Professor Rita Marcella's Outputs (117)

The use of self moderated focus groups to gather exploratory data on information beliefs and their impact on information seeking behaviour. (2018)
Journal Article
MARCELLA, R. 2018. The use of self moderated focus groups to gather exploratory data on information beliefs and their impact on information seeking behaviour. Library and information science research [online], 40(1), pages 45-52. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2018.04.004

The existence of an information belief system is tested for the first time through innovative use of self moderated focus groups. Initial generation of information beliefs was achieved in an open, unpredicted and unbiased way through focus groups. To... Read More about The use of self moderated focus groups to gather exploratory data on information beliefs and their impact on information seeking behaviour..

Talent exchange project description and evaluation. (2017)
Report
COOK, Y., FULFORD, H. and MARCELLA, R. 2017. Talent exchange project description and evaluation. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University.

The 3 year Talent Exchange project, funded by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC), was designed to widen and extend the pool of work related experience (WRE) opportunities available to Robert Gordon University (RGU) students; enhance student employabi... Read More about Talent exchange project description and evaluation..

The effects of the research excellence framework research impact agenda on early- and mid-career researchers in library and information science. (2017)
Journal Article
MARCELLA, R., LOCKERBIE, H., BLOICE, L., HOOD, C. and BARTON, F. 2018. The effects of the research excellence framework research impact agenda on early- and mid-career researchers in library and information science. Journal of information science [online], 44(5), pages 608-618. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0165551517724685

Early- and mid-career researchers will shape the future of library and information science (LIS) research and it is crucial they be well placed to engage with the research impact agenda. Their understanding of research impact may influence their capa... Read More about The effects of the research excellence framework research impact agenda on early- and mid-career researchers in library and information science..

Voters' online information behaviour and response to campaign content during the Scottish referendum on independence. (2017)
Journal Article
BAXTER, G. and MARCELLA, R. 2017. Voters' online information behaviour and response to campaign content during the Scottish referendum on independence. International journal of information management [online], 37(6), pages 539-546. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2017.05.013

Research into the public's motivations for, and barriers to, the use of referendum campaign sites was carried out in the final weeks before the 2014 vote on Scottish independence. As a qualitative study, drawing on 54 interactive, electronically-assi... Read More about Voters' online information behaviour and response to campaign content during the Scottish referendum on independence..

An exploration of the relationship between post-truth politics and Scottish citizens' information behaviour. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BAXTER, G. and MARCELLA, R 2017. An exploration of the relationship between post-truth politics and Scottish citizens' information behaviour. Presented at the 6th Information: interactions and impact conference (i3 2017), 27-30 June 2017, Aberdeen, UK.

This conference paper presented the emerging findings of research which explored the relationship between post-truth politics and Scottish citizens' information behaviour. The research consisted of two key elements. Firstly, an online survey (538 res... Read More about An exploration of the relationship between post-truth politics and Scottish citizens' information behaviour..

Information search engagement and 'fake news'. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MARCELLA, R. and BAXTER, G. 2017. Information search engagement and 'fake news'. Presented at a workshop of the University of Westminster's Centre for the Study of Democracy: democracy in a post-truth age, 8 June 2017, London, UK.

This conference paper presented the emerging results of research which explored the relationship between fake news and Scottish citizens' information behaviour. The research consisted of two key elements: an online survey (538 responses) that gathere... Read More about Information search engagement and 'fake news'..

#alternativefacts? Citizens' perceptions of the reliability of 'facts' presented online by political parties in Scotland. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BAXTER, G. and MARCELLA, R. 2017. #alternativefacts? Citizens' perceptions of the reliability of 'facts' presented online by political parties in Scotland. Presented at Staffordshire University Library Teachmeet: information literacy and making judgements: from Brexit to The White House, 4 May 2017, Stoke-on Trent, UK.

This conference paper presented the emerging findings of research which explored the relationship between post-truth politics and Scottish citizens' information behaviour. The research consisted of two key elements. Firstly, an online survey (538 res... Read More about #alternativefacts? Citizens' perceptions of the reliability of 'facts' presented online by political parties in Scotland..

How high can you bounce? [Newspaper article] (2017)
Newspaper / Magazine
MARCELLA, R. 2017. How high can you bounce? Press and journal: business [online], 16 January 2017. Available from: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/business-opinion/1133641/rita-marcella-high-can-bounce/

I was intrigued and a little surprised recently to be told by a colleague that I was resilient. It wasn't a label that I would necessarily have ever thought of or aspired to for myself. But it set me thinking about the nature of resilience, why it mi... Read More about How high can you bounce? [Newspaper article].

Popular careers as seen on screen. (2016)
Newspaper / Magazine
MARCELLA, R. 2016. Popular careers as seen on screen. Press and journal: business [online], 19 December 2016. Available from: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/business-opinion/1109679/rita-marcella-popular-careers-seen-screen/

Over many years in academia I have pondered how and why particular careers seem overwhelmingly attractive to young people, in particular of course university applicants, while others seem to languish and require constant efforts on the part of well-m... Read More about Popular careers as seen on screen..

