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Eckhoff, Irina, and Ala Eddin Al-Qut. "GSM Personal Alarm for Crisis Situations." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Teknik och samhälle, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-20037.
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Patienter med olika sjukdomar kan svimma eller tappa medvetandet och behöver akut hjälp. De kan inte veta i förväg att de kommer att behöva hjälp. Det finns trygghetslarm men kommunikationen och tekniken hos sådana larm är mycket begränsad. Denna rapport beskriver ett examensarbete där vi utvecklade en prototyp till en produkt, GSM personlarm. Prototypen övervakar kontinuerligt patientens puls och om pulsen överstiger eller understiget värdet som anges av en läkare skickas ett SMS-meddelande till en larmmottagare som kan skaffa hjälp. Systemet fungerar lika bra i bostaden som utomhus. Den utnyttjar GSM-nätet och på så sätt ökar kommunikationsräckvidden.Patients with different diseases may faint or lose consciousness and require emergency assistance. They cannot know in advance that they will need help. Today, there are security alarms but communication and technology of these alarms have very limited functions. This report describes a final year project where we developed a prototype of a product, GSM- personal alarm.The prototype continuously monitors the patient's pulse and if the pulse is greater than or less than the threshold values specified by the doctor, the alarm system will send an SMS message to an alarm help receiver. The system works equally well at home or outdoors. It uses the GSM network and thus increases the communication range.
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Burden, Josephine E., and n/a. "Living Life to the Full: a Qualitative Study of Community Theatre, Older People and the Construction of Leisure." Griffith University. School of Leisure Studies, 1997. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20050914.125729.
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Older women and men were participants in this qualitative research of three case studies of community theatre. Their stories, gathered through in-depth interviews and participant observation of the theatre projects over a four year period, informed the development of a theoretical model of leisure as process. Through devising and presenting their theatre pieces, 50 older people, ranging in age from 45-8 5 years, with differing cultural and socio-economic backgrounds, reflected on personal experiences, negotiated their own processes for working collaboratively, and presented the stories of theft lives publicly in a way which affirmed their actions and understandings of themselves and theft world. Interviews with more than 30 of these people allowed an analysis of the ways in which older people negotiated the processes of play-building and constructed meaning in their lives at a time when the social structures of paid work and family were becoming less central as people moved into their third age. This research has located the study of individual agency through leisure in the context of the social structures which shape constraints to leisure and in turn limit individual agency. As such, the research has been concerned both with the self and with social relationship and has theorised leisure as a process of negotiation. Since process implies change over time, the research methods used and the leisure context selected for study were also process oriented. The research methodology was emergent and took on qualities of action research as the study progressed. By focusing on community theatre as the social context for leisure, the nexus between community development, community theatre and action research was examined and found to inform a broader understanding of leisure as process. The research has also expanded knowledge of community theatre as a collaborative process which draws on individual and collective reflections to build public presentations of issues of concern to participants. The processes of community theatre have received no attention to date in the leisure literature. The negotiation of self takes place in different social contexts for women and for men, for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, for old and young, and for people from different socio-economic backgrounds. This research demonstrated that changes in personal situations as a result of the aging process, changes in family context and changes in work context are associated with changes in the negotiation of self, and these changes are expressed through leisure activity as well as other involvements less clearly classified as leisure. Purposive aspects of leisure assumed greater significance as people grew older and this was expressed in the culture of busyness and a pride in 'never being home'. Older women, in particular, developed friendships and community networks outside the family unit as relationships with husbands and children changed. These social connections were found to facilitate difficult transitions such as divorce or the death of a spouse. Community theatre supported the development of community networks, and presented an opportunity to claim a voice in the public arena and challenge the invisibility of older age. The research added to knowledge about constraints on leisure involvement by older people, and identified personal, social and material constraints. The most significant of these were the personal constraints of fear and of ill-health. However, participants in this research continued to negotiate a path through constraint in order to live their lives to the full. Analysis of their stories indicated that whilst constraint sometimes operated as a hierarchical process of control pushing people into isolation, people who were supported in their efforts to negotiate constraint through the development of community networks gained self-confidence and a heightened sense of agency. The processes of community development used in community theatre were found to facilitate the negotiation of constraint by developing personal skills and strengthening social support. The constructivist orientation of the research acknowledged the dialectical nature of knowledge construction and the possibility of social change through research. Aspects of action research were demonstrated in the processes of community theatre, which also seeks social as well as personal change. The research has a political motivation in that it seeks to strengthen the position of participants. Concern with the power relationship between researcher and researched facilitated a deeper understanding of the role of power in the process of leisure. The research opens up one small window on the processes whereby people may continue to live life to the full through active engagement in life and leisure.
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Burden, Josephine. "Living Life to the Full: a Qualitative Study of Community Theatre, Older People and the Construction of Leisure." Thesis, Griffith University, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366557.
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Older women and men were participants in this qualitative research of three case studies of community theatre. Their stories, gathered through in-depth interviews and participant observation of the theatre projects over a four year period, informed the development of a theoretical model of leisure as process. Through devising and presenting their theatre pieces, 50 older people, ranging in age from 45-8 5 years, with differing cultural and socio-economic backgrounds, reflected on personal experiences, negotiated their own processes for working collaboratively, and presented the stories of theft lives publicly in a way which affirmed their actions and understandings of themselves and theft world. Interviews with more than 30 of these people allowed an analysis of the ways in which older people negotiated the processes of play-building and constructed meaning in their lives at a time when the social structures of paid work and family were becoming less central as people moved into their third age. This research has located the study of individual agency through leisure in the context of the social structures which shape constraints to leisure and in turn limit individual agency. As such, the research has been concerned both with the self and with social relationship and has theorised leisure as a process of negotiation. Since process implies change over time, the research methods used and the leisure context selected for study were also process oriented. The research methodology was emergent and took on qualities of action research as the study progressed. By focusing on community theatre as the social context for leisure, the nexus between community development, community theatre and action research was examined and found to inform a broader understanding of leisure as process. The research has also expanded knowledge of community theatre as a collaborative process which draws on individual and collective reflections to build public presentations of issues of concern to participants. The processes of community theatre have received no attention to date in the leisure literature. The negotiation of self takes place in different social contexts for women and for men, for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, for old and young, and for people from different socio-economic backgrounds. This research demonstrated that changes in personal situations as a result of the aging process, changes in family context and changes in work context are associated with changes in the negotiation of self, and these changes are expressed through leisure activity as well as other involvements less clearly classified as leisure. Purposive aspects of leisure assumed greater significance as people grew older and this was expressed in the culture of busyness and a pride in 'never being home'. Older women, in particular, developed friendships and community networks outside the family unit as relationships with husbands and children changed. These social connections were found to facilitate difficult transitions such as divorce or the death of a spouse. Community theatre supported the development of community networks, and presented an opportunity to claim a voice in the public arena and challenge the invisibility of older age. The research added to knowledge about constraints on leisure involvement by older people, and identified personal, social and material constraints. The most significant of these were the personal constraints of fear and of ill-health. However, participants in this research continued to negotiate a path through constraint in order to live their lives to the full. Analysis of their stories indicated that whilst constraint sometimes operated as a hierarchical process of control pushing people into isolation, people who were supported in their efforts to negotiate constraint through the development of community networks gained self-confidence and a heightened sense of agency. The processes of community development used in community theatre were found to facilitate the negotiation of constraint by developing personal skills and strengthening social support. The constructivist orientation of the research acknowledged the dialectical nature of knowledge construction and the possibility of social change through research. Aspects of action research were demonstrated in the processes of community theatre, which also seeks social as well as personal change. The research has a political motivation in that it seeks to strengthen the position of participants. Concern with the power relationship between researcher and researched facilitated a deeper understanding of the role of power in the process of leisure. The research opens up one small window on the processes whereby people may continue to live life to the full through active engagement in life and leisure.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Leisure Studies
Griffith Business School
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Hudson, Sharon. "Personal limits and coercive behaviours in dating situations across the lives of female university students." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ37828.pdf.
