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Tilikidou, Irene. "Ecologically conscious consumer behaviour : a research project conducted in Thessaloniki, Greece." Thesis, University of Sunderland, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.327317.
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McCormack, Gavin Robert. "Modelling the relationship between the built environment and psychosocial correlates of physical activity behaviour." University of Western Australia. School of Population Health, 2007. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2007.0183.
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[Truncated abstract] The main purpose of this research was to conduct a series of studies with the aim of contributing information about methods for measuring and analyzing physical environmental attributes of neighbourhoods and the influence of these attributes on specific types of physical activity behaviour. Furthermore, this research examined the moderating affect of the objective physical environment on the relationship between cognitions and physical activity behaviours and the mediating role of the cognitions on the associations between the objective physical environment and physical activity. The research included secondary analyses of data collected as part of the Studies of Environmental and Individual Determinants of Physical Activity (SEID1 and SEID2: Corti 1998; Pikora 2003) and the Physical Activity in Localities and Community Environments study (PLACE: Leslie et al. 2005a; Leslie et al. 2005b). Demographic, cognitive, social and behavioural data from the baseline and follow-up surveys from SEID1 (Corti 1998), and objectively measured built environmental data from SEID2 (Pikora 2003) were analyzed. ... A stronger association between frequency of past trying and recreational walking was also found for respondents residing in neighbourhoods with more recreational destinations (β = 0.11), compared with fewer destinations (β = 0.00). These findings show some evidence that the built environment can affect exercise-related cognitions, which in turn influence physical activity. Findings of this and other research (Owen et al. 2000; Humpel et al. 2002; Saelens et al. 2003b; Foster & Hillsdon 2004; McCormack et al. 2004; Owen et al. 2004; Badland & Schofield 2005; Duncan et al. 2005; Heath et al. 2006) support the need to create supportive environments that encourage both recreational and transport-related physical activity. Providing more opportunities and a greater variety of destinations close to home could encourage physical activity participation, and may even assist some individuals to achieve sufficient levels to accrue health benefits. However, additional research is necessary to understand how both the perceived and objectively measured built environment influences physical activity and to provide evidence of temporal causality between environments, cognitions, and physical activity behaviour.
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Thielman, Justin. "Do Characteristics of the Built Environment Influence Walking Behaviour Among Urban Adults? A Conceptual Framework, Systematic Review, and Research Plan." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/31716.
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Objectives were to improve conceptualization of associations between built environment characteristics (BECs) and walking, synthesize evidence on associations, and propose future research that addresses limitations in existing studies. I designed a conceptual framework of hypothesized BEC - walking associations. I conducted a systematic review, searching MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, and TRID for studies investigating BEC - walking associations. Two reviewers screened articles for inclusion. I assessed methodological quality and extracted data from included studies. I used the framework’s hypothesized associations to categorize and synthesize results, then analyzed study limitations and proposed future research that would address many limitations. The review identified 13 studies with 64 estimates that met all criteria. None of the framework’s hypothesized associations had a statistically significant majority of estimates that were statistically significant. Evidence is lacking on BEC – walking associations and more research is needed that addresses methodological issues such as heterogeneous BEC measures and geographic homogeneity.
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Langthorne, Paul David. "Antecedent influences on negatively reinforced behaviour : an examination of person-environment interplay : Volume 1 - research component and Volume 2 - clinical componenet : five clinical practice reports." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2012. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/3709/.
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Motivating operations (MOs) exert value- and behaviour-altering effects on problem behaviour. To date, there has been no systematic review of the literature regarding the influence of MOs on negatively reinforced problem behaviour. The current review adopted a systematic strategy to identify and review papers relevant to this area published between 1999-2011. Fifty nine papers were identified that met inclusion criteria for the review. Papers were grouped according to themes and reviewed to: 1) identify recent trends in the literature, 2) provide a critique of the methodological strengths and weaknesses of the field, 3) examine implications for the assessment, understanding and treatment of negatively reinforced problem behaviour and 4) provide suggestions for future research. A model of negatively reinforced problem behaviour is presented that emphasises the importance of the interaction between person and environment.
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Edwards, Sarita. "Student preferences for accommodation at a Cape Town University: an application of the stated preference approach." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/3003.
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Thesis (Master of Marketing)--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2019This thesis sought to investigate students’ preferences regarding university accommodation. The object was to identify the aspects and elements of housing that students deemed most desirable. The research also aimed to ascertain which socio-demographic variables might serve as predictors of preference in student housing. The thesis focused on student housing at a university in Cape Town, South Africa. The researcher adopted a stated preference approach, applying direct measurement and conjoint analysis methods to answer the research questions. The study commenced with qualitative exploratory research, including a literature review and focus group interviews with students. This was followed by collection of cross-sectional quantitative data using person-administered, structured questionnaires distributed among students at the university. SPSS software was used to analyse a total of 457 completed questionnaires. The direct measurement results indicated that most students prioritised convenience, safety, cost and privacy when it came to choosing accommodation. The three most important attributes as ranked by respondents were having unlimited free WiFi, the inclusion of a 24-hour computer lab in the building, and 24-hour on-site security. In addition, respondents favoured the presence of a convenience shop/kiosk in the residence, followed by sharing showers with students of their own gender, and being within walking distance of campus. Preferences for some but not all the dimensions of accommodation appeared to be influenced by gender, age group and study level. When indicating their willingness to pay (WTP) for a variety of elements relating to accommodation, it emerged that the question of sharing the space in their room – their living and learning space – was very important to the students. The results showed that, apart from having unlimited WiFi and 24-hour on-site security, the aspects for which respondents were prepared to pay most concerned the private space of the individual, e.g. room privacy and room size, as well as having their own toilet and shower. WTP attributes also varied among students according to age group, gender and level of study. Results from the stated preference (conjoint) experiment analysis showed that students were most sensitive about the sharing of ablutions and number of roommates, strongly preferring private rooms and facilities, or sharing with fewer other students. Monthly rent is next most influential, followed by distance from campus. The model also showed significant differences in the preferences of students based on their gender. Research in this field is overdue because, owing to recent increases in the tertiary student population in South Africa, there is a growing shortage of student accommodation. Current and future student housing needs must be assessed, and any such assessment requires a thorough grasp of current student accommodation preferences. The results of this research thus contribute to the knowledge and understanding available to managers and developers of student accommodation regarding students’ requirements and preferences. The findings can serve as a set of guidelines for developers of student housing and as a foundation for formulating associated marketing strategies. Despite the existence of extensive research on student housing, few studies have focused on the preferences of students in developing countries, and even fewer in South Africa. This research seeks to fill this gap by increasing awareness and understanding of students’ preferences with regard to university accommodation.
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Richards, James. "Developing a theoretical basis for the concept of organizational behaviour." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/185.
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Workplace misbehaviour is seen to be a neglected feature of organizational study (Ackroyd and Thompson; Vardi and Weitz, 2004). Where research has been undertaken into misbehaviour the emphasis tends fall into two broad categories. First of all, organizational behaviour theorists use the term misbehaviour as a means to highlight how the ‘negative’ behaviour of employees gets in the way of formal organizational goals. Secondly, radical sociologists tend to use the term misbehaviour as a means to critique Foucauldian labour process theory. Here an argument is made that suggests the disciplinary affects of new management practices associated with human resource management and total quality management have been overstated. Furthermore, radical sociologists also use the term misbehaviour as means to critique organizational behaviour accounts, which are believed to paint overly optimistic accounts of organizational life. However, on further examination it was discovered that neither a radical sociological approach, nor a traditional organizational behaviour approach, sufficiently addresses the current deficit in our understandings and explanations for workplace misbehaviour. Hence, one of the main themes of this thesis was to design a theoretical and methodological framework to address the deficit in our understandings and explanations. As such, a view was taken of how a radical sociological approach (orthodox labour process analysis) combined with an emerging social psychological perspective (a social identity approach (Haslam, 2001)) could help overcome previous theoretical problems associated with researching misbehaviour. Empirical support for this approach is provided by the detailed examination of the objective and subjective working conditions of four different sets of low status workers. The findings are based on longitudinal covert participant observations, as well as covert interviews and the covert gathering of company documents. The findings depart from previous insights into workplace misbehaviour in stressing the importance of acknowledging and investigating both the organizational and sub-group social identities of low status workers, in relation to such activities. As such, a great deal of the misbehaviour noted in the findings can be attributed to the poor treatment of low status workers by management, yet misbehaviour is equally if not more attributable to the empowering or inhibitive qualities of the many psychological groups that worker can associate with or disassociate themselves from. Recommendations are made about the direction of future research into workplace misbehaviour. There are many suggestions made and include examining misbehaviour in a wider range of settings, sectors and levels of organizations.
