Transnational Family Networks and Ethnic Minority Business Development: The Case of Vietnamese Nail-shops in the UK by Bagwell, Sue

“…The analysis draws on concepts of ‘strong’ and ‘weak’ network ties (Granovetter, 1973) and ‘mixed embeddedness’ (Kloosterman et al, 1999) to explain why the Vietnamese continue to enter such a competitive sector. Findings The results highlight the importance of transnational family networks within all aspects of the business and suggest that these links can sometimes provide a fertile source of new business ideas, but can equally limit innovation. …”
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Role models: expatriate gender diversity pipeline or pipe-dream? by Shortland, Susan

“…Originality/value: This research contributes to theory by linking the importance of role models to women’s career stages. …”
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An exploration of adult third culture kids’ experience of transitioning to the UK between the ages of 10 and 17: an interpretative phenomenological analysis by Montazer, Alla

“…Implications of the findings are discussed.…”
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How do gay men experience ruptures in the relationship with their therapist? An interpretative phenomenological study by Brooke, Philip

“…The study also found that rupture overlaps with the difficulties commonly experienced as part of the therapeutic process, making it difficult to define rupture. The researcher links the findings to minority stress theory, and suggests that an over-emphasis on the transferential relationship in therapy, and rigidity in therapeutic approach, can impede the collaborative process that is more likely to lead to reparation with this client group, especially when they are at an early stage in their gay identity development. …”
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Influence of Polyolefin Contamination on the Thermal Characteristics of Bottle Grade Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate by Itim, Bachir

“…Furthermore, the crystallinity of the rPET-bg matrix showed the impact of polyolefin contamination as a result of variation of cooling rates and that cross-linking and chain branching predominated over chain scissions as a result of repetitive extrusions. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of sago/polyvinyl alcohol blend pervaporation membrane for ethyl acetate recovery by E-Alamaria, Abdulhakim M. Salem

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Design for the environment: an ontology-based knowledge management model for green product development by Chaouni Benabdellah, Abla, Zekhnini, Kamar, Cherrafi, Anass, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo, Kumar, Anil

“…The findings are useful for both managers and practitioners as they provide a coherent domain ontology that can help them manage knowledge, improve teamwork, and make decisions in a collaborative green PDP. …”
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Responsible leadership and workplace deviant behaviour: modeling trust and turnover intention as mediator by Ahmad, Muhammad Shakil, Iqbal, Fatima, Saddique, Raffia, Abbas, Sohail, Fakhr, Zainab

“…Originality: The study makes a unique contribution to RL literature by linking psychological contract theory and social identity theory. …”
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Factors influencing the purchase intention of organic personal care products by Mohammad, Noorita

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An interpretative phenomenological analysis of counselling psychology trainees experiences of practice-based research training by Henton, Isabel

“…Links to and disconnections from wider contexts, and the possible implications of these findings are discussed. …”
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Participants' lived experiences of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) - an exploratory study by Svendsen, Irene

“…Through these dynamics between horse and human, participants begin to make links between their experiences in the EAP arena and their world outside of therapy. …”
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“Everything, it was everything”: victim blame, victimism, and responsibilisation by Beddows, Amy

“…To make the process as participatory as possible, I ran follow-up focus groups and requested feedback from the women to ‘sense check’ my findings. The focus group data were analysed through thematic analysis and NVivo software. …”
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Assessment and feedback in post-pandemic healthcare provider education: a meta-synthesis by Lusher, Joanne, Henton, Isabel, Banbury, Samantha

“…A screening process excluded quantitative and mixed-methods studies, leaving nine qualitative studies for analysis. Results: Findings highlighted two intersecting themes relating to the importance of “Scaffolding assessment and feedback” and how this linked to students’ “Engagement and perceived self-efficacy”. …”
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Addressing violence and abuse to achieve government priorities : new evidence from research funded by the Department of Health by Scott, Sara, Williams, Jennie, Kelly, Liz, MacNaughton Nicholls, Carol, Lovett, Jo, McManus, Sally

“…Our research highlights the strong links between the two – and the necessity for services to address these links if they are to respond effectively to clients’ needs.…”
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The Irish in Greenwich Project advice & information service by Irish in Greenwich Project, IGP

“…Typescript information sheet listing the range of advice and information available, as well as links with other organisations. 1990s.…”
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Crosslinking immobilisation of surface-engineered xylanase and its hydrolysis performance of oil palm empty fruit bunches for xylooligosaccharide production by Abdul Wahab, Mohd. Khairul Hakimi

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CO-immobilization of cellulase and xylanase on magnetically-separable hierarchically-ordered mesocellular mesoporous silica by Sulaiman, Nurul Jannah

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Terrorism in Nigeria: a study of Boko Haram religious violence in North East Nigeria by Hassan, Bala Abdullahi

“…Further findings suggested, that if anything, the Sect had links with other international terrorists group and localization more pronounced to the North-eastern Nigeria based on porous extensive borders and strong Islamic belief stemming from the frequent religious upsurge in the area. …”
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Coproduction from theory to practice: Wandsworth Community Empowerment Network: an evaluation report by Burgess, Rochelle Ann, Choudary, Natasha

“…The following evaluation report presents findings from a multi-site ethnography of the Wandsworth Community Empowerment Network (WCEN). …”
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Adjustment to atopic dermatitis: a cross-sectional study investigating the role of maladaptive self-schemas in a community sample of people with atopic dermatitis by Kalaki, Elli, Mizara, Alexandra

“…Poor adjustment levels were predicted by maladaptive schemas and not by age of onset of AD. Conclusions: Findings highlight and support that adjustment and coping with AD is strongly linked and predicted by core psychological factors such as maladaptive schemas. …”