All Outputs (36)

An internet of things enabled system for real-time monitoring and predictive maintenance of railway infrastructure (2023)
Thesis
Gbadamosi, A. An internet of things enabled system for real-time monitoring and predictive maintenance of railway infrastructure. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10928540

The railway industry plays a pivotal role in the socioeconomic landscape of many countries. However, its operation poses considerable challenges in terms of safety, environmental impact, and the intricacies of intertwined technical and social structu... Read More about An internet of things enabled system for real-time monitoring and predictive maintenance of railway infrastructure.

A BIM-based information management schema for construction activities data-flow across the project life cycle (2023)
Thesis
Muhammed-Yakubu, N. A BIM-based information management schema for construction activities data-flow across the project life cycle. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10184234

Excellent communication among project participants is critical to successful implementation of construction projects. However, the vast amount and variety of information and the physical dispersion of construction sites obstruct the flow and exchange... Read More about A BIM-based information management schema for construction activities data-flow across the project life cycle.

"Storying the unstoried" Experiences of organisational change: How can team interventions using story disruption change sensemaking? (2023)
Thesis
Galpin, K. "Storying the unstoried" Experiences of organisational change: How can team interventions using story disruption change sensemaking?. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9982745

A series of interventions based on storytelling and restorying were used to explore how two teams made sense of their experiences during organisational changes. Seven monthly collaborative interventions were run with each team, facilitating the telli... Read More about "Storying the unstoried" Experiences of organisational change: How can team interventions using story disruption change sensemaking?.

Evaluating the role of short food supply chains as a driver of sustainability: Empirical evidence from China (2022)
Thesis
Wang, M. Evaluating the role of short food supply chains as a driver of sustainability: Empirical evidence from China. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7734696

While the industrialised agri-food supply chain has achieved tremendous success in the past decades, it has been increasingly criticised for its unsustainable issues. Short Food Supply Chains (SFSCs) have emerged as one of the sustainable alternative... Read More about Evaluating the role of short food supply chains as a driver of sustainability: Empirical evidence from China.

Match or mismatch in policy and practice: Exploring global citizenship as a graduate attribute in an English university (2021)
Thesis
Comrie, C. Match or mismatch in policy and practice: Exploring global citizenship as a graduate attribute in an English university. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7259378

Global citizenship is widely used in English university mission statements as a key graduate outcome, yet the extant literature suggests the concept is poorly defined and is not understood by those tasked with embedding it in the curriculum. My thesi... Read More about Match or mismatch in policy and practice: Exploring global citizenship as a graduate attribute in an English university.

Using a social marketing approach to influence sexual behaviours of Vietnamese adolescents (2021)
Thesis
Nghiem, A. H. Using a social marketing approach to influence sexual behaviours of Vietnamese adolescents. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7186582

My motivation to conduct this research began with an article entitled 'The cemetery of 50,000 dead infants' which related how buried baby corpses are collected from the roadside, clinics, or public trash bins. One of the reasons for this problem is t... Read More about Using a social marketing approach to influence sexual behaviours of Vietnamese adolescents.

Exploring social marketing options for conducting anti-corruption campaign in Indonesia (2021)
Thesis
Rosidah, R. Exploring social marketing options for conducting anti-corruption campaign in Indonesia. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7249103

Social marketing has been widely used to promote social change for the benefit of individuals and society. It has been established as an evidence- and insight-based approach to a social campaign that focuses on changing people’s behaviour. As it has... Read More about Exploring social marketing options for conducting anti-corruption campaign in Indonesia.

Trade Union collective identity, mobilisation and leadership – a study of the printworkers’ disputes of 1980 and 1983 (2021)
Thesis
Costley, N. Trade Union collective identity, mobilisation and leadership – a study of the printworkers’ disputes of 1980 and 1983. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6830037

The National Graphical Association (NGA) typified the British model of craft unionism with substantial positional power and organisational strength. This study finds that it relied upon, and was reinforced by, the common occupational bonds that membe... Read More about Trade Union collective identity, mobilisation and leadership – a study of the printworkers’ disputes of 1980 and 1983.

Investigating the motives, barriers and enablers associated with the implementation of a sustainable supply chain management in the Saudi manufacturing industry (2021)
Thesis
Aljoghaiman, A. Investigating the motives, barriers and enablers associated with the implementation of a sustainable supply chain management in the Saudi manufacturing industry. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6812683

Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) can play a significant role in improving a company’s sustainability performance by addressing the social, environmental and economic issues affecting the supply chain; including suppliers, in-house operation... Read More about Investigating the motives, barriers and enablers associated with the implementation of a sustainable supply chain management in the Saudi manufacturing industry.

Exploring online identities of influential users in online communities: A mixed methods approach (2021)
Thesis
Richardson, S. Exploring online identities of influential users in online communities: A mixed methods approach. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1491011

At present the use of online communities has become a great interest to practitioners and scholars alike due to the potential for recruitment and social marketing (Johnson, Safadi, & Faraq, 2015). However, despite the growth in interest for online co... Read More about Exploring online identities of influential users in online communities: A mixed methods approach.