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Filmer, Andrew Robert. "Backstage Space: The Place of the Performer." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1415.
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This thesis presents a systematic investigation of the backstage spaces of theatres in the city of Sydney, Australia, combining the documentation of eight specific theatre buildings with ethnographic accounts of performers’ activities within them. As the title of the thesis suggests, my focus throughout is to better understand the ‘place’ of performers, the ways in which performers inhabit certain physical, social, and imaginative realms. Through this thesis I assess the impact of backstage spaces on performers’ work processes, their performances, and their own understandings of what it is to be a performer. To undertake this assessment I conduct a tripartite survey of the backstage spaces afforded performers, taking into consideration ‘perceived’ space (space as it is empirically measured), ‘conceived’ space (space as it is represented), and ‘lived’ space (space as it is experienced). Approaching this survey via Edward Casey’s understanding of ‘place,’ my analysis is informed by a range of theories, notably, spatial syntax analysis, discourse analysis, and phenomenology. Through this thesis I develop two overarching and interconnected arguments. The first is that theatrical performance is profoundly affected by the features of backstage support spaces and by performers’ backstage practices. Building on this, the second is that a study of backstage spaces offers a particularly apposite approach to further understanding the ‘place’ of theatrical performers. I contend that the backstage spaces performers inhabit can be characterised by their very poverty and that these poor conditions testify to a widespread ignorance and ambivalence on the part of society at large towards performers’ needs. Furthermore, noting the way in which performers valorise their own abilities to compromise and adapt, I argue that backstage areas largely inform performers’ dominant discourses of professionalism and worth. Ultimately, I identify the ‘place’ of the performer as one of flux that necessitates the constant negotiation of significant tensions. [Please note: The photographic documentation and building plans referred to in the text of this thesis are not available online. Please contact the Department of Performance Studies at the University of Sydney or the Sydney eScholarship Repository.]
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Filmer, Andrew Robert. "Backstage Space: The Place of the Performer." Arts, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1415.
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Doctor of PhilosophyThis thesis presents a systematic investigation of the backstage spaces of theatres in the city of Sydney, Australia, combining the documentation of eight specific theatre buildings with ethnographic accounts of performers’ activities within them. As the title of the thesis suggests, my focus throughout is to better understand the ‘place’ of performers, the ways in which performers inhabit certain physical, social, and imaginative realms. Through this thesis I assess the impact of backstage spaces on performers’ work processes, their performances, and their own understandings of what it is to be a performer. To undertake this assessment I conduct a tripartite survey of the backstage spaces afforded performers, taking into consideration ‘perceived’ space (space as it is empirically measured), ‘conceived’ space (space as it is represented), and ‘lived’ space (space as it is experienced). Approaching this survey via Edward Casey’s understanding of ‘place,’ my analysis is informed by a range of theories, notably, spatial syntax analysis, discourse analysis, and phenomenology. Through this thesis I develop two overarching and interconnected arguments. The first is that theatrical performance is profoundly affected by the features of backstage support spaces and by performers’ backstage practices. Building on this, the second is that a study of backstage spaces offers a particularly apposite approach to further understanding the ‘place’ of theatrical performers. I contend that the backstage spaces performers inhabit can be characterised by their very poverty and that these poor conditions testify to a widespread ignorance and ambivalence on the part of society at large towards performers’ needs. Furthermore, noting the way in which performers valorise their own abilities to compromise and adapt, I argue that backstage areas largely inform performers’ dominant discourses of professionalism and worth. Ultimately, I identify the ‘place’ of the performer as one of flux that necessitates the constant negotiation of significant tensions. [Please note: The photographic documentation and building plans referred to in the text of this thesis are not available online. Please contact the Department of Performance Studies at the University of Sydney or the Sydney eScholarship Repository.]
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Hipólito, Joana Ferreira. "Emotion-oriented interventions for environment and the facilitation of pro-environmental behavior." Doctoral thesis, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/8213.
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Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Doutor em Ambiente, pela Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências e TecnologiaThis research aimed at studying the facilitating pro-environmental behavior problem by approaching new pro-environmental interventions. The following elements make this study particularly relevant: a) the actual debate concerning the impact of scientific and technological innovations and b) the consideration of new emotional research findings, which stress that emotion is an essential part of information processing. However, the role of emotions is still largely absent from most pro-environmental studies. This situation highlights the importance of conceiving personal and professional initiatives aimed at encouraging reflection and supporting proenvironmental behaviors research while focusing on emotional issues. The study involved an interpretative approach of a qualitative nature, organized in two complementary phases. The first phase evaluated the possible impact of the purposed research. It involved different collaborations and the first experimental research study was implemented as a proof-of-concept approach. In addition, this phase research advanced a new model of proenvironmental behavior and a design framework. The second phase of the study, motivated by the results of the first phase, led to advancing emotion-oriented interventions scenarios and also planning and implementing their evaluation. This initiative showed two technological opportunities to consider for future developments: Affective images rewarding systems using digital material and sensorial feedback tools using non-digital material. The planned qualitative research included questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, panels, observation and the analysis of documents. The results of this study have several implications. Among the most relevant are: a) the potential of combined research methods in investigating individuals conceptions and perceptions about environmental behavior; b) the importance of discussions about new pro-environmental interventions for facilitating pro-environmental behavior; c) the importance of multi-disciplinary research approaches for advancing new technological options; and d) the relevance of considering an emotion-oriented approach.
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT/MCTES)- (SFRH/BD/21408/2005)
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Hay, Duncan C. "Zircon behaviour in low temperature environments." Thesis, Connect to e-thesis. Move to record for print version, 2007. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/70/.
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Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Glasgow, 2007.Ph.D. thesis submitted to the Faculty of Physical Sciences, Department of Geographical and Earth Sciences , University of Glasgow, 2007. Includes bibliographical references. Print version also available.
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McCormick, Bailie Grant 1963. "Applications of environment-behavior-design research to planned communities." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278294.
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This study addresses and evaluates the use of Environment-Behavior-Design (E-B-D) research in planned community practice in greater Pima County, using the specific plan approach. The research uses two methods; (1) a review of planning documents; and (2) interviews with planners. The results suggest that very little E-B-D research use has occurred in specific plans, although respondents were supportive of E-B-D research. Recommendations are made for improving research applications and for appropriate subjects for E-B-D research on planned communities.
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Akram, Muhammad. "The effect of zero point charge environment on rock fracture behavior." Thesis, This resource online, 1991. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08142009-040230/.
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Stanley, Tracy. "Work environments, creative behaviours, and employee engagement." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2016. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/101547/4/Tracy_Stanley_Thesis.pdf.
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While research regarding the work environments of successful organisations reports separate outcomes of creative behaviours and highly engaged employees, little research has been carried out to simultaneously investigate both notions. This research uses a qualitative field study to investigate the creative behaviours and employee engagement of employees in five types of work contexts within a large project-based organisation. Findings highlight the importance of the challenge of problem solving as positive influence on creative behaviours and employee engagement. Implications for theory and practice include a stronger focus on job design, and manager actions in facilitating both creative behaviours and employee engagement.
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De, Jager Claire Helen. "The expression of frustration by the child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder within the classroom setting a social work study /." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2004. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02092005-085328.
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Almeida, Luara Bellinghausen. "O ambiente alimentar, os indivíduos e suas práticas: um estudo no município de São Paulo." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/6/6138/tde-17112015-105844/.
