Emma Hughes
Biographic Data
| ID | 3718054 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emma Hughes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emma |
| FAMILY NAME | Hughes |
| SIGNATURE | HUGHES E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4539-0845 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Bridging the Gaps in Work Quality Research
Experiences of work and employment continue to change but the concepts of job quality, job satisfaction and quality of working life remain compartmentalised and contextually disconnected due to entrenched disciplinary divisions, which hinder multi-level work quality theorisation. This article contributes to research on the sociology of work by integrating divergent streams of literature on these concepts with labour process theory to offer a more…
Business schools and faculty experiences of sexism
In this paper, we advance knowledge and theorization on the sexism experienced by faculty not only inside but also outside the physical boundaries of business schools. We enrich existing knowledge of gender and sexism by applying Gender Structure Theory (GST) to provide a more multi‐dimensional analysis of the role of individuals, interactions, and institutions in shaping gender structures. Engaging with this theoretical framework, we use mixed‐m…
‘Zones of contention’ in industrial relations
This article addresses debates in contemporary industrial relations about practical application of pluralism. We compare the potential efficacy of ‘radical-pluralism’ and ‘neo-pluralism’. Data comes from analysis of employment relationships in two unionised public transport sector organisations, in the comparative country contexts of the UK and Republic of Ireland. It is argued that radical-pluralist framing of the employment relationship is bett…
Tourism partnerships
Indigenous tourism and the sustainable development goals
This research aims to identify opportunities for the tourism industry to effectively address the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in ways that respect Indigenous priorities and support development aspirations of Indigenous peoples. We do so via case studies of Indigenous tourism among small-medium sized enterprises in Fiji, Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. The research finds that the Indigenous tourism enterprises operated in the spirit of…
Going Underground
Mainstream media representation of London Underground (LU) workers typically foregrounds their alleged militancy, greed and negligence towards the travelling public. This knee-jerk tendency obscures the voices, expressions and experiences of workers themselves. This article enriches public sociology by giving Stephen, a Tube driver and former LU station worker, a platform to share his vivid story. Stephen's voice reveals deep sociological insight…
Education in Prison
The role of education in prisons, prisoners' decisions regarding education, the impact of prison culture on either encouraging or discouraging such activities, and the potential consequences of education for prisoners' reentry into society all have important implications. This extended analysis of prisoner education represents a unique contribution to an under-researched field, whilst also making important and original connections between researc…
Corporate social responsibility in tourism post-2015
Most large tourism businesses have corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives that advance environmental, economic and social sustainability. Existing research shows that initiatives often tend to be ad hoc, however, and linked to cost-savings and the reputation of the business. We suggest that this approach equates with Tourism First planning. In response to the greater demands being placed on businesses to act responsibly in the post-201…
Education in Prison
The role of education in prisons, prisoners' decisions regarding education, the impact of prison culture on either encouraging or discouraging such activities, and the potential consequences of education for prisoners' reentry into society all have important implications. This extended analysis of prisoner education represents a unique contribution to an under-researched field, whilst also making important and original connections between researc…
The Politics Of Indigeneity
About the editors Sita Venkateswar is Director, International, in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and senior lecturer in the social anthropology programme at Massey University. Her ethnography Development and Ethnocide: Colonial Practices in the Andaman Islands is based on her PhD fieldwork in the Andaman Islands from 1989 to 1992. She has since been involved in research on child labour in Nepal and poverty and grassroots democracy …
Designing a Normed Receptive Vocabulary Test for Bilingual Populations
The purpose of this paper is to propose an applied model for the assessment of bilingual children's language abilities with standardised tests. We discuss the purposes of such tests, especially in relation to vocabulary knowledge, and potential applications of test results for each of those purposes. The specific case to be examined here is that of Welsh vocabulary, but the principles are relevant to any other bilingual population and any other a…
A hierarchy of evidence for assessing qualitative health research
Generating best evidence from qualitative research
Rigorous and systematic analysis of qualitative data is integral to the production of high-quality research. Studies that give an explicit account of the data analysis process provide insights into how conclusions are reached while studies that explain themes anchored to data and theory produce the strongest evidence.
