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McDonald, M & Wearing, S 2013, Social Psychology and Theories of Consumer Culture, 1, Routledge, United Kingdom.
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Social Psychology and Theories of Consumer Culture: A Political Economy Perspective presents a critical analysis of the leading positions in social psychology from the perspective of classical and contemporary theories of consumer culture. The analysis seeks to expand social psychological theory by focusing on the interface between modern western culture (consumer culture) and social behaviour. McDonald and Wearing argue that if social psychology is to play a meaningful role in solving some of societys most pressing problems (e.g. global warming, obesity, addiction, alienation, and exclusion) then it needs to incorporate a more comprehensive understanding and analysis of consumer culture. Wide-ranging and challenging, the book offers a fresh insight into critical social psychology appropriate for upper undergraduate and postgraduate courses in personality, social psychology, critical and applied psychology. It will also appeal to those working in clinical, counselling, abnormal, and environmental psychology and anyone with an interest in the integration of social psychology and theories of consumer culture.

Reid, C, Collins, J & Singh, M 2013, Global Teachers, Australian Perspectives Goodbye Mr Chips, Hello Ms Banerjee, Springer Science & Business Media, Singapore.
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This is the first book on global teachers and the increasingly important phenomenon of ‘brain circulation’ in the global teaching profession.

Veal, AJ, Darcy, SA & Lynch, R 2013, Australian Leisure, 4th Edition, Pearson Australia, Sydney, Australia.

Adair, D 2013, '‘Beyond Sport Heroes’ Celebration: On the Use of Sportswear for Sport History' in Murray Phillips (ed), Representing the Sporting Past in Museums and Halls of Fame, Routledge, London, pp. 65-81.
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This chapter evaluates the deployment of museology to inspirit the cause of Olympic values and principles, which in turn underpins the ideology of Olympism and the IOCs imprimatur as both institutional custodian and moral gatekeeper of the Olympic Movement. It analyses how LMO is now a fulcrum through which the ideals of Olympism are trumpeted, and from which the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement are venerated. In a conceptual sense the chapter explores evangelistic and mythopoeic displays and narratives.

Adair, D 2013, 'Leisure and Aboriginal culture from Federation' in Australian Leisure, Pearson Australia, Sydney, Australia, pp. 398-417.

Adair, D 2013, 'Olympic Ceremonial, Protocol and Symbolism' in Frawley, S & Adair, D (eds), Managing the Olympics, Palgrave Macmillan, London, pp. 182-205.
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Adair, D 2013, 'On the pros and cons of postmodern sport history' in Pringle, R & Phillips, M (eds), Examining Sport Histories: Power, Paradigms, and Reflexivity, West Virginia University Press, Morgantown WV, pp. 295-312.

Adair, D 2013, 'Sports: Cricket' in Mason, PL (ed), Encyclopedia of Race and Racism : 4 Volume Set, Macmillan Reference USA, Independence, KY, pp. 110-113.

Adair, D & Frawley, S 2013, 'Managing the Games: Prospects for the Future' in Stephen Frawley (ed), Managing the Olympics, Palgrave Macmillan UK, London, pp. 206-210.
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This volume had a defined goa l: to critica lly examine the planning, management and delivery of the Olympics as a mega-event. It evaluated how organizers produce the Games, taking into account knowledge from previous Olym pics, as well as the emergence of models of best practice. This operational focus is an underexplored aspect of the Games, and so the book is merely a step towards gaining a more sophisticated understanding of what is required to run an Olympic mega-event. A single volume cannot do justice to the vast operational repertoire required of Olympic Games organ izers, so the book focused on a selection of key aspects of Olympic programme delivery. There are, of course, further areas to be researched; what follows is a sketch for additiona l scholarly inquiry. There are several important operational aspects of the Games that ought to be included in a further volume of essays devoted to the planning and delivery of Olympic mega-events. We offer eight key recommendations, in no particular order. First, preparing for and staging the Games require a sophisticated understanding of both logistics and supply chain management. The global scope and scale of the Olympics makes these operations particularly complex. The movement and co-ordination of equipment and goods involves the interaction of numerous parties and the transaction of associated data. There are logistical challenges in all of this: internal and external variables, government regulations, levels of infrastructure, periods of peak demand and so on.

Adair, D & Schulenkorf, N 2013, 'Global Sport-for-Development in Theory and Praxis' in Global Sport-for-Development, Palgrave Macmillan.
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Adair, D & Schulenkorf, N 2013, 'Global Sport-for-Development in Theory and Praxis: Reflections' in Schulenkorf, N & Adair, D (eds), Global Sport-for-Development, Palgrave Macmillan UK, Basingstoke, pp. 245-249.
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This chapter reflects on what the combination of essays in the book 'Sport-for-Development: Critical Perspectives' has revealed about the nuances of theory and praxis in sport-for-development (S4D). This is done against a background where each of the chapters under ‘Framework’, while focused primarily on conceptual concerns, has also drawn upon experiences from field work. Similarly, each of the chapters under the ‘From the Field’ section, while focused primarily on programme delivery issues, has been informed by theoretical assumptions. Therefore, the final chapter allows for commentary within these two sections. In the process, it dwells upon opportunities and challenges for the S4D genre, including emerging trends with respect to critical engagement and reforms to practice.

Agarwal, R, Green, R & Hall, R 2013, 'Management education for organizational and managerial innovation' in Pitsis, T, Dhelin, E & Simpson, A (eds), Handbook of Organizational and Managerial Innovation, Edward Elgar Publishing, London and New York, pp. 189-216.
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Ankor, J & Wearing, S 2013, 'Gaze, encounter and philosophies of otherness.' in Moufakkir, O & Reisinger, Y (eds), The host gaze in global tourism, CABI, Oxfordshire, pp. 179-189.
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This chapter considers the development of the concept of 'gaze' in Western cultural and critical theory. It then examines the 'flâneur' as a gazer and introduces the concept of the choraster, as the relationship of visitor and host in the space of the 'other' and self. The notion of gaze is thus expanded from one of disassociation to emphasize a more engaged set of experiences that can reflect the imagined-real of both the traveller space and the host community. It draws on philosophy for an understanding of the response to gaze in the touristic encounter and leads to a framework able to deal with the complexity of contemporary tourism experiences. This chapter contributes to an understanding of tourism that is subject-centred, dynamic and capable of dealing with the host's role in developing tourist cultures. It contributes to the building of theory that enables the gaze to be constructed from the diverse and unpredictable interactions that occur and make up the encounter - the space, the host community's values and the tourist's experience.

Ben-Menachem, E 2013, 'Introduction' in Buhalis, D, Darcy, S & Ambrose, I (eds), Best Practice in Accessible Tourism: Inclusion, Disability, Ageing Population and Tourism, Hindawi Limited, United Kingdom, pp. 1-2.
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Accessible tourism is gaining momentum across many different areas and activities within the tourism sector for both its inherent sensibility as a human rights issue and for its growing recognition as an important contribution to the economics of triple bottom line sustainability amid the general recession. This collection of accessible tourism best practice chapters is the companion volume to the first book, Accessible Tourism: Concepts and Issues (Buhalis & Darcy, 2011). While Accessible Tourism: Concepts and Issues sets out to explore and document the current theoretical approaches, foundations and issues in the study of accessible tourism, the focus of this book is on policy and best practice, reflecting the 'state-of -the-art' as expressed in a selection of international study chapters.

Carlsen, J & Edwards, DC 2013, 'Tasting Arizona Sustainable Food Networks' in Liburd, JL, Carlsen, J & Edwards, D (eds), Networks for Innovation in Sustainable Tourism, Tilde University Press, Prahran, Australia, pp. 49-55.
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Tasting Arizona is a network of tourism, non-government, indigenous, farming, education, community, festival and food organisations that aims to provide 'local flavour' to customers in Arizona. The consortium believes that consumers want local flavour, and has identified a range of food products that represent the taste and feel of Arizona. Tasting Arizona represents an llUlovative approach to reviving local foods and traditional farming activities and countering the decline in small farming communities· taking place in the US. The benefits of this revival extend well beyond providing visitors with local flavours, as the foods are linked with preserving traditional farming practices, conserving areas for wildlife, educating youth, keeping food pure and free from genetic modification, maintaining agricultural diversity and biodiversity and protecting cultural traditions. Wild foods such as the mesquite bean flour and pure varieties of fruit and vegetables are just two examples of traditional local foods that have been revived.

Carlsen, J & Edwards, DC 2013, 'The Diablo Trust Planning sustainable land use' in Liburd, JL, Carlsen, J & Edwards, D (eds), Networks for Innovation in Sustainable Tourism, Tilde University Press, Prahran, Australia, pp. 41-48.
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In 1993, two Arizona ranch families, the Prossers of the Bar T Bar Ranch and the Metzgers of the Flying M Ranch, both located in Northern Arizona, initiated a land stewardship collaboration called the Diablo Trust. The idea was to develop a collaborative process that included the wide and disparate views and agendas from ranchers, state and federal agencies, wildlife enthusiasts, academics and environmentalists. The Trust was named after th' Diablo Canyon that separates the two ranches, and was formed to promote the social, biological and economic sustainability of federal, state and private lands by engaging in a collaborative stewardship process in harmony with the natural environment and broader community. Their mission is to ensure the long-term economic, social and ecological sustainability of the Diablo Trust land area by providing a forum for active community participation in a collaborative land stewardship process.

Clegg, S 2013, 'Power, organization theory, marxand critique' in Critical Issues in Organizations (RLE: Organizations), pp. 21-40.
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In this chapter I want to continue enquiry into these themes through confronting the theory of organization power with the power of organization theory. I will argue that the texts of organization theory share a mutual interest with the world they purport to depict. Their explanations are merely glosses which simply serve to reproduce this world. They do not account for this world, nor can they. In their theorizing, just as in the theorizing that is that organization that they attend to, these texts exhibit an 'interest'. This interest is not so much written about, as shown in the topic. Thus, I wish to treat what the topic says as somewhat less important than what the topic shows. Elsewhere, I have formulated this in the following terms: In attending to the various ways in which theorists have approached and used the concept of power, then, we are attending not only to their definitions and the critiques of these, but to the 'theorizing power' which makes of such definitions and critiques orderly, recognizable and sociological phenomena. The air of authenticity which they wear as plausible scholarship is a manifestation of their mode of production. The actual writing merely re-presents and preserves the deeper possibility of how it is that they are at all possible. Their possibility as features of the sociological enterprise to be discussed, argued, debated and criticized is rooted in their methodical character. They result from the theorists' engagement with method, and are only possible given the theorists' engagement with a tradition of theorizing (Clegg, 1975, pp.10-11). As a manifestation of a mode of production any theoretical pro-duct is the objectification of expended labour time spent in the interest of a specific intellectual capital. In this chapter I want to propose that the practice of organization theory re-presents a particular interest as its intellectual capital, and that this is the interest of Capital.

Clegg, S & Dunkerley, D 2013, 'Introduction: Critical issues in organizations' in Critical Issues in Organizations (RLE: Organizations), pp. 1-6.
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In the social sciences one can find many volumes whose titles proclaim them to be in some sense 'critical'. Indeed, such is the apparent increased frequency with which such terms are used that one might be forgiven for supposing them to be of devalued currency. Yet, here is another volume sufficiently audacious as to claim to address Critical Issues in Organizations. Such a claim cannot be lodged lightly. It behoves anyone who proposes it to argue in what way their volume is 'critical' in such a way as to be distinct from other contributions.

Clegg, S, Pina e Cunha, M & Rego, A 2013, 'To the Victors Go the Spoils! Distributed Agencies, Inhumanities and the Case of Comrade Duch of the Khmer Rouge' in Materiality and Space, Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 216-239.
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Commeh, MK & Schulenkorf, N 2013, 'Brenu Beach Resort: Innovation for financial independence' in Liburd, JJ, Carlsen, J & Edwards, D (eds), Networks for Innovation in Sustainable Tourism, Tilde University Press, Prahran, pp. 64-70.
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In August 2001, the New Pat1'iotic Party (NPP) had assumed power in Ghana. One of the reasons for the NPP's success was the promise to invest in and develop the local economy under the slogan 'Golden Age of Business', especially among the private sector community. The change towards a new democratic government resulted in wide-ranging goodwill from the local population, who were expecting a new level of personal and professional freedom in Ghana. The business sector was longing for positive change, as for almost 30 years private businesses had not received significant support from the preceding govenunents. People in the tourism industry were finally encouraged to invest into their innovative business ideas and motivated to start up small enterprises to increase their quality of life. 01'iginality, creativity and appropriateness are generally described as key elements for innovation. While innovation is associated with the introduction of new ideas or concepts, geographers use the expression' coping strategies' when describing innovation under difficult social circumstances (Yaro 2004). In Ghana, for most entrepreneurs in the tourism sector the term hmovation is part of daily life's 'coping', or a constant survival process. People practice innovation to survive in their business envirolunent, and they alter and adapt according to the resources available - a process which, in Ghanaian, is represented by the Akan _ Adinkra twisting symbol JlrkyinkyiIfimearung dynamism and versatility. nil Ghanaians believe that these characteristics underlie the resourcefulness of mankind, and that one changes and adapts as life evolves (Bodomo et al. 2010).

Cunha, MPE, Clegg, S & Rego, A 2013, 'Surprising organization' in Pitsis, TS, Simpson, A & Dehlin, E (eds), Handbook of Organizational and Managerial Innovation, Edward Elgar Publishing, London, pp. 295-316.
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Darcy, S & Schweinsberg, SC 2013, 'Tourism' in Australian Leisure, Pearson, Frenchs Forest, pp. 291-311.

