http://dspace1.isd.glam.ac.uk:80/dspace/handle/10265/138 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:45:32 GMT 2013-06-18T22:45:32Z http://dspace1.isd.glam.ac.uk:80/dspace/retrieve/156/BS.JPG http://dspace1.isd.glam.ac.uk:80/dspace/handle/10265/138 http://dspace1.isd.glam.ac.uk:80/dspace/handle/10265/666 Title: Researching workplace bullying:the benefits of taking an integratedapproach Authors: Lewis, Duncan. O Abstract: This paper explores the difficulties encountered by researchers attempting tomeasure the prevalence of negative workplace behaviours and how these might beovercome. Drawing on the first stage of a major ESRC-funded study of workplacebehaviours in Britain, we demonstrate the importance of improved sampling anddata collection methods. We show how judicious use of qualitative data derivedfrom cognitive testing of survey questions can improve substantially the reliabilityand validity of data. In particular, we explain how a battery of questions devisedby social psychologists and used as a standard measure in surveys was tested andrevised following a series of 60 in-depth interviews. These revisions ranged fromfairly minor changes in wording, in order to make questions better understood, tothe elimination of questions which our qualitative work persuaded us were notcapturing data in the way that other researchers might have assumed they did. Mon, 03 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT http://dspace1.isd.glam.ac.uk:80/dspace/handle/10265/666 2013-06-03T23:00:00Z http://dspace1.isd.glam.ac.uk:80/dspace/handle/10265/665 Title: The roles of festivals and special events in rural areas: the Welsh Experience Authors: O'Sullivan, Diane; Pickernell, David G. Abstract: This paper explores the potential roles of festivals and events in economic and social development activities in Wales, examining in particular rural/urban differences. The potential use of festivals and events in economic and social development processes is then explored, both in the literature, and via a survey of the activities of the 22 Unitary Authorities in Wales regarding festivals and events. The results highlight that the vast majority of festivals and events are local in scope, and focus on social capital building. They are also strongly correlated with self employment and rurality. In terms of resourcing local (entrepreneurial) resources may also be supplementing or replacing those from unitary authorities. There is a need to evaluate festivals and events in more sophisticated ways than the traditional economic impact or marketing focus. It may be possible to develop approaches to maximize the social capital building aspects which are most suited to social and general entrepreneurial activity. Mon, 03 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT http://dspace1.isd.glam.ac.uk:80/dspace/handle/10265/665 2013-06-03T23:00:00Z http://dspace1.isd.glam.ac.uk:80/dspace/handle/10265/661 Title: Competitiveness through entrepreneurship: an international analysis Authors: Martins, M. Isabel D.; Martins, Ana M. Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMT http://dspace1.isd.glam.ac.uk:80/dspace/handle/10265/661 2013-04-30T23:00:00Z http://dspace1.isd.glam.ac.uk:80/dspace/handle/10265/660 Title: The role of knowledge management within learning organisations: a comparative study Authors: Martins, Ana M.; Martins, M. Isabel D. Abstract: Change and its role, is evermore increasingly important in organizations. Change therefore, demands new knowledge, new ways of being and new forms of strategic action. For this reason, organizations have to rethink their organizational culture as the latter creates the foundations for continuous learning. In this way, the concept of Organizational learning emerges. This cannot be identified with the low rhythm of human production. Thus, the Learning Organization must motivate the culture, its usage, its diffusion and wherever possible, produce knowledge, the very cornerstone of its competitiveness. Due to the importance of this issue, this paper endeavours to analyse the situation in Cape Verdean - Portuguese companies and their awareness of the issues underlying this analysis. Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMT http://dspace1.isd.glam.ac.uk:80/dspace/handle/10265/660 2013-04-30T23:00:00Z