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Competing for talent: Global mobility, immigration and the City of London's labour market (2012)
Journal Article
Beaverstock, J. V., & Hall, S. (2012). Competing for talent: Global mobility, immigration and the City of London's labour market. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 5(2), 271-287. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rss005

The City of London's competitiveness is founded on its global talent pool and ability to attract and retain workers of all nationalities. Drawing on ONS Long-Term International Migration data and fieldwork-based studies of banking, professional servi... Read More about Competing for talent: Global mobility, immigration and the City of London's labour market.

Entrepreneurship education: exploring the gender dimension (2012)
Journal Article
Treanor, L. (2012). Entrepreneurship education: exploring the gender dimension. International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, 4(2), 206-210. https://doi.org/10.1108/17566261211234689

Purpose The purpose of this practitioner paper is to report on a recent discussion workshop exploring gender within entrepreneurship education. Design/methodology/approach The paper sets out the policy background and extant literature pertaining... Read More about Entrepreneurship education: exploring the gender dimension.

Unhappy working with men? Workplace gender diversity and employee job- related well-being in Britain: a WERS2004 based analysis (2012)
Journal Article
Haile, G. A. (2012). Unhappy working with men? Workplace gender diversity and employee job- related well-being in Britain: a WERS2004 based analysis. Labour Economics, 19(3), 329-350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2012.02.002

This paper attempts to establish empirically the link between workplace gender diversity and employee job-related well-being in Britain. Using nationally representative linked employer-employee data and accounting for unobserved workplace heterogenei... Read More about Unhappy working with men? Workplace gender diversity and employee job- related well-being in Britain: a WERS2004 based analysis.

Protocol for a qualitative study exploring the roles of ‘Diffusion Fellows’ in bridging the research to practice gap in the Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC-NDL) (2012)
Journal Article
Rowley, E. (2012). Protocol for a qualitative study exploring the roles of ‘Diffusion Fellows’ in bridging the research to practice gap in the Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC-NDL). BMJ Open, 2(1), Article e000604. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000604

Sustainable collaborative supply networks in the international clothing industry: a comparative analysis of two retailers (2012)
Journal Article
MacCarthy, B. L., & Jayarathne, P. (2012). Sustainable collaborative supply networks in the international clothing industry: a comparative analysis of two retailers. Production Planning and Control, 23(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2011.627655

Collaborative supply networks in the international clothing industry are of major economic significance in many countries, particularly in developing economies. The sector has gone through substantial changes in the last decade with the abolition of... Read More about Sustainable collaborative supply networks in the international clothing industry: a comparative analysis of two retailers.

Mapping collaboration in open source geospatial ecosystem (2012)
Journal Article
Shao, J., Kuk, G., Anand, S., Morley, J., Jackson, M., & Mitchell, T. (2012). Mapping collaboration in open source geospatial ecosystem. Transactions in GIS, 16(4), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9671.2012.01305.x

Over the last decade, there has been a tremendous growth and exploitation of open source geospatial software and technologies. A combination of factors is driving this momentum, including the contributions made by hundreds of developers and the leadi... Read More about Mapping collaboration in open source geospatial ecosystem.

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.

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. doi: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.

Participation in export markets and the role of R&D: establishment-level evidence from the UK Community Innovation Survey 2005 (2010)
Journal Article
Harris, R., & Li, Q. C. (2010). Participation in export markets and the role of R&D: establishment-level evidence from the UK Community Innovation Survey 2005. Applied Economics, 43(23), https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840903427190

There is a strong expectation in the literature that exporting and innovation activities (particularly R&D) are strongly related, and that the need to be innovative is increasing over time due to globalization. In this study, we find that R&D is endo... Read More about Participation in export markets and the role of R&D: establishment-level evidence from the UK Community Innovation Survey 2005.

Gender in campus incubation: evidence from Ireland (2010)
Journal Article
Treanor, L., & Henry, C. (2010). Gender in campus incubation: evidence from Ireland. International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, 2(2), 130-149. https://doi.org/10.1108/17566261011051008

Purpose Women entrepreneurs face gender‐specific barriers surrounding access to: networks of information, assistance, finance and investment funds, in addition to socio‐cultural barriers. Business incubation literature indicates the supports provide... Read More about Gender in campus incubation: evidence from Ireland.

