DBS Staff Research Day - 2016
Recent Submissions
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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 ... -
Bullying victimisation and association with health related quality of life, depression and social support in urban disadvantaged primary schoolchildren
(Dublin Business School, 2016)Although widespread, victimisation research in primary schools is negligible, particularly with regard to disadvantaged school contexts. The current paper presents analysis of data from the longitudinal ‘Healthy Schools’ ... -
On Time – going forward, going backwards and going around and around – from postmodern to mostmodern times
(Dublin Business School, 2016)One of the most characteristic characteristics of postmodern times, according to Fredric Jameson, was to do with time – the “waning”, as he puts it, of “the great high-modernist thematics of time and temporality, the elegiac ... -
Insect disgust : comparing influence types, gender differences and the relationships with right-wing authoritarianism and age
(Dublin Business School, 2016)An online experiment was conducted to compare the efficacy of two interventions to increase self-reported willingness to eat insects and insect-related foods. The experiment was designed and carried out as an undergraduate ... -
Teaching through music. Preliminary results of an exercise into using songs in the sociology classroom for enhancing student engagement and understanding of concepts
(Dublin Business School, 2016)This presentation will outline preliminary findings from a project which uses contemporary music in the classroom in order to help students relate to theoretical concepts and develop their ‘sociological imagination’. It ... -
Ethics and business in the Spanish classroom
(Dublin Business School, 2016)In 2004 Henry Mintzberg argued that Business Schools were training ‘wrong leaders with wrong methods’ (Managers, not MBAs, 2004). Not many people paid attention then, but when the crisis broke in 2008, some critics questioned ... -
The dark triad of personality as predictors of face-to-face and cyber bullying behaviour
(Dublin Business School, 2016)Objective: Previous research has established a body of knowledge with regard to traditional bullying behaviour, with this knowledge recently expanding to understand and incorporate cyberbullying. However, associated variables ... -
Engaging men in gender awareness and equality in higher education
(Dublin Business School, 2016)Higher education operates within a cultural milieu where gendered / sexual minorities (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer) are realising greater respect and recognition. Supporting diversity and promoting ... -
Internal brand management in the internationalisation of retail operations
(Dublin Business School, 2016)This research will investigate and explore internal brand management within a retail internationalisation context. This represents a significant gap in the retail internationalisation literature. According to Burt & Sparks ... -
Contemplative practices in higher education. The power of mindfulness in the classroom
(Dublin Business School, 2016)This paper explores the experience of implementing a 10 week program of Mindful Meditation Practice in the classroom at an Irish higher education institution, Dublin Business School. The focus of the program was based on ... -
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 ...