Doctoral Theses (School of Social Sciences)
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Do young people’s executive functioning capabilities impact their ability to apportion effort during a high intensity intermittent running task?
(Social Sciences Heriot-Watt University, 2020-05)Recent studies have investigated a potential link between an invasion games (e.g. rugby, football, field hockey) players executive functioning (EF) capabilities and their performance on the pitch (Verburgh, Scherder, van ... -
Unpacking the process of overseas knowledge recontextualisation in returnee entrepreneurship - a learning perspective : a study of returnee entrepreneurs in Vietnam
(Social Sciences Heriot-Watt University, 2020-07)International entrepreneurship research has recently been directed towards returnee entrepreneurship, a phenomenon in which individuals who acquire knowledge in overseas developed markets return to start businesses in ... -
Approximately there : positioning video-mediated interpreting in frontline police services
(Social Sciences Heriot-Watt University, 2020-06)This study looks at how UK police forces make use of video interpreting services to complete standard police procedures. Two frontline police services were examined: video relay service (VRS) calls to a Police Scotland’s ... -
Human factors : a new approach for designing the truck-driver system
(Heriot-Watt University Social Sciences, 2020-01)The logistics sector is an often forgotten force behind modern life in the UK, and it is increasingly under pressure to become more efficient, more safety-conscious, and more environmentally sustainable. This triple ... -
Playing bilingual : interweaving deaf and hearing cultural practices to achieve equality of participation in theatrical performance processes
(Heriot-Watt University Social Sciences, 2019-06)This thesis aims to interrogate the potential for equality of participation in theatrical performance for deaf and hearing actors and spectators. The research builds on earlier work by the author that reveals that ...
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