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‘The sooner the better I could get out of there’: barriers to higher education access in Ireland
(2011)
Byrne, Delma
‘The sooner the better I could get out of there’: barriers to higher education access in Ireland
(2011)
Byrne, Delma
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As economic circumstances in Ireland, as elsewhere, remain difficult and applications for higher education entry reach record numbers, there has been renewed focus on higher education access. This article draws on the findings of a major Irish study which focuses on a group that has not shared in the general trend towards increased higher education participation - the offspring of the ‘lower non manual’ group. This article draws on the findings of that study to examine the barriers such young people face in accessing higher education. It is based on a combined analysis of 10 years of School Leavers’ Survey data and indepth life-history interviews with school leavers whose parent(s) were employed in such non-manual jobs. Overall, the study points to the role of cultural, educational and economic factors shaping the higher education entry patterns of young people. It addition it highlights the importance of examining within as well between class patterns of educational attainment.
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/8562/
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A Whole new Spectrum of Queries, Concerns and Anxieties: Exploring Families’ Childcare Decision Making within the Irish Context
(2015)
O'Toole, Catriona; Byrne, Delma
A Whole new Spectrum of Queries, Concerns and Anxieties: Exploring Families’ Childcare Decision Making within the Irish Context
(2015)
O'Toole, Catriona; Byrne, Delma
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http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/7066/
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Adapting to Diversity: Irish Schools and Newcomer Students. ESRI Research Series No. 8
(2009)
Smyth, Emer; Darmody, Merike; McGinnity, Frances; Byrne, Delma
Adapting to Diversity: Irish Schools and Newcomer Students. ESRI Research Series No. 8
(2009)
Smyth, Emer; Darmody, Merike; McGinnity, Frances; Byrne, Delma
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The period since the 1990s has seen immigration into Ireland of a scale and speed unprecedented in comparative context. Immigrants in Ireland are a heterogeneous group in terms of nationality, ethnicity, legal status and language skills, although the largest segment comes from the new EU Member States. Overall, immigration has benefitted Ireland economically as well as providing welcome cultural diversity. However, immigration has posed challenges for schools with little prior experience of dealing with cultural and linguistic diversity. On the other hand, however, the relatively high educational profile of immigrant adults in Ireland provides vital resources to support their children’s education. This study documents the experiences of schools in catering for immigrant children and young people. In doing so, it draws on the first national survey of primary and second-level principals on diversity, supplementing survey data on 1,200 schools with twelve detailed case-studies of schoo...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/4338/
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An Evaluation of the HEAR and DARE Supplementary Admission Routes to Higher Education
(2014)
Byrne, Delma; Doris, Aedin; Sweetman, Olive; Casey, Ruth; Raffe, David
An Evaluation of the HEAR and DARE Supplementary Admission Routes to Higher Education
(2014)
Byrne, Delma; Doris, Aedin; Sweetman, Olive; Casey, Ruth; Raffe, David
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This evaluation stems from an interest from those working on and administering the HEAR and DARE schemes into the effectiveness of the schemes in widening participation in higher education of under-represented groups. A focus of Irish Higher Education (HE) policy is orientated toward the objective of promoting equality of access to higher education, with particular targeted initiatives for under-represented groups. There has been extensive research conducted in Ireland on the issue of Widening Participation (WP), including various evaluative reports on access initiatives of recent years. In addition, universities and colleges have at times undertaken substantial research on their own access programmes and students. However, just three studies to date have focused on the experiences of the HEAR and DARE cohorts, programmes which have been in place in their current format since just 2009. This evaluation seeks address the gap in our knowledge of HEAR and DARE. The DARE/HEAR Strategic ...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/8969/
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An Independent Review to Identify the Supports and Barriers for Lone Parents in Accessing Higher Education and to Examine Measures to Increase Participation
(2017)
Byrne, Delma; Murray, Cliona
An Independent Review to Identify the Supports and Barriers for Lone Parents in Accessing Higher Education and to Examine Measures to Increase Participation
(2017)
Byrne, Delma; Murray, Cliona
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This independent review has been commissioned by the Department of Education and Skills (DES) in association with the Department of Social Protection (DSP), the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) and the Higher Education Authority (HEA). The remit was to: * Examine existing data to identify the trends in participation and completion rates by lone parents in Higher Education(HE), and identify measures to strengthen data collation on lone parents in the future. * Describe the range of measures that are currently available to support lone parents in accessing HE, including supports in the school and further education(FE)sectors. * Identify obstacles and challenges for the various different categories of lone parents in accessing and completing HE programmes. * Recommend additional measures that would support the different categories of lone parents in accessing and completing HE programmes, and provide costings for those recommendations. * Highlight potential ...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9159/
