Gavin, M & Ellicott, S 2025, 'Domestic violence leave laws: assessing their effectiveness for addressing domestic violence and gender inequality' in Research Handbook on Gender, Work and Employment Relations, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 191-207.
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Gavin, M & Weatherall, R 2025, 'Domestic violence and work' in Helms Mills, J, J. Mills, A, S. Williams, K & Bendl, R (eds), Elgar Encyclopedia on Gender in Management, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 115-117.
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Gavin, M, Parker, J, Williamson, S, Donnelly, N & Ressia, S 2025, 'Conclusion: ways forward for policy and practice' in Research Handbook on Gender, Work and Employment Relations, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 407-411.
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Legg, D & Darcy, S 2025, 'Innovation in Disability Sport and Recreation' in Hardin, R & Pate, JR (eds), Introduction to Adaptive Sport and Recreation, Human Kinetics, Champagne, Illinois, pp. 33-42.
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This chapter explores the nexus between disability, sport, and innovation. As with other areas of disability, a great deal of innovation is user-led where people with a disability as insiders to their lived experience identify opportunities to improve performance and set about the process of innovation to address the needs of themselves and others with disabilities. Other types of innovation in disability sport come about as a complementary outcome from innovations more generally. Improvements in materials may flow into nondisabled cycling, and then across into cycling for people with disabilities before being adapted for use in wheelchair racing. A multitude of examples of where innovation has occurred in disability sport will be highlighted along with processes to follow for budding innovators and entrepreneurs as well as opportunities to showcase these innovations.
Rahman, T & Paul, SK 2025, 'Sustainable supply chain strategies in the post-COVID-19 era' in Reference Module in Social Sciences, Elsevier.
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Rahman, T & Paul, SK 2025, 'The Evolution of Production Networks and Business Model Innovation in Global Value Chains' in Global Value Chains and Geopolitical Uncertainty, Routledge, pp. 68-91.
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Stacey, M, Gavin, M, Wilson, R, McGrath-Champ, S & Fitzgerald, S 2025, 'Shades of precarity: Understanding labour market segmentation in teaching and its implications for system and school leadership' in Casualisation, the Gig Economy, and Piece Work in Education Dilemmas for Leaders in Times of Increasing Precarity, Taylor & Francis, pp. 39-60.
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This book examines a range of ethical complexities associated with precarious work across educational sectors internationally.
Veal, AJ 2025, 'Beyond Human Rights' in Leisure Studies in a Global Era, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 57-81.
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Veal, AJ 2025, 'Human Rights and Culture, the Arts and Cultural Heritage' in Leisure Studies in a Global Era, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 239-267.
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Veal, AJ 2025, 'Human Rights and Leisure Time' in Leisure Studies in a Global Era, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 151-166.
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Veal, AJ 2025, 'Human Rights and Leisure-Related Public Policy' in Leisure Studies in a Global Era, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 337-351.
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Veal, AJ 2025, 'Human Rights and Sport Participation' in Leisure Studies in a Global Era, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 169-202.
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Veal, AJ 2025, 'Human Rights, Leisure and Social Groups' in Leisure Studies in a Global Era, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 271-307.
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Veal, AJ 2025, 'Human Rights, Travel and Tourism' in Leisure Studies in a Global Era, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 203-237.
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Veal, AJ 2025, 'Human Rights: Some Theory' in Leisure Studies in a Global Era, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 31-56.
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Veal, AJ 2025, 'Leisure and Human Rights' in Leisure Studies in a Global Era, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 125-150.
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Veal, AJ 2025, 'Leisure and Human Rights: An Introduction' in Leisure Studies in a Global Era, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 3-29.
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Veal, AJ 2025, 'Measurement, Human Rights and Leisure' in Leisure Studies in a Global Era, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 311-336.
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Veal, AJ 2025, 'The Human Rights System' in Leisure Studies in a Global Era, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 83-124.
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Whales, L, Dalton, B & Riboldi, M 2025, 'Volunteering in Australia and New Zealand' in International Encyclopedia of Civil Society, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 1-6.
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Williamson, S, Parker, J, Donnelly, N, Gavin, M & Ressia, S 2025, 'Introduction: travelling the twisting and turning road of gender, work and employment relations' in Research Handbook on Gender, Work and Employment Relations, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 1-17.
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Ahuja, S & Weatherall, R 2025, 'Space and (in)visibility practices in elite architecture firms in Australia', Journal of Professions and Organization, vol. 12, no. 3.
