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Journal articles on the topic "Enrolment behaviour"
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Kansra, Pooja, and Harinder Singh Gill. "Role of Perceptions in Health Insurance Buying Behaviour of Workers Employed in Informal Sector of India." Global Business Review 18, no. 1 (February 2017): 250–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0972150916666992.
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Health insurance can be an effective tool of personal protection. But India’s health insurance market still lags behind the other countries in terms of penetration. The present article identified the role of perceptions in the enrolment of health insurance among the urban informal sector of Punjab, India. First, data were obtained from the urban informal sector of Punjab. Then factor analysis was applied to identify the perceptions associated with enrolment of health insurance. After this, logistic regression was performed to determine the associations of identified perceptions with enrolment of health insurance. The present study identified 12 perceptions factors associated with health insurance enrolment of the informal sector in India. Out of the 12 factors, the logistic regression results proved that 8 were statistically significant influencers of health insurance enrolment decisions. The significant perceptions factors were lack of awareness about the need to buy health insurance; comprehensive coverage; income constraint; future contingencies and social obligations; lack of information; availability of subsidized government health care; linkage with government hospitals; and preference for government schemes. It was found that perceptions play a vital role in the household decisions to enrol for health insurance. Policy makers or marketers of health insurance policies should recognize the household perceptions as a potential barrier and try to develop a health insurance package as per the actual needs of the informal sector (low income) in India.
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Othman, Muhammad Hanif, Noorihsan Mohamad, and Mohd Nizam Barom. "Students’ decision making in class selection and enrolment." International Journal of Educational Management 33, no. 4 (May 7, 2019): 587–603. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijem-06-2017-0143.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a theoretical model that integrates various dimensional factors which influence decision-making process of class selection and enrolment, analysing different angles of this process and explaining those factors which determine students’ decision. Design/methodology/approach This study uses quantitative design to determine and explore students’ decision making in class selection and enrolment. There were 396 students who participated in this study. The data were analysed using principle component analysis to determine the dominant factor for class selection and enrolment. Findings The study has analysed different factors that can influence students’ decision for class selection and enrolment. Five important underlying factors have been identified which includes the class and lecturer factor, time-space factor, ease and comfort factor, course mate factor and commitment factor. Moreover, the Kruskal–Wallis test shows that there is a significant mean difference in choice and selection behaviour between genders and students’ personal attitudes. Research limitations/implications This study is an early attempt to explore the wide fields of decision making in class selection and enrolment. It is hoped that follow-up studies would provide more coverage relative to the findings of this research. Practical implications One particular dimension of micro decision making faced by students is class (course) selection in the beginning of every academic semester/term. Class selection is very critical decision for students as it would reflect students expected outcome for their future career directions. More importantly, the decision made by the students may also affect their academic performance throughout their study. Social implications From the perspective of the university’s administrators, this issue is very critical for planning purposes. Understanding the students’ behaviour in class selection could improve the cost effectiveness as well as the scheduling of course offering to enhance students’ and instructors’ teaching and learning experience. Originality/value While many studies try to explore the questions of what makes a student choose a specific college/university or a specific field, limited number have investigated the behaviour of students in class selection and enrolment. This paper contributes to bridging that gap.
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Wanyama, Jane N., Maria S. Nabaggala, Bonnie Wandera, Agnes N. Kiragga, Barbara Castelnuovo, Ivan K. Mambule, Josephine Nakajubi, et al. "Significant rates of risky sexual behaviours among HIV-infected patients failing first-line ART: A sub-study of the Europe–Africa Research Network for the Evaluation of Second-line Therapy trial." International Journal of STD & AIDS 29, no. 3 (August 17, 2017): 287–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956462417724707.