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Introdução Evidências sugerem impacto das características do ambiente nas taxas de obesidade, por mediadores em nível comunitário, como acesso a comércios, disponibilidade e custo de alimentos. Porém, há insuficiente compreensão sobre a interação do meio nas práticas alimentares. Objetivos Ampliar a compreensão a respeito das relações entre o ambiente e as práticas alimentares em diferentes contextos socioeconômicos e de acesso à alimentação em que vivem indivíduos no município de São Paulo. Métodos Estudo de abordagem qualitativa baseado em dados de auditoria de ambiente alimentar, inquérito e entrevistas individuais. A amostragem propositiva abrangeu diversos estratos do ambiente socioeconômico e alimentar no município de São Paulo e incluiu 48 indivíduos adultos de ambos os sexos. O roteiro de entrevistas semiestruturadas foi elaborado a partir de duas perguntas norteadoras: Como é a percepção dos indivíduos sobre os estabelecimentos de comercialização de alimentos no bairro em que vivem e a sua influência nas práticas alimentares? e Como é a rotina de aquisição, preparo e consumo dos alimentos no bairro em que vivem e como isso se relaciona ao consumo de frutas e hortaliças e de alimentos ultraprocessados?. Para a categorização dos discursos aplicou-se análise de conteúdo proposta por Bardin. A trajetória interpretativa foi conduzida sob o referencial teórico das representações sociais. A análise de clusters hierárquica foi utilizada para o agrupamento dos indivíduos, retendo-se dois grupos: cluster 1 e cluster 2, diferenciados pelo nível socioeconômico e pela disponibilidade de alimentos saudáveis nos locais avaliados. Resultados As representações sociais sobre os ambientes alimentares estudados corresponderam às características aferidas em auditoria, revelando desigualdades entre os locais estudados. No cluster 1, caracterizado pelo maior nível socioeconômico e pelo melhor acesso à alimentação saudável, prevaleceu a percepção favorável sobre a disponibilidade de feiras, sacolões e supermercados, destacando oportunidades para a aquisição de alimentos com qualidade, variedade e preços acessíveis, dentre os quais as frutas e hortaliças. Os indivíduos do cluster 2 viviam em locais de menor nível socioeconômico e de menor acesso à alimentação saudável e representaram a falta de acesso à estabelecimentos de comércio de alimentos e a indisponibilidade de frutas e hortaliças. Nos dois clusters verificou-se a representação social: refrigerantes, salgadinhos, biscoitos recheados e fast-food se encontra em todo lugar, sobre a disponibilidade de alimentos ultraprocessados. A preocupação com a saúde foi a principal motivação para o consumo de frutas e hortaliças entre os dois clusters, e o gosto, a falta de hábito e o custo foram identificados como barreiras. Sobre o consumo de alimentos ultraprocessados, no cluster 1 ocorreu maior percepção sobre as barreiras, como a preocupação com a saúde. Já no cluster 2, se destacaram as motivações para este consumo, como o gosto e a presença de crianças. Conclusão A forma como conhecem e compreendem as características do ambiente alimentar está refletida em algumas ações dos sujeitos sobre as suas práticas de aquisição e consumo de alimentos.Background Evidences suggest an impact of environmental characteristics on obesity and non-communicable diseases rates, by mediators at the community level such as access to markets, cost and availability of food. However, there is insufficient comprehension about the interaction of the environment in food pratices. Objective Enhancing knowledge about the relations between the environment and eating habits in different socioeconomic and food access contexts, whereupon São Paulos individuals live. Methods This is a qualitative study based on food environment audit data, inquiry and individual interviews. The purposeful sampling comprised different strata of the socioeconomic and food environments in São Paulo and included 48 adults of both genders.The script for semi-structured interviews was drawn from two guiding questions: How is the perception of the individuals on the food establishments in the neighborhood they live in, and their influence on eating habits? and How is the acquisition routine, preparation and consumption of foods in their neighborhood, and how does it relate to the consumption of fruits and vegetables, and ultra-processed food?. For categorizing the speeches Bardins content analisys was applied. The interpretative trajectory was conducted under the theoretical framework of social representations. The hierarchical clusters analisys was used for grouping individuals, retaining two groups: cluster 1 and cluster 2, differentiated by the socioeconomic level and by the availability of healthy foods at the locations assessed. Results The social representations about the food environments investigated corresponded to the characteristics measured in audit, revealing disparities between the locations assessed. In cluster 1,characterized by higher socioeconomic level and better access to healthy food, prevailed favorable perception about the availability of fairs, grocery stores and supermarkets, standing out opportunities to food acquisition with quality, variety and affordable prices, among which are fruits and vegetables.Individuals from cluster 2 lived in places of lower socioeconomic level and less access to healthy food, and they accounted for the lack of access to food establishments and the unavailability of fruits and vegetables.In both clusters there was the social representation: soft drinks, snacks, cookies and fast food are everywhere, about the availability of ultra-processed food. The concern about healthcare was the main motivation for fruits and vegetables consumption among both clusters, and the taste, the lack of habit and costs were identified as barriers. Regarding to ultra-processed food consumption, in cluster 1 there was a greater awareness about the barriers, like the concern for healthcare. On the other hand, in cluster 2, the motivations for this consumption were highlighted, such as the taste and the presence of children. ConclusionThe way individuals know and understand the environmental characteristics is reflected in some of their actions about the purchasing practices and food consumption.
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Imrich, Kenneth J. "The SCC behavior of austenitic alloys in an oxygen-free CO₂ environment containing chloride ions." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77903.
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Stress-corrosion cracking of austenitic alloys in an oxygen-free carbon dioxide environment containing chloride ions was studied under static conditions. Stiffness and X-ray measurements supported results obtained from SEM photomicrographs indicating that the CT specimens loaded to a stress intensity of 22 ksi-in.5 were not susceptible to SCC in this environment. These alloys were also evaluated for their SCC resistance in boiling MgCl₂ and NaCl solutions. Results of this study indicated that alloys containing higher nickel contents were more resistant to chloride SCC.Master of Science
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Nguyen, Stephanie Ngoc Tu. "Postpartum Smoking Relapse: Qualitative Research to Understand the Role of the Social Environment." Yale University, 2010. http://ymtdl.med.yale.edu/theses/available/etd-02252010-185659/.
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While up to 45% of women quit smoking during pregnancy, nearly 80% return to smoking within a year after delivery. Current interventions to prevent this return have had limited success. The aim of this study was to use the Theory of Planned Behavior to understand the factors influencing intention to resume smoking postpartum, specifically focusing on the role of subjective norms, or the social environment. During the postpartum hospital stay, we conducted in-depth, individual interviews with 24 women who had quit smoking during pregnancy. Over 300 pages of transcripts were analyzed by all four investigators using qualitative methods to identify common themes facilitated by Atlas.ti software. Respondents were predominately white (63%) and primipara (54%) with a mean age of 26. When reflecting on their experiences of being a smoker, the women emphasized the importance of their social relationships. Common themes were: 1) virtually all were embedded in large, complex social networks of smokers (partners, family, friends, co-workers) that influenced their smoking behavior, 2) the subjective norm (the perceived social pressure) for many women was that, while smoking during pregnancy is unacceptable, smoking after pregnancy is tolerable, and 3) partners were particularly influential on these womens smoking behaviors. In conclusion, we found that social environment played a large role in these women's past smoking behavior and future intentions. Thus, this factor may continue to influence their behavior after pregnancy. Further research is needed to establish the generalizability of these findings; however, our study suggests that the influence of the social environment should be integrated into postpartum smoking interventions.
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Rath, Shilpi Reema. "Adapting effective research information to design interventions : Intended to facilitate sustainable behaviour in complex socio-economic-environmental contexts." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Maskinkonstruktion, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-166886.
