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  1. The roles of employee perceptions of organisational and supervisor support in staff turnover

    Article • Employee Relations The International Journal, May 2025, Emerald

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  2. Employer support for public transport workers during Covid-19

    Article • Continuity & Resilience Review, November 2024, Emerald

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  3. Older workers with health issues in the 'Work Programme' remained in employment longer than others

    Article • BMJ Open, July 2024, BMJ

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  4. Key factors that influence high performing, sustained growth, high-tech SMEs in South Korea.

    Article • International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, November 2023, Emerald

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  5. Enterprise policies and R and D support for high-tech SMEs (Open Access)

    Article • Policy Studies, October 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  6. The effect of journal metrics on academic resume assessment

    Article • Studies in Higher Education, April 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  7. Integrating family, friendship and business networks in family firms

    Article • Journal of Family Business Management, March 2021, Emerald

    Claire Seaman, Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  8. Fairness for women using public transport

    Article • Sustainability, March 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  9. Where you search determines what you find: the effects of bibliographic databases on systematic reviews

    Article • International Journal of Social Research Methodology, March 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  10. E-Learning rises dramatically in universities during the pandemic - some issues

    Article • World Journal of Science Technology and Sustainable Development, March 2021, Emerald

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  11. Career-first: an approach to sustainable labour market integration

    Article • International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  12. Institutional logics of service provision: The national and urban governance of activation policies in three European countries

    Article • Journal of European Social Policy, December 2020, SAGE Publications

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  13. Employment in the informal economy: implications of the COVID-19 pandemic

    Article • International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, November 2020, Emerald

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  14. Using candidacy theory to explore unemployed over‐50s perceptions of suitability of a welfare to work programme: A longitudinal qualitative study

    Article • Social Policy and Administration, August 2020, Wiley

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  15. Improving Public Finance Initiative (PFI) private public partnerships

    Article • World Journal of Entrepreneurship Management and Sustainable Development, October 2019, Emerald

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  16. The Impact of Job Retention on Continuous Growth of Engineering and Informational Technology SMEs in South Korea

    Article • Sustainability, September 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  17. Social networks, accessed and mobilised social capital and the employment status of older workers

    Article • International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, June 2019, Emerald

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  18. Age, health and other factors associated with return to work for those engaging with a welfare-to-work initiative: a cohort study of administrative data from the UK’s Work Programme

    Article • BMJ Open, October 2018, BMJ

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  19. Buying into Capitalism? Employee Ownership in a Disconnected Era

    Article • British Journal of Industrial Relations, April 2018, Wiley

    Professor Robert Raeside, Dr Ross Crawford Brown, Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  20. The Development of High Technology Industries

    Article • March 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid, Jeremy Howells

  21. Social networking in family businesses in a local economy

    Article • Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, July 2017, SAGE Publications

    Claire Seaman, Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  22. Third Sector Experiences of Work Programme Delivery

    Article • Journal of Social Policy, May 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  23. Employer demands from business graduates

    Article • Education + Training, January 2016, Emerald

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  24. Employment changes in the sustainable energy sector in Scotland

    Article • World Journal of Science Technology and Sustainable Development, January 2016, Emerald

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  25. Research into factors influencing the return to work of unemployed people over-50

    Article • BMJ Open, December 2015, BMJ

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  26. The impact of gender perceptions and professional values on women’s careers in nursing

    Article • Gender in Management An International Journal, March 2015, Emerald

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  27. Foreign direct investment industry characteristics and spillovers

    Article • Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies, February 2015, Emerald

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  28. Supporting Disadvantaged Young People into Work: Insights from the Capability Approach

    Article • Social Policy and Administration, December 2014, Wiley

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  29. Operationalisation of the Capability Approach

    Article • November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  30. Capabilities for Voice, Work and Education: Critical Analysis of Programmes for Disadvantaged Young People in Europe

    Article • November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  31. Between cooperation and competition: The organisation of employment service delivery in the UK and Germany

    Article • International Journal of Social Welfare, August 2014, Wiley

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  32. Networks in family business: a multi-rational approach

    Article • International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Claire Seaman, Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  33. Employability and Local Labour Markets

    Article • October 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  34. Extending working lives and age management

    Article • Employee Relations The International Journal, April 2013, Emerald

    Vanesa Fuertes, Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  35. Motherhood and its impact on career progression

    Article • Gender in Management An International Journal, July 2012, Emerald

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  36. Ageing, skills and participation in work-related training in Britain: assessing the position of older workers

    Article • Work Employment and Society, February 2012, SAGE Publications

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  37. Gender and transport: An editorial introduction

