research in organizations: the methodological debates. Qualitative research in organizations and management: an international journal [online], 9(1), pages 3-20. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/QROM-02-2014-1204

Purpose: - The purpose of this paper is to provide some context for the special issue and to introduce the collection of invited commentaries and research papers that follow. It also sets out to clarify the contribution that shadowing methods can mak... Read More about Shadowing research in organizations: the methodological debates..

The researcher role in the attitude-behaviour gap. (2014)
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OATES, C.J. and MCDONALD, S. 2014. The researcher role in the attitude-behaviour gap. Annals of tourism research [online], 46, pages 168-170. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2014.01.003

In the green consumer behaviour literature the attitude-behaviour gap is well-established. Studies show that although people condone environmentally friendly actions, their green attitudes do not necessarily translate into green behaviours. Even when... Read More about The researcher role in the attitude-behaviour gap..

Innovation culture in small Tunisian ICT firms. (2014)
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EL HARBI, S., ANDERSON, A.R. and AMAMOU, M. 2014. Innovation culture in small Tunisian ICT firms. Journal of small business and enterprise development [online], 21(1), pages 132-151. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JSBED-06-2013-0086

Purpose: The research aims to ask whether, in the absence of overarching innovative conditions, a small firm can have an innovative culture and what its scale and scope is. Design/methodology/approach: The study employs four exploratory case studies.... Read More about Innovation culture in small Tunisian ICT firms..

A risk management system for sustainable fleet replacement. (2014)
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ANSARIPOOR, A.H., OLIVEIRA, F.S. and LIRET, A. 2014. A risk management system for sustainable fleet replacement. European journal of operational research [online], 237(2), pages 701-712. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2014.02.006

This article analyzes the fleet management problem faced by a firm when deciding which vehicles to add to its fleet. Such a decision depends not only on the expected mileage and tasks to be assigned to the vehicle but also on the evolution of fuel an... Read More about A risk management system for sustainable fleet replacement..

The impacts of stock characteristics and regulatory change on mutual fund herding in Taiwan. (2014)
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HOU, T.C-T., MCKNIGHT, P.J. and WEIR, C. 2014. The impacts of stock characteristics and regulatory change on mutual fund herding in Taiwan. Applied financial economics [online], 24(3), pages 175-186. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/09603107.2013.866201

This article analyses the trading activity of Taiwanese open-end equity mutual fund herding behaviour over the period of 1996-2008. We found evidence of both directional and directionless herding. We also found that sell-side fund herding leads to pr... Read More about The impacts of stock characteristics and regulatory change on mutual fund herding in Taiwan..

Developing a phenomenological understanding of the influence of 'cultural survival mechanisms' as institutional artifacts in shaping indigenous enterprise cultures: a Ghanaian perspective. (2014)
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ABEBRESE, A. and SMITH, R. 2014. Developing a phenomenological understanding of the influence of 'cultural survival mechanisms' as institutional artifacts in shaping indigenous enterprise cultures: a Ghanaian perspective. Amity business journal, 3(1).

This article develops a deeper conceptualization of institutionalized adaptive strategies adopted by indigenous Ghanaian entrepreneurs operating within a web of institutional constraints. The qualitative research demonstrates that indigenous entrepre... Read More about Developing a phenomenological understanding of the influence of 'cultural survival mechanisms' as institutional artifacts in shaping indigenous enterprise cultures: a Ghanaian perspective..

Women and the prospects for partnership in professional accountancy firms. (2014)
Journal Article
WHITING, R.H., GAMMIE, E. and HERBOHN, K. 2014. Women and the prospects for partnership in professional accountancy firms. Accounting and finance [online], 55(2), pages 575-605. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.12066

This paper examines three possible reasons (stereotypical discrimination, structural obstacles and employee's preferences) for the lack of women partners in professional accountancy firms in Australia, UK and New Zealand. Data are collected from an e... Read More about Women and the prospects for partnership in professional accountancy firms..