Darcy, SA 2013, 'Sydney for All' in Cooper, I (ed), The World Leisure International Innovation Prize-Winning Projects 2006-2012, World Leisure Organisation, USA, pp. 97-103.
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Sydney for All is the outcome of a visitor accessibility and destination managen1ent project that sought to create accessible destination experiences for those with access needs, People with access needs arc part of all tourism markets including seniors and people with disabilities who have been defined as the 'accessible tourism market.' It is recognized in the literature that signiflcant barriers constrain the tourism experiences of this group. 'l1,e overall approach to developing accessible destination experiences was based on the experience economy and a geographic hierarchy of accessible attractions that sought to provide the market with a 'sense of place:' For the accessible destination experiences, a template was developed to address these conceptual ideas, Although the project's basis can be found in the relevant building codes and Australian standards for access and mobility, this project sets itself apart by focusing on accessible destination experiences rather than the individual facilitators of access, Quite simply, what arc the accessible destination experiences that are quintessentially Sydney? The methodology was informed by universal deSign, the experience economy, and the geographies of disability, which sought to understand how people experienced space and place, 'Ille preliminary work involved access/management information systen1 reviews of stakeholders within the precinct area) in-depth interviews with key informants, review of other potential experience providers discovered by the interviews, and further snowballed interviews, Upon completion, a list of possible experiences was identified that haclthe potential to provide tourists with disabilities a sense of the Sydney experience, '1l1C experiences were then access audited and ohserved, and participants were observed to validate their selection,

Darcy, SA & Dominguez Vila, T 2013, 'Australia and Spain as accessible tourism destinations' in Jutila, S & Ilola, H (eds), Matkailua kaikille? Näkökulmia matkailun ennakointiin, osa ii (Tourism for all? Insights to tourism, Finnish Network of Tourism Foresight, Finland, pp. 19-25.
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Tourism is an activity very important socially and financially for many countries; it has a high priority within governments for economic management (Hall & Wall 1994; Veal 2011). Tourism has become an important sector where nations compete against each other for market share. Many countries are seeking a competitive advantage in international marketing of destinations through the development of specific customer service segments. These new segments are based on a series of socio-demographic and psychographic considerations to differentiate market needs of groups.

Dwyer, L & Edwards, D 2013, 'Ecotourism and the triple bottom line' in Ballantyne, R & Packer, J (eds), International Handbook on Ecotourism, Edward Elgar Publishing, UK, pp. 245-263.
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Good managers recognize the monetary value that corporate reputation, employee loyalty, job satisfaction and positive government relations have on the single bottom line. Such factors enhance shareholder value. From this some theorists argue that a focus exclusively on profit will naturally inculcate behaviours that are socially and environmentally responsible. A contrary view is that, in reality, there exists today unprecedented pressure on business managers to satisfy short-term profits and immediate success, resulting not only in adverse social and environmental impacts of business operations but economic problems as well, as evidenced by the recent Global Financial Crisis. On what is perhaps the 'standard view' of industry responsibility, reflecting social movements, loose, flexible, evolving partnerships that create new market dynamics, the tourism industry shares with local residents, governments and community the obligation to protect and maintain the natural and cultural heritage resources of our planet, both to sustain economies and be passed on unimpaired to future generations (UNEP, 2001; WTO, 1995). Perhaps in no sector of tourism is meeting this responsibility more expected than in ecotourism.

Fee, A & Karsaklian, E 2013, 'Talent Management of Self-Initiated Expatriates' in Vaiman, V & Haslberger, A (eds), Talent Management of Self-initiated Expatriates: A neglected source of global talent, Palgrave Macmillan UK, Hampshire UK; New York, pp. 88-116.
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Self-initiated expatriation takes many forms and is likely instigated by an equally diverse breadth of motivational roots. In this chapter, we argue that understanding the complex motivations to expatriate may require a cross-disciplinary approach. To demonstrate this, we draw on literature into ethical consumerism as a way to better understand the factors that motivate one group of self-initiating expatriates; international volunteers. By doing so, we develop a framework that identifies four categories of motivations: being perceived as unique (self-orientation), belonging to a community (conformity), wanting something for oneself (hedonism), and achieving something positive for others (self-actualisation). The framework suggests that international volunteers may be more motivated by social factors than current research suggests.

Frawley, S 2013, 'Exploring the Social Impacts of Events' in Richards, G, de Brito, M & Wilks, L (eds), Exploring the Social Impacts of Events, Routledge, New York, pp. 97-110.
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Over the past 30 years, a growing stream of research has been ~onducted that explores the social consequences and resulting impacts of staging mega-sport events, such as the Olympic Games (Cashman et at. 2004). We know that staging mega-sport events as large as the Olympic Games can create 'considerable turbulence' for a host community (Lesjo 2000: 282) and as a consequence of their size and scope these types of events are 'seldom embraced as "windows of opportunity" without opposition' (Hiller 1990: 120). Over recent years, an evcrbroadening range of studies have investigated both the productive and restrictive features and impacts that are generated by mega-sporl events and in particular those created when hosting the Olympic Games (Malfas et al. 2004). This chapter starts by providing a succinct overview of this literature. The main purpose of the chapter, however, is to discuss an area that surprisingly has been under-researched in the field of Olympics legacy studies. The research area in question specifically relates to the impact that the hosting of mega-sport events, such as the Olympic Games, has on sport participation within host communities. The second part of the chapter will discuss and analyse this literature.

Frawley, S & Adair, D 2013, 'Managing the Olympics' in Frawley, S & Adair, D (eds), Managing the Olympics, Palgrave Macmillan UK, London, pp. 1-14.
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Tile Olympics are, without doubt, the largest and most signifi cant IlIcga-event in the world, taking in a multitude of sports at both SumIlicr and Winter Games every two years. Planning for and staging the Olympics is one of the most complex tasks that event organizers and project management teams will ever undertake. The ambulatory nature of the Games, moving from one Olympic city to another every four yca rs, means that there are context-specific challenges for hosts, as wcll as start-up knowledge required for each event. Given the sca le, \cope and complexity of all th is, it is surprising that relatively little research has been published about the underlying logistics, organizaI ion and operation of the Olympic Games from event and project Ilianagement perspectives. The planning and delivery of such a massive enterprise, several years in the making but only two weeks by wily of performance, is of substantial interest to those vested with the responsibility of Olympic hosts. Beyond that, the planning and management of the Games is also important to those who analyse the Olympics, such as academics and journali sts, as well as those with an illterest in learning about how they are staged, such as teachers and sludents.

Frawley, S & Adair, D 2013, 'The Olympic Games: Managerial and Strategic Dimensions' in Managing the Olympics, Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 1-14.
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Frawley, S, Toohey, K & Veal, AJ 2013, 'Managing Sport Participation Legacy at the Olympic Games' in Stephen Frawley (ed), Managing the Olympics, Palgrave Macmillan UK, London, pp. 66-83.
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One particular strategy employed by governments and government agencies to promote sport participation has been to support the hosting of international sport events. Governments and their agencies afe increasingly identifying the promotion of grassroots-sport participation as one of the opportunities, and anticipated outcomes, of hosting a mega-sport event such as the Olympic Games. For example, in regard to the London 2012 Olympic Games, UK Sport (2005) has stated that 'a comprehensive development strategy will encourage participation and boost all levels of a sport - everything from assisting potential medal winners to inspiring children to take up sport' (p. 74). Given the considerable amounts of public funds that are spent in the staging of mega-sport events, it is inevitable that there will be calls for evidence of the effectiveness of such events in delivering the promised outcomes, including sport-participation outcomes. While sport-funding agencies and governments have, in recent years, become more active in planning event legacies, including increased sport participation, research has demonstrated that there is little empirical data to show that the strategies employed to date have been successful. An extensive review of the literature has found little evidence that international sport events have a positive impact on stimulating physical activity and sport participation (Weed, Coren and Fiore, 2009). With this context in mind, the purpose of this chapter is to examine the impact that hosting the Olympic Games has on sport participation. The chapter starts by reviewing the research published to date in this area, and then presents a case study focused on the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

Frawley, S, Toohey, K, Taylor, T & Zakus, D 2013, 'Managing Sport at the Olympic Games' in Stephen Frawley (ed), Managing the Olympics, Palgrave Macmillan, London, pp. 84-98.
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This chapter outlines how the task of managing sport at an Olympic Games has become increasingly more complex as the Games have grown in size as well as becoming more technologically and media interdependent. To provide contextual background, a brief review of this growth is discussed together with data on the event's scale and dimensionality, indicated by the changing number of events, athletes and spectators, and, by association, sports-related managerial and operational planning. Although the 16 days of sport competition is the most obvious manifestation of the Olympic movement, to date there has been surprisingly little published in academic literature specifically about sport-programme management and organization unlike other aspects of the Olympics, such as sponsorship (Barney, Wenn and Martyn, 2002), legacy (Cashman, 2006; Veal, Toohey and Frawley, 2012), security (Taylor and Toohey, 2007), economics (Preuss, 2000, 2007) and politics (Kidd and Donnelly, 2000). This chapter aims to redress this gap m scholarship by examining how sport is planned and organized at the Olympic Games. It begins by introducing principles of the Olympic Charter that gnide the management of Olympic sport. As the organization of sport at each edition of the Games involves a range of stakeholders, all with diverse agendas, these differing stakeholders' roles are discussed. Following this, an in-depth case study of a successful model for sport-programme organization, that of the Sydney 2000 Olympics, IS presented. To finish the chapter and provide alternative approaches to sport-programme management, descriptions of sport organization at subsequent Olympic Games to Sydney are provided.

Frawley, S, Toohey, K, Taylor, T & Zakus, D 2013, 'Managing Sport at the Olympic Games' in Managing the Olympics, Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 84-98.
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Grabowski, S 2013, 'Acculturation, re-entry and transformation: The story of a volunteer tourist' in Reisinger, Y (ed), Transformational Tourism: Tourist Perspectives, CABI, USA, pp. 183-198.
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This chapter analyses the impacts of the international volunteer tourism experience on the individual upon their return to home country. It is argued that international volunteer tourists have a profound experience that leads to an affective, behavioural and cognitive change. The cyclical act of travelling, immersing in another culture and returning home transforms the individuals so that their identity is changed; different from the one with which they left home. It is shown that the concepts of acculturation and re-entry are helpful in explaining the volunteer tourist transformation

Guerin, J 2013, 'FOREWORD' in Jeff Manza (ed), Oxford Bibliographies in Sociology, Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 763-764.

Hendriks, M & Toepoel, V 2013, 'Social impact of street soccer leagues' in Exploring the Social Impacts of Events, pp. 111-125.
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Hergesell, A, Liburd, JJ & Hansen, J 2013, 'EDDA: Facilitating innovation among Danish attractions' in Liburd, JJ, Carlsen, J & Edwards, DC (eds), Networks for Innovation in Sustainable Tourism Case Studies and Cross-case Analysis, Tilde University Press, pp. 56-63.
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Designed to facilitate discussion and further investigation of innovation, not only in tourism, but in other economic sectors as well.

Hergesell, A, Lund-Durlacher, D & Mentil, K 2013, 'Alpine Pearls - a network promoting environmentally friendly holidays' in Benckendorff, P & Lund-Durlacher, D (eds), International Cases in Sustainable Travel and Tourism, Goodfellow Pub Limited, pp. 9-24.
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It will also be of interest to academic researchers and planners, managers and developers of tourist destinations. It will be ideal for the increasing number of sustainability subjects in tourism degrees worldwide.

Lynch, R & Frawley, SM 2013, 'Sport' in Australian Leisure, Pearson Australia, Sydney, Australia, pp. 252-269.

Paul, SK, Sarker, R & Essam, D 2013, 'A disruption recovery model in a production-inventory system with demand uncertainty and process reliability' in Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, pp. 511-522.

Paul, SK, Sarker, R & Essam, D 2013, 'A Disruption Recovery Model in a Production-Inventory System with Demand Uncertainty and Process Reliability' in Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 511-522.
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This paper develops a risk management tool for a productioninventory system that involves an imperfect production process and faces production disruption and demand uncertainty. In this paper, the demand uncertainty is represented as fuzzy variable and the imperfectness is expressed as process reliability. To deal with the production scheduling in this environment, a non-linear constrained optimization model has been formulated with an objective of maximizing the graded mean integration value (GMIV) of the total expected profit. The model is applied to solve the production-inventory problem with single as well as multiple disruptions on a real time basis that basically revises the production quantity in each cycle in the recovery time window. We propose a genetic algorithm (GA) based heuristic to solve the model and obtain an optimal recovery plan. A numerical example is presented to explain usefulness of the developed model. © 2013 IFIP International Federation for Information Processing.

Scerri, M 2013, 'Evolution of Production: Toward the Value Creation Cube' in Mukhopadhyay, C, Akhilesh, KB, Srinivasan, R, Gurtoo, A, Ramachandran, P, Iyer, P, Mathirajan, M & Subrahmanya, M (eds), Driving the Economy through Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Springer, India.

Scerri, M & Agarwal, R 2013, 'The Evolution of the Production Function: Transition to the Value Creation Cube' in Mukhopadhyay, C, Akhilesh, KB, Srinivasan, R, Gurtoo, A, Ramachandran, P, Iyer, P, Mathirajan, M & Subrahmanya, M (eds), Driving the Economy through Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Springer, India, pp. 561-572.

Scerri, M & Daniel, J 2013, 'Measuring supply chain integration from a technology perspective using Multi-Attribute Decision Making Model' in Frontiers of Business, Management and Economics An Interdisciplinary Collection of Managerial Research Findings and Breakthroughs, Universal-Publishers, USA, pp. 137-141.

Schulenkorf, N & Adair, D 2013, 'Sport-for-Development: The Emergence and Growth of a New Genre' in Schulenkorf, N & Adair, D (eds), Global Sport-for-Development, Palgrave Macmillan UK, Basingstoke, pp. 3-11.
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In this chapter we briefly survey the S4D field, evaluate its origins and evolution. We pinpoint key problems for the genre, both in terms of theory and praxis, and establish how the book 'Sport-for-Development: Critical Perspectives' and its constituent chapters proposes to address these shortcomings. Our focus is on explaining the significance of critical theory informing practice, and of practice informing scholarship. In short, the chapter highlights the value of conceptual rigour underlying S4D programme goals, planning and delivery, and the subsequent imperative for monitoring, evaluation and critical reflection thereafter.

Schulenkorf, N & Edwards, D 2013, 'Events, Society and Sustainability' in Pernecky, T & Lück, M (eds), Events Society and Sustainability: Critical and Contemporary Approaches, Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 79-94.
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Sport events of all forms and sizes have been growing in volume and importance over the past century. Sport events can vary in scale and type and represent a temporary drawing together of resources to provide structured sport activities for participants, spectators and other stakeholders. These activities can feature either informal or formal competition between organised individuals and teams of athletes. Sport events are popular in many societies as they can provide people and their communities with both economic and social opportunities such as entertainment, socialisation and the establishment of contacts and networks between people and groups. A growing awareness of the social opportunities by government agencies and community groups has lead to sport events being used as a method for fostering community development and delivering broader social benefits. This chapter illustrates the significance of sport events in our society and examines their ability to contribute to sustainable development in disadvantaged communities. The chapter discusses opportunities and challenges in the areas of sport event planning and evaluation. Moreover, it introduces the Sport-for-Development (S4D) Framework that can be used to guide and facilitate the creation of sport event activities designed to benefit people in (disadvantaged) communities.

