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What is the user perception of the virtual shelf browse function of academic library websites?
(Dublin Business School, 2018)Academic library websites and online catalogues are increasingly becoming a user’s first interaction with library services when beginning an information search. Because of this, it is vital that these online discovery tools ... -
What lessons can be learnt by examining the experiences and coping styles of a group of teachers working in the same stressful workplace: a school in a socio-economically disadvantaged area?
(Dublin Business School, 2008)Workplace stress is a serious health issue with potentially very severe effects. The sources of workplace stress tend to be context specific. The teaching profession, particularly when the school is in a socio-economically ... -
What lies behind motherhood?
(Dublin Business School, 2018)This thesis will seek to explore the complex and unique experience of motherhood from a psychoanalytic perspective. Various theorists assert that motherhood is not a biological construct which therefore leads to the question ... -
What makes a SaaS company cross the chasm? – Analysing factors that make customers purchase a freemium service
(Dublin Business School, 2019)Business softwares companies are moving to the cloud space to reduce infrastructure costs and ease accessibility to the users in the long run. Such softwares are coined as SaaS products that can be accessed from anywhere ... -
What might a School be?
(The School of Psychotherapy at SVUH, 2010)This paper is a response to Lacan 's reference to the ancient philosophical schools when he was launching the school in 1964. It aims to shed light on the reference through a consideration of material which describes the ... -
What the numbers don’t tell you. A learning analytics case.
(Dublin Business School, 2016)High level learning analytics projects require expensive resources. Nonetheless, much can be done with Moodle logs. Some lecturers populate Moodle module pages with much of interest, and students’ access to that content ... -
What we do in the silence: an exploration of the challenges and opportunities presented by silences in therapy
(Dublin Business School, 2020)The silence of patients in therapy provides many challenges to the therapist. It is vague, undefinable and is difficult to challenge. It can signify resistance and negative transferences but can also be a space for the ... -
What will supersede the Internet?
(Dublin Business School, 2002)The object of this paper is to examine the Internet in its present state with relation to its efficiency, expectant status and scale with e-commerce and introduce new up and coming future technologies to establish a model ... -
What would you do if I sang out of tune...? a qualitative study of music performance anxiety in professional Irish musicians
(Dublin Business School, 2012)The literature on music performance anxiety (MPA) suggests that everyone who performers for an audience experiences it to some degree (Gabbard, 1983), and that it can both facilitate and debilitate performance (Mor et ... -
When social norms get the boot : a study of crowd behaviour among League of Ireland football supporters
(Dublin Business School, 2014)The aim of this research project is to investigate how the experience of being part of a football crowd can influence the behaviour and identity of League of Ireland football supporters. The research was carried out using ... -
When the game is up
(Dublin Business School, 2001)This study provides an account of the lives of former female prostitutes in Dublin. It looks at the factors that led these women into working in prostitution, their experiences while they were there and what their lives ... -
When words fail; an explorative study of the experiences and impacts on families living with a child diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder
(Dublin Business School, 2011)The research project was an exploration into the impacts and experiences on families living with and raising a child with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder. The specific aim of the study was to explore how parents ... -
Where do we stand with OCD: Psychotherapists recognition of, and treatment recommendations for, individuals presenting with taboo intrusive thoughts
(Dublin Business School, 2020)Obsessive compulsive disorder is a prevalent mental health problem and is characterised by high levels of morbidity. It can present in a variety of ways and research suggests that taboo intrusive thoughts are less likely ... -
White Rose University Press: a case study
(White Rose University Press, 2019)White Rose University Press (WRUP), is a library-led academic publisher supported by the Universities of Leeds Sheffield and York. It was founded by the White Rose Libraries collaboration in response to feedback from ... -
Who cares can hurt infant attachment and disrupt adult emotions
(Dublin Business School, 2009)The purpose of the study was to investigate the role of attachment and emotional intelligence styles of emerging population of young adults, with a previous history in a care setting, in comparison with a control group of ... -
Who follows their dreams? Self-efficacy, sociotropy and autonomy as predictors of career aspiration attainment
(Dublin Business School, 2016)The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between dream job attainment and self-efficacy, sociotropy and autonomy. A review of the literature identified a lack of research on specific aspirations, as opposed ... -
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? : a study of the connection between the infantile fear of the wolf and the desire for sexual satisfaction by the father in the case of the 'Wolf Man'
(Dublin Business School, 2008)In this thesis, I intend to look at Freud's case 'From The history Of An Infantile Neurosis' (1918 [1914]), more commonly known as the case of the 'Wolf Man', I wish to investigate Freud's claim that the childhood fear of ... -
Who's who? What's not to like? study of personality type, self-esteem, stress and anxiety in relation to Facebook
(Dublin Business School, 2013)Facebook research has become the limelight across the media worldwide. This study explores Facebook Intensity, personality type, level of self-esteem, preceived level of stress, ability to control anxiety, amount of friends ... -
Why corporations fail : an exploration & theory on the recurring themes in corporate failure
(Dublin Business School, 2014)This research closes a gap in literature, by exploring the causes of corporate-failure (CF) in order to make an induction as to the recurring themes in CF. The questions to be answered by the research includes: 1. What ...