    Article • Research in Transportation Economics, January 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  38. Commuting times – The role of gender, children and part-time work

    Article • Research in Transportation Economics, January 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  39. Population ageing, gender and the transportation system

    Article • Research in Transportation Economics, January 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  40. Introduction: Economics of an Ageing World

    Article • Twenty-First Century Society, November 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  41. Demographic change and labour markets

    Article • Twenty-First Century Society, November 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  42. Partnerships to support early school leavers: school–college transitions and ‘winter leavers’ in Scotland

    Article • Journal of Education and Work, September 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid, Dr Ian C Elliott

  43. Social networks, age cohorts and employment

    Article • International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, June 2010, Emerald

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  44. Changing reasons for public–private partnerships (PPPs)

    Article • Public Money & Management, January 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  45. Social Networks, Age Cohorts and Employment

    Article • International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, January 2010, Emerald

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  46. The New Public Governance?

    Article • December 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  47. New Governance and the Case of Activation Policies: Comparing Experiences in Denmark and the Netherlands

    Article • Social Policy and Administration, October 2009, Wiley

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  48. Getting Disadvantaged Parents into Employment: The Working for Families Fund in Scotland

    Article • Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, September 2009, SAGE Publications

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  49. A model of the travel to work limits of parents

    Article • Research in Transportation Economics, January 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  50. Symposium on Transport and Particular Populations

    Article • Research in Transportation Economics, January 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  51. Inter‐agency Cooperation and New Approaches to Employability

    Article • Social Policy and Administration, October 2008, Wiley

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid, Colin Lindsay

  52. Demographic Change and Economic Challenge: What Future for Scotland and other Small Countries?

    Article • Scottish Affairs, August 2008, Edinburgh University Press

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  53. Inter-agency Co-operation in Activation: Comparing Experiences in Three Vanguard ‘Active’ Welfare States

    Article • Social Policy and Society, July 2008, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid, Colin Lindsay

  54. One Size Fits All? Regional Differentiation and Rural Development Policy
Un moule unique? Différenciation régionale et politiques de développement rural
Sind alle Regionen gleich? Regionalen Differenzierung und die Politik zur Entwicklung des ländlichen R

    Article • EuroChoices, December 2007, Wiley

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  55. Demographic and Labour Market Change: The Dynamics of Older Workers in the Scottish Labour Market

    Article • Scottish Geographical Journal, December 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  56. New Approaches to Employability in the UK: Combining ‘Human Capital Development’ and ‘Work First’ Strategies?

    Article • Journal of Social Policy, August 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid, Colin Lindsay

  57. Employers' Responses to Demographic Changes in Rural Labour Markets: The Case of Dumfries and Galloway

    Article • Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, May 2007, SAGE Publications

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  58. Entrepreneurship and Regional Economic Development-A Spatial Perspective - Edited by Henri L.F. de Groot, Peter Nijkamp, and Roger R. Stough

    Article • Growth and Change, June 2006, Wiley

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  59. Job search success and employability in local labor markets

    Article • The Annals of Regional Science, April 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  60. Introduction to the special issue: linking demand and supply in local labor market research

    Article • The Annals of Regional Science, April 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  61. Edinburgh and the politics of congestion charging: Negotiating road user charging with affected publics

    Article • Transport Policy, September 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  62. Alternative Job Search Strategies in Remote Rural and Peri-urban Labour Markets: The Role of Social Networks

    Article • Sociologia Ruralis, April 2005, Wiley

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  63. The Concept of Employability

    Article • Urban Studies, February 2005, SAGE Publications

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid, Colin Lindsay

  64. Introducing Employability

    Article • Urban Studies, February 2005, SAGE Publications

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  65. Job Guarantees, Employability Training and Partnerships in the Retail Sector

    Article • Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, February 2005, SAGE Publications

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid, Colin Lindsay

  66. Entrepreneurship, management, and sustainable development

    Article • World Review of Entrepreneurship Management and Sustainable Development, January 2005, Inderscience Publishers

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  67. Are new deal employment initiatives on target?

