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Laker, B., Patel, C., Malik, A. and Budhwar, P. (2022) What to do when you become your friend's boss - especially when you know a little too much about each other. In: Gallo, A., Edmondson, A. C., Opie, T. R. and Clark, D. (eds.) Making Real Connections. HBR Women at Work Series. Harvard Business Review Press. ISBN 9781647822194

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Laker, B., Soga, L. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5471-9673 and Bolade-Ogunfodun, Y. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8143-6946 (2023) Closing the service gap: how to connect customers, employees and organisations. FT Publishing International, Upper Saddle River. ISBN 9781292444352

Laker, B., Cobb, D. and Trehan, R. (2021) Too proud to lead: how hubris can destroy effective leadership and what to do about it. Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781472973054