Dissertations / Theses: 'Role orientation'

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Mbuyeleni, N. E. "Value orientation of the adolescent." Thesis, University of Zululand, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/1134.

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Submitted to the Faculty of Education in fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Education in the Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2008.
The aim of this study was to investigate the role of educators in the value orientation of the adolescent. The one thing that transcends language, culture, physical appearance, age and gender is the values a person cherishes and lives by. Vales are essential for life and the normative principles that ensure ease of Hie lived in common. From the literature study it becomes clear that adolescents spend most of their time at school and with their peers, and that their behaviour is shaped by what is happening at school and the values acquired at school serve as a pathway to adulthood. The literature supplied evidence that school educators play an importeint role in influencing the adolescent to adopt positive values. Neither the educator at school, nor parents at home can avoid teaching values through their words and actions. The peer group also plays a key role in the transmission of values. As a result of the adolescent's need to be accepted by the peer group he conforms to the group's values. For the purpose of the empirical investigation a self-structured questionnaire was utilised. The data obtained from the completed questionnaires was processed and analysed by means of descriptive statistics. The findings from the empirical study confirmed that educators play a significant role in the value orientation of the adolescent. In conclusion a summary of the study was presented and based on the findings of the literature and empirical study, the following recommendations were made: > The inculcation of positive values which vdll enable the adolescent to function effectively in society as an adult. > A school environment that is conducive for the effective transfer of healthy value. > Further research ought to be conducted concerning the role of educators in the value orientation of the adolescent.

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Francescucci, Anthony. "Understanding the role of inter-firm market orientation in the market orientation-performance relationship." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2014. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/understanding-the-role-of-interfirm-market-orientation-in-the-market-orientationperformance-relationship(c35db6af-bd56-45ba-94b0-6a3076b3ebcb).html.

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The Market orientation (MO) phenomena have been meticulously studied in the marketing literature for more than three decades. While in the beginning MO had been investigated from a focal form perspective, it has evolved to account for the role it plays in distribution channels or supply chains. However, the perspective taken has consistently been from a focal firm perspective, either about its own or its partners market orientation. This study seeks to extend the theory on market orientation to account for the role that it plays within business relationships (i.e. inter-firm market orientation). IMO was initially conceptualized as the joint activities between the focal firm and its channel partner in joint intelligence generation, joint intelligence dissemination and joint customer responsiveness. This study develops the theory that a business relationship can be either market oriented or not and attempts to explain the effect of this inter-firm market orientation on relationship performance as well as focal firm performance. Specifically, this study asks the question, does inter-firm market orientation mediate the focal firm market orientation – performance relationship?This study was investigated using a two-stage approach. In the first stage, a measurement scale was developed and empirically tested to measure inter-firm market orientation. It was from the scale development efforts that the conceptualization of IMO was refined to include the joint intelligence cooperation and joint customer responsiveness efforts between the focal firm and its channel partners. It appears that the focal firm and their channel partner do not differentiate or separate the activities of intelligence generation and intelligence dissemination. They view it more as a cooperative effort. Additionally, the focus of the intelligence cooperation efforts appears to be more about intelligence collected through market research about end-user customers rather than by speaking with customers directly. Finally, the customer responsiveness efforts appear to be reactively focused rather than both reactively and proactively. The scale development was followed by the second stage where the revised IMO construct was included in a model in which it mediated the often-studied market orientation – performance relationship. A number of hypotheses were developed using various relationship theories such as transaction cost economics, resource-based view, and interaction approach. The model was tested with a sample of 130 informants using a variance-based structural equation modeling technique called partial least squares. The final analysis indicated that all paths were significant and that the IMO and relationship performance constructs partially mediated the MO – performance relationship. These findings suggest that it is important to understand both intra and inter-firm market orientation activities to truly understand their impact on business performance.

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Hudepohl, Adam David. "Determinants of Group Perpetrated Violence Based on Sexual Orientation." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2009. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/psych_theses/56.

