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Söderström, Frida. "En sjuksköterskas följsamhet till basala hygienrutiner : En studie utifrån Theory of Planned Behaviour." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för hälso- och vårdvetenskap, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-18291.
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Background: Nosocomial infections pose a big threat to patient safety and increased costs for society. An effective way of preventing cross-infections is to apply hygiene routines. Studies show that compliance to hygiene routines is low while there's a lack of knowledge about the best way of improving it. Aim: To investigate whether a conversation based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) could influence a nurse's compliance to hygiene routines and whether it could benefit the understanding of a nurse's compliance. Method: A quantitative and qualitative method was used in the study and included one nurse. An observation of his/her daily work at a hospital ward was carried out before and after a conversation which focused on attitude, subjective norm and perceived behaviour control. Main results: Even if compliance was good to start with it improved after the conversation. The nurse's attitude towards hygiene procedures was positive, but heavy workloads and difficulty to access materials could be a barrier. The norm in the ward was, according to the nurse, that hygiene routines were important even if some were less compliant. Conclusion: the use of TPB in a conversation could benefit the understanding of the nurse's compliance. Improvements in daily practices were noticed after the conversation, which could be due to an increased awareness of the need to perform hygiene procedures. No direct conclusions could be drawn from this study because the sample was limited, but the study provides suggestions for further research.
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Alsafar, Raniya Jamalaldeen S. "An application of an extended theory of planned behaviour (TPB) to speeding in Saudi Arabia." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2021. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/214093/1/Raniya%20Jamalaldeen%20S_Alsafar_Thesis.pdf.
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This program of research investigated the psychosocial factors that influence drivers’ speeding in Saudi Arabia. The research provided some support for the application of an extended Theory of Planned Behaviour to understand factors that influence drivers’ intention to speed. The research also found that additional factors including moral norm, descriptive norm, and past behaviour could assist in explaining speeding intentions in certain contexts. The research offered important theoretical and applied implications whereby the findings may help to inform strategies such as public awareness initiatives to reduce speeding.
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Dwyer, Trudy, and t. dwyer@cqu edu au. "A shock in time saves lives: Theory of Planned Behaviour and nurse-initiated defibrillation." Central Queensland University. Nursing and Health Studies, 2004. http://library-resources.cqu.edu.au./thesis/adt-QCQU/public/adt-QCQU20050221.152259.
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The time from onset of a cardiac arrest to defibrillation is crucial hence access to and use of a defibrillator by all nurses essential. The purpose of this study was to use an established theoretical framework to examine and describe the defibrillation practices and beliefs of rural registered nurses in the Australian state of Queensland. The Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) and Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) guided the research processes for this two phase study. In the first phase, focus group (n = 13) discussions identified the salient beliefs of the population. By eliciting nurses' beliefs, the subsequent quantitative study (n = 434) was conducted to determine the influences of these beliefs on nurses' use or non-use of defibrillators. The results showed that: (1) less than half of the cohort of participants were permitted to defibrillate; (2) the defibrillation beliefs of those nurses permitted to defibrillate were significantly more positive than those not permitted to do so; (3) the direct measures of TPB and selected variables external to the model predicted a significant portion of the variance in the measure of nurse-initiated defibrillation intention; and, (4) subjective norm emerged as the strongest predictor of intention. In conclusion, Queensland rural hospital nurses and employers still have some distance to travel down the path of nurse-initiated defibrillation. The TPB is a viable framework on which to base interventions designed to promote defibrillation by rural nurses. Understanding the role of social norms is of central importance to ensure all nurses can initiate the chain of survival expeditiously whenever the need arises.
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Nimri, Rawan. "To Be or Not to Be Green: Triggering Travellers' Behaviour in Australia Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour." Thesis, Griffith University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/384288.
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The rising levels of global carbon emissions are accelerating climate change and global warming, with devastating effects on many communities. The tourism sector accounts for around eight per cent of carbon emissions (Lenzen, et al., 2018), with the hotel sector generating approximately 21 per cent of these emissions (Lee & Cheng, 2018). In addition, the hotel sector has been allied with adverse impacts on the environment through the depletion of natural resources. However, many hotels are striving to cut down their carbon footprint and level of environmental impact, which has led to the emergence of ‘green’ hotels. Research into the green hotel context is limited and consumer behaviour in this field has rarely been explored. Further, some issues remain scarcely investigated within the hotel sector, such as the effectiveness of interventions using pictorial elements employing positive and negative framing, and applicable content to gauge travellers’ perceptions and intentions to stay at green hotels.
This thesis aims to fill the gap in literature positing the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) as a theoretical framework to provide a deeper understanding of travellers’ behaviour towards staying at green hotels. This research employs the TPB full model using beliefs, attitudes, subjective injunctive and descriptive norms, perceived behavioural control and behavioural intention, and extends the theory by adding green hotel knowledge to the TPB framework. This research uses qualitative methods as a foundation for the quantitative study. In phase one, an elicitation study of three focus groups, using open-ended questionnaires, is employed to identify beliefs and any additional predictors that donate to the foundation of Australian travellers’ purchasing decisions regarding staying at green hotels. Based on the qualitative results and a review of literature, the preliminary survey instrument was constructed. Subsequently, the preliminary survey instrument was pilot tested from a representative sample of Australian travellers.
In phase two, an online survey is deployed resulting in a total of 771 valid responses. Participants are assigned randomly to either neutral control conditions that received no intervention or two intervention groups. One of the randomly assigned groups received positively-framed images to evoke green hotels’ environmental benefits; the other group received negatively-framed images that indicated environmental pollution. These interventions are designed to examine their effect on travellers’ intentions to stay at a green hotel.
The results indicate that the TPB original constructs, except subjective descriptive norms, can positively affect travellers’ willingness to stay at green hotels. Particularly, perceived behavioural control is the most significant predictor of travellers' intentions to stay at a green hotel. The findings of the research also reveal that green hotel knowledge may have a direct effect on travellers’ willingness to stay at green hotels. Finally, the research has found that travellers’ intentions can be significantly different depending on the message framing used to attract their attention.
