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Dayaratne, Ranjith. "Creating Places through Architecture: Can environment-behaviour research help?" Asian Journal of Behavioural Studies 1, no. 2 (July 1, 2016): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ajbes.v1i2.28.
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For quite some time, architects have been struggling to benefit from the vast body of environment-behaviour research to produce meaningful architecture. Written examples of such efforts are few and far between. In this context, this paper presents an attempt by a student of architecture to employ environment-behaviour research in the design of an elder’s home and discusses the potentials and problems of the approach. It shows that if theory of architecture, design practices and environment-behaviour research could be re-orientate towards and employ the idea of place as a bridging concept,it will facilitate such a link between the environment-behaviour research and design.2398-4295 © 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK.. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning ; Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.Keywords: Architectural design; place; environment-behaviour research; design studio
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Khan, Smita. "Research-Practice Liaison in the Asian Scenario." Asian Journal of Behavioural Studies 1, no. 2 (July 1, 2016): 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ajbes.v1i2.30.
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This keynote paper examines the position of global south in world scenario and calls attention to the urgent need of a responsive architecture to counter the negativities and callousness that is seeping into the built developments due to rapid economic growth. It discusses the nature of a responsive self-practice & observations of a recent research on learning environments, with focus on environ-behavior studies. It discusses the dire need of vital enrichment of policy and practice. The paper makes a case for E-B studies by exposing new challenges, nascent fields and the need to fine tune application of local and traditional learning enriched through people’s experience and feedback in the Asian context.2398-4295 © 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK.. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.Keywords: Global south; E-B studies; challenges; responsive practice & research
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Savage, Debbie, Gareth Loudon, and Ingrid Murphy. "Impact and the Research Environment." Journal of Research Management and Administration 1, no. 1 (September 1, 2021): 16–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.18552/jorma.v1i1.708.
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How to successfully create impact from academic research is the focus of much debate. Discussions often centres on the role of discipline, researcher skills and behaviour, or institutional systems to capture impact evidence, but little consideration is given to the relationship between research impact and the research environment.
Focussing on the Impact Case Studies submitted to Unit of Assessment 34: Art & Design: History, Practice and Theory, this research used Content and Narrative Analysis to review a sample of the most and least successful Impact submissions as ranked by Times Higher Education. The aim was to identify the characteristics of high-scoring Impact Case Studies to inform strategies for supporting the generation of research impact, but what emerged was evidence of a nuanced relationship between research environment and research impact.
For Research and Management Practitioners, these findings highlight a need to extend beyond the development of training, advice and databases and respond directly to the core purpose and ethos of research impact. This can be achieved through the cultivation of an open, flexible and dynamic research environment capable of responding to institutional and researcher needs in order to allow impact to flourish.
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Nishiwaki, Koichi, James Kuffner, Satoshi Kagami, Masayuki Inaba, and Hirochika Inoue. "The experimental humanoid robot H7: a research platform for autonomous behaviour." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 365, no. 1850 (November 17, 2006): 79–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2006.1921.
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This paper gives an overview of the humanoid robot ‘H7’, which was developed over several years as an experimental platform for walking, autonomous behaviour and human interaction research at the University of Tokyo. H7 was designed to be a human-sized robot capable of operating autonomously in indoor environments designed for humans. The hardware is relatively simple to operate and conduct research on, particularly with respect to the hierarchical design of its control architecture. We describe the overall design goals and methodology, along with a summary of its online walking capabilities, autonomous vision-based behaviours and automatic motion planning. We show experimental results obtained by implementations running within a simulation environment as well as on the actual robot hardware.
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Kristiyono, Yokie Radnan, and Caroline Felim. "PENGARUH INTERPERSONAL INFLUENCE, ALTRUISM, DAN ENVIRONMENT KNOWLEDGE TERHADAP GREEN PURCHASING BEHAVIOUR KONSUMEN THE BODY SHOP YANG DIMEDIASI OLEH ENVIRONMENT ATTITUDE." Ultima Management : Jurnal Ilmu Manajemen 13, no. 1 (June 30, 2021): 47–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.31937/manajemen.v13i1.1912.
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Abstract-This research was conducted to determine the relationship between interpersonal influence, altruism, environmental knowledge and green purchasing behaviour mediated by environmental attitudes towards consumers of The Body Shop in the Jakarta, Tangerang, Depok, Bekasi and Bogor areas. This research will focus on consumers of The Body Shop where the researchers conducted this research because the awareness of young consumers towards environmentally friendly products is still low. This research was conducted using a quantitative approach. The data used in this study were collected through an instrument in the form of an electronic questionnaire, namely Google Form that was spread on social media. The findings of this research show that interpersonal influence has a positive and significant effect on environment attitude; altruism has a positive effect on environment attitude; environment knowledge has no positive effect on environment attitude; and environment attitude has a positive effect on green purchasing behaviour. The managerial implication that can be given from this research is that marketers can increase consumer knowledge of the environment so that it can encourage consumers to pay attention to their attitudes towards the environment and can lead to consumer buying behaviour for environmentally friendly products.
Keywords: Interpersonal Influence; Altruism; Environment Knowledge; Green Purchasing Behavior; Environment Attitude
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Borrego, Ángel, and Lluís Anglada. "Faculty information behaviour in the electronic environment." New Library World 117, no. 3/4 (March 14, 2016): 173–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/nlw-11-2015-0089.
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Purpose – This study aims to investigate how the transition from print to electronic scholarly communication has affected faculty’s information behaviour and their perception of academic libraries. Design/methodology/approach – An online survey was distributed among academics affiliated to the member universities of the Consortium of University Services of Catalonia. A total of 2,230 replies were received. Findings – Journal articles are the most relevant information resource used for research and teaching purposes. Databases are the preferred starting point for bibliographic searches, although a significant proportion of scholars rely on Internet search engines. The main source for gaining access to documents is libraries, followed by free materials available online. Scholarly journals are the preferred channel for disseminating research outputs, with the open access being a factor of marginal interest when deciding where to publish. Originality/value – The results of this study should be useful to guide policies regarding scientific information and research and, more specifically, policies regarding academic libraries.
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Chokor, B. A. "Research Policy and Review 13. Environment-Behaviour-Design Research Techniques: An Appraisal and Review of the Literature with Special Reference to Environmental and Planning-Related Information Needs in the Third World." Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 19, no. 1 (January 1987): 7–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a190007.
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Environment-behaviour-design research has contributed to the contextual understanding of man – environment interaction and promoted a more people-centred approach to environmental planning and design. Much of research, however, has concentrated on European and North American environments, and research techniques developed to date have not been fully assessed in the context of the Third World to stimulate an appropriate research focus and help provide much needed information on planning and designing Third World environments. In the present review, basic techniques in environmental research are explored to assess the various ways in which they may be best applied to provide a context for the growth of studies in the Third World. It is demonstrated that needed man – environment – behaviour – design information may be best derived by focusing on mundane analysis of environmental attitudes, values, and preferences of ordinary people, using a range of social survey and verbal interviews centred on surrogate stimuli environments.