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Cornwall, John. "Precipitated and mediated responses in violent situations : a case study approach focusing on personal constructs and narratives." Thesis, University of Kent, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.544101.
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Bilyachenko, Alexey. "La circulation internationale des situations juridiques." Thesis, La Rochelle, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016LAROD001/document.
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La présente thèse part d’une tendance de la jurisprudence européenne, destinée à influencer la jurisprudence nationale de droit international privé, et se trouve dans le prolongement d’un grand débat doctrinal d’actualité. Il s’agit de la méthode de reconnaissance des situations juridiques, qui suppose l’abandon de la règle de conflit de lois. L’objectif est de conceptualiser cette nouvelle méthode et d’en définir le domaine et les conditions de mise en œuvre. Vu les particularités du sujet, la recherche passe nécessairement par plusieurs thèmes fondamentaux du droit international privé mais aussi du droit européen, du droit privé général et de la théorie du droitInspired by a trend in the European case law, which is meant to affect the national ones, the dissertation takes part to a topical debate among European academics on the putting aside the choice-of-law rules. It is about application of so-called recognition method to the foreign legal situations that haven’t been enacted in court. The purpose is to conceptualise this new method and to determine its scope and its modalities. Given the particularity of the task, the study necessarily bears on several pivotal topics of private international law but also of European law, general private law and jurisprudence
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Ugwu-Oju, Dympna. "Successful African-American women : influence of personal, family, community, and school factors in overcoming "at-risk" situations such as severe poverty, racism, welfare dependency, teen motherhood, and hostile school and community environments /." For electronic version search Digital dissertations database. Restricted to UC campuses. Access is free to UC campus dissertations, 2005. http://uclibs.org/PID/11984.
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Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of California, Davis, 2005.Degree granted in Educational Leadership. Joint doctoral program with California State University, Fresno. Includes bibliographical references. Also available via the World Wide Web. (Restricted to UC campuses)
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Gavin, Trisha. "Personal and situational factors affecting exercise involvement." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ33379.pdf.
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Stewart, Victoria Caterina. "Situational or Personal: Interest in American History." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1271434513.
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Kuhlmann, Kristin L. "Weight change in college freshmen| Personal, interpersonal and situational influences." Thesis, The University of New Mexico, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3597802.
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Obesity has become the most significant noninfectious health risk in the United States, and the major causes of death and disability are shifting to chronic, non-communicable health conditions that are largely attributable to physical inactivity, overweight and obesity, and other diet-related factors. Among children and adolescents, the overweight/obesity rate is approaching 32%, with 17.9% of adolescents becoming obese. While the obesity rate has doubled in all age groups in the United States, it has tripled among young adults aged 18 to 28 years, and 70% of adolescents who are at a healthy weight will become overweight or obese as adults. At particular risk for rapid weight gain are college freshmen; the rate of weight gain in the first semester of college is twice that of same-age peers, and 77% of all college freshmen gain weight. The purpose of this descriptive study was to explore the personal, interpersonal, and situational factors that influenced weight change in freshmen. Seventy-six college freshman completed measures of demographics, height and weight, physical activity, sedentary behavior, nutritional intake, beverage and snack intake, alcohol consumption, stress management, interpersonal relations, spiritual growth, and health responsibility at baseline and 15 weeks later during their first semester of college. Participants gained a mean of 2.3 pounds, with 43% gaining clinically significant weight (≥ 3.5 pounds); 33% of the participants gained over five pounds. Two variables predicted 12% of this weight gain: a low level of health responsibility and having an underweight/normal BMI upon entrance to college. Identification of participants in the underweight/normal BMI category as the group at most risk for significant weight gain was an unexpected finding that merits further exploration. In addition, findings indicate that strategies are needed to create stronger support systems, to increase the level of health responsibility, and to encourage college freshmen to regularly perform behaviors to attain, or maintain, a healthy weight throughout the first year of college.
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Loué, Christophe. "Analyse cognitive de situations professionnelles." Nancy 2, 2000. http://www.theses.fr/2000NAN21029.
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Ce travail de recherche part d'un constat de profonde mutation des modes de production et d'organisation du travail au sein des entreprises. La mondialisation de l'économie et la libération des échanges ont en effet induit des exigences constantes en matière de flexibilité et d'adaptabilité. L'introduction massive des Nouvelles Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication (N. T. I. C. ) en constitue un des effets les plus probants. Face à ces postulats, un autre s'impose : la main d'oeuvre peu qualifiée semble la moins armée pour affronter ces évolutions. Des enjeux en matière de formation apparaissent de manière cruciale. Dans cette optique, nous proposons une méthode d'analyse cognitive de la tâche, dont les concepts s'inspirent des principes méthodologiques de l'analyse de la tâche en ergonomie cognitive, de la théorie opératoire de l'intelligence de Jean Piaget ainsi que des travaux de Pierre Higelé dans ce domaine. Cette méthodologie d'analyse est axée : - sur la formalisation des contours de la tâche prescrite en termes d'opérations et de niveaux intellectuels requis d'une part, - sur le repérage précis du cheminement cognitif de l'opérateur en situation de travail d'autre part. Partant enfin du principe de mesure des écarts entre tâche prescrite et tâche réelle, nous proposons, chaque fois que cela se justifie, un contenu de formation axé sur la réduction de ces écarts. Dans ce domaine, nous nous sommes inspirés des travaux en remédiation cognitive, et plus particulièrement de l'outil A. R. L. (Ateliers de Raisonnement Logique)This research is based on the acknowledgement of the profound transformations in production and organization within enterprises. Economical globalisation and exchange liberalization have, indeed, induced constant requirements in flexibility and adaptability. Massive use of New Information and Communication Technologies (N. T. I. C. ) constitute one of the most convincing effects of it. Before these postulates, another one emerges : low qualified labour force seem to be the less prepared to face these evolutions. Stakes in training appear to be imperative. In this perspective, we propose a cognitive analytical method of the task, where concepts are inspired by methodological principles of the analysis of the task in cognitive ergonomics, by Jean Piaget's operating theory of intelligence as well as Pierre Higelé's work in this field. This methodology of analysis is centred : - on one hand, on the formalization of the outlines of task stipulated in terms of operations and intellectual level required, - on the other hand, on the precise location of the cognitive progress of the operator in working situation. Taking into account the principle of measure of distances between the ordered and the real task, we propose - every time it is justified - a training centred on the reduction of these distances. In this field, we were inspired by works in cognitive remediation, and particulary on the ARL (Work-groups of Logical Reasoning)
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Caudill, Helene L. (Helene Litowsky). "An Empirical Investigation of Personality and Situational Predictors of Job Burnout." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278937/.
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Empirical research exploring the complex phenomenon of job burnout is still considered to be in its infancy stage. One clearly established stream of research, though, has focused on the antecedents of the three job burnout components: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment. In particular, situational characteristics have received a great deal of attention to date. Four situational factors: (1) role ambiguity, (2) role conflict, (3) quantitative role overload, and (4) organizational support were included in this analysis to test their significance as predictors of job burnout.
Another set of antecedents that has received far less attention in job burnout research is personal dispositions. Individual differences, most notably personality traits, may help us understand why some employees experience burnout whereas others do not, even within the same work environment. Four personality characteristics: (1) self-esteem, (2) locus of control, (3) communal orientation, and (4) negative affectivity were included to test their significance as predictors of job burnout.
An on-site, self-report survey instrument was used. A sample of 149 human service professionals employed at a large government social services department voluntarily participated in this research. The main data analysis techniques used to test the research hypotheses were canonical correlation analysis and hierarchical analysis of sets.
While role ambiguity showed no significant associations with any of the three job burnout components, the remaining situational factors had at least one significant association. Among all the situational characteristics, quantitative role overload was the strongest situational predictor of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, while organizational support was the strongest situational predictor of personal accomplishment.
The personality predictor set as a whole showed a significant relationship with each of the job burnout components, providing strong proof that dispositional effects are important in predicting job burnout. Among all the personality characteristics, negative affectivity was the strongest personality predictor of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, while communal orientation was the strongest personality predictor of personal accomplishment.
