Antje Cockrill

Cardiff Metropolitan University | cardiffmet · Cardiff School of Management

Welsh higher education is increasingly focused on widening access and attracting more diverse student groups, in addition to increasing globalisation of the UK HE sector. The recruitment of diverse student cohorts impacts on teaching and learning experiences by presenting a range of challenges and opportunities. This paper discusses the outcomes of...

This paper explores a radically different way of delivering services to and creating value for vulnerable adults with complex health and social care needs. The societal complexities of today’s world are inextricably linked and cannot be unilaterally resolved by any one professional, agency or sector. This paper explores the additional value that co...

Post-World War II, a significant growth in the representation of females in the workforce emerged, reflecting the significance of the female workforce in the present era. This qualitative research explores distinctive factors associated with female representation at the top levels of cargo logistics firms affecting overall competitiveness and perfo...

The comparative study investigates the impact of various attributes such as feminine leadership style, gender diversity, and autonomy linked with the female representation at strategic level on the performance and competitiveness of the Cargo Logistic Firms in the contrasting economies; Pakistan and Canada. Previous studies offered limited insight...

For a growing number of consumers, purchasing ‘fake’ or counterfeit products is part of their everyday lives, with 25% of consumers readily admitting that they buy counterfeit products. (Hardy 2010). The easy availability of such products both through various retail environments and particularly the Internet encourages this buying behaviour. Boswor...

The growing number of Chinese students is a significant contributor to the UK economy in general and higher education in particular. These students do not simply come to the UK to obtain a degree; they also wish to gain experience of life in the UK. In many ways, their objectives are comparable to those of long stay tourists - whilst they have an e...

This paper presents the outcomes of three small studies which explore if students in diverse student groups seek and want academic and social integration. This includes an attempt to identify the facilitating factors and barriers for this process. Factors identified as facilitating integration are small group size, lack of access to compatriots and...

How effective is shock advertising for charities? To address this question, the current researchers used an experimental design based on a cross-sectional sample of three groups of adults. Respondents were exposed to an advertisement with a shock, neutral, or positive emotional appeal for a charity and indicated their intention to donate to the cha...

Within the last decade, the environment in which university libraries operate has dramatically changed. The rise of Conservative Governments in both Britain and Germany and the resulting shifts in public policy as well as the declining economic situation have led to a drastic decrease in resources. Librarians have had to find ways to cope with fewe...

This paper looks at the development of Western popular music consumption in China, with particular focus on highly involved Chinese consumers. An exploratory research design was used, namely semi-structured online interviews. The consumption of Western popular music in China cannot be separated from the changing political and social environment. In...

The Apple iPod is currently the undisputed leading product in the global MP3 player market. This competitive advantage is due to the design, high functionality, and perhaps most importantly, the ‘cool factor’ which Apple has managed to obtain with its products. This study explores if owning an iPod (as opposed to another brand of MP3 player) makes...

Digital piracy is perceived as a considerable problem by the film industry, and numerous preventative strategies have been introduced, but so far with limited success. This paper explores DVD piracy in particular, and focuses on identifying different types of pirating behaviour and the antecedents to this behaviour. Four distinct types of ‘pirates’...

This study extends the current debate on the consumption and addictiveness of a variety of electronic media such as television, video games, and the Internet to research to the use of MP3 technology. Digitalisation has enabled consumers to enjoy music at any time and in any place. For some individuals, this freedom of choice has led to behaviour th...

This article analyzes young people’s attitudes toward Bluetooth Proximity Marketing, their intention to use it, and the barriers that deter consumers from using this technology. Awareness and knowledge of this technology are very high; key barriers to use appear to be that Bluetooth uses up battery power too quickly and that consumers distrust the...

Purpose This study aims to examine perceived price fairness, actual pricing and price decay in a short‐life cycle market; namely DVD films. Design/methodology/approach The prices of six UK retailers for a range of films released over the last 18 months were examined and compared with the perceived perception of fair price of a questionnaire sample...

Comparatively little attention has been paid to the role played by trust and perceived risk in determining satisfaction within the banking sector and in particular Automated Teller Machines (ATMs). Here, the key variables in determining satisfaction with ATMs are determined. Based on a literature review, a number of hypotheses have been developed....

Purpose The concept of servicescape and its effect on consumer behaviour has been studied extensively in numerous areas of retailing. However, the role of servicescape in non‐traditional service settings has received comparatively little attention. The aim of this paper is to fill in some of this research gap by testing the effects of servicescape...

The identification of response formats that suffer least from response style bias has been called for (Baumgartner and Steenkamp, 2001). Finding these response formats is particularly relevant in cross-cultural research where response style bias has been shown to impact on substantive results. Scale length has been shown to impact on the level of r...

There has been a steady rise in the amount of compost being produced from municipal solid waste in the UK. This has come about as a result of the European Union's recently introduced Landfill Directive, which aims to significantly reduce the levels of biodegradable waste going to landfill. Composting green waste is an obvious solution to the proble...

This research paper outlines the findings of a multiple research study among 25 small and micro retail companies throughout Wales regarding e-commerce usage. The key aim of the research has been to establish the level of e-commerce usage among these companies, in accordance with the Connectivity Indicator and E-commerce Adoption Model, developed by...

This article is based on a survey of small automotive and electronics companies in Wales. Issues investigated included skills requirements and provision, recruitment, and training activities. The results of this survey are compared to a similar study carried out in 1996. In the intervening time, a number of government initiatives were launched or b...

The increasing usage in recent years of trendy, but often ill-defined, terms such as 'lifelong learning' (see Edwards, Raggatt, Harrison, McCollum and Calder, 1998), 'the learning society' (for example, National Grid for Learning, http://www.dfee.gov.uk/grid/challenge/ govermhtm), or 'learning country' (for example, Welsh Office, 1998; ETAG, 1999)...

The core of this paper is the result of an investigation into the use of computer‐aided learning (CAL) in further education (FE) colleges in Wales: All institutions surveyed used CAL to some extent in teaching or learning, and academic staff were in some way involved in producing CAL materials in almost all. However, student numbers were found not...

Introduction In attempts to create a Learning Society the concept of multi-skilling plays an important role in relation to learning at work and organisational learning. This paper presents an overview of a project which was entitled ‘Training for multi-skilling: a comparison of British and German experience’. The following two sections outline the...

This article provides a detailed and accessible account of the contemporary structure of the German system for vocational education and training and of some of the main issues and concerns causing current stresses within it. First, we outline the so-called dual system for initial vocational training and the manner in which it is underpinned by the...

Reports the issue discussed in 23 qualitative interviews conducted at a random sample of UK and German university libraries. Changes in the political culture, society and demography of both countries was reported in an earlier paper (JOLIS, 26 (2), June 1994, 83-92 (LISA ref. 9408895) and are not repeated here. Issues discussed include: German reun...

The proposed paper represents early findings from a major research project entitled “Training for Multi‐skilling: a comparison of British and German experience,” which is financed under the Economic and Social Research Council's Learning Society Initiative and is being carried out by a team from CASS and the School of Education, University of Wales...

A cross-national empirical study of forty-six engineering SMEs in Wales and two regions of Germany analyses the extent to which multi-skilling of staff is occurring, the underlying reasons for such developments, and how well placed firms are in relation to prevailing labour-market and training infrastructures strategically to develop hybrid occupat...

Outlines the key macroeconomic factors influencing British and German university libraries, and critically analyzes threats and opportunities arising from the changing environment in both countries. The political changes in Britain and Germany have resulted in reduced funds for libraries in both countries but, whereas in Britain the declining econo...