• Data privacy and surveillance issues in telematics use: a study in young German drivers 

  Jannusch, Tim (University of Limerick, 2021)

  Young drivers are among the most vulnerable road users worldwide. Their overrepresentation in road accident statistics has already been observed more than half a century ago. Since then, researchers and policy makers ...
• Organisational identification after cultural system reform:the role of self-enhancement and uncertainty reduction motives after a radical organisational change 

  Yang, Le (University of Limerick, 2021)

  This study explores the role of self-enhancement motive and uncertainty reduction motive in affecting organisational members’ identification after a radical organisational change. The data for this study was collected ...
• HR analytics & evidence-based decision-making: a multi-stakeholder perspecitive 

  Thüsing, Katharina (University of Limerick, 2021)

  Human Resource Analytics (HRA) is espoused as enabling the Human Resource (HR) function to make evidence-based decisions, and, consequently, has garnered a growing interest among both scholars and practitioners in ...
• Factors influencing tax experts’ perceptions of the value of expertise in their daily tax work. Exploring the field through a Bourdieusian lens 

  Laheen, Martin Joseph (University of Limerick, 2021)

  This thesis explores how tax experts value different facets of expertise in their daily work, and how the manner and degree to which expertise is valued and experienced varies across the field. Over the past decade, a ...
• Creative destruction in science 

  Tierney, Warren (University of Limerick, 2020)

  Drawing on the concept of a gale of creative destruction in a capitalistic economy, I argue that initiatives to assess the robustness of findings should aim to simultaneously test competing ideas operating in the same ...
• An exploration of the factors impacting on pre-professional identity formation during legitimate peripheral participation within nursing clinical placement 

  Nagle, Louise (University of Limerick, 2021)

  Pre-Professional Identity (PPI) development is a fundamental outcome of student nurse development. The process occurs as students engage in Legitimate Peripheral Participation (LPP), where a novice is involved in ...
• Exploring the influence of an entrepreneur’s gender on the quality of jobs they create 

  Harnett, Claire (University of Limerick, 2021)

  Job quality, and more explicitly the development of high-quality jobs, has been a priority on European policy-making agendas over the past decade. Consequently, entrepreneurship as a job creation strategy has received ...
• Evaluating online business-to-business demand generation through LinkedIn 

  Ring, Colm (University of Limerick, 2020)

  The Business-to-Business (B2B) sales environment is facing unprecedented changes due to an increasing trend of digitisation and of late the changed buying behaviours during COVID 19. This revolution in B2B sales has ...
• A synthesis of predictive statistics and actuarial science to quantify emerging and existing risks within the motor vehicle industry 

  Shannon, Darren (University of Limerick, 2020)

  The broad evolutionary movement toward ensuring vehicle safety has necessitated the collection motor vehicle collision (MVC) data, so that the circumstances that influence the frequency and severity of MVCs can be ...
• Mapping the reflexive contours of contemporary homosexual lives 

  Kapoor, Vikram (University of Limeirck, 2020)

  LGBTQ people continue to encounter discrimination and atrocities in many societies, even in contemporary times where normalization of homosexuality is alleged to have grown. My study, grounded in anti-gay religious ...
• An evaluation of technical efficiency in Irish nursing homes 

  Ni Luasa, Shiovan (University of Limerick, 2020)

  The evaluation of technical efficiency (TE) and its determinants in the Irish nursing home (INH) care provision is an important research area for a number of reasons. First, Ireland’s population is ageing quickly, and ...
• Emerging autonomous vehicle risks: The role of telematics and machine learning based risk assessment 

  Ryan, Cian (University of Limerick, 2020)

  The evolution towards fully autonomous vehicles (AVs) is set to considerably reduce road accident rates, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and liberate time spent driving. The transition is also expected to significantly ...
• An economic analysis of EU-China agricultural trade relations 

  Li, Junshi (University of Limerick, 2020)

  Agricultural trade relations between the EU and China are promising given the background of a rising trend of global economic and trade development. This study is conducted within the framework of international trade ...
• A machine learning examination of nanomaterial safety 

  Furxhi, Irini (University of Limerick, 2020)

  Nanotechnology is an emerging technologies with enormous potential for innovative applications. The introduction of nanoparticles (NPs) offers significant societal benefits and economic opportunities while posing major ...
• Choices and constraints in female self-employment: an investigation into the income and working conditions of self-employed women in Ireland 2003-2017 

  Bari, Lauren (University of Limerick, 2020)

  There is a popular perception that self-employment, freelance work and small-business entrepreneurship offer increased flexibility and autonomy in working conditions compared to wage-and-salaried employment. In this sense, ...
• Generational work values: Not so different after all? 

  Bamberg, Ashley (University of Limerick, 2020)

  Broad advancements in human health, quality of life, and longevity have culminated in an increasingly age diverse population. Over several decades, successive researchers have adopted a generational lens - the ...
• Evaluating VaR: a qualitative and quantitative impact study 

  McCullagh, Orla (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Value-at-Risk (VaR) is the primary measure used to estimate the potential losses for a bank portfolio due to market movements. It has three key roles: internal risk management; risk reporting; determination of market risk ...
• Mapping the technical and social dynamics in project management: a test of the Badiouan model 

  Keaveney, James (University of Limerick, 2019)

  This study analyses the dynamics of a project management process and its outcomes by developing a framework that integrates Badiouan dialectical materialism to operationalise a Luhmannian systems theoretic conceptualisation ...
• International assignment success: a thematic analysis of proximal salient stakeholders’ accounts of enablers and outcomes 

  Brosnan, Kathryn (University of Limerick, 2019)

  This thesis focuses on the area of international assignment success from the perspective of five proximal and salient organisational stakeholders in the global assignment cycle. A significant body of academic literature ...
• Investigating the impact of internationally acquired qualifications on labour market performance: the case of Brazil 

  de Castro, Charles Alves (University of Limerick, 2015)

  The aim of this study is to examine the labour market performance of Brazilian students who have acquired international qualifications in the areas of engineering and science. A comprehensive analysis of the literature ...

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