The Whitaker Institute for Innovation and Societal Change (Scholarly Articles)
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A pilot study of the duration of GP consultations in Ireland
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2019-12-01)General practitioner (GP)-led primary care is the linchpin of health care in Ireland. Reflecting international trends, there are increasing concerns about the sustainability of the current Irish GP service due to an ... -
Implications of the UK HGV road user charge for Irish export freight transport stakeholders. A qualitative study
(Elsevier, 2016-04-13)Road user charging in the European Union has evolved from a mechanism of financing the construction and maintenance of motorways to internalising the road user costs in line with the polluter pays principle. The United ... -
The ideology of population control in the UN draft plan for Cairo
(Springer, 1994-09)This paper examines the influence of population control ideology on the draft plan for the UN Cairo Conference on Population and Development. It is argued that this draft plan can only be fully understood in the context ... -
How well are Europe's rural businesses connected to the digital economy?
(Taylor and Francis, 2004-09)As economic activity becomes increasingly globalized, partly by means of new information and communication technologies (ICTs), one of the key expectations of European policy-makers was that businesses in rural regions, ... -
The Impact of Agile Practices on Trust in Software Project Teams
(IEEE, 2012)Agile software development involves self-managing teams that are empowered and responsible for meeting project goals in whatever way they deem suitable. Managers must place more trust in such teams than they do in teams ... -
Connecting Interdisciplinary theoretical research questions with current policy debates in the context of your own PhD research
(2009)Recent policy debates surrounding issues regarding health service delivery and escalating costs have come to the fore within political and policy discourses. Indeed within the current economic climate this debate has ... -
Using Agile Practices to Influence Motivation within IT Project Teams
(2011)This exploratory study of IT project teams in Sweden and Ireland investigates how three agile practices, namely daily stand-ups, iteration planning and iteration retrospectives, contribute to motivation or de-motivation ... -
Measuring safety climate in aviation: A review and recommendations for the future
(2011)This paper reviews 23 studies that have examined safety climate within commercial and military aviation. The safety climate factors identified in the aviation safety climate questionnaires were found to be consistent with ... -
Evaluation of a Human Factors Analysis and Classification System as Used by Simulated Mishap Boards
(2011)O'CONNOR P, WALKER P. Evaluation of a Human Factors Analysis and Classification System as used by simulated mishap boards. Aviat Space Environ Med 2011; 82:44-8.Background: The reliability of the Department of Defense Human ... -
A methodology for identifying human error in U.S. Navy diving accidents
(2007)Objective: To better understand how human error contributes to U.S. Navy diving accidents. Background: An analysis of 263 U.S. Navy diving accident and mishap reports revealed that the human factors classifications were ... -
Evaluation of a human factors analysis and classification system as used by simulated mishap boards.
(2011)Background: The reliability of the Department of Defense Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (DOD-HFACS) has been examined when used by individuals working alone to classify the causes of summary, or partial, ... -
Reconsidering the exclusion of metaphysics in human geography
(Fabrizio Serra Editore, 1997-05)From its beginning as a systematic branch of knowledge, human geography was strongly influenced by developments in the other branches of the social sciences. Once a predominantly descriptive and ideographic discipline, ... -
Cost competitive places: shifting fortunes and the closure of Dell's manufacturing facility in Ireland
(2011)In the early days of 2009 the city of Limerick in the mid-west region of Ireland was dealt a massive blow by the PC manufacturer Dell. After months, if not years, of speculation, the company had finally decided to move all ... -
Exploiting information and communication technologies for rural development
(Elsevier, 1992-07)This paper examines how information technology (IT) might be exploited to promote rural development; it also considers how IT impacts on the rural periphery. The appropriate adaptation of this technology for indigenous ... -
Identifying and addressing the limitations of safety climate surveys.
(Elsevier, 2011-06)There are a variety of qualitative and quantitative tools for measuring safety climate. However, questionnaires are by far the most commonly used methodology. This paper reports the descriptive analysis of a large sample ... -
Wireless Valley, Silicon Wadi and Digital Island - Helsinki, Tel Aviv and Dublin and the new economy GPN
(Elsevier, 2004-06)Hyper-capitalism in global information and communication technology (ICT) markets during the late 1990s created a new global production network, shaped by multinational corporations, international capital flows, and a ... -
Irelands foreign-owned technology sector: evolving towards sustainability?
(Wiley, 2008)For some, Ireland¿s pursuit of an exogenous-led development model has proved to be the cornerstone of recent economic success. Others point to recent high-profile closures and argue that foreign-owned operations are attracted ... -
Coping with stress in military aviation: A review of the research.
(2010)Military aviation exacts a costly toll in psychological stress from those who choose to pursue the occupation (Stokes & Kite, 1994). A prime example is landing on an aircraft carrier, a task which physiological indices and ... -
The U.S. Navy's aviation safety program: a critical review.
(2007)Safety research has shown that human error, as opposed to mechanical failure, is a major causal factor in accidents in high reliability organizations. In U.S. Naval aviation, human error accounts for more than 80% of ...