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There are limited data on the prevalence of risky sexual behaviours in individuals failing first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) and changes in sexual behaviour after switch to second-line ART. We undertook a sexual behaviour sub-study of Ugandan adults enrolled in the Europe–Africa Research Network for the Evaluation of Second-line Therapy trial. A standardized questionnaire was used to collect sexual behaviour data and, in particular, risky sexual behaviours (defined as additional sexual partners to main sexual partner, inconsistent use of condoms, non-disclosure to sexual partners, and exchange of money for sex). Of the 79 participants enrolled in the sub-study, 62% were female, median age (IQR) was 37 (32–42) years, median CD4 cell count (IQR) was 79 (50–153) cells/µl, and median HIV viral load log was 4.9 copies/ml (IQR: 4.5–5.3) at enrolment. The majority were in long-term stable relationships; 69.6% had a main sexual partner and 87.3% of these had been sexually active in the preceding six months. At enrolment, around 20% reported other sexual partners, but this was higher among men than women (36% versus 6.7 %, p < 0.001). In 50% there was inconsistent condom use with their main sexual partner and a similar proportion with other sexual partners, both at baseline and follow-up. Forty-three per cent of participants had not disclosed their HIV status to their main sexual partner (73% with other sexual partners) at enrolment, which was similar in men and women. Overall, there was no significant change in these sexual behaviours over the 96 weeks following switch to second-line ART, but rate of non-disclosure of HIV status declined significantly (43.6% versus 19.6%, p <0.05). Among persons failing first-line ART, risky sexual behaviours were prevalent, which has implications for potential onward transmission of drug-resistant virus. There is need to intensify sexual risk reduction counselling and promotion of partner testing and disclosure, especially at diagnosis of treatment failure and following switch to second- or third-line ART.
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D’Agostino, Antonella, Giulio Ghellini, and Sergio Longobardi. "Out-migration of university enrolment: the mobility behaviour of Italian students." International Journal of Manpower 40, no. 1 (April 1, 2019): 56–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijm-07-2017-0169.
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Purpose Student mobility from the south to the north/centre of Italy is an increasingly crucial topic because the most important consequence is the continual depletion of universities situated in the southern regions. Using micro-data from the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR), the purpose of this paper is to investigate how contextual factors affect this mobility. Design/methodology/approach Empirical evidence is provided by developing a multilevel logit model of student decisions to move at university enrolment that allows us to identify the unique effects that student and province characteristics have on out-migration. Multilevel analysis is appropriate because the research questions focus on the role of province characteristics, variables that are measured at the macro level, on student-level outcome (out-migration) while controlling for student-level characteristics, variables that are measured at the micro level. Findings The present paper intends to contribute to the literature by quantifying the way in which contextual factors affect student mobility from the south to the north/centre of Italy. Findings show that province differences remain significant even after controlling for individual characteristics stressing the importance of the geographical dimension for student mobility. These findings have important policy implications for the future of university system in Italy. Originality/value This paper is relevant to the literature concerning this issue because most of the empirical applications are based on spatial models that do not take into account individual characteristics of the students. In addition, the multilevel methodology proposed can be easily generalise to other countries.
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ROBERTSON-ROSE, LYNNE. "Understanding Default Behaviour in Workplace Pensions: Automatic Enrolment in the UK." Journal of Social Policy 50, no. 1 (October 30, 2019): 21–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0047279419000813.
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AbstractThis article examines the retirement savings behaviour of twenty-five 30-40 years olds automatically enrolled into a workplace pension scheme. Using qualitative interviews, the paper explores the interaction between savings motivation and willingness to adhere to, or deviate from, the pension scheme defaults. Integrating insights from different savings paradigms, including sociological approaches and behavioural economics, the paper highlights how social motives drove willingness to accept enrolment defaults. Participants’ reactions to the contribution defaults were motivated by a complex combination of factors including anchoring effects, the salience of ageing, and emotional responses such as pride, uncertainty and loss aversion. The author’s main premise is that greater attention needs to be given to the interaction between subjective feelings about saving for retirement and pension scheme design.
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Heckman, Carolyn J., Jennifer L. Dykstra, and Bradley N. Collins. "Substance-related knowledge, attitude, and behaviour among college students." Health Education Journal 70, no. 4 (September 13, 2010): 383–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0017896910379694.
