Gender diversity and publication activity—an analysis of STEM in the UK
Journal Article
Sarabi, Y., & Smith, M. (2023)
Gender diversity and publication activity—an analysis of STEM in the UK. Research Evaluation, 32(2), 321–331. https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvad008
Gender diversity in STEM remains a significant issue, as the field continues to be a male dominated one, despite increased attention on the subject. This article examines the ...
MPS, Outside Interests, and Corporate Boards: Too Busy to Serve?
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Smith, M., & Newman, J. (2024)
MPS, Outside Interests, and Corporate Boards: Too Busy to Serve?. Parliamentary Affairs, 77(2), 219-239. https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsad003
The corporate governance literature has often been concerned with whether individuals with a high number of board directorships are too busy to serve in their role. In the UK,...
Understanding collaboration patterns on funded research projects: A network analysis
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Smith, M., Sarabi, Y., & Christopoulos, D. (in press)
Understanding collaboration patterns on funded research projects: A network analysis. Network Science, https://doi.org/10.1017/nws.2022.33
This paper provides an examination of inter-organizational collaboration in the UK research system. Data are collected on organizational collaboration on projects funded by fo...
A Weighted and Normalized Gould–Fernandez brokerage measure
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Zádor, Z., Zhu, Z., Smith, M., & Gorgoni, S. (2022)
A Weighted and Normalized Gould–Fernandez brokerage measure. PLOS ONE, 17(9), Article e0274475. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274475
The Gould and Fernandez local brokerage measure defines brokering roles based on the group membership of the nodes from the incoming and outgoing edges. This paper extends on ...
How does the behaviour of the core differ from the periphery? – An international trade network analysis
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Smith, M., & Sarabi, Y. (2022)
How does the behaviour of the core differ from the periphery? – An international trade network analysis. Social Networks, 70, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2021.11.001
World systems theory proposes that global trade is stratified into hierarchical groups, a tightly connected core, and a weakly connected periphery. The theory suggests that th...
Gender diversity and project publication quality – an analysis of STEM in the UK
Journal Article
Sarabi, Y., & Smith, M. (2021)
Gender diversity and project publication quality – an analysis of STEM in the UK. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2021(1), https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2021.10796abstract
Gender diversity in STEM remains a salient issue, as the field continues to be a male dominated one, despite increased attention on the subject. This paper examines the interp...
Gendered brokerage and firm performance – An interlock analysis of the UK
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Sarabi, Y., Smith, M., McGregor, H., & Christopoulos, D. (in press)
Gendered brokerage and firm performance – An interlock analysis of the UK. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/ijppm-01-2021-0022
Purpose
Corporate success depends partially on the quality of knowledge accessible to the executive board. One route of access to such knowledge is the appointment of director...
Market ranking and network structure: pathway to dominance
Journal Article
Sarabi, Y., Smith, M., McGregor, H., & Christopoulos, D. (2022)
Market ranking and network structure: pathway to dominance. Management Decision, 60(1), 167-188. https://doi.org/10.1108/md-04-2020-0473
Purpose
The relationship between interlocking directorates and firm performance has been increasingly debated, with a focus on whether firm's centrality in interlock networks ...
The scaling of social interactions across animal species
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Rocha, L. E. C., Ryckebusch, J., Schoors, K., & Smith, M. (2021)
The scaling of social interactions across animal species. Scientific Reports, 11(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92025-1
Social animals self-organise to create groups to increase protection against predators and productivity. One-to-one interactions are the building blocks of these emergent soci...
Reproductive health decision making among nomadic pastoralists in North Eastern Kenya: a qualitative social network analysis
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Kenny, L., Hassan, R., Bacchus, L. J., Smith, M., Shell-Duncan, B., Dagadu, N. A., …Hossain, M. (2021)
Reproductive health decision making among nomadic pastoralists in North Eastern Kenya: a qualitative social network analysis. Reproductive Health, 18(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01164-1
Background
To our knowledge, no studies exist on the influence of nomadic pastoralist women’s networks on their reproductive and sexual health (RSH), including uptake of moder...