This research makes several theoretical and practical contributions. Theoretically, the original model of the theory-without extending the social norms into descriptive and injunctive is sufficient to explain travellers’ intention/s to stay at a green hotel. The research also extends existing knowledge with regard to the reconceptualisation of the TPB model with the inclusion of an additional dimension of green hotel knowledge. Practically, since green hotel knowledge is a clear barrier to staying intentions, hoteliers may induce perceptions of useful knowledge about green practices implemented in their establishments, to enable travellers to make informed decisions in favour of green accommodation. In addition, results show the superiority of positive over negative messages to impact travellers’ intentions to stay at green accommodation. Travellers might be driven to stay at a green hotel if positive green aspects were communicated through a knowledge-based approach in marketing material. Consequently, hotel managers can potentially improve their service development strategies and ultimately help promote their green marketing programs.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Dept Tourism, Sport & Hot Mgmt
Griffith Business School
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Zhao, Chenxu. "Exploring kitchen preparation food wastage in Chinese hotels using the Theory of Planned Behaviour." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2019. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2233.
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As effect on the environment, society and economy have been recognised throughout past decades, the damage associated with food waste and loss behaviour is becoming more prevalent globally. How and the extent to which food supply chain sectors (i.e. those sectors more likely to generate food waste) voluntarily generate food waste comprise an area of concern among the public and scholars. In China, major problems around food waste have arisen due to third industry growth. Environmental sustainability and social responsibility are no longer international obligations, but instead a domestic demand for China. This study will enhance understanding of a significant food waste issue in arguably the world’s most vibrant hospitality industry.
This thesis contributes to the literature in several ways. First, this research was undertaken to uncover the types and extent of food waste across the food supply chain, namely agriculture, postharvest, processing, distribution, and consumption. This study focuses primarily on food wastage associated with food consumption in the hospitality industry. In previous studies, food wastage behaviour and prevention household food waste, were examined using the theory of planned behaviour; therefore, this theory was applied in the present study to examine customers’ behaviour towards food waste. This study identified four predictor variables based on the theory of planned behaviour derived from - respondent interviews: attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control (PBC), and past behaviour.
This study aimed to explore the reasons behind the generation of hospitality food waste during food preparation in China’s hotel restaurants industry. In addition, characteristics of individuals who voluntarily generated food waste in households and the hospitality industry were examined as revealed in prior studies. Thirty interviews were conducted to understand hotel employees’ behavioural beliefs (attitudes), normative beliefs (subjective norms), control beliefs (PBC), and past behaviour towards food waste.
Thirty respondents were selected from different tiers of hotel restaurants, and content-based interviews were conducted in 2018. The theory of planned behaviour was applied as a framework to reveal individuals’ rationale behind food wastage. To accomplish the aim of this study, descriptive statistics were used to determine the types, extent, and reasons behind food preparation waste.
Findings related to food wastage indicated that although kitchen employees occasionally generated unavoidable food preparation wastage due to kitchen standards and managers’ orders, food waste was also generated relatively easily for other reasons. Chinese hospitality restaurants were found to be more likely to overlook environmental sustainability. An analysis of food preparation wastage revealed that most predictor variables from the theory of planned behaviour could explain why food waste is generated in the hospitality industry. Findings suggested that employees’ rational attitudes, the moral perspective, and reuse and recycling applications were major reasons behind food wastage generated in the kitchen preparation stage. Furthermore, managers were found to be significant factors, whereas guests were potentially significant.
Results from interview analysis indicated that individual factors in food waste generation were slightly more significant than kitchen processing standards defined by kitchen managers. Interestingly, all respondents, especially older employees, indicated that emotion was a direct element of food wastage during kitchen preparation processing. If an employee could not control his or her negative emotions, then the amount of food waste generated increased. In addition, less professionalism, lack of daily purchase plan, heavy workload, poor ingredient quality, individuals’ ethical standards and incorrect processing methods were identifies as the most significant predictors of employees’ behaviour.
On the basis of the theory of planned behaviour, several individual factors that caused food waste in Chinese hospitality restaurant industry were analyzed. Predictor variables appeared to exert similar environmental and social influences across industries.
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Henning, Olof, and Samuel Karlsson. "Environmental attitudes and how they affect purchase intentions of environmentally friendly automobiles : An emperical study on Chinese students at Jönköping University." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-16083.
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Consumers today are becoming more aware of how their behavior and use of resources affect the environment. It is becoming increasingly important for companies to understand consumer’s attitudes in order to predict their behavior. Extensive research has been conducted on the attitude-behavioral relationship in various fields of study. However, no research has been made on the attitude towards environmentally friendly automobiles and how it affects purchase intentions. Our research has been made in collaboration with Volvo Car Corporation, which in 2010 was acquired by Geely Automobile. The acquisition meant that an opportunity presented itself on the Chinese market, which today is the largest automobile market in the world. The thesis will focus on young Chinese consumer’s attitude toward the environment and how this may affect their purchase intentions towards environmentally friendly automobiles. The basis for our reasoning is that the factors environmental values, environmental knowledge and responsibility feelings make up an individual’s environmental attitude. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how environmental values, environmental knowledge and responsibility feelings affect purchase intentions towards environmentally friendly automobiles among young Chinese consumers. We have used a quantitative approach in our collection of empirical data. With the help of a web-based self-completions survey we managed to send out the questionnaire to all Chinese students studying at Jönköping University and received a high response rate of 65%. We based the design of the survey on a model from Kaiser, Ranney, Hartig and Bowler (1999). The major findings from our research conclude that the used model does not substantially explain purchase intentions of environmentally friendly automobiles. Our research suggests that the factors environmental knowledge and responsibility feelings are not significant when predicting intentions to purchase environmentally friendly automobiles. However, the factor environmental values proved to be strongly correlated when predicting intentions to purchase environmentally friendly automobiles.
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Tantoh, Aunt Manyongo Mosima. "The applicability of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to the condom use intentions and behaviour of migrant youth in South Africa." Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Humanities, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33100.