Schulenkorf, N, Sherry, E & Rowe, K 2013, 'Global Sport-for-Development' in Schulenkorf, N & Adair, D (eds), Critical Issues in Global Sport Management, Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 176-191.
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In this chapter, we aim to familiarise students with sport-for-development (SFD) by providing a review of the SFD literature. We base this chapter on a recently conducted integrated literature review that synthesised all SFD research studies published between 2000 and 2014 (see Schulenkorf, Sherry and Rowe, 2016). In particular, we present the status quo of SFD activity in relation to the research foci, authorship, journal outlets, dates of publication, geographical contexts, thematic areas, sport activities, and research methodologies. Based on this review, we will reflect on the implications of SFD as an emerging area of research and provide recommendations for future work in the field.

Veal, AJ 2013, 'Lifestyle and Leisure Theory' in Tony Blackshaw (ed), Routledge Handbook of Leisure Studies, Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 266-279.
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Anthony Giddens (1991: 81) has defiued lifestyle as 'a more or less integrated set of practices which an individual embraces, not only because such practices fulfil utilitarian needs, but because they give material form to a particular narrative of self-identity'. While this and other definitions emphasize individual choice, it is clear that lifestyle and self-identity afC also group phenomena, as Muggleton (2000: 66) dearly demonstrates in regard to youth subcultures. Among the 'practices' which constitute a lifestyle are leisure activities, but also 'one's body, clothes, speech, '" eating and drinking preferences, horne, car ... etc.' (Featherstone, 1987: 343), One school of thought also includes within the definition oflifestyle, individual 'belief... . , va'lues, or norms of daily behaviour' and 'the way in which each person lives the norms of the group, class or global society to which he/she belongs' (Ruiz, 1989: 158). Furthermore, Giddens (1991: 81-2) argues that 'it would be wrong to suppose that lifestyle only relates to activities outside of work .. " choice of work and work milieu forms a basic element of lifestyle orientations'.

Veal, AJ 2013, 'Lifestyle and leisure theory' in Routledge Handbook of Leisure Studies, Routledge, pp. 288-301.
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© 2013 Tony Blackshaw. Introduction Anthony Giddens (1991: 81) has dened lifestyle as ‘a more or less integrated set of practices which an individual embraces, not only because such practices full utilitarian needs, but because they give material form to a particular narrative of self-identity’. While this and other denitions emphasize individual choice, it is clear that lifestyle and self-identity are also group phenomena, as Muggleton (2000: 66) clearly demonstrates in regard to youth subcultures. Among the ‘practices’ which constitute a lifestyle are leisure activities, but also ‘one’s body, clothes, speech, eating and drinking preferences, home, car etc.’ (Featherstone, 1987: 343). One school of thought also includes within the denition of lifestyle, individual ‘beliefs, values, or norms of daily behaviour’ and ‘the way in which each person lives the norms of the group, class or global society to which he/she belongs’ (Ruiz, 1989: 158). Furthermore, Giddens (1991: 81-2) argues that ‘it would be wrong to suppose that lifestyle only relates to activities outside of work. choice of work and work milieu forms a basic element of lifestyle orientations’.

Wearing, S, Grabowski, S & Sahabu, V 2013, 'Religiosity and volunteer tourism in Kenya' in Peace through Tourism: Promoting Human Security Through International Citizenship, pp. 171-189.

Wearing, SL & Law, A 2013, 'The leisured nature of tourism: a sociological critique' in Tony Blackshaw (ed), Routledge Handbook of Leisure Studies, Routledge, Oxon UK, pp. 302-314.
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The sociology of tourism encounters a wide range of possible dimensions of analysis of the essentially spatially organized social relationships between 'away' and 'home', Key sociological themes have typically centred their attention on the kinds of identity relationships established in the networks of actors involved in tourism practices and the making of their meaning. Within the range of formulations available to interpret social engagement in tourism, the ontological distinction between 'away' and 'home' is what makes 'tourism' a thing separate from other things in our experiential repertoires and energizes the identity work that is always at stake when encountering the 'other' - constituent of 'away'. The movement of the physical body through space, and in order to reach for 'not home' (the exotic), is a key anchor-point for the work of three scholars whose ideas are canvassed here, and produces the conditions for analysis of how people engage in the touristic world at the moments of meetings with both the self and the 'other'.

Wearing, SL, Faulkner, S & Sahabu, V 2013, 'Religiosity paving the way for altruism through volunteer tourism in Kenya' in Blanchard, L & Higgins-Desbiolles, F (eds), Peace through Tourism: Promoting Human Security Through International Citizenship, Routledge, Abingdon Oxon UK, pp. 171-189.
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Yu, K 2013, 'Social movement unionism' in Smith, V (ed), Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia, SAGE.
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Covers curricular subjects that addresses why we work, ranging from business and management to anthropology, sociology, social history, psychology, politics, economics, and health.

Adair, D 2013, 'Doping: Separating the powers of athlete advice from prosecution', World Sports Law Report, vol. 11, no. 10, pp. 1-5.

Adair, D 2013, 'Illicit drugs: WADA and the need for policy reform', Performance Enhancement & Health, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 60-61.
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The articles by Waddington, Christiansen, Gleaves, Hoberman, & Møller (2013) and Henne, Koh, & McDermott (2013) are important contributions to the rather limited academic debate about illicit drug use among athletes and the role of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in monitoring and regulating substances that are, by and large, illegal in society. In this very brief commentary, I focus on what the two articles offer to that debate, then suggest another way forward.

Agarwal, R & Selen, W 2013, 'The incremental and cumulative effects of dynamic capability building on service innovation in collaborative service organizations', Journal of Management & Organization, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 521-543.
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AbstractIncreasingly, innovation in services is brought to market by a network of firms, or alliance networks, asset orchestration, knowledge sharing capabilities, resources and competencies, and operated in a coordinated manner. Recent literature has recognized the evolutionary nature of dynamic capabilities in that managers may adapt their alliance networks dynamically to sustain competitive advantage, as well as identified a continuing gap in the lack of empirical studies on feedbacks between network environments, dynamic capabilities, and innovation performance. In addition, other literature calls for more quantitative research on examining dynamic capabilities in a network environment to provide a better understanding of how firms should direct their resources and capabilities to successfully respond to competition. This study contributes towards closing both gaps by empirically examining thecumulative and incrementaleffects of fostering and deploying different dynamic capabilities on services innovation, and by quantifying their impact, thus providing managers with a better account of how services innovation comes about in a service value network. It does so using empirical data from 449 respondents from a telecommunications service provider in Australia and its partnering organizations, using structural equation modelling.

Agarwal, R, Green, R, Brown, PJ, Tan, H & Randhawa, K 2013, 'Determinants of quality management practices: An empirical study of New Zealand manufacturing firms', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS, vol. 142, no. 1, pp. 130-145.
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A large body of research in recent years has resulted in the accumulation of knowledge about better (worse) management practices for manufacturing firms. Given the wide dissemination of knowledge about practices such as Lean Manufacturing, the importance of goal-setting, performance management systems, employee promotion and reward structures, it is unclear why some firms do not adopt these broad-based management practices. If there are management practices that have the potential to universally increase productivity of manufacturing firms, their lack of adoption by all firms in such markets remains a pertinent question. New Zealand is a small open economy facing competitive pressure from both its geographical distance from large markets and its minimum wage, which is above key international competitors. In this context we use a novel survey tool designed by Bloom and Van Reenen (2007) and McKinsey & Co. to construct a Management Practices Score (MPS) based on 18 management practices from 152 medium- and large-sized New Zealand manufacturing firms. We find that the MPS is positively associated with various firm productivity performance indicators, particularly profit per employee and firm sales, indicating that the MPS captures relevant information about management practices. We find that firm size, ownership structure, and the level of education among both managers and non-managers positively impacts management performance. Unlike the findings in earlier international research, we find that competition does not have an association with management practices. The findings here contribute to understanding why best management practices are not universally adopted by manufacturing firms. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Ahmed, I, Sultana, I, Paul, SK & Azeem, A 2013, 'Employee performance evaluation: a fuzzy approach', International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, vol. 62, no. 7, pp. 718-734.
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PurposeManagers encounter many decisions that require the simultaneous use of different types of data in their decision‐making process. A critical decision area for managers is the performance evaluation of personnel, whether individually or as a member of a team. Performance evaluation is critically essential for the effective management of the human resource of an organization and evaluation of staff that help develop individuals, improve organizational performance, and feed into business planning.Design/methodology/approachPerformance evaluations require and often involve disparate types of information that are vague, incomplete, objective, and subjective. This paper proposes a performance evaluation system of employees considering various performance evaluation criteria using fuzzy logic. The main task in the proposed approach involves determining the performance indices of employees considering their respective performance in various qualitative and quantitative evaluation criteria and then selecting the best employee who holds highest performance index comparing all the indices.FindingsA model is developed for any kind of organization where performance evaluation is significantly important for staff motivation, attitude and behavior development, communicating and aligning individual and organizational aims, and fostering positive relationships between management and staff. Fuzzy control is used to determine the overall performance index by combining results of the performance in selected criteria and provided it in numerical values which will undoubtedly ensure convenience of the concerned human resource personnel during performance rating calculation.

Catlin, JR & Wang, Y 2013, 'Recycling gone bad: When the option to recycle increases resource consumption', Journal of Consumer Psychology, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 122-127.
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AbstractIn this study, we propose that the ability to recycle may lead to increased resource usage compared to when a recycling option is not available. Supporting this hypothesis, our first experiment shows that consumers used more paper while evaluating a pair of scissors when the option to recycle was provided (vs. not provided). In a follow‐up field experiment, we find that the per person restroom paper hand towel usage increased after the introduction of a recycling bin compared to when a recycling option was not available. We conclude by discussing implications for research and policy.

Chiang, F, Low, A & Collins, J 2013, 'Two Sets of Business Cards: Responses of Chinese Immigrant Women Entrepreneurs in Canada and Australia to Sexism and Racism', Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 63-83.
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Existing entrepreneurial discourses have been dominated by white middle-class androcentric approach, giving little space to the discussions of racism and sexism experienced by minority women entrepreneurs. This paper aims to fill this gap through an examination of the experiences of Asian immigrant women entrepreneurs in Canada and Australia using an intersectional approach. The key research question addressed in the paper is to what extent, and in what ways, do racism and sexism impact on the entrepreneurial experiences of Asian immigrant women entrepreneurs and what strategies do they use in managing discrimination to protect themselves and their businesses? Four main strategies were derived from our findings, namely, creating a comfortable niche, playing the mainstream card, swallowing the pain, and resisting.

Clegg, S & van Iterson, A 2013, 'The effects of liquefying place, time, and organizational boundaries on employee behavior: Lessons of classical sociology', M@n@gement, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 621-621.
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This paper explores how the liquefying of place, time, and organizational boundaries affects social control and self-regulation at the workplace. We address Norbert Eliass civilizing process theory (Elias 2000), and some of the criticism it has evoked, to explore the effects of both physical proximity and distance on control and behavior in work organizations. We hold that the theory still has relevance for contemporary organization and management theory with roots in the more classical traditions of the sociological discipline. Assuming that physical proximity at work is decreasing because of increased telework, the geographical spread of firms, and growing interorganizational collaboration, there is much to be gained by maintaining classical perspectives.

Clegg, S, Josserand, E, Mehra, A & Pitsis, T 2013, 'Call for Papers', Organization Studies, vol. 34, no. 5-6, pp. 864-866.
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Clegg, S, Josserand, EL, Mehra, A & Pitsis, T 2013, 'Call for Papers', Organization Studies, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 426-428.
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Clegg, SR, Jarvis, WP & Pitsis, TS 2013, 'Making strategy matter: Social theory, knowledge interests and business education', BUSINESS HISTORY, vol. 55, no. 7, pp. 1247-1264.
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The tensions and challenges facing business education frame this paper, which takes a critical look at the historical evolution of business school education in the context of the present conjecture, with a particular emphasis on the role social theory can play in the analysis of strategy and ethics. Flyvbjerg's phronesis and Selznick's sociology are deployed to address the challenges facing business schools and their place in higher education. Kant's moral anthropology opens common grounds to both approaches. Our aim is to provide a platform from which business and university leaders can debate and discuss the current and future role and impact of business school education, particularly focusing on linking and cultivating ethical and strategic capabilities in management and organizational practices.

Clegg, SR, Pina e Cunha, M, Rego, A & Dias, J 2013, 'Mundane Objects and the Banality of Evil: The Sociomateriality of a Death Camp', JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT INQUIRY, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 325-340.
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In this article, we study one organization that played a pivotal role in the Cambodian genocide of the 1970s: the S-21 extermination center. We analyze, in particular, how processes of sociomateriality in the death camp contributed to create order and normalcy in an extreme and abnormal organization. A more nuanced view of agency ensues from this analysis, one that helps the understanding of how the creation of material spaces critically influences organizing, including the organizing of genocide.

Collins, J 2013, 'Multiculturalism and Immigrant Integration in Australia', Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 133-149.
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Depuis plus de soixante ans, l’Australie est une nation de premier plan dans l’accueil des immigrants, alors que ceux-ci sont au cœur même de sa construction. Au cours des deux dernières décennies, le caractère de ces nouveaux arrivants a cependant changé considérablement, alors que les problèmes d’immigration et de multiculturalisme ont fait l’objet de controverses tant dans l’opinion publique que dans les politiques nationales. Mais qu’arrive-t-il en fait aux immigrés eux-mêmes en Australie? Cet article s’appuie sur toute une recherche primaire et secondaire afin de réviser l’évidence objective et subjective concernant leur intégration en faisant appel à un vaste éventail d’indicateurs. La question centrale de cet article, c’est de savoir à quel point ces nouveaux venus sont-ils insérés dans la vie économique, sociale, culturelle et politique du pays, et à quel point le multiculturalisme australien a-t-il réussi à atteindre l’objectif de cette insertion. Nous partons de la conceptualisation et des données comparatives de l’intégration des immigrés chez Kymlicka (2012) pour soutenir que, malgré les limites imposées à cette conceptualisation par l’accent mis sur la politique et les structures institutionnelles de l’intégration en question plutôt que sur les résultats et les expériences des colons immigrés dans ces sociétés, sa conclusion générale sur le succès relatif obtenu en Australie sur cette question et le rôle central du multiculturalisme dans ce résultat s’accorde bel et bien avec l’évidence.

