| Conference Executive Dr George Allan, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand Dr Gayle Allard, IE Business School, Madrid, Spain Dr Andrew Armitage, Anglia Ruskin University, UK Dr Marie Ashwin, Normandy Business School, France Dr Joseph Azzopardi, University of Malta Dr Joan Ballantine, Queens University Belfast , UK Dr Frank Bannister, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Dr Frank Bezzina, University of Malta Dr Carole Brooke, University of Lincoln, UK Dr Ann Brown, CASS Business School, London, UK Dr Marian Carcary, University of Limerick, Ireland Dr David Douglas, Staffordshire University, UK Dr José Esteves, IE Business School, Madrid, Spain Dr Gillian Green, Bolton University, UK Dr Wyn Jenkins, Staffordshire University, UK Professor Ganesh Prabhu, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India Dr Martin Rich, CASS Business School, London, UK Professor Mark Saunders, University of Surrey, UK Dr Peter Sharp, Regent’s College, London, UK Dr Jocene Vallack, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Australia Dr Roy Williams, Portsmouth University, UK Conference Committee The conference programme committee consists of key people in the research methods community, both from the UK and overseas. The following people have confirmed their participation: | Bulent Acma, Anadolu University, Turkey | Habibul Khondker, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE | | Gisela Schulte Agyeman, Learning Services, Hull City Council, UK | Reinford Khumalo, North West University, South Africa | | George Allan, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand | Cyril Kirwan, Cyril Kirwan Associates, Ireland | | Helena Alves University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal | Rembrandt Klopper, University of Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa | | Andrew Armitage, Anglia Ruskin University, UK | Deborah Knowles, (University of Westminister, London, United Kingdom) | | Marie Ashwin, Normandy Business School, France | Karl Knox, Nottingham Trent University, UK | | Gabriela Avram, University of Limerick, Ireland | Branka Krivokapic Skoko, Charles Sturt University, Australia | | Joseph Azzopardi, University of Malta | João,Leitão Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal | | Godfrey Baldaccino University of Prince Edward Island, Charlotte Town, Canada | Sam Lubbe, University of South Africa, South Africa | | Sue Balint, Westminster Business School, London, UK | Sandy MacDonald, University College Northampton, UK | | Joan Ballantine, University of Ulster, UK | Bob Macklin, Charles Sturt University, Australia | | Frank Bannister, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland | Tom Macnamara, London South Bank University, UK | | Edward Barratt, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK | Garance Marechal, University of Liverpool, UK | | Andrew Basden, University of Salford, UK | Maria do Rosário O. Martins, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal | | Peter Bednar, University of Portsmouth, UK | Lisa McNeill, University of Otego, Dunedin, New Zealand | | Lau Bee-Theng, Swinburne University of Technology, Malaysia | Ian Michael, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates | | Gary Bell London South Bank University, UK | Avinash Mulky, Indian Institute of Management , Bangalore, India | | Angela Benson, University of Brighton, UK | John Murphy, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK | | Egon Berghout, University of Groningen, The Netherlands | Kersti Nogeste, RMIT Universiity, Melbourne, Australia | | Frank Bezzina, University of Malta | Chetsada Noknoi, Thaksin University, Thailand | | Milena Bobeva, University of Bournmouth, UK | Miguel Nunes, Sheffield University, UK | | Laurent Bourdeau, Faculty of Business Administration at Université Laval, Canada | Madeleine Ogilvie, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia | | Carole Brooke, University of Lincoln, UK | Steve Page, University College Chester, UK | | Ann Brown,, CASS Business School, UK | Noel Pearse, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa | | Cathal Brugha, University College Dublin, Ireland | Ganesh Prabhu, Indian Institute of Management at Bangalore, India | | Marian Carcary, University of Limerick, Ireland | Diana Rajendran, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia | | Sven Carlsson, Lund University, Sweden | Thurasamy Ramayah, Universiti Sains Malaysia | | Jyoti Choudrie,, University of Hertfordshire, UK | Karsten Boye Rasmussen, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark | | Aileen Corley, Liverpool John Moores University, UK | Theo Renkema, The Netherlands | | Marguerite Cronk, Harding University, USA | Martin Rich, CASS Business School, UK | | Barbara Crump,, Massey university, Wellington, New Zealand | Kristina Risom, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark | | Linda Dawson,, Monash University, Caulfield East, Australia | Bob Ritchie, Lancashire Business School, UK | | David De Vaus, La Trobe University, Australia | Manas Roy, Assam University, India | | Verena Dorner University of Passau, Germany | Maria Ryan, Edith Cowen University, Perth, Australia | | David Douglas, Staffordshire University, UK | Katherine Sang,, Loughborough University, United Kingdom | | Ken D’Silva, London South Bank University, UK | Joseph Santora, Thomas Edison State College, Trenton, USA | | Dev Dutta, University of New Hampshire, Durham, UK | Mark Saunders, University of Surrey, UK | | José Esteves, Instituto de Empresa, Spain | Junaid Shaikh, Curtin University, Malaysia | | Mahmoud Fakhra, College of Business Studies, Kuwait | Marie Sheahan, Charles Sturt University, Australia | | Jason Ferdinand,, University of Liverpool, UK | Ibrahim Sirkeci, European Business School London, UK | | Karuna Gomanee, Regent’s College, UK | Jim Stewart, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK | | Gillian Green, University of Bolton, UK | Kerstin Thomson, Stockholm University, Sweden | | Ray Hackney, Brunel Business School, United Kingdom | Claudine Toffolon, Université du Mans - IUT de Laval, France | | Alex Hiller, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom | Jim Underwood, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia | | Alan Hirst, South Bank University, United Kingdom | Maryann Valiuis, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland | | Clive Holtham, CASS Business School, UK | Jocene Vallack, CQ University, Rockhampton, Australia | | Bob Hughes, University of Brighton, UK | Ana Vasconcelos, University of Sheffield, UK | | Gordon Hunter, University of Lethbridge, Canada | Kevin Voges,, University of Canterbury, New Zealand | | Fahmi Ibrahim, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK | David Wainwright, University of Northumbria, UK | | Wyn Jenkins, Staffordshire University, UK | Teresa Waring, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK | | Kristina Jesperson, Aarhus University, Denmark | Christine Welch, University of Portsmouth, UK | | Bev Jones, Wolverhampton Business School, UK | Roy Williams, University of Portsmouth, UK | | Patricia Joubert, University of Swaziland, Swaziland | Michael Wood, University of Portsmouth, UK | | Fehmi Karasioglu, SelcUnited Kingdom University, Turkey | Les Worrall, Wolverhampton Business School, UK. | | Diane Keeble Allan, Anglia Ruskin University, UK | | |  Joseph Azzopardi  Joan Ballantine  Frank Bannister  Frank Bezzina  Carole Brooke  Ann Brown  David Douglas  Martin Rich  Peter Sharp |