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Abdullah, Siti Intan Nurdiana Wong, Zaiton Samdin, Phuah Kit Teng, and Bernard Lim Jit Heng. "Unraveling Tourists’ Responsible Behaviour Intention Towards the Environment." Asia Proceedings of Social Sciences 2, no. 3 (December 2, 2018): 39–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.31580/apss.v2i3.244.
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Despite the awareness on global climate change and reminder on environmental protection, it remains a challenge to promote sustainable tourism. The existing literatures on tourists’ sustainable behaviours pinpointed the emergence of environmentally-conscious tourists, yet the antecedents of their behaviours have not been fully established. Responsible environmental behavioral intentions are expected to be relevant predecessors for sustainable tourism. Thus, this study applies Responsible Environmental Behaviour model (REB) by Hines et.al (1986), which is tested alongside with Consumption Values Theory (Sheth et al., 1991) and destination image. This research proposed four hypotheses along with environmental consumption values and environmental attitude. In comparison, tourists that have higher levels of environmental knowledge and positive image of the destination will have higher intention to behave in an environmentally responsible manner.
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Ruoxi, Meng, and Xu Leiqing. "A Review of the Restorative Environment Research in the Mainland of China." Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal 1, no. 3 (August 3, 2016): 135. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v1i3.358.
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More and more Chinese experts focus on the research field of the restorative environment and public health. We reorganized the theories of restorative environment and proposed a theory framework which consists of Attention Restorative Theory(ART) and psycho-evolutionary theory and other three auxiliary hypothesis included Biophilia Theory, Prospect-Refuge Theory and Stress: The "fight or flight" response We classified the experiments methods into three types; the psychological, subjective evaluation, physiological objective indicators, and behavior improvements .We could figure out some shared questions at the current research in mainland China, such as limited research methods, limited senses used in the current research.© 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.Keywords : Restorative; Theory;Questionnaire;Experiments
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Aziz, Nor Fadzila, and Ismail Said. "The Trends and Influential Factors of Children’s Use of Outdoor Environments: A Review." Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies 2, no. 5 (October 26, 2017): 97–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/aje-bs.v2i5.226.
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In the past two decades, there has been a raft of research on children’s behaviour and their interaction with outdoor environment. The aim of this paper is to present a synthesis of 30 studies from 1985 to 2010 on children’s use of outdoor environments. The aspects taken into consideration include methodological issues and factors that influence the use of outdoor environments. The trends of the studies are discussed. In summary, the children’s place preferences and play behaviours in the outdoor environments are influenced by their developmental needs, individual, physical and social factors.
Keywords: Children, outdoor environments; influential factors; Ecological Model
eISSN 2514-751X © 2017 The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
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Bishop, Kate, and Ismail Said. "Challenges of Participatory Qualitative Research in a Malaysian and Australian Hospital." Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies 2, no. 4 (July 1, 2017): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/aje-bs.v2i4.205.
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Research in paediatric nursing, paediatric psychology, health care management and environment-behaviour studies suggest that there are many obstacles in completing qualitative research in health care settings with children and young people. As a result, the evidence from this kind of research is limited. Both authors have recently completed participatory qualitative studies with children and young people in paediatric environments, both in Malaysia and Australia. These will be briefly described and some of the practical and methodological challenges that each researcher experienced will be discussed. Each challenge has strong implications and potential impact on the research quality; and also on the children and young people’s experience of research.
Keywords: qualitative, children, health care, research
eISSN 2514-751X © 2017 The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
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Utami, Kristiana Sri. "Green Consumers Behavior: Perilaku Konsumen dalam Pembelian Produk Ramah Lingkungan." Jurnal Maksipreneur: Manajemen, Koperasi, dan Entrepreneurship 9, no. 2 (March 25, 2020): 209. http://dx.doi.org/10.30588/jmp.v9i2.499.
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<em>The government's concern in solving environmental problems is manifested by the launching of an environmental development program. The success of this program is highly influenced by people's behavior in choosing and consuming environmentally friendly products (also known as green consumers behavior). This study aims to examine the effects of environment knowledge, environment attitude, recycle behaviour, and political action on green consumers behavior in Yogyakarta Special Province, Indonesia by using quantitative descriptive analysis of a sample of 100 respondents who were randomly selected. The type of data used in this research is primary data. The research variables consist of a dependent variable, namely green consumers behaviour (GCB), and independent variables, namely environment knowledge, environment attitude, recycle behavior, and political action. The data is processed and analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 24. The method of this analysis used multiple linear regression. The analysis results showed that the environment knowledge and environment attitude have not significant effects on green consumers behaviour. While, recycle behavior and political action have positive and significant effects on green consumers behavior.</em>
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Zaino, Ammar Ayman, and Mohamed Yusoff Abbas. "Single-case Experimental Research: Designing emotions by designing spaces - A pilot study." Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal 5, no. 13 (March 23, 2020): 183. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v5i13.2103.
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The belief that the environment shapes human emotions followed by behaviour is not new, as acknowledged by many researchers. Recent studies show that the most significant illness by 2030 is depression, as most of our time spent inside the buildings. Hence, the importance of "re-connecting architecture with emotions" is an essential solution to improve the quality of life. A single-case experimental design (SCED) aimed to investigate the relationship between neural underpinnings of the brain, for a single participant and various environments. Data collected was based on the Electroencephalography tests. Findings showed a significant contrast between different water elements and environmental settings, each with its unique effect on participant emotions as well as the electrical activity of the brain.Keywords: Depression; Neural underpinnings; Water-bodies environment; Quality of Life.eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v5i13.2103
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Hubbard, Philip James. "Environment-behaviour studies and city design: A new agenda for research?" Journal of Environmental Psychology 12, no. 3 (September 1992): 269–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0272-4944(05)80141-0.
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Abraham, Juneman, and Any Rufaedah. "Pro-Environment Being Ecological Attachments." Asian Journal of Behavioural Studies 3, no. 10 (March 13, 2018): 117. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ajbes.v3i10.86.
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This research related five attachment objects altogether, i.e. home attachment, neighborhood cohesion, workplace/campus attachment, city attachment, and national identity, with general pro-environmental behavior. Additional analysis included prejudice toward pro-environmental activists and psycho-socio-demographic profiles as explanatory variables. The participants were 262 urban young adults (121 males, 141 females; Mage = 30.09 years, SDage = 9.82 years) who are citizens of Jakarta and its surrounding areas. The result showed that the higher the attachment to, consecutively, workplace/campus, city, and neighborhood, the higher the general pro-environmental behavior. Home attachment, national identity, and prejudice toward pro-environmental activists could not predict pro-environmental behavior.Keywords: pro-environment; community; attachment; urban psychologyeISSN 2398-4295 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
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Bayat, Sayeh, Michael J. Widener, and Alex Mihailidis. "Bringing the “Place” to Life-Space in Gerontology Research." Gerontology 67, no. 3 (2021): 374–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000513762.
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Understanding older adults’ relationships with their environments and the way this relationship evolves over time have been increasingly acknowledged in gerontological research. This relationship is often measured in terms of life-space, defined as the spatial area through which a person moves within a specific period of time. Life-space is traditionally reported using questionnaires or travel diaries and is, thus, subject to inaccuracies. More recently, studies are using a global positioning system to accurately measure life-space. Although life-space provides useful insights into older adults’ relationships with their environment, it does not capture the inherent complexities of environmental exposures. In the fields of travel behaviour and health geography, a substantial amount of research has looked at people’s spatial behaviour using the notion of “Activity Space,” allowing for increasing sophistication in understanding older adults’ experience of their environment. This manuscript discusses developments and directions for extending the life-space framework in environmental gerontology by drawing on the advancements in the activity space framework.
