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Publication date: 1 February 1980

John Child, Sandra Pearce and Lisa King

This verse, dating back some fifty years, illustrates how it used to be possible for someone being promoted to a supervisory position to perceive that he was crossing a major…

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This verse, dating back some fifty years, illustrates how it used to be possible for someone being promoted to a supervisory position to perceive that he was crossing a major class boundary. Up until the inter‐war years, the position of supervisor in British industry, typically the “foreman”, was clearly differentiated from that of the manual worker, even though both parties usually shared a manual background. Supervisors were still the main agents of capitalist ownership over the labour force. As such they were granted considerable control over conditions of employment and methods of work. They enjoyed favourable job security at a time when unemployment often brought personal economic disaster to manual workers. A distinctive mode of dress, particularly the bowler hat, symbolised this superiority over labour. Within their local communities, many supervisors had superior standing as minor property owners and rentiers.

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Management Research News, vol. 3 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0140-9174

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Publication date: 20 September 2021

Dunja Antunovic, Katie Taylor, Macauley Watt and Andrew D. Linden

On 2 February 2020, 99.9 million viewers learnt about the Women's Football Alliance (WFA), the largest women's American football league in the United States, when former player…

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On 2 February 2020, 99.9 million viewers learnt about the Women's Football Alliance (WFA), the largest women's American football league in the United States, when former player Katie Sowers became the first woman to coach in the Super Bowl. In the same month, the WFA announced several corporate partnerships and a new television deal with statements that connected the support for women's American football to advancing gender equity.

This chapter examines the professionalisation of women's American football in the United States through the lens of mediated visibilities. We use the term mediated visibilities, rather than media coverage, to move beyond how journalists are writing about sport (or ‘covering’ sport) and account for the complex ways in which content about women's sport circulates across producers and platforms in the digital media environment. In particular, our analysis examines the opportunities and limitations of digital media in the process of (semi-)professionalisation of women's American football.

The WFA joined the broader ‘momentum’ of women's sport in the United States as both the league's social media platforms and the sponsors aligned their messages with cultural narratives around women's sport to invoke gender equity in promoting women's American football. Moreover, the league positioned the strategy to enhance mediated visibility the sport as an integral step in the process of (semi-)professionalisation. However, the role of the WFA's digital media platforms alone appears to be limited without substantial structural change.

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The Professionalisation of Women’s Sport
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ISBN: 978-1-80043-196-6

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Publication date: 1 March 2004

Ratcheting up the pressure on staff never works for long, but soft‐soaping employees does not get results either. So how can organizations help overloaded staff to improve their…

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Ratcheting up the pressure on staff never works for long, but soft‐soaping employees does not get results either. So how can organizations help overloaded staff to improve their performance? At the Common Services Agency (CSA), the body that plays an active role in NHS Scotland by providing support and advice for Scotland’s health and patient care, they believe they have found the answer – mental agility.

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Human Resource Management International Digest, vol. 12 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0967-0734

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Publication date: 1 September 2000

Linda Tyler and Lisa King

The introduction of police use of CS gas within the UK has prompted widespread criticism. This article begins with the background to the introduction of CS gas, including the…

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The introduction of police use of CS gas within the UK has prompted widespread criticism. This article begins with the background to the introduction of CS gas, including the rationale behind its use. This is followed by an elucidation of the concerns and problems ensuing from its use, namely danger to health, police use/misuse, its effectiveness as a deterrent to police assaults, and police accountability. Throughout the article a number of recent cases are discussed.

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Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management, vol. 23 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1363-951X

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Publication date: 1 May 1983

In the last four years, since Volume I of this Bibliography first appeared, there has been an explosion of literature in all the main functional areas of business. This wealth of…

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In the last four years, since Volume I of this Bibliography first appeared, there has been an explosion of literature in all the main functional areas of business. This wealth of material poses problems for the researcher in management studies — and, of course, for the librarian: uncovering what has been written in any one area is not an easy task. This volume aims to help the librarian and the researcher overcome some of the immediate problems of identification of material. It is an annotated bibliography of management, drawing on the wide variety of literature produced by MCB University Press. Over the last four years, MCB University Press has produced an extensive range of books and serial publications covering most of the established and many of the developing areas of management. This volume, in conjunction with Volume I, provides a guide to all the material published so far.