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Using design methods, techniques and tools for developing interventions to tackle complex issues have been on the rise. One such area is designing for sustainable behaviour, where the role of the designer is crucial. Addressing the limited availability of information regarding design research for effectively inciting behaviour change, this thesis aims towards developing a comprehensive guidance framework for designers. This framework is intended to be used in the research phase and meant to act as a base for scouting relevant information that will contribute to the development of a relatively sensible intervention. The framework views behavioural determinants via 3 lenses – context, culture and intent. This paper primarily takes a theoretical approach with mostly qualitative insight obtained from the literature review and case-study meta-synthesis, eventually resulting in a framework and a supporting toolkit.
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Gustavsson, Linus. "Dynamically Adaptive Intelligent Agents in Driving Simulator Environments." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Computer and Information Science, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-10361.
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In this thesis work I have been working with two traffic simulators called Hank and ST Software. Hank is a research tool at the University of Iowa and ST Software is a commercial product. To evaluate which of these is the most suitable for behavior research I have implemented three types of intelligent agents: Overtaking Agent, Traffic Light Agent and Meeting Agent. The thesis work was extended by adding the possibility for realistic human behavior to the agents.
The result indicated that Hank allowed for greater control over behavior while ST Software allowed for faster and easier implementation.
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Lan, Junbang. "Past, present or future?: the effects of temporal focus on employees' discretionary behaviors." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2018. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/471.
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Subjective time perception has received considerable attention in the past decade in management research. Organizational behavioral researchers increasingly emphasize the necessity of introducing a new perspective, the temporal perspective, to explore individual willingness to engage in discretionary behavior (i.e., organizational citizenship behavior and counterproductive behavior), as behavior entailing a temporal conflict of interest (e.g., short-term individual cost versus long-term individual and collective benefit). Temporal focus, defined as the degree to which people devote their attention to perceptions of the past, present, and future (Shipp, Edwards, & Lambert, 2009), is a core concept in the study of subjective time perception. However, most research on temporal focus is descriptive and vague in terms of explicating the causal mechanisms from temporal focus to individual decision-making and behavior. In this study, I use construal level theory to explain how temporal focus affects individual levels of mental construal, which in turn influences discretionary behavioral choices. Specifically, I propose that the effect of temporal focus on construal level is dependent on individual levels of need for cognition (NFC), defined as people's tendency to engage in and enjoy effortful cognitive activity (Cacioppo & Petty, 1984). Specifically, when high NFC persons reflect on their past, they recall, re-experience, and reanalyze the facts and details stored in their memory, resulting in a concrete mindset (low construal level). In contrast, when people with low NFC reflect on their past, they only retain or extract the general experiences, feelings, and lessons, leading to an abstract mindset (high construal level). Regarding the focus on the present, when high NFC people think about their current situation, they tend to interpret every detail and the context, leading to a constrained and narrow mindset (low construal level). Conversely, when low NFC people think about their present, they are less analytical and tend to be receptive about what is happening, resulting in an abstract mindset (high construal level). Regarding the focus of the future, when high NFC people think about their future, without involving concrete facts and details, they are able to predict global trends and aim at the superordinate goal (high construal level). In contrast, low NFC people who are reluctant to analyze, predict, and plan the future tend to simply extend the current subordinate goal into the future or just enter "daydreaming" mode (low construal level). Based on CLT, I further propose that temporal distance serves as a moderator exaggerating the abovementioned interactive effects of temporal focus and need for cognition. Specifically, when individuals higher in NFC think of their remote (versus recent) past, past focus has a stronger negative effect on their construal level; when those individuals who are lower in NFC think about their remote (versus recent) past, past focus has a stronger positive effect on their construal level. Similarly, when individuals with stronger NFC think of their remote (versus recent) future, future focus has a stronger positive effect on their construal level; in contrast, when individuals who have lower level of need for cognition think about the remote (versus recent) future, future focus has a stronger negative effect on their construal level. Regarding the interaction effect of different temporal foci, I argue that for individuals with low NFC, a temporal profile consisting of low past, low present, and high future focus results in the lowest level of mental construal; for individuals with a high need for cognition, low past focus, low present focus, and high future focus result in the highest mental construal level. Finally, I propose that high construal level leads to more OCB and less CWB by increasing individuals' ability to delay gratification (to forgo immediate desires for the sake of long-term rewards) and self-control (to resist short-term temptations and to refrain from impulsivity). I conduct a lab experiment (study 1) and a field survey (study 2) to test the proposed relationships in the model. In study 1, by recruiting 218 undergraduate students and randomly assigning them to one of three conditions where they are asked to focus on a specified temporal period of either past, present, or future, I establish the associations among manipulated temporal focus, need for cognition, and construal level. In study 2, I survey 291 employees and their immediate supervisors three times to test the entire model. The findings of the two studies confirm almost all of the hypotheses. In the section devoted to discussion, I further explore the data, findings, and theoretical and practical contributions. Finally, I discuss how this work has limitations and identify several directions for future research.
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Doern, Rachel R. "Understanding barriers to small business growth from the perspective of owner-managers in Russia." Thesis, St Andrews, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/546.
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Tuffley, David John. "A Design Research approach to developing a Process Reference Model for leadership of integrated teams in virtual environments." Thesis, Griffith University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365310.
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Purpose: the aim of this thesis is to determine the qualities and characteristics of effective leaders of integrated teams operating in virtual environments.
Research paradigm and methodology: The study was conducted using the Design Research paradigm in which a series of six review cycles were conducted using a combination of qualitative and quantitative data collection methods.
Findings: The study establishes:
1. the qualities and characteristics of effective leaders of integrated teams operating in virtual environments can be identified,
2. that these characteristics of leadership can be expressed in a Process Reference Model (PRM) or Reference Model of Organisational Behavior,
3. that Design Research can effectively be used to develop a PRM, and
4. that Behavior Engineering is an effective formal method for validating PRMs.
Research limitations: The project uses Design Research to determine leadership factors. These are then synthesised into a Process Reference Model, yet there is little or no theory base for applying Design Research in this way. The usefulness of this approach should be confirmed by follow-up research.
Practical implications: Project managers in the Software Engineering sector specifically, and more generally in other sectors using virtual teams to perform projects will benefit from using this Process Reference Model to better coordinate their teams to achieve objectives.
Originality & value: The project is original and valuable in it’s:
1. application of Design Research to develop a Process Reference Model,
2. formulation of leadership qualities into a PRM,
3. application of Behavior Engineering to the validation of a PRM, and
4. development of a practical and academically rigorous approach to PRM-development.
Keywords: Leadership, Process Reference Model, Design Research, Behavior Engineering.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Information & Communication Technology
Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
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Waters, Clarice Nhat-Hien. "Exploring the Food and Physical Activity Environments and Their Influence on Healthy Behaviors." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/24198.
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Using a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach, community members, community stakeholders, and academic researchers from Virginia Tech formed a community-academic partnership in 2009. In the formative months, the coalition decided to focus on reducing obesity in the region. The coalition adopted the name of The Dan River Partnership for a Healthy Community (DRPHC) with a mission to "foster community partnerships to combat obesity in the Dan River Region through healthy lifestyle initiative". During a planning workshop, the DRPHC created six causal models for the root causes of obesity in the region. Two causal models that focused on geographic and environmental influences for obesity are the foundation for this series of research.
The focus of this dissertation is at the intersection of the food and physical activity environments and their characteristics that contribute to meeting fruit and vegetable intake and minutes of physical activity recommendations. The food environment is one aspect of built environment research that examines food locations for procurement and the variety, availability, and quality of different food options. To date, the vast majority of research on the food environment is based in urban, suburban, and metropolitan areas with high residential densities and populations. Rural areas are often understudied because of their dispersed and hard-to-reach populations; yet these individuals experience some of the worst health outcomes in the nation. This is due, in part, to the large overlaps of rural regions and food deserts, resulting in poor food choices and poor diets. The overall objective of this dissertation is to examine the associations of the food and physical activity environments with individual healthy behaviors.
Three studies were conducted within the broader research plan to meet the overall objective. The first study systematically examined the food environment using the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey (NEMS) for all food outlets in Danville, VA, a small regional city within the health disparate region, to compare differences in healthy available food options by block group race and income. The second study expanded NEMS methodology to encompass all food outlets in the three-county Dan River region to examine if food environment and availability of healthy options was predictive of meeting fruit and vegetable intake recommendations. The last study examined the objective and perceived distance individuals must travel to reach a physical activity outlet and whether or not distance was a predictive factor of individual weekly minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity and meeting physical activity recommendations.Ph. D.
