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Charker, Jillian H., and n/a. "Self-Regulation and Wisdom in Relationship Satisfaction." Griffith University. School of Applied Psychology, 2003. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20030912.150523.
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This thesis describes a program of research which aimed to explore the role of relationship self-regulation (or relationship "effort") and wisdom in relationship satisfaction. Three separate studies were conducted to examine the association between self-regulation and satisfaction, and the mechanisms for this association. Study 1 examined self-regulation, wisdom and satisfaction, using a sample of 61 couples in long-term relationships, and found that while wisdom shared little association with satisfaction, self-regulation was a significant correlate of satisfaction for men and women. Study 2 examined whether the association between self-regulation and satisfaction was mediated by communication skills in a sample of 101 couples in the early stages of their relationship. Results replicated the self-regulation/satisfaction association found in Study 1, but provided no evidence for mediation by communication. Study 3 tested for mediation of the self-regulation/satisfaction association by attributions in a sample of 73 newly-wed couples. The association between self-regulation and satisfaction was partially mediated by attributions, but self-regulation also had a direct relationship with satisfaction. It was concluded that self-regulation is an important correlate of satisfaction in relationships, and that this association cannot be fully explained by communication or attributions. Several directions for future research were provided, including the need to examine self-regulation and its predictors longitudinally, ways in which a behavioural measure of self-regulation could be developed, and the implications of self-regulation for couple therapy.
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Charker, Jillian H. "Self-Regulation and Wisdom in Relationship Satisfaction." Thesis, Griffith University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365479.
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This thesis describes a program of research which aimed to explore the role of relationship self-regulation (or relationship "effort") and wisdom in relationship satisfaction. Three separate studies were conducted to examine the association between self-regulation and satisfaction, and the mechanisms for this association. Study 1 examined self-regulation, wisdom and satisfaction, using a sample of 61 couples in long-term relationships, and found that while wisdom shared little association with satisfaction, self-regulation was a significant correlate of satisfaction for men and women. Study 2 examined whether the association between self-regulation and satisfaction was mediated by communication skills in a sample of 101 couples in the early stages of their relationship. Results replicated the self-regulation/satisfaction association found in Study 1, but provided no evidence for mediation by communication. Study 3 tested for mediation of the self-regulation/satisfaction association by attributions in a sample of 73 newly-wed couples. The association between self-regulation and satisfaction was partially mediated by attributions, but self-regulation also had a direct relationship with satisfaction. It was concluded that self-regulation is an important correlate of satisfaction in relationships, and that this association cannot be fully explained by communication or attributions. Several directions for future research were provided, including the need to examine self-regulation and its predictors longitudinally, ways in which a behavioural measure of self-regulation could be developed, and the implications of self-regulation for couple therapy.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Applied Psychology
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West, Alexandra Elizabeth, and res cand@acu edu au. "Relational Standards: Rules and Expectations in Romantic Relationships." Australian Catholic University. School of Psychology, 2006. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp135.05022007.
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Romantic relationships are assumed to be guided by norms and rules, however research in the field of personal relationships has not directly addressed the area of relationship rules in romantic relationships, but has investigated their violations, with a specific focus on examples such as infidelity and deception. The present research program provides the first comprehensive study of rules and expectations in romantic relationships. The overall aim of the research is to explore the types of rules and expectations, or relational standards that exist in romantic relationships, how they come to exist, and their function within relationships. Given the lack of research on relational standards, a program of four studies, utilising both qualitative and quantitative methods was proposed to address the research aims. A combination of methods was deemed appropriate as qualitative methods would allow exploration of the types of relational standards that exist in romantic relationships, while quantitative methods could be used to explore their structure, function, and potential correlates. An initial study of the use of deception was based on previous work by the author. This study aimed to combine research on the strategies of deceptive use, with the motivations that are provided for engaging in deception, in order to further understand how deception is used in romantic relationships. A survey of 152 individuals currently in romantic relationships demonstrated that individuals tend to use multiple strategies when they engage in deception, and prefer to use less overt strategies than lying. Consistent with research on victim and perpetrator accounts, individuals believed their partners would view the deception as more serious than they themselves would. Deception can be viewed as one example of the violation of major relationship rules and expectations regarding trust and honesty, which prompted the question of what other rules and expectations exist in romantic relationships. This question provided the impetus for the subsequent studies, the aims of which were to explore what rules and expectations exist in romantic relationship, and how they come to exist. A qualitative study using focus groups and interviews with couples enabled the development of 16 categories about which rules and expectations typically exist. These categories described both the emotional aspects of a relationship, such as loyalty, fidelity, help and support, and the day-to-day functioning of a relationship, such as those regarding roles and time allocation. A third study, using quantitative methods, presented the 16 categories to 106 individuals in order to validate the categories, investigate how they come to exist (whether they are discussed or exist as expectations) and explore their function in terms of their importance to the relationship and levels of threat and (un)forgivability when they are violated. It also sought to explore whether relational standards were related to a measure of adjustment, specifically one.s self-restraint. All 16 categories were endorsed, and were generally seen as being common in most relationships, and important to a relationship.s functioning. The categories differed in their importance, threat and unforgivability, with rules and expectations about the emotional aspects of a relationship consistently rated as more important than rules and expectations about the procedural aspects of a relationship. The number of rules endorsed, and the types of rules discussed and expected, were not related to an individual.s adjustment. A final study of 45 couples aimed to replicate the results from the third study, as well as explore whether there was agreement in partners. responses. The final study also investigated whether relational standards were related to individual factors such as adjustment, personality, and the tendency to betray, and relationship variables such as trust, satisfaction and commitment. The results confirmed the pattern of endorsement found in the third study, that rules and expectations regarding the emotional aspects of relationship are regarded as the most important, and the most threatening and unforgivable when violated. Rules and expectations regarding the procedural aspects or the day-to-day functioning of the relationship are seen as least important to therelationship, and least threatening and easily forgiven when violated. The present research program demonstrated that there are identifiable areas about which couples have rules and expectations, and that these form a hierarchy based on their importance to the relationship. No differences were found in the way that relational standards come to exist, and relational standards were not found to be related to either individual or relationship factors. The identification of rule and expectation categories may help couples clarify their expectations of each other, and reduce potential areas of conflict. They also provide a starting point from which to further explore the importance of relational standards to relationship functioning.
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Alazzawi, Muntaha. "Trust in Customer–Supplier relationships." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för maskinteknik (MT), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-56356.
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The competitive market of today is characterized by globalization, because of that organizations increased demands from customers on the services as well as on product. In other word, the customer is focusing on buying the service in same way as they buy products. For that the trust in relationships is considered as an important and effective factor when the business to business partners want to achieve growth profitability, and long term time. In order to reach high trust in relationships between customers and suppliers, ability to measure trust in relationships and to improve it is important. One to know how to be able to follow up the trust in the relationships between customers and suppliers, maintain and develop relationships for as long as possible in order to reach the company's goals. The first step in the project was data collection via an email survey and by direct contact with those companies by phone. Then the data was used to make an analysis by comports the results with pervious theories. The analysis enabled to identify the different types of factors which makes the trust in relationships more strong and stable .In the last chapters results are discussed and it was found that the each company has its own way to follow up the relationships to maintain the trust in relationships for longer time to a achieve their goals and profit. The conclusions are each company have different way of measuring and regardless of which indicators are used for measuring the trust in relationships between the customer and service supplier, they must be linked directly to the organization's goals to maintain and continuity relationships for as long as possible in order to reach the company's goals. The effective trust is important factor which lead to the partners feeling they belong to each other’s which the relationships between them take a partner form which lead to long term time and profitable relationships and strong trust in relationships.