Comparisons between the personality and situational predictor sets revealed that personality characteristics were the stronger predictor for all three of the job burnout components. No interactions among the situational and personality predictors proved significant.
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Hart, Josette. "Etude communicationnelle de situations de changement dans les établissements de soins." Montpellier 3, 1997. http://www.theses.fr/1997MON30013.
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Cette etude presente quatre situations de changement dans les pratiques des professionnels des hopitaux et cliniques francais. Ces situations ont pour contexte des interventions de formation continue. La problematique est essentiellement centree sur l'insuffisance des resultats apportes par les interventions de formation-action vis a vis des investissements faits. Deux methodes sont utilisees pour degager une structure et une analyse communicationnelle des quatre situations : - la methode d'analyse phenomeno-structurale, inspiree de l'analyse structurale selon levis strauss et de la phenomenologie selon husserl, modelisee par alex mucchielli. Cette methode a permis de degager la structure communicationnelle, des situations de changement qui est celle d'un jeu construit par les acteurs. La logique du jeu est de rendre le changement impossible. - la methode d'analyse communicationnelle, que nous avons elabore a partir des six processus communicationnels a l'oeuvre dans toute situation de communication, identifies par alex mucchielli. Cette methode nous a permis de comprendre les differents phenomenes communicationnels a l'oeuvre dans la construction du jeu du changement impossible. Par cette recherche nous avons mis en evidence que l'analyse communicationnelle par les six processus de communication permet de modeliser des situations et donc de comparer leur construction. Ceci affine la comprehension des phenomenes et leur traitement eventuel. Ainsi, nous avons conclue que l'ingenierie de formation actuelle contribue a alimenter le jeu du changement impossible construit implicitement par les acteurs concernes. Nous proposons une nouvelle ingenierie de la formation qui consiste a prendre en compte les elements du contexte de la situation et d'utiliser les concepts et outils des sciences de l'information et de la communication pour construire le changement avec les acteursThis survey presents four situations of change in french hospitals and health clinics'professionnal techniques. These situations take place in inhouse training and developement interventions aimed at change, considering the money invested in them. Two method are used to identify a communicative structure, as well as to build a communicative analysis based on the four situations : - the method of phenomeno-structural analysis, inspired by levis strauss's structural analysis and phenomenology by husserl, modeled by alex mucchielli. Thanks to this method, a communication structure, result of the play played by the actors, has been brought out from situations of change. The logice behind the play is to make the change impossible. - the method of communicative analysis we have created using the six communicative process that take place in situation of communication,as identified by alex mucchielli. This method has helped us understand the different communicative phenomena which make change impossible. This survey has demonstrated that communicative analysis allows to model situations and, therefore, to compare their architecture. The analysis refines the comprehension of these phenomena and their possible treatment. We have come to the conclusion that current training and development techniques nourish the play of impossible change implicitly played by the actors. We suggest new training and development tehniques that take into account the elements of the situation and use the information and communication science concepts and tools render change possible with the actors
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Janiec, Grygo Milena Urszula. "Situating Migrants in Contemporary Japan: From Public Spaces to Personal Experiences." Scholar Commons, 2016. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6267.
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Within the broader literature on migration, Japan is often portrayed as straddling two categories, one of a homogenous country and another of a multicultural society. The arguments on both sides are supported through the historical evidence, analysis of media resources, as well as narratives of Japanese residents. This inquiry seeks to highlight voices of migrants within these debates. This dissertation focuses on the urban – rural residential experiences of international migrants in Kanto and Tohoku regions. This inquiry treats international migration processes in terms of moving between the contexts of different countries as well as between urban – rural locations. These global – local experiences of migrants are set within broader milieu of the social and spatial stratifications created through neoliberal competition. The theoretical framework for this analysis is based on post-structural understandings of identity, migration, and economy. This study draws on qualitative methods, including, ethnographic data, interviews, content and textual analysis of job advertisements, as well as cognitive mapping. These sources allow us to create a unique portrait of migrant subjectivity that pulls from different contexts of fluid, spatial identities which mediate migrants’ interpretations of living and working in neoliberal Japan. The findings of this dissertation support the thesis that intersectional social identities such as gender, ethnicity, and social class, have a spatial component.
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Roskamp, Michael Jon. "The situation of field supervision in physical education a personal and empirical investigation /." Diss., Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users, 2008. http://www.oregonpdf.org/index.cfm.
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Tshabalala, Ntathakusa P. "The relationship between courage and personal moral philosophy in a morally intense situation." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52335.
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When faced with a morally intense situation, determining what the right thing to do is easy. Instead, ultimately doing the right thing is a major source of ethical dilemmas for business leaders. This is due to the often-conflicting business interest against the individual s personal values. It therefore follows that a person s courage should play a huge role in assisting business leaders to remain true to their convictions. As such, this study set out to investigate the relationship between an individual s levels of courage and their personal moral philosophy when placed in a morally intense situation.
Using a quasi-experimental approach, this study created a morally intense situation by manipulating Jones (1991) six dimensions of moral intensity. Research participants were requested to experimentally immerse themselves in the case study and to take decisions on various situations posed to them. All participants were then measured on personal levels of courage using Woodard-Pury s (2007) courage scale; and on their personal moral philosophies using Forsyth s (1980) Ethics Positioning Questionnaire (EPQ). The results were statistically analysed to determine if there is a relationship between business leaders levels of courage and their moral philosophies; and the influence that these have when they were placed in a morally intense situation. The participants of this study were 118 first year Masters of Business Administration (MBA) students who occupy on average middle-manager positions within large international corporates in South Africa.
The study found that when faced with ethical dilemmas in the workplace; as presented through the morally intense case study; those business leaders with a relative moral philosophy take decisions in line with their personal moral philosophies. In addition, the study proved that though there is no relationship between courage and personal moral philosophy in a morally intense situation; for those with a relative ideology; the willingness to act might have a moderation effect when an individual is placed in a morally intense situation. This means that the willingness component of courage accounts for some level of the ultimate decision taken. This is particularly positive for business as it indicates that though business leaders do not need to be courageous to do what they believe is right, they have to be willing to act righteously in order for the probability of taking the right action to increase. The study found this to be true for situations with high levels of moral intensity.Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2015.
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Kocab, Kerstin [Verfasser]. "Situational and personal determinants influencing eyewitness evidence : Meta-analytical syntheses / Kerstin Kocab." Gießen : Universitätsbibliothek, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1068274727/34.
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Hobson, Gina. "The impact of personal and situational factors on self-presentation concerns in sport." Thesis, University of Chichester, 2002. http://eprints.chi.ac.uk/800/.
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Leary (1992) suggests a self-presentation perspective could fruitfully be applied to sport. In support of this, early research has revealed that self-presentation concerns underpin a large percentage of competitive anxiety and stress in sport (James & Collins, 1997; Wilson & Eklund, 1998). However, little progress has been made towards the identification of athletes who are most at risk of experiencing self-presentation concerns. The main aim of this thesis was to examine self-presentation concerns in athlete populations. More specifically, the aims were firstly to develop a valid measure of self-presentation concerns in sport. Secondly, the impact of gender, age, skill level and type of sport on self-presentation concerns was examined. To achieve these aims five studies, including three validation, one quantitative and one qualitative study, were conducted. The validation studies provided evidence to suggest that the Self-Presentation in Sport Questionnaire (SPSQ) is a valid and reliable measure of self-presentation concerns in sport, suitable for administration to athletes over the age of eighteen. However, shortened versions ofthe SPSQ, suitable for children and adults, demonstrated a weakened internal structure and consequently these instruments ought not to be administered in their present state. The quantitative study investigated the impact of gender, skill level and type of sport on self-presentation concerns in swimmers, water polo players and divers utilising the SPSQ. The findings indicated that females exhibit consistently higher self-presentation concerns compared to males, as do non-elite athletes when compared to the elite. Furthermore, self-presentation concerns were affected by the situation in different ways dependent on the athletes' gender. Finally, differences in the self-presentation concerns experienced in adolescence and adulthood were qualitatively assessed. Differences were identified across the type of self-presentation concerns experienced, the strategies used to make an impression, and the targets of self-presentation. Overall the research conducted provides a valid measure of self-presentation concerns in sport, which can be utilised in future self-presentation studies. Furthermore, the impact of a number of individual and situational variables on self-presentation concerns has been revealed.