Women in senior management in Malaysia: An intersectional analysis (2020)
Thesis
Mokhtar, A. S. Women in senior management in Malaysia: An intersectional analysis. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/4829641

Women account for almost 15 million persons in the Malaysian labour force and the labour force participation rate has risen to 68.0 per cent in 2017. Although the participation of female in the labour market has increased, women are still seen to be... Read More about Women in senior management in Malaysia: An intersectional analysis.

Rank and file union organising and employers’ counter-mobilisation: The role of activists in the mobilisation of 'self-employed' construction workers (2020)
Thesis
Smith, D. Rank and file union organising and employers’ counter-mobilisation: The role of activists in the mobilisation of 'self-employed' construction workers. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1490832

The unlawful blacklisting of union members by the UK’s major building contractors is well documented. Yet despite having a low union membership density, the sector experiences periodic explosions of industrial action that are almost always unofficial... Read More about Rank and file union organising and employers’ counter-mobilisation: The role of activists in the mobilisation of 'self-employed' construction workers.

Coaching as a social exchange: Examining the role of coaching in talent management (2020)
Thesis
Mangion-Thornley, K. Coaching as a social exchange: Examining the role of coaching in talent management. (Thesis). Oxford Brookes University. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9512507

This study focuses on the role of coaching in the context of talent and leadership development programmes in a multinational financial services organisation. Coaching is often regarded as a core element of these programmes, and yet there have been fe... Read More about Coaching as a social exchange: Examining the role of coaching in talent management.

(Re)writing women in organization: Portraits of affliction, tales of resistances, hopes for living differently (2018)
Thesis
Beavan, K. (Re)writing women in organization: Portraits of affliction, tales of resistances, hopes for living differently. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/806088

(Re)Writing Women: A Call to Activism NOW! This study argues that the time has come to DEMASCULINIZE our organizations and our Academy. As a qualitative study conducted in hypermasculine organizations it paints portraits of the HARM done to our bo... Read More about (Re)writing women in organization: Portraits of affliction, tales of resistances, hopes for living differently.

The role of governance mechanisms on the diffusion of innovation in healthcare networks (2018)
Thesis
Okeke, U. The role of governance mechanisms on the diffusion of innovation in healthcare networks. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/863151

Abstract This research investigated innovation diffusion in healthcare networks, focusing on the roles of contractual and relational governance mechanisms. The National Health Service (NHS) England is faced with many challenges, including an ageing... Read More about The role of governance mechanisms on the diffusion of innovation in healthcare networks.

BIM-based software for construction waste analytics using artificial intelligence hybrid models (2017)
Thesis
Akinade, O. O. BIM-based software for construction waste analytics using artificial intelligence hybrid models. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/882898

The Construction industry generates about 30% of the total waste in the UK. Current high landfill cost and severe environmental impact of waste reveals the need to reduce waste generated from construction activities. Although literature reveals that... Read More about BIM-based software for construction waste analytics using artificial intelligence hybrid models.

Transnationalization through country-of-origin clusters: Drivers and challenges in China (2017)
Thesis
Urzelai, B. Transnationalization through country-of-origin clusters: Drivers and challenges in China. (Thesis). University of Valencia. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/888536

The objective of this research is to analyse the role that country-of-origin (COO) clusters have on the transnationalization of firms. We adopt the view of the COO cluster as location mode in distant markets like China. To this end, the empirical... Read More about Transnationalization through country-of-origin clusters: Drivers and challenges in China.

A gendered analysis of teaching employment in Pakistan (2017)
Thesis
Khan, M. A gendered analysis of teaching employment in Pakistan. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/899195

This thesis aims to identify the relationships, structures and actors shaping the gender composition of the teaching workforce in Pakistan, with attention to the societal (or macro) level and through the experiences and interpretations of women and o... Read More about A gendered analysis of teaching employment in Pakistan.

Exploring the salesperson / entrepreneurship dynamic (2016)
Thesis
Does, J. Exploring the salesperson / entrepreneurship dynamic. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/912066

A review of the extensive separate literatures on salesmanship and entrepreneurship highlights interesting similarities between the two professions, but there is a lack of studies examining these similarities or explaining the differences. In particu... Read More about Exploring the salesperson / entrepreneurship dynamic.

Opportunity creation as a mixed embedding process: A study of immigrant entrepreneurs in Sweden (2016)
Thesis
Evansluong, Q. Opportunity creation as a mixed embedding process: A study of immigrant entrepreneurs in Sweden. (Thesis). Jönköping International Business School. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/918628

Entrepreneurial opportunities are frequently noted and addressed in the literature of immigrant entrepreneurship; however, little is known about how these entrepreneurial opportunities come into existence and how immigrant entrepreneurs create such o... Read More about Opportunity creation as a mixed embedding process: A study of immigrant entrepreneurs in Sweden.