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Freed, Adrienne D. "RPPS Don’t Exist in a Vacuum: A Case Study of the Influence of the Institutional Environment on a Research Alliance." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2021. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=28260227.
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Districts have been under increasing pressure to use research in decision making for over thirty years. Because the process of finding, interpreting, and using data is so complex, districts sometimes turn to outside partners for support. Research-practice partnerships (RPPs), formal arrangements between school districts and researchers, have been seen as a promising strategy for improving district use of research since the formation of the Chicago Consortium on School Research thirty years ago. Much attention has been paid to the challenges facing these partnerships, such as a lack of trust between partners, and to conditions that support RPP success. Less is known, however, about how these partnerships are influenced by the contexts in which they are situated. The theory of institutional logics draws attention to the way in which key stakeholders in the environment of one research alliance, the District Research Consortium (DRC), gradually shifted their definition of effectiveness and legitimacy and in doing so placed demands on the organization that surpassed its capabilities. The DRC was created in an environment with a single, strongly prevalent “institutional logic,” that valued traditional forms of research and conventional roles for researchers. Major partners across the environment viewed the organization as legitimate so long as the prevailing logic, one that prioritized the types of work the DRC was created to do, remained the same. As the predominant logic shifted, the DRC faced increasing challenges and struggled to meet the stakeholders’ changing demands. Eventually this pressure forced DRC to undertake a significant restructuring process. The institutional environment, thus, plays a crucial role in both shaping the design of research alliances and determining their success. Differing expectations across the environment may call for such significantly different structures, practices, and expertise that a single organization will find it challenging to meet the demands placed on it, and attempts to do so will likely strain research organizations’ capacity and limited resources. Additionally, an organization that is well suited to one set of expectations may not be able to pivot to provide different support when those expectations change. As the institutional logics present in an environment change, a partnership once viewed as valuable may face challenges to its legitimacy and even threats to its ongoing existence. Funders, policy makers, and education leaders need to consider the variety of roles that research partners can play in the overall education sector, and the type of research organizations best suited to these variable roles.
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Jayne, Rob. "How can the effectiveness of computerised cognitive behaviour therapy for depression be researched in a prison environment?" Thesis, University of Essex, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.520122.
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Urso, Amy E. "The effects of environmental factors on gamblers' behaviors in Ohio casinos." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1437137654.
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Nguyen, Quy Huu. "Factors Influencing the Research Productivity of Academics at the Research-Oriented University in Vietnam." Thesis, Griffith University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366248.
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This study investigated the factors that influence the research productivity of academics at one of the leading universities of Vietnam, which is anonymously named the Research-Oriented University (ROU). Exploring the impacts of three sets of possible influences – research environment, research motivation, and research behaviours – the study predicted that the interconnected relationships among environmental factors (individual academics and the institution), research motivational factors, and research behavioural factors ultimately influenced the research productivity of ROU’s academics. The study focused on two categories of research productivity outputs: 1) the total number of publishing outputs and 2) the total number of international refereed journal articles from 2009 to 2013.Thesis (Professional Doctorate)
Doctor of Education (EdD)
School of Education and Professional Studies
Arts, Education and Law
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Griffith, Christina. "School Environment, Discipline, and Factors Affecting Students with Problem Behaviors| Understanding the Perspectives of Students| A Qualitative Research." Thesis, Northcentral University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10980350.
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Policy makers continue to seek answers in addressing problem behaviors in schools. Zero tolerance in schools has been used widely across the nation yet educators have encountered many challenges with students who have been suspended for short or long periods. Research studies have found that the strategies used to address problem behaviors are not sufficient and many perspectives have been given on the topic. There has however, been a lack of understanding how students perceive the factors affecting their behaviors. The problem is that, in not understanding students’ perspectives on the issue, politicians will continue to make decisions without acknowledging the need to explore students’ views. A grounded theory case study will be conducted to explore how students perceive the school environment and protective and risk factors to affect their behaviors. The participants will be 6th to 8th grade students and teachers coming from a Northeastern district middle school in New York and teachers from other schools. The students will be observed and interviewed while teachers will be surveyed.
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Al-Mosa, Yara Abdullah S. "Extending Understanding of Middle Eastern Littering Behaviour Beyond the Individual: A Formative Research Study." Thesis, Griffith University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367907.
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The unprecedented scale and cumulative impact of individual behaviour on the natural environment threatens the balance of the world’s ecosystem (Milfont & Schultz, 2015; Veiga et al., 2016; Weaver, 2015). Over many centuries human practices have contributed to environmental degradation (Davis, 2011) potentially limiting future growth and wellbeing. While environmental issues and concerns have been understood since the 1970s, the destruction and overuse of environmental resources continues (Mehmetoglu, 2010). One common human behaviour that significantly contributes is littering (Chitotombe, 2014), which can be intentional or accidental, individual or a more complex multi-faceted social problem.
Social marketing seeks to motivate people to change their behaviour at the downstream level and/or it seeks to alter the systems and environment surrounding an individual to effect behavioural change for the good of society (Polonsky, Francis, & Renzaho, 2015). Social marketers seek to encourage the target audience to trial a social behaviour and then sustain or maintain that behaviour (Cavill & Bauman, 2004; Evans, Blitstein, Hersey, Renaud, & Yaroch, 2008; Parkinson, Russell-Bennett, & Previte, 2012; Walls, Peeters, Loff, & Crammond, 2009).Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Griffith Business School
Griffith Business School
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Musnik, Noémie. "La gestion de l’information en contexte : Enquête sur les pratiques informationnelles des ingénieurs-chercheurs d’EDF-R&D." Thesis, Paris, CNAM, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012CNAM0845/document.
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La question du contexte occupe une place centrale dans l’observation et l'étude de tout phénomène. Associée à la recherche d’information, la notion de contexte est de plus en plus mobilisée dans les domaines des sciences de l’information, de l’ingénierie des connaissances, des sciences cognitives et de l’informatique. En effet, le sens d'une expression linguistique, la lecture d’un document la stratégie mise en œuvre dans l’activité de recherche d’information, le raisonnement adopté dans l’opération de classement d’un document, le choix d’avoir recours à tel dispositif, varient fortement d'un contexte à l'autre. Mais que faut-il entendre exactement par contexte ? Comment le définir ? Le contexte est-il assimilable à la notion de situation ? À la notion d'usage ? Voici quelques-unes des questions qui sont traitées dans ce travail, qui cherche à appréhender l’environnement informationnel d’un groupe professionnel donné : les ingénieurs-chercheurs d’une équipe d’EDF-R&D. Pour ce faire, nous cherchons à cartographier cet environnement, à le comprendre, en interrogeant notamment la construction du sens en contexte. Notre contribution cherche ainsi à éclairer l’environnement informationnel de ce groupe d’acteurs et propose quelques axes de réflexion pour accompagner la construction d’une démarche instrumentée de gestion de l’information en entreprise. Ce travail associe différents acteurs (chercheurs et ingénieurs) et participe à un projet de recherche appliquée (ANR MIIPA-Doc). Il accompagne ainsi la conception d’une solution logicielle qui explore l’approche de la classification et de la navigation par facettes, et s’inscrit dans la mouvance des outils collaboratifs, dont le principe consiste à impliquer l’acteur dans les opérations de classification et de "marquage" des documents qu’il produit, manipule et classe dans le cadre de ses activités professionnellesAssuming that workplace significantly affects information seeking and information management patterns,this study explores accessibility and management of information sources among a group of research engineers.The study explores how these engineers, who belong to the R&D entity of a major energy group,require, search and manage information sources in given professional contexts. Furthermore, it strives toidentify the contextual factors that shape information practices. This empirical study is based on a qualitativeapproach: following exploratory inquiries, semi-structured interviews and observations were conducted witha small group of actors in their proper workplace. Our integration within the team facilitated the participantobservation stance. The study provides an analytic cartography of the various components of the organizationaland informational environments whereby the activities and tasks of the above mentioned actors takeplace. A wide range of practices has been identified via interviews but also through the activities and workrhythms observed. An appreciative framework has been developed to analyze the practices of access to informationproduced and used in professional contexts; it underlines the contextual factors that may becomedriving dimensions to support an innovative perspective on information management structures. The studyattempts to provide an innovative approach for the analysis of information practices in contexts, orientedtoward the design of a facetted and collaborative information management system
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Johansson, Ilja, and Daria Sinichenko. "Triggering Factors of Consumer Behavior to Sustainable Consumption : Research of Carsharing in Jonkoping." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, EMM (Entreprenörskap, Marknadsföring, Management), 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-14121.
