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Acknowledgements
There is not often an opportunity presented to thank, in public, all the individuals who assisted in the journey into the research and subsequently followed by the completion of the present thesis.
I am really grateful for the possibility to recognise, value and cherish all the Apecrksonnoswwlehdogseemuendtserstanding, support and contributions are invaluable to me. I feel Thuhmerbeleisfnoorttohfeteenxtaendoepdpolritsutnoitfythperesvenrytedbetost tpheaonpkl,ei,nwphuoblisch,aarelldththeeinrdtihvoiduugahlts wanhdo asussgigsetesdtioinsthweijtohurmneyaintdotdhreagrgeseedarmcheaanrdousunbdsebqaurreinetrlsyafonldloswtuemdblyinthgebclomckpsl,etinonthoef tfhifeteperne-syeenatrt’hsesiqsu.est to unravel the transboundary backgrounds of knowledge manageImaemnt,rweailtlhyagprraetecfipuiltaftoironthien tphoestshibeislist.y to recognise, value and cherish all the personsI wexhpoesreieunncdederstoamndeinfagl,sesusptaprotsr,t bauntdfocronthtreibuultiomnastearaetteimnvpatl,uLaboleTitgochmeela.aIr wfeaesl hesusmenbtliealfoinr sthaerienxgtehnidsewdislidsotmo,f tthegvueirdyanbcestanpdeospulpep,owrthion shtraurcetdurtihnegirthtehougthlitnsesanodf sthueggtheesstios.ns with me and dragged me around barriers and stumbling blocks, in the fifteen-ySehaerf’fsieldqueHstallatom uUnrnaivelrsityh’es tDrainrescbtourndoafryStbuadcikesg,rouJnodhsn oMfcAkunloewyledangde mSuapneargveimsoerntS,lwavitah aKpurbeactiópvitatiforonmin tPhreagthuesisB.usiness School TCBS, with their help throughIoeuxtpthereiewnhcoedlespormoceefsasl,swe esrtaeritns,stbrutmfeonrtathleinultthiemtahtesaisttewmriptitn, gLobyTsighcohweilnagarthweaisr esnsceonutriagleinmsehnatsrinangdhicsriwtiqisudeosmc,htahpetegrubidyanchceapatnerdisnupapworetlli-ndostsreudctsuerqinugentcheaonudtliwneitshoaf thhuemthoerosiuss. tone of voice. Thank you both for the support.
SInheafdfdieiltdionHtoalltahmesuUpenriviesrosritsy,’TsatDyainreactLoirpaotofvaSwtuadsievse,ryJohhenlpfuMlcinAuplreoyvidaingd SinuspigehrvtsisoinrtoSltahveasoKuulboaftóRvuassfiraonmcuPlrtuagreu,eimBpursoinvesdsmSychcouoltlurTaClBawS,arweniethsstohneirSlhaevlipc tihssruoeusghanodutptehceulwiahroitliesp.rocess, were instrumental in the thesis writing by showing their encouraMgeamnyenthsaannkdsctorititqhueecsoc-hreaspetaercbhyersc,haApltexreiynKaownenlol-vd,osAeldeksseaqnuderncMeaaknadrowvitahnda hRumstoermouSs atofine ofrfovmoicCeA. TShDa/nkKyFoUu bionthKfaozratnh-eRsuspspiaortf.or their huge support in data collectioIn afrdodmititohne tRoutshseiasnuopregravnisisoartsi,oTnsa.tyWaneaenLjiopyaetodvwa owrkaisngvetroygehtehleprfuoln itnhepprorovjiedcint.g insightsI iwnatos ktheeptsonultroafckRbuyssTiaantecvuikltuPrier,umimyparno,vaecdtinmgyascualtruersaelaracwhaarsesniestsasnot.nTSatleavikc isshsouwesedanhdepreaccualidaermitiiecs.background and kept me within the strict lines of a scientific researchMandysthciaennktsifitcoltahnegucaog-ere.sTeahracnhkerys,ouAlfeoxreytheKoexncneolvle,nAtlgeukisdaanndcreManadkasrouvppaonrtd, Raluwsateyms toStahfeinpofirnotmanCd AwSitDh /paKtiFenUcei.n Kazan-Russia for their huge support in data collection from the Russian organisations. We enjoyed working together on the project.
I was kept on track by Tatevik Pirumyan, acting as a research assistant. Tatevik
showed her academic background and kept me within the strict lines of a scientific research and scientific language. Thank you for the excellent guidance and support, always to the point and with patience.
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