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Abstract This paper examines the complex intertwining of space and (in)visibility practices in professional service firms (PSFs) by drawing on open-ended interviews with thirty architects working in three of the largest and most prestigious architecture firms in Australia. Our findings demonstrate the ways in which space, gender, and inequality are deeply interwoven and played out on an everyday basis. In so doing, we contribute to the scholarship on PSFs, gender and space in two ways. First, we highlight the dynamics of space itself in enabling women to practice (in)visibility as a coping mechanism. Second, we argue that the persistent binaries of mother/worker, home/work invisibilize women’s socio spatial agency, that is, how women strategically (in)visibilize themselves, foregrounding how gender gets done in PSFs. These insights shed new light on why gender norms are perhaps slow to change in architecture and more broadly in PSFs and open-up new possibilities of change by allowing for the traversal of spatial and gender binaries.
Alvesson, M & Stephens, A 2025, '‘Is it worth doing this or is it better to commit suicide?’: On ethical clearance at a university', Human Relations, vol. 78, no. 4, pp. 377-406.
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The article examines the formal process of ‘ethical clearance’ for social science research at a large university and illuminates how it functions to undermine its stated purpose. We find that rather than promoting ethical standards, the bureaucratic process creates negative and cynical attitudes and game playing. For almost all participants, the entire procedure is counterproductive and experienced as absurd, creating a boomerang effect. The findings reveal how a specific rationalization effort leads to widespread experiences of irrationality, where detailed and strict organization merges with experiences of the bizarre. The article develops concepts capturing the experience and resulting organizational type: ‘orbizzarization’ and ‘absurdocracy’. These concepts enrich our understanding of toxic/irrational organizations, including Kafkaesque organizations.
Bajpai, P, Rajendran, C, Agarwal, R, Paul, SK & Balakrishnan, AS 2025, 'Integrated inbound and inplant logistics scheduling of containers via heterogeneous material-handling resources', International Journal of Production Economics, vol. 288, pp. 109651-109651.
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Boersma, M, Mellick, Z, Payne, A, Coneybeer, J, Maguire, R, O'Brien, E & Rissanen, T 2025, 'Beyond the farm gate: addressing labour and human right issues occurring downstream in the textiles and apparel value chain', Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management: An International Journal, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 520-539.
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PurposeOur research seeks to understand how actors in the Australian cotton industry can address downstream labour and human rights risks in the textiles and apparel value chain.Design/methodology/approachTaking the Australian cotton industry as the site of our action research project, we conducted a qualitative thematic analysis of 19 interviews, supplemented by industry engagement and desktop research.FindingsWe identify seven opportunities for action by the Australian cotton industry to address downstream labour and human rights risks, which are articulated in the context of a strategic enforcement approach.Originality/valueThe research focuses on opportunities for action to address downstream labour and human rights risks, thereby going beyond the traditional interventions by fashion brands and retailers that target upstream actors.
Carabetta, G & Hinderling, S 2025, 'Finding the Nexus: How to Request or Deny Flexible Working Arrangements', Law Society Journal.
Chowdhury, MMH, Aliahmadi, SZ, Quaddus, MA, Ansaripoor, AH & Mirjalili, S 2025, 'A Decision Support Framework for Resilient and Sustainable Service Design', Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, vol. 26, no. S1, pp. 25-55.
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Abstract Resilient and sustainable service design is essential for ensuring the longevity and effectiveness of service systems. However, existing literature often neglects key aspects such as articulating resilience attributes and integrating sustainability dimensions. This study proposes a decision support model for a “resilient-sustainable service design” that merges service design principles with resilient system attributes and organizational sustainability goals. The framework incorporates a multi-objective mathematical programming model and a multi-phased Quality Function Deployment (QFD) approach to derive Pareto optimal solutions using the Brute Force algorithm. Applied in the m-health service sector in Bangladesh, the study reveals significant challenges, including limited awareness of services and logistical inefficiencies. To address these issues, flexible strategies such as demand planning and service innovation are implemented. The findings have direct implications for the improvement of service delivery processes and underscore the importance of considering both resilience and sustainability. While focusing on Bangladesh’s m-health sector, the insights gained have broader relevance globally. The integration of resilience and sustainability principles into service design is crucial for addressing complex challenges across sectors and regions. Future research could involve longitudinal studies to capture evolving resilience strategies and explore resilient-sustainable service systems from a broader perspective. This entails examining various factors such as technological advancements and socio-economic dynamics shaping resilient and sustainable service ecosystems.