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Morrison, Megan Marie. "DOES RACE MATTER?: EXAMINING DIFFERENCES IN INTRACULTURAL AND INTERCULTURAL RELATIONSHIPS." OpenSIUC, 2014. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1517.
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The current study examined differences in intracultural and intercultural relationships. In this study, data were collected from 139 individuals currently in intracultural romantic relationships (same ethnicity and country of origin) and 120 individuals currently in intercultural romantic relationships (different ethnicity or country of origin) through MTurk. Participants completed measures for personality (20-item Mini-IPIP), individualism and collectivism (Horizontal and Vertical Individualism and Collectivism Scale), ethnic identity (Multi-group Ethnic Identity Measure), implicit relationship theory (Relationship Theory Questionnaire), relationship satisfaction (DAS: Dyadic Adjustment Scale and RAS: Relationship Assessment Scale), relationship commitment (Commitment Level Items of the Investment Model Scale), one question to address whether the individuals' partners are seen as one's soul mate, and demographics. Participants were compensated $0.85 for completing the survey. MANOVA analyses indicated that individuals in intracultural and intercultural relationships differ significantly in terms of RAS, DAS, and Commitment Level Item scores, with those in intercultural relationships scoring significantly lower on all three measures. Regression analyses indicated that the significant predictors for RAS, DAS, and Commitment Level items differ for individuals in intracultural and intercultural relationships. These findings suggest the type of relationship (intracultural versus intercultural) is an important factor to consider. Research on intracultural relationships may not translate to individuals in intercultural relationships.
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Knapp, Darin J. "A phenomenological exploration of relationship effort in emerging adult cyclical dating relationships." Diss., Kansas State University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/32567.
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Doctor of PhilosophyFamily Studies and Human Services
Jared R. Anderson
Cyclical romantic relationships—those characterized by breaking up and getting back together or having on/off periods—are a frequent phenomenon in the emerging adult population. These dating relationships maintain some distinctions from other more stable relationships, including the ways that partners strive to sustain relationship health. The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative inquiry was to increase in-depth understanding of how emerging adult dating partners’ relationship effort affects relationship transitions within cyclical dating relationships. Ten heterosexual emerging adult couples (10 men, 10 women) currently in cyclical dating relationships were interviewed about their experiences with relationship effort and maintenance. Participant interviews were analyzed according to the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) method. Specific themes emerged from the data, focusing on how perceived individual effort in the relationship, perceived partner effort in the relationship, and specific maintenance behaviors couples used to sustain relational health affected couple decisions about relationship transitioning. Implications regarding relationship education and clinical intervention among cyclical emerging adult couples are discussed. Future research could focus on continued expansion of understanding when in relationship history cyclical patterns begin, and how partners navigate transitions when both perceive reduced relationship effort.
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Lönnberg, Annie, Elma Macanovic, and Izabelle Pettersson. "Negative Effects on Trust in B2B Relationships." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-53416.
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Background: The concept of relationship marketing is a continuously growing research area in the field of academic research. A topic being widely discussed is which factors builds trust and the importance of having trust in business-to-business (B2B) relationships. However, there is a lack of research in the field of which factors have a negative effect on the level of trust in business relationships. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explain which factors are crucial to maintain trust in a B2B relationship. Focus: The focus in this study is on trust in B2B relationships. Particularly how it is negatively affected by lacking the building blocks needed in order to have trust in such a relationship. Method: This study made use of a deductive, quantitative approach. By using a survey, the data was gathered through an online questionnaire sent out via e-mail to 700 Swedish B2B companies. Results: In total, answers from 141 were reliable. In SPSS analyses for regression, reliability, and validity were conducted. Out of the five stated hypotheses, three were accepted and two rejected. Conflict handling was shown to have the largest influence on the level of trust together with communication and competence. Commitment and contracts were rejected in the hypotheses testing. Conclusion: A new model is presented where the accepted hypotheses act as influencers on trust. The conclusion of this study is that if there is a lack of conflict handling, communication, and competence it will have a negative effect on trust in a B2B relationship. Due to limitations of the study, other research opportunities derive. It is suggested that future research should explore the differentiation between different industries and/or different kind of actors within the B2B-relation or countries.
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Ogolsky, Brian Gabriel. "Antecedents and Consequences of Relationship Maintenance in Intimate Relationships." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194218.
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Relationship maintenance represents an important understudied relational construct. Three studies were conducted to examine the correlates of relationship maintenance across five factors: positivity, openness, assurances, social networks, and sharing tasks. Study one is a meta-analytic review of the existing literature on relationship maintenance and its correlates. Studies two and three are empirical examinations of the predictors of and barriers to relationship maintenance enactment in same-sex couples using a variety of methodological and statistical approaches.Study one is a meta-analysis that focuses on synthesizing the existing literature on relationship maintenance and several relational outcomes including satisfaction, commitment, mutuality, liking, love, and relationship duration as well as gender differences in the enactment of maintenance behaviors. Results suggest that relationship maintenance and the first five correlates are positivity related and these effects are moderate to large in magnitude. Relationship duration was negatively related to three of the five relationship maintenance factors, positively related to social networks, and not related to sharing tasks. Additionally, women tend to perform slightly more maintenance behaviors than men.Study two examines the association between relationship maintenance and commitment using a cross-lagged, actor-partner interdependence model to assess the direction of this relationship among same-sex couples. A sample of 98 couples was measured over 14 days. Results show support for a causal pathway from commitment to relationship maintenance and do not support the opposite pathway. Support for this causal pathway was also demonstrated through the examination of cross-partner effects.Study three explores the potential barriers to relationship maintenance enactment. Daily conflict was examined as it predicts relationship maintenance behaviors and the moderational effects of constructive and destructive (demand-withdraw) communication styles were examined. Results illustrate a negative relationship between conflict and relationship maintenance suggesting that engaging in interpersonal conflict results in decreased relationship maintenance enactment. The detrimental influence of conflict was minimized, however, when couples utilized a constructive rather than destructive communication style. To the contrary, destructive communication styles enhanced the negative effects of conflict with the exception of the actor-demand, partner-withdraw pattern, which reduced the negative effect of conflict.
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Hawkins, David Richard, and davidh@socom com au. "Quantifying Organisation-Public Relationships." RMIT University. Applied Communication, 2009. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20090319.160313.
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To date, limited means of accurately measuring the communal organisational public relationships between an organisation and its various publics have been developed. Researchers and practitioners have acknowledged the need for a more accurate measurement tool. Previous analysis of communal relationships has typically been done in an anecdotal or non-quantifiable way. This study explores a new method of quantifying the relationship between an organisation and its publics and identifies the key themes and components that are important to a successful organisation-public relationship (OPR); this method allows organisations to more accurately measure their OPRs, diagnose their strengths and weaknesses and quantify changes in the relationships over time. In so doing, organisations will be able to improve their relationships with their stakeholders and work more effectively to achieve mutually beneficial goals. The study's findings contribute to defining the components that can be used to develop a tool that can be used by the public relations profession to more accurately reflect the status of communal relationships, and, perhaps more importantly, the changes in the status of the relationships over time. Increased objectivity in reflecting the status of the relationships between an organisation and its publics is likely to enable the profession to elevate its perceived status by providing a better service to organisations and their publics. This, in turn, will allow senior management teams to see clearly the value that public relations can provide to maximise the success of the organisation. The data obtained from this research provide insights into the priorities and expectations that external stakeholder groups have of organisations and how these expectations can be grouped into three key areas - how they are treated, the value that the relationships represent to them and how effective the communication is. The results provide practitioners with a valuable insight into ways of improving these OPRs, which in turn could assist organisations in achieving their goals.
