Our fast growing and vibrant research community is based on being involved with supportive colleagues through a genuinely nurturing collaborative environment. Research mindedness permeates through seminars, conferences and knowledge exchange and helps enrich learning and teaching activities, as well as, generate economic, community and societal impact.
We believe in incorporating both conceptual and applied research themes within an interdisciplinary environment. Whilst there is a need for developing the highest quality of international research publications, we also believe in getting as many people as possible involved in joint research, knowledge exchange and publication activities.
This is an exciting time for the Business School Research Community at Canterbury Christ Church University and we welcome applications from potential MPhil/PhD candidates in any of the areas covered below.
Selected Business School Research Publications (2011/12/13)
Entrepreneurship, Enterprise and Innovation
Fearon, C., Yang, Y., McLaughlin, H. and Duysters, G. (2013) Service orientation and dynamic capabilities in Chinese companies: A macro-analytical approach. (in Press) International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management.
Vega, A., Chiasson, M. and Brown, D. (2012/13) Understanding the causes of informal and formal discretion in the delivery of enterprise policies: a multiple case study. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy. ISSN 0263-774X. (In Press)
Vega, A., Brown, D. and Chiasson, M. (2012) Open innovation and SMEs: exploring policy and the scope for improvement in university based public programmes through a multidisciplinary lens. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 18 (4). ISSN 1355-2554. (In Press)
Vega, A., Chiasson, M. and Brown, D. (2012) Qualitative Approaches as Formative Evaluations: The Missing Link in the Public Support to SMEs’, in the 10th Triple Helix conference, 8-10 August, Bandung, Indonesia.
Vega, A. and Chiasson, M. (2012) Value of the Qualitative Evaluations of Support Programmes’, in the 35th Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) conference, 7-8 November, Dublin, Ireland.
Vega, A., Brown, D. and Chiasson, M. (2012) Improvement of the Public Support to SMEs: Policy and Research Implications’, in the 35th Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) conference, 7-8 November, Dublin, Ireland.
Vega, A., Chiasson, M. and Brown, D. (2012) The Improvement of the Public Assistance to SME Innovation: The Role of Governments, Universities and Industry’, in the 10th Triple Helix conference, 8-10 August, Bandung, Indonesia.
Zheng, P. (2013) The Restructuring of Market Socialism in China: The contribution of an “Agency” theoretical perspective. Thunderbird International Review (In Press)
Business Education, Leadership and Learning for Employability
Crayford, J., Fearon, C., McLaughlin, H. and van Vuuren, W. (2012) Affirming entrepreneurial education: learning, employability and personal development. Industrial and Commercial Training, 44 (4), pp.187 – 193.
Fearon, C., Tan Yoke, E. and McLaughlin, H. (2012) Using student group-work in higher education to emulate professional communities of practice. Education and Training, 54 (2/3), pp. 114-125. ISSN 0040-0912.
Fearon, C., Starr, S., and McLaughlin, H. (2012) Blended learning in higher education (HE): Conceptualising key strategic issues within a Business School. Development and Learning in Organizations, 26 (2), pp. 19-22.
Standing, V., Fearon, C. and Dee, T. (2012) Investigating the value of restorative practice: an action research study of one boy in a mixed secondary school. International Journal of Educational Management, 26 (4) pp. 354-369.
Van Vuuren, W., Fearon, C., Van Vuuren-Cassar, G. and Crayford, J. (2012/13) Entrepreneurial learning and the IBM Universities Business Challenge: A socially situated learning perspective. In: Fayolle, A. and Redford, D., eds. Handbook of Research in Entrepreneurship Education Vol. 4, Edward Elgar. (Abstract Accepted/ Chapter Forthcoming)
International Finance and Markets
Gounopoulos, G., Petmezas, D. and Santamaria, D. (2012) Forecasting Tourist Arrivals in Greece and the Impact of Macroeconomic Shocks from the Country of Tourists Origin. Annals of Tourism Research, 39 (2), pp. 641-666.
McLaughlin, H. (2011) Shipping Finance. In: Alderton, P., ed. Reeds Sea Transport: Operations and Economics. 6th ed. London, UK: Adlard Coles Nautical. pp. 167-175 ISBN 9781408131428
Strategy and Organisation
Fearon, C., Manship, S., McLaughlin, S. and Jackson, S. (2013) Making the case for ‘techno-change alignment’: a processual approach for understanding technology enabled organisational change. European Business Review (In Press)
Fearon, C., McLaughlin, H. and Jackson, S. (2012) Measuring and evaluating IS expectations and benefit success from B2B electronic trading: a new survey approach. Behaviour & Information Technology. ISSN 1362-3001. (In Press)
Iannacci, F. and Hatzaras, K.S. (2012) Unpacking ostensive and performative aspects of organisational routines in the context of monitoring systems: A critical realist approach. Information & Organisation 22 (1), pp.1-22.
Sustainability, Diversity and Stakeholder Engagement
Davey, R., Fearon, C., Morris, L. and McLaughlin, H. (2012) Organisational grief and work engagement: a case study of departmental restructuring in the public sector. In: British Academy of Management Conference, 11-13th September 2012, Cardiff, Wales.
Haddock-Fraser, J. (2012) The Role of the News Media in Influencing Corporate Environmental Sustainable Development: An Alternative Methodology to Assess Stakeholder Engagement. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management (In Press)
Haddock-Fraser, J. and Hampton, M. (2012) Multi-stakeholder values on the sustainability of dive tourism: case studies of Sipadan and Perhentian islands, Malaysia. Tourism Analysis (In Press)
Public and Third Sector Research
Bitzios, M., Fraser, I. and Haddock-Fraser, J. (2011) Functional ingredients and food choice: results from a dual-mode study employing means-end-chain analysis and a choice experiment Food Policy, 36 (5). pp. 715-725.
Davey, R., Fearon, C., Morris, L. and McLaughlin, H. (2012) Organisational grief and work engagement: a case study of departmental restructuring in the public sector. In: British Academy of Management Conference, 11-13th September 2012, Cardiff, Wales.
Hancock, J., Fearon, C. and McLaughlin, H. (2012) Policing the ‘Drugs Intervention Programme’ (DIP): An exploratory study of the Southern UK Policing Region Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice. (In Press)
Hellyer N. and Haddock-Fraser, J. (2011) Reporting Diet Related Health Issues through the Media: Portrayal of Non-Communicable Diseases. Health Education Research, 26 (1), pp. 13-25.
Waikayi, L., Fearon, C., Morris, L. and McLaughlin, H. (2012) Volunteer management: an exploratory case study within The British Red Cross. Management Decision, 50 (3), pp. 349-367.