Collins, J 2013, 'Rethinking Australian Immigration and Immigrant Settlement Policy', Journal of Intercultural Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 160-177.
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In the past two decades the Australian immigration experience has changed considerably in response to the changing impact of globalisation and the changing geopolitics post 9/11. During this time immigration and multiculturalism have remained controversial. This article reviews the Australian experience with immigration and immigrant settlement over the past few decades. The aim was to provide the guidelines for Australian immigration and settlement policy in coming decades. The paper makes the case for a future Australian immigration policy that favours continued large-scale immigration but within a framework with an increasing emphasis on long-term nation building rather than the short-term economic benefits of increasing guest worker immigration. This would mean restoring the vision of Australia as a settler immigration country where primacy is once again given to permanent immigration intakes with relative increases in humanitarian and family migration while temporary immigration continues but is constrained and more carefully monitored. The paper also argues for a continuation of multiculturalism, but reimagined within a cosmopolitan framework and reassessed with revitalised programmatic content within a more explicitly anti-racism framework. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Cunha, MPE, Clegg, S & Rego, A 2013, 'Lessons for leaders: Positive organization studies meets Niccolò Machiavelli', Leadership, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 450-465.
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Machiavelli should be a central and canonical text for management education, even in the age of positive organizational literatures. We give it this role by considering the case of the virtuous leader. Our proposition is simple: virtuous leaders live and act, like anybody else, in the power circuits that are constitutive of reality. Therefore, they participate in power dynamics that sometimes make them face the need to decide in ways that do not correspond to normative positive precepts. Machiavelli shows that even virtuous leaders must do what needs to be done, while trying to preserve one’s values and move in the direction of noble, high purpose goals.

Cunningham, PA & Wearing, SL 2013, 'Does consensus work? A case study of the Cloughjordan ecovillage, Ireland', Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 1-28.
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Ecovillages have grown in number around the world since the early 1990s. This growth appears to be largely due to the contested nature of post/modernity and the desire to establish a more simple, meaningful and sustainable lifestyle that is centered on community. The end of the 1990s represented the high tide of neo-liberalism in most advance liberal democracies. Ten years later, and the global economy still demonstrates signs that modes of capitalism have intensified and spread under the influence of global and state orchestrated markets, giving rise to a search for alternatives that might provide other mechanisms for organizing our lives. Cloughjordan Ecovillage is used to examine how governance through a consensus-based decision-making approach works as an alternative in this circumstance. Generally, intentional communities are organized around egalitarian principles and therefore commonly embrace the ideology of consensus. The primary research question guiding this study was—Does consensus work in the governance of alternative lifestyles? The preliminary findings of this case study suggests that in spite of the impressive nature of the built infrastructure at this site, the community continues to struggle with consensus-based decision-making as a form of self-organization and governance.

Darcy, S & Dowse, L 2013, 'In search of a level playing field – the constraints and benefits of sport participation for people with intellectual disability', Disability & Society, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 393-407.
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This paper presents the results of a study seeking to examine the experiences of people with intellectual disability in a sporting context. The research design employed an online, interviewer-completed questionnaire in both a standard and an easy English version designed for administration by a third party for those requiring assistance to respond. Questions sought both quantitative responses about levels of participation and qualitative responses about constraints experienced and benefits received from participation. The results of the study show high levels of participation reported by people who are independent or have lower to moderate support needs, whereas people with high to very high support needs had substantially lower levels of participation. Constraints are examined for both those who participate in sport and those who do not. For those who do participate, the benefits were identified as overwhelmingly social in nature, including belonging, companionship and achievement. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

De Matos, JA & Clegg, SR 2013, 'Sustainability and Organizational Change', Journal of Change Management, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 382-386.
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e Cunha, MP, Rego, A, Clegg, S & Neves, P 2013, 'The case for transcendent followership', Leadership, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 87-106.
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Based on the model of transcendent leadership, we suggest that subordinates need to display competences that mirror those of their leaders and propose transcendent followership as a framework for the responsibilities of followers in contemporary organizational environments. A transcendent follower is someone who expresses competence in terms of their management of relations with self, others and organization. Competence in the domain of self refers to being self-aware and proactive in developing individual strengths. Competence in the domain of others refers to the processes of interpersonal impact, in relation to leaders and peers. Competence in the domain of organization refers to collective maintenance and change. The article offers an integrated view of the roles and responsibilities of followers in dynamic organizational environments, presenting them as fellows rather than subordinates.

Edwards, D & Griffin, T 2013, 'Understanding tourists' spatial behaviour: GPS tracking as an aid to sustainable destination management', JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 580-595.
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The spatial behaviour of tourists within cities is not well understood, partly because of the complexities of cities as spaces and partly because few studies have addressed this phenomenon. This paper reports on collaborative research studies, conducted in conjunction with destination-management agencies in the Australian cities of Sydney and Melbourne. The studies used Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking devices to find out how various kinds of tourists moved around each city, supplemented by semi-structured interviews with the tourists to help explain their movement patterns. A total of 154 participant groups took part. Each study sought to provide information to destination-management agencies to help them improve aspects of the visitor's experience by improving wayfinding systems. Findings were analysed visually using a space syntax approach. Tourists walked between 10 and 35 km per day. Lack of knowledge of public transport systems and ticketing was a major constraint on public transport use. Melbourne's street pattern and its free city circle tram were found more user-friendly than Sydney's street pattern and public transport. The resulting visual maps provided destination managers with a valuable diagnostic tool; a range of new initiatives have been developed, including better conference visitor information, and training for information centre staff.

Fee, A & Gray, SJ 2013, 'Transformational learning experiences of international development volunteers in the Asia-Pacific: The case of a multinational NGO', Journal of World Business, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 196-208.
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While most MNE activity in Asia and the Pacific focuses on rapidly developing and newly industrialized economies, multinational NGOs have for decades provided important financial, human and social capital to poorer nations in the region. Our study examines the learning experiences of a sample of expatriate volunteer workers deployed by the Asia-Pacific's largest international volunteer agency. Our field research shows that, when compared to a control group, the expatriates learning was unique in terms of context, process and outcomes. Notably, expatriates experienced learning outcomes that were more frequently transformational, involving fundamental changes to their values, perspectives or assumptions.

Fee, A, Gray, SJ & Lu, S 2013, 'Developing cognitive complexity from the expatriate experience', International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 299-318.
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This study examines whether an international work assignment can contribute toward expatriates developing greater cognitive complexity, the core building block of a global mindset and a capability critical to being an effective cross-cultural operative. Using a pre-test–post-test longitudinal panel design, cognitive changes in a sample of Australian and New Zealand expatriates working in 18 different countries were measured. The findings show that, as a group, the expatriates’ levels of cognitive complexity increased significantly during the 12-month study period. The individuals who experienced the largest increase were those who interacted most frequently with host culture nationals.

Fee, A, McGrath-Champ, S & Liu, H 2013, 'Human resources and expatriate evacuation: a conceptual model', Journal of Global Mobility, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 246-263.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce a conceptual model that integrates multi-disciplinary research in relation to crisis management, and to consider its application for international human resource managers in preventing and managing the evacuation of expatriate staff during crises. Design/methodology/approach – The paper critically reviews and distils research into crisis and evacuation management, and examines its relevance to a generic framework of international human resource roles. The paper evaluates this body of literature and suggests potential research avenues from an international human resource perspective. Findings – The review reveals a dearth of research on emergency evacuation of expatriates from a human resources perspective. The paper articulates a framework that delineates what role human resource managers could, or should, play during crisis preparation and response. This framework aims to establish a basic “roadmap” for use by practitioners and researchers. Originality/value – Focusing on the human (rather than business) implications of crises, the paper links crisis management literature to the role of international human resource managers in supporting the health, safety, and security of international assignees during crises. A framework is presented which enables managers to map their current (and potential) contributions to preventing and managing expatriate ...

Fleming, P 2013, '‘Down with Big Brother!’ The End of ‘Corporate Culturalism’?', Journal of Management Studies, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 474-495.
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abstractHugh Willmott's classic 1993JMSarticle, ‘Strength is Ignorance; Freedom is Slavery’, has greatly influenced how we understand culture management. It draws parallel's with George Orwell'sNineteen Eighty‐Fourto reveal the totalitarian aspirations of ‘corporate culturalism’. While it is sometimes said that employee resistance is missing in Willmott's account, I argue that it is implicitly pervasive, prefiguring subsequent investigations of ‘micro‐emancipation’ in management studies. The recent waning of scholarly interest in this type of resistance, however, also points to the contemporary relevance of Willmott's analysis. Emergent forms of corporate regulation utilize ‘biopower’ rather than just cultural conformity, rendering micro‐emancipation inadequate, but inspiring other types of dissent.

Fleming, P, Roberts, J & Garsten, C 2013, 'In search of corporate social responsibility: Introduction to special issue', Organization, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 337-348.
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This introduction to the special issue aims to contextualize and critically comment on the current trajectory of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in both scholarly inquiry and business practice. It suggests that we must place it within the milieu of the ongoing economic crisis and the failure of a number of important opportunities to make business ethical (e.g. the 2012 Rio + 20 Earth Summit). It then suggests possible future terrain for tenable CSR research (and practice), especially in the context of widespread cynicism and disbelief regarding the claims of business ethicists in industry and the academy.

Foley, C, Schlenker, K, Edwards, D & Lewis-Smith, L 2013, 'Determining Business Event Legacies Beyond the Tourism Spend: An Australian Case Study Approach', Event Management, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 311-322.
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Government and industry are aware that the full value of the business event sector needs to be established. To date, the sector has been evaluated on the economic contribution it makes to host destination tourism. The tourism contributions have been impressive in themselves; however, this narrow focus has failed to account for a more extensive set of contributions to economies and communities. Impacts from business events in areas such as innovation, education, networking, trade, research, and practice are generally considered to outweigh the financial returns of the tourism spend. Although anecdotal evidence of the value of business events beyond the tourism dimension has been evident for some time, empirical research in this area is limited. This article has four objectives: first, to highlight the research need for understanding the broader impacts of business events beyond the tourism spend; second, to identify the range and impact of contributions made by business events to host communities beyond the tourism spend; third, to examine five Australian business events utilizing a grounded theory approach and present a range of identified legacies in the categories of knowledge expansion; networking, relationships, and collaboration; educational outcomes; raising awareness and profiling; and showcasing and destination reputation. Finally, the article discusses the implications of these findings for the business events sector.

Frawley, S 2013, 'Organising Sport at the Olympic Games: The Case of Sydney 2000', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF SPORT, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 527-544.
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In this paper, the interdependent and fluid organisational networks that form to organise Olympic Games are analysed using Norbert Elias's concept of human figurations. Rather than considering organisational situations and developments in static terms, Eliasian process sociology frames the place of organisations within the broader social and historical contexts in which they operate. From an Eliasian perspective, the organisation of a mega-project, such as the Olympic Games, is not only the result of recent developments but also of countless social and organisational figurations that developed over many years prior to the winning of a bid to stage the event. In this regard, the organisation of the Olympic Games is the result of both planned and unplanned consequences of organising over which no one individual ever has total control.

Frawley, S 2013, 'Organizational Power and the Management of a Mega-Event: The Case of Sydney 2000', Event Management, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 247-260.
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The organization of a mega-event such as the Olympic Games is a complex task involving a multitude of individuals and stakeholder groups. In 2000, Australia's largest city, Sydney, staged the summer olympic games. The agency given primary responsibility for these games was the Sydney organizing committee for the olympic games (SOCOG). Two additional organizations also played a central role in the management of the event: The Australian Olympic Committee and the New South Wales Government. This article explores the role played by the host national olympic committee as a key Olympic stakeholder in the organization of the olympic games. The research highlights that organization of a mega-project, such as the olympic games, is not only the result of recent developments but also of countless social and organizational figurations that developed over many years prior to the winning of a bid to stage the event.

Fujak, H & Frawley, SM 2013, 'The Barassi Line: Quantifying Australia's Great', Sporting Traditions, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 93-110.
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The Australian sports landscape features a cultural divide reflected by a distinction in preference between Australian Rules and Rugby football. This cultural phenomenon is associated with a geographic division, known as the `Barassi Line, which demarcates the divergent football preferences of South-Western and North-Eastern Australia. This article aims to assess the existence and strength of the Barassi Line, and discuss the implications of the results in terms of the current competitive environment. Television ratings for a sample of 2,297 AFL and NRL fixtures played between 2007 and 2011 are analysed to determine code specific interest at a region-by-region level.

Hall, R, Agarwal, R & Green, R 2013, 'The future of management education in Australia: challenges and innovations', Education + Training, vol. 55, no. 4/5, pp. 348-369.
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to undertake a survey of the external and internal forces changing the nature of business schools and business education. It aims to investigate how management education responds to increasing productivity, innovation and capability challenges, examine how MBA programs currently meet these demands, and how these courses might redefine their identity and delivery and finally explore how to deepen engagement between business schools and business stakeholders, and to balance the imperatives of relevance and quality.Design/methodology/approachThis is a survey of business schools and business education in the context of evolving educational and industry policy in Australia in response to an increasingly international and competitive economy. The different potential roles and strategies of business schools are examined, and future strategies identified.FindingsThe paper finds that management education is facing insistent pressure to change internationally, and that business schools need to become more dynamic, innovative and responsive to succeed.Research limitations/implicationsThis survey considers the implications of recent policy on business education and relates this to emerging practice. Further research is required on how innovative pedagogical approaches will deliver more integrated and relevant business education.Practical implicationsThe paper defines key business school strategies, and outlines significant new approaches to making business education more innovative, ...

Hassanli, N, Brown, G & Tajzadeh-Namin, A 2013, 'Tourist decision-making: selecting a travel agency in Iran', Anatolia, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 438-451.
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This paper identifies factors that influence the decision to select a travel agency when purchasing domestic package tours in Iran. The analysis of 176 questionnaires reveals the relative importance placed on "product features", "service delivery", "price", "advertising", and "image and accessibility of travel agency". It is found that females attach more importance to "product features" while retirees place more emphasis on "service delivery" compared to other groups. Comparison of questionnaires completed by managers and tourists indicates significant differences in the effectiveness of seven attributes. Travel agencies can use the findings to more effectively meet the needs of tourist markets. © 2013 © 2013 Taylor & Francis.