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Hartinah, Hartinah. "Analisis tentang Lingkungan Pendidikan Formal dalam Pembentukan Perilaku Jujur Siswa di SMKN 1 Bone." JURNAL AL-QAYYIMAH 3, no. 1 (July 1, 2020): 53–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.30863/aqym.v3i1.1082.
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Research discusses the analysis of the Formal education environment in the formation of students ' honest behaviour in SMKN 1 Bone. This research is a type of field research (field reseach) with a qualitative approach, namely research that the procedure produces a descriptive data of written or spoken words from the people and actors that are observed located in SMKN 1 Bone located in Jalan Lapawawoi Karaeng Sigeri, Kelurahan Biru, Sub District Tanete Riattang Bone Regency of South Sulawesi province. The results showed that students ' honest behaviour formation in SMKN 1 Bone are conducted in intra activity in the course and extracurricular activities. To foster and develop these honest characters in their intrurricular activities, educators internalize in the learning process using several methods: Lecture methods, discussion methods, demonstration methods, method of giving assignments, methods of precision and habituation. Analysis of the formal education environment in the establishment of honest behavior of students at SMKN 1 Bone has succeeded. The formal educational environment supports the creation of honest behavior of students in the school environment strongly influenced by; Physical environment, social environment and academic environment.
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Armstrong, Doug P. "Levels of cause and effect as organizing principles for research in animal behaviour." Canadian Journal of Zoology 69, no. 4 (April 1, 1991): 823–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z91-124.
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Animal behaviour can be explained from several complementary perspectives, and these explanations can be formally categorized into "levels of analysis." Recognizing levels of analysis may prevent unnecessary conflict between complementary explanations and promote the understanding of behaviour from all possible perspectives. However, there is considerable room for debate as to the best framework of levels. The current framework is based on the concept of "proximate and ultimate causes," which merges the functional consequences of a behaviour with its evolutionary causes. Consequently, the use of this framework leads to confusion between causes and effects of behaviours, and leaves no room for studies of the effects of a behaviour other than those with adaptive significance for the animal performing it. A more balanced approach can be encouraged by considering questions about causes and effects of behaviours to be in separate categories, with their own analytical levels. Causes of behaviours can be explained by processes on at least four levels: evolution, ontogeny, fluctuations in an animal's state, and occurrence of behaviour-eliciting stimuli. Effects of behaviour may also occur on several levels, but the levels will depend on what is being affected (i.e., the animal performing the behaviour, other organisms, or the physical environment). The causes of behaviours can be influenced by their effects through feedback mechanisms such as reinforcement and natural selection. However, we should not assume such feedback mechanisms to be important in the causation of all behaviours. If we use the effects of behaviours to explain why they occur, it is important to explicitly recognize the feedback mechanism(s) invoked.
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McGuffin, P. "Methodology of genetic research in psychiatry." Acta Neuropsychiatrica 11, no. 2 (June 1999): 45–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0924270800036127.
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Most forms of behaviour whether normal or abnormal, show a tendency to run in families. However, these can range from symptoms of dementia and movement disorder caused by the comparatively rare autosomal dominant Huntington's disease to common everyday aspects of behaviour such as religious persuasion or career choice. Normal behaviours and most common disorders do not show simple mendelian inheritance but instead have more complex patterns of transmission involving either major genes with incomplete penetrance, multiple genes of small effect, or a combination of the two. In addition, common complex phenotypes usually involve the combination of genetic and environmental factors. Therefore once family studies have shown that a disorder or trait is familial the next stage is to perform twin studies and, if possible adoption studies to investigate whether this results from shared genes, shared environment or a combination of the two.
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Chokor, B. A. "Research Policy and Review 22. Environment—Behaviour—Design Research: An Agenda for the Third World." Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 20, no. 4 (April 1988): 425–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a200425.
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Interdisciplinary research into people and environmental settings in the Third World is only beginning to develop, but without an appropriate focus. An agenda of study and major issues that should inform research are outlined in this paper. It is demonstrated that fruitfulness of research in the Third World lies in the identification of culturally relevant form and unit of space of study, as well as of the contexts in which various environmental appraisals are to be made. Both issues are identified and described. It is advocated that appropriate environmental research associations be formed, on regional and international levels, to coordinate and stimulate further research relevant to national environmental design policy.
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Satomi, Maruyama. "Research on improving the lunch environment for female workers to build an improved dietary environment." Impact 2022, no. 5 (October 13, 2022): 12–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.21820/23987073.2022.5.12.
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Nutritional health is important and in order to ensure that dietary needs are being met, research on this area, leading to recommendations that can help adjust behaviour, is key. In Japan, the dietary needs of working women are often not met. Professor Satomi Maruyama, Faculty of Human Life and Environment, Kinjo Gakuin University, is a registered dietitian who is investigating the dietary environment of working women in Japan. This includes factors such as where to buy food, whether they cook at home and what kind of diet they choose. Maruyama and her team found that women with a social network have a healthier ‘dietary consciousness’, enjoying meals and having an awareness of the benefits of a balanced diet, while those outside of a social network have poorer diets, leading to negative impacts on health. A key negative impact of interest for the researchers is salt consumption, which is prevalent in Japan. Maruyama conducted a survey on the dietary intake of female workers and found the salt content to be high. The researchers explored the impact of the use of tabletop memos containing information on the negative impact of too much salt and found that having this information on view raised awareness of salt reduction which led to changes in behaviour. A current focus for Maruyama and the team is on how the lunch environment for female workers can be improved.
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Adeoluwa Adewumi, Samson, Taiwo Ajadi, and Bhekabantu Ntshangase. "Green human resource management and green environmental workplace behaviour in the eThekwini municipality of South Africa." International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147- 4478) 11, no. 4 (June 5, 2022): 159–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.20525/ijrbs.v11i4.1720.
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Conversations on green human resource management (GHRM) are relatively new in the canon of human resource discourse. Existing studies have been focused on industrial and service industries of the private sector leaving a research gap in the public sector establishment, especially at the municipality level of governance. This study aims to address this gap by interrogating the perception and understanding of green behaviour and the evaluation of green behaviour performance. A total of 12 unit managers and employees of the human resource management department of the eThekwini municipality were purposively recruited based on existing knowledge of the green behaviour concept. The semi-structured interview approach was used in eliciting qualitative data. The NVivo (v.12) qualitative software was employed for the identification of themes and the content qualitative analytical tool was employed to make sense of the various themes. The findings show a range of perceptions and understanding of green behavior including change in management behaviour towards environmental sustainability goals, moving towards a paperless environment, re-engineering and automation of work process and safeguarding the environment through pro-environmental behaviours. The evaluation of employees’ green behaviour performance can be achieved through regular introspection and monitoring of the operations of green environmental activities, the integration of green behaviour targets with key performance indicators (KPI) and the benefits of green behaviour to the organisation. The study echoes the need for robust managerial support and massive organizational awareness of the importance of green behaviours for a sustainable work environment.