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Objective: To examine substance-related attitudes and behaviours among college students across an academic semester. Design: Pre–post quasi-experimental survey design. Setting: A large University in the Midwestern United States. Method: Surveys were completed by 299 undergraduates enrolled in three courses: drugs and behaviour, abnormal psychology, and normal personality theories. Results: Although students that were enrolled in the drug course were not more knowledgeable about drugs than others at baseline, their knowledge increased by semester’s end, while the others’ did not. Perceived prevalence of alcohol use was more accurate and became increasingly accurate among drugs and behaviour students. Class enrolment, gender, and baseline substance use were associated with baseline attitudes and behaviours as well as changes over time. Conclusion: This study offers implications for substance use education opportunities on college campuses.
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Lowes, Susan, Peiyi Lin, and Brian Kinghorn. "Exploring the Link between Online Behaviours and Course Performance in Asynchronous Online High School Courses." Journal of Learning Analytics 2, no. 2 (December 7, 2015): 169–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.18608/jla.2015.22.13.
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As enrolment in online courses has grown and LMS data has become accessible for analysis, researchers have begun to examine the link between in-course behaviours and course outcomes. This paper explores the use of readily available LMS data generated by approximately 700 students enrolled in the 12 online courses offered by Pamoja Education, the course provider for the International Baccalaureate, in 2012–2013. The findings suggest that LMS data sets can indeed provide useful information on the relationship between online behaviours and final grades; that higher levels of online behaviours are associated with higher performance; that two types of behaviour, one associated with attendance and the other associated with interactivity, operate separately; and that these two types of behaviour function differently depending on gender.
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Qureshi, Madeeha Gohar. "The Gender Differences in School Enrolment and Returns to Education in Pakistan." Pakistan Development Review 51, no. 3 (September 1, 2012): 219–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.30541/v51i3pp.219-256.
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Using estimates of schooling demand function and private rate of return to education by gender derived from Household Integrated Economic Survey 2010-11, this paper attempts to examine if there is any dynamics to define a differential behaviour across gender in enrolment in Pakistan and if there is then what can be the possible cause of such discrepancies and how can they be reduced. The first set of analysis focuses on the estimates of probability of enrolment at primary, secondary and tertiary level of education by gender. Strong evidence for higher likelihood of enrolment emerges only at the secondary level of education when the gender is male. The behaviour of the determinants for these schooling demand functions at different levels of education differs by gender. One such key variable is parental education, which is more pronounced in case of mother’s education towards increasing the likelihood of enrolment of girls at the primary and secondary level and of father’s education for boys at all levels and girls at the tertiary level. Hence investing in female education today will not only empower females today but as a positive externality will also lead to gender equity in educational outcomes in the future. Besides this intergenerational externality of investment in female education, the finding establishes that when conditional cash programmes are targeted at mothers as a policy tool they become an effective measure in increasing current female enrolment. Moreover the case for reducing gender disparities in educational outcomes is further supported when we see how gender imbalance in educational attainment and female labour force participation lead to discrepancies in the private rate of return to education by gender. The varied estimates of private rate of returns to education for males and females show that such deviations arise because the females labour force on average is much less educated than males and hence if the object is to raise the rates of returns, a targeted policy for reducing gender differences in enrolment at all levels of education primary, secondary and tertiary will have to be implemented.
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Haug, Carolin, and Joachim T. Haug. "Defensive enrolment in mantis shrimp larvae (Malacostraca: Stomatopoda)." Contributions to Zoology 83, no. 3 (June 6, 2014): 185–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18759866-08303003.
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We describe a possible new defensive behaviour of larval stages of mantis shrimps (Stomatopoda). Mantis shrimp larvae are rarely observed in nature, thus the study is based on postures of museum material and functional morphological aspects. Specimens described here are tightly enrolled, their pleon is bent forward, and the telson is locked into the frontal margin of the shield. This margin has two lobes into which the two posterolateral spines of the telson fit. The shield shows further adaptions to enrolment; e.g., the ventral gape of the shield perfectly matches the width of the pleon and leaves no major gaps when the pleon is bent forward. Based on these observations, we briefly discuss the possibilities to infer behavioural aspects from functional morphological aspects. Enrolment in modern day organisms is primarily known from terrestrial arthropods, e.g., pill bugs and pill millipedes, but in the Palaeozoic it was mainly performed by marine organisms such as trilobites, agnostines and their relatives. Stomatopod larvae that appear to be able to perform enrolling in a marine environment are therefore a potential functional equivalent for better understanding the functional aspects of enrolment in extinct marine arthropods.