Hergesell, A & Dickinger, A 2013, 'Environmentally friendly holiday transport mode choices among students: the role of price, time and convenience', Journal of Sustainable Tourism, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 596-613.
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Transport mode choice is a critical element in holiday decision-making, affecting other components of the holiday and the holiday's environmental impacts. This study investigates the role of price, time and convenience regarding transport mode choice using a stated choice experiment. It explores differences in mode choice among European student travelers, a very active travel segment, with some environmental awareness but low regard for the environmental impacts of their travels. Survey data from 372 respondents, resulting in 5952 choice situations, gives insight into transport mode choice and the role of travel cost, travel time, punctuality, access time/mode, travel class and type of connection. Results indicate that cost is the most important product attribute followed by time, with convenience playing a secondary role for student travelers. Flying emerged as the top choice (50%), followed by rail (25%) and car (21%). The findings also show that the degree of respondents' general pro-environmental behavior-rather than their environmental attitudes-shapes students' transport mode choices. However, a complex picture emerges, with a range of varying perceptions about the importance of time components (punctuality and access time) for each mode, and a negative threshold for journeys by rail of over five hours. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Imison, M & Schweinsberg, S 2013, 'Australian news media framing of medical tourism in low- and middle-income countries: a content review', BMC Public Health, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 1-12.
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Background Medical tourism - travel across international borders for health care appears to be growing globally, with patients from high-income nations increasingly visiting low- and middle-income countries to access such services. This paper analyses Australian television and newspaper news and current affairs coverage to examine how medical tourism and these destinations for the practice are represented to media audiences. Methods Electronic copies of Australian television (n?=?66) and newspaper (n?=?65) items from 20052011 about medical care overseas were coded for patterns of reporting (year, format and type) and story characteristics (geographic and medical foci in the coverage, news actors featured and appeals, credibility and risks of the practice mentioned). Results Australian media coverage of medical tourism was largely focused on Asia, featuring cosmetic surgery procedures and therapies unavailable domestically. Experts were the most frequently-appearing news actors, followed by patients. Common among the types of appeals mentioned were access to services and low cost. Factors lending credibility included personal testimony, while uncertainty and ethical dilemmas featured strongly among potential risks mentioned from medical tourism.

Islam, MN, Paul, SK & Azeem, A 2013, 'Fuzzy optimisation of multi-objective job shop scheduling based on inventory information', International Journal of Services and Operations Management, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 123-123.
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Job shop scheduling problems are one of the oldest combinatorial optimisation problems being studied. In this paper, fuzzy processing times of operations and fuzzy due dates of jobs are considered to incorporate fuzziness in the problem. Percentage of inventory consumption and profit earned form the orders are also considered in this fuzzy multi-objective job shop scheduling problem. Fuzzy inference system (FIS) is used to calculate the job weights based on the percentage of inventory consumption for a particular job and profit can be earned from the jobs. Average weighted tardiness, number of tardy jobs, total flow time and idle times of machines are considered as objectives which should be minimised. In this paper, genetic algorithm (GA) is used as a heuristic technique with specially encoded chromosomes that denotes the complete schedule of the jobs. A local search technique, simulated annealing (SA) is also used to compare the results obtained in two different methods. Different problem sizes has been tested and the fitness function values and computation times of the problems for each method is compared. © 2013 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

Jarzabkowski, P, Lê, JK & Van de Ven, AH 2013, 'Responding to competing strategic demands: How organizing, belonging, and performing paradoxes coevolve', Strategic Organization, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 245-280.
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This article develops an empirically grounded process model of how managers in organizations respond to coexisting paradoxical tensions. With a longitudinal real-time study, we examine how a telecommunications firm copes with an organizing paradox between market and regulatory demands and how this paradox influences belonging and performing paradoxes for managers. These paradoxes coevolve over time as managers shift from defensive responses that attempt to circumvent paradox to active responses that accept and work within paradox. Our process model clarifies the recursive relationship between different kinds of paradox, the cumulative impact of responses to paradox over time, and the way that responses to paradox become embedded in organizational structures.

Klettner, AL, Clarke, T & Boersma, M 2013, 'The impact of soft law on social change: Measurable objectives for achieving gender diversity on board of directors', Australian Journal of Corporate Law, vol. 28, pp. 148-176.
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In 2010 the Australian Securities Exchange's Principles of Corporate Governance were amended to include three new recommendations dealing with gender diversity in listed corporations. The recommendations suggest that companies implement a diversity policy, set measurable objectives for achieving gender diversity and measure the number of women at various levels of the organisation. This article examines companies early response to the amendments. It presents an empirical analysis of the disclosures made by ASX 200 companies in their 2011 annual reports. The article builds on and develops research carried out by the authors for the 2012 Australian Census of Women in Leadership which found that, although the number of women on corporate boards had increased since 2010, there was not a similar increase in women in senior executive teams. It presents evidence that there are positive changes being implemented in the majority of ASX 200 companies that should, over time, make a difference to the ability of women to reach positions of leadership. The Australian approach of encouraging change through organisation-wide policy improvements and targets will hopefully improve female representation along the length of the pipeline to leadership and not only at the top. The ASX policy was formulated in the context of an international debate regarding the relative benefits of quotas and targets in achieving gender diversity on boards. In major European countries mandatory quotas were adopted, while in Australia and other countries voluntary targets set. Quotas secure substantial change through compliance, while targets may encourage change through strategic initiatives. This research examines early evidence of the impact of both hard and soft law on social change

Lancione, M & Clegg, S 2013, 'The Chronotopes of Change: Actor-Networks in a Changing Business School', Journal of Change Management, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 117-142.
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This article investigates how a leading business school is reshaping its identity through a process that includes, but is not limited to, the building of a new facility designed by the Canadian architect Frank Gehry, as well as a major revision of the teaching programmes, ethos and branding. By investigating this process in an actor-network theory fashion, and introducing the notion of chronotope, the article answers three central questions related to the notion of change: How does organizational change happen in the daily life of a project? What gives unity to a chain of small relational changes? How can processual change possibly be managed? Theoretically, the article argues that change emerges in the micro-dynamics of organizing, fragments that are stitched together by macro-dominant narratives, in a constant process of translations that occur between human and non-human actants. The management of change is pursued through a constant micro-politics of network maintenance and enactment.

Leung, L 2013, 'INTRODUCTION', REFUGE, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 5-7.

Mahbub, N, Paul, SK & Azeem, A 2013, 'A neural approach to product demand forecasting', International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 1-1.
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This paper develops an artificial neural network (ANN) model to forecast the optimum demand as a function of time of the year, festival period, promotional programmes, holidays, number of advertisements, cost of advertisements, number of workers and availability. The model selects a feed-forward back-propagation ANN with 13 hidden neurons in one hidden layer as the optimum network. The model is validated with a furniture product data of a renowned furniture company. The model has also been compared with a statistical linear model named Brown's double smoothing model which is normally used by furniture companies. It is observed that ANN model performs much better than the linear model. Overall, the proposed model can be applied for forecasting optimum demand level of furniture products in any furniture company within a competitive business environment. Copyright © 2013 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

Martin, AJ, Wilson, R, Liem, GAD & Ginns, P 2013, 'Academic Momentum at University/College: Exploring the Roles of Prior Learning, Life Experience, and Ongoing Performance in Academic Achievement across Time', The Journal of Higher Education, vol. 84, no. 5, pp. 640-674.
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Martin, AJ, Wilson, R, Liem, GAD & Ginns, P 2013, 'Academic Momentum at University/College: Exploring the Roles of Prior Learning, Life Experience, and Ongoing Performance in Academic Achievement Across Time', The Journal of Higher Education, vol. 84, no. 5, pp. 640-674.
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Maxwell, H, Foley, C, Taylor, T & Burton, C 2013, 'Social Inclusion in Community Sport: A Case Study of Muslim Women in Australia', JOURNAL OF SPORT MANAGEMENT, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 467-481.
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This paper considers how organizational practices facilitate and inhibit the social inclusion of Muslim women in a community sport setting. A case study of social inclusion practices in an Australian community sport organization (CSO) was built through interviews, focus groups, secondary data, and documentary evidence. Drawing on the work of Bailey (2005, 2008) the analysis employed a social inclusion framework comprised of spatial, functional, relational, and power dimensions. Findings indicated that there are a range of practices which facilitate social inclusion. Paradoxically, some of the practices that contributed to social inclusion at the club for Muslim women resulted in social exclusion for non-Muslim women. Examining each practice from multiple perspectives provided by the social inclusion framework allowed a thorough analysis to be made of the significance of each practice to the social inclusion of Muslim women at the club. Implications for social inclusion research and sport management practice are discussed. © 2013 Human Kinetics, Inc.

McDonald, M & Wearing, S 2013, 'A Reconceptualisation of the Self in Humanistic Psychology: Heidegger, Foucault and the Sociocultural Turn', Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 37-59.
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AbstractSince the early 1970s humanistic psychology has struggled to remain a relevant force in the social and psychological sciences, we attribute this in part to a conceptualisation of the self rooted in theoretically outmoded thinking. In response to the issue of relevancy a sociocultural turn has been called for within humanistic psychology, which draws directly and indirectly on the conceptual insights of Michel Foucault. However, this growing body of research lacks a unifying conceptual base that is able to encompass its new perspectives (its call for a sociocultural turn) and the movement’s theoretical antecedents (the actualising tendency). This analysis suggests a way forward by offering a potential reconceptualisation of the self in humanistic psychology through the existential-phenomenology of Martin Heidegger. We argue that Heidegger’s conception of the self takes account of subjectivities produced in discourse and institutional practice, while acknowledging the human capacity for actualisation in his concept of the authentic-self.

Misener, L, Darcy, S, Legg, D & Gilbert, K 2013, 'Beyond Olympic Legacy: Understanding Paralympic Legacy Through a Thematic Analysis', Journal of Sport Management, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 329-341.
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Over the last decade a great deal of work has examined major sport event legacies and event leverage. Much of this work has involved Olympic studies and this paper seeks to add to the body of knowledge surrounding major sport event legacies by examining the largely overlooked area of the Paralympic Games. The Paralympic Games are the second largest multisport event after the Olympic Games depending upon which parameters are used and since Sydney 2000 there has been an ‘operational partnership’ where bid cities are required to host both Games. Yet, few studies have evaluated the comparative outcomes, legacies and event leverage that Paralympic games have generated. This paper addresses this absence by conducting a thematic analysis of Paralympic legacy research. The thematic analysis used a combination of keywords involving event legacy across 13 major academic databases. Of the 43 articles identified as having Paralympic legacy related content only 13 articles empirically investigated Paralympic legacy. In reviewing the research, it is noted that the bulk of the research has focused on Summer Paralympic Games with little interest in the Winter Paralympic Games. The major findings for legacy-based research include: infrastructure; sport; information education, and awareness; human capital; and managerial changes. However, while these findings may seem congruent with major event legacies frameworks conceptually, an examination of the detailed findings shows that Paralympic legacy research is isomorphic and adds a new component to existing legacy dimensions.

Nikolova, N, Clegg, S, Fox, S, Bjørkeng, K & Pitsis, T 2013, 'Uncertainty Reduction Through Everyday Performative Language Work', International Studies of Management & Organization, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 74-89.
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In this study, we focus on coaching in the context of small and medium-size enterprises in the creative industries. We draw on data collected from five business-coaching organizations over numerous coaching encounters with their clients. Using detailed conversational data drawn from these coaching encounters we analyze the ways in which business coaches practice "active listening" and "reflective questioning" in order to reduce the uncertainties they and their clients face when working together. We show that they do so through the strategy of positioning "performance" as central to their practice. Successful performances depend on the ability to convince clients that one's performance is what it represents itself to be: a performance that is brought off by detailed everyday language work, mimicking the client's language back on to the client. In this way, coaches demonstrate themselves as skilled analysts of everyday life and masters of listening.

Orsato, RJ, Clegg, SR & Falcão, H 2013, 'The Political Ecology of Palm Oil Production', Journal of Change Management, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 444-459.
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The paper analyses the social and environmental issues involved in disputes relating to the sustainability of the palm oil industry. These disputes have been aired in and around the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil. We start by developing a review of types of voluntary environmental initiative or green clubs, as they have also been called, in this context. The study is based on extensive fieldwork in the setting of the disputes (the island of Borneo) and analysis of the different levels in the global value chain of the palm oil industry, including local organizations, the industry structure overall, as well as the local governments of Malaysia and Indonesia. The use of the political ecology framework for the analysis of the palm oil industry contributes not only to the development of a more institutional-power perspective, but also provides solid grounds for the understanding of green clubs - an increasingly important type of organization. © 2013 Taylor & Francis.

Paul, SK 2013, 'Sustainable sequencing of N jobs on one machine: a fuzzy approach', International Journal of Services and Operations Management, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 44-44.
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Sequencing of jobs on one machine is a very common problem in scheduling. Several factors have to be taken into consideration to make the sequencing more realistic. In this paper, a fuzzy inference system is developed to tackle the uncertainty of variables in a sequencing problem. Arrival order, processing time, due date, slack time remaining, critical ratio, queue ratio and slack time remaining per operation, are considered as input variables and priority of jobs is considered as output variable. Multiple objectives are fulfilled as priority is obtained from the aggregated optimised result of individual rule developed in a rule editor. A job with higher priority is given more preferences in sequencing. MATLAB fuzzy logic toolbox is used to develop the model. A numerical example is presented to explain the approach. Copyright © 2013 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

Perrott, BE 2013, 'Including Customers in Health Service Design', Health Marketing Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 114-127.
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This article will explore the concept and meaning of codesign as it applies to the delivery of health services. The results of a pilot study in health codesign will be used as a research based case discussion, thus providing a platform to suggest future research that could lead to building more robust knowledge of how the consumers of health services may be more effectively involved in the process of developing and delivering the type of services that are in line with expectations of the various stakeholder groups.

