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Barbeite, Francisco. "Importance of learning and development opportunity to job choice decisions." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28567.
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Mothabeng, Amon Itumeleng. "An assessment of the attitudes of grade 12 learners toward entrepreneurship in a selected area in the North West province / Amon Itumeleng Mothabeng." Thesis, North-West University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/9178.
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The primary objective of this study was to assess the attitude of grade 12 learners towards entrepreneurship. This primary objective was achieved through the discussion and evaluation of the secondary objectives. The secondary objectives included the literature review relative to entrepreneurship, the empirical study and making practical recommendations. The study was conducted in a selected area in the North-West province, with a specific focus on the region as clustered by the Department of Education of the Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality.
A comprehensive literature review was conducted. In the literature review entrepreneurship was defined based on an entrepreneur’s point of view and also as a process. The literature review also discussed the current state of entrepreneurship in South Africa, education and training models including measures to fast track entrepreneurship adoption among learners, and various models of entrepreneurial development. The assessment of attitude, entrepreneurial intentions of learners and opportunity recognition were other subjects covered in the literature review chapter.
After the literature review, the empirical study was conducted by means of a self- completion questionnaire administered to grade 12 learners. The questionnaire was distributed to a total of 299 learners, and the feedback accumulated to 274 respondents, which represent a good response rate of 92%. Chapter 3 focused on the empirical research by discussing the results obtained from the questionnaire. The questionnaire was structured in such a way that it firstly deals with the respondents’ demographic information, after which it assesses attitude towards entrepreneurship, followed by ways of seizing entrepreneurial opportunities, and establishing the entrepreneurial environment in secondary schools including in South Africa. Furthermore, relations were determined between demographic variables and the constructs used to measure attitude towards entrepreneurship.
Following the detailed analysis of chapter 3, conclusions and recommendations were summoned to chapter 4. Overall, the results indicated a view that learners are not entirely pruned to entrepreneurship due influential factors such as their parents’ or guardian’s lack of involvement in business. Furthermore, it also indicated that if learners are afforded constructive mentorship, they can be more inclined to entrepreneurship. Similarly, if they are financially assisted or motivation is provided by the government and private sectors, they can be able to venture into business.Thesis (MBA)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013.
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Mo, Yun. "Opportunity to Learn, Engagement, and Science Achievement: Evidence form TIMSS 2003 Data." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29564.
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This study examined the relationships between opportunity to learn (OTL), science engagement, and science achievement in studentsâ middle school level. This study used the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) data from the 2003 wave. The data were analyzed using structuring equation modeling and hierarchical linear modeling. It was hypothesized that studentsâ engagement in science is a mediator between opportunity to learn and science achievement. Moreover, class and school level variability was also examined since the organization of the data was nested. The study examined the effects of OTL on studentsâ emotional, cognitive, and behavioral engagement in science and subsequently on science achievement controlling for family socioeconomics status. The results of structural equation modeling supported some theoretical formulations of the conceptual model, and showed significant effect of OTL factors on studentsâ science engagement, especially the behavioral engagement. Furthermore, science emotional and cognitive engagement showed positive effects on science achievement, but the effect of behavioral engagement on science achievement was complex. Detailed exploration and discussions were included in this study. The findings from hierarchical linear models suggested that studentsâ science achievement was not only related to studentsâ engagement, but also varied by class and school level OTL factors. The study had both theoretical and practical significances, providing valuable insights for the pedagogy of science.Ph. D.
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Bergqvist, Eric, and Elina Sargezi. "Ambience : Is Ambience in Swedish Clothing Retail Stores a Missed Opportunity?" Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, EMM (Entreprenörskap, Marknadsföring, Management), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-15274.