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The study titled “The applicability of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to the condom use intentions and behavior of migrant youth in South Africa” explores the predictors of condom use behavior and intentions of migrant youth in SA. It examines the influence of acculturation on the relationship between condom use intention and actual behavior. The background portrays migration ordeal as a current trend plaguing the socioeconomic global fabric with an increasing flow rate in Africa. Conversely, South Africa's (SA) economy and political position attracts an influx of youth migrants in compromised situations rendering them vulnerable to various diseases such as HIVAIDS. The conceptual dimension of the study was substantiated by two major theories, the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and the Berry's theory of acculturation. In the salient phase of this dissertation, an elicitation qualitative study was conducted six months prior to the commencement with a sample size of 20. The purpose was to formulate the basis of this thesis, as informed by the theory of planned behavior and reasoned action, through in-depth open-ended questions. The study proper utilized a cross-sectional survey design in the 18 to 35 years cohort. The questions formation and design in the current quantitative study was informed by the findings of the elicitation study. Acculturation was used as a mediating variable. Similarly, Data was entered using EpiData Version 3.1 and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Standard version. In this study; the sample size probabilistically estimated to 500 participants. However, the data base that was validated following exploratory statistics was made of 454 participants from 31 countries with a return rate of 90.8%. The research findings indicated a Less than half of migrants in South Africa had a positive attitude towards the use of condoms, with a weight of 43.6%. The findings highlighted that pre-disposition to use condom is highly predicted by attitude. Less than half of migrants in S.A. had a positive attitude towards the use of condoms based on subjective norms, with a weight of 43.2% and this could explain why they had positive attitude towards condom only to a low extent. It was therefore recommended that the government of S.A. should improve on the regularization of migrants as to foster access to health care and so far, their self-efficacy. Parents should be sensitized on the need to enhance the use of condom by their teenager, sensitization of youth migrants in S.A. on risky sex behavior and notably the need to use condom should be increased and a model to enhance condom use shall consider all the predictive components because their combined effects strengthen intention and so far, the potential to act or behavioral outcome.
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Levy, Michelle A. "Can the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) predict trainee clinicians' use of CBT self-help materials in step 2 mental health services?" Thesis, Canterbury Christ Church University, 2011. http://create.canterbury.ac.uk/10434/.
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Section A reviews and synthesizes the extant literature on adherence to clinical guidelines, with specific reference to the use of CBT self-help interventions as a mainstay within the IAPT programme. The review also evaluates the utility of one psychological framework, namely the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), in assessing the cognitive factors that may be most associated with compliance in this context. The review ends by suggesting an avenue for future research. Section B In spite of evidence for their efficacy and effectiveness as well as the recommendations of NICE, CBT self-help materials are not used routinely or used as an intervention in their own right in mental health services. Aims: This cross-sectional study set out to assess whether the main constructs of the TPB, namely, attitudes, subjective norms (SN) and perceived behavioural control (PBC), as well as past use, self-help training and demographic characteristics, could predict IAPT psychological well-being practitioners’ (PWPs) intention to use CBT self-help materials in their clinical practice. Method: A convenience sample of PWPs (n=94) completed a web-based, mixed closed and open-response questionnaire, which was developed from an earlier elicitation study with a sub-sample of their colleagues. The data generated were analyzed by linear, multiple regression, mediation, and qualitative analyses. Results: The TPB’s main constructs predicted PWPs’ intention to use self-help materials in their clinical work, with attitude being most significant. Past use of self-help materials emerged as both a direct predictor of intention, as well as indirectly related to intention, independent of the mediating effects of the main constructs. The overall extended TPB model explained a respectable 70% of the variance in intention. However, neither self-help training nor demographic factors were associated with PWPs’ intention. Conclusion: It is recommended that future research could extend the methodology to prospective, longitudinal investigations of PWPs’ actual use of self-help materials. It is hoped that this would further elucidate the cognitive factors that are involved in PWPs’ decision-making when they are actually using the materials. Section C sets out and answers four specific questions that guide a reflective critical appraisal of the processes involved in the execution of this research project.
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Wu, Pei-Yi. "Corporate Social Responsibility Behaviours and Beliefs in the Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions Industry : Application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour." Thesis, Griffith University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365356.
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The topic of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the meeting, incentive trips, conventions and exhibition (MICE) industry has been discussed intensively in the recent years, but is still a young field in terms of industrial practice and academic research. There are considerable environmental, social and environmental responsible initiatives implemented in the industry. These responsible organisations make efforts to maximise the benefits while minimising the negative impacts of their business conduct on the local communities. However, the level of CSR involvement of the MICE organisations is not clear and the perceptions with respect to the need to engage to CSR are indefinite across business stakeholders, such as event clients, delegates and the host communities. This urges the investigation of both CSR adoption in the industry and the influential factors of such adoption. This research aims to understand why MICE organisations, particularly the venue sector, participate in CSR adoption. The concept of CSR is first discussed in line with Carroll’s (1979) Pyramid of Corporate Social Responsibility and Wood’s (1991) Corporate Social Performance Model. Then, the relationship between CSR and the MICE industry is described in terms of sustainability, positive and negative impacts of business activities and the possible determinants of CSR adoption. With the theoretical underpinning of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TpB), a mix method is employed to answer five research questions...Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Griffith Business School
Griffith Business School
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Hugmark, Jon. "Stockholms trafikplanering : En jämförande studie mellan visioner, planer politiska dokument samt medborgares åsikter." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Kulturgeografiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-297185.
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Denna studie har för avsikt att analysera hur den rådande trafikplaneringen ser ut i dagens Sverige, med fokus på Stockholm. Fokus ligger på att analysera trafikplaneringens uppkomst med bilen som utgångspunkt, hur denna har bidragit till negativa externa effekter som nu på senare tid uppmärksammats och legat till grund för ökad pådrivning mot ett trafiksystem som behöver förändras mot mer hållbara transporter, likt kollektivtrafik. Genom att analysera rådande regeringsdokument mot olika plan- och visionsdokument så kan studien bidra till att ge en mer reflekterad syn över vad som görs i realiteten mot vad mer visionära mål säger. Studien sker utifrån totalt 2 teorier samt 2 begrepp som är viktiga för att förstå dagens trafikplanering och hur resebeteende kan förändras. Mot detta är det också viktigt att se vad medborgare tycker och tänker för att se om planeringen delas av allmänheten. Detta då ökad samsyn gällande frågor och åtgärder inom trafikplaneringen kan bidra till ökad effektivitet och vilja till förändrat resebeteende. Studien har ett tydligt fokus på bilen och kollektivtrafik som transportmedel.
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Zhao, Xiang. "A theory-based smoking intervention for Chinese high school students: Development, implementation, and evaluation." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2018. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/116153/1/Xiang_Zhao_Thesis.pdf.
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This thesis investigated adolescent smoking in Kunming, China. China is a country with over 300 million smokers where smoking prevention is a crucial health priority. Comprising development, implementation, and evaluation, the school-based smoking intervention in this PhD deepened the understanding of adolescent smoking in China, providing suggestions for future research. Although limited effects in curbing pro-smoking attitudes were demonstrated, the high smoking prevalence in wider society likely undermined the power of the intervention. This thesis suggested that, rather than focusing on personal cognitive levels of intervention, policy-level and community-based interventions are more likely to be effective in reducing adolescent smoking.
