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Web usability in the Irish airline industry
(Dublin Business School, 2002)Low-cost carrier Ryanair are expanding rapidly and have been tipped to become Europe’s biggest airline, following the order of 100 new aircraft in a deal with Boeing worth around 5 billion Euro (Canniffe, 2002). Ryanair ... -
Web usability : its impact on human factors and consumer search behaviour
(Dublin Business School, 2003)Usability testing methods and phenomenology based qualitative techniques were applied in naturalistic settings in consumers’ homes to establish factors which are perceived as hindering and facilitating consumers in finding ... -
Negotiating identities in the networks of the Irish organic food movement
(Dublin Business School, 2006)The aim of the annual AF&PP Conference (Alternative Futures and Popular Protest Conference) is to explore the dynamics of popular movements, along with the ideas which animate their activists and supporters and which ... -
Concrete progress
(TASC, 2010)Policy suggestions for government for actionable steps within the context of post-financial crash Ireland. Author keywords: Innovation, reform, aid -
The use of mental imagery techniques to improve free kick accuracy in GAA footballers
(The Irish Psychologist, 2011)Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate whether mental imagery would improve free-kick accuracy among a sample of GAA football players. The study also investigated the impact of performance on player’s self-efficacy ... -
Investigating mediating effects of organisation-based self-esteem on the relationship between work stressors and stress
(The Irish Psychologist, 2011)Objective: Organisation-based self-esteem (OBSE) has attracted a great deal of recent research attention. However, such research from an Irish perspective has been neglected to date. The aim of this study was to extend ... -
What can I do you for?
(TASC, 2011)An analysis of the privileged position of closed, self-regulating professions in Ireland and their inhibition of economic progress and equity. Author keywords: Closed professions, costs, inefficiencies -
Technology and the need to develop new economics
(TASC, 2011)Exploration of potential impacts of rapidly developing technologies on economics. Author keywords: Technology, Economics -
Rebalancing the power
(TASC, 2012)An analysis of the political options open at European level to leverage power with their financial markets. Author keywords: Markets, politics, Europe, power -
Affairs of the heart : gender, personality, religiosity and parental relationship history as predictors of infidelity
(Dublin Business School, 2013)The aim of the study was to identify predictors of infidelity, and whether ‘Religiosity’ would inhibit such behaviour. A convenience sample of 110 part-time DBS students (57 male, 53 female) with a mean age of 30.86 years ... -
A visual exploration of allotments as spaces of Spectacle : a comparative analysis of allotment gardens within the greater Dublin area and the city of Aarhus in Denmark
(Dublin Business School, 2013)The contemporary cityscape is witnessing a revival of allotment gardens alongside a range of different types of urban agriculture initiatives. Contemporary allotments provide space for a variety of populations and ... -
The Salzburg global seminar : cities and sustainability
(Dublin Business School, 2013)This is a report of the Salzburg Global Seminar on Cities and Sustainability, held in Austria in September 2013. By the year 2060, 70% of the world's population will live in cities, cities where goods and ideas are exchanged, ... -
Coping with on and offline bullying : the psychological effects
(Dublin Business School, 2014)Recent research in the field of traditional and cyber bullying has explored the coping strategies employed by victims of bullying (Machmutow et al., 2012) in response to hypothetical scenarios. The focus of the current ... -
The meaning of meaning in Joyce's Epiphanies
(EPHEP, 2014)This presentation poses the question of “meaning” in James Joyce’s “epiphanies”; not what they mean, as such, but rather, the type of meaning that is at stake when it comes to epiphanies. It suggests that the type of meaning ... -
The dark triad of personality : predictors of on and off line bullying
(Dublin Business School, 2014)In recent years, research has focused on the understanding of cyber bullying and its connections to traditional bullying. Previous research has examined the traditional approach to assessing personality in relation to ... -
An investigation into the psychological model on young people's help-seeking behaviours
(Dublin Business School, 2014)The aim of this study was to investigate a psychological model on young people’s help-seeking behaviours. A quantitative cross sectional design was used with a sample of 185 adolescents (M=93, F=92) from one secondary ... -
An extensive mixed-methods analysis : Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), attentional ability and emotional acceptance
(Dublin Business School, 2014)The aim of the study was to test the effects of mindfulness meditation on attentional abilities, perceived stress and emotional acceptance. A qualitative component post intervention was also included. Participants (n = 25) ... -
(Re)visioning the urban imagination : the art and policies of redevelopment
(Dublin Business School, 2014)The Richmond conference examined representations of urban redevelopment within the transforming city. Based in London, the papers given at the conference addressed cities worldwide, from Dublin to Doha and Berlin to Belgrade, ... -
Piloting a growth mindset intervention for student success
(Dublin Business School, 2014)Objective: Dublin Business School is currently collaborating with the California-based ‘Heroic Imagination Project’ on a validation study focusing on a mind-set intervention for learners’ motivation and satisfaction. This ... -
The effect of jigsaw intervention on help-seeking, attitudes to mental health, and social distance
(Dublin Business School, 2014)As the focus on mental health in schools has increased so too has the number of agencies providing services, talks and activities to support mental health promotion. While there is evidence to suggest that supporting ...