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Purpose: To explore and reveal specific factors that affect consumers’ environmental concern, attitude and intention to use carsharing. Background: Due to the current environmental problems especially air pollution, the consumption of sustainable products has developed to be an upcoming trend. Consumers are increasingly concerned of the environmental issues and are more willing to act on those concerns. However, this willingness is not always translated into sustainable consumer behavior due to different reasons such as availability, affordability, convenience, product performance, skepticism and force of habit. One of the examples of sustainable consumption is carsharing which is often referred to as an alternative to owning a car. The service is eco labeled and all the cars in the fleet are driven on alternative and environmentally friendly fuel. Carsharing in Sweden is not so developed as in other European countries and companies which provide this service predominantly turns to business companies and municipalities. There is quite little research conducted when it comes to carsharing use by private households. The main focus of this study is to look at carsharing as a part of the sustainable consumption, studying consumers’ environmental concern, attitude and intention to use carsharing. Method: In order to answer the purpose a deductive approach has been applied where the data was collected through the questionnaires. Theories and previous research has been used in order to form the hypothesis which later has been tested. The data retrieved through the research has been processed and analyzed using SPSS software. Conclusion: The results show that personal environmental concern has an influence on attitude and intention to use carsharing. Control beliefs and behavioral beliefs have a stronger impact on formation of attitude and intention compare to normative beliefs which has a low impact. Perceived consumer effectiveness has a strong impact on intention to sustainable behavior where respondents believe that carsharing can contribute to a better environment. Government regulations and information about the service are strong triggering factors for intention to use carsharing. The study showed that consumers have insufficient amount of information about carsharing service and indicate that local authorities and government should provide incentives in order to facilitate usage of this service.
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Dagarp, Veronica, and Joanna Wännman. "How to influence environmentally friendly behaviour : The effect of choice architecture." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Miljövetenskap, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-46404.
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In the debate on how to present and prevent climate change, the opinions have been conflicted. Some argue that a pessimistic projection will trigger a doomsday-effect and others argue that an optimistic projection enhances the risk of remaining passive. However, there is a fine line between what is too optimistic and too pessimistic. With the basis from choice architecture and the Zero Contribution Thesis, this study has dealt with how, and if, different projections could influence people's attitudes through nudges. By conducting two surveys which project different outcomes of climate change, one pessimistic, and one optimistic, this study aims at contributing to a greater understanding of how the use of communication can influence peoples’ attitudes and commitment towards climate change. When being a choice architect and constructing a nudge, it is crucial to carefully consider the design of the nudge since it is vital to understand that small details have a significant effect on the choices a person makes. By making small changes in our everyday life, we can reduce the impact of our ecological footprint. With the results it can be concluded that a purely pessimistic or optimistic projection may not be the most effective method when trying to influence environmentally friendly behaviour. Therefore, it could be beneficial to use a combination of both an optimistic- and pessimistic- projection of climate change. Furthermore, nudges could be considered as a legitimate policy tool when trying to create environmentally friendly behaviour.
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Braun, Tina Verfasser], Paul [Gutachter] Dierkes, and Annette [Gutachter] [Scheersoi. "Efficacy of outdoor environmental education : a cross-national comparative research study investigating nature connectedness, environmental attitudes, knowledge and behavior / Tina Braun ; Gutachter: Paul Dierkes, Annette Scheersoi." Frankfurt am Main : Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1178726061/34.
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Fu, Xing-Yuan. "A study of the outdoor environmental design of high-rise residential area (HRFRAs), China : application and investigation of the environmental-behaviour theories and research methods for landscape design." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/32235.
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Designers often believe that environmental design improves quality of life. Preference as an index of motivation has influences on many aspects of people. Based on a study of the relationship between actual uses and preferred outdoor environments, this research aims to deepen our understanding of place via public input and to improve the design quality of the central community garden (CCG) of high-rise flat residential areas (HRFRAs) in China. With a total of 902 respondents from six HRFRAs, the investigation was carried out in three major Chinese cities, Beijing, Shenzhen and Hangzhou, in September 2006. Analysis at a general level reveals the preferred environmental patterns and significant predictors of the respondents' actual use. The comparisons at the city level indicate the territorial differences and characteristics of each city, respectively. Analysis of the results indicated that a quiet, green environment in an informal design style was the preferred environment which would improve residents' frequency of use. Of the environmental elements, waterscape and evergreens were particularly important to users. Although both of them are important to people's actual use, the effect of the prospect indicator (perspective of the CCG looking from a resident's window) was relatively weaker than the indicator of affordances, such as exercise facilities and children's playgrounds, etc. On the other hand, the results of the study explain the gap which often occurs between landscape architects' intentions and the manner in which the elements of the design actually work, in users' opinion. Landscape designers of the HRFRAs in China need to reorder the emphasis of the design aspects and adjust the contents of the environment to satisfy users' social, functional and psychological needs.
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Johannes, Edgar Anthony. "Using collaborative action research to improve classroom discipline: an action research study at a secondary school in the Boland." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2005. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&.
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This study focused on improving the learners behaviour through classroom management and the implementation of human rights awareness as an intervention strategy. The purpose of the research was to prevent learners from misbehaving through the implementation of different teaching strategies. Learners transgression will not stop completely and a second objective was to use the implementation of human rights awareness as an intervention strategy if the learners behaviour become unacceptable. The strategies the educators has to instigate were primarily considered to be those associated with classroom management.
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Lougee, Nicholas 1972. "Who rocks the boat? Environmental organizations in the US: The effects of identities, strategies, and resources on oppositionality of political advocacy." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10529.
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xviii, 274 p. : ill. (some col.) A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number.Environmental organizations in the US engage in a variety of political practices in order to meet their goals. Some organizations consciously pursue more contentious and oppositional actions to match their goals, while others adopt methods that align with conventional institutional practices to achieve their goals. This variation in the terrain of the environmental movement is indicated by the behavior of the environmental organizations that it largely comprises. The following is an investigation of the factors that influence the political advocacy of a sample of environmental organizations and thus the political praxis of the environmental movement proper. By deriving concepts from a 2006 survey of a sample of organizations in the US, three conceptual factors derived from social movement theory are operationalized: ideological identities, strategies of practice and resource structures. Using numerous independent variables, these concepts are then tested in a logistic regression for the effect they have on the odds that the organizations would oppose any of three historical events: the World Trade Organization (WTO), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and/or the Kyoto protocols. A typology of environmental organizations is then constructed, tested, substantiated, problematized, and interpreted. Subsequently, a comparative case analysis of 11 distinct organizations was conducted that revealed the ways in which the leadership constructed meaning around their organizational practices and helped develop the typology further, explaining some of its shortcomings and adding nuance to the model that better explains contemporary environmental advocacy behavior in the US. Directions for future research are assessed, and both the challenging and encouraging implications that this research has for the environmental movement as a whole are extrapolated.
Committee in charge: Michael Dreiling, Chairperson, Sociology; Yvonne Braun, Member, Sociology; Gregory McLauchlan, Member, Sociology; David Frank, Outside Member, Honors College
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(5470142), John Chapman. "Personality testing for workstyle preferences in a research and development environment: Using the Team Management Index." Thesis, 1999. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Personality_testing_for_workstyle_preferences_in_a_research_and_development_environment_Using_the_Team_Management_Index/19326569.