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An introduction to computerised analysis of qualitative data
(2006)
Byrne, Delma
An introduction to computerised analysis of qualitative data
(2006)
Byrne, Delma
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Over the last two decades there has been an increase in the use of qualitative research, particularly in the human sciences. Such a move has resulted in an increasing number of researchers across disciplines using various types of qualitative software specially designed for managing text and facilitating analysis of qualitative data. However, we feel that limited information is available on the nature and practical use of these programmes in the Irish context. This has led to various misconceptions regarding the use of such programmes. In addition, international literature has highlighted the importance of making the qualitative research process more transparent in terms of describing in detail the analytical procedures applied in qualitative research. This article seeks to open up the debate surrounding qualitative data analysis and provoke discussion about the use of qualitative software packages in educational research. Based on a mixed-methods educational research project involv...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/8565/
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BERA review 2006: education research and policy
(2008)
Byrne, Delma
BERA review 2006: education research and policy
(2008)
Byrne, Delma
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The review examines the relationship between educational research and policy, from the post-war period to the present, throughout the United Kingdom. Its purpose is to (a) illuminate the changing relationship between education research and policy, and (b) to clarify the different ways in which that relationship is understood. Its overarching purpose is to enable the education research community to locate current debates about research and policy within historical and theoretical frames of reference, and to enable researchers to locate themselves and their work in this contested area. The review is structured in three main sections. The first explores the shifting meanings of research and policy, with attention to the ways in which particular definitions of research produce consequences for the ways in which policy is understood, and vice versa. From these discussions, which include differences between applied, basic and strategic research, and between ‘policy science’ and ‘policy sc...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/8564/
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Born abroad and educated here: examining the impacts of education and skill mismatch among immigrant graduates in Europe
(2015)
McGuiness, Seamus; Byrne, Delma
Born abroad and educated here: examining the impacts of education and skill mismatch among immigrant graduates in Europe
(2015)
McGuiness, Seamus; Byrne, Delma
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This paper examines the wage and job satisfaction effects of over-education and overskilling among migrants graduating from EU-15 based universities in 2005. Female migrants with shorter durations of domicile were found to have a higher likelihood of overskilling. Newly arrived migrants incurred wage penalties which were exacerbated by additional penalties resulting from overskilling in the male labour market and overeducation in the female labour market. Established migrants were found to enjoy wage premia, with no evidence of disproportionate wage impacts arising as a consequence of mismatch. Female migrants were found to have a lower probability of being job satisfied.
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/6597/
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Bottom of the class? The leaving certificate applied programme and track placement in the Republic of Ireland
(2014)
Byrne, Delma
Bottom of the class? The leaving certificate applied programme and track placement in the Republic of Ireland
(2014)
Byrne, Delma
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Across many countries, young people are differentiated into academic and vocational tracks, a pattern that is closely related to their social class background. The Irish secondary system has been largely undifferentiated, but the introduction of a pre- vocational programme, the Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA), has brought an element of tracking into upper secondary education. This article explores whether allocation into the LCA track reflects processes similar to those highlighted in international research. It goes further than these studies by explicitly recognising the role of school organisation in influencing student ’ s learning careers and educational decisions. The purpose of this paper is to estimate the determinants of track placement in the Republic of Ireland. Using in-depth qualitative case study interviews with students from Irish post-primary schools, this paper examines the factors influencing students ’ decisions to enter the LCA programme. This paper explores the...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/8561/
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Cumulative disadvantage? Educational careers of migrant students in Irish secondary schools
(2014)
Byrne, Delma
Cumulative disadvantage? Educational careers of migrant students in Irish secondary schools
(2014)
Byrne, Delma
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Recent rapid immigration of a diverse group of migrant children into an almost exclusively White Irish school population makes Ireland an interesting case study for migrant education. This article explores key points in the careers of migrant secondary school students in Ireland from an equality perspective. The article draws on data gathered as a part of a large-scale study specifically designed to investigate provision for migrant children in Irish schools. The results of the study show that migrant students in Ireland face a number of educational barriers in terms of access to schools, placement in classes, year groups and types of secondary school programme. This disadvantage is likely to impact on their future life-chances in terms of progress to further education and their place in the labour market, as well as their general social positioning in the Irish society.
