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Interaction between the stock market and property market prices in China: An empirical analysis (2025)
Thesis
Yang, X. Interaction between the stock market and property market prices in China: An empirical analysis. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/1110006

The importance of the Chinese real estate sector stems from its role as a primary funding source for local governments, enabling infrastructure projects and fostering economic growth. Simultaneously, the Chinese stock market has become a significant... Read More about Interaction between the stock market and property market prices in China: An empirical analysis.

Trade union representatives in distribution: experiences of work and representing workers during Covid-19 (2025)
Thesis
Evans, B. A. Trade union representatives in distribution: experiences of work and representing workers during Covid-19. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/1109902

This thesis seeks to investigate how union representatives (reps) in distribution workplaces navigated the Covid-19 pandemic. Specifically, it seeks to explore the changing experience of work in the essential workplace of distribution centres during... Read More about Trade union representatives in distribution: experiences of work and representing workers during Covid-19.

Essays on fiscal sustainability in the Caribbean (2024)
Thesis
Mitchell, T. K. Essays on fiscal sustainability in the Caribbean. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/1015617

The PhD thesis sets out to improve fiscal sustainability assessment in the Englishspeaking Caribbean and to provide the tools for more robust dialogue on the topic. It also seeks to influence Caribbean governments’ fiscal policy actions by providing... Read More about Essays on fiscal sustainability in the Caribbean.

Organising to win: the role of trade union leadership in the 2016-17 Mixed Fleet Unite-British Airways dispute (2023)
Thesis
Gallagher, R. Organising to win: the role of trade union leadership in the 2016-17 Mixed Fleet Unite-British Airways dispute. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/597594

The purpose of this thesis is to add to the industrial relations literature on strikes by conducting a case study of the 2016-17 Mixed Fleet – BA industrial dispute and answer the principal research question: How do trade union workplace representati... Read More about Organising to win: the role of trade union leadership in the 2016-17 Mixed Fleet Unite-British Airways dispute.

Exploring human resources management in merger and acquisition: a case study of a foreign multinational company in China (2022)
Thesis
Liu, Z. Exploring human resources management in merger and acquisition: a case study of a foreign multinational company in China. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/425035

Few studies have systematically evaluated how the key dimensions of human resource management can facilitate successful mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in emerging economies. This research addresses this significant gap by exploring the role of train... Read More about Exploring human resources management in merger and acquisition: a case study of a foreign multinational company in China.

Blowing in the Wind? An investigation into the effect of advertising music on consumer habitus (2020)
Thesis
Wright, C. W. Blowing in the Wind? An investigation into the effect of advertising music on consumer habitus. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/417215

The potential rewards of utilising music within an industrial environment has gained a good level of academic traction within recent years with studies exploring music as a potential facilitator in consumer experience, creating first impressions and... Read More about Blowing in the Wind? An investigation into the effect of advertising music on consumer habitus.

Essays on contagion analysis in a small open petroleum economy (2020)
Thesis
Mahadeo, S. M. R. Essays on contagion analysis in a small open petroleum economy. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/417202

This thesis focuses on how the relationships between the financial markets of the small open energy economy of Trinidad and Tobago and relevant foreign markets evolve, under alternative stable and unstable international market conditions. The researc... Read More about Essays on contagion analysis in a small open petroleum economy.

Employee perceptions of work-life balance and formal and informal approaches to work-life management: a case study of China's pharmaceutical sector (2019)
Thesis
Xu, M. Employee perceptions of work-life balance and formal and informal approaches to work-life management: a case study of China's pharmaceutical sector. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414940

This thesis examines Chinese employees’ perceptions and experience of work-life balance (WLB) and the relationship between management’s formal application of WLB policies and practices, and the reality experienced by the employee. WLB in China has be... Read More about Employee perceptions of work-life balance and formal and informal approaches to work-life management: a case study of China's pharmaceutical sector.

Control, resistance and the labour process: a study of information communication technology utilization in local government Revenues and Benefits departments (2019)
Thesis
Maybury, A. D. Control, resistance and the labour process: a study of information communication technology utilization in local government Revenues and Benefits departments. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414938

This thesis provides a qualitative study of control of the labour process and its relationship to technology in Revenues and Benefits departments within local government. The study, from a Marxist analytical perspective, focuses on three aspects of I... Read More about Control, resistance and the labour process: a study of information communication technology utilization in local government Revenues and Benefits departments.

