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Academic acculturation of post graduate Indian business students into Irish Higher Education Institutions (HEI)
(Dublin Business School, 2016)This research is in its second year of a part time Phd ; it is based on the premise that the gap in Irish and Indian national cultures is significant and is effecting levels of acculturation and ultimate student ... -
Academic blogging
(Dublin Business School, 2014)Introduction to the idea and practice of blogging as a form of academic production in addition to traditional journal publishing. This presentation was delivered as part of the DBS Staff Research Day on Wednesday 23rd April 2014 -
Academic procrastination: the roles of self-efficacy, perfectionism, motivation, performance, age and gender
(Dublin Business School, 2014)The aim of this study was to look at the roles that self-efficacy, perfectionism, motivation, performance, age and gender play in academic procrastination. Participants, undergraduate psychology students (N = 95), were ... -
Academic stress, coping mechanisms, and outcome measures among college students of today
(Dublin Business School, 2014)The aim of this study was to explore the predictive ability of sources of stress and a range of coping behaviours and outcome measures on student satisfaction and motivation. Most research exploring sources of stress and ... -
Academic success: the influence of mindset, grit and self-control on exam progression
(Dublin Business School, 2018)Academic success matters to students and educators everywhere. Non-cognitive factors have been found to be a valuable support to academic performance, allowing students persevere and develop as more active learners. This ... -
The Acceptance of Mass Customisation When Shopping Online in the US
(Dublin Business School, 2016)The question to be explored in this particular dissertation is whether or not mass customisation is the future of online retail. The researcher looked at the acceptance of mass customisation in the US through literature ... -
Accessibility for the elderly in modern retail banking in rural Ireland
(Dublin Business School, 2018)Satisfying the ever changing needs of society is the task faced by all businesses within the world today. Faced with an increasing demand for online based services, businesses are transforming the way in which they are ... -
Acculturative stress and self-reported English fluency in international students in Ireland : a quantitative study
(Dublin Business School, 2015)International education is estimated to be a €1 billion sector for the Irish economy (IHE, 2012). Global mobility has given the opportunity for cultural exchanges, but has also caused cultural adjustment problems such as ... -
Acculturative stress in English language learners, predicting psychological well-being and buffered by social support
(Dublin Business School, 2018)This study examined acculturative stress in a sample of English language learners. It was hypothesised that acculturative stress would significantly predict psychological well-being, that acculturative stress would ... -
Acculturative stress, resilience, religiosity and depression amongst non-Irish nationals living in Dublin
(Dublin Business School, 2009)The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between acculturative stress and depression in non-Irish nationals living in Dublin. Moderating factors included resilience and religiosity (measured as frequency ... -
Achievement goals and their relation to social comparison and stress in the Irish classroom
(Dublin Business School, 2009)The effects of achievement goals and social comparison are diffuse and potentially damaging to students'. The present study investigated the role of social comparison in achievement goals and their relation to stress. The ... -
Achievement motivation, proactivity and locus of control as indicators of entrepreneurial orientation among immigrants and native Irish
(Dublin Business School, 2004)The present study suggests that a high need for achievement, a proactive personality and an internal locus of control are indicators of an entrepreneurial orientation. The term entrepreneurial orientation is used to refer ... -
Across time : the experiences of work/life balance among mothers in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Dublin District
(Dublin Business School, 2015)The aim of this research paper is to explore the experiences of women, within an Irish context, in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown who participated or currently participate within the labour force and had children. Seven semi-structured ... -
AD/HD continues into adulthood for many : a comparative study of ADHD awareness
(Dublin Business School, 2007)Many studies of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have shown that the symptoms associated with the disorder persist into adulthood for as many as 10% to 60% of patients. The present study assesses life ... -
Adaptability of internet banking in Haryana State of India
(Dublin Business School, 2016)The purpose of this research is to find out the three main reasons about the low adoptability of internet banking in the villages of Haryana state in India. Here researcher consider the seven basic reason of low adoptability ... -
Adaptive memory : measuring the effect of encoding strategies on word recall
(Dublin Business School, 2016)Recently, adaptive memory has gained much attention as it grants the possibility of insights into the ultimate causes of human memory. However, we first need to identify the proximate mechanisms. The aim of the current ... -
The addicted subject caught between the ego and the drive : the post-Freudian reduction and simplification of a complex clinical problem
(Psychoanalytische Perspectieven, 2000)Texts by Abraham, Rado, Glover and Gross are explored in order to investigate post-Freudian literature on the question of addiction. The reduction of the Freudian field is analysed in order to produce new foundation stones ... -
Addicted to death : serial killings as an addiction
(Dublin Business School, 2001)This Final Year Project, entitled "Addicted to Death: Serial Killing as an Addiction" investigates the phenomenon of serial killing and attempts to explain the addictive quality that it possesses. This will entail a peering ... -
Addiction and borderline personality disorder : mixed features of Actualneuroses
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Addiction intervention : comparing client-centered and cognitive behaviour treatments on outcome and effectiveness
(Dublin Business School, 2005)Developments in Ireland over the last two decades have led to a questioning of, and challenge to, traditional methods of treatment offered by addiction counsellors (McCann, 2002).With this in mind, the present study examines ...