    Article • International Journal of Manpower, July 2004, Emerald

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  68. Avoiding the ‘McJobs’

    Article • Work Employment and Society, June 2004, SAGE Publications

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  69. ‘Reconnecting’ the Unemployed Information and communication technology and services for jobseekers in rural areas

    Article • Information Communication & Society, January 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  70. Book Reviews

    Article • Urban Studies, January 2004, SAGE Publications

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  71. Unemployment duration and employability in remote rural labour markets

    Article • Journal of Rural Studies, April 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid, Dr Martin McCracken, Colin Lindsay

  72. Entrepreneurship and ICT Industries: Support from Regional and Local Policies

    Article • Regional Studies, November 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  73. The ‘Employability Gap’: Long-Term Unemployment and Barriers to Work in Buoyant Labour Markets

    Article • Environment and Planning C Government and Policy, August 2002, SAGE Publications

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid, Colin Lindsay

  74. Mismatch in Local Labour Markets in Central Scotland: The Neglected Role of Demand

    Article • Urban Studies, July 2002, SAGE Publications

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  75. The Evolution of Local Economic Development in South Africa: The Case of Stutterheim and Social Capital

    Article • Economic Development Quarterly, February 2002, SAGE Publications

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  76. Are Spatially Focused Initiatives in Current Economic Inclusion Policies Well Founded?

    Article • Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, September 2001, SAGE Publications

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  77. Unemployed Job Seeker Attitudes towards Potential Travel-to-Work Times

    Article • Growth and Change, September 2001, Wiley

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  78. Are Spatially Focused Initiatives in Current Economic Inclusion Policies Well Founded?

    Article • Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, August 2001, SAGE Publications

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  79. Mismatch Unemployment and Local Labour-Market Efficiency: The Role of Employer and Vacancy Characteristics

    Article • Environment and Planning A Economy and Space, October 2000, SAGE Publications

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  80. The influence of transport on industrial location choice: a stated preference experiment

    Article • Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice, September 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  81. Modelling the effects of transport policy levers on fuel efficiency and national fuel consumption

    Article • Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment, July 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  82. Entrepreneurial Economics

    Article • January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  83. Social Entrepreneurship

    Article • January 2000, Nature

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  84. Non-Economic Perspectives on Entrepreneurship

    Article • January 2000, Nature

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  85. Entrepreneurship, Contracts and Networks

    Article • January 2000, Nature

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  86. Socio-Economic Influences on Entrepreneurship

    Article • January 2000, Nature

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  87. Entrepreneurship in the Economy

    Article • January 2000, Nature

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  88. Introduction to Entrepreneurship

    Article • January 2000, Nature

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  89. Entrepreneurship in Neoclassical Economics

    Article • January 2000, Nature

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  90. Public Policies to Promote Entrepreneurship

    Article • January 2000, Nature

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  91. Entrepreneurship and Market Dynamics

    Article • January 2000, Nature

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  92. Conclusions and Summary

    Article • January 2000, Nature

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  93. Book reviews

    Article • Scottish Geographical Journal, January 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  94. The Entrepreneur in Economic Theory

    Article • January 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  95. Local enterprise companies and rural development

    Article • Journal of Rural Studies, April 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  96. Recycling Policy in Areas of Low Income and Multi-storey Housing

    Article • Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, December 1996, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  97. Accessibility and Location Decisions in a Peripheral Region of Europe: A Logit Analysis

    Article • Regional Studies, October 1996, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  98. Transport and industrial and commercial location

    Article • The Annals of Regional Science, June 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  99. Costing local government reform

    Article • Local Government Studies, December 1993, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  100. Economic development and local authorities: The Scottish case

    Article • Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, August 1993, SAGE Publications

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  101. Reviews

    Article • Planning Practice and Research, June 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  102. Reviews

    Article • Planning Practice and Research, March 1991, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  103. Western Sunrise; The Genesis and Growth of Britain's Major Hightech Corridor

    Article • Geographical Journal, July 1988, JSTOR

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  104. Western Sunrise: The Genesis and Growth of Britain's Major High Tech Corridor

    Article • Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, January 1988, JSTOR

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  105. Breheny, Michael J. and McQuaid, Ronald W. (eds.), "The Development of High Technology Industries" (Book Review)

    Article • Town Planning Review, January 1988, Liverpool University Press

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  106. McQuaid, Ronald and Hart, Douglas, "Western Sunrise: The Genesis and Growth of Britain's Major High Tech Corridor" (Book Review)

    Article • Town Planning Review, October 1987, Liverpool University Press

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  107. PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS AND THE DISAGGREGATION OF LABOR INPUTS IN MANUFACTURING PLANTS*

    Article • Journal of Regional Science, August 1986, Wiley

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  108. The Entrepreneur in Economic Theory

    Article • Edward Elgar Publishing

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  109. THE ECONOMIC DEBATE

    Article • Taylor & Francis

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  110. The Aging of the Labor Force and Globalization

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid

  111. Personalized activation policies for the long-term unemployed: the role of local governance in the UK

    Article • Edward Elgar Publishing

    Professor Emeritus Ronald McQuaid