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  • Searching for the meaning of efficiency in contemporary management praxis 
    Callender Guy; Johnston Judith (Global Business and Technology Association, 2003)
    The notion of efficiency has existed in management literature for more than one hundred years. Its original application to management praxis was relatively unambiguous, even though English-language meanings of the word are ...
  • Social capital and ecological sustainability: Broken Hill 
    Osburn Lynelle; Onyx Jennifer; Bullen Paul; Woods Craig (Charles Sturt University, 2004)
    A recent study into community capacity building in a remote Australian community used a social capital survey instrument. The results indicate that women, often under-represented in decision-making and unrecognised ...
  • Social In/Equality 
    Cox Eva (Centre for Research on Social Inclusion, Macquarie University, 2003)
    The paper below explores the possibility that perceptions of unfairness may be much more powerful than measured material poverty as a driver of social cohesion or fragmentation. Much of the debate in this area focuses on ...
  • Solidarity Against Transnational Corporation 
    Goodman James (Asia-Pacific Research Network, 2002)
  • Studying Human Judgments of Relevance: Interactions in Context 
    Anderson Theresa (Association for Computing Machinery, 2006)
    This paper discusses the ways participants in a two-year ethnographic study judged relevance when engaged in searching and research tasks. Two experienced academics have been observed evaluating informative artefacts ...
  • Sustainable organisational procurement - a progressive approach towards sustainable development 
    Grob Suzanne; Mcgregor Ian (Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE), 2004)
    This paper examines the relationship between organisations and their ability to contribute to sustainable development through sustainable procurement. Organisations, particularly corporations and government command ...
  • A tale of two precincts: a phenomenological analysis 
    Hayllar Bruce; Griffin Anthony (University of Surrey, 2006)
    An examination of the extant literature relating to urban tourism in general highlights the predominantly structural and functional nature of existing research. Issues such as spatial form, land-use mix, development ...
  • Technology, Disorder and the Ends of Work 
    Marshall Jonathan (Sydney University Anthropology Department, 2010)
    Originally technology was to end work and produce leisure, nowadays technology seems devoted to the ends of work, to furthering the spread and demands of work. However, in extending and intensifying the orders of work, ...
  • Thinking Curriculum: framing research/education 
    Lee Alison (Deakin University, 2005)
    Doctoral education has received unprecendented policy attention in recent years and this is set to intensify, whatever the specific outcomes of current government-mandated 'quality' management frameworks. Responses ...
  • Tourism from the Peoples Republic of China to Australia: a preliminary analysis 
    Mcdonnell Ian; Deng Minjuan (School of Leisure, Sport and Tourism, UTS, 2003)
  • The tourist experience of historic waterfront precincts 
    Griffin Anthony; Hayllar Bruce (University of Surrey, 2006)
    Over the last few decades urban waterfronts worldwide have become places of significant change. Many have essentially lost their working port functions and have been redeveloped for other purposes, often incorporating ...
  • Understanding Australian labour law 
    Spooner Keri (International Employment Relations Association, 2002)
    The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the legal framework with in which employment conditions are established in Australia. Comparative studies in the field of employment relations can promote understanding ...
  • Un-ordered organisation: exploring processes in an emergent social movement 
    Edwards Melissa (Australia and New Zealand Third Sector Research Incorporated Secretariat, 2006)
    This paper uses concepts from complexity theory to metaphorically frame an exploratory analysis of emergence within a social movement. In particular un-order, self-organisation and global - local linkages are used to ...
  • 'Warm hearted, genuine, compassionate seeks...' An Exploration of Recruitment Advertising for Managers in Australian Nonprofit Social Services 
    Green Jennifer; Dalton Bronwen (International Employment Relations Association, 2007)
    Recruitment practices play a key role in organisational success (Cable & Judge, 1996). Designing an effective recruitment advertisement is critical in establishing the first link to appropriate potential employees ...
  • Warming as usual - Radical change to international political economy required to address climate change 
    Mcgregor Ian (Australian Society of Heterodox Economists, 2008)
  • What we need from the Copenhagen Climate Summit - and are unlikely to get! 
    Mcgregor Ian; Baer Paul (Hochschule fur Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg (Hamburg University of Applied Sciences), Germany, 2009)
    Developed countries have yet to show a serious commitment to making the required reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Emissions reductions in developing countries, especially those with large national emissions, ...
  • When the law does not work: clothing outworkers in Australia 
    Spooner Keri (International Employment Relations Association, 2002)
    The purpose of this paper is to identify the nature and effectiveness of legal and social initiatives aimed at establishing and enforcing minimum employment conditions among outworkers in the Australian clothing industry. ...