Evaluation of medium-term consequences of implementing commercial computerized physician order entry and clinical decision support prescribing systems in two 'early adopter' hospitals. (2014)
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CRESSWELL, K.M., BATES, D.W., WILLIAMS, R., MORRISON, Z., SLEE, A., COLEMAN, J., ROBERTSON, A. and SHEIKH, A. 2014. Evaluation of medium-term consequences of implementing commercial computerized physician order entry and clinical decision support prescribing system in two 'early adopter' hospitals. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association [online], 21(e2), pages e194-e202. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/amiajnl-2013-002252

Objective: To understand the medium-term consequences of implementing commercially procured computerized physician order entry (CPOE) and clinical decision support (CDS) systems in ‘early adopter’ hospitals. Materials and methods: In-depth, qualitati... Read More about Evaluation of medium-term consequences of implementing commercial computerized physician order entry and clinical decision support prescribing systems in two 'early adopter' hospitals..

Developing a working typology of rural criminals: from a UK police intelligence perspective. (2013)
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SMITH, R. 2013. Developing a working typology of rural criminals: from a UK police intelligence perspective. International journal of rural criminology [online], 2(1), pages 126-145. Available from: https://doi.org/10.18061/1811/58844

This article develops a working typology of rural criminal types in a UK wide context. It considers strategies used by these diverse ideal-typologies of rural criminals to successfully evade the police intelligence apparatus. It demonstrates hidden l... Read More about Developing a working typology of rural criminals: from a UK police intelligence perspective..

The embeddedness of illegal entrepreneurship in a closed ethnic community. (2013)
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SMITH, R. and MCELWEE, G., 2013. The embeddedness of illegal entrepreneurship in a closed ethnic community. International journal of business and globalisation [online], 11(1), pages 45-62. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBG.2013.055315

There is an emerging body of literature which attempts to differentiate between the conceptual and theoretical aspects of legal and illegal, amoral and immoral entrepreneurial practice. Legal and illegal entrepreneurship are regarded as separate sphe... Read More about The embeddedness of illegal entrepreneurship in a closed ethnic community..

Seven principles of public life: time to rethink. (2013)
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SPICKER, P. 2014. Seven principles of public life: time to rethink. Public money and management [online], 34(1), pages 11-18. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2014.865927

The Seven Principles of Public Life, developed by the Nolan Committee, claim to be concerned with the development of an ethical culture, but they have been imposed by central authority. The principles are muddled and unclear, but beyond that they hav... Read More about Seven principles of public life: time to rethink..

The long goodbye: a note on the closure of rural police stations and the decline of rural policing in Britain. (2013)
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SMITH, R. and SOMERVILLE, P. 2013. The long goodbye: a note on the closure of rural police stations and the decline of rural policing in Britain. Policing: a journal of policy and practice [online], 7(4), pages 348-358. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/police/pat031

This research note documents the recent controversy surrounding the closure of police stations in the UK between 2007 and 2012. It examines the statistics as reported in the press and discusses the rhetoric used in the debate to draw conclusions abou... Read More about The long goodbye: a note on the closure of rural police stations and the decline of rural policing in Britain..

Real-time dynamic pricing in a non-stationary environment using model-free reinforcement learning. (2013)
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RANA, R. and OLIVEIRA, F.S. 2014. Real-time dynamic pricing in a non-stationary environment using model-free reinforcement learning. Omega [online], 47, pages 116-126. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2013.10.004

This paper examines the problem of establishing a pricing policy that maximizes the revenue for selling a given inventory by a fixed deadline. This problem is faced by a variety of industries, including airlines, hotels and fashion. Reinforcement lea... Read More about Real-time dynamic pricing in a non-stationary environment using model-free reinforcement learning..