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JIANG, JIN, JIWEI QIAN, and ZHUOYI WEN. "Social Protection for the Informal Sector in Urban China: Institutional Constraints and Self-selection Behaviour." Journal of Social Policy 47, no. 2 (August 1, 2017): 335–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0047279417000563.
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AbstractThe Chinese government has recently expanded the scope of urban social insurance programmes. However, social protection for the labour force of the urban informal sector, which reaches about half the number of urban workers, lags significantly behind. This under-coverage may be due to institutional constraints, particularly the household registration system hukou, and self-selection behaviour related to the limited benefits of social insurance. Drawing on a recent nationwide individual-level survey and city-level statistics, this study examines these two explanations for the under-enrolment on the social insurance programme. First, results suggest that hukou and the intergovernmental fiscal system are major institutional constraints. Second, self-selection behaviour in programme enrolment is verified. Employers in the informal sector are likely to opt out of social insurance. More importantly, employers in the informal sector, with rural or non-local hukou, are likely to opt out of social insurance, which suggests that self-selection behaviour is constrained by institutions. Such findings have important implications for broad theoretical and policy debates on universal social protection.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Enrolment behaviour"
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Robertson, Lynne Margaret Maclean. "Behavioural responses to automatic enrolment in workplace pension schemes." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/33110.
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In October 2012, the United Kingdom adopted nation-wide automatic enrolment into workplace pension schemes. Automatic enrolment on the current scale is a major undertaking but it is also an untested policy and it is important that we understand how individuals are adapting to these radical changes in pension provision. There is currently a lack of research into the dynamic decision-making processes that lie behind some individuals' deviation from workplace pension scheme default settings. This exploratory study investigates the importance of financial planning, social relations, and the role of the employer to default adherence and deviation. The embedded case study comprises qualitative interviews with 25 middle-income employees of a large UK utility company. Participants were selected on the basis of socio-economic similarity but had variable behavioural responses to the default settings of their workplace pension scheme. The study uncovered different motives underpinning individuals' reaction to membership defaults, contribution defaults, and investment fund defaults. Continued membership following automatic enrolment was driven by social pressures. Subsequent to enrolment, individuals tried to achieve a balance between current expenditure and saving for retirement. Property ownership and mortgage debt redemption were prioritised over additional pension scheme investment. The life-stage of the individual influenced how they reacted to the contribution default settings - default adherence appeared to be linked to unsettled personal lives and career insecurity. Motives for increasing contributions were household formation, parental ageing, and relationship breakdown. Saving strategies were influenced by parental accumulation of retirement assets and parental financial literacy. Employer-matching contributions were implicated in participants' willingness to increase pension contributions beyond the minimum default; investment in share option schemes was offered as justification for limiting contributions to the maximum match. Employer endorsement effects, driven by trust in the employer's intentions, were strongly implicated in fund default adherence and in investment diversification strategies: participants pointed to the employer's promotion of the pension scheme and employer-provided financial seminars. Advice from older colleagues was also cited as influential in directing retirement savings behaviour. The research concludes that the employment context is crucial to understanding how middle-income employees react to the default settings in their workplace pension scheme.
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Smed, Sinne. "Empirial studies on "Health, Information and Consumer Behaviour" : long-term unemployment, wages and enrolment /." Kbh. : Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2008. http://curis.ku.dk/ws/fbspretrieve/11506187/PDF.
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Barnes, Geoffrey R., of Western Sydney Macarthur University, and Faculty of Education and Languages. "A motivational model of enrolment intentions in senior secondary science courses in New South Wales (Australia) schools." THESIS_FEL_XXX_Barnes_G.xml, 1999. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/53.
