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An exploration of the information literacy of Irish theatre actors. (2025)
Thesis
RADMALL-QUIRKE, N. 2025. An exploration of the information literacy of irish theatre actors. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-3020684

Information literacy (IL) from a sociocultural perspective is understood as being the ability to understand and interpret a given environment, and to use information to perform increasingly complex socially embodied tasks therein towards expertise in... Read More about An exploration of the information literacy of Irish theatre actors..

Total quality management implementation in culturally diverse contexts: an insights from the Nigerian five-star hotel industry. (2025)
Thesis
USHIE, M.C. 2025. Total quality management implementation in culturally diverse contexts: an insights from the Nigerian five-star hotel industry. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-3027006

This research investigates the implementation of Total Quality Management within Nigeria's five-star hotel sector, a context characterised by significant cultural diversity. It addresses a notable gap in the quality management literature by examining... Read More about Total quality management implementation in culturally diverse contexts: an insights from the Nigerian five-star hotel industry..

The lifecycle of a social media beauty trend and the impact of digital beauty-focused communities on consumers' body alteration behaviour. (2025)
Thesis
UTI, T.O. 2025. The lifecycle of a social media beauty trend and the impact of digital beauty-focused communities on consumers body alteration behaviour. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-3027025

In the last decade especially, social media have established as both a breeding ground for beauty trends and a cultural meeting point for interactions with these trends. Beauty ideals have existed within human societies for centuries and the media ar... Read More about The lifecycle of a social media beauty trend and the impact of digital beauty-focused communities on consumers' body alteration behaviour..

Exploring the impact of socio-cultural adaptation and information literacy skills challenges on the academic self-efficacy of Nigerian students in Higher Education institutions in Scotland. (2024)
Thesis
OLAWOYE, H. 2024. Exploring the impact of socio-cultural adaptation and information literacy skills challenges on the academic self-efficacy of Nigerian students in Higher Education institutions in Scotland. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2795732

This research aims to investigate the socio-cultural adaptation and the information literacy (IL) skills challenges of higher education (HE) Nigerian students in Scotland, and how these may impact their academic self-efficacy. The study explores mech... Read More about Exploring the impact of socio-cultural adaptation and information literacy skills challenges on the academic self-efficacy of Nigerian students in Higher Education institutions in 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..

The impact of national culture on knowledge management processes in the context of an economic transition to a knowledge-based economy: the case of Qatar. (2018)
Thesis
ISMAEL EL SAYED, A.A. 2018. The impact of national culture on knowledge management processes in the context of an economic transition to a knowledge-based economy: the case of Qatar. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

In recent years, a global movement towards a knowledge-based economy through the provision of adequate and appropriate infrastructure and development programs for leveraging the potential of human capital has started. There has been tremendous cognit... Read More about The impact of national culture on knowledge management processes in the context of an economic transition to a knowledge-based economy: the case of Qatar..

An academic library position in a university: understanding the position and its positioning process. (2018)
Thesis
MD YUSOF, M. 2018. An academic library position in a university: understanding the position and its positioning process. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

This study explored the issues related to academic libraries' position and the positioning process. The study adopted an inductive and grounded theory approach to illuminate the academic library's position and positioning process through the percepti... Read More about An academic library position in a university: understanding the position and its positioning process..

The impact of knowledge management processes on organizational resilience: data mining as an instrument of measurement. (2017)
Thesis
FRELAS, M. 2017. The impact of knowledge management processes on organizational resilience: data mining as an instrument of measurement. Robert Gordon University, DInfSci thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://openair.rgu.ac.uk

The aim of the research conducted for this thesis is to test the feasibility of using data mining (DM) to assess the relationship between and the impact of knowledge management (KM) on organizational resilience (OR). The emphasis currently placed on... Read More about The impact of knowledge management processes on organizational resilience: data mining as an instrument of measurement..