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Background: Nowadays, customers tend to take product quality and positive brand image for granted, which makes the formation of a new marketing strategy even more vital. In an age characterized by information overload and lack of time, factors such as emotional, cognitive or symbolic values become increasingly valuable in marketing. In contrast to American retail clothing stores such as Abercrombie & Fitch, who to a large extent use ambience as a strategic approach, the authors have not experienced as strong ambience strategies among Swedish retail stores. Therefore, the authors want to investigate if Swedish retailers make use of ambience as a strategic marketing approach and how the ambience is perceived by the consumers. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to explore if and how ambience (lighting, fragrance and music) is used as a strategic marketing approach by retailers in Sweden and how the ambience is perceived by the consumers. In addition the authors will examine if the consumers’ perception of the current ambience is reflected in their in-store behaviour (willingness to browse and willingness to buy). Method: In order to fulfil the purpose, a mixed method of explanatory and descriptive design was chosen, by collecting quantitative data in the form of a survey and qualitative data through interviews. The questionnaire consisted of 91 respondents from JC, Carlings and Dressmann. Interviews with store-managers from JC, Carlings and Dressmann were also conducted in order to reflect if and how the current ambience is used as a marketing approach. Conclusion: Swedish retail stores use the ambience merely as a means for creating a pleasant store environment. The perceived atmosphere varies for different customers. The three ambient factors, lighting, music and fragrance, differed in level of importance for the three chosen stores. One conclusion drawn from this is that the age-group plays an important role in how the ambience is perceived. The results show that there is a positive relationship between the consumers’ perception of the ambience, their feelings and in-store behaviour; within all three stores. This indicates that if the positive feelings increase in intensity, so will the consumers’ willingness to browse and their willingness to buy from the store. As a conclusion, Swedish retails should consciously use ambience as a strategic marketing approach to intentionally affect the consumers’ willingness to browse and buy.Bakgrund: Nuförtiden, tenderar kunder att ta produktkvalitet samt en positiv butiks image för givet, vilket gör att en ny typ av marknadsföringsstrategi blir alltmer betydelsefull. I en tid som kännetecknas av alltför stort informationsflöde och brist på tid, har faktorer som emotionella, kognitiva eller symboliska värden blivit alltmer värdefulla inom marknadsföring. I motsats till amerikanska detaljhandeln för klädesbutiker, såsom Abercrombie & Fitch, som i stor utsträckning använder sig av atmosfären som ett strategiskt marknadsföringsverktyg; uppfattar författarna inte att användandet av atmosfären som marknadsföringsstrategi är lika starkt bland svenska butiker. Författarna vill därför undersöka om svenska återförsäljare använder sig av atmosfär som ett strategiskt marknadsföringsverktyg, samt hur atmosfären uppfattas av konsumenterna. Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka om och hur atmosfären (ljus, doft och musik) används som ett strategiskt marknadsföringsverktyg inom svenska klädesbutiker samt hur stämningen uppfattas av konsumenterna. Därutöver kommer författarna att undersöka om konsumenternas uppfattning om den rådande atmosfären återspeglas i deras butiksbeteende (villighet att gå runt i butiken samt villighet att köpa). Metod: För att uppfylla syftet, valdes en blandad metod med en förklarande och beskrivande design, genom att samla in kvantitativ data i form av en enkät och kvalitativ data från intervjuer. Enkätundersökningen bestod av 91 svarande från JC, Carlings och Dressmann. Intervjuer med butikschefer från JC, Carlings och Dressmann har också genomförts för att undersöka om och hur atmosfären används som ett marknadsföringsverktyg. Sammanfattning: Svenska butiker använder atmosfär enbart som ett medel för att skapa en trivsam butiksmiljö. Den upplevda atmosfären varierar för olika kunder. De tre omgivande faktorerna, belysning, musik och doft, skilde sig åt i nivå av betydelse för de tre utvalda butikerna. En slutsats av detta är att åldern på kunderna spelar en viktig roll för hur stämningen uppfattas. Resultaten visar att det finns ett positivt samband mellan konsumenternas uppfattning av atmosfären, deras känslor och beteende i butiken, inom alla tre butiker. Detta indikerar att om positiva känslor ökar i intensitet, kommer även konsumenternas vilja att vistas och köpa från butiken att öka. Som en slutsats, bör svenska återförsäljare för klädesbutiker medvetet använda atmosfären som ett strategiskt marknadsföringsverktyg, för att avsiktligt påverka konsumenternas vilja att vistas i samt köpa från butiken.
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Chung, Seh-Woong. "The effects of brand name fluency, attitude, and attribute accessibility on constrained and stimulus-based brand choices, the moderating role of the level of motivation and opportunity." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/NQ63704.pdf.
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Rintamäki, Timo, and Afzali Vassil. "Employees’ Entrepreneurial Attitudes and Opportunity Recognition." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-19589.