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Arya, Bhavana, and Shiromi Chaturvedi. "Extending the Theory of Planned Behaviour to Explain Energy Saving Behaviour." Environmental and Climate Technologies 24, no. 1 (January 1, 2020): 516–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2020-0032.
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Abstract Existing research in environmental psychology suggests that humans are conscious of the impact that their actions have on the environment. However, a corresponding change is yet to be seen in the voluntary adoption of pro-environmental behaviour by the Indian population. While there is an overall improvement in the ecological consciousness, we need to find out the psychological factors that promote adoption and maintenance of environmentally responsible behaviour. The current study incorporated the construct of consideration of future consequences (CFC) into the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) to investigate energy-conservation behaviour in 232 college students. Results confirmed that TPB constructs predict pro-environmental behaviour. Results also confirmed that consideration of future consequences is positively related to efficiency enhancing pro-environment behaviour. The research has implications for planning interventions that address both adoption and maintenance of pro-environment behaviour.
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Cynarski, Wojciech J., Renata Grzywacz, Krzysztof Kubala, Magdalena Kunysz-Rozborska, Adam Podolski, and Przemysław Pawelec. "HEPA Promotion in the Environment of Academic Scientists - Preliminary Research." Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research 72, no. 1 (December 1, 2016): 17–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/pcssr-2016-0023.
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AbstractThe theoretical framework for this research is the sociology of leisure and the sociology of health. Because sedentary behaviour (of employees) is a relevant new research area with important health risks, we decided to focus our attention on this subject. Moreover, sedentary behaviour in the workplace seems to be an important topic for the future.The general aim of the research is to provide a platform for exchange on effective approaches for promoting health-enhancing physical activity among workers, to learn from experiences in different European countries and to promote the most effective approaches across Europe.Two methods of qualitative research were used. The first was the method of expert judges. By way of direct interview, the statements of nine persons were collected, all of whom were recognised as competent judges. The second method was the analysis of the content of the literature (quality method). Using the computer program Atlas.ti, the respondents and their answers were examined.Most of the indications (89%) concerned responses indicating physical activity. In general, the experts are quite physically active and keep a healthy (in their opinion) diet. They have both knowledge and appropriate skills in physical education. They point to the growing interest of younger academics in health and fitness, which may be associated with trends in popular culture, such as a sporty lifestyle, the cult of the body, various healthy diets and supplements, etc., that are becoming the universal fashion.The aim of this work was to provide a platform for exchange on effective approaches to the promotion of health-enhancing physical activity among workers, to learn from experience in different European countries and to promote the most effective approaches across the region. Because the sedentary behaviour of employees is a relevant new research area with important health risks, we decided to focus our attention on this subject.
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Mabaire, Anesu M., XU Guangquan, and Ngqabutho Moyo. "Purchase Behaviour of Environment-Friendly Automobiles." GATR Global Journal of Business Social Sciences Review 9, no. 1 (March 3, 2021): 65–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.35609/gjbssr.2021.9.1(8).
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Objective - This research seeks to examine the purchase behaviour of environment-friendly automobiles. It also identifies the key factors affecting the purchase intention of green vehicles. The study adopted a quantitative approach, and primary data was analysed on Smart PLS3. The researcher utilised a non-probability sampling technique to select the most appropriate sample for this study. This type of sampling is also known as purposive sampling, deliberate sampling, and or judgement sampling. Independent variables of this study include environmental attitudes such as; environmental knowledge, environmental values and responsibility feeling. These variables were tested against purchase intention, which is regarded as a dependent construct of this study. Finding – Based on the findings, all the proposed hypotheses of this study are proven significant. Environmental knowledge has a positive effect on environmental values. Environmental values have a significant effect on the formation of a responsibility feeling. Responsibility feeling has a significant effect on the purchase intention of green vehicles. Novelty – Individuals who possess adequate knowledge about their environment are likely to develop environmental values, which then transforms into a responsibility feeling towards the environment and then predict the purchase intention of environment-friendly automobiles. Citizens should thus be equipped with adequate knowledge about environmental issues, through formal and informal education, and through socialization agencies and awareness campaigns, as this will help in boosting pro-environmental and sustainable human behaviours. Type of Paper: Empirical. JEL Classification: O31, O32, O33. Keywords: Environment-friendly automobiles; purchase intention; environmental knowledge; environmental values; responsibility feeling. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Mabaire, A.M; Guangquan, X.U; Moyo, N. (2021). Purchase Behaviour of Environment-Friendly Automobiles, GATR Global J. Bus. Soc. Sci. Review, 9(1): 65 – 72. https://doi.org/10.35609/gjbssr.2021.9.1(8)
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Thielking, Monica, and Susan Moore. "Young People and the Environment: Predicting Ecological Behaviour." Australian Journal of Environmental Education 17 (2001): 63–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0814062600002457.
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AbstractThe aim of this study was to assess the environmental attitudes, knowledge and behaviours of young people aged 11 - 16 years, and evaluate which factors best predict ecological behaviour, through testing the Model of Responsible Environmental Behaviour' (Hines, Hungerford & Tomera 1986-1987). Results indicted that while young people are not negatively disposed toward the environment, they have limited knowledge about the issues. Perceived personal responsibility toward the environment was shown to be the strongest predictor of ecological behaviour, followed by ‘action skills’ for boys and knowledge levels for girls.To what extent are young people committed to or apathetic about environmental conservation, and what do they see as the barriers with respect to taking environmental action? One aim of the study reported in this paper was to assess the environmental attitudes, knowledge and behaviours of young people aged 11 - 16, and to assess gender differences in these variables. A second aim was to evaluate which factors best predict ecological behaviour in young people, through testing a model which incorporates environmental knowledge, attitudes, perceived action skills, beliefs about personal responsibility, and other personal factors as potential predictors. This ‘Model of Responsible Environmental Behaviour’ (Hines, Hungerford & Tomera 1986-1987) has not been previously applied to the prediction of adolescent ecological behaviour, by which we mean ‘any action taken to ensure that ecological relationships among living things do not deteriorate’ (Caltabiano & Caltabiano 1995, p. 1080).Young people's relationships to the environment are important developmentally, and because adolescents are the ‘next generation’ of potential activists for environmental concerns. The task of identity formation (or development of a ‘sense of self’) in adolescence has been conceptualised as including the shaping and maturing of a personal ideology, with its associated beliefs, values, and behaviours (Erikson 1971, Kroger 1989). Marcia (1966) using Erikson's framework, conceived of ideology as incorporating views about religion and politics. However as social concerns change, so might the importance of different content areas for the formulation of ideology (Bennion & Adams 1986). For young people today, thinking about environmental concerns and dilemmas may be part of their identity development in the sense that such thoughts may be part of forming an ideology about the world. In Australia, the National Union of Students surveyed 7,400 students in 1990 and found that ‘the environment was hottest election issue amongst university students in Australia’ (cited in Youth Research Centre 1991, p. 3). Similar findings of strong environmental concern have been found in a range of other Australian studies of adolescent populations (Clark 1996, Connell el al. 1998, Iiving Saulwick & Associates 2000, Sykes, Yencken. Fien & Choo 2000). Environmental concerns involve several aspects, including attitudes toward the environment, knowledge of issues, and participation in pro-environmental behaviour. It is to these topics that we now turn.