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Coon, William MacDowell. "A Computational Model for Building Relationships Between Humans and Virtual Agents." Digital WPI, 2012. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/942.
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"As artificially intelligent agents become more advanced, they will require corresponding advances in social capability. In particular, they will require an understanding of the development of relationships. This work is intended to aid in addressing this need. We have developed a model of the development of relationships, designed and implemented a planning module based on this model, and performed an evaluation study verifying the functionality of the model and implementation. This should provide a foundation for future work in developing artificially intelligent agents capable of appropriately dealing with the development of social relationships."
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Totenhagen, Casey J. "Daily Processes in Romantic Relationships." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/145463.
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My goal was to examine how experiences and behaviors of individuals and their romantic partners impact relationships on a daily basis. I conducted three separate but empirically and conceptually related studies. For all three papers, the sample was both members of heterosexual romantic relationships (N = 164 couples, 328 individuals) who completed measures each day for seven days. The papers were informed by tenets from interdependence theory and the conservation of resources model. The main purpose of the first paper was to examine a set of relational constructs (i.e., satisfaction, commitment, closeness, conflict, ambivalence, maintenance, and love) to determine which constructs fluctuated daily. All seven relational constructs showed significant within-person variability and were thus appropriate for further daily investigation. With this information, the next step was to understand how to foster positive relationships by examining what daily experiences were associated with those fluctuations. In the second paper I examined whether daily hassles and uplifts were associated with same-day and next-day feelings about the relationship. For same-day effects, I found that hassles were associated with decreased positivity and increased negativity about relationships, whereas uplifts were largely associated with increased positivity. I also found interactions between hassles and uplifts, suggestive of "blunting" effects whereby the positive effects of uplifts were nullified by high levels of hassles. For the next-day effects, I unexpectedly found that uplifts were associated with
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Winterheld, Heike A. "Motivations in romantic relationships: a regulatory focus perspective." Thesis, Texas A&M University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/2260.
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The present research tested whether and how regulatory focus as a motivational variable influences the ways in which people appraise, process, and react to events in romantic relationships. Regulatory focus theory distinguishes between (1) a prevention focus, which emphasizes the fulfillment of security needs, duties and obligations, and is associated with heightened sensitivity to aversive outcomes, and (2) a promotion focus, which emphasizes the fulfillment of nurturance needs, accomplishments and aspirations, and is associated with heightened sensitivity to rewarding outcomes. Based on regulatory focus theory, it was assumed that promotion and prevention focused people would appraise, react to, and process interpersonal events involving a romantic partner in different ways. In addition, it was expected that the distinct ways of experiencing such events are reflected in differences in relationship quality. Three studies using college student samples were conducted to test these notions. Evidence was found that individual differences in chronic prevention focus affect the ways in which people react to aversive events in relationships. No support was obtained for regulatory focus theory??s predictions regarding prevention focus processes in association with rewarding outcomes, and predictions related to the promotion focus system were also not supported. As expected, chronic promotion focus was related to higher relationship quality, and chronic prevention focus was associated with lower relationship quality. Implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.
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Adler, Jeffrey Steven. "Siblings of Incest Victims: Sibling-Victim Relationships and Adjustment." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1989. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330888/.
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The non-victimized siblings in incestuous families have often been ignored in research, literature, and treatment. This study explored these siblings' 1) relationship to the victim, 2) attribution of blame, and 3) adjustment. Participants were 30 non-victimized siblings of incest victims, between the ages of 8 and 14. They completed the Sibling Relationship Questionnaire, the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale, the Self-perception Profile for Children, the Children's Depression Inventory, and a questionnaire developed for this research. Participants' scores were compared with the normative sample scores on several measures.
Siblings perceived little warmth and closeness in their relationships to their victimized sisters. Rivalry and conflict were within normal limits. Siblings blamed victims and other family members less than expected, with the greatest amount of blame attributed to perpetrators. Adjustment was impaired. Males demonstrated less athletic competence, less global self-worth, more worry and oversensitivity than normative samples. Females showed a tendency toward less global self-worth and heightened general anxiety. Siblings' overall level of emotional distress was higher than most of the normative samples.
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Beloucif, Ahmed. "Auditor-client relationships : an assessment of relationship quality." Thesis, Robert Gordon University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1008.
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Corporate failures and financial scandals are not a phenomenon of the 21st century. In the 1990s, the British economy witnessed the collapse of some well-known companies such as Polly Peck, Sock Shop, Coloroll, BCCI, Maxwell Group, etc. In the US, the problem has resulted in unprecedented financial scandals with Enron, WorldCom and others. Auditors for these firms gave a seal of approval to these companies. Later on the same companies faced liquidation and fraud. In this situation, which has brought the whole profession under scrutiny, the autonomy of auditing is being undermined. Hence, academics have raised the issue and called for government intervention and to make auditors responsible for detecting and reporting fraud. Accountants as auditors find themselves in a conflicting situation. Therefore, the accounting profession faces a dilemma. On one hand, they have to remain independent and show their integrity: auditors are motivated to comply with professional ethics and acceptable auditing standards, while on the other hand, the pressure from competition and more demanding clients is forcing the profession to sell other services and become client-centred. This situation may lead to dilution of the professional standards, which the auditor wishes to avoid. Failure to comply with the client's (auditee) expectations may result in sanctions by them, including the possibility of discontinuation of the relationship. Therefore, this study investigates the auditor-client relationship phenomenon and how to restore public confidence. Moreover, it intends to critically examine the key elements in enhancing the service quality and auditor performance and consequently build quality relationships between the auditors and their corporate clients. The research methodology employed in this study combines a qualitative investigation (part one) and a quantitative approach (part two: survey questionnaire to clients of audit firms). The importance of the dyadic relationship suggested that both sides should be studied. This was done with four pairs (eight interviews) of dyads and the results helped to provide a clear understanding of the situation and as will be shown a framework of the relationship process emerged from this research. Although the process of relationships was clarified the degree of importance of different variables meant that it would be difficult to generalise results as predictor for auditor-client relationships. That is a key objective in this research. As a result a quantitative survey of a cross-section of clients from different industries in Scotland was undertaken. This empirical study reveals that the identified constructs (elements) are important in the auditor-client relationships. Moreover, the quality in a relationship is vital to successful outcomes. This study intends to show the value of plausible outcomes, i.e., the study may claim to have achieved a contribution to the body of knowledge, to methodologies for qualitative research and some managerial implications such as how to build a positive image for the accountancy profession as well as how to restore the public confidence about the audit criticism.
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Copp, Jennifer E. "Stay/Leave Decision-Making in Non-Violent and Violent Dating Relationships." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1333120163.
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Bussone, Krista Ann D'Albenzio. "Making Friends: Teacher Influence on Students' Peer Relationships." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2011. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/122942.
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School PsychologyPh.D.
A total of 236 kindergarten to eighth grade students and 15 teachers from an elementary school in a northeastern U.S. city provided information about their perceptions of teacher involvement in students' peer relationships. Students provided additional information about classroom social networks. Both students and teachers indicated that they perceive teachers to be important in student peer relationships. None of the teacher characteristics (including teacher education, years of teaching, or ethnicity) were related to teacher perceptions of involvement in students' peer relationships. In lower grade groups (kindergarten to second grade), there were significant sex differences, with boys rating their teachers as more involved than girls; sex differences were not significant in either the middle (third to fifth grade) or upper (sixth to eighth grade) grade groups. As hypothesized, there were significant differences between grade groups, with students in the lower grades rating their teacher as more involved than students in either the middle or upper grade groups, and middle grade groups rating their teachers as more involved than the upper grade groups. Teacher and student perceptions of teacher involvement in students' peer relationships were then analyzed to determine whether these perceptions were related to classroom cohesiveness, as measured by social networks. The results were not significant, indicating that teacher and student perceptions of teacher involvement in students' peer relationships were not related to classroom social networks. This research provides a first look into both teacher and student perceptions into teacher involvement in classroom peer relationships, which school psychologists can use to help teachers construct supportive classroom environments. This research is a case study of one school, and therefore generalization from this sample is difficult. Future research should examine this element in schools of varying climate and region.