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此论文调查了中国昆明市青少年的吸烟行为。中国现有逾三亿吸烟者，烟草防控乃卫生之要务。经过开发、实施及评估三个环节，此博士课题中的校园控烟干预更深地理解了中国青少年吸烟行为，亦对今后研究提供了参考建议。干预仅在态度方面显示出预期效果，大环境中的高吸烟率或削弱了此干预的效力。此论文认为，较之个体认知层面的干预，政策层面和社区层面的干预或更利于减少青少年吸烟。
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Elwalda, Abdulaziz. "Perceived derived attributes of online customer reviews." Thesis, Brunel University, 2015. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/13792.
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The influence of online customer reviews (OCRs) on consumer behaviour has recently gained considerable attention, from both academic and business communities. Technology allows customers to freely and easily post their comments and opinions online about any product or service. These types of customer reviews can have a significant effect on customers’ purchase decisions and have become an essential part of the experience when shopping online. However, knowledge of the role of the perceived derived attributes of OCRs on consumer behaviour remains vague. Previous studies have mainly focused on the influence of the virtual attributes of OCRs, such as volume and valence, on consumers’ intentions, while limited attention has been paid to understanding the effects of the derived attributes. This study, thus, aims to understand the effects of the social and functional perceived derived attributes of OCRs on customer trust and intention to shop online. Hence, we develop a research model - Perceived Derived Attributes (PDA) -, based on the integration of social support with functional support derived from OCRs. The PDA model provides an in-depth understanding of the role of the social support of OCRs by applying and utilising theories of social support, social presence and a sense of belonging. The PDA model also investigates the influence of the functional support arising from OCRs through the inclusion of perceived control, from the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) with the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). The PDA model characterises perceived social support through informational and emotional supports, social presence, and a sense of belonging; whereas, functional supports are characterised by perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, perceived enjoyment, and perceived control. A total of 489 responses to a survey were collected from users of amazon.com. The results from this study suggest that customer trust in an e-vendor and their intention to shop online are significantly affected by social and functional supports derived from OCRs. In particular, informational support, social presence and a sense of belonging, derived from OCRs were found to positively and significantly affect both customer trust in the online vendor and consumer behavioural intention. However, emotional support was only found to affect customers’ intentions and not their trust in the e-vendor. Additionally, customer trust in an e-vendor and their intention to shop online are significantly affected by perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and perceived enjoyment of OCRs. Furthermore, the sense of control derived from OCRs significantly affects customer intention and significantly affects customer trust in e-vendors but only for customers who frequently check OCRs before making a purchase. This study is the first to introduce and empirically test the effects of perceived derived attributes of OCRs on customer trust and behavioural intention. Understanding the effects of such influencing factors is of utmost importance for both theoretical development and business practices. Clearly, these attributes of OCRs are linked to the development of the shopping environment, representing a promising marketing tool that positively affects customers’ behaviour.
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Haydon, Helen Moyra. "Exploring cultural, social and psychosocial influences on women's drinking across age cohorts." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2015. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/84760/1/Helen_Haydon_Thesis.pdf.
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This program of research used a mixed methods approach to explore the cultural, social and psychosocial factors that influence women's alcohol consumption. Results indicated that there were a number of common influencing factors across women of all ages but also a number of key influences and behaviours that were distinct for younger and older women. These findings emphasised the need for age-specific interventions that target these influences to reduce women's exposure to alcohol-related harm. This research is one of the first studies to examine alcohol consumption of both younger and older women.
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Alhendal, Dalal. "An Examination of Factors Inflencing Kuwaiti Science Teachers' Use of Inquiry-Based Instruction." Thesis, Griffith University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367234.
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The current science education reform movement highlights inquiry-based instruction as a key approach in school science teaching. However, researchers have shown that internationally most teachers are not implementing reform or find it difficult to incorporate. In Kuwaiti classrooms inquiry-based instruction is rarely seen. Students are still taught primarily by rote-learning and memorization. Therefore, understanding factors influencing science teachers’ implementation of reform is a challenging issue in education research. Teachers' beliefs and attitudes about curriculum and instruction may play a significant role in the implementation of reforms. The more positive and optimistic the beliefs are the more likely a reform will be implemented. This study uses Ajzen’s (1985) theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and an adapted model of it known here as the Science Adoption Model (SAM) to study Kuwaiti science teachers’ beliefs and attitudes. This is in order to understand psychosocial attitudinal factors affecting teachers' intention to use inquiry-based instruction.
Ajzen’s Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) is a suitable framework for the current study as it utilises psychosocial factors to explore and predict behaviour in specific contexts (Ajzen, 1991) and was used to examine the influences of Kuwaiti primary science teachers' attitudes, subjective norms (social support), and perceived behavioural control (external influences).Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Education and Professional Studies
Arts, Education and Law
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Ghorban, Maryam. "Människa – Teknik – Organisation ur ett utredningsperspektiv : En intervjustudie av medarbetare vid Statens haverikommission." Thesis, Högskolan Väst, Avd för psykologi och organisationsstudier, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-6256.
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Human - Technology - Organization (HTO) is a well-established, general unifying concept in the Swedish Accident Investigation Authority (SHK) that represents an approach, knowledge and use of various tools regarding interactions between people, technology and organizational factors. The HTO-perspective is well described in literature but there are few studies on how SHKs staff experiences working according to this method in their investigations. The aim of this study was therefore to describe their HTO-perspective, examine how it is used in the investigations at SHK and describe the investigators experience of working with the HTO-perspective as well as the method's usefulness compared to old methods in accident investigations. A literature study has been conducted in the areas of HTO, Theory of planned behavior (TPB) and safety culture. TPB and safety culture are described in this paper since they highlight the different aspects of a HTO-perspective. The hypothesis was answered by using semi-structured interviews. The interviews were analyzed by a content analysis and themes were identified. Furthermore the material from the interviews was subsequently structured through a Strength – Weakness – Opportunities – Threats analysis (SWOT), i.e. the informants' view on the HTO-perspective was structured based on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats SHKs staff experience that the method has in the investigative work. The informants consisted of two investigators at SHK who 3have worked with accident investigations for a long time in various roles. The results yielded that the investigators had a positive attitude towards conducting investigations according to the HTO-perspective because they feel that this perspective provides them with cross-competence. A flaw is though that the perspective lacks a structured approach. As a result of this, the investigators own experiences and expertise play a major role in the quality of the investigation. As the study's aim is met and the informants are considered to be experts the validity requirements are also fulfilled.