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The purpose of this study was to examine group perpetrated antigay violence. Specifically, the effects of MGRS, peer dynamics, and increases in negative affect on antigay aggression were examined. The differential utility of aggression toward gay and heterosexual targets in relieving a state of negative affect (e.g., anger, fear) was also evaluated. Participants completed questionnaires that included a measure of MGRS, and then were assigned to one of three group conditions(individual, stranger, and friend). Participants then viewed a video depicting male-male intimacy and competed in the TAP against either a fictitious gay or heterosexual opponent. Results showed a main effect for condition, such that higher levels of aggression were observed in the group, relative to the individual, conditions. Analyses also revealed a significant positive relation between MGRS and aggression among participants competing with a stranger against a heterosexual opponent. Neither condition nor opponent differentially predicted changes in negative affect.

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Mallon, Jacqueline Ann. "Gender and undergraduate mathematics students : attitudes, beliefs and percieved sources of encouragement/support." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.336737.

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Thorsen, Philip Edward Lamke Leanne K. "Trust in dating relationships the role of communal orientation /." Auburn, Ala., 2006. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2006%20Fall/Theses/THORSEN_PHILIP_11.pdf.

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Sirois, Fuschia M., A. Wood, and Jameson K. Hirsch. "Gratitude and Health Behaviors: The Role of Future Orientation." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/610.

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Background: Gratitude is an orientation towards the positive in life that increasingly is shown to have relevance for physical health. Less is known about how gratitude relates to health behaviours. The self-regulation resource model (SRRM) posits that future-orientation is a resource that promotes selfregulation of health behaviours. Accordingly, we meta-analytically tested whether gratitude was associated with the practice of health-promoting behaviours, and if future-orientation explained the association. Methods: Data from 14 samples (N = 4,111) from our labs were included in the meta-analysis as there was no published data. All samples completed measures of state or trait gratitude, and a measure of health behaviour frequency; six samples completed a measure of future orientation/self-continuity. Random effects metaanalysis was conducted on the correlations of gratitude with health behaviours, with subgroup analyses. Indirect effects through FO were tested and meta-analysed. Findings: Across all 14 samples, gratitude was significantly associated with more frequent health behaviours, avg. r = .261, [.22, .31]. The effects did not vary significantly across sample type (student/community), or gratitude measure (state/trait). Mediation analyses revealed significant indirect effects of gratitude on health behaviours through future-orientation in the six samples tested (N = 2,828), with an average index of mediation of beta = .068 [.05, .08]. The direct effects remained significant. Discussion: Findings are consistent with the SRRM and demonstrate that gratitude is associated with the practice of health-promoting behaviours, due in part to future-orientation. Further research is warranted to more fully investigate the potential of gratitude for promoting health behaviours.

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Quesada, Hernandez Elena. "The Role of Cell Division Orientation during Zebrafish Early Development." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2011. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-64735.

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The development of multicellular organisms is dependent on the tight coordination between tissue growth and morphogenesis. The stereotypical orientation of cell divisions has been proposed to be a fundamental mechanism by which proliferating and growing tissues take shape. However, the actual contribution of stereotypical cell division orientation (SDO) to tissue morphogenesis is unclear. In zebrafish, cell divisions with stereotypical orientation have been implicated in both body axis elongation and neural rod formation, although there is little direct evidence for a critical function of SDO in either of these processes. Making use of extended time-lapse, multi-photon microscopy and a careful three-dimensional analysis of cell division orientation, we show that SDO is required for neural rod midline formation during neurulation, but dispensable for body axis elongation during gastrulation. Our data indicate that SDO during both gastrulation and neurulation is dependent on the non-canonical Wnt receptor Frizzled 7 (Fz7), and that interfering with cell division orientation leads to severe defects in neural rod midline formation, but not body axis elongation. These findings suggest a novel function for Fz7 controlled cell division orientation in neural rod midline formation during neurulation. They also shed new light on the field of cell division orientation by uncoupling it from tissue elongation.

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Murphy, Kellie Ann. "Parent involvement and student retention| The role of orientation programs." Thesis, Washington State University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3628860.

