Edinburgh Napier University

About: Edinburgh Napier University is a education organization based out in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Health care. The organization has 2665 authors who have published 6859 publications receiving 175272 citations.

Organisational culture and work-life conflict in the UK

Abstract: This article employs linear regression techniques to model the variables associated with work‐life balance outcomes of employees. Using data from employee surveys carried out in four financial sector companies in Scotland, it was found that while the level of perceived availability did not have an impact on work‐life balance, organisational culture was significantly associated. This indicates that without a supportive work‐life organisational culture, the provision of arrangements in themselves will not necessarily lead to better work‐life balance outcomes. The analysis also shows that longer working hours, job status, take‐up and experiences of limited access to arrangements were significantly associated with work‐life outcomes. The findings are discussed in the context of recent government legislation and initiatives and further research examining the impact of work‐life initiatives on employees is recommended.

Size-fractionated primary production and nitrogen uptake during a North Atlantic phytoplankton bloom : implications for carbon export estimates

Abstract: A Lagrangian experiment was set up at 47°N 20°W in the northeast Atlantic as part of the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) programme. As an integral part of the programme, this study investigated the uptake of carbon and nitrogen into different algal size classes, and quantified the export of carbon using 15 N stable isotope and 14 C radioisotope studies. Good quality f -ratio field data is of fundamental importance to multi-compartment nitrogen-based upper ocean ecosystem modelling of carbon fluxes: this study provides an appraisal of current north Atlantic field measurements making comparisons with our findings. A phytoplankton bloom was tracked for 18 d from 1 May 1990. Waters were initially well-mixed with surface nutrients of 4–6 mmol NO 3 m −3 and 1.5–2.5 mmol SiO 4 m −3 and surface biomass of 1–1.5 mg chl a m −3 , indicating the likely onset of a bloom. Increased insolation and vertical stability produced a diatom-dominated bloom with a surface biomass peak of 3.5 mg chl a m −3 , decreased nutrient values (0.5 mmol NO 3 m −3 , 0.35 mmol SiO 4 m −3 ), and maximum integrated carbon uptake values of 1970 mg C m −2 d −1 on 17 May. Maximum nitrogen uptake values of 251 mg NO 3 m −2 d −1 were measured on 14 May during the greatest flagellate growth phase. Integrated production rates over the experiment ranged from 0.5 to 1.0 g C m −2 d −1 , and carbon export was estimated at 480 (using NO 3 uptake and Redfield ratios) or 570 (using integrated C assimilation values and the mean weighted f -ratio) mg C m −2 d −1 . The decoupling of maximum carbon and nitrogen uptake rates over a three-day period indicates that it may not be appropriate to use Redfield ratios to convert nitrate-estimated new production to carbon export values, even over time scales of a month. Primary production values are comparable to 1989 North Atlantic Bloom Experiment (NABE) data, despite the fact that phytoplanktonic taxonomic data for the 1990 bloom were very different from the more typical bloom conditions of 1989. Throughout the experiment the greatest biomass occurred in the 1–5 μm size range, which accounted for an average of 50% of the total production and >50% of nitrate uptake and ammonium uptake. In addition, both the net- and nanoplankton communities preferentially assimilated nitrate, which challenges the assumption that new production can be directly equated to export production on the time-scale of weeks.

A managerial perspective of dynamic capabilities in emerging markets: The case of the Russian steel industry

Abstract: The paper critiques current thinking in the area of dynamic capabilities, exploring and challenging previous research on Dynamic Capabilities (DC) utilizing an application and empirical research within the Russian steel industry. Multiple sources of evidence arising from an in-depth study over a period of three years are deployed including semi-structured interviews with senior managers, as well as internal management reports, and other documentary evidence. The research concludes that practitioners need not choose between either routine-building on the one hand, or radical renewal on the other, but must recognize that dynamisms typically derive from the establishment of respective internal processes, followed by rapid-decision making. This paper focuses on the higher education area in a small Central European country. Its purpose is to explore the concept of culture, the concept of knowledge management (KM) as well as the correlations among their dimensions at the university level. Since we assume that it is educational personnel who is involved in KM processes, our research covered the teaching staff. Our questionnaire is based on a similar research carried out by Wilkens et al. (2004). The literature is reviewed and the empirical analysis is performed in order to examine and to explain the relationship between organisational culture and knowledge management. The findings presented in the paper can be important for further development of the higher education sector in Central and Eastern European countries as well as for other profit oriented industries.