Temple University--Theses
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Therése, Näslund, and Sophia Reinholdsson. "The features behind relationship satisfaction in friendship and romantic relationships." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för psykologi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-130015.
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Relationship satisfaction is positively related to life satisfaction and subjective well-being. The main aim of this thesis was to investigate what features that may explain satisfaction and dissatisfaction in friendship versus romantic relationships, and to compare the results. This study also aimed to examine the association between perceived loneliness and the degree of satisfaction in friendship versus romantic relationships. A questionnaire was distributed to a group of 93 university students between the ages of 18 to 41 years. Through thematic analysis it was found that balance, communication, closeness, support, trust, understanding, safety and conflict management were satisfying features in both types of relationships. Lacks of these features were found to be dissatisfying. Other dissatisfying features in romantic relationships were worry, lack of time and stress and in friendship relationships feelings of alienation and superficial relationships were dissatisfying features. Statistical analyses showed a negative association between friendship satisfaction and perceived loneliness. A tendency to a similar association with romantic relationship satisfaction emerged. Yet, there were also indications of the reverse in regard to romantic relationship satisfaction. Moreover, the possibility that friendship relationships might be more important than romantic relationships for university students in order for them not to feel lonely was discussed.Relationstillfredsställelse har ett positivt samband med livstillfredsställelse och subjektivt välmående. Huvudsyftet med denna studie var att undersöka vilka faktorer som skulle kunna förklara tillfredsställelse såväl som otillfredsställelse i vänskaps- respektive kärleksrelationer, samt jämföra dessa resultat. Studien ämnade även undersöka sambandet mellan upplevd ensamhet och graden av tillfredsställelse i vänskaps- respektive kärleksrelationer. En enkät delades ut till 93 universitetsstudenter i åldrarna 18-41 år. Genom tematisk analys framkom balans, kommunikation, närhet, stöd, tillit, förståelse, trygghet och konflikthantering som tillfredsställande faktorer i de båda relationstyperna. Brist på dessa faktorer framkom som otillfredsställande. Andra otillfredsställande faktorer i kärleksrelationer var oro, tidsbrist och stress medan känslor av utanförskap och ytliga relationer framkom som otillfredsställande i vänskapsrelationer. Statistiska analyser påvisade ett negativt samband mellan tillfredsställelse i vänskapsrelationer och upplevd ensamhet. Tendenser till ett liknande samband med tillfredsställelse i kärleksrelationer kunde ses. Trots detta fanns även indikationer för ett motsatt samband gällande tillfredsställelse i kärleksrelationer. Dessutom diskuterades möjligheten att vänskapsrelationer kan vara av större betydelse än kärleksrelationer för att universitetsstudenter inte ska känna sig ensamma.
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Farrell, Jennifer Ellen. "Humility and Attachment Style in Adult Romantic Relationships." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1248524/.
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The goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between adult attachment style, humility, and relationship satisfaction in college student couples. Attachment style--given its significant role in predicting how individuals feel, think, and behave in relationships--was expected to be an important predictor of humility, although this possibility has rarely been studied empirically. The current study found that: (a) attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance were significant, negative predictors of total humility, (b) attachment anxiety (but not attachment avoidance) was a significant, negative predictor of both intrapersonal and interpersonal humility, (c) a romantic partner's attachment avoidance (but not attachment anxiety) was a significant, negative predictor of a target person's relationship satisfaction, and (d) a romantic partner's perceived level of humility was a significant, positive predictor of a target person's relationship satisfaction.
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Gundersen, Eivind Arne, and Nils Olaf Eriksen. "Adaptation and Cooperation in TPL Relationships : How do providers and buyers adapt and cooperate to develop mutually beneficial and long-term relationships?" Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Centre of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-21344.
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Problem: The developing business market and the pressure it puts on business gives rise to new fields of business within SCM and logistics. Third party logistics (TPL) services have grown rapidly in importance as an alternative to vertical business integration. The emergence of TPL has brought about interest in the topic by academia, but recent literature reviews express a need for research on TPL relationships where both buyer and provider perspectives are viewed simultaneously, since a majority of previous research has been conducted more from a single organisational viewpoint. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how providers and buyers in TPL relationships adapt and cooperate to develop mutually beneficial and long-term relationships, as well as investigating their willingness and attitudes in this concern. Method: The thesis combines an explanatory and exploratory classification, and performs a qualitative, mono method study of viewpoints on TPL relationships from Swedish and Norwegian providers and buyers that currently are in a TPL relationship. Semi-structured interviews are conducted with four providers and three buyers. The findings are analysed and interpreted in light of a theoretical framework developed from the literature review, which in the analysis is applied in a TPL context to extend the understanding of TPL relationships. Conclusions: Willingness to adapt and cooperate in TPL relationships is connected with the parties’ perceived potential for economic gain and also with being able to trust the other party. Buyers emphasise the need for providers to have knowledge about the buyers’ business. Providers emphasise the need for buyers to be knowledgeable about their own business and for the buyer to fits their solutions. Attitudes: Both parties emphasise communication as crucial for the development of mutual benefits. Buyers adapt to providers’ standards as far as possible. Providers seem to want buyers to adapt to their solutions to gain economies of scale, and therefore appear reluctant to make relationship-specific investments. The use of contracts in the TPL context appears to contradict literature in that contracts work as a foundation for building trust, as well as for reducing opportunistic and operational risk. In practice, both providers and buyers highlight the use of integrated IT-solutions as a means of adapting to each other. Regular operational meetings are emphasised as part of the practical cooperation to develop the relationship’s future and to discuss day-to-day issues.
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Graham, Lydia, and n/a. ""Walking together" : the elements of the retrospective construction of safety in marriages where the wife is a survivor of incest." University of Canberra. Education, 2002. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20050411.140236.
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Many intimate relationships do not survive the process of working through
issues to do with incest. However, some relationships do well despite these upheavals.
Therefore the focus of the current study was on how lasting marriages manage to
construct emotional safety in order to maintain emotional intimacy.
The relationship issues of marriages where one partner is a survivor of incest
have not been widely researched. Yet it is in the survivor's relationship where many
issues arising from the incest may be played out.
Literature in the survivor area focuses on the need for safety and support.
Therefore, models of couple counselling may need to include these issues in their
notions of healing within the process of counselling.
This study was conducted using qualitative research methods. Focus groups
were a primary source of data. The study examined the construction of safety in longterm
intact marriages of incest survivors. This examination looked at the three-stage
model of counselling for trauma proposed by Judith Herman, and the relationship
between these three stages of healing and the construction of safety.
The research participants included female incest survivors and husbands of
survivors of incest. Participants were asked to individually make written constructions
of safety related to each of the three stages of healing. A group construction process
followed these individual constructions and differences within the written materials
were also highlighted.
Segregated groups met three times, each time concentrating on a particular stage
of healing. A single validating group of the combined women and men's groups met
later to do an overall construction of the notion of safety.
Results indicate that emotional safety is indeed an important issue for both
partners in relationships where the wife is a survivor of incest. There are differences
between survivors and partners about the significance of the three stages. A model of
the retrospective construction of safety has been developed. This model includes the
important elements of the experience of emotional safety that arose. These elements
were knowledge, negotiated control, negotiated trust, communication, how anger is
managed and directed, and managing the difficult times and issues such as the times of
the disclosure of incest.