Perrott, BE 2013, 'Knowledge Flows in Health Communities of Practice', Health Marketing Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 319-333.
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This article will examine a case study of an outpatient's clinic in an Australian public hospital with the objective of gaining a better understanding of the issues related to knowledge dynamics in communities of practice within a health care environment. This case study research approach was considered to provide a fine-grained approach recommended for improved understanding of nuances, detail, and the forces underlying the phenomena under observation. Focus on detail was an important attribute of this study notwithstanding possible shortcomings in not being able to externalize the research findings. Of the four modes of knowledge exchange observed to take place in this public hospital community of practice, Mode C (tacit to explicit) stands out as a key finding. Here, the release of each individual's tacit knowledge is forthcoming and free flowing given the established culture of trust in this clinic. The informal communication environment in the luminal space of their workplace corridor provided a conducive environment that enabled a free-flowing exchange of community knowledge. Health-care managers are increasingly required to guide the use and flow of knowledge within their organizations. The insights gained from this project will provide them with a better understanding of knowledge dynamics within a health-care community of practice, which is a microcosm of the larger organization

Pina e Cunha, M, Clegg, SR, Rego, A & Story, J 2013, 'From the Physics of Change to Realpolitik: Improvisational Relations of Power and Resistance', Journal of Change Management, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 460-476.
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Plé, L & Clegg, S 2013, 'How does the customer fit in relational coordination? An empirical study in multichannel retail banking', M@n@gement, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 1-1.
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Reggers, AL, Schweinsberg, SC & Wearing, SL 2013, 'Understanding Stakeholder Values in Co-Management Arrangements for Protected Area Establishment on the Kokoda Track, Papua New Guinea', Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 45-60.
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Over recent years, a number of scholars have drawn attention to the importance of broad stakeholder participation in natural resource management. The general trend toward a more democratic attitude amongst many resource management practitioners has also amplified pressure for the development of processes whereby the full spectrum of stakeholders can engage in the development of sustainable natural resource management plans. Theories of co-management have formed an important part of research in this field for a number of years, and more recently there has been a concerted academic attempt to develop methodologies for operationalizing co-management. The aim of this paper is to present an operationalization of the action arena developed by Carlsson and Berkes (2005), which is a six-step methodological schema for enacting co-management arrangements in natural resource management. The action arena is essentially the community or resource system under investigation. Carlsson and Berkes (2005) note that first an understanding of the action arena is required prior to proceeding to the management tasks to be performed, and identifying the stakeholder linkages that must be analysed in order to determine opportunities for capacity building and strategies for conflict resolution.

Reid, C & Collins, J 2013, '‘No-one ever asked me': the invisible experiences and contribution of Australian emigrant teachers', Race Ethnicity and Education, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 268-290.
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Teachers possess qualifications and experience that opens the door to professional migration. It is common when considering the diversity or otherwise of the teaching profession to treat the dominant group of teachers in terms of ethnicity as the other side of a simplistic binary. That is, the immigrant or minority background teacher versus the culturally homogenous mainstream teacher. There is little research that examines the experiences and contributions of teachers from the dominant group who have themselves been emigrant teachers. In this article the results of a nationally funded research partnership across three states in Australia examines issues that face many globally mobile teachers. These include negotiating the qualification process and the acquiring of appropriate immigration permits, their experience in classrooms, the reasons that they wanted to teach overseas and their overall evaluation of the experience. The article first looks at the methodology and characteristics of the sample before exploring the emigrant teachers experience from leaving Australia to getting to teach in classrooms abroad, and, in most cases, finally returning to Australia. These experiences are then analysed using Bourdieu's (1984) theory of reconversion to reflect on the comparative similarities and differences between minority and/or immigrant and emigrant teachers in Australia. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Richards, J, Kaufman, Z, Schulenkorf, N, Wolff, E, Gannett, K, Siefken, K & Rodriguez, G 2013, 'Advancing the Evidence Base of Sport for Development: A New Open-Access, Peer-Reviewed Journal', Journal of sport for development, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 1-3.
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We are pleased to release the first edition of the Journal of Sport for Development (JSFD) and we would like to take this opportunity to briefly describe its origins and objectives. In doing so, we endeavour to clarify for researchers, implementers, funders and policy-makers how we believe JSFD fits into the expanding sport for development (SFD) landscape.It is widely accepted that the United Nations International Year of Sport and Physical Education (IYSPE) in 2005 was an advocacy success and sparked a mass expansion in the SFD sector.1This built on several previous international resolutions that recognised recreational play as a human right and emphasised the social potential of sport.2-9 Over the last decade, SFD has enjoyed widespread and international growth, in terms of resources, constituents, and public awareness.10 During this period several entities have attempted to define and demarcate the SFD sector. We believe that establishing a common definition is a critical step towards unifying a diverse range of stakeholders, many of which separately articulate the role of sport for social change and peace. However, we prefer to view these areas as integral parts of the sector and have adapted a previously described broad and inclusive definition for SFD:

Schulenkorf, N & Adair, D 2013, 'Temporality, transience and regularity in sport-for-development: synchronizing programs with events', Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 99-104.
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Definitions on sport-for-development remain silent on guidelines for the longevity and regularity of projects. In other words, initiatives ranging from one-day sport events to decade-long sport programs are all combined - simplistically so - under the S4D definitional banner. We argue that this vagueness provides significant challenges for academics and practitioners trying to evaluate, compare and learn from different projects. A focus on temporality, transience and regularity (TTR) within the S4D paradigm may open up the prospect of analyzing the duration and cycle of different types of S4D activities, i.e. transitory one-off activities, occasional interventions and ongoing day-to-day programs, and trying to pinpoint the efficacy of these approaches in relation to the aspirations of S4D project organizers, the needs of local populations and the impacts on host communities. With this background and research problem in mind, this paper will investigate the inter-related themes of TTR in S4D. We also pursue an associated proposition by theorizing the potential significance of synchronizing special events with regular sport programs.

Schweinsberg, S, Wearing, SL & McManus, P 2013, 'Exploring sustainable tourism education in business schools: The honours program', Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 53-60.
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This paper examines the future of sustainability education in tourism honours programs in Australian tertiary institutions, an issue of international relevance as many tourism programs are located in mainstream business schools. Its suggests that while industry relevant skills acquisition is an important characteristic of undergraduate tourism education; the tourism honours year requires the opportunity for students to incorporate critical reflection into their study of tourism and in recent times particularly those issues related to sustainability. Sustainability embraces the critical and has sought to straddle neo-liberal and socialist positions through its incorporation of various strands of intellectual thought including equity, limits to growth, nature, poverty and development. In order to improve the quality of sustainability education in tourism honours programs the authors have looked for lessons that can be taken from geography. Within Australian tertiary institutions tourism programs are increasingly being incorporated into mainstream business faculties. Tourism offers an applied lens through which business students can be exposed to the various themes of business practice including: sustainability, ethics, marketing, economics and statistics. This paper does not argue against business focused tourism teaching but instead looks at ways in which renewed engagement with tourisms various disciplinary bases can equip Honours students with the visioning and critical thinking skills that are necessary for a rounded sustainability education

Sharma, MD, Stewart, C, Wilson, R & Gökalp, MS 2013, 'Can a Syllabus Change Impact onStudents’ Perceptions of Science?Fragmented and CohesiveConceptions of Physics', EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 9, no. 1.
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Sharma, MD, Stewart, C, Wilson, R & Gökalp, MS 2013, 'Student Approaches to Learning in Physics – Validity and Exploration Using Adapted SPQ', International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 241-253.
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Simpson, AV, Clegg, S & Pina e Cunha, M 2013, 'Expressing Compassion in the Face of Crisis: Organizational Practices in the Aftermath of the Brisbane Floods of 2011', JOURNAL OF CONTINGENCIES AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 115-124.
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Compassion is almost universally acknowledged as an important issue in the crisis management literature. The dominant perspective, however, approaches compassion instrumentally. The findings of this study on the compassionate support offered (or not) to employees during and after the Brisbane flood crisis of January 2011 provide insight into crisis management as a continuous process rather than a reactionary response when disaster arises. Three significant policy implications are generated: First, compassionate discourses and categorization schemas should be clearly articulated within the organization before crisis. Second, compassionate policies and practices need to be embedded in ongoing organizational routines and policies. Third, initiatives framed as compassion responses should not be assumed to necessarily create positive outcomes; rather, outcomes should be assessed on an ongoing basis

Simpson, AV, Clegg, SR & Freeder, D 2013, 'Compassion, power and organization', Journal of Political Power, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 385-404.
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In this paper, we analyse the significance of compassion as an emotion in its relationship to various manifestations of power within the organisational context. We critique those theories of compassion that assume that compassion in organsational contexts is motivated only by a noble intent. The paper draws on a study of organisational responses to the flood that devastated the City of Brisbane Australia on the morning of 11 January 2011. We use a framework of 'circuits of power' to provide a triple focus on interpersonal, organisational and societal uses of power together with a model of coercive, instrumental and normative organisational power. We present our findings in a framework constructed by overlapping these frameworks. The unique contribution of this paper is to provide a conceptualisation of organisational compassion enmeshed with various modes of power exercised in and by organisations. © 2013 © 2013 Taylor & Francis.

Singleton, J & Darcy, S 2013, '‘Cultural life’, disability, inclusion and citizenship: moving beyond leisure in isolation', Annals of Leisure Research, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 183-192.
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We reside within a global village, with approximately 10% of the worlds population or 650 million people (including about 200 million children) living with some form of disability (United Nations 2011). This has been estimated to rise to 1.2 billion by 2050 (United Nations 2011). The World Health Organization and the United Nations have recognized that people with disability have a right to access services from all areas of citizenship. The purpose of this special issue of Annals of Leisure Research was to seek contributions examining the inclusion and citizenship of people with disability in `cultural life, defined by the United Nations (2006) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability (CRPWD) to include recreation, leisure, the arts, sport and tourism. In particular, the issue aimed to: (1) clarify what the terms inclusion and citizenship mean in different cultures; (2) place inclusion to and citizenship of `cultural life across discourses relating to economic, social and environmental contexts that affect people with disabilities participation; and (3) discuss the terms inclusion and citizenship from the ideological frameworks of government, researchers, providers of service or disability advocacy groups

Singleton, J & Darcy, S 2013, 'Corrigendum', Annals of Leisure Research, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. ebi-ebi.
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Subramani, P & Agarwal, R 2013, 'Opportunities and pitfalls associated with coordination structures in supply chain management: An exploratory case study', International Journal of Supply Chain Management, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 17-31.
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Supply chain management has recently received considerable attention with an aim to reduce production costs, manage risks, reduce delays, maximize profit, and improve the quality of products, with the result of increased competitiveness and profitability for all stakeholders. It is in this context that this paper investigates what coordination structures (focal, mediated or collaborative) are adopted by supply chains in an attempt to conduct integrative planning. We investigate what coordination structure is required by the focal firm to successfully manage supply chain activities. This paper draws on evidence from the extant literature and demonstrates the prevalence of the newly defined coordination structures in the manufacturing of complex products with a multitude supply chain based on findings from exploratory case studies. Potential opportunities and pitfalls associated with each of the coordination structures in regards to governance, supply risk, quality and supplier involvement practices are examined. Hypotheses are developed to help understand the impact of coordination structures on various supply chain activities. Previous studies have not considered the potential pitfalls and opportunities for the focal firm in choosing to adopt a particular coordination structure in the complex products manufacturing industry, which poses specific regulatory considerations. The two explanatory case studies also consider the perspective of tier 2 suppliers, which are not commonly considered in the supply chain literature. Moreover, this research is able to demonstrate that there is no such coordination structure as one size fits all, and instead illustrates that even different component supply chains in the same organisation can have different coordination structures.

Sugahara, S & Wilson, R 2013, 'Discourse Surrounding the International Education Standards for Professional Accountants (IES): A Content Analysis Approach', Accounting Education, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 213-232.
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Thomson, A, Schlenker, K & Schulenkorf, N 2013, 'Conceptualizing Sport Event Legacy', Event Management, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 111-122.
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Events legacies have become a common feature in the public policy rhetoric surrounding sport events of all sizes. Public policy planners and event organizers are increasingly promoting the legacies of sport events to justify significant investments required to host them. Within the context of special events, legacy is most often recognized as the long-term or permanent outcomes for a host city from staging an event. These outcomes include potential economic, tourism, social, physical, and/or environmental factors. However, the justification of legacies from events remains complicated due to inconsistent conceptualizations of legacy across academic and industry practice. While legacy is an increasing component of event bids as well as funding justifications and postevent reports, the concept itself has attracted limited critical analysis. This article puts forth a comprehensive review of literature that has sought to define legacy, from 1991–2008, drawing on event management, sport management, and urban planning contexts. An inductive interpretive analysis of definitions was undertaken, in which key considerations were identified and definitions assessed against these. The analysis revealed five key considerations of legacy in application to the sport event management context. In doing so, this article contributes to both theoretical debate and improved strategic practice surrounding the emergence of “legacy” as justification for staging sport events.

Vad Baunsgaard, V & Clegg, S 2013, '‘Walls or Boxes’: The Effects of Professional Identity, Power and Rationality on Strategies for Cross-Functional Integration', Organization Studies, vol. 34, no. 9, pp. 1299-1325.
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Small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are recognized as drivers of economic growth, yet commonly face low innovation and organizational success due to insufficient cross-functional integration. We pose the simple question: what factors hinder cross-functional integration from occurring? We analyse cross-functional integration at management level by developing the framework of dominant ideological modes of rationality, composing professional identity, power relations and rationalities and through the construct of ‘members’ categorization devices’ (MCDs). The article builds theory from a longitudinal in-depth empirical investigation of ‘everyday’ micro-political processes involved in cross-functional integration by drawing on political and ethnomethodological perspectives. It provides novel findings on the dynamics between power relations and cross-functional integration, the influence of ‘thought worlds’ of different functions involved in the innovation process, and contributes empirical evidence that professional identity produces power relations and rationality. Implications for theory, method and practice are considered.

Veal, AJ 2013, 'Open space planning standards in Australia: in search of origins', Australian Planner, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 224-232.
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While national standards for open space planning have long been subject to criticism, their use is still advocated in a number of Australian state planning guidelines, even if only as a 'starting point'. This suggests that the British and American origins of open space standards commonly used in Australia are believed by some to have at least a modicum of credibility. This paper seeks to establish documented evidence of the link between Australian standards and their British and American origins and to examine the scientific basis for the latter. It was found to be impossible to establish clear, explicit and documented statements of such links. Furthermore, it was found that, in the case of American standards, the responsible organisation was itself unable to explain their basis and abandoned their use in 1996. In the case of British standards, it is found that they were based on estimated demand for sport in Britain in 1925, have remained substantially unchanged since the 1930s and do not include standards for informal open space. No evidence was found of any efforts to establish Australian standards based on contemporary Australian recreation demand patterns. © 2013 Planning Institute Australia.

