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Motivation
(Dublin Business School, 2001)This dissertation is a study of the motivational theories both past and present and their relevance to current business practices. The dissertation will focus on the key questions: (1) Do motivational theories apply in ... -
Motivation and engagement in the commercial vehicle industry : a research study examining if a disconnect exists between what senior management feel motivates and engages the employees of the aftersales departments in the commercial vehicle industry and what the employees perceive effects their motivation and engagement
(Dublin Business School, 2013)The purpose of this paper is to explore the perceptions of motivation and engagement factors among the employees and Senior Management of the aftersales department in the Commercial Vehicle Industry in Ireland. The aim is ... -
Motivations of Body Art : a study investigating if acceptance of tattoos and piercings in modern society has resulted in movement away from deep psychological meaning and association with groups towards less meaningful motivations such as fashion
(Dublin Business School, 2005)This study set out to investigate the motivational factors underlying the practice of getting tattoos and or piercings. It questioned whether these forms of body art have become nothing more than fashion statements or ... -
Motives, risks and trust in online shopping: a study among experienced internet users-shoppers
(Dublin Business School, 2009)Internet shopping has greatly evolved; therefore it is relevant to investigate if online shoppers' behaviour has also changed. This dissertation focuses on experienced users, those who spend many hours online and are skilful ... -
The moulting tiger : the fallout from Ireland's jobs crisis
(Dublin Business School, 2011)Unemployment affects everyone. This is not a statement that could have been made without fallibility during the recession of the 1980s and 90s. Although today‟s unemployment figures mirror those from the peak of the last ... -
Moving from paper to cashless transactions: The effect on retail firms in Cork City, Ireland
(Dublin Business School, 2022)Over the years, technological advancement has led to the global disruption of various business sectors. In the finance sector, the adoption of cashless payment methods enabled by technology is increasing, especially among ... -
Moʻokūʻauhau (genealogies) of care: curating Aliʻi collections at the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
(SAHKartell, 2017)This paper explores the practice of moʻokūʻauhau (genealogy) in the care of Aliʻi (chiefly) museum collections at the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum (Honolulu, HI). Caring for aliʻi objects is a cultural imperative, rooted ... -
MP3 technology and its impact on the music world
(Dublin Business School, 2003)The purpose of this paper is to analyse MP3 technology, from its benefits to its limitations and explain how music is taken from a CD and ends up available to millions of internet users. The issue of piracy is also debated. ... -
MSc in Information and Library Management at Dublin Business School
(Library Association of Ireland, 2015)Dublin Business School is Ireland’s largest independent higher education college offering over 100 accredited courses in business, arts, law, psychology, IT and more to over 9,000 students. In November 2006, Dublin Business ... -
Multi-class image classification of fruits and vegetables using transfer learning techniques
(Dublin Business School, 2020)The need for an e cient fruit and vegetable identi cation and classi cation is always important and bene cial for not only the agricultural department or food processing industry, but also to the low level retail stores ... -
Multi-skilling as a predictor of interpersonal trust within work teams
(Dublin Business School, 2006)Multi-skilling increases the skills and competencies of an individual to perform tasks that were originally carried out by workers trained in another discipline and only recently has trust within work teams been specifically ... -
Multicultural workplaces in Ireland : stress and job satisfaction in a diverse environment
(Dublin Business School, 2013)The structure of the workplace around the world has changed. Multinational workforces need to be taken into consideration by organisations, including those in Ireland. The aim of this research is to examine ... -
Murder, manslaughter and mayhem: a forensic anthropological study of homicide in 21st century Ireland
(Dublin Business School, 2008)The writer began this work by outlining how homicide has been a part of human nature since the beginning of time. A brief history pertaining to the Irish law on homicide was presented. An analysis was taken of the homicide ... -
Music and feelings of well-being : an analytic study of the role of gender on response to music
(Dublin Business School, 2014)Music has been a significant part of human experience and even when it is not the main focus of attention; it is difficult to imaging some occasions such as weddings without it (Rentfrow and Gosling, 2012). In effect, many ... -
Music preferences, and their effect on personality, coping styles and perceived scholastic competence in students
(Dublin Business School, 2013)Research has recently turned its focus on the relationships between music and personality. This study aims to replicate and further this by investigating the effect of music preference on three psychological variables; ... -
Mutual entailment of temporal relations in younger and older adults: reversing order judgments
(Springer International Publishing, 2016)For temporal relations, mutually entailed relations are different to those directly trained; we learn that A occurred “before” B and derive that B occurred “after” A. Deriving such relations results in lower accuracy and ... -
My first known blood relative. A psychotherapeutic exploration of female adoptees who give birth to biological children
(Dublin Business School, 2018)Research studies on adoption fail to consider the female adoptees experience of having their own biological children. Most research on adoption focuses on birth mothers and adoptive mothers in the adoption triad. This ... -
The mystery of Babel: An exploration of providing psychotherapy in a second language with monolingual clients
(Dublin Business School, 2020)The aim of this study was to explore the multilingual phenomenon in psychotherapy. More precisely, the study focused on the impacts of multilingual therapeutic dyads, when therapists provide sessions in their second ... -
Myth, man and history. The films of Zack Snyder
(Dublin Business School, 2015)The onset of the new Justice League films, beginning with Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice in 2016 gives me great pause due to my opinions of their director, Zack Snyder. He is a director that certainly seems to inspire ...