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Harper, Amney J. Carney Jamie S. "The relationship between experiences of sexism, ambivalent sexism, and relationship quality in heterosexual women." Auburn, Ala, 2008. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/EtdRoot/2008/SUMMER/Counselor_Education/Dissertation/Harper_Amney_52.pdf.
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Kvick-Nastaj, Nicole, and Daisy Poblete. "Social media use in B2B. A study on how social media is used in the initial phase of building relationships." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-205686.
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There has been scarce research into the topic of B2B in the context of social media. Due to this, the aim of this study was to explore how social media is used within B2B in the initial phase of building relationships. The research questions regarded; attracting new customers, which channels that were used and potential drawbacks of using social media. An analytical framework was presented with the factors reputation, familiarity, similarity and knowledge of alternatives from literature within attraction. In order to collect the empirical data, semi-structured interviews were conducted with consultancy agencies. The results showed that social media was used to increase familiarity through third party sources, which was enabled by companies networks. Channels used for this were LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. Regarding similarity, companies used social media to promote its personality that could attract customers both in a business and personal manner. The channels used for this were LinkedIn and Facebook. Furthermore, it was important that the type of information that was shared represented the company, and companies worked to improve this type of information. Further on, companies encouraged people in their network to share content in order to enhance reputation by third party sources. Channels used for this were LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. Concerning knowledge of alternatives, social media were used as search-friendly channels, which enabled companies to remain on top in the search list, and make them a potential choice for customers. Channels used for this were LinkedIn and blogs. Furthermore, the major social media drawbacks for B2B companies were lack of resources in terms of time and lack of control over the information once it was posted online.
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Guinn, Megan D. "Sibling Relationship Quality: Associations with Marital and Coparenting Subsystems." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2012. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc177205/.
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Marital relationships play an important role in family functioning and in the development of sibling relationships. From a family systems perspective, other subsystems within the family, such as coparenting interactions, could explain the effects of the marital relationship on sibling bonds. Specifically, the quality of the coparenting relationship may mediate the association between marital functioning and sibling relationship quality. The current study examined relationships between these three subsystems (marital, coparenting, and sibling) as self-reported by mothers, fathers, and children with siblings. As part of a larger project, families with a child aged 8 to 11 and at least one sibling (N = 75) completed the Dyadic Adjustment Scale and the Coparenting Scale (both completed by mother and father), as well as the Sibling Relationship Questionnaire (completed by target child). Results suggested that marital functioning is a significant predictor of functioning within the coparenting relationship. Predicted associations did not emerge between sibling relationship quality and marital or coparenting relationships, with minor exceptions, and the coparenting relationship did not mediate the association between marital and sibling relationship quality. Implications of the current findings and suggestions for future research are discussed.
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Dvorak, Robert Gregory. "Dynamic human relationships with wilderness developing a relationship model /." CONNECT TO THIS TITLE ONLINE, 2008. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-12092008-122753/.
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Dvorak, Bob G. "Dynamic human relationships with wilderness developing a relationship model /." [Missoula, Mont.] : The University of Montana, 2008. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-12092008-122753/unrestricted/umi-umt-1103.pdf.
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Donaldson, Kerry Sue. "Partner-Objectification and Relationship Satisfaction in Gay Male Relationships." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7286.
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Objectification theory explains how media-driven ideals can be internalized and lead to the development of eating disorders, poor body image, depression, anxiety, a desire to achieve a thin ideal, and lowered rates of relationship satisfaction. Research on objectification theory, until recently, has focused primarily on a female population and heterosexual couples. As nontraditional sexual identities have become more accepted in society, media influences have begun to impact other populations, including the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender community. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of these media-driven ideals on a gay male population and determine how objectification may lead to lower rates of relationship satisfaction. A multiple linear regression analysis was used in this study to determine if the predictor variables of self-objectification, partner-objectification, socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, and education adequately predict the criterion variable of relationship satisfaction in a sample of 81 gay males. Results of the study support the theory that higher levels of reported objectification predicted relationship satisfaction. In other words, the more a gay male objectified himself, the less satisfied he was in romantic relationships. The findings of this study are significant because this is one of the first studies to investigate this topic among a gay male population. The results speak to the impact that media-driven messages can have on an individual, not only in terms of self-concept, but in terms of how those beliefs impact relationship satisfaction. In terms of positive social change, the results may allow for more education at younger ages to teach adolescents the impact of objectification.
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Costa, Geverson Custódio. "A prática relacional existente entre um fabricante e seus distribuidores e a percepção de valor do relacionamento na díade." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UCS, 2013. https://repositorio.ucs.br/handle/11338/137.
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Os relacionamentos interorganizacionais têm despertado inúmeros estudos de marketing sobre o tema Marketing de Relacionamento. Este trabalho aborda como as dimensões do marketing do relacionamento podem influenciar na percepção do valor do relacionamento, buscando ampliar os benefícios e redução de custos para os envolvidos no canal de marketing. Como o sucesso ou fracasso de um relacionamento não pode ser expresso simplesmente a partir da perspectiva de uma única organização, caso contrário, poderá ser percebido de forma
diferente pelas duas partes, este estudo se propõe a fazer uma avaliação dentro de uma perspectiva da díade. A partir da utilização de escalas já validadas teoricamente foi realizada uma pesquisa de levantamento envolvendo o pessoal da linha de frente de um fabricante e os compradores dos distribuidores dos produtos do fabricante. Este levantamento possibilitou uma investigação sobre as inter-relações dos construtos formadores do comportamento da relação comercial, como dependência, confiança, comprometimento, nível de comparação com parceiros alternativos e investimentos no relacionamento e os resultados da relação comercial, através do valor dos relacionamentos. Desta forma, a partir de um modelo teórico foi realizada a validação utilizando o construto valor do relacionamento como do desempenho do relacionamento. No âmbito acadêmico, os resultados encontrados confirmaram as hipóteses sugeridas no modelo teórico, contribuindo para avaliação dos relacionamentos interorganizacionais sobre a perspectiva da díade. A avaliação sobre os dois polos permitiu identificar as diferenças de percepção no relacionamento, sobretudo na relação da comparação com dependência e confiança com comprometimento. No âmbito gerencial, o entendimento das diferenças possibilitará as organizações tomarem as iniciativas estratégicas adequadas que irão contribuir para o incremento da percepção de valor na relação comercial.Submitted by Marcelo Teixeira (mvteixeira@ucs.br) on 2014-05-06T11:55:21Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Geverson Custódio Costa.pdf: 1206147 bytes, checksum: d2c2fa9147c06069bf2b6056878017bd (MD5)
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The interorganizacional relationships have attracted several studies of marketing about the theme Relationship Marketing. This paper addresses how the dimension of relationship marketing can influence the value’s perception of the relationship, seeking to extend the benefits and reduce costs for those involved in the marketing channel. As the success or failure of a relationship cannot be expressed simply from the perspective of a single organization, otherwise, it may be perceived differently by the two parties, this study proposes to make an assessment within a perspective of the dyad. From the use of scales theoretically already validated, it was conducted a survey research involving staff frontline of a manufacturer buyers and distributors of the products of the manufacturer. This survey enabled an investigation of the interrelationships of the constructs formers of the behavior of business relationship, such as dependency, trust, commitment, comparison level with alternative partners and investment in the relationship and the results of the business relationship, through the value of relationships. Thus, from a theoretical model a validation was done using the construct relationship value as the performance of the relationship. In the academic environment, the results confirmed the hypotheses suggested in the theoretical model, contributing to assessment of interorganizational relationships on the perspective of the dyad. Reviews of the two poles allowed identify the differences of perception in the relationship, particularly the relationship between dependence with comparison level and trust with commitment. At the management level, understanding the differences will enable organizations to take appropriate strategic initiatives that will contribute to increase the perception of value in the business relationship.