Dissolving the nation
This contribution examines print media coverage of the cultivation and consumption of genetically modified (GM) crops in the UK press. It draws on arguments from Beck and Bauman to consider how the GM debate undertakes the discursive regeneration of security, purity, order and certainty through the invocation of the modernist categories of nation and boundary. A combination of in-depth textual analysis of national newspaper coverage and interview…
The contaminated risk of GM crops
This paper examines the UK press coverage of genetically modified crops within the EU and explores how the theme of nationalism is utilized within the genetic modification (GM) debate. The way in which the EU is represented shifts, depending on whether it is being described in relation to the UK or the rest of the world (usually the USA). The EU is placed either as a threat to the UK, forcing genetically modified organisms into the country, or as…
The 1999–2000 presidential elections in Chile
The Mirror in the Text
The Common Lands of Wales
Based on an analysis of registers compiled as a result of the Commons Registration Act 1965, this paper examines the contemporary distribution of common land and associated rights of common in Wales. Consideration is also given to the conservation and amenity significance of commons, and to the contentious issue of public access. Finally, reference is made to recent demands for a change in the law relating to common lands, with a view to the prom…
Commons, conservation and amenity in Wales
Indigenous tourism and the sustainable development goals
This research aims to identify opportunities for the tourism industry to effectively address the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in ways that respect Indigenous priorities and support development aspirations of Indigenous peoples. We do so via case studies of Indigenous tourism among small-medium sized enterprises in Fiji, Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. The research finds that the Indigenous tourism enterprises operated in the spirit of…
Corporate social responsibility in tourism post-2015
Most large tourism businesses have corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives that advance environmental, economic and social sustainability. Existing research shows that initiatives often tend to be ad hoc, however, and linked to cost-savings and the reputation of the business. We suggest that this approach equates with Tourism First planning. In response to the greater demands being placed on businesses to act responsibly in the post-201…
The Common Lands of Wales
Based on an analysis of registers compiled as a result of the Commons Registration Act 1965, this paper examines the contemporary distribution of common land and associated rights of common in Wales. Consideration is also given to the conservation and amenity significance of commons, and to the contentious issue of public access. Finally, reference is made to recent demands for a change in the law relating to common lands, with a view to the prom…
The Politics Of Indigeneity
About the editors Sita Venkateswar is Director, International, in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and senior lecturer in the social anthropology programme at Massey University. Her ethnography Development and Ethnocide: Colonial Practices in the Andaman Islands is based on her PhD fieldwork in the Andaman Islands from 1989 to 1992. She has since been involved in research on child labour in Nepal and poverty and grassroots democracy …
Tourism partnerships
Business schools and faculty experiences of sexism
In this paper, we advance knowledge and theorization on the sexism experienced by faculty not only inside but also outside the physical boundaries of business schools. We enrich existing knowledge of gender and sexism by applying Gender Structure Theory (GST) to provide a more multi‐dimensional analysis of the role of individuals, interactions, and institutions in shaping gender structures. Engaging with this theoretical framework, we use mixed‐m…
Going Underground
Mainstream media representation of London Underground (LU) workers typically foregrounds their alleged militancy, greed and negligence towards the travelling public. This knee-jerk tendency obscures the voices, expressions and experiences of workers themselves. This article enriches public sociology by giving Stephen, a Tube driver and former LU station worker, a platform to share his vivid story. Stephen's voice reveals deep sociological insight…
Dissolving the nation
This contribution examines print media coverage of the cultivation and consumption of genetically modified (GM) crops in the UK press. It draws on arguments from Beck and Bauman to consider how the GM debate undertakes the discursive regeneration of security, purity, order and certainty through the invocation of the modernist categories of nation and boundary. A combination of in-depth textual analysis of national newspaper coverage and interview…
The contaminated risk of GM crops
This paper examines the UK press coverage of genetically modified crops within the EU and explores how the theme of nationalism is utilized within the genetic modification (GM) debate. The way in which the EU is represented shifts, depending on whether it is being described in relation to the UK or the rest of the world (usually the USA). The EU is placed either as a threat to the UK, forcing genetically modified organisms into the country, or as…
Commons, conservation and amenity in Wales
The Common Lands of Wales
Based on an analysis of registers compiled as a result of the Commons Registration Act 1965, this paper examines the contemporary distribution of common land and associated rights of common in Wales. Consideration is also given to the conservation and amenity significance of commons, and to the contentious issue of public access. Finally, reference is made to recent demands for a change in the law relating to common lands, with a view to the prom…
The Mirror in the Text
The 1999–2000 presidential elections in Chile
The contaminated risk of GM crops
This paper examines the UK press coverage of genetically modified crops within the EU and explores how the theme of nationalism is utilized within the genetic modification (GM) debate. The way in which the EU is represented shifts, depending on whether it is being described in relation to the UK or the rest of the world (usually the USA). The EU is placed either as a threat to the UK, forcing genetically modified organisms into the country, or as…
A hierarchy of evidence for assessing qualitative health research
Generating best evidence from qualitative research
Rigorous and systematic analysis of qualitative data is integral to the production of high-quality research. Studies that give an explicit account of the data analysis process provide insights into how conclusions are reached while studies that explain themes anchored to data and theory produce the strongest evidence.
