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Barriers to Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurs-investigating the Evidence and Examining the Turfs

Presentation / Conference
Bariture, B., & Omeihe, K. (2020, September)
Barriers to Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurs-investigating the Evidence and Examining the Turfs. Paper presented at Advancements in Migrant and Refugee Entrepreneurship Research, Birmingham, UK
A report commissioned by the Federation of Small Businesses in Scotland, articulated that ethnic minority-led SMEs generated £13 billion in revenue and 107,000 jobs for the Sc...

System-based barriers for seaports in contributing to sustainable development goals

Journal Article
Katuwawala, H. C., & Mudiyanselage, Y. M. (2022)
System-based barriers for seaports in contributing to sustainable development goals. Maritime Business Review, 7(3), 255-269. https://doi.org/10.1108/MABR-02-2021-0007
The main purpose of this paper is to identify the reasons for the stagnant behaviour of seaports contributing towards SDGs. Global seaport sustainability practices that corres...

Conceptualizing the Behavioral Barriers to CSR and CS in Organizations: A Typology of HRD Interventions

Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., Heraty, N., Rock, A., & Dalton, E. (2010)
Conceptualizing the Behavioral Barriers to CSR and CS in Organizations: A Typology of HRD Interventions. Advances in developing human resources, 12(5), 587-613. https://doi.org/10.1177/1523422310394779
A considerable body of research exists on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate sustainability (CS). However, there is significantly less on the influence of emp...

Structural barriers to implementing open innovation in healthcare

Journal Article
Fascia, M., & Brodie, J. (2017)
Structural barriers to implementing open innovation in healthcare. British Journal of Healthcare Management, 23(7), 338-343. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjhc.2017.23.7.338
For many decades, the pursuit of practicable service provision has been the fundamental goal of the NHS. This article explores ‘open innovation’ as an existing force within th...

Drivers and Barriers to Energy Efficiency Management for Sustainable Development: Organizational Drivers and Barriers for Energy Efficiency

Journal Article
Lee, K. (2015)
Drivers and Barriers to Energy Efficiency Management for Sustainable Development: Organizational Drivers and Barriers for Energy Efficiency. Sustainable Development, 23(1), 16-25. https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.1567
An increasing number of industries are seeking to use energy more efficiently due to market pressure, public awareness of environmental sustainability, and rising energy costs...

Barriers to learning: conflicts that occur between and within organisational systems

Journal Article
Grieves, J., McMillan, J., & Wilding, P. (2006)
Barriers to learning: conflicts that occur between and within organisational systems. International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital, 3(1), 86. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijlic.2006.009212
The paper argues that Organisational Learning (OL), as the underpinning process for Strategic Human Resource Development, has not yet reached a sufficient degree of maturity. ...

Barriers of Effective Food Safety Performance: An Explanatory Sequential Approach

Working Paper
Lin, N., Sisson, A., & Paez, P. Barriers of Effective Food Safety Performance: An Explanatory Sequential Approach

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Lin, N., Sisson, A., & Paez, P. Barriers of Effective Food Safety Performance: An Explanatory Sequential Approach
Qualitative methods could help provide discerned information among food service workers as to recognize different attitudes, motivations, and barriers to perform food safety b...

Collaborative talent management in public services: evaluating the drivers, barriers and enablers

Presentation / Conference
Grant, K., Mackie, R., Gadsden, S., & McLaughlin, D. (2017, December)
Collaborative talent management in public services: evaluating the drivers, barriers and enablers. Paper presented at CIPD Applied Research Conference, Glasgow
Against a background of significant public service reform and growing acceptance of the need for increased collaborative activity within Scotland’s public services, our resear...

An investigation of university and employer perceptions of barriers and enablers of work based learning (WBL) partnerships in the tourism sector in Scotland

Thesis
Waterston, L. An investigation of university and employer perceptions of barriers and enablers of work based learning (WBL) partnerships in the tourism sector in Scotland. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2704516
The purpose of this study is to enhance understanding of how universities and employers in the Scottish tourism sector collaborate when developing work based learning (WBL) pa...