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/8560/
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Determinants and Effects of School Age Childcare on Children’s Cognitive and Socio-Emotional Outcomes at Age 13
(2016)
Byrne, Delma
Determinants and Effects of School Age Childcare on Children’s Cognitive and Socio-Emotional Outcomes at Age 13
(2016)
Byrne, Delma
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Little is known about the determinants or the influence of childcare arrangements for school age children in the Irish context. Using longitudinal data from Wave 1 and Wave 2 of the Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) child cohort study, this paper examines the factors associated with participation in non-parental after-school care in middle childhood and examines the influence of such care settings on children’s outcomes at age 13. The findings show that participation in the type of after-school clubs captured by the GUI data (largely paid care in a group setting) is supporting children with specific educational needs and those with limited family support, as well as being strongly associated with maternal employment and high household income. Cognitive and socio-emotional outcomes at thirteen years are best explained by child, family, school and parental characteristics rather than direct effects of the type of out-of-school care arrangement held at age nine.
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/8559/
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Effectively Maintained Inequality in Education: An Introduction
(2017)
Byrne, Delma
Effectively Maintained Inequality in Education: An Introduction
(2017)
Byrne, Delma
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A growing literature has investigated socioeconomic inequality in education crossnationally. One promising theory of inequality is effectively maintained inequality (EMI; Lucas, 2001). EMI observes that all outcomes, including educational attainment, have two dimensions: (1) a quantitative dimension (e.g., the number of years of education obtained) and (2) a qualitative dimension (e.g., the program of study pursued). The contention is that analysts must consider both dimensions to ascertain trends and dynamics of inequality. Given the multidimensional nature of goods, when applied to education EMI contends that socioeconomically well-off children will receive qualitative educational advantage even if quantitative outcomes are equalized or quantitative advantage is impossible. Thus, EMI contends that equalizing quantity is insufficient to undermine inequality, because inequality in the types of education obtained can effectively reproduce patterns of advantage and disadvantage. Certa...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/8558/
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Effectively Maintained Inequality in Educational Transitions in the Republic of Ireland
(2017)
Byrne, Delma
Effectively Maintained Inequality in Educational Transitions in the Republic of Ireland
(2017)
Byrne, Delma
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While it is well established that the structure and organization of the education system affects youth transitions, less attention has been paid to the study of qualitative distinctions at the same level of education over time in the Irish context. Using data from the School Leavers’ Survey over the period 1980-2006, this paper considers the hypothesis of effectively maintained inequality in the case of the Republic of Ireland. The data capture young people’s transitions during three distinct and remarkable macro-economic fluctuations, and makes a particularly interesting test case for EMI. Over the cohorts under investigation, Ireland had changed from a recessionary economic climate and prolonged economic stagnation for much of the 1980s to a booming economy by the middle of the mid-2000s and one of the most dynamic economies in the world during the “Celtic Tiger” period. The patterns of social-class inequality over a 30-year paper reported in this article suggest that qualitative ...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/8556/
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Engaging Young People? Student Experiences of the Leaving Certificate Applied Programme. ESRI Research Series No.15
(2009)
Banks, Joanne; Byrne, Delma; McCoy, S.; Smith, E.
Engaging Young People? Student Experiences of the Leaving Certificate Applied Programme. ESRI Research Series No.15
(2009)
Banks, Joanne; Byrne, Delma; McCoy, S.; Smith, E.
