Faculty of Business & Hospitality: Midlands: Recent submissions
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Brexit, the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement and the environment: issues arising and possible solutions.
(Environmental Pillar/Northern Ireland Environment Link, 2019-04)This report sets out to examine cross-border environmental co-operation and joint action on the environment facilitated by the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement, and what role if any the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement will have ... -
Coming down the tracks: anticipated changes to the environmental impact assessment regime as a result of the Directive 2014/52/EU and the Aarhus Convention
(Lawtext Publishing, 2016-10)This paper outlines the main changes introduced by the amending Environmental Impact Assessment Directive 2014/52/EU, and considers what these changes will mean for operators on the ground in Ireland and England when the ... -
Workplace spirituality and person-organisation fit theory: development of a theoretical model.
(Sage, 2019-08-21)This article advances the theoretical and practical value of workplace spirituality by drawing on person–organization (PO) fit theory and transpersonal psychology to investigate three questions: (a) What antecedents lead ... -
Brexit anticipated economic shock on Ireland's planning for hospitality and tourism: resilience, volatility and exposure.
(Emerald, 2020-01-22)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore tourism scenario planning for an anticipated shock as viewed through the lens of Irish hospitality managers preparing for Brexit. The research appropriates a climate science ... -
Employee brand advocacy in social media: employers' absent roles.
(Irish Academy of Marketing, 2019-12)This paper examines whether employers in SMEs within the food and drinks sector motivates their employees to adopt and use eWOM to promote their businesses. Another consideration is whether employees adopt and use eWOM ... -
The public participation principle: effective implementation of Aarhus participation rights by the European Union Legal Framework.
(Lawtext Publishing, 2017)This paper considers the principle of Public Participation as envisaged by the Aarhus Convention. It addresses the academic debate regarding the true nature of public participation as a civil and political right and the ... -
The potential of the Good Friday Agreement post-Brexit environmental governance on the island of Ireland.
(IRLII, 2019)This article presents a summary of research report carried out for the Environmental Pillar and Northern Ireland Environmental Link (NIEL), examining cross-border environmental co-operation and joint action on the ... -
Changes to the environmental impact regime in Ireland.
(Inshore Ireland, 2016)The Amending EIA Directive 2014/521/EU will take effect on May 16 2017. It will substantially change how Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is conducted in Ireland. This article outlines some of the changes it will make ... -
Motorhome tourism on the Wild Atlantic Way in Co.Clare
(2017)Motorhome tourism is a growing phenomenon throughout the developed world. The modern motorhome contains kitchen bathroom and bedroom allowing the motorhome user the freedom to tour without using the facilities offered by ... -
An exploration into the effectiveness of service collaboration between two Irish charities providing homeless support services.
(2017)The aim of this study was to explore the effectiveness of service collaboration between two Irish charities providing homeless support services. The objectives of this study were to explore the views of the members within ... -
Schools in the Midlands of Ireland.
(2017)The present study explored satisfaction levels of teachers in three second-level schools in the midlands of Ireland, concentrating on student-teacher relations, pay, contracts of employment, promotional opportunities, ... -
Perceptions of using the Raspberry Pi to learn computer architecture.
(2018)The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized, low-cost computer designed for educational use. While initially developed to teach computer programming concepts, the device is increasingly being used in more advanced hardware ... -
Employer attractiveness and employee commitment: the case of a large multinational software company in Ireland.
(2017)This research succeeds in two aspects. Firstly, it gauges the attractiveness of a multinational software company in Ireland (Company X) from the perspective of Masters and undergraduate software engineering students at ... -
Economic impact of international students attending Athlone Institute of Technology to Athlone.
(2017)While studies have been published on spending and economic benefits of international students both nationally and internationally, there is still no evidence of a study being focused on only one institute, even in Ireland. ... -
Chef shortage: an analysis of the skills drain in the Irish hospitality sector of 2017
(2017)So, you want to be a chef? Your hands will be continuously be cut, burned, skinned. An open book about your life in a kitchen. Your back will be painful all your life. You will always be under pressure, you will be ... -
An investigation of the reasons why Chinese students choose colleges in Ireland as a place to study.
(2014)This study was devoted to find out what can attract the Chinese students to study in Ireland as an increasing number of Chinese students choose to study abroad. To find this out, it focused on current Chinese students ... -
An investigation into the motivational factors of call centre workers and the impact positive and negative forms of feedback have on employee performance.
(2017)The concept of employee feedback has been around for many years. Viewed as the core of personal and professional growth, feedback helps employees get better at what they do. Research has shown that surprisingly employees ... -
An investigation into succession planning of family businesses in the Midlands.
(2012)Family businesses are a significant contributor to the Irish economy and succession planning has been stressed in the literature as one of the most pressing issues that challenges their continuity among generations. ... -
The ethical consumer: an investigation into purchasing behaviour towards Fairtrade Coffee in Ireland
(2013)The Fairtrade brand is experiencing high growth rates globally as demand for ethically produced goods intensifies. This indicates that consumers have identified the need to provide supplying countries with an honest ... -
An investigation into the financial and debt literacy and overindebtedness of third level students in Ireland
(2013)The significance of financial literacy and debt literacy to success, both at the family and national levels, cannot be overstated. The core concern of financial literacy is the understanding of key financial concepts ...