Clegg, S, Cunha, MPE, Harvey, C, Maclean, M & Silva, ÁFD 2025, 'Organising through time: Paradox and history', Business History, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 413-429.
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Doan, T & Darcy, S 2025, 'Autoethnographic Disability-Related Research in Hospitality and Tourism Journals: Empowering Marginalized Identity Scholars’ Voices', Journal of Travel Research, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 238-244.
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Autoethnography, an essential research approach, interweaves personal experiences with introspective insights from distinct communities. Despite its methodological significance, autoethnography remains inadequately represented in hospitality and tourism research discourse. This paper seeks to challenge this status quo by advocating for social model strength-based paradigms in understanding disability and by addressing the structural and attitudinal obstacles that hinder the acceptance of autoethnographic research in high-ranking journals within hospitality and tourism. This conceptual note emphasizes the empowerment of marginalized voices, including those with disabilities, and their intersecting identities. It also highlights the hurdles faced by autoethnographers when submitting their work to prestigious journals and provides recommendations for fostering the recognition and inclusion of autoethnography within the field.
Domínguez Vila, T & Darcy, S 2025, 'Beyond technical website compliance: Identifying and assessing accessible tourism value chain information content on national tourism organisation websites', Tourism Management Perspectives, vol. 55, pp. 101332-101332.
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Gavin, M 2025, 'Teacher unions, democracy and participation: building internal power in an Australian teacher union', Globalisation, Societies and Education, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 332-349.
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Hassanli, N, Walters, T & Williamson, J 2025, 'Bridging the researcher-stakeholder gap in leisure and tourism: a framework for enhancing the impact of scoping reviews', World Leisure Journal, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 211-225.
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Hernandez Grande, A, Farr-Wharton, B, Sharafizad, F, Darcy, S & Gavin, M 2025, 'Catching on: Work stress, employee wellbeing, and the moderating role of team-level emotional contagion', Journal of Management & Organization, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 346-359.
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AbstractWork stress and employee wellbeing have gained heightened attention since the COVID-19 pandemic. Until now, organizations have primarily sought to conceptualize these variables as an individual-level phenomenon; thereby neglecting the potential influence of social dynamics within the workplace. Drawing on conservation of resources and emotional contagion theories, this study examines the extent to which team-level emotional contagion moderates the impact of stress on wellbeing, factoring in multilevel effects. Data from 237 professional services employees nested within 41 teams was analyzed. The results show support for emotional contagion as a team-level moderator between individual-level work stress and employee wellbeing. The role of organizational resources in shaping stress and wellbeing outcomes was also significant. This study underscores the significance of team dynamics and organizational resources in shaping employee wellbeing. Well-targeted, stress alleviation, and team-contagion enhancing initiatives will have a more positive impact on wellbeing, than individually targeted stress alleviation initiatives in isolation.
Hu, S, Ghardallou, W, Dong, RK, Li, RYM & Nazeer, S 2025, 'From ethical leadership to green voice: A pathway to organizational sustainability', Acta Psychologica, vol. 257, pp. 105116-105116.
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Hungnes, T, Hoholm, T & Clegg, S 2025, 'Future‐Making Power: A Study of Competing Imagined Futures in Healthcare', British Journal of Management, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 1111-1131.
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AbstractThis paper presents a conceptual model of strategies of power in future‐making, informed by a case study in the healthcare sector. In zooming out from investigating the future‐making activities of an organizational innovation project team and tracing competing imagined futures enacted by medical professionals and strategic management, this study explains how and why the project struggled to realize its mandate. In this case, we identify three strategies of power, namely mobilization, discipline and discretion, and discuss their potential controversies and combinations. Moreover, we contribute to theories on discretionary power, demonstrating how it is produced by combining interdiscursivity with management control and nondecision. Strategies of discretion are productive in the realm of future‐making, particularly in exploiting forces of discipline and mobilization to enable parallel imagined futures to be created and maintained over time. On the downside, this may keep competing imagined futures hostage, potentially serving non‐transparent agendas.
Keller, J, Berti, M & Smith, W 2025, 'Paradoxical Theorizing: A multimodal approach to generate new theory', Organization Theory, vol. 6, no. 2.