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Bezuidenhout, Stephanie. "The application of usability principles to create web-based applications that achieve increased system usage." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2011. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_9304_1360850393.
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This research work investigates and reports on the contribution of usability and perceptual frameworks towards understanding and ultimately increasing usage of a sales website and a corporate marketing website for a major insurance company in South Africa. It investigates whether the application of usability principles to the sales web positively influences the usage of the sales web system as a tool by intermediaries, and in so doing help the organisation recoup their investment and lower operational costs. This financial services (traditionally insurance) company, like many organisations, is in the process of migrating key operational systems onto web platforms to take advantage of benefits such as the ubiquity of web access and services orientated architecture among others. The research reviewed key frameworks in the area of technology acceptance or usage namely ï· Nielsenâs usability attributes (Nielsen, 2003) ï· The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), (Davis, 1989)
ï· The Theory of Reasoned Action (Fishbein &
Ajzen, 1975) ï· The Theory of Planned Behavior (Ajzen, 1985)
and derived a theoretical summative model (the Conceptual Research Model) that combined both usability and perceptual dimensions. The applicability of this summative model was empirically tested using quantitative data relating to system
usage and user perception. Empirical evidence was gathered to prove and refine the Conceptual Research Model (CRM), and the data substantiated the inclusion of the constructs in the CRM, as well as the efficacy of the model in a financial services organisation. Through testing of the CRM, this research has also confirmed which specific attributes of usability can be focussed on to bring about positive change in usersâ usage behaviour and adoption of a website or web application.
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Avi, Doreen, and Martin Kallur. "Looking Good and Feeling Green : Exploring drivers and barriers to sustainability initiatives in Swedish fashion SMEs." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-447126.
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With growing concern around the fashion industry’s socio-environmental impact, the industry has come under intense scrutiny by researchers as well as stakeholders. Research on the industry’s negative impact has focused largely on large, international enterprises, failing to recognize the role of small and medium enterprises. This thesis explores drivers and barriers to the commitment to sustainability initiatives among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Swedish fashion industry. To achieve the aim of the study, semi-structured interviews with SME owner-managers from 11 Swedish small fashion brands were conducted. The data was analyzed using an extended theory of planned behaviour framework. The study findings identified the influence of customer expectations and market opportunities as drivers while highlighting the role of pro-sustainability ethical values as the most prevalent driver to commitment to sustainability initiatives. Important barriers included lack of resources, supply chain challenges and the challenges of overcoming the dominance of fast fashion consumer behaviours. Despite these barriers, the importance of pro-sustainability ethics was underscored in its potential to overcome many of these barriers.
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Akbar, Heena. "Socio-cultural context of managing type 2 diabetes in Australian Pacific Islander women living in Queensland." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2018. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/119162/1/Heena_Akbar_Thesis.pdf.
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This thesis examined diabetes self-management of Australian Pacific Island (API) women with type 2 diabetes living in Queensland using a community-based participatory action research and culturally informed Talanoa methodology. Fundamentally process and action - oriented, the study aimed to understand self-management change behaviours within the broader API community that included social, cultural and environmental contexts. The findings will contribute to the development and design of culturally appropriate and tailored strategies of diabetes self-management for Pacific communities.
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Bashir, Abdalla Mohamed. "South African and non-South African residents in Cape Town: Awareness level, purchase intention and buying behaviour towards purchasing halal food products." University of Western Cape, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7233.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhDMuslims and non-Muslim consumers regardless of who they are or from where they come, whether natives or foreigners in a particular country are much concerned with consuming food products. However, not any researchers in South Africa (SA) have addressed the consumers who buy food products labelled halal. This doctoral dissertation primarily aims to explore and bring new knowledge towards halal food purchasing behaviour. It specifically focuses on understanding the current purchase intention and behaviour of halal consumers in Cape Town, South Africa. For this purpose, the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) was utilised as the theoretical framework to measure the purchase intention and subsequently the buying behaviour of halal consumers. An exploratory sequential mixed method was adopted. A qualitative approach formed the first phase of the study, while a quantitative approach formed the second phase of the study. For the qualitative phase, data was collected purposively through 9 intensive semi-structured interviews. Nonetheless, for the quantitative phase, data was collected by means of 516 self-administrated questionnaires using a stratified random sampling. In analysing the qualitative data, thematic analysis was applied. However, for the quantitative phase, data was analysed using multivariate statistical analysis known as the Structured Equation Modelling (SEM).
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Zhang, Tenghao. "Understanding new venture entry and continuance among Chinese entrepreneurs." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2022. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2506.
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This doctoral thesis explores the factors that influence the decisions and intentions behind two key stages in the entrepreneurial process, namely, new venture entry and continuance, among entrepreneurs of Chinese origin and Chinese nationality. Using the push and pull framework and incorporating different theoretical perspectives, the thesis comprises three independent studies that investigate socio-economic, institutional, cultural and political determinants contributing to entrepreneurs’ entrepreneurial entry and continuance processes.
The three studies explore Chinese entrepreneurs in different challenging situations to contribute to understanding the push and pull forces affecting entrepreneurial decisions and intentions. Building on the middleman minority theory, Study 1 focuses on both venture entry and entrepreneurial continuance stages by exploring Chinese immigrant entrepreneurs in the Asia-Pacific region. Study 2 draws on the underdog entrepreneurship model and examines new venture entry decisions made by internal migrant entrepreneurs in China. Study 3 applies the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) to investigate entrepreneurial continuance intentions among Chinese entrepreneurs in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This thesis makes use of both primary and secondary data, as well as archival data, and employs a combination of qualitative and quantitative analytical approaches to show how socio-economic, institutional, cultural and political factors influence entrepreneurial decisions and intentions. The study finds evidence that push and pull factors significantly influence entrepreneurs’ venture creation and continuance decisions or intentions, but the effects vary between different entrepreneurial contexts.
This thesis enhances understanding of push and pull dynamics influencing entrepreneurial activities. It also extends knowledge of the relevant theories (i.e., middleman minorities, underdog entrepreneurship, and TPB) as developed and tested in the three studies. The results will help policymakers in the immigration, entrepreneurship and innovation sectors to develop better systems to support international and internal migrant entrepreneurs as well as SME entrepreneurs and their ventures.