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Management Decision, vol. 21 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0025-1747

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Journal of Managerial Psychology, vol. 30 no. 1
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ISSN: 0268-3946

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Publication date: 1 April 2002

Howard Falk

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Library Hi Tech News, vol. 19 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0741-9058

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Publication date: 21 June 2022

Nicola Sharp-Jeffs

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Understanding and Responding to Economic Abuse
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ISBN: 978-1-80117-418-3

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Publication date: 16 October 2024

Benton Jones

Research examines the effectiveness of different-race presenter avatar use on bias reduction in single-session online diversity training. Building on research that indicates…

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Research examines the effectiveness of different-race presenter avatar use on bias reduction in single-session online diversity training. Building on research that indicates different-race presenter use in in-person diversity training and different-race presenter avatars in online interactions are effective in reducing bias, this paper aims to test the use of simulated Inter Group Social Contact (IGSC) theory in single-session online diversity training. Undergraduate business students at nine United States institutes of higher education participated in an online training module that provided either a same-race or different-race presenter avatar to each participant. Participants then completed the Modern Racism Scale. The data were analyzed using T-tests and an analysis of covariance. Potential drawbacks to the use of different-race presenters and the diversity of the student bodies at participating institutions are considered. Results suggest that the use of different-race presenter avatars in brief online diversity training does result in less racial bias in some groups but is not effective among the groups such training is designed to affect. The results are cautionary. Organizations are advised to use multi-installment training programs when using a different-race presenter avatar to improve the effectiveness of online diversity training.

Design/methodology/approach

Participants were asked to answer demographic questions, to view a video with one of two avatars representing the online diversity training presenter, then to complete the Modern Racism Scale questionnaire. Results were evaluated based on school membership, representing the diversity of the school’s student body, gender and self-identified race using Independent T-tests and covariate analysis.

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The effect of the use of different-race presenter was minimal and was not uniform across groups. Bias was not reduced in male or nonminority groups. Felt bias of minority respondents was reduced. There was a weak correlation between the diversity of school populations and the effect of different-race diversity presenters.

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Participants were undergraduate students invited to participate by their instructors. Participants self-identified their gender and race.

Practical implications

The use of different-race diversity presenters in single session online diversity training is cautioned against.

Social implications

Though the use of different-race diversity training presenters has been found to reduce bias in multisession online training and in in-person training, the use of different-race diversity training presenters may not be beneficial in single session online diversity training. Thus, this innovation is limited in its use. Specifically, felt bias by the object of bias was reduced, which is considered a negative response to diversity training. Single session online diversity training is more likely to be used by smaller firms which employ much of the workforce.

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The effect of different-race diversity presenters had been tested in multisession online training and in in-person training, but not in single-session diversity training.

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Journal of Ethics in Entrepreneurship and Technology, vol. 4 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2633-7436

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Publication date: 13 August 2021

Eddie Chaplin, Amina Rawat, Bhathika Perera, Jane McCarthy, Ken Courtenay, Andrew Forrester, Susan Young, Hannah Hayward, Jess Sabet, Lisa Underwood, Richard Mills, Philip Asherson and Declan Murphy

This paper aims to examine effective diagnostic and treatment pathways for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in prison settings given the high prevalence of ADHD and…

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This paper aims to examine effective diagnostic and treatment pathways for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in prison settings given the high prevalence of ADHD and comorbidities in the prison population.

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Two studies were carried out in two separate prisons in London. Firstly, data were collected to understand the prevalence of ADHD and the comorbidities. The second study used quality improvement (QI) methodology to assess the impact of a diagnostic and treatment pathway for prisoners with ADHD.

Findings

Of the prisoners, 22.5% met the diagnostic criteria for ADHD. Nearly half of them were screened positive for autistic traits, with a higher prevalence of mental disorders among prisoners with ADHD compared to those without. The QI project led to a significant increase in the number of prisoners identified as requiring ADHD assessment but a modest increase in the number of prisoners diagnosed or treated for ADHD.

Originality/value

Despite various challenges, an ADHD diagnostic and treatment pathway was set up in a prison using adapted QI methodology. Further research is needed to explore the feasibility of routine screening for ADHD in prison and examine at a national level the effectiveness of current ADHD prison pathways.

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International Journal of Prisoner Health, vol. 18 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1744-9200

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