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Over three decades ago, Marshall Scott Poole and Andrew Van de Ven proposed using paradoxes to develop more rigorous and robust organizational theories. We reignite their efforts while offering two important advances. First, we introduce to their initial ideas the expanding paradox literature to suggest how scholars can generate creative theories by surfacing and engaging tensions. We label this process paradoxical theorizing , which we define as a set of practices leveraging interdependent contradictions to generate new theory. Second, recognizing that extant theorizing emphasizes cognitive analysis and formal reasoning, we seek to expand this approach by unpacking four modalities of paradoxical theorizing and identifying the embedded tensions within each modality. We contribute to organizational theory by explicating a process and modalities that draw on tensions to generate more creative theories.
Klettner, A, Cetindamar, D & Sainty, R 2025, 'Stakeholder Governance and Corporate Purpose in Certified B Corps: Minimizing Conflict and Fostering Collaboration', Business & Society.
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Although a stakeholder-inclusive approach to corporate governance is becoming accepted more widely, we have little idea on how it can be achieved in practice or understood theoretically. B Lab Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand requires certified B Corporations (B Corps) to include in their corporate constitution formal commitments to pursuing a pro-social purpose and taking their stakeholders’ interests into account. Through interviews with 20 B Corp leaders, we explore how this model of stakeholder governance is implemented. We find that an organization-specific corporate purpose helps leaders to attract, select, and retain supportive stakeholders and minimize stakeholder conflicts. We identify three decision-making processes (Establishing, Applying, Developing) and three signaling processes (Announcing, Demonstrating, Sharing) through which stakeholder governance is achieved. Our findings extend emerging theories of stakeholder governance by moving away from a focus on conflict resolution to demonstrate its potential to foster collaborative systemic change. B Corps display a helpful model for purpose-led stakeholder governance with the potential to be applied more widely.
Krishnan, R, Phan, PY, Krishnan, SN, Agarwal, R & Sohal, A 2025, 'Industry 4.0‐driven business model innovation for supply chain sustainability: An exploratory case study', Business Strategy and the Environment, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 276-295.
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AbstractIn the rapidly evolving landscape of the automotive industry, firms are increasingly turning to advanced Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies to drive innovation and sustainability. While I4.0 technologies hold immense potential for Business Model Innovation (BMI) and supply chain (SC) sustainability, a gap exists in understanding how firms can leverage BMI and SCS effectively. This study addresses this gap and explores the impact of implementing I4.0 on BMI and its effects on SC sustainability. Utilizing an exploratory case study approach, the research investigates an Indian automobile SC and highlights how I4.0 technologies such as IoT, cloud computing, additive manufacturing, analytics, and automation contribute to BMI, enhancing operational efficiency and SC sustainability. Additionally, the study emphasizes the importance of fostering collaboration among SC entities and the need for support from large‐scale manufacturers for the initial adoption of I4.0 technologies at the small‐scale supplier level. Based on these findings, the study develops the ‘I4.0‐enabled BMI for SC Sustainability’ framework, providing a structured approach for integrating I4.0 and BMI to enhance SC sustainability. This research investigates and applies Dynamic Capability (DC) theory to examine I4.0 transformations and contributes to DC theory by demonstrating how I4.0 facilitates BMI across the value chain, leading to improved sustainability performance.
Liza, SA, Chowdhury, NR, Munjerin, R, Morshed, SM, Paul, SK, Xames, MD & Rahman, R 2025, 'Post-pandemic sustainable supply chain recovery planning: a case study from an automobile industry', Journal of Management Analytics, pp. 1-43.
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Along with several sectors, manufacturing industries have been concerned with the devastating impacts of COVID-19 on their supply chains (SCs). Many instantaneous decisions and strategies have been incorporated to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19. However, the significance of these strategies has not been analyzed in the literature considering long-term perspectives and sustainable implications. To fulfil this gap, we develop a sustainable recovery approach with a set of strategies that allow manufacturing SCs sustainable growth in the post-COVID-19 world. To analyze the results, we conduct a case study of automobile SCs of Bangladesh, an emerging economy. It identifies and assesses 16 post-COVID-19 sustainable recovery strategies and evaluates their causal relationships. The findings imply that managers should concentrate on ‘Developing a robustness-based risk management system for eliminating SC vulnerabilities’ and ‘Investing in collaborative strategic planning’. The findings can help SC managers and practitioners to develop sustainable recovery strategies in the post-pandemic era.
Ma, D & Fee, A 2025, 'The micro-contextual conditions that influence host-country nationals’ decisions about horizontal knowledge sharing in multinational enterprises in China', International Business Review, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 102359-102359.