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The increasing numbers of incoming student orientation programs, combined with greater parental involvement aimed at facilitating their children's arrival on campus and smooth transition to college life, has resulted in a surge of parent orientation programs, over the past two decades (Lynch, 2006; Merriman, 2007). New student orientation programs are designed to prepare them for the academic and social changes which occur upon entering college. Although orientation is often used as a retention tool, the possible ramifications parental attendance on students during this critical transition into college, has been overlooked (Coburn & Woodward, 2001; Mann, 1998; Tinto, 1993; Wartman & Savage, 2008). Since Tinto's first publication in 1985, much of the research related to student retention has been directly tied to his Student Integration Theory (Pascarella & Terenzini, 2005).

Although Tinto acknowledges the contributions economic and psychological experiences may have on the student's likelihood of being retained, unlike theorists before him, Tinto's model focuses more on experiences the student encounters after coming to college, rather than those occurring prior to college. Tinto's findings call for students to separate themselves completely from their past communities, in order to successfully transition into their new community. This study challenges Tinto's logic of complete separation from one's past and explores further the relationship and impact parent attendance during student orientation has on full-time, first-year retention rates.

The results of this study indicate there is a positive relationship between parent attendance during orientation and first-year student retention. Moreover, parent attendance in student orientations was found to be a positive-predictor of student retention. These results are in opposition to Tinto's imperative that retention is enhanced when students make a complete separation from pre-college communities, and reveals instead the positive impact parent involvement has on first-year retention. While the study is not intended to answer all questions surrounding parent inclusion as related to college student retention, it does point future researchers in a new direction when seeking additional insight regarding policies and practices surrounding parent involvement and student retention.

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Huang, Xianwen, and Hsien Wen Huang. "An examination of the role orientation of planners in Taipei." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44651.

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This research project explores the professional ideology of planners in a new industrialized setting - Taipei,Taiwan. This study seeks to establish whether urban planners in a newly industrializing country (NIC) exhibit consistent sets of values, attitudes and role orientations that parallel those of Western planners. In addition, in an authoritarian party-state such as Taiwan, planning is a top-down process. Development goals are set at the top of the political bureaucracy; therefore, plans are formulated to meet predesigned objectives, especially in terms of economic development. Since economic growth is seen by some as a legitimation device for the existing authoritarian regime in Taiwan, the role of planning vis a vis the partnership between the state and capitalists is worth examining. The data used in this study are drawn from questionnaire surveys of public-sector urban planners working in Taipei city. The survey was conducted between May and August 1988. The sample size of 128 planners was determined based on estimates provided by each departmental head within Taipei Municipal Government. An overall response rate of 69%, and a valid response rate of 66% was achieved.

A prominent pattern that emerged in examining the results of the survey is the strong rational and apolitical orientation of Taipei's planners. The pervasiveness of rational and apolitical leanings among planners is partly a reflection of an authoritarian state the protects its own legitimacy while promoting economic development. The prevalence of apolitical attitudes among planners in top-down decision making environments exacerbates difficulties in the implementation of plans and programs. Hence, planners working with implementation units, and carrying out plans formulated by planning units are more cognizant of the importance of public participation. In addition, they are more skeptical about planning activities in Taipei city than their counterparts working in planning units. In conclusion, it is suggested that although most planners believe in the apolitical and rational nature of planning, planners with formal planning educations tend to recognize the inherently political nature of planning to a greater extent than those without planning educations. Since planning education is obviously one of the determinants in shaping the role and value orientations of planners, especially with respect to their recognition of political influences, planning curricula that better focus on those aspects may be emphasized.
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Tcaci, Popescu Sergiu. "The role of spontaneous movements in spatial orientation and navigation." Thesis, Paris Sciences et Lettres (ComUE), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PSLEH005/document.