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This thesis presents a set of models of enrolment behaviour in senior secondary science courses in New South Wales (Australia) schools. The models have been developed out of concerns about declining enrolments and continued sex differences in enrolments in these courses. They use the framework of the Science enrolment Model (SEM), a framework which uses an expectancy/value approach to examine the relationships between the various influences and their combined effect on enrolment behaviour. The SEM was constructed by fitting the factors which have been shown to influence enrolment behaviour in the sciences to the structure of the General Model of Academic Choice, a model of achievement related behaviour developed by Eccles and colleagues. Models were constructed for enrolment behaviour in three specialist science courses; Biology, Chemistry and Physics and two non-specialist science courses; General Science and Science for Life. These five courses account for 97 percent of enrolments in senior secondary science in New South Wales. Measures of enrolment intentions were predicted by, measures of interest, perceived career value, TER value (value as a means gaining university entrance) and a combined measure of self-concept and performance expectations. These constructs were, in turn, predicted by measures of perceptions of parent and teacher attitudes, perceptions of past performance, attributions for past performance and personality measures. The enrolment models explained between 60% and 70% of the variance in enrolment intentions in the specialist science subjects. 'Career value' was found to be a major influence on enrolment behaviour in all five subjects. The expectancy and value variables explained approximately 80 percent of the sex difference in enrolment intentions in the specialist science subjects. Career considerations accounted for between 30 percent and 50 percent of this differenceDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Hadjikyprianou, Christophoros. "Enrolment management and consumer behaviour in higher education : a case study of successfully positioning and marketing an educational institution with reference to college choice factors." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2007. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/13514/.
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The purpose of this study was to identify factors that influence students to attend Cyprus College. The college could utilise the outcome of the study for the development of its strategic student recruitment plan as well as for market positioning and promotion. The competition in recruiting more students and retaining them has become fiercer than ever before. Facing a growing competitive environment, higher education institutions are mobilising all the resources for recruiting and updating their programs, services and campuses to become more attractive to students and their parents. Anticipating students' expectations could be one of the most effective tools that colleges hold in order to face the new highly competitive environment. The survey instrument utilised to collect data on college choice factors was a self-administered questionnaire, developed by the researcher based on a review of the literature on college choice, the researcher's personal experience as an administrator in the field of college education and information received from a focus group. Descriptive and multivariate statistics, including frequencies, cross-tabulations, factor analysis and reliability tests have been used to present and analyse the data. With a clear understanding of the factors influencing students to enrol at Cyprus College, it will be in a better position to target and promote those qualities/characteristics important for the effectiveness of recruitment and enrolment activities. In addition, the College can use the outcome of the study to strengthen areas that need improvement by adjusting the college characteristics (operational and strategic), so that they would be more consistent with those desired by students. Several recommendations have been put forward in this study, and they are expected to serve as a guideline not only for Cyprus College management but also to other higher education leaders who wish to improve the effectiveness of their marketing and recruiting efforts.
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(13285526), Sheila Jeffery. "Student enrolment behaviour at a regional university." Thesis, 1997. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Student_enrolment_behaviour_at_a_regional_university/20545308.
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The enrolment behaviour of potential tertiary students is of great interest to tertiary institutions in Australia who face competition to fill their quotas in a climate of declining tertiary enrolments. Most of the studies on the enrolment behaviour of school leavers and others have been conducted in the United States where the university/college entrance procedures are quite different in the highly stratified tertiary sector. Little is known of the enrolment behaviour of Year 12 students in Australia particularly with respect to a non - metropolitan university. In this study the enrolment behaviour of local Year 12 students and first year students enrolled in the Faculty of Applied Science at Central Queensland University was investigated using a sample survey. The aim of the study was to determine the importance of various factors to the students in their university and course selection processes. Results indicate that the university is not being used as a "safety net" and that institutional characteristics and "significant others" play an important role in university and course selection processes. These findings have significant implications for recruitment and marketing strategies for non -metropolitan universities.
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Côto, José Ricardo Pinto Coelho da Silva. "Consumer cosmopolitanism in Erasmus+ : the role of cosmopolitanism in the Erasmus enrolment decisions." Master's thesis, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/35192.