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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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Menna, Concetta. "Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) e propensione all’innovazione in agricoltura: un’analisi della misura 124 del PSR 2007-2013 Campania." Tesi di dottorato, 2017. http://www.fedoa.unina.it/11826/1/Tesi_dottorato_Menna_Concetta.pdf.
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Il tema dell’innovazione è ormai ampiamente trattato nella letteratura economico-agraria.
I numerosi studi volti all’analisi delle determinati dell’adozione di innovazione sono stati particolarmente rilevanti ai fini della realizzazione del presente contributo.
L’obiettivo dell’indagine è quello di rilevare la propensione delle aziende agricole campane all’innovazioni sostenibili, ovvero all’applicazioni di strumenti che, privilegiando quei processi naturali, consentono di preservare la “risorsa ambiente”, la biodiversità, la naturale fertilità del suolo, la tutela della salute dell’operatore agricolo e del consumatore, e nel contempo assicurare un reddito equo all’agricoltore, attore del nuovo processo produttivo.
La metodologia utilizzata per il raggiungimento dell’obiettivo prefissato riguarda la Teoria del Comportamento Pianificato (TPB; Ajzen, 1991), opportunamente integrata, attraverso l’inserimento di variabili aggiuntive, allo scopo di migliorarne la sua bontà predittiva.
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(9793739), Trudy Dwyer. "A shock in time saves lives: Theory of planned behaviour and nurse-initiated defibrillation." Thesis, 2004. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/A_shock_in_time_saves_lives_Theory_of_planned_behaviour_and_nurse-initiated_defibrillation/13423697.
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"The time from onset of a cardiac arrest to defibrillation is crucial hence access to and use of a defibrillator by all nurses essential. The purpose of this study was to use an established theoretical framework to examine and describe the defibrillation practices and beliefs of rural registered nurses in the Australian state of Queensland. The Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) and Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) guided the research processes for this two phase study. In the first phase, focus group (n = 13) discussions identified the salient beliefs of the population. By eliciting nurses' beliefs, the subsequent quantitative study (n = 434) was conducted to determine the influences of these beliefs on nurses' use or non-use of defibrillators. The results showed that: (1) less than half of the cohort of participants were permitted to defibrillate; (2) the defibrillation beliefs of those nurses permitted to defibrillate were significantly more positive than those not permitted to do so; (3) the direct measures of TPB and selected variables external to the model predicted a significant portion of the variance in the measure of nurse-initiated defibrillation intention; and, (4) subjective norm emerged as the strongest predictor of intention. In conclusion, Queensland rural hospital nurses and employers still have some distance to travel down the path of nurse-initiated defibrillation. The TPB is a viable framework on which to base interventions designed to promote defibrillation by rural nurses. Understanding the role of social norms is of central importance to ensure all nurses can initiate the chain of survival expeditiously whenever the need arises."
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De, Freitas Duane. "Exploring and predicting South African consumer's intended behaviour towards selecting green hotels : extending the Theory of Planned Behaviour." Diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25304.
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Although South African consumers are reflecting increased green purchasing intentions, the factors that will lead to their intended behaviour to select green hotels have yet to be researched. Accordingly, the research proposes to explore the predictive ability of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and then further modify and develop extended model structures surrounding the TPB, to identify and confirm an independent theoretical model that will effectively and comprehensively be able to predict South African consumers’ intended behaviour towards selecting green hotels. To answer the aim and objectives set, the research positioned itself within a non-experimental quantitative paradigm. An online questionnaire was distributed to South African consumers that stayed at a hotel at least once within a 12-month period. A total of 402 completed and error-free responses were used for statistical analysis.
Descriptive statistical analysis was used to assess, derive and understand the demographic profile of the respondents and determine the respondent’s characteristics as South Africans who intend to stay at or visit hotels. Structural equation modelling (SEM) revealed that Azjen (1991)’s original TPB is a strong predictor of behavioural intention, indicating its applicability to the domain of South African consumers’ behavioural intention towards selecting green hotels. In addition, it was found that South African consumers’ intended behaviour towards selecting green hotels can statistically be best explained by expanding on the original TPB model to include emotive and non-cognitive predictor variables, namely anticipated regret (AR) and perceived moral obligation (PMO), as direct constructs to behavioural intention as well as by including environmental knowledge (EK) as a direct predictor variable to attitude (ATT). Furthermore, it found that the relationship between behavioural intention and perceived behavioural control (PBC) was the strongest and most significant, followed by subjective norm (SN), ATT, PMO and AR. Lastly, the findings revealed that PBC, ATT, SN, PMO and AR can all act as positive and highly significant intermediaries between EK and behavioural intention.
The study contributed towards theory by identifying and assessing the psychographic factors that will best explain the consumer decision-making processes leading to behavioural intention in context to green hotel selection. The study further extends its contribution by adding value to environmental sustainable literature in context to an emerging economy, namely South Africa. Although South African consumers are reflecting increased green purchasing intentions, the psychological factors that will lead to the intended behaviour towards selecting green hotels have not received much attention in research. It was, therefore, important and theoretically valuable to not only investigate the predictive ability of the original TPB, but to also modify, develop and extend model variations surrounding the TPB to thoroughly explore the predictive ability for South African consumers’ intention to select green hotels.Life and Consumer Sciences
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Biswas, Kumar Krishna. "Predicting the intention of top managers in Bangladesh to appoint women to senior management positions: an examination and extension of the theory of planned behaviour." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/940609.
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Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)There is a consensus that women are underrepresented in senior management positions across the world. Since the early 1970s, researchers have been exploring the factors and forces contributing to the low presence of women in senior management roles. Theoretical and empirical scholarship suggests that women’s advancement to senior management positions is not only affected by personal factors such as qualifications, experiences and aspiration to ascend to senior leadership positions but also by the positive effect of structural factors such as human resource policies and practices, organisational climate and attitudinal factors such as stereotypical attitudes toward women as managers. At the organisational level, most prior studies have identified both structural and attitudinal factors that create barriers to women advancing to senior management positions; however, there is a knowledge gap concerning how these organisational factors influence the intention of top managers to promote women to senior management positions. Ajzen’s Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) suggests that people’s (behavioural) intention is an immediate determinant of enacting the behaviour in question. To predict and understand the future pattern of women’s presence in senior management positions, it is imperative to examine the intention of top managers to promote women to senior management positions that leads to actual behaviour associated with promoting women. Therefore, this study adopts a positivist-quantitative research paradigm and develops a TPB-based research model. To examine this model, primary data were collected from 182 human resource managers in Bangladesh through the use of a cross-sectional, self-administered survey (online and paper). Partial least squares based structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) analysis reveals that positive attitudes toward women as managers, anticipated affective reactions, organisational climate, human resources policies and practices, and subjective norms have a significant influence on the intention of top managers to promote women to senior management positions. Additionally, the results of bootstrapped confidence analyses indicate that anticipated affective reactions and attitudes toward the promotion of women to senior management positions mediate the relationship between attitudes toward women as managers and the intention of top managers to promote women to senior management positions. Similarly, subjective norms mediate the relationship between organisational climate and the intention of top managers to promote women as well as the relationship between human resource policies and practices and the intention to promote women. The findings of this study also justify the inclusion of structural and attitudinal variables within the TPB framework. Thus, this study extends and validates the predictive capability of the TPB in the field of human resource management and has implications for initiatives addressing gender equity in relation to senior management roles.