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Les gens produisent des mouvements spontanés pendant des tâches de raisonnement spatial. Ces mouvements aident-ils à la performance de la tâche? Nous avons étudié le rôle des mouvements spontanés dans l'orientation spatiale en utilisant des tâches de prise de perspective spatiale (PPS) dans lesquelles les participants devaient imaginer un point de vue différent de leur point de vue actuel. Nous nous sommes concentrés sur des perspectives exigeant des rotations mentales de soi - particulièrement difficiles, elles sont grandement facilitées par un mouvement actif, même en l'absence de vision. La contribution motrice à la performance de la tâche pourrait résulter d'un mécanisme prédictif, qui anticipe les conséquences d'une action avant son exécution, comme un modèle d'anticipation interne (Wolpert & Flanagan, 2001), inhibant par la suite l’exécution du mouvement si nécessaire. Les mouvements observés peuvent être des traces visibles de ce processus. En utilisant un système de capture de mouvements, nous avons montré que les rotations de la tête sont géométriquement liées à la PPS : leur direction et amplitude étaient liées à la direction et à l'angle entre les perspectives réelles et imaginée (Exp. 1). Chez les contrôleurs aériens, qualifiés ou apprentis, seule la direction de la rotation de la tête était liée à la PPS, reflétant probablement l'expertise spatiale ainsi que le rôle crucial de la direction dans la rotation mentale (Exp. 2). Dans un environnement virtuel, les rotations de tête spontanées étaient liées à une performance accrue. Cependant, les rotations volontaires, qui imitent celles qui sont produites spontanément, ne facilitent pas la performance de navigation (Exp. 3), mais l'empêchent lorsqu’elles sont contraires à la direction de la rotation virtuelle. Nos résultats suggèrent une contribution motrice spécifique à l'orientation spatiale, compatible avec la prédiction motrice
People produce spontaneous movements during spatial reasoning tasks. Do they relate to task performance? We investigated the role of spontaneous movements in spatial orientation using spatial perspective-taking (SPT) tasks where participants adopted imaginary perspectives. We focused on imaginary perspectives requiring mental rotations of the self as they are particularly difficult and greatly facilitated by active movement in the absence of vision. Motor contribution to task performance could result from a predictive mechanism, which anticipates the consequences of an action before its execution, such as an internal forward model (Wolpert & Flanagan, 2001), further inhibiting full rotations of the head. Observed movements may be visible traces of this process. Using motion capture, we showed that head movements are geometrically related to SPT: both the direction and amplitude of head rotations were related to the direction and angle between the actual and imagined perspectives (Exp. 1). In air traffic controllers and apprentices, only the direction of head rotation was related to SPT, probably reflecting spatial expertise and its crucial role in mental rotation (Exp. 2). In a virtual environment, spontaneous head rotations were related to increased performance. However voluntary rotations, emulating the spontaneously produced ones, did not facilitate navigation performance (Exp. 3), but hindered it when inconsistent with the direction of virtual rotation. Overall, our findings suggest a specific motor contribution to spatial orientation consistent with motor prediction

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Murray, Jennifer. "Organisational innovativeness : the role of strategic orientation and environmental scanning." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2012. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/60158/1/Jennifer_Murray_Thesis.pdf.