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Mamédio, DF, Cunha, MPE, Rego, A & Clegg, S 2025, 'Paradoxes of Authenticity in Liminal Consumption: The Case of Casablanca’s Rick’s Café', Journal of Travel Research, vol. 64, no. 6, pp. 1376-1392.
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What makes a “ fake ” seemingly “ authentic ”? The case of Rick’s Café, known worldwide for the movie Casablanca , situates that question. Rick’s was a set constructed on a Hollywood sound stage. Another Rick’s was created materially in Casablanca decades later. Consumers are aware of this liminal condition. It is the reflexivity inherent in this awareness of performative inauthenticity that makes the case both appropriate and nuanced as an opportunity to explore paradoxes of authenticity embodied in a tourist place. The authenticity-fakery relationship is considered theoretically, not as a dualism ( either-or ), but as a duality ( both-and ). Empirically, the case is analyzed through an onsite investigation and a virtual ethnography. Four paradoxical dimensions of authenticity (liminal environment, liminal interpretation, liminal affectivity, and liminal recreation) are identified. Tourists, we submit, may experience several authenticities (i.e., objective, constructed, and existential) simultaneously and paradoxically, contributing to a reconceptualization of the tourist experience.
McGrath-Champ, S, Gavin, M & Fee, A 2025, 'Role enactment of international human resource managers during the COVID-19 pandemic: New crisis management insights', Journal of International Management, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 101262-101262.
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Mehreen, H, Rammal, HG, Schulenkorf, N & Hassanli, N 2025, '“Homeward bound”: a systematic review of the repatriation literature', International Studies of Management & Organization, vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 233-256.
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Newton, S, Carnemolla, P & Darcy, S 2025, 'Building information modelling and related technologies applied to the post occupancy evaluation of accessible bathrooms for people with disability', Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 237-253.
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PurposeThe provision of an accessible and inclusive built environment is both a common regulatory requirement for architects and facilities managers, and a critical issue of equitable access for people with disability. Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) is key to ensuring appropriate building accessibility is provided and maintained. Improved Building Information Modelling (BIM) integration with Facilities Management (FM) will enable more effective POE over time. This study aims to define and demonstrate the practicability and utility of a particular configuration of emerging BIM and related digital technologies, applied in the field.Design/methodology/approachA field study approach is applied to investigate the practicability and utility of the technology configuration and POE procedures. A proposed technology configuration is applied to evaluate 21 accessible bathrooms across three university buildings in Sydney, Australia. First, a checklist of technical functionality for a POE of accessible bathrooms particular to the field study FM context is established. The checklist is based on a review of recent literature, relevant standards, best practice guidelines, expert opinions, and the organisational requirements. Then, a technical and procedural approach to POE and BIM integration with FM is defined and applied in the field. Finally, a quantitative analysis of the results is presented and discussed relative to both the particular and general FM contexts.FindingsThe use of low-cost BIM and related technologies can usefully be applied in the field to promote a more progressive integration of BIM with FM and provide enhanced baseline models for ongoing POE. A rudimentary risk assessment of...
Patil, A, Dwivedi, A, Paul, SK & Agrawal, D 2025, 'Challenges to Industry 4.0 for circular business models in pharmaceutical supply chains', Environment, Development and Sustainability.
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Pharmaceutical waste is a cause of concern for public health, environment, and economy. Pharmaceutical waste comprises expired, spoiled, and unused medicines and vaccines. Pharmaceutical supply chains (PSC) counter several complications in managing unsuitable medicines and pharmaceutical products. In this context, previous literature proposed a few applications of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) to resolve the hazardous impacts of PSC and facilitate circularity in PSC. However, PSC literature has rarely explored the application of I4.0 in the context of circularity. Thus, the current study identifies the challenges to circularity and I4.0 that facilitate circular business models (CBM) in PSC through literature reviews and experts’ opinions. In total, 17 challenges were identified to facilitate circularity in PSC and they were modeled by adopting the Grey DEMATEL approach. Further, applying the maximum mean de-entropy (MMDE) algorithm helped compute the threshold value established on the information entropy of the inter-relations between the challenges to I4.0 in PSC. The results reflect that lack of control and limited monitoring of pharmaceutical products, quality and ethical concerns in pharmaceuticals, and time pressure are the most dominant challenges to I4.0 that facilitate CBM in PSC. The study findings suggest that pharmaceutical manufacturers redesign the manufacturing strategy and develop a product recovery system in PSC. The implications involve PSC stakeholders' knowledge building for achieving sustainable performance. The study's findings will help PSC practitioners create suitable action plans for adopting CBMs and I4.0 technologies.
