van Tilburg, Wijnand A.P.(University of Limerick, 2011)
This thesis by publication documents the results of a three year PhD research
project investigating boredom. Even though boredom is a common experience that has
been suggested to hold major implications for life and ...
Cooper, Charlotte Rachel Mary(University of Limerick, 2012)
Over my 20 year involvement with the movement, I have come to notice that scant
attention is paid to fat activism. Despite intensified interest in fat in 21st century
Western culture, the richness of fat activism is not ...
This study has analysed food expenditure patterns to determine if consumption is
converging both within and across nation states in the European Union.
Convergence theory posits that with similar levels of economic ...
This doctoral thesis analyses the legal protection afforded to non-owning spouses in Ireland in relation to the family home through the different stages of a marital relationship – inter vivos, on death and on divorce. ...
Martínez-Covarrubias, Juan Luis(University of Limerick, 2012)
Developing countries have recently been emulating innovation policies
implemented by developed countries with the firm conviction that it will improve
their economic development prospects. Nevertheless, the specificities ...
Sherman, Ultan Patrick(University of Limerick, 2012)
This study examines the content of the psychological contract at its formation stage. Three individual antecedents were identified that were expected to influence these content dimensions (careerism, type of exchange ...
Deenihan, Jeremiah Timothy(University of Limerick, 2012)
Sport Education (SE) (Siedentop, Hastie, & van der Mars, 2011) is a curriculum and instructional model for physical education that has received a wealth of research attention (Hastie, de Ojeda, & Luquin, 2011; Kinchin, ...
Kinsella, Elaine Louise(University of Limerick, 2012)
This thesis documents a PhD research project, conducted over three years, that
investigates the important features and functions associated with heroes. This
programme of research was designed to add to the scant literature ...
Effective school-university partnerships can enhance a pre-service teachers’ (PST)
experience and encourage experienced teachers to become cooperating teachers (CT).
International literature alludes to the lack of ...
Background: To ensure the right of the child with an intellectual disability to grow up in the family home is maintained, this study explores mothers ability to overcome the many challenges to the provision of care so as ...