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This study examined the effects of strategic orientation and environmental scanning on a firm’s propensity to innovate (organisational innovativeness). Previous research has mostly proposed descriptive and theoretical relationships between strategic orientation, environmental scanning and organisational innovation adoption (Beal, 2000; Jennings & Lumpkin, 1992; Raymond, Julien, & Ramangalahy, 2001). However, strategic orientation and environmental scanning, as distinct constructs, have not been empirically examined directly before in relation to organisational innovativeness. Furthermore the directionality of the relationship between strategic orientation and environmental scanning on organisational innovation adoption is still unclear (Hagen, Haile, & Maghrabi, 2003). For example, does scanning the environment result in certain types of organisational strategies, and these strategies in turn influence levels of organisational innovativeness? Or do certain types of strategic orientations pre-determine the levels of environmental scanning, and then this environmental scanning influences an organisation’s propensity to innovate? Therefore, this study using a more nuanced measure of strategic orientation; the Venkatraman’s (1989) STROBE framework of analysis, defensiveness, futurity, proactiveness, aggressiveness and riskiness, examined the directional effects of strategy and environmental scanning on organisational innovativeness Specifically, two competing models of directionality between strategic orientation and environmental scanning in relation to organisational innovativeness were proposed. Model 1 (Behavioural View) proposed that certain strategic orientation dimensions affect levels of environmental scanning, which in turn influences organisational innovativeness. In contrast, Model 2 (Open Systems view) proposed that environmental scanning affects the emphasis on certain strategic orientation dimensions, which in turn influences organisational innovativeness. Data was collected from 117 industrial firms and path analyses were used to test the two competing models. The results supported both models, suggesting a bi-directional relationship, as both models had adequate fit indices and significant paths with the data. However, overall Model 2 – the Open Systems Model had the stronger fit indices and stronger indirect effect compared to Model 1 – the Behavioural Model, suggesting that overall environmental scanning does not exert a strong direct effect on innovativeness but has more of a stronger indirect effect through the analysis and proactiveness strategic orientation dimensions. In sum, the thesis results suggest that firms’ that emphasise environmental scanning – that is continually seeking information from the environment about customers, markets, industry and new technology - are more likely to emphasise strategic orientations such as proactiveness – being innovative - and also analysis – being analytical and comprehensive in decision making - and both these strategic orientations in turn greatly influence these firms’ propensity to innovate. Discussion is given to these findings and implications are drawn for organisations and future research.

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BOUTSEN, LUC. "Role des axes structuraux (symetrie, elongation) dans la perception des formes." Grenoble 2, 1998. http://www.theses.fr/1998GRE29039.

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Un des objectifs majeurs des theories sur la reconnaissance d'objet est de decrire et modeliser comment le systeme perceptif construit une representation stable des formes et des objets qui nous environnent, malgre la variation de leurs projections retinales d'une perception a l'autre (entre deux perceptions, les objets peuvent changer de position, d'orientation, n'etre plus a la meme distance de l'observateur, etc). La these examine l'hypothese selon laquelle les formes seraient percues et representees en memoire dans un format structural base sur leurs axes de symetrie et/ou d'elongation (eg, marr, 1982). Cette proposition theorique est testee dans le cas des formes polygonales bidimensionnelles. La these est organisee en deux parties; la premiere (etude chez le sujet 'normal') montre que les axes de symetrie et/ou d'elongation des formes determinent la perception de l'orientation frontoparallele de ces dernieres (chapitre 1; quatre experiences de recherche visuelle) et leur representation en memoire (chapitre 2; trois experiences d'amorcage perceptif). La seconde partie (etude du patient gk, simultagnosique, i. E. Ayant de la difficulte a percevoir plusieurs objets a la fois) montre gk est, d'une part, sensible au groupement perceptif de formes bi-dimensionnelles base sur l'alignement de leurs axes de symetrie (vs de leurs contours) (chapitre 4; cinq experiences) et, d'autre part, capable de construire et d'utiliser dans l'hemichamp visuel souffrant d'extinction des representations axiales (structurales) basees sur les contours et les axes de symetrie des formes locales (chapitre 4; deux experiences). En resume, les donnees experimentales obtenues dans ce travail de these avec differents paradigmes experimentaux et differentes approches (psychologie, neuropsychologie) sont en faveur d'un systeme visuel elaborant une representation structurale des formes utilisable dans differentes taches perceptives, et peut-etre a differents niveaux de traitement
This thesis explores the proposal that the human visual system processes the global spatial structure of two-dimensional (2-d) shapes relative to salient axes of symmetry and elongation. Four experimental studies were conducted, which fall in two parts. Part 1 focuses on whether implicit axes of symmetry and elongation determine perceived shape orientation (chapter 1), and representations underlying shape recognition (chapter 2). . The same set of simple geometrical shapes was used in two experimental paradigms involving visual search and categorisation. Part 2 (chapters 3 and 4) presents a neuropsychological case study of a simultanagnosic patient who is impaired at perceiving multiple objects. The role of axis-based descriptions in perceptual grouping between shapes was examined in this patient. In chapter 1, four experiments investigated the role of implicit axes of symmetry and elongation on visual search for shape orientation. The results suggest that the perception of shape orientation is mediated by descriptions in terms of perceptually salient axes of symmetry and elongation. Chapter 2 examined the of structural (axis-based) descriptions in shape recognition. Shortterm priming effects between 2-d shapes were studied in a categorization paradigm. Reliable priming (in terms of reductions in reaction time) between shapes on consecutive trials was observed a function of their structural correspondence on the dimensions, and as a function of the category structure manipulated across three experiments. Overall, the results provide evidence that perceptual priming between shapes is determined by their structural correspondence on symmetry and orientation, and that these attributes are encoded in representations mediating shape perception. In chapters 3 and 4, the effects of grouping by the alignment of implicit axes on the perception of multiple shapes was examined in a patient (gk) with simultanagnosia. Gk made various perceptual judgments about configurations of shapes aligned by collinearity of edges or internal axes. Differential effects of grouping conditions were observed, suggesting that grouping by axes or edges can support the allocation of visual attention to multiple objects. Taken together, the studies suggest that axis-based information can be used in the perception of shapes