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Background: Organizations’ ability to recognize opportunities can provide competitive advantage for organizations in changing environment. In innovation-driven countries many en-trepreneurial people are working as employees in established companies and pursuing opportunities as corporate entrepreneurs. This is a group which researchers have dis-criminated by focusing only on CEO’s and entrepreneur’s opportunity identification capability. We would like to research the topic of employees’ opportunity recognition (OpR) and to find a link with their attitudes towards entrepreneurship, something that so far was not completely investigated in the literature. Purpose: The aim of the master thesis is to examine the relationship between the employee’s atti-tudes towards entrepreneurship and their implication on their ability to recognize opportu-nities – a step before developing innovation or uniqueness, resulting in creation of compet-itive advantage to the company, presumably leading to company growth. This paper in-tends to fill the gap in the literature regarding one of the dimensions of the factors leading to company growth and analyses a different business stakeholder group – namely employees in medium-sized companies. From business perspective, it might help company leaders understand the need of encouraging entrepreneurial initiatives and encourage them with some practical suggestions. The research question is: does employees’ attitude towards en-trepreneurship affect their opportunity recognition. Method: We have chosen deductive and explanatory approach for our research because we study causal relationship between attitudes towards entrepreneurship and OpR. The primary data was collected by a self-administered electronic questionnaire. The num-ber of received responses is 53, mainly from manufacturing and service industries. Conclusion: Employees’ positive attitude towards entrepreneurship increases their opportunity identification capability.
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Johnson, Colleen Rebecca. "Desire and Opportunity to Marry Among Black South African Women." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2012. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3800.
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This study examines how demographic and attitudinal variables are associated with Black South African women's desire to marry. Data from the South African Social Attitudes Survey are used to measure the impact of age, education, living standard, religiosity, urbanicity, cohabitation, and attitudes towards woman's careers, the acceptability of cohabitation, gender roles, unwed childbearing, and the financial and emotional security marriage provides on the desire to marry. Analyses indicate the following are associated with the desire to marry among Black South African women: age, cohabitation, attitudes towards cohabitation, and attitudes towards the financial and emotional security marriage provides. Secondly, data from in-depth interviews with 13 young, college-attending, Black South African women are used to give further insight into the impact of these variables on the desire to marry. Analyses of the interview data suggest that young Black South African women desire to marry but feel constrained in choice of eligible partners by the prevalence of infidelity, AIDS, domestic violence, and economic uncertainty. Additionally, educated, young, Black South African women feel less pressure to marry than older generations due to their emerging economic power and society's increasing acceptance of cohabitation, unwed childbirth, and postponement of marriage.
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Lock, Suk-han, and 駱淑嫻. "Careers education in s skills opportunity school (SOS): a case study." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31961320.
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Augustin, Sophie, Daniela Rroshi, and Alyssa Schneebaum. "A Chance for Change? Social Attitudes Towards Immigration and the Educational Opportunity of Immigrants' Children." WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2019. http://epub.wu.ac.at/7043/1/wp287.pdf.
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This paper proposes a method to study the relationship between voters' attitudes towards immigration and the educational attainment of immigrants and their children, and applies it to Austrian data. We measure attitudes towards immigration using data on political parties' positions regarding immigration and the share of votes that each party received at the regional level. We then study the educational attainment and intergenerational educational mobility of immigrants who grew up in the regions whose political environment we observe. Preliminary results for Austria suggest that, surprisingly, better attitudes towards migration are associated with lower educational attainment for immigrants. However, immigrants are more likely than their native peers to obtain more education than their parents. Here, the returns to more positive attitudes towards immigration play a large role in explaining the mobility gap across migration background.Series: Department of Economics Working Paper Series
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Chan, King-lun, and 陳景麟. "Perspectives of home-school partnership viewed by parents and teachersin a skills opportunity school." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B27581974.
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Halvorson-Fried, Sarah Marie. "Exploring Factors Influencing Employer Attitudes and Practices toward Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the New River Valley." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/71705.