Exploring cultural economies of internationalization: the role of 'iconic individuals' and 'brand leaders' in the globalization of headhunting (2009)
Journal Article
Hall, S., Beaverstock, J. V., Faulconbridge, J. R., & Hewitson, A. (2009). Exploring cultural economies of internationalization: the role of 'iconic individuals' and 'brand leaders' in the globalization of headhunting. Global Networks, 9(3), 399-419. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0374.2009.00260.x

Understanding the internationalization of professional services like advertising, architecture, accounting, consulting and legal services continues to attract considerable attention in academic and policy circles. Research in geography and management... Read More about Exploring cultural economies of internationalization: the role of 'iconic individuals' and 'brand leaders' in the globalization of headhunting.

Reconfiguring or reproducing intra-professional boundaries? Specialist expertise, generalist knowledge and the ‘modernization’ of the medical workforce (2009)
Journal Article
Martin, G. P., Currie, G., & Finn, R. (2009). Reconfiguring or reproducing intra-professional boundaries? Specialist expertise, generalist knowledge and the ‘modernization’ of the medical workforce. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.01.006

Efforts to ‘modernize’ the clinical workforce of the English National Health Service have sought to reconfigure the responsibilities of professional groups in pursuit of more effective, joined-up service provision. Such efforts have met resistance f... Read More about Reconfiguring or reproducing intra-professional boundaries? Specialist expertise, generalist knowledge and the ‘modernization’ of the medical workforce.

The 'war for talent': The gatekeeper role of executive search firms in elite labour markets (2009)
Journal Article
Faulconbridge, J. R., Beaverstock, J. V., Hall, S., & Hewitson, A. (2009). The 'war for talent': The gatekeeper role of executive search firms in elite labour markets. Geoforum, 40(5), 800-808. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.02.001

Recent years have been characterised by the increasing encroachment into policy and academic debates of discourses describing knowledge and weightless economies and an associated 'war for talent'. In this paper we argue that these current discourses... Read More about The 'war for talent': The gatekeeper role of executive search firms in elite labour markets.

Public and user participation in public service delivery: tensions in policy and practice (2009)
Journal Article
Martin, G. P. (2009). Public and user participation in public service delivery: tensions in policy and practice. Sociology Compass, 3(2), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-9020.2009.00200.x

Social-scientific analysis of public-participation initiatives has proliferated in recent years. This review article discusses some key aspects of recent work. Firstly, it analyses some of the justifications put forward for public participation, dr... Read More about Public and user participation in public service delivery: tensions in policy and practice.

Whose health, whose care, whose say? Some comments on public involvement in new NHS commissioning arrangements (2009)
Journal Article
Martin, G. P. (2009). Whose health, whose care, whose say? Some comments on public involvement in new NHS commissioning arrangements. Critical Public Health, 19(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/09581590802385672

Recent health policy in England has demanded greater involvement of patients and the public in the commissioning of health and social care services. Public involvement is seen as a means of driving up service quality, reducing health inequalities a... Read More about Whose health, whose care, whose say? Some comments on public involvement in new NHS commissioning arrangements.

Food Choice Questionnaire (FCQ) revisited. Suggestions for the development of an enhanced general food motivation model (2008)
Journal Article
Fotopoulos, C., Krystallis, A., Vassallo, M., & Pagiaslis, A. (2009). Food Choice Questionnaire (FCQ) revisited. Suggestions for the development of an enhanced general food motivation model. Appetite, 52(1), 199-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2008.09.014

Recognising the need for a more statistically robust instrument to investigate general food selection determinants, the research validates and confirms Food Choice Questionnaire (FCQ's) factorial design, develops ad hoc a more robust FCQ version and... Read More about Food Choice Questionnaire (FCQ) revisited. Suggestions for the development of an enhanced general food motivation model.