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Nash, Jennifer. "The Power of Relationships: Navigating the Dance of Change through Executive Coaching." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1522777110365909.
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Rashid, Farzana. "Extracting Dimensions of Interpersonal Interactions and Relationships." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2020. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1707342/.
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People interact with each other through natural language to express feelings, thoughts, intentions, instructions etc. These interactions as a result form relationships. Besides names of relationships like siblings, spouse, friends etc., a number of dimensions (e.g. cooperative vs. competitive, temporary vs. enduring, equal vs. hierarchical etc.) can also be used to capture the underlying properties of interpersonal interactions and relationships. More fine-grained descriptors (e.g. angry, rude, nice, supportive etc.) can also be used to indicate the reasons or social-acts behind the dimension cooperative vs. competitive. The way people interact with others may also tell us about their personal traits, which in turn may be indicative of their probable success in their future. The works presented in the dissertation involve creating corpora with fine-grained descriptors of interactions and relationships. We also described experiments and their results that indicated that the processes of identifying the dimensions can be automated.
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Minagawa, Tadashi, and Koji Yoneda. "Specificity and Economic Performance." 名古屋大学大学院経済学研究科附属国際経済政策研究センター, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/21069.
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Rowell, Kacie Lynn. "Preferences for Emotional Dependence and Togetherness in Romantic Relationships: The Impact of Cohort, Race, Gender, and Gender Ideology." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/76899.
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This study investigates variation in preferences for mutual emotional dependence and togetherness in heterosexual romantic relationships among adults in the United States specifically considering the impact of race, gender, gender ideology, and cohort on preferences. A social structure and personality framework and concepts from exchange theory are used to interpret and predict relationship preference patterns found using binary hierarchical logistic regression analysis of data from the 1996 General Social Survey's (GSS) gender and emotions modules. Gender, gender ideology, cohort, and specific sociodemographic variables, such as education and marital status were found to impact preferences for mutual emotional dependence, however, no racially distinct patterns were found. The variables in the models explain less of the differences in preferences for togetherness than emotional dependence. However, education had a curvilinear relationship with preferences for togetherness, as people with the lowest and the highest educations were least likely to prefer togetherness.Master of Science
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Dowdle, Krista Joy. ""Out of Sight, Out of Mind": Examining the Association Between Geographic Distance and the Likelihood of Cheating." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2016. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6362.
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Distance from a partner can put a strain on romantic relationships, especially when one is surrounded by attractive alternatives, as is often the case when moving away to college. Long distance relationships are often associated with increased stress, less relationship stability, and lower levels of relationship satisfaction. Distance may also be associated with cheating on one's romantic partner. The few studies that have examined cheating behavior in college students have found an increase in cheating over a very short, non-representative interval of time when partners were separated (e.g. spring break) but did not control for important variables such as alcohol use or relationship satisfaction. We were interested in determining if these effects could be replicated over a longer, more representative period of time (a full college semester). We examined whether distance predicted cheating among college students in committed relationships while accounting for relationship satisfaction and binge drinking, variables likely to play a role in cheating behavior. Using a large, aggregated sample (N=1,333) of college students in exclusive dating relationships, 10% percent of respondents reported physical cheating, 15% reported emotional cheating, and 6% reported both. Being 11-200 miles from a romantic partner was associated with a 31% increased likelihood of physical cheating compared to those in the same city as their partner. However, being 200+ miles from a romantic partner was associated with a slight reduction in the likelihood of physical cheating. There were no significant difference in the rates of cheating between men and women in our sample; however, these effects were moderated by gender such that distance was only related to an increased likelihood of physical cheating for women. For emotional cheating, distance was associated with an increased likelihood of cheating for both men and women. These results suggest that there is a distance danger zone for college students. Being in the same town and being very far away are associated with less likelihood of physical or emotional cheating than being in a middle zone in which your partner is around 100 miles away. Perhaps because those who have chosen to continue a relationship while living across the country are very committed to their partner, whereas living within driving distance but not the same city creates conditions that make cheating more likely.
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Herriman, Mark E. "The three R's, relationships, relationships, relationships: How can teacher-student relationships be more positive and productive in secondary schools?" Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2022. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/230036/1/Mark_Herriman_Thesis.pdf.
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A positive teacher-student relationship is known to have many benefits for teachers and students alike, such as improving student wellbeing, academic engagement and performance, and school retention rates, reducing incidents of bullying, as well as protecting teachers from burnout and stress. However, there is no clear framework of strategies for starting and maintaining relationships with students, particularly in secondary schools in Australia. This research sought the opinions of students, secondary teachers, parents and school counsellors of what a productive and positive teacher-student relationship was and what they thought were the strategies for teachers to start and maintain such a relationship. These data facilitated the construction of a comprehensive framework, the Student-Teacher and Relationship Formation Framework (STARF), to document strategies for starting and maintaining teacher-student relationships as articulated by key stakeholders.
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Stehle, Peter A. "The caregiving relationship : palliative caregivers' relationships with patients and families." Thesis, Regent's University, 2001. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/7608/.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship- and communication experiences of hospice caregivers with patients and families. Two research questions were addressed: 1. How do caregivers experience these relationships and what is the nature of this relationship?, and 2. what role does communication play in the development and maintenance of these relationships? The study was designed as a field study using in-depth interviewing as the principal data collection strategy and a phenomenological-psychologicaal pproach as an analytical technique. The research inquiry consisted of three separate but linked parts: a pilot study with ten participants at a hospice in Great Britain, a subsequent focus group interview with seven of these ten caregivers at the same site, and a followup study with twenty-six participants at four different hospices in Great Britain. A total of thirty-six individual interviews were conducted using a long-interview design. The analyses of the data in this study suggested that the relationship experiences of hospice caregivers with patients and families are grounded in a particular mode of relating or relationship conduct characterized by a display of feelings, closeness, and solicitude. This conduct is the basis on which the caregiving relationship develops. The development and maintenance of this relationship also depends on caregivers' ability and willingness to involve themselves in the total situation of patients and families, to keep essential boundaries intact, and to find the right balance between distance and closeness. The themes of communication that were identified in this study (communicating about diagnosis and prognosis, telling and accepting the truth, facing and accepting death) - as well as the subthemes (finishing "unfinished business", resolving unresolved conflicts, "letting go"), and the communication problems that arise in this context - are all part of the meta-theme of preparing the patient/family unit for the occurrence of death.
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Studevan, Russell H. "Relationship between teacher absence and factors in teacher-principal relationships." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1987. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/1576.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between principal-teacher relationship and teacher absence. The intent of this study was to analyze the effect of teacher absence rate on two variables: leadership and job satisfaction. The study posed the following questions:
1. Is there a significant relationship between the level of job satisfaction of teachers and the rate of teacher absence as measured by a supervision questionnaire?
2. Is there a significant relationship in the rate of teacher absence and selected independent variables: leadership, autonomy, morale, satisfaction, and production?
3. Is there a significant relationship between absence and job satisfaction of teachers in different school settings?
The study has investigated the role of the principal as the change agent. It was contended that a direct linkage existed between teacher absence, job satisfaction, and the principal's leadership. It was conceptualized that the effective leader, the principal, could improve job satisfaction through positive interaction that produced patterns of effective leadership, evidenced by a decrease in teacher absence. The study is concerned with how "what exists" (job satisfaction) is related to some preceding event (principal leadership) that may have influenced or affected a present condition (teacher absence).