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Do, Wei-Hong, and 邱偉竤. "A Study Explore the Willingness of Participate in Ecotourism of High School Students in Johor, Malaysia by Theory Of Planned Behaviour(TPB) – An Example to Kahang Organic Rice Eco Farm." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/54717745915456424546.
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Currently, one of the most popular travel style is Ecotourism. It was first proposed by the special adviser Ceballas-Lascurain of The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources in 1983. The ecotourism label is being utilized to take advantage of a ‘greening’ of the market and to ‘eco-sell’ tourism and travel. In many cases ecotourism has become nothing more than a marketing gimmick which dresses up existing tourism attractions in an attempt to increase market share. （Wight,1993）This will not only distort the original intent of the eco-tourism, and also affected the promotion of eco-tourism market. This study is using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) as theory basis to investigate and analyze the factors of influence tourist`s willingness to participate in eco-tourism. A random sampling has been targeted at high school student in Johor, Malaysia adopting a questionnaire as the tool to acquiring primary data for this research. 300 questionnaires were distributed and 287 response was generated, thus achieving an effective return ratio of 96%. The data was analyzed using a 7-point Likert scale to provide findings in order to derive an assumption. The SPSS 20 software is used as the analytical tool to conduct the Descriptive Statistics Analysis, the Reliability Analysis, T-Test, the One Way Anova as well as the Regression Analysis. The study found that the main factors affecting the willingness of participate in eco-tourism of Students is Attitude(AT) and perceived behavioral control(PBC). The social benefit(8.07) and self-effcacy(8.48) is the most important factors to affecting the Attititude(AT) and and perceived behavioral control(PBC). This show that they mainly consider whether the attractive of destination, environmental protection or enjoy themselves etc. Lastly, give analysis and recommendations to relevant units as the reference to implementation of eco-tourism or develop policy.
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Bellows, Riecken Kai H. "Reading Into physical activity: exploring relationships between health literacy and physical activity in the community : Study 1: Health literacy, physical activity & the theory of planned behaviour ; Study 2: Creating an active community using collaborative action research methods." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3957.
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The focus of this research relates to physical activity (PA) among populations at risk for inactivity. Two studies were completed. Study 1 was an exploratory study examining the relationship between health literacy (HL) and PA as they relate to the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) constructs. Study 2 was an action research-based project in partnership with the staff and students of an alternative school.
In Study 1 participants (N=65) completed measurements including the REALM to assess HL, and accelerometers to establish PA levels. The results of this study showed that even after controlling for covariates HL and PA are significantly linked (r = 0.37, p < 0.01), however, the TPB constructs were not found to mediate this relationship. However, Perceived Behavioural Control (r = 0.29, p < 0.05) and Intention to Exercise (r = 0.29, p < 0.05) were significantly linked to HL. Of particular interest, Difficulty Reading was cited as a significant barrier to PA for those with lower levels of HL (r = 0.37, p < 0.01). Finally, HL was found to be a significant moderator of the Education-PA relationship.
Study 2 contained two components. First, focus groups with community partner organization (CPO) members to establish issues of relevance to them related to PA, to gather suggestions for incorporating PA into CPO programs, to gain an understanding of the barriers experienced by the community members, and to receive input regarding their current feelings and knowledge surrounding PA. Second, a process evaluation was conducted with administration to gauge how the CPO had progressed over the first academic year, using the TRACE process evaluation tool.
The findings from the focus groups were organized by socio ecological level into PA facilitators and inhibitors, and were used to plan a new PA program for the school year. A repeated measures survey and process evaluation tool were used to assess these program objectives for the initial year. Perceived HL scores increased from baseline (M = 20.71,SD = 4.29) to follow-up (M = 22.58, SD = 5.15 ); t(-2.44), p < 0.05, as did perceived understanding of the importance of PA from September (M = 4.46 , SD = 1.60) to June (M = 5.54 , SD = 1.67);
t(-3.06), p < 0.01. There was an increase in total minutes of MVPA among students as well, although this trend merely approached significance, from September (M = 526.60, SD = 557.63)
to June (M=817.0, SD = 674.69), t(-1.97), p = 0.06. The evaluation tool revealed that the community was “Half Way There”, and identified areas where improvements could be made.
These findings are relevant to creating equitable and comprehensive promotion and education of physical activity in the future and to understanding the mechanisms involved in PA disparities. These findings also support the need for health promoters and researchers to work with communities known to be at risk for low HL, and using action research methods to create locally relevant program development and research.Graduate
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Franz, Kristin. "Zahlungen für Naturschutz im Wald - Problem und Lösungsansatz aus Sicht des Agency-Ansatzes." Doctoral thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0023-3E47-2.
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Mukasa, Joel Wilberforce Senankya. "Workplace HIV and AIDS-related discrimination : unravelling the phenomenon’s persistence." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/10470.
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Despite HIV and AIDS knowledge and attitude change programmes, workplace HIV and
AIDS-related discrimination persists in workplaces in many sectors, including the
education sector. This study set out to investigate why the phenomenon of workplace
HIV and AIDS-related discrimination persists; and to predict which factors were
responsible and how they related to HIV and AIDS-related discrimination in the
workplace. A stratified random sample of 205 teachers; 123 of whom were from 10
schools of varied backgrounds in Bojanala Region of North West Province of South
Africa and 82 from schools around Kampala, Central Region of Uganda was drawn.