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http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/4336/
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Establishing a UK 'Home International' comparative research programme for post-compulsory learning
(2005)
Byrne, Delma; Raffe, David
Establishing a UK 'Home International' comparative research programme for post-compulsory learning
(2005)
Byrne, Delma; Raffe, David
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This report makes recommendations for a programme of ‘home international’ comparative research into post-compulsory learning, comparing the four home countries of the UK. Such a programme would be timely because the political devolution of 1999 has increased the differences between the post-compulsory learning systems of the four countries. A programme of home international comparative research could help policy makers, learners, practitioners and other stakeholders to understand these differences. It could also exploit the potential for policy learning by comparing the different policy approaches followed in the four home countries. We define ‘post-compulsory learning’ to cover further education, school education beyond 16, work-based learning and adult and continuing education, and to include the interfaces with other sectors. We place our study in the context of wider international comparisons.
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/4335/
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Gender stereotyping in parents and teachers perceptions of boys and girls mathematics performance in Ireland
(2020)
McCoy, Selina; Byrne, Delma; O'Connor, Pat
Gender stereotyping in parents and teachers perceptions of boys and girls mathematics performance in Ireland
(2020)
McCoy, Selina; Byrne, Delma; O'Connor, Pat
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This paper is concerned with the underlying question of what shapes the assessment of children’s mathematical ability: focusing particularly on parents’ and teachers’ perceptions of that ability in the context of children’s attainment (measured using standardised mathematics tests). We suggest that such perceptions may reflect the impact of gender stereotypes: overestimating boys’ and underestimating girls’ achievements in the area. The influence of the children’s own interests, attitudes and behaviour on these gender stereotypical perceptions are also explored. The paper draws on the Growing Up in Ireland study, providing rich data on children, their families and school contexts. The results show that as early as nine years old, girls’ performance at mathematics is being underestimated by teachers and primary care givers alike relative to boys’. While teacher (and parent) judgments reflect children’s attitudes towards school and academic self-concept, as well as their actual perfor...
http://hdl.handle.net/10344/9318
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Hidden Disadvantage? A Study on the Low Participation in Higher Education by the Non-Manual Group
(2010)
McCoy, Selina; Byrne, Delma; O'Connell, Philip J.; Kelly, Elish; Doherty, Cliona
Hidden Disadvantage? A Study on the Low Participation in Higher Education by the Non-Manual Group
(2010)
McCoy, Selina; Byrne, Delma; O'Connell, Philip J.; Kelly, Elish; Doherty, Cliona
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http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/4366/
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Immigration and school composition in Ireland
(2010)
Byrne, Delma
Immigration and school composition in Ireland
(2010)
Byrne, Delma
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In the last decade, Ireland has experienced a rapid increase in immigration on a scale previously unknown in the country’s history. Over this time, Ireland has been transformed to an increasingly heterogeneous country in terms of nationality, language, ethnicity and religious affiliation. These changes have also impacted on the composition of Irish schools. The article draws on data collected for a large-scale study of primary and second level school provision for immigrant students. The findings indicate the absence of the degree of school segregation found in many European countries, mainly due to the geographical dispersal of the immigrant population and the wide variety of national groups represented. However, the interaction between geographical location, parental choice of schools and school admissions criteria means that immigrant students are overrepresented in larger schools, schools located in urban areas and those with a socio-economically disadvantaged intake.
