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Four shades of science festival: a qualitative study exploring the business and management dimensions of science festivals in the United Kingdom

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Kerr, G. Four shades of science festival: a qualitative study exploring the business and management dimensions of science festivals in the United Kingdom. (Thesis)
University of Salford. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2725841
Science festivals are a global cultural phenomenon with at least 60 such festivals taking place across the UK every year. Science festivals fulfil a unique function within civ...

An analysis of nudging as a social marketing technique using Front of Pack nutrition labels: A study of women's perceptions of food labels

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Soraghan, C. An analysis of nudging as a social marketing technique using Front of Pack nutrition labels: A study of women's perceptions of food labels. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2090514
Recently, social marketers have adopted the use of ‘nudging’ as a technique to influence behaviour through subtle tweaks to the environment (Thaler & Sunstein, 2008). Front of...

Creating Sustainable Workplaces Together: Employee Relations Practice and Environmental Management

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Bratton, A. (2016)
Creating Sustainable Workplaces Together: Employee Relations Practice and Environmental Management. (Thesis). University of Strathclyde. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2781227
The aim of this research is to examine how employee relations enables and improves environmental management in the workplace. The objective is to understand the dynamics aroun...

Reframing Scottish Football: Strategy and the short-term nature of the football industry

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Robertson, S. (in press)
Reframing Scottish Football: Strategy and the short-term nature of the football industry. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/10407
Despite football being deeply entrenched in Scottish culture it is under-researched from a business perspective. This research develops a conceptual framework that views profe...

The role of protein phosphatase PP2ACdc55 during meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Kerr, G. The role of protein phosphatase PP2ACdc55 during meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. (Thesis)
University of Warwick. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1596320
Meiosis is a specialised cell division that results in the formation of four genetically unique haploid daughter cells from one diploid parent cell. This is achieved by one ro...

From Commitment to Control: A Labour Process Study of Workers' Experiences of the Transition from Clerical to Call Centre Work at British Gas

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Ellis, V. From Commitment to Control: A Labour Process Study of Workers' Experiences of the Transition from Clerical to Call Centre Work at British Gas. (Thesis)
University of Stirling. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1203160
Despite their continuing importance to the UK economy and their employment of significant numbers of workers from a range of professions, the utilities have received scant att...