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Although Congress enacted civil rights legislation in the 1960s to address racial inequities in income and employment, the executive branch and the courts have since retreated from efforts to pursue those policies aggressively. Meanwhile, anti-racism advocates, including the Montgomery County, Virginia based Dialogue on Race, have continued to promote strategies aimed at securing employment and income equity for all citizens. This study analyzed the social and economic costs of continued racial inequality in employment and income, and examined the ways in which local employers are addressing this challenge in the Blacksburg, Virginia region by exploring their self-reported rationales for action on the basis of economic efficiency or profit, moral obligation to fairness and justice, adherence to legal requirements, or leader influence. I addressed these concerns through population data analysis, key informant interviews, and a survey of major local employers. I found that New River Valley employers appear to be motivated by economic and moral reasons, as well as legal compliance. I conclude that activists should use this apparent openness to multiple rationales to work to help community leaders and local employers recognize racial equality as a moral imperative rather than as an instrumental claim incidental to its perceived utility.Master of Urban and Regional Planning
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Yapo, Acho Théodore. "Ruptures de stock dans le commerce de détail : coûts et opportunités." Université Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg) (1971-2008), 2005. http://www.theses.fr/2005STR1EC06.
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Söderpalm, Julia. "Möjlighet att leva ett liv som jag trivs med: En studie om unga vuxnas attityder till karriär : Opportunity to live a life which I enjoy. A study about young adults´ attitudes towards career." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Pedagogiska institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-136370.
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Det föreliggande arbetet hade som syfte att studera unga vuxnas attityder till karriär, vilket preciserades till följande två frågeställningar: ”Vilken innebörd har karriär för unga vuxna?” och ”Vilken betydelse har olika påverkansfaktorer i unga vuxnas karriärval?” Undersökningen anknöt till tidigare forskning inom det valda området som har påvisat hur karriärbegreppet har förändrats, samt att det lyfte fram olika faktorer som har inverkat på unga vuxnas karriärval. Som teoretiska utgångspunkter användes Bourdieus fält, habitus och kapital tillsammans med teorin om careership utvecklad av Hodkinson och Sparkes. Det empiriska underlaget utgjordes av enkätsvar från sammanlagt 252 unga vuxna mellan 20 och 30 år. Resultaten från studien tydde på att karriärens innebörd till stor del har individualiserats, där flera av de främsta associationerna till karriär utgick från individen själv. Samtidigt gjordes det även vissa kopplingar till den traditionella organisatoriska karriären, som att avancera till högre positioner och sträva efter hög lön. De kvinnliga respondenterna lade större vikt vid inre omständigheter i sina val av karriär medan männen betonade yttre värden, även om de könsmässiga skillnaderna i regel var mycket små. Föräldrar var de personer som hade störst inflytande i karriärvalen, bland annat i sina roller som förebilder.
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Bastani, Spencer, and Daniel Waldenström. "Salience of Inherited Wealth and the Support for Inheritance Taxation." WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2019. http://epub.wu.ac.at/7009/1/wp_bastani_waldenstr%C3%B6m.pdf.
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We study how attitudes to inheritance taxation are influenced by information
about the role of inherited wealth in society. Using a randomized experiment in
a register-linked Swedish survey, we find that informing individuals about the
large aggregate importance of inherited wealth and its link to inequality of opportunity
significantly increases the support for inheritance taxation. The effect
is almost uniform across socio-economic groups and survives a battery of robustness
tests. Changes in the perceived economic importance of inherited wealth and
altered views on whether luck matters most for economic success appear to be the
main driving factors behind the treatment effect. Our findings suggest that the
low salience of inherited wealth could be one explanation behind the relatively
marginalized role of inheritance taxation in developed economies.Series: INEQ Working Paper Series
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Klein, Alissa. "Getting Ahead: Socio-economic Mobility, Perceptions of Opportunity for Socio-economic Mobility, and Attitudes Towards Public Assistance in the United States." Scholar Commons, 2015. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5886.
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In this research I first examine how Americans’ perceptions of what it takes to get ahead are influenced by their income and then compare those perceptions to measured levels of intergenerational socio-economic mobility. By better understanding these relationships I hope to gain insight into the paths people see to upward mobility, how this varies by income, and to what extent this belief is reflected in past mobility measurements. Additionally, I compare perceptions of what it takes to get ahead with responses regarding attitudes towards public assistance. The results of such a comparison could have important implications for public policy.