Labour market segmentation and the demand for EU migrant workers: A comparative study of Sweden and the United Kingdom (2019)
Thesis
Plummer, R. C. Labour market segmentation and the demand for EU migrant workers: A comparative study of Sweden and the United Kingdom. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414419

This study analyses and compares the nature and extent of employers’ demand for EU migrant workers in the food manufacturing and transportation and storage sectors in Sweden and the United Kingdom (UK). The research uses the theoretical framework pro... Read More about Labour market segmentation and the demand for EU migrant workers: A comparative study of Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Macroeconomic determinants of corporate CDS spreads: an empirical study (2019)
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Wang, X. Macroeconomic determinants of corporate CDS spreads: an empirical study. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414215

Several theoretical studies suggest the importance of the macroeconomy for credit default swap (CDS) pricing. However, only few studies empirically investigate the effect of macroeconomic variables on CDS spreads. The previous analysis is further lim... Read More about Macroeconomic determinants of corporate CDS spreads: an empirical study.

An investigation of the dividend-signalling theory from the perspective of behavioural finance: evidence from the UK (2019)
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Hasan, F. An investigation of the dividend-signalling theory from the perspective of behavioural finance: evidence from the UK. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413818

The main focus of the research reported in this thesis is the dividend signalling theory. More specifically, I investigate the dividend signalling theory from the perspective of orthodox finance and from the perspectives of two unorthodox areas of fi... Read More about An investigation of the dividend-signalling theory from the perspective of behavioural finance: evidence from the UK.

Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa: an exploratory study of entrepreneurial opportunities identification among early-stage small business owners in Nigeria (2019)
Thesis
Bello, M. A. Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa: an exploratory study of entrepreneurial opportunities identification among early-stage small business owners in Nigeria. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414415

This thesis explores the under-investigated construct of entrepreneurial opportunities identification within an entirely new context of Sub-Saharan Africa. Opportunity has been recognised as the single most important concept in the study of entrepren... Read More about Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa: an exploratory study of entrepreneurial opportunities identification among early-stage small business owners in Nigeria.

The role of social capital and community leadership in post-disaster recovery practices: an ethnography of Minami-Sanriku after the 2011 Tsunami (2019)
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Lin, Y. The role of social capital and community leadership in post-disaster recovery practices: an ethnography of Minami-Sanriku after the 2011 Tsunami. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413088

This research explores community post-disaster recovery practices in Minami-Sanriku, Japan after the 2011 tsunami by focusing on how various types of social capital have been developed and deployed in bottom up community-based tourism initiatives. In... Read More about The role of social capital and community leadership in post-disaster recovery practices: an ethnography of Minami-Sanriku after the 2011 Tsunami.

The relationship between monetary growth and inflation: an application of the infinite hidden Markov model to the United Kingdom (2018)
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Yu, Z. The relationship between monetary growth and inflation: an application of the infinite hidden Markov model to the United Kingdom. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/410394

The analysis is undertaken through exploration of a reduced form relationship. Two questions are central to the study. The first involves the role of structural breaks in the relationship between inflation and monetary growth. We explore this through... Read More about The relationship between monetary growth and inflation: an application of the infinite hidden Markov model to the United Kingdom.

Direct foreign investment, transnational corporations and the transfer of technology to Egypt
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Abdel-Khalek, E.-S. A. Direct foreign investment, transnational corporations and the transfer of technology to Egypt. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/415425

The main concern of this thesis is to assess the performance of the transnational corporations in the transfer of technology to Egypt. The thesis first, reviews the economic literature concerning the economic rationale behind the phenomenon of direct... Read More about Direct foreign investment, transnational corporations and the transfer of technology to Egypt.

A linear programming analysis of an Iraqi state farm
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Farhat, M. Y. A linear programming analysis of an Iraqi state farm. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/415436

In this study linear programming is used to develop gross margin maximising farm plans for an examplar state farm in Iraq. The activities of the farm included a variety of cash crops, fodder crops, poultry and livestock activities. Sensitivity analys... Read More about A linear programming analysis of an Iraqi state farm.

Women, part-time work and the 'Women and Employment Survey'
Thesis
Perry, S. M. Women, part-time work and the 'Women and Employment Survey'. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/415344

The trend towards the increased employment of women on a part-time basis, particularly married women, has been well-documented. However, there are few studies that have sought to explain and analyse the reasons behind why so many women prefer to work... Read More about Women, part-time work and the 'Women and Employment Survey'.