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A Delphi study on collaborative learning in distance education: The faculty perspective
(2011)
This paper focuses on the factors that influence collaborative learning in distance education. Distance education has been around for many years and the use of collaborative learning techniques in distance education is ...
How have contracts for difference affected Irish equity market volatility?
(The Economic and Social Review, 2014)
Contracts for Difference (CFDs) have existed for less than twenty years and the markethas grown significantly up to the period before the recent international crises. This paper presentsan analysis of how CFDs have affected ...
The roles and functions of shop stewards in workplace partnership: evidence from the Republic of Ireland
(Employee Relations, 2010)
Purpose: This article examines the roles and influence of shop stewards under workplace partnership regimes in five case study firms in the Republic of Ireland. It assess the dynamics and potential longevity of partnership ...
Local authorities and the European Convention on Human Rights Act 2003
(Clarus Press, 2010)
This article discusses the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights Act
2003 (ECHR Act) on local authorities in Ireland. The Act creates a new framework
for the representative, regulatory, agency and service ...
International instruments on housing rights
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)
Housing rights can act to guarantee minimum housing provision for poor and deprived persons, based on respect for human
dignity. These rights are now established within many international public law instruments and treaties, ...
The Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009.
(Roundhall Sweet & Maxwell, 2010-06)
The Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (the 2009 Act)has updated and expanded many areas of social housing law. This takes place as the significance of social housing rises immeasurably within the financial rescue ...
Non-union employee representation, union avoidance and the managerial agenda
(2011)
Non-union employee representation is an area which has attracted much interest in the voice literature. Much of the literature has been shaped by a dialogue which considers NERs as a means of union avoidance. More recently ...
Environmental performance and practice across sectors: methodology and preliminary results
(2011)
This paper introduces a new methodology for measuring and modeling manufacturers' environmental performance and the managerial and technological practices that affect it. Facility level licensing data are used to develop ...
Spatial (Im)mobility and Accessibility in Ireland: Implications for Transport Policy
(2012)
Recent social research that links people s position in society to their
ability to access employment has shown the centrality of spatial mobility in the
(re-)production of patterns of (in)equality. This is particularly ...
Using Place Rank to Measure Sustainable Accessibility
(2012)
Sustainability and its implications for transport planning is an area of growing interest to researchers, transport practitioners and policy makers. This study draws from recent research on the concept and measurement of ...