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Guindon, Alain. "Les préoccupations de carrière d'adultes en situation de réaffectation d'emploi." Sherbrooke : Université de Sherbrooke, 1997.
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Moulette, Pascal Bonnet Marc. "Contribution à la gestion de la remédiation aux situations d'illettrisme en entreprise cas d'expérimentation /." Lyon : Université Lumière Lyon 2, 2002. http://demeter.univ-lyon2.fr:8080/sdx/theses/lyon2/2002/moulette_p.
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Jonasson, Jenny Maria, and Jenny Wästervall. "Barnmorskors upplevelse av svåra situationer inom förlossningsvården." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för vård, arbetsliv och välfärd, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-24957.
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Barnmorskors arbete inom förlossningsvården innebär ofta en nära kontakt med den födande kvinnan, och barnmorskan har kompetens att självständigt bedöma när en situation under förlossningsarbetet avviker från det normala samt förestå en handlingsberedskap för komplikationer och akuta situationer. Svåra händelser kan påverka barnmorskan emotionellt, och syftet med studien är att utforska hur barnmorskor upplever svåra situationer inom förlossningsvården, samt vilket stöd de får i samband med detta. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med sex barnmorskor som hade minst tre års erfarenhet från arbete på förlossningsavdelning. Intervjuerna analyserades enligt kvalitativ innehållsanalys med induktiv ansats. Tre huvudkategorier framkom i resultatet med åtta underkategorier Huvudkategorierna är: Att hantera det som känns svårt, Att utsättas för psykisk påfrestning, En utsatthet i relation till professionen. Att handlägga en förlossning är ett stort ansvar, och barnmorskor belyste situationer då de upplevt oro inför det som hände eller kunde ha hänt. Barnmorskorna betonade vikten av stöd både från chefer och kollegor i samband med svåra situationer, samt efterfrågade tid till samtal med kollegor och chefer eller handledning med extern gruppledare.
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Moulette, Pascal. "Contribution à la gestion de la remédiation aux situations d'illettrisme en entreprise : cas d'expérimentation." Lyon 2, 2002. http://theses.univ-lyon2.fr/documents/lyon2/2002/moulette_p.
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La gestion de la remédiation à l'illettrisme en entreprise peut-elle être considérée comme source d'avantages compétitifs pour les entreprises et organisations ? Quelles sont les conditions de performance économique et sociale des actions de remédiation aux situations d'illettrisme ? Cette thèse propose de répondre à ces questions. A partir d'une analyse des situations d'illettrisme et des raisons de la montée de ces situations dans l'emploi, cette recherche apporte un éclairage sur l'approche psychologique, sociologique et gestionnaire du phénomène d'illettrisme en mettant l'accent sur les stratégies de contournement du problème. L'analyse des lacunes des dispositifs de formation classique, de la non-action face à ce phénomène ou de son externalisation, au travers de l'analyse des résultats de cinq recherches-interventions et de cinq études de cas, conduit à révéler l'intérêt économique et social d'une gestion intégrée de l'illettrisme en entreprise. A partir des résultats de ces recherches de terrain et de l'hypothèse que les performances des entreprises sont atrophiées par leur illettrisme relatif en termes de management des compétences et des connaissances, cette thèse propose, dans une deuxième partie, une logique d'intervention interne et externe pour faciliter le maintien dans l'emploi des salariés en situation d'illettrisme. Cette partie s'intéresse à l'ingénierie, au contenu, à l'organisation et à l'évaluation de cette double logique dans les entreprises et organisations pour mettre en avant les gains potentiels issus de la lutte contre l'illettrisme et leur condition d'obtention. Cette thèse s'efforce donc de répondre au phénomène d'illettrisme en proposant une logique d'action à dimension organisationnelle qui intègre les besoins individuels, collectifs et environnementaux des entreprises et organisationsCould we consider that solutions to upgrade the skills of employees lacking 3RS'; (Reading, wRiting, aRithmetics) be considered as a source of competitive advantage for the companies and organizations? What are the conditions for economic and social performance of those preventive actions? This dissertation proposes to address this issue. Based on the hypothesis that performance of enterprises is hindered by poor knowledge management within the companies and that illeteracy tends to create many dysfunctions, the first part presents an analysis of basic skills in literacy. It draws the attention on psychological, sociological and managerial factors of the illeteracy phenomenon while enhancing the strategies of the actors within organization to conceal the probem, as if it were a taboo. This thesis strives to analyse the dysfunctions costs through five intervention-research processes. The analysis of the flaws of traditional forms of training methods, the hidden costs of non-action to cope with this phenomenon or of making redundant these low skilled workers brings evidence of the possible performance of preventive actions. Based on those results as well as in five other case studies of enterprises which have undertaken successful actions, this thesis proposes, in a second part, an internal and external intervention cooperation to foster the sustainability of the actions aimed at enhancing the skills of illeterate employees. It deals of engineering, contents and organisation of retraining schemes in the companies and organizations in order to enhance the potential gains stemming from such actions. Our approach to fix illeteracy dysfunctions depends on the willingness of enterprises to learn how to cope with it, either alone or through cooperation with partners. This thesis proposes a course of action that consists of a remedy to illeteracy, integrating the efforts of individual actors, collective actors and actors in the environment of companies and organizations
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Park, ChongWoo. "Bad news reporting on troubled IT projects the role of personal, situational, and organizational factors /." unrestricted, 2007. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-12032007-191347/.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2007.Title from file title page. Mark Keil, committee chair; Arjan Raven, Detmar Straub, Arun Rai, committee members. Electronic text (144 p. : col. ill.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed Feb. 4, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-144).
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Park, Chongwoo. "Bad News Reporting on Troubled IT Projects: The Role of Personal, Situational, and Organizational Factors." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2007. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cis_diss/17.
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An individual’s bad news reporting behavior has been studied from a number of perspectives and has resulted in a variety of research streams including the MUM effect (or reluctance to transmit bad news), whistle-blowing, and organizational silence. While many scholars in different areas have studied reporting behavior, it has not been widely discussed in the information systems literature. This dissertation research addresses an individual’s bad news reporting behavior (and its antecedents) in the troubled IT project context. Many social phenomena are multi-causal (Hollander 1971). The silence phenomenon involved in an individual’s bad news reporting behavior is multi-causal too. While prior research has identified many antecedents to the bad news reporting behavior, it has not provided any systematic approach for categorizing them. In this dissertation, the antecedents are categorized into three different levels: personal factors (i.e., individual-level factors), situational factors (i.e., project-level factors), and organizational factors. This research empirically investigates how the antecedents at different levels affect (i.e., encourage or discourage) an individual’s decision to report or not report bad news in the IT project context. The dissertation follows a multi-paper model, and includes three independent, empirical studies, each with its own research model focusing on personal, situational, and organizational factors.
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Davidson, Carolyn M. "Predictors of College Women’s Prosocial Bystander Intervention: Personal Characteristics, Sexual Assault History and Situational Barriers." Ohio University Art and Sciences Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouashonors1345084267.
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Hireche, Baiada Lorea Latefa. "La dynamique des jugements éthiques individuels en situation dans l’entreprise : Une étude ethnographique." Paris 9, 2008. https://portail.bu.dauphine.fr/fileviewer/index.php?doc=2008PA090013.
