رسالة جامعية
Evaluating the effectiveness and implementation of new employment enhancement programmes in an Irish context: A focus on well-being and employability
| العنوان: | Evaluating the effectiveness and implementation of new employment enhancement programmes in an Irish context: A focus on well-being and employability |
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| المؤلفون: | Whelan, Nuala |
| سنة النشر: | 2018 |
| المجموعة: | Maynooth University ePrints and eTheses Archive (National University of Ireland) |
| الوصف: | Unemployment is a persistent global problem which has attracted considerable interest in recent years from governments, policy makers, researchers and practitioners. During the last three decades or so, there has been a significant shift in international labour market policy (and its impleme ntation) toward activation and active labour market policy to help the unemployed progress more quickly into employment. In Ireland, policy changes in this direction have been more recent, with the implementation of the new Pathways to Work policy (PTWP). However, long - term unemployment (LTU) remains high and more work is needed, both nationally and internationally, to identify how best to intervene effectively and appropriately with this vulnerable group. This research comprised three separate , inter - rela ted studies , designed to: (1) critically examine the implementation and perceived effectiveness of the PTWP in Ireland; (2) evaluate the effectiveness of a new high support intervention ( when compared to services as usual ) in terms of its impact on psychol ogical well - being and related psychosocial factors which influence employability; and (3) conduct a small - scale process evaluation to explore the implementation aspects and mechanisms underpinning the new intervention and to draw some comparisons, in paral lel, with routine PTWP services. The three studies were conducted within a mixed - methods pragmatic framework and comprised: (1) an exploration of the perceptions and views of the PTWP amongst a range of stakeholders ( N =21) using semi - structured interviews and analysed using a constructivist grounded theory approach; (2) a single - centre randomised controlled trial (RCT) with a sample of LTU clients ( N =149) who were followed up immediately post - intervention and six months later to assess changes in primary and secondary outcomes and (3) a process evaluation using both semi - structured interviews (n = 6) and focus groups (n = 9) and analysed using standard thematic analysis. Study One identified ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | thesis |
| وصف الملف: | text |
| اللغة: | English |
| العلاقة: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9569/1/NualaWhelanThesis.pdfTest; Whelan, Nuala (2018) Evaluating the effectiveness and implementation of new employment enhancement programmes in an Irish context: A focus on well-being and employability. PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth. |
| الإتاحة: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9569Test/ https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9569/1/NualaWhelanThesis.pdfTest |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.708AA732 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| الوصف غير متاح. |