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This master thesis examines the impact of the level and type of consumer cosmopolitanism on the decisions related to enrolling in the Erasmus programme. These decisions include: (a) the decision to enrol; (b) the motivations when enrolling; (c) the choice of destination; (d) seeking cultural differences when enrolling; (e) seeking different levels of globalization. Even though cosmopolitanism has been extensively studied in different areas, the possible connection between the concept and the Erasmus programme has barely been scientifically studied and proven. Cosmopolitans transcend their local boundaries by interacting, and actively seeking other cultures (Hannerz, 1990). Consumer cosmopolitanism is the applications of these characteristics to consumer behaviour. The level and type of consumer cosmopolitanism are measured using the C-Cosmo scale, which considers three dimensions: open-mindedness, diversity appreciation and consumption transcending borders (Riefler & Diamantopoulos, 2009). In order to research the impact, a study was performed by using multivariate analyses of variance and regressions to validate the conceptual model proposed. The research indicated that consumer cosmopolitanism decreases the likelihood for students to enrol on the programme. Additionally, three types of consumer cosmopolitanism were found: low, cultural and high. According to our test, low cosmopolitans should be the most likely to enrol, but they presented lower percentages of enrolment than the other two types. This evidence supports that intention is not always a good predictor of behaviour and that a gap exists between the two (Carrington et al., 2010, 2014). This study also suggests that cosmopolitan consumers do not look for a country with similar/different culture or level of globalization to that of their own country.Esta tese de mestrado avalia o impacto do nível e do tipo de cosmopolitismo de consumidor nas decisões relacionadas com o ingresso no programa Erasmus. Estas decisões incluem: (a) a decisão de participar no programa; (b) as motivações para se inscreverem no programa; (c) a escolha da cidade para Erasmus; (d) a procura de diferenças culturais; (e) a procura de diferentes níveis de globalização. O cosmopolitismo tem sido estudado no contexto de várias áreas científicas, porém a possível conexão entre o conceito e o programa Erasmus não apresenta muita literatura que possa comprovar ou desmentir esta relação. Os cosmopolitas vão para além das suas fronteiras locais ao procurar e interagir com diferentes culturas (Hannerz, 1990). O cosmopolitismo de consumidor é a aplicação prática destas características ao comportamento dos consumidores. O nível e o tipo de cosmopolitismo de consumidor são medidos através da escala C-Cosmo, que considera três dimensões para o fazer: abertura da mente, apreciação de diversidade e consumo que transcende fronteiras (Riefler & Diamantopoulos, 2009). De formar a avaliar qual é o impacto, as variâncias foram examinadas, juntamente com vários tipos de regressões de forma a validar o modelo conceptual que foi proposto. Os resultados indicaram que o cosmopolitismo de consumidor diminui a probabilidade de um aluno participar no programa Erasmus. Também foram determinados e classificados três tipos de cosmopolitismo de consumidor: baixo, cultural e completo. De acordo com o resultado anterior, os baixos cosmopolitas deveriam ser os mais prováveis a ingressar no programa, contudo este tipo apresentou a menor percentagem de alunos que foram de Erasmus. Isto suporta que a intenção nem sempre é um bom preditor do comportamento e que existe um desfasamento (Carrington et al., 2010, 2014). Adicionalmente, os resultados sugerem que os consumidores cosmopolitas, quando vão de Erasmus, não procuram, necessariamente, um local em que a cultura ou nível de globalização seja similar/diferente àquele do seu país de origem.
Book chapters on the topic "Enrolment behaviour"
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Regan, Elaine, and Jennifer DeWitt. "Attitudes, Interest and Factors Influencing STEM Enrolment Behaviour: An Overview of Relevant Literature." In Understanding Student Participation and Choice in Science and Technology Education, 63–88. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7793-4_5.
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D’Onofrio, Grazia, Annamaria Petito, Antonella Calvio, Giusi Antonia Toto, and Pierpaolo Limone. "Robot Assistive Therapy Strategies for Children with Autism." In Psychology, Learning, Technology, 103–16. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15845-2_7.