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Notre thèse s’intéresse à la confrontation et à l’évolution des jugements éthiques individuels, en situation, dans l’entreprise, dans une perspective qui s’attache à théoriser l’éthique à partir de l’examen des pratiques individuelles concrètes dans l’entreprise, au quotidien. Nous proposons une conceptualisation du jugement éthique comme ordre négocié (Strauss et al. , 1963), à partir de laquelle nous interprétons la confrontation des jugements éthiques individuels selon les termes d'une négociation impliquant des acteurs porteurs d’appréciations éthiques concurrentes. Les logiques de légitimation invoquées par les individus pour justifier leur jugement éthique sont analysées à partir des économies de la grandeur (Boltanski et Thévenot, 1991). Notre étude ethnographique de trois ans, conduite au sein d’une petite entreprise française spécialisée dans l’édition de logiciels, permet de confirmer empiriquement la pertinence de notre conceptualisation du jugement éthique. Une analyse longitudinale permet également de mettre en évidence une instrumentalisation de l’éthique par les salariés, au service de leurs intérêtsOur research focuses on the confrontation and the evolution of individual moral judgements in the business context. We attempt to theorize ethics in relation to what managers actually do in their daily activities. We develop a conceptualization of ethical judgment as negotiated order (Strauss et al. , 1963). In the light of this perspective, ethical judgment is considered as a negotiation process over moral choices involving various actors who have competing definitions of the situations in which they are engaged. The legitimatization tactics used by the individuals in order to justify their ethical judgment are analysed through the typology developed by Boltanski and Thevenot (1991). Our empirical work is based on a three-year participant observation in a French software company. This study enables us to confirm our conceptualization of ethics as negotiated order. Our longitudinal analysis also highlights the instrumentalization of ethics by employees in order to serve their personal interests
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Ondoua, Mbengono Laura Julienne. "Le vécu du vieillissement en situation migratoire : Aspects cliniques et transculturels." Rouen, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016ROUEL012.
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La présente étude s’inscrit dans le cadre d’une recherche « transculturelle » sur le « vieillir » dans un contexte migratoire. Il s’agit d’une ébauche de réflexion sur la fonction de la culture, sur le processus migratoire (à travers les réaménagements identitaires qu’il induit), ainsi que sur le rapport du sujet à son vieillissement. En effet, si nous convenons avec Freud que notre propre mort nous est irreprésentable dans l’inconscient (1915) et que le fantasme d’immortalité s’inscrit dans notre descendance ; c’est donc à la culture que revient le soin de permettre au sujet de subjectiver sa propre mort, en se soumettant à sa condition de mortel (Govindama, 2000). Pour le sujet migrant, si dans la société d’accueil le déni de la mort s’observe, le pays d’origine, quand à lui, semble la célébrer en la lui rappelant en permanence à travers les nombreux rites de passage qui ponctuent les étapes de sa vie. (Van Gennep, 1909). Les migrants qui ont été étudiés dans ce travail, du fait de leur double appartenance culturelle, nous interpelle donc parce qu’ils doivent référer à un univers culturel et symbolique ; mais alors lequel ? Les résultats de cette étude nous ont permis de dégager l’articulation entre psychisme et culture qui est ici à l’œuvre dans le vieillissement à travers la gestion de l’angoisse de mort à la retraite en se référant à l’univers symbolique de la culture d’origineIn line with a “cross-cultural” research work on ageing in a migratory context, this thesis is a primary investigation on the role that the following play: culture, the migratory process (through induced identity readjustments), and the relationship between the subject and ageing. While we agree with Freud (1915) that we cannot represent our own death in our subconscious, it appears that only culture can enable the subject to give meaning to live and face death by accepting his/her mortal status (Govindama, 2000, 2006). As for the migrant subject, while there is refusal of death in his/her host society, there rather seems to be death celebration in his/her home society. We are all the more interested in the migrant subject’s case because of his/her double cultural identity, which implies that he/she has to refer to a cultural, symbolic environment to be determined. Following a clarification of the concept of ageing, some illustration from our field research work at the Rouen-based Foyers SONACOTRA will enable us to access the link between psyche and culture that is being developed among our ageing subjects
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Pana-Martin, Francine. "Les gestes professionnels des formateurs d'enseignants en situation d'accompagnement individualisé." Thesis, Paris, CNAM, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015CNAM1048/document.
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La recherche porte sur les gestes professionnels des formateurs accompagnant des enseignants nouvellement nommés. L‘entrée dans le métier est une période cruciale pour nombre d’enseignants. A l’école primaire, les modalités spécifiques d’accompagnement mises en œuvre sous la forme d’un tutorat, visent à développer la professionnalité de l’enseignant en devenir. Cette recherche rend compte d’une étude longitudinale de l’accompagnement de quatre maitres formateurs auprès d’enseignants stagiaires ou contractuels, durant l’année scolaire 2013-2014. Dans l’entretien post observation de classe, dispositif support de cette étude, l’activité du formateur est analysée sous l’angle des gestes professionnels, mobilisés dans leurs dimensions opératoires et symboliques, et, enrichis par la notion d’amplitude professionnelle. Cette dernière suppose que le geste professionnel n’a pas une dimension axiologique en lui-même mais qu’il est fortement dépendant de la relation d’accompagnement construite entre les deux partenaires de l’entretien. Dans la continuité des travaux mobilisant les gestes professionnels, Jorro (1998, 2002, 2006, 2011), Alin (2006, 2010) et Bucheton (2008, 2009), la thèse étudie les gestes professionnels du formateur pendant l’entretien post observation de classe, rendant possible une lecture d’un agir professionnel situé.Le geste professionnel, conçu comme un mouvement du corps envers autrui, est redéfini comme une interaction verbale et/ou corporelle, intentionnelle et conscientisée par le formateur, d’amplitude variable. Les résultats permettent de mettre en évidence sept gestes professionnels des formateurs. Par leurs spécificités, ces gestes sont les témoins d’un agir opératoire professionnel en situation. Nommés et clairement identifiés, ils constitueraient des savoirs conscientisés qui permettraient d’enrichir les pratiques des formateurs. Ainsi, outre les deux visées principales, descriptive et compréhensive, la recherche s’inscrit dans une perspective praxéologique, visant le développement professionnel des formateurs d’enseignants en situation d’accompagnement individualiséThis research is about the professional gestures of tutors accompanying newly appointed teachers. In the interview that follows the observation of a class, which we based our study on, the tutor’s activity is analysed through the lens of professional gestures, mobilised in their operating and symbolic dimensions, and enriched by the notion of professional amplitude.This last one supposes that the professional gesture does not have an axiological dimension in itself, but that it strongly depends on the accompanying relation built between the two partners of the interview. In the continuity of works concerning professional gestures, Jorro (1998, 2002, 2006, 2011), Alin (2006, 2010) and Bucheton (2008, 2009), this thesis studies the professional gestures of the tutor during the interview post class observation and makes possible a reading of a situated professional acting. The professional gesture, seen as a body movement towards the other, is redefined as a verbal and/or corporeal interaction, intended and conscientised by the tutor, of variable amplitude. The results allow us to highlight seven professional gestures from the tutors
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Svenn, Mikael. "Kränkningar vid utåtagerande situationer : En studie för personal i gruppboenden som arbetar med personer med funktionsnedsättningar." Thesis, Högskolan Väst, Avd för hälsa, kultur och pedagogik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-6693.
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Wilkes, Michael. "A situational analysis of Chinese managers' personal value systems (PVS) and their influence on employee commitment." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/3406.
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This thesis investigates how the personal value systems of executive teams in privately owned Chinese companies influence their organisation's prospects for sustainable competitive success. The research aim is to establish a relationship between managerial value systems, corporate culture, P-O fit and affective employee commitment. The research theory is based on an extensive and rigorous literature review. It was tested in an empirical study composed of semi-structured interviews and quantitative research for which a new research tool has been created, consisting of England's (1967b) Personal Values Questionnaire (PVQ), Cameron and Quinn's (1999) Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI), Posner et al.'s (1985) Shared Values Scale and Meyer and Allen's (1991) Affective Commitment Scale. The present study contributes to the existing knowledge base by testing and validating this instrument for research in China. It takes stock of the currently prevailing hierarchy of personal values among executive managers, and establishes a relationship between the identified value preferences and types of organisational culture, as well as between the strength of such systems and levels of employee-organisation value congruency and affective employee commitment. It was further found that in the majority of sample firms both executive management teams and employees characterised their corporate culture as multi-dimensional.
