All Outputs (9)

Leadership in the Sultanate of Oman (2011)
Book Chapter

Multimodal imaging of fluid transport in living epithelial sheets (2011)
Conference Proceeding

Detailed knowledge on the biophysical mechanisms and local intercompartmental dynamics by which fluid and solute transport is achieved and regulated at the cellular and subcellular level is lacking. In this paper, cultures of immortalised human retin... Read More about Multimodal imaging of fluid transport in living epithelial sheets.

Consumer motivations and cognitive structures behind quality food purchasing (2011)
Book Chapter

The present chapter presents a two-stage study which aims to depict the motivations and cognitive structures of quality food consumers through the use of the Means-End Chain (MEC) approach and laddering technique. Quality food entails both organic an... Read More about Consumer motivations and cognitive structures behind quality food purchasing.

Situating the subject: gender and entrepreneurship in international contexts (2011)
Journal Article

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

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

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.

New directions in women’s entrepreneurship research (2011)
Journal Article

Going paperless at the emergency department: A socio-technical study of an information system for patient tracking (2011)
Journal Article

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.

Trade facilitation: a conceptual review (2011)
Journal Article

With falling tariff levels, it is probably not surprising that the non-tariff area and trade facilitation, in particular, are receiving growing attention. Apart from the World Trade Organization (WTO), trade facilitation is a subject of substance wit... Read More about Trade facilitation: a conceptual review.