Professor Godfrey Baldacchino
Published Books/Monographs
Articles in Foreign Books & Refereed International Journals (since 1993)
Other Articles (since 1996)
Songs
Commissioned Review Articles (since 1996)
Forthcoming
PUBLISHED BOOKS / MONOGRAPHS:
... AS AUTHOR:
-The Impact of Malta's eventual accession to the European Union on its Hotels and Restaurants Sector: Focus on Employment and Social Policy, Malta, Malta Hotels & Restaurants Association, (2001).
- Malta and the European Union: A Comparative Study on Social Policy, Employment and Industrial Relations, Malta, Malta Employers' Association (2000) ISBN: 99932-24-00-6
-Ninvestigaw is-Socjeta, (Investigating Society) Malta, PEG Publications, 1995; revised 1997; 1999. ISBN: 99909-0-052-3
-The Graduating Workforce: A Tracer Survey of Graduates on the Malta Labour Market, Malta, Gutenberg Press (1997). ISBN: 99909-984-0-X.
-Global Tourism & Informal Labour Relations: The Small Scale Syndrome at Work, London, Mansell (1997). ISBN: 0-7201-2248-1.
-Worker Co-operatives with particular reference to Malta: An Educationist's Theory and Practice, The Netherlands, Institute of Social Studies (1990). ISBN: 90-6490-033-7.
-Introducing Social Studies: A Maltese Reader, Malta, PEG Publications, 1988; revised 2000. ISBN: 99909-0-246-1.
-Il-Partecipazzjoni fit-Tarzna: Kif Jahsibha l-Haddiem, (Worker Participation at Malta Drydocks: A survey of worker perceptions) Workers` Participation Development Centre, University of Malta (1984).
… AS CO-EDITOR:
(with Mark Bray) 'Human Resource Strategies for Small States', special issue of International Journal of Educational Development, Vol. 21, No.3, 2001.
(with David Milne): Lessons from the Political Economy of Small Islands: The Resourcefulness of Jurisdiction, Basingstoke, UK, Macmillan / New York, St Martin's Press, 2000. ISBN: 0-333-77817-0
(with Robert Greenwood) Competing Strategies of Socio-Economic Development for Small Islands, Canada, Institute of Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island, 1998.
ISBN: 0-919013-23-6
(with Peter Mayo) Beyond Schooling: Adult Education in Malta, Malta, Mireva, 1997. ISBN: 1-870579-55-0
(with Klitos Symeonides) Cyprus & Malta on the Threshold of the European Union: Challenges to Workers & Trade Unions, Nicosia, Cyprus Government Press, 1996.
(with Saviour Rizzo & Edward L. Zammit) Co-operative Ways of Working, Malta, Workers` Participation Development Centre & Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 1994.
(with Ronald G. Sultana) Maltese Society: A Sociological Inquiry, Malta, Mireva, 1994. ISBN: 1-870579-24-0
ARTICLES IN FOREIGN BOOKS & REFEREED INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS (Since 1993)
'Jurisdictional Self-reliance for Small Island Territories: Considering the Partition of Cyprus', The Round Table, No. 365, 2002, pp. 349-360.
'A Taste of Small Island Success: A Case from Prince Edward Island', Journal of Small Business Management, Vol. 40. No. 3, 2002, pp. 254-259.
'Human Resource Management Strategies for Small Territories: An Alternative Proposition' in International Journal of Educational Development, Vol. 21, No.3, 2001, pp. 205-215.
"But what exactly does the Directive say?": The role of EU acquis experts in Industrial Relations, European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2001, pp. 137-152.
'Human Resource Management in Malta: Hospitality insights from a small island territory', in S.M. Hoffman, C. Johnson & M.M. Lefever eds. International Human Resource Management in the Hospitality Industry, Lansing MI, Educational Institute of the American Hotels and Motels Association, 2000, pp.183-194.
The Challenge of Hypothermia: A Six-Proposition Manifesto for Small Island Territories, The Round Table, No.353, 2000, pp.65-79.