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Помиткіна, Любов Віталіївна, and Олександра Михайлівна Рудік. "Developing communication skills of high school students as a means of reducing personal and situational anxiety." Thesis, Національний авіаційний університет, 2020. http://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/42331.
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One of the leading indicators of a socially active personality is the ability to communicate with and interact with other people. In this connection, the process of interpersonal communication is increasingly complex, it is cognitive. It promotes the mainstreaming of interest in the problems of interaction with the individual in Ferry communication. Adolescence is one of the most difficult and interesting for studying the communicative abilities of the individual, because it is during adolescence that children already learn a lot of different literature and can theoretically master communication skills at a good level. In addition, communication at school with teachers, classmates, and parents at home – is a necessary component of a normal teenager’s life.
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Помиткіна, Любов Віталіївна, and Олександра Михайлівна Рудік. "Developing communication skills of high school students as a means of reducing personal and situational anxiety." Thesis, Національний авіаційний університет, 2020. https://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/49581.
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One of the leading indicators of a socially active personality is the ability to communicate with and interact with other people. In this connection, the process of interpersonal communication is increasingly complex, it is cognitive. It promotes the mainstreaming of interest in the problems of interaction with the individual in Ferry communication. Adolescence is one of the most difficult and interesting for studying the communicative abilities of the individual, because it is during adolescence that children already learn a lot of different literature and can theoretically master communication skills at a good level. In addition, communication at school with teachers, classmates, and parents at home – is a necessary component of a normal teenager’s life.
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Помиткіна, Любов Віталіївна, and Олександра Михайлівна Рудік. "Developing communication skills of high school students as a means of reducing personal and situational anxiety." Thesis, Національний авіаційний університет, 2020. https://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/54073.
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One of the leading indicators of a socially active personality is the ability to communicate with and interact with other people. In this connection, the process of interpersonal communication is increasingly complex, it is cognitive. It promotes the mainstreaming of interest in the problems of interaction with the individual in Ferry communication. Adolescence is one of the most difficult and interesting for studying the communicative abilities of the individual, because it is during adolescence that children already learn a lot of different literature and can theoretically master communication skills at a good level. In addition, communication at school with teachers, classmates, and parents at home – is a necessary component of a normal teenager’s life.
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Summers, David F. (David Frederic) 1948. "An Empirical Investigation of Personal and Situational Factors That Relate to the Formation of Entrepreneurial Intentions." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1998. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279175/.
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New entrepreneurial organizations emerge as a result of careful thought and action. Therefore, entrepreneurship may be considered an example of planned behavior. Previous research suggests that intentions are the single best predictor of planned behavior. Given the significance of intentions, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between the personal characteristics of the entrepreneur and perceived environmental factors, and entrepreneurial intentions.
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Dexter, Hedy Red. "Motivated Distortion: Effects of Situational and Personal Relevance on Attributions of Responsibility to Victims and Perpetrators." W&M ScholarWorks, 1986. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539625370.
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Causgrove, Dunn Janice. "Individual differences in personal and situational factors related to motivation and achievement behaviour in physically awkward children." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq22962.pdf.
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Petersen, Daniel. "Headsetkommunikation för maskinbesättning : En kvalitativ studie om hur headsetkommunikation upplevs påverka personlig säkerhet och arbetseffektivitet för maskinbesättningen." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Sjöfartshögskolan (SJÖ), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-34503.
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Detta är en kvalitativ intervjustudie som undersöker maskinpersonalens upplevelser av att använda headsetkommunikation i arbetet ombord. Totalt sex stycken maskinbesättningsmedlemmar intervjuades om deras upplevelser av hur headsetkommunikation har påverkat utförandet av arbetet, personlig säkerhet och tidseffektivitet. Resultaten som framkom av intervjuerna visar på att kommunikationen förbättrats med headsetkommunikation genom att talkommunikationen inte begränsas av höga bullernivåer vilket leder till minskad röstbelastning. De intervjuade vittnade om att den förbättrade kommunikationen underlättade i arbetet och ökade den personliga säkerheten genom att risken för missförstånd minskade samt att maskinbesättningens situationsmedvetenhet ökade. Förbättrad ergonomi vid svåra arbetsställningar i trånga utrymmen jämfört med handburna radioapparater upplevdes även det som en fördel med headsetkommunikation. Tidsåtgången i arbetet upplevdes minska när tillgängligheten till andra besättningsmedlemmar på kommunikationsradio ökade eftersom det minskade behovet av att förflytta sig för att kommunicera samtidigt som det kan leda till snabbare responstider. Den ökade tillgängligheten upplevdes även kunna leda till att olyckor inom maskinrummet upptäcks snabbare till följd av att ett uteblivet svar på radioanrop kan ses som ett avvikande beteende.This is a qualitative interview study researching the experience engine room personnel have with using headset communication in their work onboard. A total of six crewmembers were interviewed about their experiences and how headset communication had affected their ability to perform their work, personal safety and time efficiency. The results showed that communication had improved with the use of headsets and that speech communication where no longer limited by high noise levels which in turn leads to less strain on the voice. The interviewed crew members testified that the improved communication facilitated their work and enhanced the personal safety by decreasing the risk for misunderstandings and increasing their situational awareness. Increased ergonomics in situations with difficult working postures and limited space in comparison with hand held radios were also observed as an advantage with headset communication. Time efficiency was perceived to improve since the availability of other crewmembers on the radio increased and decreased the need for moving to another area to communicate which at the same time lead to faster response times. Increased availability of crewmembers on the radio could also shorten the time before an accident in the engine room is detected since a failure to answer a radio call would be seen as irregular behavior.
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Amdahl, Per, and Per Chaikiat. "Personas as Drivers : - an alternative approach for creating scenarios for ADAS evaluation." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Computer and Information Science, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-8621.
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Research and development on vehicle safety has lately started to direct its focus towards how to actively support the driver and make it easier for her to drive safely through letting Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) have effect on how the driver interacts with the vehicle and the surrounding traffic. This requires research on both how the driver and vehicle perform in different situations, in terms of psychology, cognition and individual differences. In addition, physical limitations and requirements of the driver and the vehicle must be taken into account. Therefore scenarios for evaluation of these systems are required. In the area of user-centered design a rather new method, Personas, is being adopted. This thesis tries to explore if the Persona method is a viable tool for creating scenarios for such evaluations. Experiences after completing this work imply that personas indeed is a viable way to include aspects and raise issues concerning individual variability and situational context in ADAS scenarios.
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Toutin-Trelcat, Marie-Hélène. "Efficacité des actions de formation pour les bas niveaux de qualification en situation d'emploi et de chomage." Lille 1, 1996. http://www.theses.fr/1996LIL12001.
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Cette these s'organise en cinq points : - la presentation du cadre de recherche invite tout d'abord a eclairer le concept de "bnq". Il s'agit d'apprehender la realite statistique de la population des "bnq"en situation d'emploi et de chomage. Il s'agit egalement de comprendre comment les modalites de gestion de la main d'oeuvre bnq mises en oeuvre par les entreprises ont, en tant que telles, participe a la construction de cette categorie et favorise la mediatisation du "probleme bnq". - la forte institutionnalisation du systeme de formation professionnelle continue francais permet de comprendre l'existence de mesures de formation specifiquement orientees vers les bnq. - apres un cadrage des methodes mises habituellement en oeuvre pour evaluer l'efficacite des programmes publics de formation, l'analyse de l'efficacite des actions de formation pour demandeurs d'emploi "bnq" souligne l'insatisfaction de l'indicateur taux de retour a l'emploi. Une analyse des contraintes institutionnelles de mise en oeuvre des stages semble par ailleurs pouvoir expliquer la faible efficacite en terme de retour a l'emploi et l'existence d'appariements "contre nature" entre profils de stagiaires et types de formation suivie. La theorie du capital humain ne rend compte que de maniere partielle, des differentes "demandes" de formation formulees par les demandeurs d'emploi de bas niveau. - les actions de formation pour le bnq en situation d'emploi apparaissent diverses et heterogenes. Elles se revelent par ailleurs etre l'objet de difficultes specifiques liees a la necessaire mise en oeuvre d'un ingenierie particuliere.
