All Outputs (14)

Getting the message: a transcendental phenomenology of youth experiences of persuasive (partisan) and informative (non-partisan) campaigns during the 2019 Canadian and United Kingdom general elections. (2025)
Thesis
CUFFY, A.C. 2025. Getting the message: a transcendental phenomenology of youth experiences of persuasive (partisan) and informative (non-partisan) campaigns during the 2019 Canadian and United Kingdom general elections. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2935003

Low youth voter turnout has potentially negative implications for healthy democracies and is therefore a widely researched topic in political communications. The concern is that if young people experience alienation and disenfranchisement from politi... Read More about Getting the message: a transcendental phenomenology of youth experiences of persuasive (partisan) and informative (non-partisan) campaigns during the 2019 Canadian and United Kingdom general elections..

Project practitioners in practice: an investigation of project management competency in the oil and gas sector. (2025)
Thesis
ROWLEY, S. 2025. Project practitioners in practice: an investigation of project management competency in the oil and gas sector. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-3020708

The aim of this study is to critically examine project management competency requirements from the perspectives of practitioners in the oil and gas industry. Furthermore, the study will explore how project managers enter the profession and how they a... Read More about Project practitioners in practice: an investigation of project management competency in the oil and gas sector..

An investigation into the media's genderisation of Democrat candidates during the selection process for the 2020 presidential nomination. (2024)
Thesis
SAVAGE, J. 2024. An investigation into the media's genderisation of Democrat candidates during the selection process for the 2020 presidential nomination. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2801175

This research examines, through critical discourse analysis (Fairclough 2010), the way US media portrayed gender during the TV debates for the Democratic Party nomination for the 2020 US presidential election. Media coverage from debates from Novembe... Read More about An investigation into the media's genderisation of Democrat candidates during the selection process for the 2020 presidential nomination..

Developing legacy in project management: a study of construction and infrastructure projects in the north east of Scotland. (2024)
Thesis
DAVIES, R. 2024. Developing legacy in project management: a study of construction and infrastructure projects in the north east of Scotland. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2445751

Legacy is a research topic previously developed and established within an events management context, as in, for example, explorations of the long-term plans and impact of FIFA World Cups and Olympic Games on host regions and their people. Legacy is t... Read More about Developing legacy in project management: a study of construction and infrastructure projects in the north east of Scotland..

The information behaviour of Nigerian digital entrepreneurs: idea generation in start-up businesses. (2023)
Thesis
IBRAHIM, M.S. 2023. The information behaviour of Nigerian digital entrepreneurs: idea generation in start-up businesses. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2270830

Though a wealth of research on information behaviour has been undertaken in a variety of contexts over the years, less has been done on entrepreneurship. In particular, there is a lack of literature around the ideation or business idea generation com... Read More about The information behaviour of Nigerian digital entrepreneurs: idea generation in start-up businesses..

Developing an understanding of the relationships between organisational learning and performance measurement systems: the case of Frankfurt airport. (2023)
Thesis
EWIG, J.R. 2023. Developing an understanding of the relationships between organisational learning and performance measurement systems: the case of Frankfurt airport. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2270769

The aim of this research was to develop a comprehensive perspective of both the breadth and depth of the relationships between organisational learning (OL) and performance measurement systems (PMS), theoretically and practically, within the context o... Read More about Developing an understanding of the relationships between organisational learning and performance measurement systems: the case of Frankfurt airport..

Industry 4.0: the impact of strategic leadership behaviour on organisational response to the adoption of technological innovation. (2022)
Thesis
MORGAN, L.R.W. 2022. Industry 4.0: the impact of strategic leadership behaviour on organisational response to the adoption of technological innovation. Robert Gordon University, DBA thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1987878

The rapid development and cross-interaction between emerging technologies is called Industry 4.0, and it is being called the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Organisational leaders are seeking to understand how to lead their firms to benefit from the op... Read More about Industry 4.0: the impact of strategic leadership behaviour on organisational response to the adoption of technological innovation..

The relevance of trait theory for the professionalisation of the new corporate professions: a case study of project management. (2021)
Thesis
LAWMAN, A. 2021. The relevance of trait theory for the professionalisation of the new corporate professions: a case study of project management. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1603238

The aim of this study is to explore the extent to which trait theory is relevant to the new corporate professions through a case study of project management. The award of a Royal Charter to the UK-based professional body, Association for Project Mana... Read More about The relevance of trait theory for the professionalisation of the new corporate professions: a case study of project management..

The role of information in postgraduates' decision-making cycle. (2020)
Thesis
MCNICHOLAS, C. 2020. The role of information in postgraduates' decision-making cycle. Robert Gordon University [online], PhD thesis. Available from: https://openair.rgu.ac.uk

The global market for international postgraduate students is becoming increasingly competitive as more institutions offer Masters level courses and universities need to increase revenues. The UK Government and universities want to stop the declining... Read More about The role of information in postgraduates' decision-making cycle..

Making records ready: responding to the Scottish child abuse inquiry. (2018)
Thesis
ANDERSON, C.E. 2018. Making records ready: responding to the Scottish child abuse inquiry. Robert Gordon University [online], DInfSci thesis. Available from: https://openair.rgu.ac.uk

This study charts and describes, within a live and emergent environment, how a large organisation responded to the requirements of the Scottish child abuse inquiry. Using action research and a records continuum perspective, the study explores the rol... Read More about Making records ready: responding to the Scottish child abuse inquiry..

Learning from type? (2016)
Thesis
MCWHIRR, S.M. 2016. Learning from type? An evaluation of the impact of personality type and relationship context in formal mentoring relationships. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

This thesis explores the impact of mentor and mentee personality type in formal mentoring relationships. The research sought to identify whether there were individual personality characteristics which impact on relationship dynamics and the learning... Read More about Learning from type?.

Traditional and hybrid leadership styles in Rwanda: examining the common leadership styles, influencing factors, and culture in post-genocide Rwanda. (2016)
Thesis
RUGERINYANGE, N. 2016. Traditional and hybrid leadership styles in Rwanda: examining the common leadership styles, influencing factors, and culture in post-genocide Rwanda. Robert Gordon University, DBA thesis.

For most of Rwanda's post-independence past, the country has been marked by ethnic feuding, mass population movements and long exiles in neighbouring countries, and civil wars that culminated in the genocide in 1994. As this research shows in its rev... Read More about Traditional and hybrid leadership styles in Rwanda: examining the common leadership styles, influencing factors, and culture in post-genocide Rwanda..

Bookselling culture and consumer behaviour: marketing strategies and responses in traditional and online environments. (2008)
Thesis
LAING, A.F. 2008. Bookselling culture and consumer behaviour: marketing strategies and responses in traditional and online environments. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

This research examines the implementation of marketing both by chain and online booksellers, and consumer responses to this marketing and a reading of the current trade press revealed calls for research into consumer wants and needs (Watson, 2002; Ho... Read More about Bookselling culture and consumer behaviour: marketing strategies and responses in traditional and online environments..

The dynamics of upward communication in organisations. (2007)
Thesis
TOURISH, N. 2007. The dynamics of upward communication in organisations. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

This study has researched the dynamics of upward communication within organisations through the rubric of ingratiation theory (Jones, 1964) and impression management (Goffman, 1955). Upward communication was explored via in-depth case studies, in a h... Read More about The dynamics of upward communication in organisations..