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Wilks, Linda (2016). The lived experience of London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic volunteers: a serious leisure perspective. Leisure Studies, 35(5) pp. 652–667.

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Wilks, Linda (2016). Communicating an arts foundation’s values: sights, sounds and social media. Arts and the Market, 6(2) pp. 206–223.

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Wilks, Linda (2015). A ‘Big’ legacy? Evaluating volunteers’ experiences of London 2012 and beyond. In: Poynter, Gavin; Viehoff, Valerie and Li, Yang eds. The London Olympics and Urban Development: The Mega-Event City. Regions and Cities. Routledge, pp. 270–282.

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Wilks, Linda (2015). A new model of volunteer leadership: lessons from a local festival. Voluntary Sector Review, 6(2) pp. 193–208.

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Wilks, Linda (2014). The special challenges of marketing the arts festival. In: O'Reilly, Daragh; Rentschler, Ruth and Kirchner, Theresa A. eds. The Routledge Companion to Arts Marketing. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 334–343.

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Richards, Greg; de Brito, Marisa P. and Wilks, Linda eds. (2013). Exploring the Social Impacts of Events. Routledge Advances in Event Research Series. Abingdon: Routledge.

Quinn, Bernadette and Wilks, Linda (2013). Festival connections: people, place and social capital. In: Richards, Greg; de Brito, Marisa and Wilks, Linda eds. Exploring the social impacts of events. Routledge Advances in Event Research Series. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 15–30.

Wilks, Linda (2013). Introduction: the need to understand the social dimensions of events. In: Richards, Greg; de Brito, Marisa and Wilks, Linda eds. Exploring the social impacts of events. Routledge Advances in Event Research Series. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 1–11.

Wilks, Linda (2013). Exploring social and cultural diversity within 'Black British Jazz' audiences. Leisure Studies, 32(4) pp. 349–366.

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Wilks, Linda and Pearce, Nick (2011). Fostering an ecology of openness: the role of social media in public engagement at the Open University, UK. In: Wankel, Charles ed. Teaching Arts and Science with the New Social Media. Cutting-edge Technologies in Higher Education (3). Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing Group, pp. 241–263.

Wilks, Linda (2011). Bridging and bonding: social capital at music festivals. Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events, 3(3) pp. 281–297.

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Wilks, Linda (2011). Social capital in the music festival experience. In: Page, Stephen and Connell, Joanne eds. The Routledge Handbook of Events. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 260–272.

James, Laura; Norman, John; De Baets, Anne-Sophie; Burchell-Hughes, Ingrid; Burchmore, Helen; Philips, Amyas; Sheppard, Dan; Wilks, Linda and Wolffe, John (2009). The lives and technologies of early career researchers. CARET, University of Cambridge, Cambridge.

Wilks, Linda Jean (2009). Initiations, interactions, cognoscenti: social and cultural capital in the music festival experience. PhD thesis The Open University.

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Wilks, Linda (2009). ‘It’s like a permanent corridor conversation’: an exploration of technology-enabled scholarly networking at The Open University. University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.

Wilks, Linda and Billsberry, Jon (2007). Should we do away with teleworking? An examination of whether teleworking can be defined in the new world of work. New Technology, Work and Employment, 22(2) pp. 168–177.

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