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Showing 1 to 20 of 304 for “"H Social Sciences (General)"”.
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Training and development, turnover intention and job performance of academic staff in public universities of Pakistan
Employee turnover is a critical issue for organizations especially in academic sector. It undermines the efficiency and productivity of the organization. There is a need of looking at factors that affect this behavior of the workforce. Therefore, this study focuses on the relationship between …
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The relationships between organizational cynicism, high performance work system, perceived psychological contract violation, workplace incivility and organizational citizenship behaviour among secondary school teachers in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Despite the decades of empirical researches on organizational citizenship behaviour, still many of its aspects are unexplored. Organizational citizenship behaviour is found to be important in education sector, especially in public schools in Malaysia. Hence, this study has been conducted to …
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Fuel poverty and transport poverty in the UK: a critical examination of their future evolution in relation to government policy
… poverty in the UK, addressing the impacts of social exclusion and the neoliberal austerity agenda. The theoretical underpinnings of this thesis lie in The Right to the City by Henri Lefebvre, drawing on his vision of emancipatory spatial politics. Insightful primary evidence in the form of 17 …
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Returning to the Path. A hermeneutic phenomenological study of parental expectations and the meaning of transition to early parenting in couples with a pregnancy conceived using in-vitro fertilisation.
… of parenthood. The concept of good parenting is socially constructed and it may be that having actively sought parenthood, parents who have conceived using IVF feel pressure to be ‘good’ at it. This study seeks to understand the lived experiences of transition to early parenthood following IVF. …
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Designing a conceptual framework to investigate the influences of sustainability on demand chain studying new product development in manufacturing sector
Industrialisation has resulted in global competition requiring businesses to enhance their products and services to survive. Besides, the global climate emergency and sustainability challenges are not issues to be taken lightly. Industrial activities can play a critical role in mitigating …
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Greenwich parish church, memorialisation and community c. 1700 to the present day
This study examines the relationships between the parish church(es) of Greenwich, London, and the local communities they served in the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It incorporates architectural, local and national history sources and combines these fields. An exploration of three …
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Whistleblowing: the role of trade unions
Whistleblowing occurs predominantly within the workplace by individuals seeking to raise a concern. Trade unions seek to support their members in the workplace and more broadly in society. As such, we might expect that trade unions engage by supporting members who wish to blow the whistle. However, …
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Deviant domesticity: an exploration of the spatial arrangement of erotic spaces of webcam models
The advancement of technological devices and ‘Web 2.0' has allowed users the opportunity to consume and produce content in different ways. Despite the growing significance of the internet, and its increased use for erotic purpose, research on webcamming is lacking, specifically regarding the …
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An examination of integrated teaching and learning approaches in marketing education
This thesis is submitted for the award of the PhD by Published Work. It lies within the field of marketing education and contributes to understanding how marketing educators can enhance students' higher level thinking skills by using and refining learning approaches that integrate knowledge gained …
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Local trade union responses in the context of public healthcare service privatisation
Both in France and in England, ‘New Public Management’ (NPM) mechanisms such as privatisation, marketisation and decentralisation have been an integral part of healthcare reforms, aiming to improve efficiency and cut costs (Bach and Bordogna, 2011). In response, some trade unions have looked to …
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Exploring applications of big data analytics in supply chain management
Empirical evidence demonstrates many benefits of Big data analytics (BDA) in supply chain management (SCM), including reduced operational costs, improved SC agility, and increased customer satisfaction. However, reports show that the BDA adoption of companies in SCM is relatively low, and the main …
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The concept of similarity in interorganisational networks: an empirical application in healthcare
… as a multifaceted concept, underlying various social processes operating in inter-organisational networks. The current work builds on the literature on the antecedents and consequences of inter-organisational networks and adds a focus on the concepts of performance similarity (Chapter 4), …
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Routes in and out of problem internet gambling by gender and by gambling activity: a mixed-method study based on personal accounts of internet gamblers
… factors; utility of IG, value for money, social introduction, alternative social environment, competitiveness and needing something to do. Men were more influenced than women by value for money and utility of IG. Bettors were more influenced by utility than players from other gambling …
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A tale of two regions – comparative analysis of maritime security in East and West Africa
The maritime environment in general and maritime security in particular have often been neglected in Africa. In recent years, there has been a new focus on maritime issues but the academic literature on the subject is largely related to counter-piracy operations in East Africa and, to some degree, …
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(In)visible entrepreneurs: creative enterprise in the urban music economy
… related enterprise culture is a mechanism for social and economic mobility particularly for those from ethnically stigmatised communities. The findings disrupt existing strategies to deal with youth unemployment. Suggestions are made for a more differentiated approach to support the reduction …
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How public management reform influenced three professional groups - teachers, nurses and social workers - in England during the period 1979-2010
… professional development of teachers, nurses and social workers, described as 'social service professionals', delivering public services in England between 1979 and 2010. The influence of institutional and government policy changes were assessed through a textual analysis of public policy …
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Digital black boxes: apprehending fast and dynamic sociotechnical networks
We live in a world now dominated by complex and fast moving sociotechnical systems. This work considers the difficulties presented in even discussing such systems in an intelligible manner, especially given that many escape the immediate capabilities of human cognition to properly apprehend. …
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Complexity–based tools to complement project management methodologies: an interpretivist approach to project management implementation
When projects fail, this is often because the social situation is more complex than anticipated. If project teams complement their methodologies by utilising tools designed to interpret complex situations at key points, these projects are more likely to succeed. This research investigates how to …
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Networking for the internationalization of SMEs: evidence from the Chinese context
… of survey data allows statistical validation and generalization of the findings. Findings of key behavioural aspects of networking concerning the likelihood of SMEs achieving (rapid) internationalization are derived. Network resources are identified to have possibly negative in addition to …
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Russian German identity: transnationalism negotiated through culture, the hybrid and the spatial
… theories of migration have come to the fore in social science research as scholars have sought to account for the effect of globalization upon the practice of migration. The formulation of transnationalism has not been uncontested and its boundaries are still subject to redefinition. The studies …
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