Political parties, democracy and the new information and communication technologies: theorising the relationships
Journal Article
Löfgren, K., & Smith, C. F. (1999)
Political parties, democracy and the new information and communication technologies: theorising the relationships. Working paper / Faculty of Business, Glasgow Caledonian University,
As a result of the increased public penetration of the Internet and other forms of electronic networks in western liberal democracies there has, for some years now, been a gro...
Political parties' use of web based marketing: some preliminary findings relating to first-time voters in the 2005 general election
Journal Article
Drummond, G. (2006)
Political parties' use of web based marketing: some preliminary findings relating to first-time voters in the 2005 general election. International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, 11, 181-191. https://doi.org/10.1002/nvsm.23
This paper examines the marketing of political parties, via websites, in the 2005 UK general election with specific reference to first-time voters (age 18–24). Common percepti...
The Regional Dimension of takeover activity in the United Kingdom
Journal Article
Ashcroft, B., Coppins, B., & Raeside, R. (1994)
The Regional Dimension of takeover activity in the United Kingdom. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 41(2), 163-175. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9485.1994.tb01118.x
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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...
Branding Africa: the way forward.
Conference Proceeding
Ossei, C., Tjandra, N. C., Omar, M. & Ensor, J. (2012)
Branding Africa: the way forward
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate how Africa has been branded, and to propose strategies to re-brand Africa the as an attractive destination for both forei...
Russian entrepreneurship: A question of ambiguity or certainty, risk taking or risk averse.
Journal Article
Gallagher, J. (2004)
Russian entrepreneurship: A question of ambiguity or certainty, risk taking or risk averse. International Business and Economics Research Journal. 3, 31-38. ISSN 1535-0754
This article stems from a case study based on a series of in-depth interviews carried out on the All Russia Association of the Blind (VOS). It traces how two of the most succe...
Challenging the Training and Development Rhetoric: The 'new' Labour Process of Middle Managers in the Hong Kong Public Sector
Presentation / Conference
O'Neil, J. (2016, July)
Challenging the Training and Development Rhetoric: The 'new' Labour Process of Middle Managers in the Hong Kong Public Sector. Paper presented at 3rd ISA Forum of Sociology - The Future We Want: global sociology and the struggles for a better world, Vienna, Austria
The focus of this paper is on middle managers (MM) ability to overcome the public sector challenges associated with work intensification; control and skills adaption via learn...
Risk Modelling at the Pre-Proposal Stages of eGovernment Service Projects
Thesis
Evangelidis, A. Risk Modelling at the Pre-Proposal Stages of eGovernment Service Projects. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7309
eGovernment is a relatively new, but rapidly expanding, domain; mainly due to the perceived outcomes that it may bring to the public administration. Founded on the premise tha...
Public and third sector leadership: experience speaks
Book
Howieson, B., & Hodges, J. (2016)
Public and third sector leadership: experience speaks. Bingley, UK: Emerald
For those bold enough to lead in this age of austerity, the challenges are immense. Seismic shifts have taken place in the public and third sectors. Political, economic, techn...
Understanding the Irish VET system: beyond neoclassicism
Journal Article
O’Donnell, D., Garavan, T. N., & McCarthy, A. (2001)
Understanding the Irish VET system: beyond neoclassicism. International Journal of Manpower, 22(5), 425-444. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000005849
Neoclassical approaches continue to dominate evaluations of national skill‐formation systems. Argues for the benefits of including alternative interdisciplinary and theoretica...