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Johnson, Elizabeth Anne. "Sent to You by Someone Who Thinks You're Beautiful: The Effects of Regulatory Focus, Personal Involvement, and Collective Efficacy in a Social Marketing Campaign." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31983.
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This study examined attitudes and behavioral responses to a social marketing campaignâ s video messages. Independent variables in the study were the regulatory framing of the campaign message, personal involvement, and collective efficacy. Results revealed main effects of both collective efficacy and personal involvement on attitude toward the brand, attitude toward the issues, and behavioral intentions. Significant interactions between collective efficacy and the regulatory frame of the video were found to affect the dependent variables. Gender was also found to significantly moderate the findings. Theoretical implications and practical implications are discussed.Master of Arts
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Bellini, Stéphane. "Les managers de proximité en situation de management participatif : étude exploratoire d'un ajustement de rôles face à des prescriptions managériales." Lille 1, 1997. https://pepite-depot.univ-lille.fr/LIBRE/Th_Num/1997/50374-1997-207.pdf.
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Le management participatif formule des attentes specifiques en termes de style de commandement, de relation ou de delegation. Dans la premiere partie, nous etudions les consequences de ces attentes pour les managers de proximite charges de la mise en oeuvre du management participatif aupres des equipes de travail. Leur integration entraine un certain nombre de difficultes operationnelles par rapport aux exigences du travail et aux fonctionnements internes. Les managers de proximite doivent ajuster leurs roles en tenant compte des prescriptions organisationnelles liees au management participatif tout en continuant a faire face aux pressions de leurs equipes et des realites du terrain. Dans la deuxieme partie, nous cherchons a mieux comprendre la facon dont se produit cet ajustement de roles pour ce faire, nous mobilisons plusieurs sources de connaissance (management, psychologie sociale, sociologie des organisations). Puis, selon une demarche inductive, nous etudions le phenomene en entreprise. Finalement, nous tentons d'en tirer des enseignements operationnels, theoriques et methodologiquesParticipative management produces some particular expectations on the direct managers, in charge of its application in the field of work teams. It entails a certain number of operational difficulties,regarding the work requirements and functioning. In the same time, they have to continue to face pression of their work teams and of the field. In the second part, we try to reach a better understanding of the way this adjustement occurs. In this objective, we make use of different types of knowledge (management, social psychology, organization sociology). Then, following an inductive process, we study the phenomenon in business enterprise. Finally, we try to draw theoretical, methodological and practical lessons from it
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Davis, Mark D. M. "Treating and preventing HIV in the 'post-crisis' situation : perspectives from the personal experience accounts of gay men with HIV." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2005. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10006662/.
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Bardot-Pecqueux, Isabelle Siegrist Sophie. "La prise en charge des mineurs en médecine générale situations et réflexions /." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2007. http://www.scd.uhp-nancy.fr/docnum/SCDMED_T_2007_BARDOT_PECQUEUX_ISABELLE.pdf.
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Crasnier, Françoise. "L'Approche Centrée sur la Personne en situation de handicap mental." Phd thesis, Université d'Angers, 2012. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00828663.
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La recherche qualitative repose sur une étude longitudinale portée par les valeurs fondamentales de la psychologie humaniste et plus précisément, celles de l'approche centrée sur la personne (l'ACP). L'expérience du terrain s'effectue auprès d'enfants en situation de handicap mental. Le concept de personne prend une place prépondérante dans le dispositif axé sur l'expérience subjective de l'enfant et sur sa santé mentale. Afin d'opérationnaliser l'ACP, nous utilisons deux outils : l'épreuve des trois arbres (l'ETA) et le cahier de l'arbre, nous analyserons l'impact positif des mécanismes psychologiques sollicités qui mobilisent les ressources de l'enfant facilitant ainsi, une diminution de certains troubles de la personnalité (voire leur suppression) et l'activation des processus cognitifs. L'accompagnement psychologique met en avant une théorie de la personne respectée, respectable, reconnue et en capacité à advenir.
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Broadfoot, Alison A. "RESPONSE INSTRUCTIONS AND FAKING ON SITUATIONAL JUDGMENT TESTS." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1161283237.
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Boroumand, Jazi Behnaz. "Effets du statut personnel et du statut professionnel vis-à-vis du stress au travail dans une organisation industrielle en France." Thesis, Lyon 2, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015LYO20065.
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De manière générale, avoir un emploi est un élément de satisfaction pour la plupart des personnes. En revanche, beaucoup de salariés sont sujets au stress, ce qui a une incidence non négligeable à la fois sur les individus et sur les structures. Ces dernières ne possèdent souvent pas de modèles appropriés pour évaluer de manière approfondie ce phénomène. Le manque de connaissances précises du stress au travail, et de ses origines, particulièrement les deux dimensions du statut personnel et le statut professionnel en France, nous a conduits à réaliser un diagnostic approfondi pendant plusieurs années au sein d’une grande entreprise industrielle sur plusieurs sites. L’entreprise choisie est emblématique de l’organisation du travail industriel en France. La cartographie du stress au travail, avec l’identification des populations principalement exposées, devrait être applicable à d’autres organisations afin de définir rapidement un plan d’actions anti-stress, sans avoir à réaliser préalablement un état des lieux détaillé ; pour le plus grand bénéfice des salariés, de l’ambiance de travail et de la production. Les différentes parties prenantes au déploiement d’une politique contre le stress, à savoir : les salariés, l’encadrement, les directions des ressources humaines, les psychologues du travail, les médecins du travail ont été sollicités dans le cadre de cette recherche.Après un diagnostic général, face au grand nombre de thèmes de recherches possibles et du fait de l’insuffisance d’études sur la relation entre le statut personnel et la situation de travail avec les autres facteurs déjà intégrés aux modèles classiques sur le stress au travail, nous nous sommes concentrés sur ce sujet en définissant un modèle théorique à valider expérimentalement au travers de questionnaires. Dans la recherche présente, nous expliquons comment nous avons constaté que, parmi les facteurs liés au stress professionnel, la catégorie « situation de travail » influence plus ce phénomène que la catégorie « statut personnel ». Parmi les facteurs présents dans la catégorie « situation de travail », les plus importants par ordre décroissant sont : la catégorie socioprofessionnelle, la pratique de l’anglais, et l’ancienneté. Parmi les facteurs présents dans la catégorie « statut personnel », les plus importants par ordre décroissant sont : le niveau de formation, le genre et l’âge. Ce constat est plutôt une bonne nouvelle pour les entreprises, car elles pourront diminuer le stress au travail en agissant sur la situation de travail, sachant qu’elles ne peuvent intervenir sur le statut personnel des salariés. Cette contribution devra être complétée par d’autres recherches afin de renforcer l’exhaustivité du diagnostic sur le stress au travail et de conduire des plans d’action complets couvrant tous les thèmesIn general, having a job is a satisfactory factor for the majority of persons. However, most of the employees are stress-prone, which has an important effect both on individuals and on structures. Those structures often do not possess relevant standards to thoroughly evaluate this phenomenon.The lack of precise knowledge about stress at work and its origins, especially the two dimensions of personal status and professional status in France, has led us to conduct a thorough diagnosis for several years on several plants of a large industrial company. The chosen company is emblematic of the industrial labour organization in France. The mapping of stress at work, with the identification of mainly exposed populations, should be applicable to other organizations to quickly set an anti-stress action plan, without first making a detailed inventory; for the greatest benefit of employees and the work environment and production. The different stakeholders interested in deploying a policy against stress, the employees, the hierarchy, Human Resources Departments, occupational psychologists, occupational doctors have been solicited as part of this research. After a general diagnosis, facing the large number of possible research topics and because of the lack of studies on the relationship between staff’s personal status and "professional situation" with the other factors already integrated within conventional models about stress at work, we focused on this issue by defining a theoretical model to be validated experimentally through questionnaires. In this research we explain how we found that among the factors related to stress at work, the category "professional situation" influenced this phenomenon more than the "personal status" category.Among the factors in the category "professional situation", the most important in decreasing order are: socio-professional category, English practice, and seniority. Among the factors in the "personal status" category, the most important in decreasing order are: the level of education, gender and age. This finding is rather good news for companies because they will be able to reduce stress at work by acting on the "professional situation", knowing that they cannot interfere with the personal status of employees. This contribution should be supplemented by other researches to enhance the completeness of the diagnosis about stress at work and to conduct complete actions plans covering all topics
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Avila, Ramon A. "The selling situation as a mediator of the personality/sales performance relationship: an empirical investigation." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/52286.