The results reveal that there is a significant correlation between income and views of what it takes to get ahead with those at higher income levels perceiving greater levels of opportunity for mobility. Perceptions of opportunity for mobility appear high across all incomes relative to previous measurements of mobility. However, the low income group perceived less opportunity than the middle income group which reflects the pattern of measured levels of mobility. Also, views on the importance of educated parents and working hard are significant predictors of attitudes on public assistance. Belief in the less meritocratic indicators was associated with support for public assistance while belief in the more meritocratic indicators was associated with opposition.
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Copeland, Frederick Lewis. "Perceptions and attitudes of participating soldiers toward the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges Associate Degree Program (SOCAD) and the relationship of selected demographic variables." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/76512.
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The purpose of this study was to gauge the perceptions and attitudes of participating soldiers toward the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges Associate Degree (SOCAD) Program. SOCAD is a voluntary off-duty associate degree program designed for Army noncommissioned officers and warrant officers. Two major research questions guided this inquiry. The first question was designed to determine the perceptions and attitudes of participants toward SOCAD. The second question related to the relationship between soldier participation and selected demographic variables such as age, gender, educational level, pay grade, marital status and term of enlistment. The questions were investigated by conducting a cross-sectional survey of the views of SOCAD participants on eight factors: (a) overall program impressions, (b) program mechanics, (c) program quality, (d) motivation, (e) benefits, (f) leadership influences, (g) progress toward the associate degree, and (h) demographics.
From a verified Army Data Master File, 1,959 SOCAD participants were stratified by pay grade and randomly selected from a population of 9,799 active duty respondents to participate in the survey. A 65% return rate was attained. The questionnaire schedule was used as the principal method of gathering the information. The instrument was pilot tested for validity, and reliability was established at .83 by computing an internal consistency alpha level. All data gathered were coded and analyzed using the SPSSX software package. The chi-square test of association was used to determine statistical significance of relationship between SOCAD participant satisfaction with the program and selected demographics.
Summary of findings: (a) 85% of the SOCAD participants reported that they were satisfied or very satisfied with the overall operation of the program; (b) over three-fourths of the respondents rated counseling support as good or excellent; (c) nearly 85% of all respondents indicated that they were satisfied or very satisfied with the educational services provided by SOCAD colleges; (d) the top motivating factors for entering SOCAD were desire to get a better job when discharged from the Army (93%), being able to work on associate degree regardless of location (93%), and opportunity to use tuition assistance (85%); (e) one-fourth of the respondents agreed that involvement in SOCAD has encouraged them to stay in the Army; (f) among all pay grades, 34% agreed that they receive leadership encouragement to participate in the program; (g) slightly more than two-thirds of the respondents were satisfied with their rate of progress in the program; (h) when stratified by demographics most SOCAD participants were satisfied with the program. Very few differences in satisfaction levels were noted among the subgroups used in the study, and even then the differences were only slightly significant. Open-ended comments and additional analysis supported the above findings.
In conclusion, the SOCAD program was perceived by the respondents to be a very effective and highly respected program that is meeting its goal of providing soldiers the opportunity to earn associate degrees in selected technical areas. Several program operational areas are identified for further study.Ed. D.
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Solorio, Sylvia. "Preparing for entry into the workforce: Educational attainment for CalWORKS students." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2440.
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This study concerns an evaluation of a community college support services program. The study participants included 58 female CalWORKS students. Data was gathered from a self-administered survey questionnaire designed specifically for this study to gather student's level of satisfaction with program services. Practice, policy and research implications were discussed.
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Pekarchik, Karin. "RIDING THROUGH LIFE: A LIFESPAN STUDY OF THE ATTITUDES, BEHAVIORS, AND AREAS OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR FEMALE EQUESTRIANS TOWARD BRA USE AND HEALTH OUTCOMES WHEN ENGAGED IN EQUESTRIAN SPORTS." UKnowledge, 2017. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cld_etds/39.