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Ilieva, Galina. "How to research the behaviour of trading agents in a CDA environment." International Journal of Intelligent Information and Database Systems 3, no. 4 (2009): 397. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijiids.2009.030437.
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Awan, Waqar Ahmad, Kanwal Ameen, and Saira Hanif Soroya. "Information encountering and sharing behaviour of research students in an online environment." Aslib Journal of Information Management 71, no. 4 (July 15, 2019): 500–517. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ajim-10-2018-0232.
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Purpose Information behaviour exists in two forms: first when information is sought with a clear purpose and second, when we encounter it accidentally or serendipitiously. The purpose of this paper is to estimate the information encountering (IE) and encountered information sharing (EIS) behaviour of research students in an online environment. Design/methodology/approach The quantitative research approach was applied to carry out this research. The authors selected 120 MPhil and PhD research students (who research information as a part of their assignments) from six departments as sample for the study. Out of 120 research students, 93 returned the filled questionnaires. The collected data were analysed in SPSS version 22. First, descriptive statistics to estimate the IE and sharing behaviour; and later one-way ANOVA and post hoc comparisons using the Tukey HSD tests were applied to investigate the EIS based on the frequency of internet usage. Findings The findings indicate that the mean scores of the responses remain between “sometimes” and “often”, in all the behavioural sub-constructs of the model of IE, i.e. noticing, stopping, examining, capturing, storing (keeping), sharing and returning. The extended model proved to be valid in an online environment in the context of Pakistani culture. While estimating EIS, the results indicated significantly higher sharing and large effect size among the research students who used the internet from 11 to 15 h a week than those who used it between 6 and 10 h. Practical implications Keeping in view the results the research students and parent organisations (universities) working for the improvement of research ranking and research students’ better performance, should know that research information is not only actively acquired but also huge amount of information is accidentally encountered and shared. Therefore, the universities should train their research students to enhance the information sharing of encountered information. That will promote the research culture and may enhance the speed of learning, research work and ultimately result in competitive advantage, without any extra effort. Originality/value This is the first study of its type in Pakistan to measure the IE behaviour of research students in an online environment. Moreover, it is the first study which investigates the extended model of IE using a quantitative approach in the Pakistani research environment, which originated in Japan via qualitative research approach.
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Salvador, Liliana C. M., Frederic Bartumeus, Simon A. Levin, and William S. Ryu. "Mechanistic analysis of the search behaviour of Caenorhabditis elegans." Journal of The Royal Society Interface 11, no. 92 (March 6, 2014): 20131092. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2013.1092.
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A central question in movement research is how animals use information and movement to promote encounter success. Current random search theory identifies reorientation patterns as key to the compromise between optimizing encounters for both nearby and faraway targets, but how the balance between intrinsic motor programmes and previous environmental experience determines the occurrence of these reorientation behaviours remains unknown. We used high-resolution tracking and imaging data to describe the complete motor behaviour of Caenorhabditis elegans when placed in a novel environment (one in which food is absent) . Movement in C. elegans is structured around different reorientation behaviours, and we measured how these contributed to changing search strategies as worms became familiar with their new environment. This behavioural transition shows that different reorientation behaviours are governed by two processes: (i) an environmentally informed ‘extrinsic’ strategy that is influenced by recent experience and that controls for area-restricted search behaviour, and (ii) a time-independent, ‘intrinsic’ strategy that reduces spatial oversampling and improves random encounter success. Our results show how movement strategies arise from a balance between intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms, that search behaviour in C. elegans is initially determined by expectations developed from previous environmental experiences, and which reorientation behaviours are modified as information is acquired from new environments.
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Shaari, Mariam Felani, and Sabarinah Sh Ahmad. "Preschool Design and School Readiness." Asian Journal of Quality of Life 3, no. 10 (March 18, 2018): 109. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ajqol.v3i10.106.
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Preschool physical environments significantly affect children behavior and development. Efforts by the Malaysian Government to improve the quality of preschool education shows a lack of emphasis on the physical learning environment - despite overall improvements, school readiness remains moderate. In Malaysia, the impact of preschool physical learning environments on children’s school readiness is still unclear; thus, this paper aims to investigate, highlight and conclude a clear theoretical relationship between these two aspects through literature review. Findings are hoped to lay the groundworks for future research into this matter to improve preschool education in Malaysia.Keywords: Malaysian preschool education; Physical learning environment; Children school readiness; Children developmenteISSN 2398-4279 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
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Barker, Andrew. "Navigating Life: A Taxonomy of Wayfinding Behaviours." Journal of Navigation 72, no. 3 (February 1, 2019): 539–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0373463319000043.
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This paper presents a taxonomy of human wayfinding behaviours. For the purposes of this paper, wayfinding is purposeful navigating in everyday life, in man-made environments, traversing an environment or aiming for an objective with which the individual is unfamiliar. The taxonomy is developed through a review of wayfinding literature from research and practice, user studies conducted specifically for this research and a process of thinking by designing. This taxonomy can also be applied to navigating in documents printed on paper and on-screen, but this paper concentrates on behaviours in environmental space. This taxonomy creates twelve categories of behaviour differentiated by the characteristics of the information that they use. The categories of behaviour are also separated into three groups: social, semantic and spatial. This paper briefly describes and gives examples of each of the categories of behaviour. This is followed by insights into the behaviours from user studies conducted by the author. (This paper borrows its title from Cohen, 2015).
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Hendrie, Gilly A., John Coveney, and David N. Cox. "Defining the complexity of childhood obesity and related behaviours within the family environment using structural equation modelling." Public Health Nutrition 15, no. 1 (August 2, 2011): 48–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980011001832.
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AbstractObjectiveThe present study aimed to define the complexity of the relationships between the family environment, health behaviours and obesity. A conceptual model that quantifies the relationships and interactions between parent factors, family environment, and certain aspects of children's behaviour and weight status is presented.DesignExploratory structural equation modelling was used to quantitatively model the relationships between parent, child and family environmental factors.SettingAdelaide, South Australia.SubjectsFamilies (n157) with children aged 5–10 years completed self-reported questionnaires, providing data on parents’ knowledge, diet quality and activity habits; child feeding and general parenting styles; and the food and physical activity environments. Outcome variables included children's fruit and vegetable intake, activity and sedentary habits and weight status.ResultsThe proposed model was an acceptable fit (normed fit index = 0·457; comparative fit index = 0·746; root-mean-squared error associated = 0·044). Parents’ BMI (β= 0·32) and nutrition and physical activity knowledge (β= 0·17) had the strongest direct associations with children's BMIZ-score. Parents’ dietary intake and energy expenditure behaviours were indirectly associated with children's behaviour through the creation of the home environment. The physical activity and food environments were associated with children's sedentary (β= −0·44) and activity habits (β= 0·29), and fruit and vegetable intake (β= 0·47), respectively.ConclusionsA conceptual model that quantifies the complex network of family environment factors influencing children's behaviour and weight status is presented. The model provides a basis for future research on larger representative samples with a view to guiding obesity prevention interventions.
