• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• Understanding formal career mentoring: a relational and social support perspective 

  Rock, Andrew David (University of Limerick, 2013)

  The purpose of this research thesis is to help explain formal organisational career mentoring as it is perceived among dyadic mentoring pairs. It proposes a more holistic in-depth understanding of mentoring relationships ...
• Evaluating the impact of innovation policy instrument mix on firm-level research and development intensity 

  Mulligan, Kevin (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Firm-level innovation is a well-established determinant of national competitiveness and economic growth. Many studies highlight that private firms may under invest in innovation due to market and system failures. This has ...
• Abstracting brands: visual literacy and the making of Orla Kiely 

  Lynch, Leonie Therese (Univesity of Limerick, 2016)

  This study examines visual literacy and its key components - visual language, visual perception, visual thinking, visual learning and visual communication within the context of consumer culture. While visual literacy is ...
• Synergistic networks between multinational subsidiaries and subnational actors: role, interaction and variation within a small, highly globalised economy 

  Monaghan, Sinéad M. (University of Limerick, 2014)

  Location-specific assets and spatial attributes of foreign direct investment (FDI) are increasingly identified as an important condition for successful economic activity. Drawing upon a nascent interdisciplinary theoretical ...
• Risk assessment of emerging technologies using Bayesian networks 

  Sheehan, Barry (University of Limerick, 2018)

  The benefits of emerging technologies are often recognized prior to the acknowledgement of potential barriers such as legal restrictions, regulatory scrutiny or liability conundrums. Consequently, supervisory bodies and ...
• Shop steward representation in contemporary Irish industrial relations: experiences, tasks, responsibilities and challenges 

  Rock, Mick (University of Limerick, 2018)

  Shop stewards as workplace union representatives provide protection for workers concerning problems with their treatment by management at their workplace. This study set out to examine shop steward representation and the ...
• Ireland’s retail banking crisis: lessons to learn and policy implications 

  Kennedy Fogarty, Julie (University of Limerick, 2018)

  Lessons have been learned since the Irish banking crisis, and important regulatory and supervisory actions have been taken both domestically and internationally. While, there exists an extensive body of research investigating ...

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