Piggott, L, Mehus, I & Adriaanse, J 2025, 'Gender distribution in sport for development and peace organizations: a critical mass for women in leadership and governance positions?', Journal of Sport for Development, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 12-27.
Pu, R, Dong, RK & Jiang, S 2025, 'Toward the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD): Digital leadership and knowledge-sharing behavior on the higher education institutional change', Education and Information Technologies, vol. 30, no. 8, pp. 10567-10589.
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Roxas, B 2025, 'E-governance and sustainable human development in Asia: a dynamic institutional path perspective', Journal of Asian Business and Economic Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 15-27.
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PurposeThis study demonstrates the necessary and significant role of national formal institutional frameworks in shaping the quality of e-governance in Asian countries. Moreover, it presents a robust model of e-governance as a necessary and significant driver of sustainable human development.Design/methodology/approachThis study applied the cross-lagged panel method in path modelling and conducted competing model and necessary condition analyses to test the lagged, necessary and positive effects of formal institutions on the level of e-governance and sustainable human development in 45 Asian countries from 2012 to 2022.FindingsFormal governance institutions have necessary direct and indirect (through e-governance development) causal effects on a country’s sustainable human development.Research limitations/implicationsFuture studies should explore how informal institutions such as culture, industry and government norms and practices shape the extent of e-governance development and sustainable socio-economic development in Asia and beyond over time.Practical implicationsA renewed focus on the institutional fundamentals of governance and development should be the legislative priority of policymakers and leaders of Asian countries.Social implicationsProactive digital citizen engagement in institutional building in respective countries is critical to developing sound, human-development-centred institu...
Sandberg, J, Dall'Alba, G & Stephens, A 2025, 'Things at Work: How Things Contribute to Performing Work', Journal of Management Studies.
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AbstractA crucial question for organizations is what constitutes work performance. While the importance of human competence and motivation to work performance has been established, less well understood is how ‘things’ – such as algorithms, tools, instruments, and raw materials – contribute to work performance. As ‘intelligent’ and ‘agentic’ technologies become further involved in work, it is increasingly important to understand the impact of things upon work performance. Although research adopting an entanglement perspective (e.g., practice theory, sociomateriality, affordances, science and technology studies) has convincingly demonstrated things are integral to work performance, there is a need for heightened clarity on how things contribute to performing work. Informed by an ontology of things and drawing on an ethnographic study in the biotechnology industry, we propose things are constitutive of work performance in three interrelated ways: (1) by belonging to a nexus of useful things, (2) through performing interlinked roles, and (3) while co‐constituting work performance in concert with practitioners. Our theoretical and empirical account offers a more integrative and comprehensive understanding of how things are constitutive of work performance compared to the existing entanglement literature. This opens several new possibilities for enhancing work performance in organizations, which we outline in the paper.
Schweinsberg, S & Fennell, DA 2025, 'Tourism academia: a Horizon 2050 paper', Tourism Review, vol. 80, no. 1, pp. 404-415.
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to chart the history of tourism academia and offer observations as to its future development in the 21st century.Design/methodology/approachThis paper uses a limited review of the literature and the personal reflections of the authors as its main approaches.FindingsIn reviewing the multi-generational history of tourism academia, it became apparent that whilst we have become a more scientifically rigorous community of scholars, a challenge for the academy going forward will be how best to cultivate a spirit of understanding among different parts of the academy when presented with viewpoints that do not appear to coalesce with one’s understanding of “truth”.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to scholarly debates over the history and future of tourism academia by challenging the academy to reflect critically on its increasing diversity and how to incorporate diverse viewpoints into the tourism knowledge canon.
Schweinsberg, S & Sharpley, R 2025, 'Oral tradition, ancient history and religious tourism knowledge', Tourism Recreation Research, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 679-687.
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Sharp, P, Oliffe, JL, Bottorff, JL, Rice, SM, Schulenkorf, N & Caperchione, CM 2025, 'Men’s Preferences for Language and Communication in Mental Health Promotion: A Qualitative Study', Behavioral Medicine, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 146-155.
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Singh, M, Jauhar, SK, Pant, M & Paul, SK 2025, 'Modeling third-party reverse logistics for healthcare waste recycling in the post-pandemic era', International Journal of Production Research, vol. 63, no. 2, pp. 651-686.
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Skrubbeltrang, LS, Clement, SL, Rossing, NN & Darcy, S 2025, 'Uncovering constraints in sports for children with disability: Insights from Danish parents', International Review for the Sociology of Sport.
