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Manchester Metropolitan University
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About: Manchester Metropolitan University is a education organization based out in Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Context (language use). The organization has 5435 authors who have published 16202 publications receiving 442561 citations. The organization is also known as: Manchester Polytechnic & MMU.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the effects of HRM practices on employee wellbeing and performance, and show that the emphasis typically placed on the business case for HRM suggests a one-sided focus on organisational outcomes at the expense of employees.
Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to show that, though essential, the achievement of business‐oriented performance outcomes has obscured the importance of employee wellbeing at work, which is a neglected area of inquiry within the field of human resource management. Instead the emphasis typically placed on the business case for HRM suggests a one‐sided focus on organisational outcomes at the expense of employees. With this in mind, this paper seeks to examine the effects of HRM practices on employee wellbeing and performance.Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from a public sector (local government) organisation to identify the link between HRM practices, employee wellbeing at work, and performance. A preliminary staff survey of employees provides a brief overview of the link between HRM practices, employee wellbeing at work and performance.Findings – HRM practices adopted have a significant impact on employee wellbeing at work and tend to be more positive than negative. Overall a consis...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a corporate character scale to assess the reputation of an organization from both customer and employee perspectives, and identified five major and two minor dimensions of corporate character.
Abstract: How employees and customers perceive the reputation of an organization will influence their behavior towards it. Particularly in a service business, the perspectives of employee and customer are seen as interdependent. Gaps between the two have been seen as potential causes of crises. Reported here is the development of a corporate character scale to assess the reputation of an organization from both perspectives. Potential dimensions and items are drawn from relevant literatures and from primary research. Surveys of 2,061 employees and 2,565 customers in 49 different business units of 13 organizations are used to provide data. Five major and two minor dimensions of corporate character are identified. These are labeled: Agreeableness (honest, socially responsible); Competence (reliable, ambitious); Enterprise (innovative, daring); Ruthlessness (arrogant, controlling); Chic (stylish, exclusive); Informality (easy going) and Machismo (tough). The practical implications of the dimensions and the items used to measure them are discussed, including an analysis of those aspects of corporate character that correlate with customer and employee satisfaction.
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TL;DR: Positive attitudes towards knowledge sharing were found and their intentions in this area were also good, which may be related to their belief that knowledge sharing will improve and extend their relationships with colleagues.
Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the limited previous research on knowledge sharing in universities, by profiling the attitudes of and intentions towards knowledge sharing of UK academics, and by profiling their views of some of the factors that might be expected to impact on knowledge sharing activitiesDesign/methodology/approach – A questionnaire‐based survey was used to gather a profile of UK academics' attitudes and intentions towards knowledge sharing and related factors, including expected rewards and associations, expected contribution, normative beliefs on knowledge sharing, leadership, structure, autonomy, affiliation to institution, affiliation to discipline, and technology platform Responses were received from 230 academics in 11 universitiesFindings – Respondents had positive attitudes towards knowledge sharing and their intentions in this area were also good This may be related to their belief that knowledge sharing will improve and extend their relationships with c
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TL;DR: A review on the development, production, stability and degradation of PLA in a range of differing environments and explores our current knowledge of the environmental and biological factors involved in PLA degradation is presented in this article.
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Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ1, Kyoto University2, Aarhus University3, Manchester Metropolitan University4, University of Leeds5, University of Bergen6, University of Reading7, James Hutton Institute8, Leibniz Association9, University of Potsdam10, Bournemouth University11, University of Göttingen12, Complutense University of Madrid13
TL;DR: The steps taken to provide better guidance on structuring complex ODDs and an ODD summary for inclusion in a journal article are documented and the need for standard descriptions of simulation experiments is advocated.
Abstract: The Overview, Design concepts and Details (ODD) protocol for describing Individual-and Agent-Based Models (ABMs) is now widely accepted and used to document such models in journal articles. As a standardized document for providing a consistent, logical and readable account of the structure and dynamics of ABMs, some research groups also find it useful as a workflow for model design. Even so, there are still limitations to ODD that obstruct its more widespread adoption. Such limitations are discussed and addressed in this paper: the limited availability of guidance on how to use ODD; the length of ODD documents; limitations of ODD for highly complex models; lack of sufficient details of many ODDs to enable reimplementation without access to the model code; and the lack of provision for sections in the document structure covering model design ratio-nale, the model’s underlying narrative, and the means by which the model’s fitness for purpose is evaluated. We document the steps we have taken to provide better guidance on: structuring complex ODDs and an ODD summary for inclusion in a journal article (with full details in supplementary material; Table 1); using ODD to point readers to relevant sections of the model code; update the document structure to include sections on model rationale and evaluation. We also further advocate the need for standard descriptions of simulation experiments and argue that ODD can in principle be used for any type of simulation model. Thereby ODD would provide a lingua franca for simulation modelling.
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David T. Felson | 153 | 861 | 133514 |
João Carvalho | 126 | 1278 | 77017 |
Andrew M. Jones | 103 | 764 | 37253 |
Michael C. Carroll | 100 | 399 | 34818 |
Mark Conner | 98 | 379 | 47672 |
Richard P. Bentall | 94 | 431 | 30580 |
Michael Wooldridge | 87 | 543 | 50675 |
Lina Badimon | 86 | 682 | 35774 |
Ian Parker | 85 | 432 | 28166 |
Kamaruzzaman Sopian | 84 | 989 | 25293 |
Keith Davids | 84 | 604 | 25038 |
Richard Baker | 83 | 514 | 22970 |
Joan Montaner | 80 | 489 | 22413 |
Stuart Robert Batten | 78 | 325 | 24097 |
Craig E. Banks | 77 | 569 | 27520 |