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/8563/
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Language Approaches Used With Deaf Pupils in Scottish Schools: 2001–2004
(2007)
Grimes, Marian; Thoutenhoofd, Ernst D.; Byrne, Delma
Language Approaches Used With Deaf Pupils in Scottish Schools: 2001–2004
(2007)
Grimes, Marian; Thoutenhoofd, Ernst D.; Byrne, Delma
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In this article we address ‘‘language approach’’ data as a key variable in quantitative, large-scale research on educational achievement, focusing on our work for the Achievements of Deaf Pupils in Scotland (ADPS) project. The complexity of approaches is addressed, with a particular focus on a ‘‘no-exclusion’’ model of service. In this context 3 years of language-related data are discussed, using constructions of language variables that take into account the variability in deaf pupils’ hearing loss levels, types of provision, and professional practice. We see this as a necessary first step toward offering a nuanced context for understanding patterns in the educational outcomes among the ADPS population to be reported in a later article. The ADPS data on language approach can reveal general patterns at macro levels: our analysis suggests that, in Scotland, the extent and quality of British Sign Language/English provision may be determined more by local factors than by linguistic requ...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/4396/
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No Way Back? The Dynamics of Early School Leaving
(2010)
Byrne, Delma; Smyth, Emer
No Way Back? The Dynamics of Early School Leaving
(2010)
Byrne, Delma; Smyth, Emer
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http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/4333/
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Non Progression Among Higher Education New Entrants: A Multivariate Analysis
(2010)
McCoy, Selina; Byrne, Delma
Non Progression Among Higher Education New Entrants: A Multivariate Analysis
(2010)
McCoy, Selina; Byrne, Delma
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Ireland has been remarkably successful in pursuing its ambitious goals ‘to widen participation and increase student and graduate numbers’ in higher education in order to position itself within the front rank of OECD countries. Participation in higher education in Ireland has risen steadily over recent decades and this is clearly reflected in the % age of the Irish population that has attained higher education qualifications. At present, one-third of the Irish adult population (aged 25– 64 years) has a higher education qualification—12% at NFQ levels 6 or 7 and 22% at NFQ level 8 or above.2 The expansion of opportunities for higher education in Ireland is reflected best in the attainment levels of young adults (aged 25–34 years), 45% of whom have now acquired a higher education qualification.3 The proportion of 18 year olds entering higher education is approaching two thirds. From a position of relative weakness in terms of the educational attainment of the population a few decades a...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/4341/
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Review of Irish Higher Education: A Comparative Perspective, by Patrick Clancy, Dublin, Institute of Public Administration, 2015
(2015)
Byrne, Delma
Review of Irish Higher Education: A Comparative Perspective, by Patrick Clancy, Dublin, Institute of Public Administration, 2015
(2015)
Byrne, Delma
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http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/6344/
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School Leavers' Survey Report 2007
(2008)
Byrne, Delma; McCoy, Selina; Watson, Dorothy
School Leavers' Survey Report 2007
(2008)
Byrne, Delma; McCoy, Selina; Watson, Dorothy
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Since the late 1970s the Economic and Social Research Institute has conduced research on recent school leavers in the Republic of Ireland on behalf of various government departments. The School Leavers’ Survey has been in existence since it first surveyed young people who left the second-level education system in the academic year 1978/1979. Since its inception, 24 surveys in all have been carried out either on a yearly or bi-yearly basis, until the most recent survey which surveyed young people who left the second-level education system in the academic year 2004/2005. The information contained in the School Leavers’ Survey serves as a nationally representative data source lending itself well as an instrument for educational policy-making. Its social and scientific value lies in increasing our knowledge of young peoples’ experiences while at school and their experiences of the transition from second-level education to labour force participation, education or economic inactivity. The...
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/4334/
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Seven Principles for Assessing Effectively Maintained Inequality
(2017)
Byrne, Delma
Seven Principles for Assessing Effectively Maintained Inequality
(2017)
Byrne, Delma
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Effectively maintained inequality (EMI) was proposed as a general theory of inequality, but the theory flows from a decades-long tradition of studying social background effects on educational attainment. After an orienting discussion of several historic challenges of the study of social background effects on educational inequality, proposed and adopted solutions to those challenges, and subsequent critiques of those solutions, we offer and justify seven principles that, if followed, produce a solid assessment of EMI. After conveying the seventh principle, two illustrative ways in which EMI addresses historic challenges with studying inequality are conveyed.
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/8555/
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The Changing Workplace: A Survey of Employees’ Views and Experiences. The National Workplace Surveys 2009, Vol.2 Employees
(2010)
O’Connell, Philip J.; Russell, Helen; Watson, Dorothy; Byrne, Delma
The Changing Workplace: A Survey of Employees’ Views and Experiences. The National Workplace Surveys 2009, Vol.2 Employees
(2010)
O’Connell, Philip J.; Russell, Helen; Watson, Dorothy; Byrne, Delma
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http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/4337/
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