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Nurjan, Syarifan, Heru Kurnianto Tjahjono, and Muhammad Nurul Yamin. "META-ANALYSIS ON ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR DELINQUENCY." Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews 7, no. 2 (March 19, 2019): 296–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.18510/hssr.2019.7235.
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Purpose of the study: Purpose of the study to meta-analysis on trends of adolescent delinquency behavior. This analysis was taken to obtain hypothesis and map analysis of theories trends of adolescent delinquency behavior as the foundation of the theory of research on the tendency of adolescent delinquency behavior in Islamic Education Institution of Ponorogo Regency.
Methodology: The research methods are: a) library research, b) inclusion criteria are: first, the primary study of the behavior of juvenile delinquents, second, research reports that require statistical information, third, research gaps and maps from various journals totaling 89, 3) data analysis to change the F value to t, d and r, sampling error and measurement error correction.
Main Findings: The primary studies there is a positive relationship between social cohesion and behaviour delinquency, errors in sampling of 3.634% and error in the measurement of 0.22%.The results of empirical research that the tendency of adolescent delinquency is influenced by the parental environment and no empirical research support is influenced by the religious environment of Pesantren, religious friendship, and psychosocial control.
Applications of this study: This research can be useful for adolescents who develop in Pesantren through religious environments, religious friendships, and psychosocial control. This research in Ponorogo District, East Java, Indonesia which consisted of 88 Pesantren (in the form of Salafy, ‘Ashry and combinations) from 161 high schools. This meta-analysis is to find out empirical and not empirical research to develop research theory.
Novelty/Originality of this study: Social bonding is reflected in the psychology of adolescent development, as important element for understanding and constructing theories about adolescent delinquency behaviour. Social cohesion, social control and psychosocial control assumes that the behaviour tendencies delinquency adolescents is influenced by internal and environmental factors such as religiosity boarding school, religiosity family, and religiosity friendship.
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Hunter, Paul, Helen Mullen, Matt Offord, Nick Quinn, and Karen Thompson. "Early adoption in an agile online teaching environment." Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice 9, no. 2 (August 5, 2021): 127–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.14297/jpaap.v9i2.476.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has blown through the Higher Education sector like a Schumpterian ‘gale of creative destruction’ (Schumpeter, 1934), accelerating the pace of change, disrupting entrenched pedagogical approaches, and revealing glimpses of the future of teaching. This study identifies how university-based early adopters responded to this ‘gale,’ successfully implementing the rapid change required to pivot to online teaching while addressing institutional requests to support the reluctant majority. Adopting an innovative interdisciplinary framework, this study advances understanding about the criticality of early-adopter behaviour in implementing change. The triggers, dynamics and impact of early-adopter behaviours are identified, as are the resultant implications for institutions for resourcing, recognising, and rewarding early adopters. The research design is underpinned by polyphony (Belova, 2010). Theoretical aspects from entrepreneurship (Stevenson, Roberts & Grousebeck, 1989) and networked learning (Dohn, Cranmer, Sime, De Laat & Ryberg, 2018) are also incorporated, relating early adopter behaviour to the entrepreneurial process in the context of virtual learning communities. This study uses vignettes from early adopters who have pivoted to online teaching in a university, identifying their experiences of instigating and supporting change. The findings highlight the facilitators of, and constraints on, early adopter behaviour, identifying the contextual characteristics necessary to challenge preconceived institutional notions and develop intrapreneurial mindsets that more readily support and implement early-adopter behaviours.
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Anaz Kassim, Shamshul. "Cheating Behavior Perspectives among University Students." Current Research in Psychology and Behavioral Science (CRPBS) 3, no. 7 (October 25, 2022): 1–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.54026/crpbs/1068.
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Cheating behaviour is a form of academic misconduct or academic fraud that has become a serious phenomenon among university students. The issue of cheating behaviour is a worldwide problem. This research was study either the cheating method, individual factors, academic environment, ethical factors, technology and attitude will give effect on the cheating behavior. A total of 380 from public university students in northern region of Malaysia were involved in this study. The time horizon of the study was six months. The data was analysed using pearson correlation and regression analysis. Results showed that academic environments and cheating method play the most influencing factors towards cheating behavior among university students.
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Hammink, Coosje, Nienke Moor, and Masi Mohammadi. "A systematic literature review of persuasive architectural interventions for stimulating health behaviour." Facilities 37, no. 11/12 (August 5, 2019): 743–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/f-07-2017-0065.
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PurposeThis systematic literature review focusses on original research that examines the effect of persuasive architectural interventions on stimulating health behaviour. This paper gives an overview of the empirical evidence and aims to examine the evidence for health behaviour change through architectural interventions and the underlying theoretical pathways and mechanisms using social cognitive theory.Design/methodology/approachThis paper reviewed 40 peer-reviewed articles found through Scopus, Google Scholar, Web of Science, PubMed and a supplementary hand search and examined for effect, type of interventions, type of behaviour and underlying mechanisms using social cognitive theory.FindingsThis review shows that architectural interventions can stimulate healthy behaviour. However, much of the research focusses on specific health behaviours (physical activity), in specific target groups (children or older adults) and with specific types of interventions (supplying provisions). Furthermore, the effect of the physical environment on cognitive factors should be taken into consideration.Research limitations/implicationsHardly any research on smart architectural interventions for health behaviour change exists, but combining insights from product design and built environment has the potential to impact designing for health behaviour change.Originality/valueStimulating certain types of health behaviour can positively contribute to health goals and has been the focus of many health promotion practitioners over the years. The focus of health promotion interventions has primarily been on social and psychological factors. However, current research shows the importance of the physical environment as an influence on health behaviour. Potentially, with the use of smart technology, this effect could be enhanced.
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Gorji, Mohammadbagher, Louise Grimmer, Martin Grimmer, and Sahar Siami. "Retail store environment, store attachment and customer citizenship behaviour." International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 49, no. 9 (March 18, 2021): 1330–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijrdm-10-2020-0438.
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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of physical and social retail store environment, referred to as “storescape”, retail store attachment and employee citizenship behaviour towards customers on customer citizenship behaviour.Design/methodology/approachThe research employed a descriptive quantitative, cross-sectional design with a self-administered survey. Data were collected through an online research panel provider from 415 customers of department and discount department stores in Australia.FindingsThe findings show social storescape predicts customer citizenship behaviour directly, and that store attachment mediates the effect of both physical and social storescape on this behaviour. Employee citizenship behaviour towards customers was found to moderate the effect of storescape on customer citizenship behaviour. In addition, the effect of both positive physical and social storescape was found to be greater in discount department stores than department stores.Practical implicationsIn addition to highlighting the factors that drive customer citizenship behaviour, the study shows that storescape factors and their effect vary for department stores versus discount department stores.Originality/valueThis study shows the effect of storescape on customer citizenship behaviour. Drawing on resource exchange theory, this study is the first-known to identify storescape as both physical and social resources which can influence retail store attachment and customer citizenship behaviour. The study provides new insights into the differential effect of storescape in department versus discount department stores in motivating customers to engage in citizenship behaviour. Further, the study makes an important contribution by demonstrating the moderating role of employee citizenship behaviour towards customers.
