Whitaker Institute for Innovation and Societal Change
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The Whitaker Institute for Innovation and Societal Change applies a multi-perspective research approach to business and social issues, with an impact-led focus at the core of its endeavours. One of its key values is the promotion of a sustainable and inclusive society, influenced by the broad dissemination of rigorous and relevant research. Furthermore, the Whitaker Institute seeks to continue the tradition at NUI Galway of critically pursuing knowledge discovery that stimulates academic debates and opens public conversation to advance the greater good.
The Institute is named in honour of eminent economist and former Secretary of the Department of Finance, Dr. T.K. Whitaker, who played a central role in devising the economic plan that set Ireland on the road to regeneration in the early 1960s. Drawing inspiration from his unparalleled service to Ireland, the newly formed Whitaker Institute has over 200 members and serves as the country¿s largest research body focused on contemporary and relevant business, social and policy issues.
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The creative edge policy toolkit: from growth to dustainability: supporting the development of the creative economy in Europe’s northern periphery
(Creative Edge, 2013)The concept of the creative economy first emerged in the mid-1980s in response to a crisis brought about by the decline in manufacturing in many of the world’s most developed economies. The idea suggests a productive ... -
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 ... -
A Coevolving Systems Approach to the Organization of Agile Software Development
(2009)Despite the popularity of agile methods in software development and increasing adoption by organizations there is debate about what agility is and how it is achieved. The debate suffers from a lack of understanding of ... -
Overcoming Barriers to Well-Being in Ireland: 2012 Conference Report
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Fostering University-Industry R&D Collaborations in European Union Countries.
(Whitaker Institute - NUI Galway, 2014-05)This paper advances our understanding of university - industry research and development (R&D) collaborations. These strategic relationships are a dimension of entrepreneurial activity, and they are thus important drivers ... -
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 Europes 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, ... -
Whitaker Institute Policy Brief
(2012)With the growing discontent to the Austerity policies in Europe, there is also a growing demand for seeking alternative policies for solving the crisis. The alternative policies would only come about by recognizing the ... -
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 ... -
Health Service Delivery in Hospitals: Researching Implications of Work-life Balance Practices for Nurse Employees
(2010)"Work-life balance (WLB) refers to a range of flexible working arrangements that go beyond employees' statutory leave entitlements. WLB assists employees to combine employment with their family life, caring responsibilities ... -
An Investigation of Nurse's Work-Life Balance in Public Sector Hospitals in Ireland
(2012)"Nurses are the single largest group of registered and regulated practitioners in the health workforce of any country and are internationally recognised as being fundamental to the provision of health care" (WHO:2002). The ... -
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 ... -
Health Service Delivery in Hospitals: Researching Implications of Work-life Balance Practices for Nurse Employees
(Health Service Delivery in Hospitals: Researching Implications of Work-life Balance Practices for Nurse Employees, 2010)"Work-life balance (WLB) refers to a range of flexible working arrangements that go beyond employees' statutory leave entitlements. WLB assists employees to combine employment with their family life, caring responsibilities ... -
The role of work-life balance policies in healthcare human resources management
(2011)Currently a European wide study has surveyed some 1,406 nurses in 115 units within over 30 hospitals as part of a longer study. This study looks at nurses' qualifications, productivity, their working environment as well ... -
Healthcare Human Resources Policy & Nurse Well-Being
(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 ... -
Health promoting school indicators: schematic models for children.
(Emerald, 2007-06)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to outline a three-stage process for engaging with students to develop school level indicators of health; in sequential class groups students first generated, then categorised indicators ... -
Reflecting with the Delone & McClean Model
(2011)This paper introduces a new approach to utilise the information system success model developed by DeLone and McLean. In practice, the new approach was to illustrate an information system project retrospectively and by ... -
Model for the Benefit Analysis of ICT
(ACIS, 2011)The ratio between success and failure in ICT projects suggests a need for improved understanding of the ICTimplementations. New methods to evaluate the ICT projects are sought. While process modeling has been under way ...