Veal, AJ 2013, 'Special issue: leisure and public policy', World Leisure Journal, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 214-214.
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Wang, Y, Feng, T & Keller, LR 2013, 'A further exploration of the uncertainty effect', Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 291-310.
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Individual valuation of a binary lottery at values less than the lottery's worst outcome has been designated as the 'uncertainty effect'. Our paper aims to explore the boundary conditions of the uncertainty effect by investigating a plausible underlying

Wearing, S & McGehee, NG 2013, 'Volunteer tourism: A review', TOURISM MANAGEMENT, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 120-130.
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This paper examines the current state of 'volunteer tourism,' both as a field of study and modern phenomenon. The foundation of the review rests upon themes initiated over 10 years ago in Volunteer Tourism: Experiences That Make a Difference (Wearing, 2001). The review begins with a discussion of the explosive growth of volunteer tourism (research and practice) and continues with an analysis of the literature utilizing a multiphasic format that reflects the volunteer tourism process. Specifically, the paper includes a review of research in the area of pre-trip motivations, continues through work focussing on the volunteer tourism experience itself with emphasis on the role of the volunteer tourism organization and the community, and ends with discussion of the literature in the areas of post-trip reflections and transformations. Conclusions include recommendations for future research. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.

Wearing, SL, McDonald, M & Wearing, M 2013, 'Consumer culture, the mobilisation of the narcissistic self and adolescent deviant leisure', LEISURE STUDIES, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 367-381.
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The purpose of this analysis is to investigate the consumer packaging of adolescent deviance through commodified leisure. It argues that under conditions of neoliberalism, deviant leisure is commodified by industry, emptying deviance of its political potential, selling it back to adolescents in the form of narcissistic self-identities. These self-identities appear to challenge authority, albeit produced within youth culture and marketing, purchased and consumed in the belief that it is resistance. Forms of adolescent deviance and narcissism are normalised as challenging, exciting and risky while providing associations with power, wealth, celebrity and physical beauty. In the final analysis, we explore some possibilities for the resistance of market-based constructions of self-identity for adolescents in western consumer cultures.

Welty Peachey, J, Cohen, A, Borland, J & Lyras, A 2013, 'Building social capital: Examining the impact of Street Soccer USA on its volunteers', International Review for the Sociology of Sport, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 20-37.
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Most studies on the use of sport with marginalized populations have centered upon the impact on participants, with few studies examining the impact of these interventions on other stakeholder groups, such as volunteers. While it has been contended that volunteering provides a form of social participation and civic engagement that can foster development of citizenship and social capital, these ideas are disputed and lack empirical evidence. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of Street Soccer USA on its volunteers. Street Soccer USA uses soccer to provide a support system to homeless individuals for making positive life changes. The findings of this qualitative study with five teams in the United States revealed that volunteering fostered the preconditions for and actual social capital development by enhancing awareness and understanding about homelessness, building community and relationships with the homeless, enhancing passion to work in the social justice field, and developing self-satisfaction through a ‘feel good’ mentality. This study contributes to the ongoing discourse on the use of sport to aid in social capital development. By creating increased understanding and a sense of community between different social groups, greater community cohesion and more inclusive social capital can be developed.

Welty Peachey, J, Lyras, A, Borland, J & Cohen, A 2013, 'Street soccer USA cup: Preliminary findings of a sport-for-homeless intervention', ICHPER -- SD Journal of Research in Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport & Dance, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 3-11.
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Over the last decade, the emerging field of sport-for-development (SFD) has advanced global efforts of related and applied scholarship and programming. While most of the existing SFD body of knowledge addresses social challenges of the 'global south', today's economic global recession spreads challenges beyond these regions. Scholars and practitioners of this emerging field are called to address this gap with related and applied scholarship and programming in the 'global north.' Thus, the purpose of this preliminary study was to investigate the perceived impact of the U.S.-based Street Soccer USA Cup on its homeless participants and identify the event's structures and processes that can facilitate positive outcomes. Data collection consisted of conducting focus group interviews with 11 players and six coaches, and engaging in direct observations. Data were analyzed through the process of open, axial, and selective coding. Results indicated positive perceived impact on participants through building a sense of community, creating hope, cultivating an outward focus, fostering goal achievement, and enhancing personal development. The Cup was effective in achieving positive impact through creating a celebratory and festive space for social interaction, and by creating an inclusive climate where achievement was celebrated. Findings derived from this research provide intriguing foundations for further research and development of the SFD field.

Yu, K-H 2013, 'Institutionalization in the Context of Institutional Pluralism: Politics as a Generative Process', Organization Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 105-131.
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Institutionalizing a new organizational template in a pluralistic environment where multiple institutional logics coexist entails unique challenges where actors must negotiate conflict and carry out integrative and adaptive work. This paper examines how organizational actors in a large service sector trade union managed to craft integrative processes out of contentious processes in institutionalizing a new organizational template. Recently, renewed attention has focused on politics as a means through which integration is achieved in organizations under multiple institutional pressures. However, we know relatively little about how politics achieves organizational integration in pluralistic contexts. This paper sheds light on how successful institutionalization processes actually unfold in organizations. While extant literature on intra-organizational political processes has depicted politics mainly as a zero-sum game, findings in this study suggest that politics can be a generative process through which organizations adapt to changing conditions.

Zahin, S, Latif, HH, Paul, SK & Azeem, A 2013, 'A comparative analysis of power demand forecasting with artificial intelligence and traditional approach', International Journal of Business Information Systems, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 359-359.
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Power demand forecasting is a significant factor in the planning and economic and secure operation of modern power system. This research work has compared different forecasting techniques and opted to find out better technique in context of power generation, which varies rapidly from time to time. The dataset has been generated from yearly demand of electricity of Bangladesh for last five years. Year, irrigation season, temperature and rainfall amount have been considered as input parameters where as single output is demand of load in adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS). Another artificial intelligence technique, artificial neural network (ANN) has been used to validate the output results. The best suited traditional technique for forecasting power generation is seasonal forecasting. Seasonal forecasting is also used to compare with ANFIS and ANN to find out better technique. The result of experiment indicates that ANFIS is superior method to tackle forecasting of power generation from different error measures. Copyright © 2013 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

Agarwal, R, Selen, W, Sajib, S & Scerri, M 1970, 'Capability Building leading to Innovation in Service Value Networks Evidences from Industry Case Studies', SMART Conference 2013, LAA, ApicsAU and Interpoint Events, Sydney convention and Exhibition centre.
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In order to succeed in highly competitive markets undergoing rapid technological advancement, professionals and academics have started to realise the importance of building dynamic capabilities. In the context of service companies, this is even more relevant as service firms are increasingly dependent delivering end to end services to their customers by integrating their core competence with other firms within a service value network. Thus, the necessity to investigate the dynamics of collaboration including partnering with their customers has implications for managers. As evident from literature as well as industry experience, collaboration offers unique opportunities to the partners when creating, designing and delivering new services. Value is co-created whilst attempting to combine, mobilise and realign complimentary resources and skills. This research paper intends to provide rich and practical insights about the dynamic capability building processes in the context of a service value network. Two case studies illustrate the dynamics of collaboration and value co-creation with customer being an intimate part of the delivery process. The first case is a telecommunications company supplying mobile handsets and the second delivers specialised emergency health care services in critical conditions. Semi structured interviews for the two case studies were conducted with key personnel belonging to partnering firms. These interviews demonstrate the dynamic capability building processes used to create value our notion of elevated service offerings. The results are derived through analysing the transcribed interviews using NVIVO software. Subsequently, limitations and managerial implications that can guide managers of service firms on how to create value through collaboration and service innovation is identified.

Agarwal, R, Selen, W, Sajib, S & Scerri, M 1970, 'Dynamic Capability Building through partnering: An Australian Mobile handset case Study', Managing on the Edge - 27th ANZAM Conference, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, ANZAM, Hobart, Australia, pp. 1-18.
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Dynamic capabilities are increasingly seen as an organisational characteristic for innovation and are regarded as a source of competitive advantage. In a quest for sustainability, service organisations are partnering with their stakeholders, and subsequently are aptly bringing innovation in services to market. Most of existing empirical research regarding dynamic capabilities seeks to define and identify specific dynamic capabilities, as well as their organizational antecedents or effects. Yet, the extent to which the antecedents of success in particular dynamic capabilities, contribute to innovation in service organisations remains less researched. This study advances the understanding of such dynamic capability building process through effective collaboration, and highlights the detailed mechanisms and processes of capability building within a service value network framework to deliver innovation in services. Deploying a case study methodology, transcribing interviews with managers and staff from an Australian telco and its partnering organisations, results show that collaboration, collaborative organisational learning, collaborative innovative capacity, entrepreneurial alertness and collaborative agility are all core to fostering innovation in services. Practical implications of this research are significant, and that the impacts of collaboration and the dynamic capabilities mentioned above are discussed in the context of a mobile handset case study.

Bardon, T, Josserand, E & Clegg, S 1970, 'Exploring identity work: Technologies of the self as the missing link', Academy of Management Proceedings, Academy of Management, Academy of Management, Orlando, United States of America, pp. 15945-15945.
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The goal of this manuscript is to further explore the identity work performed by individuals when they are confronted with post-bureaucratic practices attempting to regulate their ways of be(hav)ing. In this respect, we argue that technologies of the self are key to exploring identity work further as they constitute the actual practices through which individuals work on themselves in order to govern who they are and how they behave on a daily basis. In a case study involving the introduction of a post-bureaucratic management practice in a service firm, we identify four ideal types for how individuals perform their identity work. We show how taking into account the role of technologies of the self in this process furthers our understanding of identity work and provides insights into how post-bureaucratic practices attempt to regulate individuals’ identity in contemporary organizations.

Chowdhury, MMH, Dewan, MNA & Quaddus, MA 1970, 'Sustainable supply chain management through compliance of stakeholders' requirements: A study on ready-made garment (RMG) industry of Bangladesh', Proceedings - Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, PACIS 2013, Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, PACIS, Jeju Island, Korea.
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Sustainability in supply chain is now an issue of concurrent focus, as stakeholders are demanding sustainability from the point of production to the point of consumption. Research on sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) is not substantial in number. Most of the studies concentrate on social, environmental, and economic aspects of supply chain in a standalone fashion. Further, previous studies are dominantly conceptual in nature. Comprehensive empirical research on sustainable supply chain management incorporating social, environmental and economic aspects is very rare. Upon existence of such void in the literature this study aims at developing a comprehensive SSCM framework in the context of RMG supply chain of Bangladesh. An exploratory field study utilizing an inductive methodology involving a multiple-case study approach has been undertaken. Data have been collected by conducting face to face interviews with 15 decision makers of RMG manufacturing companies and their suppliers. We utilize content analysis techniques with a view to identify the factors with their associated. It is novel in the research findings that, apart from compliance of the triple bottom line components, compliance of buyers' operational requirements and sustainability governance are also important components of RMG supply chain sustainability. Further, some important interrelationships among sustainability factors have been explored. Finally, based on the extracted sustainability components and their interrelationships an integrated SSCM model has been developed.

Dadpour, R & Wearing, SW 1970, 'Volunteer Tourism Agencies as Intermediaries; Communities' Empowerment Through the Production of New Knowledge', CAUTHE 2013: Tourism and Global Change: On the Edge of Something Big, CAUTHE 2013: Tourism and Global Change: On the Edge of Something Big, Christchurch, N.Z., Lincoln University.
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The purpose of this paper is to invoke a Foucauldian framework in order to re-think the development of volunteer tourism by focussing on the relationship between intermediaries such as volunteer tourism organisations and rural and isolated local communities where this volunteering is occurring. Foucault's concepts of power/knowledge and governmentality provide a 'way of thinking' about this relationship that challenges the dominant discourse of the tourism industry. To further elaborate these alternative concepts, the researchers lead a discussion through a number of areas that impact volunteer tourism development. We examine here a conceptual framework that might be enabling and allow this to occur.

Dewan, MNA, Biswas, NR, Chowdhury, MMH & Quaddus, MA 1970, 'An AHP integrated QFD approach for three dimensional blended value requirements in sustainable e-business modelling: The case of a commercial bank', Proceedings - Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, PACIS 2013, Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), Jeju Island, Korea.
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Fulfillment of customer's requirements alone is not enough to be competitive in today's challenging market. Instead, blended value requirements need to be fulfilled for customer satisfaction, for efficient value process, and to achieve strategic goals including profit. On the other hand, 'e-business modelling' and 'sustainability of the business' are already established terms as e-business converts technology into economic value. Although e-business modelling and sustainability are the two major global trends still there is no common understanding about the elements that need to be used for a sustainable e-business model. This research approach, therefore, uses an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) integrated Quality Function Deployment (QFD) approach to show how blended value requirements can be identified and efficiently fulfilled to achieve sustainability of e-business with a comprehensive case study. This approach is unique in the sense that in developing the model blended value requirements are considered from three dimensions and blended value concept is integrated with customer's value requirements, business's value requirements, and process's value requirements.

Dewan, MNA, Biswas, NR, Chowdhury, MMH & Quaddus, MA 1970, 'An AHP-QFD integrated approach to meet three dimensional environmental value requirements in sustainable e-business modelling', Proceedings - Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, PACIS 2013, Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, Korea Society of Management Information Systems (KMIS), Jeju Island, Korea.
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It is surprising that although 'e-business' and 'sustainability' are the two current major global trends but none of the e-business modelling ideas covers the sustainability aspects of the business. Environmental value requirement is one of the three pillars of sustainability concept that must be fulfilled to achieve a fully sustainable e-business model. A little literature is available on 'sustainability of ICT' but none of them clearly explains how environmental value requirements can be identified and efficiently fulfilled to achieve sustainability in e-business. Recently, companies are successfully using Quality Function Deployment (QFD) as a powerful tool in various fields that addresses strategic and operational decisions in businesses. This research approach, therefore, uses an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) integrated QFD approach to show how environmental value requirements can be identified and efficiently fulfilled to achieve sustainability of e-business with a comprehensive case study. This approach is unique in the sense that in developing the model environmental value requirements are considered from three dimensions and environmental value concept is integrated with customer's value requirements, business's value requirements, and process's value requirements. The approach uses the case of a commercial bank in Bangladesh for the demonstration of the approach.