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Participation in sports significantly enhances the physical and psychological wellbeing and social inclusion of children with disability. However, various constraints, including social, cultural, and environmental factors, limit their sports participation. This study investigates Danish parents’ perceptions of barriers to their children's sports participation, focusing on differences based on disability type. Using an online questionnaire distributed via social media, newsletters, and school communication platforms, we collected responses from 1158 parents. The questionnaire covered disability and support needs, participation levels before, during, and after COVID-19 restrictions, constraints to participation, and demographic profiles. Grounded in leisure constraint theory, we identified the primary constraints as: lack of accommodation in sports clubs, insufficient support, inadequate adaptation of activities, difficulties in group participation, untrained coaches, and a shortage of helpers. Correlation analysis revealed that parents of children with psychological/social impairments found these more constraining compared to parents of children with mobility impairments. Most constraints were structural, highlighting omission or lack of adapted initiatives. Children with psychological/social impairments faced the most significant challenges due to inadequate trainer knowledge and inclusion efforts. While initiatives in Denmark have improved participation for children with mobility disability, further efforts are needed to support those with psychological/ social disability.
Smith-Merry, J, Darcy, S, Dew, A, Hemsley, B, Imms, C, O’Donovan, M-A, Gallego, G, McVilly, K, Gilroy, J, Carey, G & Ellem, K 2025, 'Who Funds Published Disability Research in Australia?', Journal of Disability Policy Studies, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 52-63.
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In this article, we describe the sources of funding cited, and topics of research associated with that funding, in Australian disability research. We conducted a systematic search for publicly available peer-reviewed papers reporting the findings of Australian disability research studies focused on Australia in the 2018–2020 period. Papers identified were analyzed according to research topic, participant group, study methodology, and funding sources acknowledged. In total, 1,241 relevant papers were identified. Of these, 582 papers (47%) reported at least one funding source. Government sources accounted for most funding identified ( n = 487), followed by university sector ( n = 112), nongovernment organizations ( n = 99) and for-profit organization funding ( n = 17). The most funding went to intellectual disability (22%), autism (15%), and psychosocial disability (12%). Only 16 (1.3%) papers citing funding sources reported their research was conducted in partnership with people with disability. Research funding influences the priorities of disability research, how it is conducted, and its outputs. Funding therefore shapes the information available to build evidence-based systems of service and support for and with people with disability. It is essential that research funding policies are considered in relation to broader disability policy goals and the research priorities of the disability community.
Whales, L, Frawley, S, Cohen, A & Nikolova, N 2025, 'Leadership development: relationality and temporality in professional sport', Sport Management Review, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 148-172.
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Wright, CEF 2025, '“Bossyboots”: Postfeminism and the construction of Australia's “Corporate Woman”', Gender, Work & Organization, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 743-762.
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AbstractImproving the representation of women in corporate leadership is a key postfeminist project. Postfeminism—or the integration of women's empowerment and neoliberalism in the decades following the Women's Movement—has shaped the experience of Australian women in corporate leadership roles since the 1990s. As such, while efforts to improve the number of women in leadership have yielded admirable progress, achieving sustainable improvements in corporate diversity requires attending to collective postfeminist scripts. In order to better understand the global and local features of Australian postfeminism, this article analyses “Corporate Woman,” a mainstream newspaper column published regularly by the Australian Financial Review between 1988 and 1998. It finds that similar political and economic systems, and feminist histories, encouraged Australian postfeminism to adopt many core transnational tenets. At the same time, aspects of Australia's national history and identity, including egalitarianism, emphasis on nuclear families, and context of major economic change, contributed to localism in postfeminism's expression. This expands our understanding of postfeminism, and can help empower corporate women by uncovering the collective cognitive maps that have guided policy interventions, and women's lived experiences in corporate leadership roles.
Wright, CEF 2025, 'Licence to operate: The institutionalisation of Australian company annual reports, 1910–2018', Accounting History, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 211-238.
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Annual reports are crucial for corporate accountability, and for firms to obtain their social licence to operate. Although research has identified the internal company drivers of annual reporting, we know less about the way Australian annual reports developed as a long-term, collective practice. Through a historical, cross-sectional content analysis, this article examines the impact of external institutional pressures on the annual reports of large Australian corporations. Interpreting the results with new institutional theory (NIT), I find that coercive pressure from company regulations and societal expectations, and normative pressures from the accounting profession, have improved standards of corporate accountability. Simultaneously, normative pressures encouraged companies to use annual reports for corporate public relations. This has contributed to annual reports that are homogenous in content but with conflicting audiences and objectives. The analysis highlights the institutionalisation and historical path dependencies of annual reports and contextualises current concerns over disclosure quality and transparency.