Twenty-seven respondents of the South African sample participated in both the
quantitative survey and in-depth interview while the rest responded to a selfadministered
questionnaire. Using a stepwise regression analysis, traditional beliefs
predicted workplace HIV and AIDS-related discrimination, explained11% of variance in
the second model while the third model explained only 2% more – 13% (R square of
0.136) but each of the three models was significant (p-values of 0.000). Attitudes were
the second strongest predictor; and only HIV and AIDS-legal knowledge could predict
discrimination but not biomedical HIV and AIDS knowledge. In the in-depth interview,
incidents of discrimination were reported, possible reasons for HIV and AIDS-related
discrimination were reported; and it was found that workers varied in ways of keeping
secrets regarding sensitive information such as colleagues’ HIV-positive status, and
cited reasons for revealing such information which included malice, jealousy, moral
responsibility, anger and loose talks. There are implications for reducing workplace HIV
and AIDS-related discrimination which include: Integrating HIV and AIDS-legal
knowledge with biomedical HIV and AIDS knowledge, more efforts should be spent in
designing and imparting information to reduce traditional beliefs, develop and evaluate
instruments to measure traditional beliefs and HIV and AIDS-legal knowledge; and to
study more about secret keeping, particularly in regard to workplace HIV and AIDSrelated
discrimination.Industrial & Organisational Psychology
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Truong, Duy Bao. "English as a Medium of Instruction in English-as-a-Foreign-Language Primary Schools in Vietnam: Policies and Implementation." Thesis, 2021. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/42150/.
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The use of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) in English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) primary school classrooms is vital to enhance students’ English skills. The earlier EMI is engaged in teaching, the better EFL students improve their English skills. This research aimed to explore the perceptions of English language primary school teachers towards the implementation of EMI in the South of Vietnam and to analyse both the use of EMI in EFL classrooms and the extent to which students responded in English.
With the employment of both qualitative and quantitative methods, this study consisted of two phases. Phase One included the large-scale conduct of an online survey to investigate 600 English language primary school teachers’ perceptions of EMI and their implementation in three provinces in the South of Vietnam. Phase Two consisted of interviewing teacher trainers of English-for- Teaching module, English language specialists in charge of primary education and English language primary school teachers and observing teaching practice with the implementation of EMI in teachers’ EFL classrooms.
Data show that English language primary school teachers possessed positive attitudes towards the implementation of EMI. They were able to implement EMI when greeting students, checking their attendance, reviewing previous lessons, communicating lesson content and so on. English language primary school students could respond in English in familiar situations such as: their study, free time activities and hobbies as well as contexts relevant to their lessons.
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Dlamini, Ricky Nhlanhla. "Investigating the antecedents to teaching green information technology (Green IT) : a survey of student teachers in Swaziland." Diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25357.
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Summary in English, Afrikaans and ZuluThe natural environment is important for human existence and the ubiquity of Information Technology (IT) has negatively impacted on the natural environment. Green IT offers to address these negative effects. However, since Green IT practices are often not common knowledge, it is vital that they are taught to others. Teachers typically have the skills and opportunities to teach many people. The research problem was the lack of research focusing on the teaching of Green IT in the context of the urgent need for it and teachers’ limited knowledge and competencies relating to Green IT. The study employed a survey research strategy, involving exploratory factor analysis, ANOVA and structural equation modeling (SEM). The main findings indicate that allocating time and resources to improve student teachers’ level of awareness, perceived behavioural control and person-related beliefs would positively influence their intention to teach Green IT, and, in turn, their Green IT teaching.
Die natuurlike omgewing, wat so noodsaaklik is vir menslike voortbestaan, word negatief beïnvloed deur die alomteenwoordigheid van inligtingstegnologie. Groen IT-praktyke kan gebruik word om sodanige negatiewe effekte in te perk, maar aangesien die nodige kennis nie alombekend is nie, moet dit aan ander oorgedra word. Onderwysers het beide die vaardighede en die geleenthede om inligting aan groot groepe mense oor te dra. In dié geval was die navorsingsprobleem ‘n gebrek aan studies wat fokus op die dringende noodsaaklikheid van Groen IT-onderrig, asook onderwysers se beperkte verwante kennis en vaardighede. ‘n Opname is gebruik as navorsingstrategie, met eksploratiewe faktorontleding, variansie-ontleding (ANOVA) en strukturele vergelykingsmodellering (SVM). Ingevolge die hoofbevindinge sal die beskikbaarmaak van tyd en hulpbronne leerlingonderwysers se bewuswordingsvlakke verbeter, sowel as hul waarneembare gedragswetenskaplike beheer en hul persoonsverwante beskouinge, en ‘n positiewe uitwerking hê op hul voorneme om Groen IT te onderrig, wat weer op sy beurt hul Groen IT-onderrig sal bevoordeel.
Imvelo yemvelo ibalulekile ekubeni khona komuntu nokutholakala kobuchwepheshe bezokwazisa kuye kwaba nomthelela omubi emvelweni yemvelo. Ubuchwepheshe bezokwazisa obuluhlaza bunikeza izindlela zokubhekana nemiphumela emibi. Kodwa-ke, njengoba imikhuba yobuchwepheshe bezokwazisa obuluhlaza ayivamile ukuba ulwazi iv oluvamile, kubalulekile ukuthi ifundiswe kwabanye. Othisha sidalo sabo banawo amakhono namathuba ukufundisa abantu abaningi. Inkinga yocwaningo ukuntuleka kocwaningo okugxila ekufundiseni kobuchwepheshe bezokwazisa obuluhlaza esimweni sesidingo esiphuthumayo sabo, nolwazi olulinganiselwe lothisha kanye namakhono afanelekayo kubuchwepheshe bezokwazisa obuluhlaza. Isu lokucwaninga ucwaningo lwasetshenziswa, okubandakanya ukuhlaziywa kwesici sokuhlola, ANOVA kanye nokuhlelwa kwesifaniselo esiyisilinganiso (SEM). Ukutholwa okusemqoka kubonisa ukuthi ukwabela isikhathi kanye nezinsiza zokuthuthukisa abafundi othisha izinga lokuqwashisa, ukulawula kokuziphatha okubonwayo kanye nezinkolelo ezihlobene nomuntu zizoshukumisa kahle izinhloso zabo ukufundisa ubuchwepheshe bezokwazisa obuluhlaza futhi nemfundiso yabo yobuchwepheshe bezokwazisa obuluhlaza.
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Landmann, Dirk Hauke. "Capacity development of small-scale farmers in developing countries: Analysis of preferences and the role of information and communication technologies." Doctoral thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-002E-E505-2.
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