Dissolving the nation
This contribution examines print media coverage of the cultivation and consumption of genetically modified (GM) crops in the UK press. It draws on arguments from Beck and Bauman to consider how the GM debate undertakes the discursive regeneration of security, purity, order and certainty through the invocation of the modernist categories of nation and boundary. A combination of in-depth textual analysis of national newspaper coverage and interview…
Designing a Normed Receptive Vocabulary Test for Bilingual Populations
The purpose of this paper is to propose an applied model for the assessment of bilingual children's language abilities with standardised tests. We discuss the purposes of such tests, especially in relation to vocabulary knowledge, and potential applications of test results for each of those purposes. The specific case to be examined here is that of Welsh vocabulary, but the principles are relevant to any other bilingual population and any other a…
The Politics Of Indigeneity
About the editors Sita Venkateswar is Director, International, in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and senior lecturer in the social anthropology programme at Massey University. Her ethnography Development and Ethnocide: Colonial Practices in the Andaman Islands is based on her PhD fieldwork in the Andaman Islands from 1989 to 1992. She has since been involved in research on child labour in Nepal and poverty and grassroots democracy …
Education in Prison
The role of education in prisons, prisoners' decisions regarding education, the impact of prison culture on either encouraging or discouraging such activities, and the potential consequences of education for prisoners' reentry into society all have important implications. This extended analysis of prisoner education represents a unique contribution to an under-researched field, whilst also making important and original connections between researc…
Education in Prison
The role of education in prisons, prisoners' decisions regarding education, the impact of prison culture on either encouraging or discouraging such activities, and the potential consequences of education for prisoners' reentry into society all have important implications. This extended analysis of prisoner education represents a unique contribution to an under-researched field, whilst also making important and original connections between researc…
Corporate social responsibility in tourism post-2015
Most large tourism businesses have corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives that advance environmental, economic and social sustainability. Existing research shows that initiatives often tend to be ad hoc, however, and linked to cost-savings and the reputation of the business. We suggest that this approach equates with Tourism First planning. In response to the greater demands being placed on businesses to act responsibly in the post-201…
Going Underground
Mainstream media representation of London Underground (LU) workers typically foregrounds their alleged militancy, greed and negligence towards the travelling public. This knee-jerk tendency obscures the voices, expressions and experiences of workers themselves. This article enriches public sociology by giving Stephen, a Tube driver and former LU station worker, a platform to share his vivid story. Stephen's voice reveals deep sociological insight…
‘Zones of contention’ in industrial relations
This article addresses debates in contemporary industrial relations about practical application of pluralism. We compare the potential efficacy of ‘radical-pluralism’ and ‘neo-pluralism’. Data comes from analysis of employment relationships in two unionised public transport sector organisations, in the comparative country contexts of the UK and Republic of Ireland. It is argued that radical-pluralist framing of the employment relationship is bett…
Tourism partnerships
Indigenous tourism and the sustainable development goals
This research aims to identify opportunities for the tourism industry to effectively address the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in ways that respect Indigenous priorities and support development aspirations of Indigenous peoples. We do so via case studies of Indigenous tourism among small-medium sized enterprises in Fiji, Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. The research finds that the Indigenous tourism enterprises operated in the spirit of…
Business schools and faculty experiences of sexism
In this paper, we advance knowledge and theorization on the sexism experienced by faculty not only inside but also outside the physical boundaries of business schools. We enrich existing knowledge of gender and sexism by applying Gender Structure Theory (GST) to provide a more multi‐dimensional analysis of the role of individuals, interactions, and institutions in shaping gender structures. Engaging with this theoretical framework, we use mixed‐m…
Bridging the Gaps in Work Quality Research
Experiences of work and employment continue to change but the concepts of job quality, job satisfaction and quality of working life remain compartmentalised and contextually disconnected due to entrenched disciplinary divisions, which hinder multi-level work quality theorisation. This article contributes to research on the sociology of work by integrating divergent streams of literature on these concepts with labour process theory to offer a more…
Political science (13 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Law (9 works) · Politics (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (3 works)