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Equestrian sport is a popular exercise choice for females of all ages, although the links between this exercise choice, health outcomes, and risk to health have not been thoroughly examined. These issues are of particular interest because the female equestrian has the opportunity to ride and/or compete for decades, from early to very late in life, covering almost the full sequence of the female lifespan. Equestrian sports provide physical activity through riding and caring for the horse, and promote positive mental outcomes through tangible practices, such as engaging in physical activity and hard work, goal-setting, acquisition of skills, and participation in a strong community of practice. Equestrianism is an under-researched activity and sport, but increased understanding of female equestrian health and wellness outcomes may contribute to better health and wellness outcomes for female riders. Since equestrian sports participants are predominantly female, with 74% to 80% of the riding population being women, it is important to understand and potentially improve the health and wellness of female riders. This improved understanding may provide their riding careers with increased longevity, comfort, and healthy. It may allow them to enjoy the sport, whatever their age, minimizing or preventing any health issues. A deeper understanding of mental and physical changes from riding will educate and empower women so they are making informed decisions as they ride, talk to their coaches and doctors, and invest in equipment ranging from sport-specific bras to saddles. Manufacturers may also become aware of the potential opportunity to market female-focused products to this community of practice, which has a demonstrated commitment to the horse and accompanying expenditures. Most research is centered on the horse or major equestrian injuries (death, concussion, bone breakage), but it is hypothesized that having an increased understanding of other health issues, ranging from breast, bladder, and groin health to bone density, weight, and body image, may be of great value. The following master’s thesis will review the current literature related to female health as it relates to equestrian sports; report results of a research survey conducted about female equestrian health and wellness, with a focus on breast health and bra use; discuss the survey results; and make recommendations for future research in this area.
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Alemayehu, Binyam Zewde. "Opportunity attitude - extending entrepreneurial opportunity evaluation beyond cognition." Thesis, 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/2440/134330.
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Opportunity evaluation is an important concept in entrepreneurship, central to our understanding of how individuals evaluate specific opportunities, develop entrepreneurial intentions and (possibly) engage in entrepreneurial behaviour. Yet, our understanding of opportunity evaluation is incomplete due to the cognitive centric approach taken within the extant literature. To help address this, the thesis builds on the trilogy of the mind theory and the attitude literature to develop a new construct, opportunity attitude, which moves beyond cognition to incorporate affect and conation. It presents opportunity attitude as a dynamic, tri-component construct that comprises all three aspects of mind—a congruence of opportunity evaluation across cognitive, affective and conative components. This conceptualisation provides a more complete account of the way in which entrepreneurs evaluate entrepreneurial opportunities. The thesis stresses the dynamic nature of opportunity attitude and identifies the pathways and mechanisms that facilitate the change in opportunity attitude. It explains the crucial role that the central route system plays in elevating the influence of the cognitive component in the formation of and change in opportunity attitude. It also discusses how the peripheral route works to advance affectively entrenched interests and explains the impact of mood congruence and mood dependence in the opportunity attitude formation and change process. Similarly, it identifies and explicates the role of self-perception in driving conatively oriented opportunity attitudes. In addition, using four studies involving nascent Australian entrepreneurs and business owners, an international sample of nascent entrepreneurs, master students enrolled at least in one entrepreneurship course, and a general population sample, the thesis validates a 15-item opportunity attitude scale and confirms the multidimensionality of the opportunity attitude construct. The scale measures an entrepreneur’s attitude towards a specific entrepreneurial opportunity using cognitive assessment, affective attachment and conative engagement. Both the scale development and validation, and the empirical study ascertained the multidimensional nature of opportunity attitude and supported most of the propositions. Moreover, the thesis contributes to the entrepreneurship literature by providing a robust novel construct, opportunity attitude, to measure and predict different entrepreneurial outcomes. The results from the empirical study show that opportunity attitude and its components can explain significant variations in entrepreneurial intention. The results highlight that the opportunity attitude construct can be a better construct due to its ability to account for influences that other similar or related constructs cannot capture. Most importantly, the results reveal that, in general, affect and conation play a stronger role in driving entrepreneurial intentions than cognition. In fact, the cognitive assessment component has no additional influence over entrepreneurial intention in a joint component model once affective attachment and conative engagement are accounted for. Furthermore, the thesis identifies psychological distress and entrepreneurial effort intensity as antecedents of opportunity attitude. While psychological distress decreases opportunity attitude, entrepreneurial effort intensity increases opportunity attitude.Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, Adelaide Business School, 2021
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Tsai, Yi-Wen, and 蔡宜雯. "The Effects of Self-Concept, Positive Attitude, Professional Fit on Promotion Opportunity: Using Gender as Moderator." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/zry66j.