'An Exceptional Success: the case study of an export oriented, locally owned, small scale manufacturing firm in a small island country', Journal of Pacific Studies, Vol. 23, No. 1, 1999, pp. 27-47.
(with David Fabri): 'The Malta Financial Services Centre: A Study in Microstate Dependency Management?', in M.P. Hampton & J.P.Abbott, eds.: Offshore Finance Centres and Tax Havens, Basingstoke, U.K., Macmillan, 1999, pp.140-166.
'Smallness is Back', North: Scandinavian Journal of Regional Policy, Vol. 10, No.2/3, 1999, pp.21-26.
'A Double Dose of Unitarism: Employment Relations in a small firm in a small island state', International Journal of Employment Studies, Vol. 7, No. 2, 1999, pp. 103-121.
'Small Business in Small Island Nations: A Case Study from Fiji', Journal of Small Business Management, Vol. 37, No.4, 1999, pp.80-84.
'Recent Developments in Higher Education in Malta', Mediterranean Journal of Educational Studies, special issue, Vol. 4, No.2, 1999, 205-214.
'Humane Privatisation: Worker Co-operative Initiatives in the Public Sector', Journal of Co-operative Studies, Vol.31, No.1, 1998, pp.39-49.
'Strategies of Development for Small Island Territories of the North Atlantic: Common Sense versus Good Sense' - editorial introduction in G. Baldacchino & R. Greenwood, eds., op. cit., 1998, pp. 1-29.
'Far Better to Serve in Heaven than to Reign in Hell: Malta's Logic of Relating to the European Union' in G. Baldacchino & R. Greenwood, eds., op. cit., 1998, pp.213-238.
'The Other Way Round: Manufacturing as an Extension of Services in Small States', Asia Pacific Viewpoint, Vol.39, No.3, 1998, pp.267-279.
'School Based Co-operative Experiences for Students: the Scoops Project', Review of International Co-operation, Vol. 91, No.4, 1998, pp.47-54.
'A Clash of Human Resource Management Cultures: A Microstate Case Study', International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol.8, No.4, 1997, pp.506-518.
(with Peter Mayo) 'Adult & Continuing Education in Small & Island States: The Case of Malta', Convergence, Vol. 23, No.2, 1996, pp.22-35.
'Labour Recruitment in the Hospitality Industry: A Different Lesson in Sustainability', in B. Archer, J. Jafari & G. Wall, eds., Sustainable Tourism in Small and Island States, Vol.1, London, Mansell, 1996, pp.160-170.
(with Peter Mayo) 'Multi-functionalism, Volunteers and the `School Culture`: Adult Education in the Maltese Context' in J.H. Knoll, ed. International Yearbook of Adult Education, Vol. 23, Cologne, Bohlau-Verlag, 1995, pp.229-244.
'Labour Formation in Small Developing States: A Conceptual Review', Compare, Vol. 25, No. 3, 1995, pp.263-278.
'The Status of a Doctoral Defence', Journal of Graduate Education, Vol.1, No.2, 1995,pp.71-6.
'Total Quality Management in a Luxury Hotel: A Critique of Practice', International Journal of Hospitality Management, Vol.14, No.1, 1995, pp.67-78.
'Peculiar Human Resource Management Practices? A Case Study of a Microstate Hotel', Tourism Management, Vol.15, No.1, 1994, pp.46-52.
'Labour Policy in Microstates: Or, the Management of, and by, a Crew in a Drifting Vessel', Bulletin of Eastern Caribbean Affairs, Vol.19, No.3, 1994, pp.44-52.
'Bursting the Bubble: The Pseudo-Development Strategies of Microstates', Development & Change, Vol.24, No.1, 1993, pp.29-51.
OTHER ARTICLES (since 1996):
'European Labour Law: Some Reflections on a Cultural Collision', The Employer (Journal of the Malta Employers' Association), January 2001, pp.27-32.
Il-Leggenda tax-Xambekk Imnaqqax (The legend of the vessel etched in stone), Saghtar, Malta, MUT Publication, March 2001.
(with David Milne) 'Introduction' and 'Conclusion' in: Lessons from the Political Economy of Small Islands: The Resourcefulness of Jurisdiction, Basingstoke, UK, Macmillan/ New York, St Martin's Press, 2000.
