University of Hull

About: University of Hull is a education organization based out in Hull, Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Liquid crystal. The organization has 9546 authors who have published 22062 publications receiving 648925 citations.

Violence in Nigeria : the crisis of religious politics and secular ideologies

Abstract: The context - Islam, Christianity, and interreligious relations the context - the Nigerian state in historical perspective religion and the state - a theocracy in a Muslim world? Religious leadership and agencies of mobilization a reign of terror - violence in northern cities, 1980 - 1985 a decade of clashes - Muslim - Christian relations in the 1980s "The Age of Warfare" - violence and conflict in the 1990s Islam against Islam the war of words - hate literature and verbal violence conflict management - strategies and options.

Industrial Global Brand Leadership: a Capabilities View

Abstract: We examine the global branding programs of five New Zealand industrial firms and identify the salient components and capabilities underpinning these programs. The cases built their respective brand identities around adaptability to customer needs and the provision of a total solution. This identity was built around five capabilities: relational support, coordinating network players, leveraging brand architecture, adding value, and quantifying the intangible. Underpinning these identity promises were five organizational level supportive capabilities: entrepreneurial, reflexive, innovative, brand supportive dominant logic, and executional capabilities. This approach resulted in global brand leadership, but also reflected the fundamental differences between the B2C and B2B realms.

A longitudinal study of stress and psychological distress in nurses and nursing students.

Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate how differences in life events and stress contribute to psychological distress in nurses and nursing students. Stress is an issue for nursing students and qualified nurses leading to psychological distress and attrition. A longitudinal study using four time waves was conducted between 1994-1997. Measures were taken of stress, life events and psychological distress in addition to a range of demographic data. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, linear modelling and mixed-effects modelling. The study was set in Scotland, UK and used newly qualified nurses and nursing students from four university departments of nursing over four years. The study was initiated with 359 participants (147 nurses and 212 nursing students) and complete data were obtained for 192 participants. Stress levels, psychological distress and life events are all associated within time and across time. At baseline, life events and stress contributed significantly to psychological distress. The pattern of psychological distress differed between the nursing students and the newly qualified nurses with a high level in the nurses after qualifying and starting their career. Stress, individual traits, adverse life events and psychological distress are all interrelated. Future lines of enquiry should focus on the transition between being a nursing student and becoming a nurse. Stress and psychological distress may have negative outcomes for the retention of nursing students in programmes of study and newly qualified nurses in the nursing workforce.