Browsing PhD Theses Collection by Title
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Rethinking Loyalty within Relational Workplace Dynamics from the Perspective of an Organisational Consultant Practising in Israel
(2022-06-09)This thesis explores the theme of relations of loyalty among members of organisations, in particular during breakdown situations, during which a sense of loyalty is put to the test. The organisational development (OD) ... -
A Retrospective Study of Young Carers' Experiences of Supporting a Parent With Psychosis
(2016-11-25)There are a considerable number of children who fulfil a young carer role for a parent, sibling or relative. Research into the experiences of young carers is growing, and has explored the areas of supporting parents and ... -
Revealing the Unspoken: Malaysian Students' Intrinsic Influences in Selecting the UK for Higher Education Migration
(2015-08-19)The UK has been amongst the leaders in providing higher education for both home and international students, especially from developing countries such as Malaysia. The recent budget cuts on the UK higher education sector ... -
Reverse Journey in Dementia: a Clinician's Research Journey Leading to the Development of Carers' Diaries
(2017-01-10)Dementia is a progressively debilitating disorder often of insidious onset. When making the initial assessment or reviewing ongoing care of patients living at home, healthcare professionals rely on verbal information ... -
Reviewing the Evidence for NICE Recommended Psychotherapies for Depression
(2017-10-16)Introduction: Depression is a common mental health problem affecting 1 in 6 people in the UK, which represents a considerable burden (Lépine and Briley, 2011). Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is recommended by the ... -
Revisiting Shop Stewards and Workplace Bargaining: Opportunities, Resources and Dynamics in Two Case Studies
(2016-07-11)Recent accounts of workplace union representation have emphasised the exclusion of shop stewards from management decision-making processes, and have posited a shift in shop steward activity away from dealing with collective ... -
Rifles, Swords and Water Pistols: Circumstances in Which Action Becomes Influential in an Action-Irrelevant Categorisation Task
(2018-01-29)An assumption in Cognitive Psychology, which has been challenged in recent years, is that the systems responsible for action and perception work independently of one another. These systems work together during conceptual ... -
The Rise and Fall of the Apothecaries' Assistants 1815 - 1923
(2011-03-24)The central theme of this work is the elucidation of the circumstances that led to the decline of the apothecaries’ assistants. The Apothecaries Act (1815) formerly recognised them as dispensers of medicine and provided ... -
The Rise of Co-Productions in the Film Industry: The Impact of Policy Change and Financial Dynamics on Industrial Organization in a High Risk Environment
(2009-06-03)The main aim of this study is to examine the interrelationship of finance and government intervention in explaining the rise of co-productions in the international film industry in the time period between 1997 and ... -
The Robot Club: Robots as Agents to Improve the Social Skills of Young People on the Autistic Spectrum
(2010-04-12)To better understand the difficulties and strengths associated with both high and low functioning individuals with an autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), the hyper-systemising theory has been proposed by Baron-Cohen and ... -
Robot-Mediated Interviews: a Robotic Intermediary for Facilitating Communication with Children
(2015-08-19)Robots have been used in a variety of education, therapy or entertainment contexts. This thesis introduces the novel application of using humanoid robots for Robot-Mediated Interviews (RMIs). In the initial stages of this ... -
Robots that Say ’No’: Acquisition of Linguistic Behaviour in Interaction Games with Humans
(2013-12-20)Negation is a part of language that humans engage in pretty much from the onset of speech. Negation appears at first glance to be harder to grasp than object or action labels, yet this thesis explores how this family of ... -
The Role and Influence of Institutions in Economic Development in Uganda: Evidence and Insights from the Development of the Uganda Coffee Sector 1900 - 2004
(2009-02-19)Today there is no agreement as to how developing countries can achieve sustained economic growth and wellbeing. Over the last 50 years many suggested policy panaceas have failed. Policy makers are now faced with growing ... -
The Role of Affect in Imitation: An Epigenetic Robotics Approach
(2007-11-13)In animals, humans and robots, imitative behaviours are very useful for acting, learning and communicating. Implementing imitation in autonomous robots is still a challenge and one of the main problems is to make them ... -
The Role of Experiences of the Body and Embodiment in Type 1 Diabetes and Disordered Eating
(2023-10-27)Type 1 Diabetes and Disordered Eating (T1DE) is a term used to describe the presence of disordered eating patterns that are specific to those with Type 1 Diabetes. Research has highlighted that conventional eating disorder ... -
The Role of Market-Driven Initiatives and Support for Rural Poverty Alleviation - a Case Study of AgResults Program in Nigeria
(2021-11-27)The connection between persistence rural poverty in the developing nations, agricultural-related structural problems have been debated extensively in the literature. Surmounting both challenges of the extensive rural poverty ... -
Role of MicroRNAs in LPA-Induced Regulation of Stem Cell Differentiation Into Cardiomyocytes
(2019-09-19)Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is known to exert a diverse range of effects in humans, specifically in the heart where it may cause apoptosis of cardiomyocytes at pathological concentrations. However, at physiological ... -
The Role of Oath-Taking in Human Trafficking: Experiences of Survivors
(2021-10-22)Every year an unknown number of people are trafficked to the UK for the purpose of exploitation. The literature identifies numerous psychological methods traffickers use to exert power and control over individuals (e.g. ... -
The Role of Physical Activity During Personal Recovery at a Voluntary Sector Mental Health Organisation
(2016-04-15)Research has shown that people who participate in regular physical activity (PA) can experience improved wellbeing and quality of life, including better physical health, cognitive function, positive affect, and self-esteem ... -
The Role of Referrals in New Client Capture Within the Field of Independent Financial Advice
(University of Hertfordshire, 2015-02-10)The field of regulated financial services has been ill-served by marketing theory. As a consequence: (1) the nature of marketing in this sector has been misunderstood; (2) the key mechanism for generating new business in ...