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Bazzi, Enrico, Nunziato Cassavia, Davide Chiggiato, Elio Masciari, Domenico Saccà, Alessandra Spada, and Irina Trubitsyna. "Evaluating User Behaviour in a Cooperative Environment." Information 9, no. 12 (November 30, 2018): 303. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/info9120303.
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Big Data, as a new paradigm, has forced both researchers and industries to rethink data management techniques which has become inadequate in many contexts. Indeed, we deal everyday with huge amounts of collected data about user suggestions and searches. These data require new advanced analysis strategies to be devised in order to profitably leverage this information. Moreover, due to the heterogeneous and fast changing nature of these data, we need to leverage new data storage and management tools to effectively store them. In this paper, we analyze the effect of user searches and suggestions and try to understand how much they influence a user’s social environment. This task is crucial to perform efficient identification of the users that are able to spread their influence across the network. Gathering information about user preferences is a key activity in several scenarios like tourism promotion, personalized marketing, and entertainment suggestions. We show the application of our approach for a huge research project named D-ALL that stands for Data Alliance. In fact, we tried to assess the reaction of users in a competitive environment when they were invited to judge each other. Our results show that the users tend to conform to each other when no tangible rewards are provided while they try to reduce other users’ ratings when it affects getting a tangible prize.
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Chen, Jiaxing, Guangling Zhang, and Qinfang Hu. "Research on the Impact of Pro-Environment Game and Guilt on Environmentally Sustainable Behaviour." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 20 (October 17, 2022): 13406. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013406.
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Game strategies are widely used by companies to attract users and increase their stickiness. At the same time, the protection of the ecological environment is also an important expression of corporate social responsibility. This paper explores the integration of social responsibility with gaming strategies from the psychological perspective of game withdrawal, and explores the incorporation of social responsibility as an element in gamification design to reduce user withdrawal behaviour, thereby increasing individual’s environmentally sustainable behaviour. We evidenced our hypothesis through two studies. Study one proved our hypothesis by recruiting 106 university undergraduates (from Wuhan University, mean age 20, of whom 47 were female and 59 were male) to prove our hypothesis by recalling previous experiences with different types of games. Study two further tested our hypothesis by manipulating participants’ guilt through randomly recruiting 196 participants (mean age 35, of whom 88 were female and 108 were male, 35 of them were students, 107 were office workers and 54 were from other sectors) from different industries through the questionnaire research website Credamo. The findings show that incorporating social responsibility elements into the design of games can make users engage in pro-social behaviour while playing the game, and the guilt that users feel because of the game will be compensated by pro-social behaviour, thus reducing the game frequency and duration and improving the intent of pro-social behaviour. At the same time, players’ self-control moderates the effect of guilt on game play volume under a socially responsible gamification design.
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Jaciow, Magdalena, Mirosław Wójciak, and Konstancja Poradowska. "ECO LOGICAL BEHAVIOUR OF GENERATION Z IN POLAND." Acta Scientiarum Polonorum. Oeconomia 20, no. 3 (February 1, 2022): 15–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.22630/aspe.2021.20.3.21.
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The purpose of this article is to present research on the ecological behaviour of Generation Z in Poland. The research was conducted with the use of CAWI techniques on a sample of 260 Polish consumers from Generation Z. With use of the Lance-Williams-Ward’s agglomerative methods, three homogenous groups of Gen Z consumers were identified on the basis of self-evaluation of ecological behaviour and on the behaviour of their surrounding environment (household and friends), i.e. pro-ecological, ecological, and non-ecological. By means of non-parametric analysis of variances (Kruskal-Wallis test) and post hoc analysis, the significance of differences in the values of the analyzed variables was assessed, indicating differences in the ecological behaviors of the selected groups. The results of the analysis show that there are differences in the frequency of ecological behaviours that are undertaken within the selected groups.
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Zahrah, Wahyuni, and Shella Lie. "People and Urban Space in Medan: An environment behaviour approach." Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal 1, no. 1 (June 27, 2016): 368. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v1i1.235.
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The paper means to explore how people use and perceive the shop house corridor as the most built environment found in Medan, Indonesia. The research observed the adaptation and or adjustment pattern of people in their built environment. The study did an interview with users of the space to get people perception of the built environment quality. The result indicates that people used space mostly for market activities, in particular for the mobile street vendor. The users make some adaptation to fit their needs. They “divided” urban space and mark their territory based on the “unwritten agreement” and tolerance.© 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies, Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.Keywords: Urban space; built environment; environment behavior; Medan
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Noori, Abdul Qawi, Sayeed Naqibullah Orfan, and Abdullah Mohd Nawi. "Students’ Perception of Lecturers’ Behaviors in the Learning Environment." International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies 9, no. 3 (August 1, 2021): 64. http://dx.doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijels.v.9n.3p.64.
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This study aims to investigate the perception of undergraduate students about their lecturers’ behaviours in their learning environment. Behaviour is the explanation of observable outcomes and interaction between students and instructors. Behaviour can be positive, negative, effective or ineffective, and the way in which lecturers behave with their students in the learning environment may affect their learning experience and motivation. A Quantitative research design was employed in conducting the study. A questionnaire with 27 items was used to collect data from 140 randomly selected respondents from Takhar University, Afghanistan. SPSS version 25.0 was used to analyze the data. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics, i.e., Independent Samples t-test and One-Way ANOVA were employed in data analysis. The findings indicate that the students had a positive perception about their lecturers’ behaviours in the learning environment. The study also revealed that there did not appear to be any statistically significant differences in participants’ responses by their gender or the classes they took. The findings of the current study may lead to policies with regard to lecturers’ behaviours and inform instructors to improve classroom practices in the learning environment.
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Nordin, Roswati, Zamzaliza Abd Mulud, Norimah Said, and Norfidah Mohamad. "An Interactive School Health Programme on Smoking Prevention: Implications for future research." Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal 2, no. 5 (March 18, 2017): 115. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v2i5.687.
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In order to make Malaysia a developed nation by 2020 one of the crucial things is health care and to conduct prevention at an early stage. Hence, health education programme at an early stage has been conducted with primary school children to prevent them from engaging in negative behaviours such as smoking. Currently, the health education programme was organized in poster presentation form. However, in these studies, it was transformed into an interactive school health programme with an active participation from the school children. It is designed to increase the children's learning retention through an active interaction programme.Keywords: Interactive Programme; School Children; Smoking Prevention; Health Education.ISSN: 2398-4287© 2017. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
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Yee, Tan Pei, and Hairul Nizam Ismail. "A Review of Distance Decay Research Trends in Tourism from 2000-2020." Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal 5, no. 14 (July 1, 2020): 137–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5i14.2275.