The study followed an expost facto procedure because no manipulation of a treatment variable was included. The multiple regression technique was used to determine whether the independent variables, leadership, job satisfaction, morale, autonomy, and production, when taken together or individually, can be found to be significantly correlated with the dependent variable absence. There were 174 teachers in grades one through eight surveyed. The data collected were subjected to a Pearson Product-Moment correlation and stepwise multiple regression.
Summary of the Hypotheses
Hypothesis 1 is rejected that there is no significant relationship between job satisfaction and teacher absence.
Hypothesis 2 is rejected that there is no significant relationship between leadership and teacher absence rate.
Hypothesis 3 is rejected that there is no significant relationship between teacher autonomy and teacher absence rate.
Hypothesis 4 is rejected that there is no significant relationship between teacher morale and teacher absence rate.
Hypothesis 5 is accepted that there is no significant relationship between production and teacher absence rate.
Analysis of Data
Analysis of the Pearson-Moment Correlation indicted a greater association with job satisfaction, leadership, autonomy, and the dependent variable absence. The variable production had no association. 2 Using absence as the dependent variable in a regression, sex, race, teaching position, age, years assigned to school, years of teaching experience, discipline, school race, and location of school as independent variables, only school race and location showed any significant influence on absence.
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Jaafar, Harlina S. "Logistics service quality and relationship quality in third party relationships." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2006. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7818.
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The market for third party logistics (TPL) service has expanded hugely over the past few years as its total revenue has reached $333 billion globally. It is expected that the industry will grow substantially, and became increasingly complex. As the industry matures, a number of authors have recognised that logistics service quality is becoming a vital tool for delivering superior logistics service performance and thus creating customer satisfaction. Concurrently, considerable evidence has been accumulated that shows relationship quality is useful in the marketing channel context in driving customer loyalty. However, empirical research investigating the effects of the relationships among logistics service quality, customer satisfaction, relationship quality and customer loyalty has received relatively little attention in the literature. This study attempts to fill this void by investigating customers' satisfaction with TPL providers' services across industrial sectors in the UK and the relationship quality they have with them. It empirically tests the validity of Mentzer et al's (2001) Logistics Service Quality PQ) scale for measuring logistics service quality and the LSQ process model that underpins it. A disaggregated model of relationship quality is also used to assess its impact on customer loyalty. Structural equation modelling analysis of the data collected by mail survey of 183 logistics-related managers confirms that LSQ measures are generalisable across industrial sectors in the UK. The results show that technical quality dimensions of logistics service do not drive customers' satisfaction, but serve as the order qualifiers while the functional quality dimensions act as order winning criteria that differentiates TPL providers' service excellence for customer satisfaction. It also supports existing theoretical studies that suggest that relationship quality produces loyal customers. The research contributes to both marketing and logistics discipline in that it empirically demonstrates the positive link between logistics service quality and customer satisfaction as well as customer satisfaction, relationship quality and customer loyalty.
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Khalil, Ahmed Abdulwahab. "Muslim cities as a pattern of relationships : house-mosque relationship." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/20606.
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An argument can be put forward that human belief is one of the major motivations behind the creation and shaping of the human built environment. When a society, authority, or individuals adopt a specific belief or ideology or even change their original belief, this will be reflected in their social pattern and then in their built environment. These have been replaced by other materialistic values and beliefs. Social values and human beliefs in the contemporary built environment have been misinterpreted, misunderstood, and mostly ignored by decision makers, planners, and urban designers. This thesis tries to relates this argument to Muslim society, believing that Islam is the main motivation behind their built environment. As long as Muslims perceive Islam as a way of life, their built environment will reflect this belief. So, the main hypothesis of the thesis is that the traditional Muslim city mainly reflected Islamic belief. When Muslim societies and authorities started to adopt or combine other beliefs and ideologies into their Islamic belief, the society started to reflect these new ideologies in their way of life. This, in turn, influenced their built environment. Alien ideologies started to take place within the Muslim society which were based on totally different ways of life and cultural values. The consequences of these ideologies started to appear during the process of growth and transformation of Muslim cities from the nineteenth century, with affects likely to continue for several generations. In order to examine this hypothesis, the thesis studies the relationship between the house and the mosque within Muslim city.
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Ting, Shuyun. "The role of market orientation in developing and sustaining market relationships : an empirical study in Taiwan." Thesis, Robert Gordon University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10059/269.
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Significant work has taken place in the development of our understanding of business dyadic relationships but much work remains to be done in determining the antecedents, particularly our understanding of cultural contexts. This research aims to add to the debate about what counts in developing a long-term orientation in channel relationships by investigating the role of the concept of market orientation; it explores the possible interface existing between the marketing concept and development of channel relationships. The context is relationships between distributors and suppliers in Taiwan. This study examines the relationship literature from a social exchange theoretical perspective and conducts multiple-case in-depth interviews at the dyadic ends to develop an integrated research model for analysing potential effects of market orientation on the relationship factors influencing long-term oriented relationship building. Quantitative mixed-mode questionnaire surveys were undertaken to test the research model and hypotheses drawn from the model. Data were collected from 158 distributors from four selected business sectors, including both commodity and noncommodity ones. The results confirm the applicability of the marketing concept to an eastern country: Taiwan, and provide empirical evidence that adoption of the marketing concept can be a strategy for stimulating and sustaining long-term oriented channel relationships while mediated by a number of relationship constructs. Communication and shared value are highlighted as the primary mediators while satisfaction signals an inclination to continue a relationship. Market orientation is found to exert significant direct effects on communication and shared value and indirect effects on the other relationship components: trust, cooperation, commitment, conflict and satisfaction, which all contribute to a continuing relationship.
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Bryngemark, Adam, and Sebastian Baard. "”En vecka fick jag fler ölleveranser än virkesleveranser.” : Hur B2B-kunder hanterar och navigerar i B2B-relationer." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-66055.
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Bakgrund: Vikten av mer bundna business-to-business-relationer från leverantörsidan är vida erkänd. Det är dock inte självklart att kunden i en B2B-relation strävar efter samma mål som leverantören i detta anseende. Kunden påverkas av faktorer i mer bundna och mer obundna relationer och måste förhålla sig till dessa samtidigt som de navigerar i sina leverantörsrelationer för att försöka åtnjuta fördelarna med både lång- och kortsiktighet. Syfte: Att förstå hur B2B-kunder hanterar och navigerar i B2B-relationer för att åtnjuta fördelar med både mer bundna och mer obundna B2B-relationer. Metod: Studien har använt en kvalitativ ansats och en deduktiv metod där en teoribas lagts fram. Sedan har tre ostrukturerade intervjuer genomförts med personer som på företag ansvarar för, hanterar eller beslutar om företagets leverantörsrelationer. Slutsats: Studien visar bland annat att: (1) Kunder kan erhålla mer frihet genom att vara mer bundna med sina leverantörer. (2) Kunder har flera relationer med samma leverantör där det inte är möjligt att uppnå bundna och obundna fördelar med enbart en relation till leverantören. (3) Kunder inte eftersträvar fullständig organisatorisk bundenhet eller obundenhet utan att istället åtnjuta fördelarna med att positionera sig däremellan. Kunder önskar ramarna av en mer bunden relation och samtidigt vara i stånd att inom dessa ramar röra sig mer fritt, likt en mer obunden relation; en slags gyllene medelväg.
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Petrowski, Catherine Elizabeth. "Familial Caregiving, Role Reversal, and Social Ties: Experiences of Young Women with Mothers with Mental Illness." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1424802738.
