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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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Women's perceptions of human rights and rights-based approaches in everyday life: a case study from provincial Russia
… for women, have been starkly illustrated in the social and economic transformations taking place in contemporary Russia. While the lack of realisation of human rights in Russia has been well-documented, much of this research has focused on macro-level analyses of Russia's consolidation of …
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Internal migrants and labour market discrimination in Shanghai’s manufacturing sector
… status (local hukou), migrants are subject to social and economic constraints. This thesis examines the extent to which migrants are disadvantaged and discriminated in Shanghai’s manufacturing sector. The thesis further explains the underlying reasons for such discrimination. Fieldwork in …
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Contributing factors to the development of positive responses to the adversity endured by Sierra Leonean refugee women living in the United Kingdom
… status, attitudes, religious belief systems, social networks as well as behaviours. It also investigated the unique way that Sierra Leonean refugee women (a) experienced adversity (connected with the civil war in Sierra Leone), (b) addressed adversity at different stages (e.g. during the war, …
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Challenges encountered by frontline professionals in care for adolescents who self-harm. A qualitative study conducted on an inpatient unit implementing Adolescent Mentalization-Based Integrative Treatment (AMBIT)
Research: The prevalence rate of self-harm among adolescents is high and rising. This is a worrying trend, considering that self-harm is associated with poor mental health and an increased risk of suicide. However, research literature suggests that adolescents rarely seek help and that caring for …
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An investigation of Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Practices in Saudi Arabian Firms
… the plausible explanations for corporate social responsibility reporting (hereafter CSRR) practices in Saudi Arabian firms. It investigates the different factors that motivate companies to report their corporate social responsibility (hereafter CSR) activities from managerial perspectives, …
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Geography, Linkages and Capabilities: Innovation in the Agricultural Coffee Production in Latin America
The main contribution of this work is the proposal of a conceptual framework that integrates internal (to the firm) conditions with external influences at two geographical proximity levels, local and non-local, with respect to four types of innovation performance: product innovation, process …
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Keep calm and age well: Behavioural and electrophysiological investigations into the effects of cumulative stress exposure on ageing cognition
The research presented in this thesis comprises a body of work dedicated to continuing and enriching past exploration into the impact cumulative life stress exerts on ageing cognition. In order to extend previous work into this topic, behavioural measures were paired with electroencephalographic …
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Material Objects, Meaning and Workplace Identity
… otherwise have no means of expression in the social and legal ordering of the workplace. It is recommended that organizations take cognizance of, and respect, the place which things seen as personal objects play at work.
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A Neo-Gramscian Perspective on Varieties of Environmental Governance: Hegemonic Struggles in China’s Rare Earth Industry
This study aims to discuss the changing hegemonic struggles among the state, business and NGOs in the development of environmental governance of China's rare earth industry. Although rare earths are indispensable to myriad clean technologies, mining and processing rare earth ores cause heavy …
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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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