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Distance decay defined as demand or volume decreases exponentially with distance increases. It is a gravity model of human geography that used to understand human behaviours, movements, and tourism flows, particularly in tourism planning and management. Thus, this paper attempts to outline a systematic literature review to provide a comprehensive understanding with different distance decay thematic studied in tourism research from the year 2000 - 2020. The review identified the research focuses with the research scopes studied and contribute to conceptual and theoretical basic understanding. Keywords: distance decay; sustainable tourism development; science mapping. eISSN: 2398-4287© 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bsby e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5i14.2275
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Zapototskyi, S., O. Kononenko, and Y. Holub. "SOCIAL-GEOGRAPHIC RESEARCH OF THE PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR OF THE POPULATION (A CASE STUDY OF KYIV AND CHERNIHIV)." Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Geography, no. 74 (2019): 48–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/1728-2721.2019.74.9.
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The research considers theoretical principles of ecological behaviour of the population. The main factors influencing the ecological behavior of a person are described. In this topic, factors of environmental behavior were divided into groups: external (arising from environmental conditions) and internal (physical and mental characteristics of the person). External factors include social, cultural, economic, legal and other components. They influence other components (economic factors interact not only in their own circle, but also affect the social, cultural and environmental environment). Internal factors of environmental behaviour depend on the characteristics of human nature, motivational settings, values and mental properties of the individual in relation to the environment. Motivation is one of the reasons for behaviour or a strong internal stimulus. It has been established that certain factors have an impact on several social groups (ecological taxation, the actual installation of containers for the sorting of garbage), while others – only on individuals (description in the works of the literature of the nature of the native land). An analysis of the sociological survey among residents of Kyiv and Chernihiv regarding the ideas about sustainable development and the acuteness of environmental problems was conducted. An analysis of the environmental problems of the city of Chernihiv revealed that the organization of waste management and the necessity of building a waste recycling plant are the most acute problems of the city’s residents. Residents of the capital are more concerned about the quality of drinking water. Another major concern is the issue of waste management and management. The third position relates to air pollution. The study allowed for information on the public awareness of the main provisions of the Rio Conventions, the place of environmental values in the hierarchy of social values of citizens, the availability of knowledge about environmental problems, understanding of the state of the environment from sustainable development of society, the use of eco-friendly measures in everyday life. The degree of readiness and attraction of the population to the main types of ecological behaviour is analyzed. Correlation between the level of education and the measures that respondents are prepared to do and are already doing to improve the environmental situation of their city are observed. Mechanisms of stimulation of ecological behaviour of the population are considered. It is determined that the economic mechanism covers two groups of regulators of the environmental behavior of the population. The first of them makes it difficult to limit the ecological and destructive activity of pollutants in the environment. The second – encourages business entities to improve the state of the environment by activating the environmental activities of producers of goods and services. It has been established that the economic mechanism that exists in Ukraine is more oriented to regulating environmental behaviour that limits environmental degradation activities. This mechanism does not stimulate the spread of environmentally sound technologies, limits the introduction of environmentally-oriented innovations in production and does not encourage environmental activities. The importance of environmental education and ecological education as an important mechanism of ecological behaviour of the population is emphasized.
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Spencer, Christopher Peter. "A Special Introduction: A New Journal for the Challenge of Environment-Behaviour Research." Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies 1, no. 1 (December 1, 2016): 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/aje-bs.v1i1.162.
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Marans, Robert W. "Quality of Urban Life Studies: An Overview and Implications for Environment-Behaviour Research." Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 35 (2012): 9–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.02.058.
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Badjanova, Jeļena, Dzintra Iliško, Svetlana Ignatjeva, and Margarita Nesterova. "Dynamics of Gender-Specific Behaviors in the Digital Educational Environment." International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM) 15, no. 24 (December 21, 2021): 155–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v15i24.27879.
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During the social distancing, an increasing number of people use communication applications, various types of digital tools and programs. Various video conferencing platforms are regularly used in the educational environment. The study presents the analyses how intensive is the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the educational environment and how it can change cognitive-behavioral gender differences. This is particularly important to pay a special attention to the analysis of gender as a dynamic category, to take into account the processes of gender socialization and transformation of gender identification in the changing social environment. The research methods also included a set of additional methods, such as a focus group on different aspects of gender-specific behavior in the digital learning environment, putting together collages, as well as the method of the unfinished sentence related to the impact of ICT on teachers' professional development and well-being. In the course of the study, it was recognised that the design of social models of male and female gender-specific behaviour includes more than the basic gender identity and gender stability: in today's society, there is a multiplicity of views on the similarities and differences of gender-specific behaviours, and a rapid change in the accepted social guidelines and behavioural patterns is in progress, socio-cultural norms that define the psychological characteristics of women and men, their patterns of behaviour.
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Wang, Siqing, and Yongjun Qiao. "Research on CGF Formation Maintenance and Obstacle Avoidance." MATEC Web of Conferences 232 (2018): 04032. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201823204032.
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In order to solve the problem of CGF formation avoiding obstacles, avoiding collisions and reach the target point in the simulated battlefield environment, combined with the behaviour-based method, the following algorithm will be improved to control the CGF formation. In this paper, the motion of CGF formation is decomposed into moving to target, maintaining formation, avoiding obstacles, restoring formation, reaching target, and a linear feedback mechanism based on the relative position of leader and follower is introduced to prevent the occurrence of the team. The tangent obstacle avoidance algorithm evades obstacles. The simulation experiment applies the upper-layer behavioural reasoning to guide the structure of the underlying physical model, and the SOAR agent makes the choice of the state of the environment and the behaviour, and the underlying physical model implements the behaviour. The results show that the strategy can keep the CGF formation in the desired formation, avoid internal collisions while avoiding obstacles, and quickly restore the formation after reaching obstacles, reach the target location and achieve good results.
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Sukhdeo, M. V. K., and S. C. Sukhdeo. "Trematode behaviours and the perceptual worlds of parasites." Canadian Journal of Zoology 82, no. 2 (February 1, 2004): 292–315. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z03-212.
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There is a great deal of empirical data and theoretical predictions on the patterns and processes of trematode behaviour, particularly in relation to host-finding activities by the free-living stages and site-finding migrations by the parasitic stages within their hosts. Ecological and evolutionary models of trematode life histories often make explicit assumptions about how these organisms must perceive and respond to signals in their worlds as they move from host to host and as they parasitize each host. Nevertheless, it is unclear how natural selection shapes the parasites' behavioural strategies. In addition, at each stage in their life cycle, trematodes are adorned with elaborate sensory organs and possess sophisticated neuromuscular systems, but it is not clear how they use these complex machinery to perceive their worlds. The purpose of this review is to address this question through insights gathered from a century of research on trematode behaviour. Core theoretical assumptions from modern animal behaviour are used to provide the context for this analysis; a key concept is that all animals have unique perceptual worlds that may be inferred from their behaviours. A critical idea is that all animals possess complex patterns of innate behaviour which can be released by extremely specific signals from the environment. The evidence suggests that trematode parasites live in ecologically predictable aquatic and internal host environments where they perceive only small subsets of the total information available from the environment. A general conclusion is that host finding in miracidia and cercaria, and site-finding by trematodes migrating within their definitive hosts, is accomplished through the release of innate patterns of behaviours which are adaptive within the context of conditions in the worm's environment. Examples from empirical studies are used to support the contention that, despite the apparent complexity of their free-living and parasitic environments, the perceptual worlds of trematodes are impoverished, and complex patterns of behaviour may be released by only a few signals in their environment.