http://hdl.handle.net/2173/553 Sat, 25 May 2013 16:44:50 GMT 2013-05-25T16:44:50Z http://hdl.handle.net/2173/111904 Title: Same but different: understanding womens experience of IT in the UAE Authors: Vodanovich, Shahper; Urquhart, Cathy; Shakir, Maha Abstract: Information Communications Technologies (ICTs) have become a potent global force in transforming social, economic, and political life. Given the centrality and importance of ICTs, men and women need to have equal opportunities to access, use, and master them. In particular, it could be asked whether women in Islamic societies within the GCC region have equal access to these new technologies? What are some of the promising new social, economic and political opportunities for Islamic women in the ICT sector, or does ICT access and use by those women replicate patterns of segregation seen elsewhere in their societies? What are the barriers that women, especially those in the Islamic world, have to overcome to actively participate in the promise of these technologies? We use grounded theory as our preliminary research methodology to analyse interviews with women who work in the ICT sector in the UAE We discuss five major themes from the research: Westernization, IT as Modernity, Education, Government Initiatives, and Gender Perspective, and introduce a preliminary framework of the area. We conclude by discussing some inherent contradictions of women’s ICT use in a society that wishes to modernize, rather than Westernize, and how this is played out in our study. Description: Full text of this article is available at http://www.ejisdc.org/ojs2/index.php/ejisdc/article/view/608/310 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2173/111904 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2173/109601 Title: The role of stakeholders in shaping managerial perceptions of CSR in Russia Authors: Kuznetsov, Andrei; Kuznetsova, Olga Abstract: This paper investigates the sources of socially responsible behaviour of firms with reference to a survey of managers of medium and large firms in Russia. We argue that agency-oriented analysis is not a good fit for the institutional environment existing in Russia. Consequently, a meaningful management-stakeholder dialogue acquires particular importance. Our results offer some support to the proposition of a link between the interests of the dominant stakeholder and the interpretation of corporate social responsibility entertained by the management of the firm. However, more data are needed to increase the accuracy of results. Description: Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published following peer-review in European Journal of International Management, published by and copyright Inderscience Publishers. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2173/109601 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2173/109313 Title: The influence of position and gender on personal networks in a UK professional service Authors: Tonge, Jane Abstract: This paper presents empirical findings regarding the content and process of personal contact or social networks and networking of practitioners in a professional service. The focus of the study is public relations practitioners operating in seven consultancies across the UK, in Manchester, London, Yorkshire and Cheshire. Using qualitative methodologies including in-depth interviews and network mapping, the study reveals practitioners' network size and variety of contacts, and their role in client acquisition and retention. In particular, the study suggests that position and gender are two key influences on practitioners' personal networks. The study appears to identify that managers may have the smallest networks compared to their colleagues and especially lack weak tie contacts in the form of friends, and that female practitioners may have larger and more varied personal contact networks than men. The study thus offers an insight into personal network membership for public relations practitioners, hitherto unexplored, plus a deeper understanding of interactional dimensions of social networks and the gendered nature of networking in the UK public relations sector. Description: Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published following peer-review in Industrial Marketing Management, published by and copyright Elsevier. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2173/109313 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2173/100059 Title: Everybody wins? Using the workplace as an arena for learning Authors: Homan, Gillian; Ogilvie, Chrissy Description: Paper presented to the 10th International Conference on Human Resource Development Research and Practice across Europe, 10th - 12th June 2009, Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne UK Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2173/100059 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z