... to reinforce the core missions of teaching and research. Design/methodology/approach By highlighting the key limitations of contemporary debate the paper bridges the conceptual model/case‐study dichotomy that characterises the literature. The paper draws on an ongoing study of higher education institutions...

... the five papers in terms of their contribution both to debates on the utility of stories as data and forms of knowledge as well as to developing understandings of the research and practice of collaboration. Findings – The special issue integrates aspects of research, issues of research and connects...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Storytelling Knowledge creation Research Stories and the telling of stories are increasingly attracting interest in academia. This should not surprise. Stories or narratives are a pervasive part of daily life. In the words of Barthes...

...Greta Cummings; Carole A. Estabrooks The study purpose was to assess the evidence on the effects of hospital restructuring that included layoffs, on nurses who remained employed, using a systematic review of the research literature to contribute to policy formation. Papers addressing research...

...Janet M. Alger; Steven F. Alger Ever since Mead, sociology has maintained a deep divide between human and non human animals. In effect, Mead constructed humans as having capacities that he saw lacking in animals. Recent research on animals has challenged the traditional ideas of Mead and others...

...Ad W.M. Teulings In this article two international research projects on the subject of industrial democracy are discussed. The research teams are far from equal in numbers,funds available, multinationality or familiarity with the countries studied. The authorbelieves that if systems of industrial...

... in this field. © MCB UP Limited 1983 Research Social psychology THE ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY OF RESEARCH IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Sandy Hobbs, Paisley College of Technology Adler, Richard P., Lesser, Gerald S., Meringoff, Laurene Krasny, Robertson, Thomas S., Rossiter, John R., and Ward, Scott...