Wright, CEF & Wilkie, B 2025, 'Small worlds: Institutional isomorphism and Australia’s corporate elite, 1910–2018', Business History, vol. 67, no. 5, pp. 1270-1293.
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Yates, M, Perry, L, Onyx, J & Levett-Jones, T 2025, 'Women travelling solo or with other women across Australia: A montage of narratives', Journal of Women & Aging, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 100-110.
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Yu, K-H & Noh, S-C 2025, 'Forsaking an Organization in Favor of Another: Judgment Change in an Occupational Community', Work and Occupations, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 45-90.
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Understanding how occupations change their judgments about organizations has important consequences for occupations themselves, organizations, and ultimately for institutional change. Collectively held judgments about the value of specific organizational forms are difficult to change because occupations share normative understandings about what is good practice and discriminate across organizations based on this knowledge. Given the difficulty of changing collectively held judgments in occupational communities, the question asked in this article is: How does normative judgment change about organizations develop within an occupational community? We investigate how judgement change occurs in an occupational community in the context of the television broadcasting sector in South Korea. We study how producers in public broadcasters changed their respective judgments about public broadcasters and new commercial broadcasters. Producers found expressing judgment change difficult initially, yet judgment change among more experienced producers enabled it to spread among rank-and-file producers, ultimately leading to an “exodus” of producers from public broadcasters. Findings suggest that occupational members at different stages of their careers play distinct roles in bringing about collective judgment change in occupations. Our study highlights the importance of normative judgments by expert occupations as an impactful means by which occupations can withdraw cooperation or sever their relationship with organizations. The article also contributes to the study of occupational communities in creative industries.
Yu, K-H & Wright, CF 2025, 'Mainstream Parties’ Construction of Populist Discourse in Australia’s Temporary Migration Policy', Organization, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 395-414.
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Growing alarm has been expressed about populism in mainstream political parties, yet the vast majority of scholarship investigating populism has documented the role of radical right populist parties rather than that of mainstream parties. This article draws on non-essentialist understandings of populism—the idea that populism is a central aspect of democracy and not restricted to the realm of radical political parties and “populist” leaders—to examine how mainstream political leaders discursively articulate the antagonism between “the people” and the institutional order. We also examine how mainstream party leaders, who are likely to be deeply embedded in the institutional order, negotiate tensions between the institutionalized system and populist articulation. We study this in the Australian context, which is appropriate for examining populism in mainstream political parties given that far-right and far-left parties have gained much smaller shares of electoral support in Australia than elsewhere. Our findings indicate that mainstream party leaders discursively construct the idea of “the people” by homogenizing disparate social demands and claiming their right to represent the community as a whole. In doing so, these leaders must negotiate pressures from the institutionalized order in the form of clientelism and accountability. This article contributes insights on the reconciliation of contemporary populism with institutionalized settings and processes.
Zhang, X, Shao, X, Hu, C, Dong, RK & Wu, C-H 2025, 'Teachers' Technological Innovation Intention and Performance in the E-Learning Context', Journal of Organizational and End User Computing, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 1-20.
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Rapid technological advancements have transformed global education, bringing both opportunities and challenges, such as technostress. This study explores how educators' technological innovation intention and emotional responses impact innovation performance in e-learning environments, focusing on emotional strain from information overload and technological complexity. Using information processing theory and data from 592 Chinese higher education educators, the study finds that emotional cognition and emotional management mediate the relationship between technological innovation intention and innovation performance. These results highlight the need to address educators' emotional factors for effective technological integration in education. The study contributes to the education and technology fields by extending information processing theory, showing how emotional dynamics influence innovation, and offering strategic recommendations for policymakers and leaders to reduce technostress, enhance innovation, and improve performance through emotional support and technology adoption strategies.
Zhao, J, He, T, Xi, X, Li, WH & Liu, W 2025, 'Geographic proximity and supply chain Resilience: Unravelling their complex dynamics in the digital age', Technovation, vol. 148, pp. 103328-103328.
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Zhu, J, Dong, RK & Feng, T 2025, 'Technological innovations in carbon emission reduction: A comparative analysis of R&D and carbon offsetting strategies', Computers & Industrial Engineering, vol. 206, pp. 111153-111153.
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