Faculty of Business & Hospitality: Midlands: Recent submissions
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Internal corporate social responsibility preferences of young job seekers with regard to sustainable HRM: are these preferences related to their personal value orientations
(Sciendo, 2022-05-13)Objectives: In order to increase corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities with organizations, the support of employees in times of climate change is crucial: employees with CSR awareness of sustainability and their ... -
The show must go on(line) - social media marketing during a pandemic: the case of two Dracula themed dark tourism festival
(Kutztown University of Pennyslvania, 2021)The novel “Dracula” written by Bram Stoker has initiated travel to locations described in the book for many decades (Iordanova; Muresan and Smith; Hoppen et al.; Skal; Light). People travel to the locations familiar from ... -
'Welcome to the home of Auschwitz tours': The online marketing of genocide tourism
(Advances in Tourism Marketing, 2013-10)This chapter explores the online promotion by private tour operators of the World War Two Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau in southern Poland. The chapter contributes to understanding how genocide is ... -
The geographies of thanatourism
(Taylor & Francis, 2015-08-11)This article explores the geographies of thanatourism, a form of travel where tourists encounter places associated with death, disaster and the macabre. It seeks to encourage geographers' engagement with thanatourism to ... -
Beauty versus tragedy: thanatourism and the memorialization of the 1994 Rwandan genocide
(Taylor & Francis, 2013-11-07)Almost 20 years after the 1994 genocide, Rwanda remains confronted with the complexity of an enduring reconciliation process; a process both enabled and complicated by the arrival and increase of international tourism to ... -
Conflict and chaos: a case study of Ireland's Covid-19 outbound travel market
(WSB University in Poznań, 2021)During the COVID-19 pandemic the international outbound travel market from Ireland collapsed, declining at one point by 94%. This case study paper explores the environment which framed the collapse in travel, positioning ... -
Mark Twain and the Innocents Abroad: illuminating the tourist gaze on death
(Emerald, 2013-08-02)Purpose In 1867, the author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, undertook a great pleasure excursion across Europe. Visiting a range of sites, from those associated with the Christian Cult of Death to ... -
Dark Sky Eco Tourism Guide
(Dark Sky Ecotourism, 2023)The dark sky evokes basic human emotions and connects us all to the human story, of how we watch the dark sky, tell and create stories about the stars in the sky and beings in the dark With the deterioration of the ... -
Utilizing machine learning techniques in football prediction
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022-08-20)From debates between football analysts, to opposing team’s fans, predicting the winner between two football teams has always been intrinsically tied to the sport. In more recent times, predicting the winner between two ... -
PACE-IT: Designing blended learning for accounting education in the challenging context of a global pandemic
(Taylor & Francis, 2022-06-24)This paper describes the design of a blended learning intervention to enhance the student learning experience, incorporating innovative technologies and pedagogies within introductory accounting. The design-based ... -
Workplace spirituality as a mediator between organizational trust and thriving at work.
(Sage, 2022-06-20)This study examines workplace spirituality as a mediator between organizational trust and thriving at work. Using a survey research design, data was collected from 157 employees across three hotel companies operating ... -
Positive reframing as a mediator between gratitude and technostress amongst Indian students during the Covid-19 pandemic
(Emerald Publishing, 2022-01-24)Purpose – The aim of the current study was to examine the previously unexplored relationship between positive reframing as a mediator between gratitude and technostress in Indian students. By examining this relationship, ... -
Digital advantage framework for growth and competitiveness in small and medium enterprises
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)Many aspects of daily life have dramatically changed in recent years with the adoption of new technologies, which is reflected in the business world in what is referred to as the fourth industrial revolution (or Industry ... -
Investigating the development of employee behaviour and training towards cyber-security in the Irish Credit Union
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)The remarkable technology development along with the emergence of mobile applications complexity has increased the number of cyber-attacks in several industries which resulted in serious risks in today’s society and ... -
A reinforcement learning based collaboration framework for autonomous mobile robots
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)Manufacturing has shifted from mass production to mass customisation. The increased product varieties have created significant challenges in the manufacturing process. This demands reconfigurable work cells and manufacturing ... -
Brand activation in thanatourism: a comparative study of the Bram Stoker Festival and the Whitby Goth Weekend
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)The life and work of Dubliner Bram Stoker influenced a niche tourism product popularly consumed today - gothic festivals. Gothic or “dark tourism” (thanatourism) festivals attract high spending tourists, usually in ... -
The correlation between sustainable plastic adoption and business sustainability in the food packaging sector
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)Ireland is producing the most plastic waste per person in Europe (Statista Research Department, 2021). Approximately 40 % of all plastic produced in Ireland goes to the food packaging sector (EESC, 2020). In order to ... -
Supercritical‑CO2 extraction, identifcation and quantifcation of polyprenol as a bioactive ingredient from Irish trees species
(Nature Research, 2021-04-02)Plants are a staple of balanced diet and also an important remedial source for various ailments1,2 . Plants are essential for pharmacological research and drug development, where they are sources of direct therapeutic ... -
The Boomerang study: increased hospital re-admission via the emergency department
(Irish Medical Organisation, 2021-01)Aims This research was performed to assess if a reduced length of hospital stay was associated with in-creased re-attendances to, and re-admissions from, the Emergency Department (ED). Methods Inpatient discharge and ED ... -
Digital advantage framework for growth and compettitiveness in small and medium enterprises
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)All companies now operate in an increasingly digital world, however, Small and Medium sized Enterprises ( face different challenges when compared with Multinational Enterprises ( Financial resources, use of advanced ...