'Gozo Social Structure: Issues and Implications' in Improving the Employability of the Workforce in Gozo, Bank of Valletta 2000 Conference, April, Malta, Bank of Valletta, pp. 15-28.
'From Potential Graduates to Graduates with Potential: Dramatic Changes at the University of Malta and Reactions from Graduates and their Employers', University of Malta Annual Report 1999-2000, Malta.
'Green and Grey on a Satellite Map', Education 2000, No.3, 1998, pp.3-4.
'Competitiveness versus Social Cohesion: Employment-Creation Policies in Malta & the European Union', paper presented at the Annual EDRC Conference, May 1999. Published in P.G. Xuereb, ed. Getting Down to Gearing Up for Europe, Malta, EDRC, pp. 259-269.
'Social Issues' in 1st Regional Socio-Economic Development Plan for the South of Malta, 1998.
(with Robert Greenwood) 'Towards a Political Economy of the Edge: A Novel Perspective to Island Studies', paper presented at Islands V Conference organised by the International Small Islands Studies Association, Mauritius, University of Mauritius, July, 1998.
'Resolving the Tension between Wages & Competitiveness', Bank of Valletta Review, No.17, 1998, pp.25-38.
'The Hypothermia of Small Territories', paper presented at Development Studies Association Conference, Norwich, U.K., University of East Anglia, 1997.
'Employment Relations in Small firms in Small States', paper presented at international conference on Human Resources and Future Generations in Small & Island States, Malta, Foundation for International Studies, 1997.
'Trade Unions in the Maltese Private Sector', Bank of Valletta Review, No.13, 1996, pp.17-30.
SONGS:
Gradwati fuq ix-Xoghol [Graduates at Work] (with music by Vince Fabri), sung and played during University of Malta Graduation Ceremony as the Academic Staff Oration, November 1998.
COMMISSIONED REVIEW ARTICLES (since 1996):
Roderick Pace (2001) Microstate Security in the Global System: EU-Malta Relations, in The Sunday Times, November 25th 2001, p.31.
Michael Crossley & Keith Holmes (1999) Educational Development in the Small States of the Commonwealth: Retrospect & Prospect, London, Commonwealth Secretariat in Comparative Education, Vol. 36, No. 4, 2000, pp.492-3.
Mark Bray & Lucy Steward, eds. (1997) 'Examination Systems in Small States' London, Commonwealth Secretariat, Compare, Vol. 29, No.1, 1999, pp. 103-4.
Samir Amin (1996) 'Capitalism in the Age of Globalization', London, Zed Books, Mediterranean Journal of Educational Studies, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1998, pp. 166-171.
Ropate R. Qalo (1997) Small Business: A Study of a Fijian Family -The Mucunabitu Iron Works Contractor Co-operative Society', Review of International Co-operation, Vol. 91, No.1, 1998, pp.101-2.
Economic & Social Studies (New Series) Vol. 9, 1997, The Sunday Times, 15th March 1998.
Vince Magri, ed: (1995) Aghti Widen! Noti dwar Metodu fl-Istudji Socjali, The Sunday Times, 10th March 1996.
FORTHCOMING:
Books:
Co-editor (with Charles J. Farrugia) Educational Management and Planning in Small States: Concepts and Experiences, London, Commonwealth Secretariat, 2002.
Co-editor/author: (with Saviour Rizzo and Edward L. Zammit) Evolving Industrial Relations in Malta, Agenda/WPDC, 2002.
Co-editor (with Mario Grixti and Antoinette Caruana) Case Studies in Human Resource Management Practice in Malta, forthcoming, Foundation for Human Resources Deveopment.
Journal Articles:
'The Nationless State?: Malta, National Identity and the European Union', West European Politics, Vol.___, No.___. October 2002, pp.__________..
'Island Studies Comes of Age', World Development, 2003, forthcoming.
Review Articles:
Book Chapters:
'Women in Industry' in Mary Jane Spiteri, ed. Maltese Women in the Twentieth Century, Malta, National Council of Women, forthcoming.