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AbstractBackground: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a category of neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts as well as restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests, or activities. Social robots offer clinicians new ways to interact and work with people with ASD. Robot-Assisted Training (RAT) is a growing body of research in HRI, which studies how robots can assist and enhance human skills during a task-centred interaction. RAT systems have a wide range of application for children with ASD.Aims: In a pilot RCT with an experimental group and a control group, research aims will be: to assess group differences in repetitive and maladaptive behaviours (RMBs), affective states and performance tasks across sessions and within each group; to assess the perception of family relationships between two groups before and post robot interaction; to develop a robotic app capable to run Raven’s Progressive Matrices (RPM), a test typically used to measure general human intelligence and to compare the accuracy of the robot to capture the data with that run by psychologists.Material and Methods: Patients with mild or moderate level of ASD will be enrolled in the study which will last 3 years. The sample size is: 60 patients (30 patients will be located in the experimental group and 30 patients will be located in the control group) indicated by an evaluation of the estimated enrolment time. Inclusion criteria will be the following: eligibility of children confirmed using the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule −2; age ≥ 7 years; clinician judgment during a clinical psychology evaluation; written parental consent approved by the local ethical committee. The study will be conducted over 10 weeks for each participant, with the pretest and post test conducted during the first and last weeks of the study. The training will be provided over the intermediate eight weeks, with one session provided each week, for a total of 8 sessions. Baseline and follow-up evaluation include: socioeconomic status of families will be assessed using the Hollingshead scale; Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) will be used to screen the communication skills and social functioning in children with ASD; Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale, 2nd edition (VABS) will be used to assess the capabilities of children in dealing with everyday life; severity and variety of children’s ripetitive behaviours will be also assessed using Repetitive Behavior Scale-Revised (RBS-R). Moreover, the perception of family relationships assessment will be run by Portfolio for the validation of parental acceptance and refusal (PARENTS).Expected Results: 1) improbe communication skills; 2) reduced repetitive and maladaptive behaviors; 3) more positive perception of family relationships; 4) improved performance.Conclusions: Robot-Assisted Training aims to train and enhance user (physical or cognitive) skills, through the interaction, and not assist users to complete a task thus a target is to enhance user performance by providing personalized and targeted assistance towards maximizing training and learning effects. Robotics systems can be used to manage therapy sessions, gather and analyse data and like interactions with the patient and generate useful information in the form of reports and graphs, thus are a powerful tool for the therapist to check patient’s progress and facilitate diagnosis.
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Alhazmi, Fahad Nasser. "Cloud Computing Big Data Adoption Impacts on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education." In Fostering Communication and Learning With Underutilized Technologies in Higher Education, 53–66. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4846-2.ch004.
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There is a rapid evolution in the purpose and value of higher education brought about by technological advancement and data ubiquity. Data mining and advanced predictive analytics are increasingly being used in higher education institutions around the world to perform tasks, ranging from student recruitment, enrolment, predicting student behaviour, and developing personalised learning schemes. This chapter evaluates and assesses the impact of big data and cloud computing in higher education. The authors adopt systematic literature research approach that employs qualitative content analysis to establish their position with regards to the impact, benefits, challenges, and opportunities of integrating big data and cloud computing to facilitate teaching and learning.
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Alhazmi, Fahad Nasser. "Cloud Computing Big Data Adoption Impacts on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education." In Research Anthology on Big Data Analytics, Architectures, and Applications, 1719–32. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3662-2.ch083.
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There is a rapid evolution in the purpose and value of higher education brought about by technological advancement and data ubiquity. Data mining and advanced predictive analytics are increasingly being used in higher education institutions around the world to perform tasks, ranging from student recruitment, enrolment, predicting student behaviour, and developing personalised learning schemes. This chapter evaluates and assesses the impact of big data and cloud computing in higher education. The authors adopt systematic literature research approach that employs qualitative content analysis to establish their position with regards to the impact, benefits, challenges, and opportunities of integrating big data and cloud computing to facilitate teaching and learning.
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Afsar, Rita, and Mahabub Hossain. "Impact of Urbanization on Health and Education." In Dhaka's Changing Landscape, 206–48. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190121112.003.0007.