Politics and the era of uncertainty. (2016)
Newspaper / Magazine
MARCELLA, R. 2016. Politics and the era of uncertainty. Press and journal: business [online], 21 November 2016. Available from: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/business-opinion/1082017/rita-marcella-politics-era-uncertainty/

And so again this month many of us woke to an unexpected election outcome: and the deep irony is not that you and I did not expect it but that governments, pollsters and political experts all over the world did not expect it. As with Brexit, we woke... Read More about Politics and the era of uncertainty..

Ten tips for working the network. (2016)
Newspaper / Magazine
MARCELLA, R. 2016. Ten tips for working the network. Press and journal: business [online], 17 October 2016. Available from: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/business-opinion/1051727/rita-marcella-ten-tips-working-network/

We all have networks - they are natural phenomena that we encounter from our earliest days, membership of which begins in early childhood and is nurtured (though also sometimes damaged) through participation in nursery, at dance classes, in Brownies... Read More about Ten tips for working the network..

Learning from type? (2016)
Thesis
MCWHIRR, S.M. 2016. Learning from type? An evaluation of the impact of personality type and relationship context in formal mentoring relationships. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

This thesis explores the impact of mentor and mentee personality type in formal mentoring relationships. The research sought to identify whether there were individual personality characteristics which impact on relationship dynamics and the learning... Read More about Learning from type?.

To see ourselves as others see us. (2016)
Newspaper / Magazine
MARCELLA, R. 2016. To see ourselves as others see us. Press and journal: business [online], 19 September 2016. Available from: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/business-opinion/1022069/rita-marcella-see-others-see-us/

There is general consensus that Aberdeen and the north-east more widely need to diversify and grow our sources of revenue across a range of sectors, one of the prime of which is tourism.

Traditional and hybrid leadership styles in Rwanda: examining the common leadership styles, influencing factors, and culture in post-genocide Rwanda. (2016)
Thesis
RUGERINYANGE, N. 2016. Traditional and hybrid leadership styles in Rwanda: examining the common leadership styles, influencing factors, and culture in post-genocide Rwanda. Robert Gordon University, DBA thesis.

For most of Rwanda's post-independence past, the country has been marked by ethnic feuding, mass population movements and long exiles in neighbouring countries, and civil wars that culminated in the genocide in 1994. As this research shows in its rev... Read More about Traditional and hybrid leadership styles in Rwanda: examining the common leadership styles, influencing factors, and culture in post-genocide Rwanda..

Redefining the concept of social work/life balance. (2016)
Newspaper / Magazine
MARCELLA, R. 2016. Redefining the concept of social work/life balance. Press and journal: business [online], 15 August 2016. Available from: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/business-opinion/997021/rita-marcella-redefining-concept-social-worklife-balance/

As we might have expected 30 years ago, the Internet, the proliferation of electronic means of communication and the advent of social media have revolutionised how we live life today. I can vividly remember giving a breakfast presentation then to a l... Read More about Redefining the concept of social work/life balance..

Members of the Scottish Parliament on Twitter: good constituency men (and women)? (2016)
Journal Article
BAXTER, G., MARCELLA, R. AND O'SHEA, M. 2016. Members of the Scottish Parliament on Twitter: good constituency men (and women)? Aslib journal of information management [online], 68(4), pages 428-447. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/AJIM-02-2016-0010

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore the use of Twitter by Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) for the provision of constituency-related information, or in support of their constituency service work. Design/methodology/approach - C... Read More about Members of the Scottish Parliament on Twitter: good constituency men (and women)?.

Random acts of unkindness. (2016)
Newspaper / Magazine
MARCELLA, R. 2016. Random acts of unkindness. Press and journal: business [online], 20 June 2016. Available from: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/business-opinion/942691/rita-marcella-random-acts-unkindness/

I was intrigued to read a statement by the World Health Organisation (WHO) recently that mental health is more than the absence of mental disorders in the same way that health is not just freedom from illness.

Leader, know yourself. (2016)
Newspaper / Magazine
MARCELLA, R. 2016. Leader, know yourself. Press and journal: business [online], 16 May 2016. Available from: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/business-opinion/913578/rita-marcella-leader-know/

Over the last fifteen years as Dean of Aberdeen Business School at Robert Gordon University I have been asked many times for my thoughts on leadership.

Asking the right questions about Europe. (2016)
Newspaper / Magazine
MARCELLA, R. 2016. Asking the right questions about Europe. Press and journal: business [online], 18 April 2016. Available from: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/business-opinion/887189/rita-marcella/

The European Debate - do we know the right questions to ask?

Beyond REF 2014: the impact of impact assessment on the future of information research. (2016)
Journal Article
MARCELLA, R., LOCKERBIE, H. and BLOICE, L. 2016. Beyond REF 2014: the impact of impact assessment on the future of information research. Journal of information science [online], 42(3), pages 369-385. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0165551516636291

The importance of demonstrating value for money in terms of academic research beyond the walls of institutions grows stronger as demonstrated by the inclusion of impact assessment in the 2014 REF (Research Excellence Framework) exercise for UK higher... Read More about Beyond REF 2014: the impact of impact assessment on the future of information research..