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Situating the subject: gender and entrepreneurship in international contexts (2011)
Journal Article
Ashe, F., & Treanor, L. (2011). Situating the subject: gender and entrepreneurship in international contexts. International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, 3(3), 185-199. https://doi.org/10.1108/17566261111169296

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to offer a perspective to further the understanding of gender entrepreneurship. This paper considers the situatedness of the gendered entrepreneur within diverse international contexts marked by different constit... Read More about Situating the subject: gender and entrepreneurship in international contexts.

International trends in HRM in the public sector: Reform attempts in the Republic of Georgia (2011)
Journal Article
Common, R. (2011). International trends in HRM in the public sector: Reform attempts in the Republic of Georgia. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 24(5), 421-434. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513551111147150

Purpose The overall purpose of this paper is to explore the limits of HRM in public sector organisations, within the context of international public management. The cultural basis of HRM, derived chiefly from North America and Western Europe continu... Read More about International trends in HRM in the public sector: Reform attempts in the Republic of Georgia.

Towards corporate professionalization: The case of project management, management consultancy and executive search (2011)
Journal Article
Muzio, D., Hodgson, D., Faulconbridge, J., Beaverstock, J., & Hall, S. (2011). Towards corporate professionalization: The case of project management, management consultancy and executive search. Current Sociology, 59(4), 443-464. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392111402587

This article explores patterns of professionalization in a number of 'new' knowledge-based occupations: management consultancy, project management and executive headhunters. Against a general assumption in the literature that such occupations are unw... Read More about Towards corporate professionalization: The case of project management, management consultancy and executive search.

Going paperless at the emergency department: A socio-technical study of an information system for patient tracking (2011)
Journal Article
Vezyridis, P., Timmons, S., & Wharrad, H. (2011). Going paperless at the emergency department: A socio-technical study of an information system for patient tracking. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 80(7), 455-465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2011.04.001

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine nurses' attitudes and reflection on the transformation of their workpractices after the implementation of an Emergency Department Information System (EDIS). Methods: A qualitative study using intervie... Read More about Going paperless at the emergency department: A socio-technical study of an information system for patient tracking.

Barriers to developing 'leadership' in the Sultanate of Oman (2011)
Journal Article
Common, R. K. (2011). Barriers to developing 'leadership' in the Sultanate of Oman. International Journal of Leadership Studies, 6(2), 215-228

Very little is understood about the applicability of the concept of leadership in the Arab Gulf States in general, and the Sultanate of Oman in particular. This article considers the unique context of Oman to produce an interpretation of leadership w... Read More about Barriers to developing 'leadership' in the Sultanate of Oman.