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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. (2019). 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. Retrieved from 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.

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. (2019). Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa: an exploratory study of entrepreneurial opportunities identification among early-stage small business owners in Nigeria. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from 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.

An exploration of the ‘railway family’: 1900 - 1948 (2018)
Thesis
Reeves, H. J. (2018). An exploration of the ‘railway family’: 1900 - 1948. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/412018

This thesis explores the idea of the ‘railway family’ in the British railwayindustry between 1900 and 1948. The ‘railway family’ was borne out of a desire tocreate an ‘imagined community’ of railway workers across the wide geographicalboundaries of i... Read More about An exploration of the ‘railway family’: 1900 - 1948.

Union representation under restructuring and austerity: The case of Unite in the Ministry of Defence
Thesis
Hanks, A. (2016). Union representation under restructuring and austerity: The case of Unite in the Ministry of Defence

This doctoral thesis seeks to answer the question what factors influence Trade Union representation? Using a case study design, the researcher uses documentary analysis and elite, semi-structured interviews, to evaluate the knowledge and experiences... Read More about Union representation under restructuring and austerity: The case of Unite in the Ministry of Defence.

Constructing Maritime Geographies: The Pragmatic Mobility of Senegalese Fishermen
Thesis
Hallaire, J. (2015). Constructing Maritime Geographies: The Pragmatic Mobility of Senegalese Fishermen

Senegalese fishermen have significantly expanded their mobility into the eastern Atlantic Ocean since the early 1980s. Fishermen have been crossing international maritime borders and organising long sea journeys, in part as a response to the decrease... Read More about Constructing Maritime Geographies: The Pragmatic Mobility of Senegalese Fishermen.