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U. S media coverage of the Asian tsunami

Belton, Suzie (Dublin Business School, 2007)

The study of news has been at the forefront of all media literature. What we have learned from this literature is that news is constructed. All forms of media have been accused of using certain values, which inevitably ...

UEFA financial fair play : an analysis of the effect of Premier League clubs

Darling, Andy (Dublin Business School, 2014)

In the late 1990’s it began to become apparent that whilst European football was benefitting from dramatically higher revenues, these higher revenues did not translate into profitability for clubs. Rather these revenues ...

Unbolted

Tyco, Neil (Dublin Business School, 2012)

The image was taken inside an apartment. The idea is something that has not been done or seen before and I used myself as a model for it. The idea came from a famous monster creature 'Manananggal' that is originated from ...

Undecided evolution of swans

Cornells, Vanessa (Dublin Business School, 2012)

Swans in certain clothing items. Undecided if they want to stay swans or look more like humans.

Understanding and Managing Organisational Stress.

Murtagh, Gerry (Dublin Business School, 2000)

Moorhead and Griffin (1995) have defined Stress as "a persons adaptive response to a stimulus that places excessive psychological or physical demands on him or her". Stress is a word that we probably hear used every day ...

Understanding how vicarious trauma can be experienced by therapists working with clients with post traumatic stress disorder

Seery, Rebecca (Dublin Business School, 2011)

The purpose of this research project was to gain an understanding of how vicarious trauma can be experienced by therapists working with clients with Post traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The research also explored how ...

Understanding HR practices in Irish hotels and their implications for employee retention in the sector

Ramos de Souza, Mila (Dublin Business School, 2015)

The research investigates the impacts of human resource practices on levels of employee retention in the Irish hotel industry context. The material gathered in this study provides an understanding of the following HR ...

Understanding police stress, coping and burnout in the Irish police service, An Garda Síochána

Eviston, Aoife (Dublin Business School, 2019)

The present study investigated unique stress within policing and examined its relationship with dimensions of burnout. Further examined were coping behaviours, duty and disillusionment, using a volunteer sample (n=130) of ...

Understanding role of social media in investor reactions

Bollampelly, Naresh (Dublin Business School, 2016)

The study has been prepared to establish the effect of news from social media websites on the financial decision of investors. Taking into account the research by different researchers, the researcher has tried to establish ...

Understanding the economic impact terrorism has on the destination decision making : Northern Irish tourists

Raithatha, Yash (Dublin Business School, 2017)

The aim of this study is to understand perceptions of Irish tourist with respect to tourist destinations that have faced a terrorist attack in recent years. This study focuses on Paris where terrorism incidents occurred ...

Understanding the power of social media through an examination of participants' behaviour on French charity sports events

Marle, Constance (Dublin Business School, 2016)

The world of communication has seen tremendous changes since social media appeared about 10 years ago. When social media changed the businesses’ landscapes and communication strategies, it also changed the consumers and ...

Understanding the relationship between age-related expectancies and satisfaction with life based on the theory of the social clock

Mackey, Sean (Dublin Business School, 2015)

Based on the understanding that Ireland’s population is currently undergoing a process of aging, this research project aimed to find if people due to this process are participating in events later on in life. This research ...

Understanding the role of knowledge sharing for developing employee competencies and improve internal customer service and performance a case study of Avon Crowncaps & Containers Nig. Ltd.

Uzor, Ikechukwu Azubuike (Dublin Business School, 2018)

Purpose: knowledge sharing has a critical role to play in an organisation as a high-performance practice to develop their knowledge resource this knowledge is usually domiciled in the employee who are the knowledge holder. ...

Unemployment and mental health in the current economic climate in Ireland

Brady, Deirdre (Dublin Business School, 2010)

The aim of the study was to research if unemployment has a negative effect on mental health of individuals in the current economic climate in Ireland. The sample consisted of 200 adults in Ireland, 100 of whom were unemployed ...

"Unethical advertising through social media" -A case study investigating ethical marketing issues in fast food industry of Ireland

D’Souza, Vijay (Dublin Business School, 2018)

Purpose of the study Previous many researches have been conducted to study the attitude of the consumer towards the unethical advertising but have failed to provide tangible results. The previous researches were focusing ...

Unhealthy snacking : an exploration of the theory of planned behaviour, impulsivity, reward sensitivity and BMI.

Sheridan, Sabrina (Dublin Business School, 2014)

Given the recent rise in obesity and high prevalence of unhealthy snacking this study aimed to explore the efficacy of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) model in predicting intentions to reduce unhealthy snacking. ...

Uniformity of laws is more profitable than plurality of laws : a study of Nigerian banks doing business in neighbouring West African countries

Njoku, Kingsley Uche (Dublin Business School, 2009)

In view of the emerging new world which is convergent in nature, it has become necessary that there is in place an international system to manage the financial crises which are some of the inevitable consequences of a free ...