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McCarthy, Breeanna. "Does emotional intelligence mediate the relationship between conflict and relationship satisfaction in romantic relationships?" Swinburne Research Bank, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/4487.
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Thesis (BA(Hons) (Psychology)) - Faculty of Life and Social Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, 2006."October 2006". A thesis is submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (Honours), Faculty of Life and Social Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology - 2006. Typescript.
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deVries, Rosalyn, and rosalyndevries@yahoo com. "Determinants of business-to-business relationship quality in a financial services context." RMIT University. Graduate School of Business, 2009. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20091020.092918.
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Building and maintaining business relationships is becoming increasingly important as organisations seek to improve their competitive advantage by entering long-term relationships with strategic business partners. It is suggested that the quality of the relationship determines the likelihood of maintaining an ongoing relationship between buyers and sellers. Research in the area of business-to-business relationship quality is still in its infancy with limited agreement of the dimensions of relationship quality or even the definition of relationship quality in a business-to-business context. The aim of this Interpretivist study, set in the financial services industry in Australia, was to develop an understanding of what participants in a dyadic business relationship perceive to be the attributes of a high quality relationship. Methodologically the research took a case study approach to the collection of primary data through the use of open-ended depth interviews. Epistemologically the research derived categories and concepts from the social actors engaged in the mutually constructed social reality of the business relationship dyad. This formed the basis for understanding the quality concept by describing relationship-based activities and meanings. The findings indicate that some dimensions of relationship quality are identified dyadically whereas other dimensions are buyer or seller specific. Some dimensions of relationship quality suggested by the literature emerged from the data generated for this study, while others were previously unidentified, including good product, reciprocity, face-to-face contact, problem resolution, efficiency of service, staff consistency, business support and hierarchy of contacts. The findings suggest four implications for professional practice: the need for face-to-face contact; the importance of establishing a hierarchy of contacts across the business relationship; the suggestion that relationship quality is a continuum rather than a destination; and the suggestion that problem resolution may be a catalyst for relationship strength.
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Scholte, Ronald Henry Jakob. "Adolescent relationships /." [S.l. : s.n.], 1998. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=008395729&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Desautels, Marc. "Sibling relationships." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2008. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/195/.
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Volume I This volume comprises of two parts. The first part is a review of the literature that has contributed to the understanding of the role that siblings play in the development of emotion regulation. The second part is an empirical study that investigates the experience of growing up with a sibling who has a learning disability. The literature review put forward the argument that siblings play a significant role in the development of emotion regulation. This paper has been prepared for submission to the journal Family Processes. The empirical study utilises qualitative methodology to examine the experience of eight people who have a sibling who has a learning disability and how this has impacted on their life, when they were children and now. This paper has been prepared for submission to the British Journal of Developmental Psychology. The Public Domain Briefing Paper is also submitted in this volume. Volume II Five Clinical Practice Reports (CPR) are presented in this volume. The first report details the case of a man with a learning disability, presenting with challenging behaviours, formulated from a psychodynamic and cognitive perspective. The second report is a service evaluation of an anxiety management group for people with learning disability. The third report details the treatment of a nine-year old girl with a bird phobia. The fourth report is a case study on a seventy-two-year old man presenting with cognitive difficulties, discussed from a systemic approach. The fifth report was assessed orally and so the abstract is presented in this volume. All names and identifying features have been changed to ensure confidentiality. Although most of the studies provide support for the model, some also highlight its shortcomings; the model appears to be applicable to all types of relationships and not simply sibling relationships.
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Czienskowski, Lennart. "Speculating Relationships." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22669.
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In this thesis the idea of relationship-centered design is proposed based on a speculative design project which is grounded in an understanding of post-anthropocentrism. To facilitate post-anthropocentric human-artifact relationships, that don’t favor living actors over non-living actor, objects may appear to have a life-like agency based on needs and therefore must be empathized with which can be achieved through object characters. Through the discussion of materiality, object behaviors, and object characters, the philosophy of object-oriented ontology and the social-theory of actor-network theory are connected to concepts from interaction design and reveal that materiality, object characters, and object behaviors “meet” in the interaction of humans and artifacts. The phenomenological approach of the Research through Design methodology has shown how the applied methods, that were focussed on the perceived experience of the designer, helped to identify possible correlations of materiality, object behavior and object characters that might affect the human-artifact relationship. Further, the research identified possible implications of post-anthropocentric design, which suggests, that further investigation of how post-anthropocentrism as an approach to design might influence aspects as understandings of equality, consent, and consumption behavior which eventually might have an influence on socio-political structures.
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Van, Epp Morgan C. "A Qualitative Examination of the Relationship Attachment Model (RAM) with Married Individuals." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1365099833.
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Castellanos, Patricia. "The romantic relationships of Latina adolescent mothers: Longitudinal effects of relationship satisfaction, social support, and relationship strain." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1376396490.
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Sjögren, Rasmus, and Rômulo Viana. "Triadic relationships : - A case study on relationship initiation in triadic settings." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-388958.
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This study addresses the rationale of using partners in relationship initiation with potential buyers and how relationship initiation takes place in triadic settings. As the authors have identified relationship initiation as an under-researched area, further research in this field is needed in order to enhance knowledge regarding the use of partners in the relationship initiation with potential buyers. Based on a case study, the authors investigate a company, their partners and potential buyers during the relationship initiation process. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews, observations and analysis of documents. A model was developed based on existing literature in order to allow the authors to analyse the data. The analysis provides an overview of how and why companies use partners to initiate relationships with buyers and how relationship initiation occurs in triadic settings. A new conceptual model was developed suggesting that any actor within this triadic setting can trigger the relationship initiation and that this process shouldn’t necessarily be regarded as sequential. This study also shows that the degree of brand awareness that a company possess can influence their relationship initiation processes.
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Levitt, Ashley David. "Daily alcohol use and relationship functioning in young adult romantic relationships." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5628.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on September 5, 2008) Includes bibliographical references.
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Marchese, Sara. "The relationship between gender roles and sexual satisfaction in heterosexual relationships /." Thesis, McGill University, 1992. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=56926.
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This study explores the interactive effects of stereotypical masculine and feminine personality traits and attitudes upon individual and dyadic sexual satisfaction. It was hypothesized that (a) sexual satisfaction would be positively related to masculinity and femininity, as defined by the presence of instrumental and expressive qualities, for both males and females, (b) sexual satisfaction would be positively related to androgyny for both males and females, and (c) couples consisting of two androgynous partners would be more sexually satisfied than couples where both partners were sex-typed (i.e., masculine male-feminine female), cross-typed (i.e., feminine male-masculine female) or undifferentiated. The sample consisted of heterosexual married and cohabiting couples (N = 93). Subjects completed the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (MCSD; Crowne & Marlowe, 1960, cited in Robinson, Shaver & Wrightman, 1991), the Short Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI; Bem, 1981), the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS; Spanier, 1976, 1989) and the Pinney Sexual Satisfaction Inventory (PSSI; Pinney, Gerrard & Denney, 1987). The first hypothesis is rejected for both males and females, the second hypothesis is supported for males and rejected for females, and the third hypothesis is supported for couples. Instrumentality is negatively correlated with sexual satisfaction, particularly for women, while expressivity is positively correlated with sexual satisfaction for both men and women. Androgynous men and feminine women are more sexually satisfied than any other group; in both cases however, it is suggested that increments in expressivity account for increases in sexual satisfaction. Androgynous couples are more sexually satisfied than sex-typed, cross-typed, and undifferentiated couples; however, self-reported sexual satisfaction varies for individual partners. Implications for the existing androgyny model regarding sexual satisfaction are discussed.