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This dissertation reports an investigation of the personality-sales performance relationship and the effect of long and short selling cycle situations as a moderator of this relationship. Research in the area of salesperson performance has failed to establish critical theoretical foundations for testing and predicting salesperson success. Many researchers have attempted to generalize results over all categories of salespeople without consideration of those tasks and traits crucial to success in specific categories of sales employment. Three theoretical frameworks are discussed (trait, situation, interaction) and the interactionist theoretical framework is proposed as a necessary step to study the personality-sales performance relationship. Hypotheses were generated that suggested a personality characteristic may be related to sales success in one selling situation but not another.
The research was conducted in a two week period by surveying salespeople from a large computer manufacturer. The three independent variables were: (1) planfulness; (2) tenacity; and (3) locus of control. Multiple dependent variables attempted to measure both objective and subjective measures of sales success. Confirmatory factor analysis was run on the sales-performance measures to check for the unidimensionality of the construct. It was found that the objective and subjective measures were not unidimensional. Based on the sales managers inexperience in rating salespeople, the objective measure of percent of quota was chosen as the best measure of sales success.
In general, the data analysis supported the hypothesized effects. While the results support the premise that the personality-sales performance relationship is moderated by the long and short selling cycle situations, the tenacity hypothesis showed weak effects.
Results of the dissertation are discussed with respect to the major finding and significance to personal selling research. The dissertation concludes with a discussion of the study limitations and directions for future research.Ph. D.
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Ouaissi, Haïba. "Les incidences des restructurations d'entreprise sur la situation collective des salariés." Paris 2, 2005. http://www.theses.fr/2005PA020032.
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Qu'il s'agisse des institutions représentatives du personnel, des régimes d'épargne salariale ou des dispositifs de protection sociale complémentaire, la situation collective des salariés est affectée par les modifications de la structure de l'entreprise. Le législateur ne pouvait pas y demeurer indifférent. Mais, la règle juridique embrasse parfois difficilement l'ensemble des situations nées des retructurations d'entreprise. La jurisprudence s'est évertuée à dégager des solutions qui, dans certains cas, emportent leur lot de difficultés. Suggéré par le législateur, privilégié par les partenaires sociaux, le recours à l'issue conventionnelle s'est progressivement imposé comme la voie naturelle pour l'édification de solutions adaptées à la réalité des retructurations. Sous l'impulsion du droit communautaire, de substantiels progès ont été accomplis ; d'autres restent à faire. Une réflexion sur la place du jeu conventionnel s'impose. A l'heure où le droit communautaire affiche de plus en plus fréquemment une préférence pour le contrat, une orientation nouvelle, à bas d'accords, mérite d'être retenue.
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Dahlqvist, Carl Emil. "Head, face, and neck injuries in war and war type situations (2000 – 2010) A systematic review." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Odontologiska fakulteten (OD), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-19764.
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Inledning: Krig och materiel utvecklas konstant. Detta resulterar i olika typer av skador. Tidigare litteraturstudier uppvisar en prevalens av huvud-, ansikts- och halsskador (HAHS) under 1900-talet på mellan 16% och 43% i krig och krigsliknande situationer. Ytan av huvudet, ansiktet och halsen är dock inte mer än cirka 9% av den totala kroppsytan. På senare år har en ökning i användandet av hemmagjorda bomber, eller “improvised explosive devices” (IED), påvisat en uppgång av prevalensen gällande HAHS.Syfte: Att undersöka andelen HAHS i det totala skadepanoramet i krig och krigsliknande situationer från år 2000 till 2010. Metod: En systematisk litteratursökning genomfördes. Resultat: Tio artiklar inkluderades. Dessa redovisade resultat från konflikter och attacker i Afghanistan, Israel, Irak och London och andelen HAHS sträckte sig mellan 6,4% och 39,4% och resulterade i en genomsnittlig prevalens på 25%. Den stora spridningen i resultatet är troligtvis ett tecken på svårigheterna att jämföra olika konflikter med varandra. Olika anatomiska inklusioner och exklusioner gör det svårt att jämföra resultat. Den riktiga prevalensen av dessa typer av skador är därför, troligen, högre. Vanliga och specifika maxillofaciala skador presenteras även.Slutsatser: Explosioner är den vanligaste oraken till maxillofaciala skador. Mjukvävnadsskador i ansiktet är den vanligaste skadan och den vanligaste hårdvävnadsskadan är fraktur i den nedre tredjedelen av ansiktet. Då användandet av IED ökar är det troligt att prevalensen av HAHS ökar i framtiden.Introduction: War, weaponry and armour are constantly evolving. This results in variations in types of injuries occurring. Previous reviews show an incidence of head, face, and neck injuries (HFNI) during the 20th century ranging from 16% to 43% in war and war type situations but, anatomically, the head, face, and neck accounts for approximately 9% of the total body area. In recent years the use of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) in terrorist conflict has risen and this has been shown to give a rise in the prevalence of HFNI.Aim: To examine the proportion of HFNI in the total injury panorama of soldiers and civilians wounded in war type situations from 2000 to 2010. Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted according to Goodman. Results: Ten articles concerning conflicts and attacks in Afghanistan, Israel, Iraq and London were included and presented an incidence of HFNI on 25% (mean, range 6.4-39.4%).The wide spread in results is caused of different anatomical exclusions and inclusions but also because of the difficulties in comparing different conflicts to each other. The real mean incidence is therefore, most likely, higher. Common and particular maxillofacial war injuries are also discussed.Conclusion: Explosive devices account for the bulk of injury mechanism. Facial lacerations are the most common HFNI and the majority of fractures occur in the lower third of the face. A rise in the use of IED will mostly likely cause an increase in the prevalence of HFNI in the future.
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Silva, José Luis da. "Le rôle du droit dans la situation des victimes face à la responsabilité médicale." Paris 8, 2003. http://www.theses.fr/2003PA082241.
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Longtemps la victime a vécu en marge du droit, l'appareil législatif ne manifestant qu'un intérêt relatif au sort de cette dernière. L'article 1382 du Code civil suffit à rendre compte du constat que notre système législatif procède d'une articulation sur le seul responsable, évinçant la victime de toute appréhension juridique. Et cette élision d'affecter immanquablement le droit de la responsabilité médicale. Ce détachement législatif peut sans doute expliquer l'altruisme prétorien motivé par la précarité de la situation des victimes, et perceptible tant au niveau de la procédure (Première Partie) qu'au niveau du procès (Deuxième Partie) ou de l'indemnisation (Troisième Partie). Cependant, si l'étude des différentes phases du processus indemnitaire dénote une appropriation prétorienne affirmée du point de vue de la victime, le droit demeure néanmoins lacunaire dans son appréhension de la victime dont la situation porte encore les stigmates de l'instabilité et de l'iniquitéVictims have long been the cast offs from the law; in fact law institutions have never really minded about their lot. The mere reading of Article 1382 of the French Civil Code highlights the fact that our legislative system is based only on the person responsible and does not take victims into consideration. This elision undoubtedly impairs the laws of responsibility in the medical field. This lack of consideration from the law may account for the altruism expressed by the magistrates faced with the precarious situation of the victims and that can de felt as well during the procedure (First part) as during the trial itself (Second part) and the process of compensation (Third part). Even if the study of the different compensatory phases clearly shows that the magistrates think carefully about the victims' viewpoint, the law nonetheless lacks of consideration for the victim whose situation stills bears the traces of instability and iniquity