Edwards, DC, Foley, CT & Schlenker, K 1970, 'Global Talent Hub Report', Advisory Board Meeting, Committee for Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

Edwards, DC, Foley, CT & Schlenker, K 1970, 'Measuring the holistic value of business events.', Business Events Sydney International Advisory Board (IAB) Meeting, Sydney.

Fee, A & McGrath-Champ, S 1970, 'Managing Expatriate Evacuations in Times of Crisis: A Cross-industry Comparison', Academy of Management Proceedings, Academy of Management, pp. 13290-13290.
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Foley, CT, Schlenker, K & Edwards, DC 1970, 'Beyond Tourism Benefits - Measuring the social legacies of business events', Making Waves, ICE 2013 - International Conference on Events, Bournemouth, United Kingdom.

Frawley, SM 1970, 'Beer and Barbie Dolls: Comparing the Demography of Australian Football Viewership to the Advertising Content of Football Broadcasts', International Sociology of Sport Association, Vancouver.

Frawley, SM 1970, 'Human Rights or Human Right to Play Sport? The UN-IOC Relationship', Sport Management Australia and New Zealand, Dunedin.

Frawley, SM 1970, 'Leadership Development and Australian Sport Organisations', Sport Management Australia and New Zealand, Dunedin.

Frawley, SM 1970, 'Participation Legacy and the Hosting of Mega-Sport Events', International Sociology of Sport Association, Vancouver.

Frawley, SM 1970, 'Sport Legacy and the Hosting of Mega-Sport Events', Play the Game, Aarhus.

Godfrey, JL, Wearing, SL & Schulenkorf, N 1970, 'A critical case study of medical volunteer tourists in Peru', Sustainability Issues and Challenges in Tourism Conference, Sustainability Issues and Challenges in Tourism Conference, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, pp. 43-47.
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While there has been an increasing amount of research on volunteer tourism, limited empirical work has explored the phenomenon of medical volunteer tourism. This paper examines a Peru-based commercial volunteer tourism organisation to investigate the experiences of skilled and unskilled volunteer tourists at local medical clinics in Cusco, Peru. An analysis of in-depth interviews with twelve volunteers suggests volunteers performed similar tasks at the medical clinics regardless of their medical background. While it appears the volunteers improved their Spanish language skills and acquired medical experience at under-resourced clinics, they may or may not have benefited the local community.

Kaya, E 1970, 'From Industrial and Residential to a Tourism Precinct: The Rocks of Sydney', Proceedings of the International Academic Conference on Social Sciences, International Academic Conference on Social Sciences, IACSS 2013 Organizing Committee in partnership with National Library of Georgia, Istanbul.
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The transition from industrial use to a publiccreative use is a component of urban renewal, orpublic effort to revitalize aging and decaying innercities. Urban renewal processes often involvecompeting needs, among these the desire to preservehistoric locations and buildings, as well as the need tosatisfy commercial opportunity and demands. Thesehave sometimes translated into hard fought conflictsbetween developers, residents and governments aboutthe public need and greater public good. Meanwhile,tourism has become a significant feature of theeconomy and urban structure of Sydney and also hasplayed a major role in the transformation and redevelopment of industrial districts within cities thathave traditionally accommodated commercial portactivities.This paper explores the role of tourism in heritageplaces. The Rocks has always been considered as asuccess story of regeneration with its proposedtouristic, recreational, residential and commercialactivities. However, this paper argues thattourism/leisure led developments create similar urbanspaces and reduction of multi-identity structures to asingle city image.

Kaya, E 1970, 'Re-developing the Landscape of Nostalgia: Industrial Heritage of Darling Harbour', Tourism and the Shifting Values of Cultural Heritage: Visiting Pasts, Developing Futures – International Conference, 5–9 April 2013, Taipei, Taiwan.

Leung, LT 1970, 'Access from the margins: inclusive service design in the age of a national broadband network', Emerging Issues in Communication Research & Policy, Canberra.
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Paul, SK, Sarker, R & Essam, D 1970, 'Production inventory model with disruption and reliability considerations', Proceedings of International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, CIE, International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering (CIE), Curran Associates, Hong Kong, China, pp. 291-304.
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In this paper, a single stage batch production-inventory system is introduced. For it, the production can face either a sudden or multiple disruptions, for a certain period of time. The model also considers production process reliability because production environment are often imperfect. The problem is formulated as a non-linear constrained optimization problem that considers production capacity, demand, delivery and transportation constraints while attempting to maximize the total profit in the disruption recovery window. The model is also applied to solve production systems with single or multiple disruptions. The production quantity in each cycle in the recovery window is revised after every disruption, for as long as disruptions take place in the system, while considering the effect of all dependent disruptions. The model is solved by using both a pattern search and a genetic algorithm based solution approach. The results are also compared. Both a numerical example and a sensitivity analysis are presented to explain the model.

Powell, CVE, Kolamunnage-Dona, R, Lowe, J, Boland, A, Petrou, S, Doull, I, Hood, K, Williamson, PR & MAGNETIC study group 1970, 'MAGNEsium Trial In Children (MAGNETIC): a randomised, placebo-controlled trial and economic evaluation of nebulised magnesium sulphate in acute severe asthma in children.', Health Technol Assess, NIHR JOURNALS LIBRARY, England, pp. v-216.
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BACKGROUND: There are few data on the role of nebulised magnesium sulphate (MgSO4) in the management of acute asthma in children. Those studies that have been published are underpowered, and use different methods, interventions and comparisons. Thus, no firm conclusions can be drawn. OBJECTIVES: Does the use of nebulised MgSO4, when given as an adjunct to standard therapy in acute severe asthma in children, result in a clinical improvement when compared with standard treatment alone? DESIGN: Patients were randomised to receive three doses of MgSO4 or placebo, each combined with salbutamol and ipratropium bromide, for 1 hour. The Yung Asthma Severity Score (ASS) was measured at baseline, randomisation, and at 20, 40, 60 (T60), 120, 180 and 240 minutes after randomisation. SETTING: Emergency departments and children's assessment units at 30 hospitals in the UK. PARTICIPANTS: Children aged 2-15 years with acute severe asthma. INTERVENTIONS: Patients were randomised to receive nebulised salbutamol 2.5 mg (ages 2-5 years) or 5 mg (ages ≥ 6 years) and ipratropium bromide 0.25 mg mixed with either 2.5 ml of isotonic MgSO4 (250 mmol/l, tonicity 289 mOsm; 151 mg per dose) or 2.5 ml of isotonic saline on three occasions at approximately 20-minute intervals. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary outcome measure was the ASS after 1 hour of treatment. Secondary measures included 'stepping down' of treatment at 1 hour, number and frequency of additional salbutamol administrations, length of stay in hospital, requirement for intravenous bronchodilator treatment, and intubation and/or admission to a paediatric intensive care unit. Data on paediatric quality of life, time off school/nursery, health-care resource usage and time off work were collected 1 month after randomisation. RESULTS: A total of 508 children were recruited into the study; 252 received MgSO4 and 256 received placebo along with the standard treatment. There were no differences in baseline characteristics....

Randhawa, K, Agarwal, R & Josserand, EL 1970, 'Strategically aligning a culture of ‘open innovation’ in organizations', 27th ANZAM Conference:Managing on the Edge, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, ANZAM, Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 1-21.
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Today’s networked and boundaryless organizations are progressively embracing ‘open innovation’ through collaboration and knowledge exchange with stakeholders across their value network to leverage external capabilities in the innovation process. Understanding the complex and relational dynamics at play in this process is fundamental to developing well-aligned networks of open innovation. This paper directs focus to the question of how organizations can strategically align an adaptive culture that fosters open innovation. A conceptual framework is presented to demonstrate how cultural dynamics can be aligned with co-evolutionary learning dynamics so as to enable open innovation outcomes in networked organizations. This framework can form the basis for future empirical research examining the process at stake in the alignment between organizational culture and open innovation.

Sajib, S & Agarwal, R 1970, 'Achieving Dynamic Capability Through Collaborative ICT Infrastructure: A Strategic Driver for SMEs in Emerging Economies', International Conference on Technology Management (ICTM) 2012 conference, Driving the Economy through Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Emerging Agenda for Technology Management, Springer India, Bangalore, India, pp. 137-148.
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Increasingly, small and medium enterprise firms (SMEs) in emerging economies are partnering with large multi-national firms within a âService Value Network (SVN)â. Moreover, these firms are short of resources such as human capital, financial capital, and know-how, which are essential for innovation, development of new technologies, and maintaining sustainable competitive advantage. This paper draws on existing constructs on Collaborative Organisational Infrastructure (COI), Collaborative Architecture Management (CAM) and Information Technology Infrastructure Flexibility (ITIF) from extant literature to demonstrate the importance of governance, leadership, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) infrastructure, and business IT infrastructure flexibility in achieving effective Collaborative Entrepreneurial Alertness (CEA). In particular, this paper theoretically postulates the flow-on effects of partnering in a SVN fostering Entrepreneurial Alertness (EA) capability on individual SME firmsâ capability.

Scerri, M & Agarwal, R 1970, 'The Evolution of the Production Function: Transition to the “Value Creation Cube”', International Conference on Technology Management (ICTM) 2012 conference, Driving the Economy through Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Emerging Agenda for Technology Management, Springer India, Bangalore, India, pp. 561-572.
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This paper is theoretical in nature and follows the evolution of production in the context of developed nations. We begin with the physical nature of industrial economies of the past, move to the service- and knowledge-based economies of the present, and incorporate the emerging creative industries where human creativity forms the basis on which value is created. Paralleled tothis isthe contributions of academic scholars whose theories and models have provided understanding and meaning at each of these evolutionary stages. The paper culminates with our contribution which recombines aspects of each of the models to form the Value Creation Cube framework. The Value Creation Cube framework represents the different perspectives of production, including the human elements of customers, suppliers, shareholders, employees and managers, whilst also provisioning for the technical components that enable the efficient communication and integration of each of the sub-components.

Schlenker, K, Foley, CT & Edwards, DC 1970, 'Events at the Sydney Entertainment Centre: economic and social contributions', Making Waves, ICE 2013 - International Conference on Events, Bournemouth, United Kingdom.

Schweinsberg, SC & Wearing, S 1970, 'Coal seam gas and its impacts on destination image assessment: An investigation of wine tourism in the Hunter Valley, NSW', Annual Conference of the Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education, Informit, Lincoln, New Zealand.
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This project investigates the impact that media coverage of Coal Seam Gas (CSG) exploration in the NSW Hunter Valley is having on tourist perception of the wine tourism industry. We argue that the inclusion of social values methodologies (specifically Personal Construct Theory based repertory grids) in destination image assessment may provide a structured approach for measuring tourist sense of place. In this paper we report on the rationales behind the study, as well as outlining the ways in which repertory grid methodologies are being used to measure the impact of coal seam gas on tourist's sense of place.

Yu, K 1970, 'Social identity and extreme work', Proceedings of the 27th ANZAM Conference, Australia-New Zealand Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Hobart, Australia.
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This paper aims to add to recent literature that has explored why workers might accommodate, accept, or even embrace extreme work. Most work in this vein has found that workers enjoy the psychological—constantly being challenged, working with highly competent peers—and financial benefits of extreme work. By contrast, this study focuses on how the social identity roles of workers influence their attitudes towards extreme work. Two aspects of social identity roles are examined here—membership in low status and marginalized groups, and identification with work as a calling. Findings suggest that willingness to take on extreme work has clear boundaries that arise from subjective value. Workers are sophisticated about assessing the conditions under which extreme work enables the pursuit of identity-motivated goals.

Agarwal, R, Green, R, Brown, PJ & Hannif, Z Report commissioned by Suncorp Group Employee Council (SGEC) 2013, Suncorp Group Employee Council (SGEC): Delivering Value.

Boersma, M, Schofield, J & Swinnen, T Catalyst Australia 2013, Building Sustainability: A Review Of Company Performance In The Commercial Real Estate And Property Sector, pp. 1-28, Sydney, Australia.
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Green, R, Agarwal, R, Roos, G & Scott-Kemmis, D 2013, AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC SECTOR INNOVATION - SHAPING THE FUTURETHROUGH CO-CREATION, Report for the Institute of Public Administration Australia.

Boersma, M 2013, 'Mind the gap: company disclosure discrepancies not sustainable', The Conversation.

Boersma, M 2013, 'The Australian Supply Chain Disclosure Imperative', Pro Bono Australia.

Carabetta, G & Lai, T 2013, ''Police Pay Setting: An International Comparative Perspective' Conference Presentation, Graduate School of Business, RMIT University, Melbourne, Voices at Work, July 2013'.
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Conference Presentation, Graduate School of Business, RMIT University, Melbourne, Voices at Work

Clegg, S, Boreham, P & Dow, G 2013, 'The State, Class and the Recession (Routledge Revivals)', Routledge, pp. 1-331.
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© 1983 Stewart Clegg, Geoff Dow and Paul Boreham. All Rights Reserved. The contributions to this edited collection, first published in 1983, are based on two underlying themes. The first examines the major recession that took hold of the global economy during the 1980s and assesses its effects on key areas of social structure, including political and economic democracy and trade union representation. The second theme considers the limitations of state intervention in such changing circumstances, with particular reference to the welfare state. This is a comprehensive title, which is of great relevance to those with an interest in the current global economic situation and the potential impact of this on the welfare state and class structure.

Clegg, SR 2013, 'Anyone and everyone, potentially: for a political philosophy for all humans, without limits', Informa UK Limited, pp. 157-164.
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A complex normative political theory for liberalism; an ethnography of a life; reflections on the ontological nature of human being as consciousness, body and being in the world; a defence of the ideology of science as a norm of reason; a critique of identity politics, an opposition to all fundamentalisms; an account of the importance of manners for the civilising process and a reflexive account of being Jewish these are the concerns of this book. Clearly, it ranges far and wide, something that hardly makes it an easy book to review. I shall begin this review with an overview of the themes of the book before entering into a more detailed discussion.

Frawley, S & Adair, D 2013, 'Managing the Olympics', Palgrave Macmillan.
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The express purpose of this volume is to critically examine the planning, management and operation of the Olympic Games as the world's premier mega-sport event.