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碩士世新大學
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Recently, companies have increasingly recognized the importance of nurturing talent and appointing employee, and actively reviewed the manpower to infuse the vitality and creativity so as to keep their innovation capabilities and competitive advantage. Besides, in the era of information technology development, worker’s self-understanding and self-expectation is not only relevant to advance the professional growth and job attitude, but also has a significant impact on promotion chances in the future. Hence, the issues related to employee’s self-concept, work attitude and professional competence are gradually concerned by industry and academy. The current study uses the web questionnaire survey to collect data and tests the proposed hypotheses to verify the effects of self-concept, positive attitude and professional fit on promotion opportunity. The results indicate that: (1) employee’s self-concept has a significantly positive effect on work attitude, professional fit and promotion opportunities; (2) both employee’s work attitude and professional fit can positively affect promotion opportunities; (3) there are partial mediating effects of work attitude and professional fit on the relationship between self-concept and promotion opportunities; (4) the gender doesn’t play significant moderating effects on the relationship between work attitude and promotion opportunities, as well as the relationship between professional fit and promotion opportunities. Based on the results, the research provides some managerial suggestions to practitioners as a reference for planning human resource management strategies, and intends to help employee to achieve self-actualization.
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Chang, Ya-Yun, and 張雅雲. "The effect of Organization Ecological Dissonance on Working attitude-the case of Sexual-base Equal Employment Opportunity." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/81229647915012733038.
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碩士國立雲林科技大學
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A procedure was gender equality issues in recent years gradually be taken seriously, the government was also actively promoting workplace gender equality movement, and reward the implementation of gender equality in the better business employees were subjected to unfair treatment is still common. In this study, ecological theory, established by both the government and the organization for equality in the system of individual as an ecological explore when two ecological imbalance staff awareness of the system is inconsistent tension, conflict imbalances, whether gender equality truly implemented in the organization and the work attitude of employees, this study will examine the organization of ecological dissonance in the degree of employee attitudes. This study used the questionnaire survey to explore the impact of staff attitude, and using factor analysis, canonical correlation analysis, regression analysis and other data analysis methods to discuss the organization ecological dissonance of employee attitude. According to the results, when the organization of gender equality, ecological imbalance, employee job satisfaction will reduce the separation tendency of the degree will increase, but the degree of job involvement, no significant relationship.
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Ramusi, Kgalamadi Benford. "The effect of age, gender, job level and race on attitudes towards affirmative action." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/6040.
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The study sought to establish the effect of age, gender, job level and race on attitudes
towards affirmative action. A research was conducted in a government organisation in
the security cluster in one of the provinces in South Africa. Findings indicated that men
and women’s disposition towards affirmative action was positive. Employees at
different job levels and varying age groups were also positive towards affirmative
action in general. There were significantly lower numbers of white participants and
those on senior management levels such that this cannot be objectively reported. The
generally positive regard employees have towards affirmative action is good for the
organisation if it wants to build a cohesive culture that is non sexist and does not
discriminate on the basis of job level and age.Industrial and Organisational Psychology
(M. Com. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology))
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Naidu, Vaneshree. "A study to assess the attitudes, perceptions and consumption habits of consumers of bottled water and the opportunity of launching a bottled water range in carton packaging for consumers in the Germiston region of Gauteng." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/1679.
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Katamba, Henry Stanley. "Factors affecting voluntary nursing staff turnover in Mengo Hospital." Diss., 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5590.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between perceived availability of opportunities for promotion, training, career progression, existing management style and voluntary staff turnover intention among the nurses working in Mengo Hospital. A quantitative, descriptive correlational design was used. Data collection was done using structured questionnaires. Full time staff nurses (N= 235) were surveyed. The findings revealed that all the four variables were significantly and negatively correlated to the intention to leave and predicted 16.8 percent of the variance in intention to leave scores. Management style was the strongest predictor of intent to leave (14.5%). Nurses perceiving their managers as participatory had lower intention to leave. To retain qualified personnel, hospital administrators should focus on participative management style and career development programs that address the needs of the staff and the hospitalPublic Health
M.A. (Public Health)