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The need for better practices in recruitment and team formation is evident in both the private and public sector, as both sectors become more competitive. To maximise employee productivity, the selection of individuals for specific job types and the placement of them with other employees demand careful consideration. This paper examines the use of a behaviour -based personality test, the Team Management Index (TMI) which identifies preferred work styles in individuals. The Index was applied to three generic positions in a public research and development organisation. The positions were research scientist, extension officer and technician. Preferred workstyles of the most outstanding operatives in each of these three position types showed that a clear model exists for technicians, which might be used in recruitment and placement. No single clear workstyle model was found to exist for research scientists or extension officers. An analysis of psychological subscales showed that good scientists were more often introverted rather than extroverted and analytical rather than belief orientated. Good technicians were more often introverted in preference to extroverted, practical rather than
creative, analytical rather than belief orientated and structured rather than flexible in their approach to work. Good extension officers showed no significant preferences on the psychological subscales. The less complex a job's requirements the more effective the TMI appears to be for recruitment.
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Janse, van Rensburg Lalane. "The influence of coaching on entrepreneurial goal-setting behaviour." Diss., 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13264.
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The purpose of this study is to collect data on the current practices of coaching as applied in an incubated environment to report on the influence of coaching on entrepreneurial goal-setting behaviour.
Previous research has indicated that much criticism has been lobbied at government programmes aimed at providing entrepreneurship development and support, some recognition has been given to some of these government initiatives as well as the progress achieved by some. It is further stated in the Global Entrepreneurship Report (2012) that a number of national experts commend the existence of business support agencies (such as the Small Enterprise Development Agency).
A number of significant findings materialized from the current study where it was found that coaching influences entrepreneurial behaviour and that a need exists for more in-depth coaching sessions specifically focused on entrepreneurship in the South African context. Further to this it was found that a need exists for entrepreneurs to be coached by other entrepreneurs and that the role of a coach should be clarified to set realistic expectations from the onset of the intervention. These findings are in agreement with some of the key recommendations from South African national experts as cited in the GEMS 2012 report.
The current research adds to the body of research on coaching in general. It also contributes specifically entrepreneurial development programmes in the South African context. The outcome from this research has implications for business coaches, entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial development/support agencies as well as those who provide training and incubation programmes for entrepreneurs.Industrial & Organisational Psychology
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Huey, Chung Chi, and 鍾起惠. "Viewer behavior research in multichannel environment." Thesis, 1995. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/39262485048222521526.
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Lin, Yu-ming, and 林郁鳴. "Research of Environmental Experiment Teaching Plan''s Effects on Sixth Grade Students in Elementary School with Regard to Environment Knowledge, Environment attitude and Environment Behaviours." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/j89h3b.
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This research aims to treat the education results of the environment education by taking the sixth grade students of Liu Gou and Nan Sin elementary school in Chia-Yi County as baseline group and experimental group. The experimental group takes the experimental teaching plan of environment issues and the baseline group takes it after the end of the research. The students take the tests of “Fifth and Sixth grades elementary schoolchild''s environment knowledge, environment manner and environment behaviour meter” and their grades are analyzed with average, standard deviation and t test tools to see if the experimental plan variables of environment issues have remarkable effects on students'' environment knowledge, environment attitude and environment behaviours.
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Hsian, Li Chung, and 李仲翔. "A Research of Environmental Attitude and Environmental Behavior on Cleaning Behavior of the Primary Students." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/93610973556685130088.
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CHEN, YU-WEI, and 陳宇薇. "The research of relationship between urban environment and commuting consumer behavior." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/37556p.
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In everyday life, the different living dimensions makes locomotion a must. Commuting is one of the way to moving. This research stress on people lives in greater Taipei area who choose the different way of commuting and the connection to consumption pattern. The image of the city five elements, paths, nodes, landmarks, districts, and edge, are also considered as variables in the research. People recognize and organize the environment information naturally in life. When consumer behavior was involved the commuting behavior, ether the consideration before consumption. The variety of commuting behavior is possible. To find out the effect between these two factors is the main purpose of this research. The primary researching targets are people who live in the great Taipei area. This research focuses relationship between time, costs, and types of transportation. Also considered what they choose, the specification of users, and the consumer behavior to user during transport. The primary data was collect from depth interviews, buy studying the existing literature and secondary data, Affinity Diagram is used to sort out the conclusion. In the research, we found out the relation between commuting behavior and user personal was separate to two categories. And has different define to these categories. In the relationship between commuting behavior and space, the factor in the environment could affect each other; and the five elements also performed different. According the research, we conclude the constant consumption pattern occurs in their commuting behavior.
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Tsui, YEN-Nien, and 顏念慈. "Research on Aboriginal Primary School Students’ Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior toward Environment." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/81596209656172252135.
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碩士康寧大學
休閒資源暨綠色產業研究所
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Abstract This study aimed to explore aboriginal primary school students’ environmental knowledge, environmental attitudes and status quo of environmental behavior in Taoyuan district of Kaohsiung City. It also explored the relationship among the environmental knowledge, attitudes, behavior as well as the students’ personal data. The subjects were the forth to sixth graders at aboriginal primary schools in Taoyuan district of Kaohsiung City. This study adopted the questionnaire survey method. 256 questionnaires were delivered, and 230 questionnaires were returned from the recipients. Based on the research results, the conclusions were as follows: 1. The level of performances on environmental knowledge, environmental attitudes and environmental behavior of aboriginal students in primary schools was under the average. 2. There was a significant difference in environmental knowledge scale of aboriginal primary school students between grades and family socioeconomic status. 3. There was a significant difference in environmental attitudes scale of aboriginal primary school students between genders and grades. 4. The grades of aboriginal primary school students were significant differences in the environmental behavior scale. 5. Positive relationship was found in referring to the environmental knowledge, environmental attitudes and environmental behavior of aboriginal primary school students. Keywords: aboriginal primary school students, environmental knowledge, environmental attitudes, environmental behavior
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Harper, Michael Leigh. "Teaching street children in a school context: some psychological and educational implications." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2190.
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This study investigated the psychological approach and the classroom methodology needed by an educator to teach street children effectively in a special school created for them. Street children with their psychological trauma, their independent, self-sufficient outlook and educational deprivation make their adaption to the methods and educational environment of mainstream schooling difficult. To meet the special educational, psychological and emotional needs of street children, Masupatsela School was started. The study was carried out in this school.
The qualitative research methodology used an action research design which consisted of a reconnaissance phase and three cycles. Each cycle made use of a planning, implementation and evaluation phase. A general plan was formulated after the reconnaissance phase and revised after each cycle. The teaching was done by the researcher using four grades of street children ranging form grade 7 to grade 10.
Because of their specific psychological makeup, street children, who have lacked close, comforting and trusting relationships and role models, require a classroom environment, atmosphere and a relationship with the educator which is supportive, caring, warm and firm. To achieve this a client centred approach was used based predominantly on the therapeutic principles of congruence, empathetic understanding and unconditional positive regard. The interaction with the children was based on openness, tolerance, the affirmation of others and honest firmness. The teaching methodology was an eclectic one which made use primarily of a cognitive teaching style which was introduced incrementally over the three cycles. The main components of this style consisted of cognitive questioning, cooperative learning and strategic reading for information.
The results of the study showed that both the psychological and educational approach in the classroom to be very appropriate and successful. However the wider negative contextual influences such as the school organization, staffing and curriculum made the classroom strategies difficult to sustain. It is recommended that a programme using these educational and psychological approaches and incorporating functional literacy and numeracy, vocational skills, recreation and a therapeutic programme be incorporated when designing a programme for street children in a formal setting.Psychology
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Tai, Wenying, and 戴文櫻. "A Research Of Residents’ Behavior Of Environmental In Green Island." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/09442750233281669708.