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This chapter focuses on the qualitative changes in the lives of the city dwellers, particularly the poorer ones, regarding the scope for them to benefit from the city’s growing prosperity like their non-poor counterparts. It does so by examining the state of health and education of all. It estimates morbidity rates and highlights disease patterns to assess changes and identify the affected groups. To assess quality of health, it analyses their treatment-seeking behaviour, immunization of children, and whether the determinants of good health are changing over time. It examines changes in enrolment rates of children, adolescents and youth group, and gender parity at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels. Whether the quality of human capital has improved over time is also assessed by analysing the trends in adult literacy, educational attainment, and per capita expenditure in health and education in order to attain the main outcomes—equity and social inclusion.
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Berry, Craig. "False Dawn." In Pensions Imperilled, 148–70. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198782834.003.0005.
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The introduction of auto-enrolment in the UK is a genuinely transformative moment. While the earlier neoliberal ‘revolution’ in wider economic governance encompassed important changes to pensions policy and provision, auto-enrolment encompasses an extensive set of reforms designed to alter how the vast majority of people engage with private pensions provision. However, the flaws in the approach established by the Pensions Commission in the mid-2000s—arising largely from its acceptance of the dominance of defined contribution—have created myriad new challenges for policy-makers, and indeed enabled subsequent elites to reinforce individualized and marketized provision (with inegalitarian outcomes) in a way that severely undermines the Commission’s plan. The chapter explores the hugely flawed imaginary of the individual and rationality encompassed by elite support for defined contribution saving, and the crude behavioural assumptions upon which auto-enrolment is based.
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Khitha, Samarth, Karan Castello, Nihal Saldanha, Simran Ahluwalia, and Sheena Oberoi. "Flying High." In Global Observations of the Influence of Culture on Consumer Buying Behavior, 233–60. IGI Global, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2727-5.ch014.
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The chapter involves the design of a research based on the primary data collected on the airline preferences of individuals in urban India of different age groups from 16-84, belonging to diverse cities from across India. It focusses on gathering data on various aspects of economic status of people and the different flights they prefer based on various amenities like punctuality, pricing of tickets, baggage allowance etc. It also explores respondents' enrolment in reward programmes, their preferred cabin classes, their most frequent means of booking their tickets etc. The chapter has used primary and secondary data to analyse the problem under study. The study seeks to derive the choices of Indians per se about the way to travel by airways.
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Dos Santos, Luis Miguel. "Distance Learning Programmes as Alternative Learning." In Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, and Leadership, 49–69. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8279-4.ch004.
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This study aims to understand the satisfaction and experience of programme-seeking students in a community college in the United States. In order to improve the satisfaction, experience, and teaching and learning procedures of distance learning courses and programmes, it is important to understand the students' feedback and ideas. Based on the case study methodology, the researcher collected data from 1,857 inductive surveys and 11 focus group activities. This research allowed the researcher to gain knowledge and understanding about students' satisfaction, experience, and potential enrolment in degree programmes during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. More importantly, the results provide recommendations to school leaders, instructors, government leaders, and policymakers about current and future college and university development regarding changes in teaching and learning behaviours.
Conference papers on the topic "Enrolment behaviour"
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Thomas, Alfian, Hassnah Wee, Faiz Izwan Anuar, and Norliza Aminudin. "AUGMENTED S-O-R MODEL ON EDUCATIONAL TOURISM IN MALAYSIA: EDUCATIONAL TOURIST, INSTITUTIONAL AND DESTINATION PERSPECTIVES." In GLOBAL TOURISM CONFERENCE 2021. PENERBIT UMT, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.46754/gtc.2021.11.035.
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The Novel Corona Virus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak has decreased international students’ enrolment in public and private educational institutions. The educational tourism industry can achieve better benefits if the service providers and policymakers become more proactive in understanding educational tourist behaviour when dealing with challenges during the pandemic. This study examines whether educational tourist and institutional physiognomies affect the relationship between motivation facets and destination selection behaviour within an augmented Stimuli-Organism-Response (S-O-R) model. This paper analyses the issues and objectives for the forthcoming study through several works of literature from various disciplines. The outcomes of the review proposed a conceptual framework to extend the S-O-R model in future research focusing on the relationship between educational tourist motivational facets, educational tourist and institution physiognomies, and destination selection behaviour.