The future of sustainable urban freight distribution: a Delphi study of the drivers and barriers of electric vehicles in London

Conference Proceeding
Ablola, M., Plant, E., & Lee, C. (2014)
The future of sustainable urban freight distribution: a Delphi study of the drivers and barriers of electric vehicles in London. https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2014.0953
The use of electric delivery vehicles in urban applications is a viable solution proposed by government and academic research to enable the logistics industry to achieve the c...
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Exploring Barriers Faced By Social Enterprises in Scotland

2024 - 2025
This project is a follow up activity from the initial research conducted by the Social Value Lab (2023), commissioned by the Social Enterprise Scotland. This research project seeks to identify and ana...
Funder: Social Enterprise Scotland | Value: £5,482

Barriers & drivers of engagement in workplace learning

2010 - 2013
Study of use of Stated Preference to investigate Barriers and Drivers of Engagement in Workplace Learning
Funder: UK Commission for Employment and Skills | Value: £58,550

ENABLE Breaking Barriers Skills Development

2021 - 2022
To provide a short 8 week business study course for people with learning disabilities. The course requires to have accreditation.
Funder: Enable Scotland

Domestic abuse & the protection of children in contact cases

2016 - 2017
To explore legal professionals’ attitudes towards and perspectives on the provisions of s.11 (7A – E) by examining; - how the provisions are understood and implemented in practice by lawyers in the co...
Funder: Royal Society of Edinburgh | Value: £6,046

FIRRS: Forest Industry Recruitment and Retention Strategy

2006 - 2007
The Centre for Timber Engineering and Employment Research Institute, Napier University has recently embarked on a new project part-funded by the European Social Fund. The aim is to address the shortag...
Value: £1,000

ICT and Job Seeking in Rural Areas

2002 - 2003
The primary objective of this research was to investigate the potential benefits and barriers associated with the delivery of job search services for job seekers through the use of ICT-based systems. ...
Value: £1,000

Emotion work online: Counselling during Covid

2020 - 2023
This project seeks to understand the role new technology has played in delivering on line counselling during the Covid 19 pandemic 2020. Counselling is recognised as a process where trained therapis...
Funder: Moston Care Foundation | Value: £2,000

Gender Mainstreaming in Logistics and Supply Chain Management - ‘Seed-Corn’ Research Fund 2023/2024

2023 - 2024
The project is about gender mainstreaming in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LSCM). The European Council defines Gender Mainstreaming as “a strategy to improve the quality of public policies, p...
Funder: The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport | Value: £7,471

Free Labour and Precarity in mental health provision: trainee counsellors experiences across the UK

2024 - 2026
This collaborative project critically examines the rise in service models and specifically mental health provision based on the free, gendered, precarious labour of trainee counsellors and psychothera...
Value: £14,841

Domestic Abuse and Defending a Child Contact Action - Legal Aid and the Economic Impact of Child contact cases

2023 - 2024
A pilot project on the barriers to legal aid for victims of domestic abuse in contact cases
Funder: Royal Society of Edinburgh | Value: £3,290
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Identifying barriers to the implementation of bus policy at a local level in Great Britain using a decision support framework

2015 - 2018
Transport policies are developed to manage the social, environmental and ec...
Dr Clare McTigue | Director of Studies: Prof Tom Rye | Second Supervisor: Dr Jason Monios

The Many Barriers and Limitations to Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship

2020 - date
Segun Adenusi | Director of Studies: Dr Fawad Khaleel | Second Supervisor: Dr Kiril Sharapov

Barriers and Enablers to a Circular Economy in Small Island Destinations: The Case of the Orkney Islands, Scotland

2019 - date
Angelo Sciacca | Director of Studies: Dr Constantia Anastasiadou | Second Supervisor: Dr Gavin Urie

An analysis of sustainable leadership challenges and prospects in Scottish Higher Education

2012 - 2020
The aim of this PhD thesis is to explore the challenges in and prospects for achieving sustainable leadership...
Dr Laura Gerard | Director of Studies: Dr Janice McMillan | Second Supervisor: Norma D'Annunzio-Green

The lived experiences of ethnic minority Indian women entrepreneurs in Singapore: Motivation, barriers, challenges and support system

2018 - date
Prema Subramaniam | Director of Studies: Dr Renata Osowska | Second Supervisor: Melissa Liow

An investigation of university and employer perceptions of barriers and enablers of work based learning (WBL) partnerships in the tourism sector in Scotland

2015 - 2020
An investigation of perceptions of work base...
Dr Lynn Waterston | Director of Studies: Prof Paul Barron | Second Supervisor: Dr Matthew Dutton

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