PhD theses \ Traethodau PhD
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This collection contains PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) submissions produced by research students and staff at Cardiff Metropolitan University (formerly known as UWIC).
Recent submissions
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A critical application of the ‘teaching games for understanding’ approach in the coaching context: An action research study
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2019)The innovative nature of the ‘Teaching Games for Understanding’ (TGfU) approach (Thorpe, Bunker & Almond, 1986) has led to considerable interest from researchers and practitioners (e.g., MacPhail et al., 2008). Consequently, ... -
A comparative case study analysis of the United Kingdom and Uganda’s New Car Market
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2020)Integrated Marketing communications (IMC) as an emerging concept in the marketing discipline has lasted for approximately the last 30 years has achieved a tremendous welcome from both practitioners and scholars. Within ... -
Social Networking Sites and the Edu-Social Experience in Higher Education Institutions
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2018)Social Networking Sites are becoming an integral part of modern educational activities. Therefore, this research aims to comprehensively investigate how the usage of SNSs affects the educational and social experience of ... -
The Role of Service Quality in Developing the Medical Tourism Sector in an Arabic Context: the Qatari Perspective
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2019)Medical tourism is a growing niche market within the global tourism sector which has expanded significantly over the last two decades. Since the early 2000s, the Qatari Government has been proactively trying to move away ... -
The effective use of social media in crime detection and prevention: The promotion of public trust in the U.A.E police- the case of the Abu Dhabi police
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2019)The social media provided police agencies with many worth capabilities to promote their crime control activities, which grounded in gaining the trust of the citizens. The literature review unearthed a lack of empirical ... -
Improving Quality of Life after Spinal Cord Injury: development of an intervention and feasibility study
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2019)The aims of the research was to identify (1) coping strategies that people with SCI use, (2) factors that impact on quality of life (QoL), (3) people’s attitudes towards peer support groups, (4 and 5) develop and evaluate ... -
Capturing Research Value in Commercial Design Outputs
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2020)Effective university-industry collaboration has become a major focus for governments in recent years. Universities are increasingly expected to play a greater role in the innovation system and evidence their contribution ... -
An interdisciplinary examination of stress and injury occurrence in athletes
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2019)This thesis examined the multifaceted relationship between stress and sports injury. Study 1 explored the relationships between psychological sources of stress (major life events and personality characteristics) and ... -
Relationship between Internal Corporate Governance Mechanisms and Shareholder Value in the Banking Sector in Bangladesh: The Mediating Effect of Non-Equity Stakeholders
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2020)Contemporary corporate governance models, namely the shareholder and stakeholder models, offer different advice on how best to manage and maximise the interests of the shareholders in a firm. While the shareholder model ... -
An Action Research Study Examining Teachers’ and Learners’ Beliefs regarding Oral Corrective Feedback: Exploring the Relation between Training and Teachers’ Provision of Oral Corrective Feedback in the Language Classroom
(2019)In the language classroom, the majority of learners regard the teacher as the principal source of knowledge. Learners rely on their teachers to provide them with the target language norms and to deal ... -
A Study Investigating Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Financial Performance of Retail Industry in the UK
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2019)The study explored the empirical links between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and financial performance of four retail companies (Marks and Spencer, Tesco, Next and Primark) in the UK from 2006-2014. Prior studies ... -
The impact of strategic planning on the performance of small and medium-sized businesses in Nigeria
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2020)This cross-sectional research explores the relationship between strategic planning practices and performance of SMEs in the Nigerian service-related sector, to establish empirically whether adopting strategic planning ... -
“Learning wellness”: A case study of a wellbeing initiative through the lens of organisational learning
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2019)Research and practice on wellbeing programmes have been growing and evolving over the years. Nevertheless, the challenges in designing, implementing and sustaining these initiatives in organisations are also predominant ... -
An Exploratory Study of Risk Perception and Consumer Decision Making in Islamic Banking Products in UAE
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2020)In spite of the success and growth of Islamic banks, the importance of continually aligning products and services to consumers has been identified as a critical issue in the performance of Islamic banks. Globalisation, ... -
An Investigation of the Relationship between Organisational Culture and Sustainability Performance in Higher Education Institutions in Ilorin, Nigeria
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2020)Increasingly, higher education institutions (HEIs) around the world are embracing the responsibility of educating the next generation about sustainability principles. HEIs in developed nations are making great efforts ... -
Effective time management and Organisational performance: A case study of Qatar non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2019)Cultural differences have an effect on time management practices. The time management practices would then influence key job performance outcomes. A relationship, thus, exists between time management cultures and job ... -
Entrepreneurship and social media in the creative industries: A socio-technical perspective of entrepreneurial discovery of value opportunity and exploitation
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2019)The research focused on explaining creative entrepreneurs’ usage of social media (SM) to express and communicate their creative aesthetics to customers from a socio-technical perspective. The explanation focused ... -
Evaluating and developing the key determinants of push-start performance in bobsleigh
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2018)It is a common belief in bobsleigh that the push-start is a vital aspect of successful performance. Therefore, British Bobsleigh places a heavy emphasis on the use of field-based performance testing to assist with ... -
A study on the immunoregulatory properties of camel milk derived lipids (Camelus dromedarius)
(2019)Camel (Camelus dromedarius) milk is believed to have beneficial effects in inflammatory diseases such as diabetes, however, there are few studies reporting the immunoregulatory properties of the milk’s lipids. This study ... -
Effect of financial and non-financial incentives, organisational culture and leadership styles on employee motivation and how the impact influences the performance of employees: Empirical evidence from the Nigerian public sector
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2019)The Nigerian government have applied several reforms to develop the performance of its workforce; in particular, how best to motivate the public sector employees to achieve this end. This research examines employees’ ...
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