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碩士義守大學
管理學院管理碩博士班
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A great of tourists for sightseeing are approachingin tourism areas since the tourism was flourishing.It’s to make the main industrial change, and affectsthe local tradition industry, the ecological environment indirectly. However “sustainable development of environmental”residents play an important multiple roles in the tourism areas, hence this researchmakes use of the sustainable development construct to createquestionnaire, which includesEnvironmental cognitive, Environmental attitude and Environmental consciousness of residents in Green Island. There are 450 questionnaires are distribution with 402 in valid, which data analysis methods to One-way ANOVA, T-test, Pearson produce-moment correlation andRegression analysis. The result shows (1)There are homophily in residents’inner. (2) Environmental cognitive, Environmental attitude and Environmental consciousness are interaction. (3) “Affective” is an important factor in Environmental attitude. (4)Residents’inner transformbehaviors in “Suppose situation.”
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Wilson, Nathaniel James. "The behaviour of antimony in geothermal systems and their receiving environments." 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2292/4230.
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Antimony (Sb) is an element of increasing concern as an environmental contaminant. Geothermal systems are a potential source of Sb in the fresh waters of New Zealand’s North Island, but little is known about the element’s behaviour within geothermal fluids, and even less about the eventual fate of geothermally produced Sb. The purpose of this thesis was to determine the factors controlling geothermal Sb behaviour in a range of environments, in order to begin to develop an understanding of the eventual fate of Sb produced from geothermal systems. Factors controlling Sb precipitation at two New Zealand geothermal power stations, were determined using field measurements and geochemical model predictions. Approximately 75 % of the incoming Sb, which ranged from 960 – 1650 μg/kg in the incoming fluids was removed from solution within the Ngawha and Rotokawa power stations. It was found that changes in pH and temperature were the most important factors controlling stibnite (Sb2S3) precipitation. Thermodynamic databases could be used to model this precipitation process, once updated with recent published Sb2S3 solubility data. The mobility of Sb from Sb2S3 precipitates in geothermal features at Wai-O-Tapu and Waimangu, two New Zealand geothermal fields, were investigated. At Wai-O-Tapu, daytime variations in aqueous Sb concentrations from the discharge of Champagne Pool may be due to to changing sulfide-sulfate equilibria coupled with photosynthetic bacterial processes. While daytime concentrations of Sb approached 200 μg/kg, most of the Sb remobilised by such mechanisms appears to be removed by adsorption onto suspended particulate material (SPM) or reprecipitation (as Sb2S3) in an anoxic, low pH lake feature downstream. Concentrations of Sb in the discharge from Alum Lake were below the analytical detection limit (<0.2 μg/kg). At Waimangu, these daytime fluctuations were not observed in the discharge of Frying Pan Lake, and concentrations of Sb were ~13 μg/kg. In the absence of any downstream acidic waters, no precipitation was observed and only minor adsorption onto SPM was observed. Most of the Sb produced from Frying Pan Lake is therefore transported into Lake Rotomahana, the system’s receiving environment. Natural Sb removal processes in receiving (non-geothermal) environments were also assessed. In the Waikato River, Sb concentrations were low (~1 μg/kg), compared to those observed in geothermal environments studied. The most important process was adsorption to SPM, which is enhanced at low (< 5) pH conditions, or in the anoxic base of stratified lakes. In Lake Ohakuri, which was stratified during the summer of 2007, there was also the potential for the removal of Sb as Sb2S3 in the presence of sulfide species that form in the anoxic layer. There was evidence that the adsorption of Sb changes with changing Fe concentrations in suspended particulate material, and therefore Sb adsorption was higher in winter than in summer. The behaviour of Sb was conservative in the Port Waikato estuary at the mouth of the river. Throughout the research, Sb was compared to arsenic (As), a metalloid previously thought to exhibit behaviour similar to Sb in aquatic environments. It was found that while any removal processes shown to affect Sb will also affect As, the inverse did not necessarily apply. Arsenic will adsorb more readily to SPM than Sb and, while there was evidence for bioaccumulation of As by geothermal algae and freshwater macrophytes, there was no such evidence for Sb. Therefore, if geothermally-derived Sb and As did ever significantly contaminate a downstream environment, it should not be assumed that the processes mitigating As contamination will necessarily also apply to Sb.
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Nikodem, Vernice Cheryl. "Companionship to modify the clinical birth environment : long-term effects on mother and child." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/9139.
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Mei-Ling, Chiu, and 邱美玲. "Under Green Environment Research on Consumers Purchase Behavior-A Case of eco-cars." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/11069260879488985255.
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碩士育達商業技術學院
企業管理所
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In recent years, due to the increasingly serious problem of global warming, global wide countries who cope with climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions are all actively developing new energy resources, new energy researches, and new technologies to achieve the environmental objectives of low-pollution and energy saving. Taiwan's new car market reduces with the decreasing rate of recession, coupled with the overall industrial output value of the recession, the increasingly homogeneous products under various manufacturers of the increasingly intense competition. The auto industry how to solve the present vehicle emissions pollution problems become important issue, and vehicle industry in this green wave driven, are committed to the development of new products to meet the requirements of economic development and environmental protection of green transport, In view of this, this study is to investigate the consumer behavior under the green environment - a case of eco-car. This study is under the green environment to use multi-dimensional scaling analysis to understand the consumer preference for fuels. In addition, It uses Canonical Correlation Analysis to analyze the relations between the environment 4R factors and the enterprise marketing strategies and them with the product features. Also, it uses the same method to analyze the relations between the enterprise marketing strategies and the consumer behavior and the product features with the consumer behavior. Finally, it uses t-test and ANOVA analysis to conduct on the demographic factors to the environment 4R factors and the consumer behavior to test if the difference is statistically significant. The choice of the sample consumers is from the northern region in Taiwan through convenience sampling. After the questionnaire data have been collection, it uses the above analytical methods to analyze. The results showed that: under the green environment, the preferred choice of consumers in the fuels showed a high degree of environmental protection. The environmental variables will affect the marketing strategies to implement. The environment 4R and the product features are highly related. The demographic variables have significant impacts on the environment variables. The marketing strategies, product features and demographic variables will have significant difference in consumer behavior. Finally, according to research findings, the study offers the government and enterprises related proposals.
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Li, I.-Wei, and 黎奕瑋. "The Research of Aluminum Alloy 7175 Corrosion Behavior in Chemical Solution Environments." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/60781833312927054149.
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碩士中國文化大學
化學工程與材料工程學系奈米材料碩士班
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This study investigated the corrosion effects of aluminum alloy 7175 in aqueous solutions containing three different salts. Experiments were conducted on electrochemical three-electrode system. Surface morphology and the anodic polarization curve (pitting potential ,Epit ) were obtained. Experiment result showed that fluoride and chloride ions had significant effect on pitting corrosion. Therefore, more further explore the phenomenon of fluoride ions、chloride ions and other effects on pitting corrosion. Three different solutions containing 0.01, 0.05 and 0.1M NaCl、NH4Cl and NaF were used. The effect of temperature on polarization was also measured for aluminum alloy 7175 in these solutions. The results indicated that aluminum alloy 7175 was pitting at room temperature, in the condition of any concentrations and solutions about this investigation. Lower pitting potential (Epit) were found for all solutions as the temperature was controlled higher than room temperature. From SEM graphs, we could see that the higher concentration of ions dissolve in the solutions, the more counts and deeper damage of pitting corrosion were found. Therefore, it is concluded that the concentration of Na+、NH4+、F－and Cl－ plays a significant role on pitting corrosion of aluminum alloy 7175.
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Turnbull, Loverock Deanne L. "Employee pro-environmental behaviours : workplace culture as a driver for social change." 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10170/399.
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Our behaviour is not changing fast enough to stop the environmental damage that is occurring. Many people will not voluntarily change their behaviours if there is no immediate benefit to them - this creates the need for a source of authority to encourage behaviour change. Usually this authority is government in the form of laws, but there are few laws that demand the adoption of pro-environmental behaviours (PEBs) like composting and recycling. An individual’s employer can be a strong authority within an influential milieu. This study focuses on the impact that four environmentally-aware employers in the Victoria technology industry have on their staff, as measured by the type and extent of PEBs practiced by staff at work and at home. Data is obtained through interviews and online surveys. Findings expose the workplace as an important leverage point that government and NGOs can use to encourage rapid social change.