Do company directors underestimate the adoption of corporate governance provisions? (2013)
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OWUSU, A. and WEIR, C. 2013. Do company directors underestimate the adoption of corporate governance provisions? A survey approach. Journal of modern accounting and auditing [online], 9(11), pages 1526-1534. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17265/1548-6583/2013.11.010

This paper examines whether company directors underestimate the adoption of corporate governance provisions within Ghanaian listed firms. Using a survey approach, the respondents, who were company executives and non-executive directors with knowledge... Read More about Do company directors underestimate the adoption of corporate governance provisions?.

National evaluation of the benefits and risks of greater structuring and coding of the electronic health record: exploratory qualitative investigation. (2013)
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MORRISON, Z., FERNANDO, B., KALRA, D., CRESSWELL, K. and SHEIKH, A. 2014. National evaluation of the benefits and risks of greater structuring and coding of the electronic health record: exploratory qualitative investigation. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association [online], 21(3), pages 492-500. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/amiajnl-2013-001666

Objective: We aimed to explore stakeholder views, attitudes, needs, and expectations regarding likely benefits and risks resulting from increased structuring and coding of clinical information within electronic health records (EHRs). Materials and me... Read More about National evaluation of the benefits and risks of greater structuring and coding of the electronic health record: exploratory qualitative investigation..

Rescripting criminal identity: a 'close reading' of contemporary biographies of British criminals as entrepreneurship discourse. (2013)
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SMITH, R. 2013. Rescripting criminal identity: a 'close reading' of contemporary biographies of British criminals as entrepreneurship discourse. Journal of enterprising communities: people and places in the global economy [online], 7(4), pages 316-339. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JEC-09-2012-0051

Purpose: This research paper aims to examine how organized criminals rescript their identities to engage with entrepreneurship discourse when authoring their biographies. From a sociological perspective, stereotypes and social constructs of the entre... Read More about Rescripting criminal identity: a 'close reading' of contemporary biographies of British criminals as entrepreneurship discourse..

Senior charge nurses’ leadership behaviours in relation to hospital ward safety: a mixed method study. (2013)
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AGNEW, C. and FLIN, R. 2014. Senior charge nurses' leadership behaviours in relation to hospital ward safety: a mixed method. International journal of nursing studies [online], 51(5), pages 768-780. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2013.10.001

Background: High standards of quality and patient safety in hospital wards cannot be achieved without the active role of the nursing leaders that manage these units. Previous studies tended to focus on the leadership behaviours of nurses in relation... Read More about Senior charge nurses’ leadership behaviours in relation to hospital ward safety: a mixed method study..

A toolkit to support the implementation of electronic prescribing systems into UK hospitals: preliminary recommendations. (2013)
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CRESSWELL, K., COLEMAN, J., SLEE, A., MORRISON, Z. and SHEIKH, A. 2014. A toolkit to support the implementation of electronic prescribing systems into UK hospitals: preliminary recommendations. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine [online], 107(1), pages 8-13. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0141076813502955

Hospital electronic prescribing (or ePrescribing) systems have the potential to reduce drug-related morbidity and mortality. However, their implementation and adoption has been slow to date, despite the considerable service interest in implementing s... Read More about A toolkit to support the implementation of electronic prescribing systems into UK hospitals: preliminary recommendations..

Gender and white-collar crime: examining representations of women in media? (2013)
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GOTTSCHALK, P. and SMITH, R. 2015. Gender and white-collar crime: examining representations of women in media? Journal of gender studies [online], 24(3), pages 310-325. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2013.841571

Using documentary research methodology, we collected empirical data from three national Norwegian newspapers to examine the issue of gender and white-collar crime to examine representations of women in the media. Only 8 out of the 179 white-collar cr... Read More about Gender and white-collar crime: examining representations of women in media?.

Seeing the light: using visual ethnography in family business settings. (2013)
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SMITH, R. 2015. Seeing the light: using visual ethnography in family business settings. Family business review [online], 28(1), pages 76-82. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0894486513504585

The purpose of this research note is to illustrate the usefulness of the qualitative method of visual ethnography in producing new insights into family business research by investigating the 'lived narrative' of a family business in Scotland. The ove... Read More about Seeing the light: using visual ethnography in family business settings..