Browsing by Subject "Gender"
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Aesthetics and emotion in an organisational ethnography
(Inderscience, 2008-11)In this paper, I argue that an aesthetic approach can help us to better understand workplace ethnography. Ethnography is sensory by nature; it can incorporate a feeling of rightness and beauty in the experience of 'being-with' ... -
Cailís mo chuid fola/ the chalice of my blood: stigmatized female identity in Celia de Fréine’s Fiacha Fola
(Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra/Coimbra University Press, 2017)Discussion of Celia de Fréine's poetry collection 'Fiacha Fola' (2005) about the Hepatitis C scandal -
Challenging assumptions of vulnerability: the significance of gender in the work, lives and identities of women human rights defenders
(2018-02-16)In 1998, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognised Human Rights and Fundamental ... -
Developing climate smart agriculture: Insights from Indonesia, Vietnam, Malawi and Ireland
(NUI Galway, 2019-11-18)The present and future challenges to agricultural development and food security are immense. The agricultural sector is a significant driver of climate change, but at the same time, is highly vulnerable to its impacts. ... -
Development of an ethogram for hutch-housed dairy calves and determination of factors influencing their behaviour
(Elsevier, 2020-11-18)The objectives of this study were to investigate the behaviour of hutch-housed dairy calves, develop an ethogram of general behaviour, and determine whether housing calves in different hutches, day, gender and time of day ... -
A ‘deviant men’ theory of business expectations in nascent entrepreneurs
(Springer, 2022-12-01)In this article, we develop a gendered analysis of the expectations of venture growth by nascent entrepreneurs. Male entrepreneurs are notably overrepresented in the small cohort of firms that attain growth; to explore ... -
Doing justice to gender diversity: Narratives of progress and the limits of law
(NUI Galway, 2020-06-22)The core question of my doctoral thesis asks what is meant by the recognition of gender in law, and what effects the emergence of a multiplicity of gender identities onto international human rights law forums has had on ... -
Doing transnational feminism, transforming human rights: the emancipatory possibilities revisited
(SAGE Publications, 2012-10-24)This article contributes to cross-disciplinary engagement with the idea of transnationality through a discussion of transnational feminisms. In particular, it reviews and responds to some of the more critical readings of ... -
Doubly disadvantaged: Gender, spatially concentrated deprivation and nascent entrepreneurial activity
(Wiley, 2019-12-02)Drawing on human capital, intersectionality and mixed embeddedness theory, we test hypotheses on the relationship between gender differences in human capital and gender differences in nascent entrepreneurial activity across ... -
Emerging feminist research: courage and determination
(School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway, 2022)This volume is the third edition of Dearcadh journal. When we issued our first call for papers in November 2019, we did not know that the journal’s first three editions would all be carried out in the context of a global ... -
An examination of gender differences in the impact of individual and organisational factors on work hours, work-life conflict and psychological strain in academics
(Routledge / Taylor & Francis, 2015-04-21)The current study used multi-group structural equation modelling (SEM) to test a fully and partially mediated Extended Rational Model of Work-Life Conflict and examine the impact of job involvement, workaholism, work ... -
Gender and medieval archaeology: storming the castle
(Cambridge University Press, 2019-06-17)Despite more than three decades of feminist critique, archaeological scholarship remains predominantly focused on the exploration of patriarchal narratives and is, therefore, complicit in reinforcing structural inequalities. ... -
Gender and proposed Auto-enrolment in the Republic of Ireland: Lessons from the UK
(Wiley, 2020-06-18)The introduction of “soft” compulsion in the form of Auto‐enrolment into non‐state pensions has been seen as a key policy response to the challenges presented by an ageing population and concerns about under‐saving for ... -
Gender and sustainability in rural Ireland
(Routledge, 2016-11-15)This chapter considers if and how gender is relevant for the sustainability of rural Ireland. When we refer to rural sustainability we mean the continuation of the economic, social, institutional and environmental ... -
Gender gaps and reentry into entrepreneurial ecosystems after business failure
(Springer Verlag, 2018-02-09)Despite the significant role played by serial entrepreneurs in the entrepreneurial process, we know little about group differences in reentry decisions after business failure. Using an ecosystems framework and stigma theory, ... -
Herstory: Exploring the material life of Gundrada de Warenne
(V & R Unipress GmbH and Bonn University Press, 2021-01)Scholarly work on castles draws on multiple sources from history, archaeology, art and architectural history to literary and religious studies. This places it inaunique position to be able to bring different threads together ... -
'I'm not going to be able to leave'; The impact of belonging to the Irish farming community on university students' life experiences and transitions to adulthood
(2014-02-10)Despite extensive research into family farming culture little attention has been paid to young people raised in this community who do not become full-time farmers. This thesis explores the childhood experiences of university ... -
Identity Formation Among Teenaged Members of the Muslim Population of Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo
(2012-08-29)Younger members of Muslim populations in Western society are placed at the frontline of the immigration process. As a result of daily school attendance and exposure to the media they are often heavily influenced by the ... -
Irony as discipline: Self-help and gender in the knowledge economy
(Oxford University Press, 2014-06-25)In this article, we explore the role of self-help literature within the knowledge economy. We point to the recent growth of ironic humour within such texts, and examine how this operates to construct gendered and embodied ...