From avoidance to acceptance: Mental health and the role of human rights in Europe.
Journal Article
Stavert, J. (2007)
From avoidance to acceptance: Mental health and the role of human rights in Europe. SCOLAG : Scottish Legal Action Group bulletin, 356, 119-125
Jill Stavert, Lecturer in law at Napier University, reviews the treatment of mental health as a social and political issue and identified challenges still to be met.
You don't know what you've got till it's gone: Recontextualising the origins, development and impact of the call centre
Presentation / Conference
Ellis, V., & Taylor, P. (2005, March)
You don't know what you've got till it's gone: Recontextualising the origins, development and impact of the call centre. Paper presented at 21st International Labour Process Conference, Glasgow
This paper locates the emergence of call centres within the broader political economy. We demonstrate how British Gas responded to privatisation, restrictive regulation and th...
Tapping the thirdness in the intercultural space of dialogue
Journal Article
Zhou, V. X., & Pilcher, N. (2018)
Tapping the thirdness in the intercultural space of dialogue. Language and Intercultural Communication, 19(1), 23-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2018.1545025
In this paper, we explore intercultural communication as dialogue occurring in a third space. Through seven students' reflective essays on group-based intercultural learning, ...
Drivers of and barriers to flexible working and work-life balance in the Building Services Sector: A mixed methods case study
Conference Proceeding
Grant, K., & Craig, J. (2020)
Drivers of and barriers to flexible working and work-life balance in the Building Services Sector: A mixed methods case study
Changing workplace demographics such as more women, duel earning households, an aging workforce, the rise of one parent families, and digitally savvy millennials mean that con...
Third sector independence in an age of austerity: relations with the state in an age of austerity
Conference Proceeding
Dutton, M. (2017)
Third sector independence in an age of austerity: relations with the state in an age of austerity. In Third Sector Independence: Relations with the state in an age of austerity
Drawing on qualitative longitudinal research with third sector organisations (TSOs) in Scotland, this paper explores how the independence of TSOs has been affected by changing...
Book Review: Paul Boreham, Rachel Parker, Paul Thompson and Rifchard Hall, New Technology@Work, Basingstoke: Taylor and Francis, 2008 (ISBN: 978-0-4152-6897-4
Journal Article
Ellis, V. (2009)
Book Review: Paul Boreham, Rachel Parker, Paul Thompson and Rifchard Hall, New Technology@Work, Basingstoke: Taylor and Francis, 2008 (ISBN: 978-0-4152-6897-4. Work, Employment and Society, 23(4), 809-810
No abstract available
Career transitions to paid employment: At what point does training placement provision move between up-skilling to exploitation?
Presentation / Conference
O'Neil, J., & Ivancheva, M. (2024, April)
Career transitions to paid employment: At what point does training placement provision move between up-skilling to exploitation?. Paper presented at 42nd International Labour Process Conference 2024 (ILPC 2024), Göttingen
Precarious work that becomes a ‘stepping stone’ to decent work (McGuiness and Wooden 2009, Nunley et al 2017; Munoz-Comet and Steinmetz 2020) is the bargain struck for many le...
Exploring the epistemology of utility function in Islamic economics: Foundation of Islamic finance
Book Chapter
Avdukic, A., & Khaleel, F. (2020)
Exploring the epistemology of utility function in Islamic economics: Foundation of Islamic finance. In V. Efendic (Ed.), Islamic Finance Practices: Experiences from South Eastern Europe. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34420-7
An opinion held by the majority of Muslims scholars, such as, Ibn Tamiyah, supports the contention that each thing or act has an ethical value that can be comprehended through...
‘Greed is (not) good’ the causes and consequences of the financial crisis
Journal Article
Ellis, V. (2011)
‘Greed is (not) good’ the causes and consequences of the financial crisis. Work, Employment and Society, 25(1), 163-169. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017010389245
No abstract available.