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Workman, William J. (William John). "Relationship of Sex Role Orientation to Preference for Type of Response in Counseling." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1985. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331111/.

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This study compared beginning and advanced counselor education students on self-reported sex-role orientation and preference for selected counseling responses. It was assumed that sex-role socialization leads to restrictive attitudes that make it difficult for students to acquire and use selected interpersonal counseling skills. It was anticipated that counselor education training programs would provide a means for students to overcome the limitations imposed by sex-role socialization practices. Subjects in this study were 87 counselor education graduate students, 34 advanced students enrolled in the final two courses required for the master's degree and 53 beginning students enrolled in the first course in the master's degree sequence. Based on scores obtained from the Bern Sex-Role Inventory, subjects were divided into three groups: (1) feminine, (2) androgynous, (3) masculine. The Response Alternatives Questionnaire was used to determine subjects' preference for counseling responses.

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Miller, Rodney E. McCarthy John R. "Role orientation of music administrators at selected institutions of higher education." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1988. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p8907678.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 1988.
Title from title page screen, viewed September 23, 2005. Dissertation Committee: John R. McCarthy (chair), Paul J. Baker, Paul W. Borg, John L. Brickell, William C. Rau. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 193-208) and abstract. Also available in print.

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Dickter, David Nathan. "The role of time orientation in decision-making under time pressure /." The Ohio State University, 1997. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487946103565876.

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Dickter, David N. "The role of time orientation in decision making under time pressure." Connect to resource, 1997. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1250528229.

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Ornelas, Eddie Pinon 1968. "Sexual abuse variables associated with sex-role identity and sexual orientation." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278308.

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Childhood sexual abuse of adult men has brought many adulthood clinical manifestations and issues, with several of them being tied to male sexuality. Two groups (N = 11) of adult men, heterosexual (N = 9) and homosexual (N = 2), were compared to each other across several variables, noting any differences or similarities. The Kinsey Heterosexual - Homosexual scale, the Bem Sex-Role Inventory, and a sexual abuse questionnaire were used to obtain information about the sexual orientation, present sex role identities, and past abuse experiences. The descriptive results suggested several trends indicating differences between sex role identification when compared to the average severity of sexual abuse factors experienced. Also, significant differences were found when t-tests and a one way A-NOVA were performed to compare the groups, sex roles, and Bem A and Bem B and Bem Differences. Recommendations for future research are outlined.

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Hou, Rong. "Attitude change in female undergraduates toward occupation goals and role orientation." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1998. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1558.

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Mancuso, Serafino G. "The role of self-objectification, gender role orientation, perfectionism, and reasons for exercise in male body dissatisfaction." Swinburne Research Bank, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/4476.

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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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Wiens, Paul A. (Paul Anthony). "Inferences of sexual orientation and gender role based on clothing and posture." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1992. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc798196/.

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This study investigated the effect of clothing, posture, and sex of subject on inferences concerning sexual orientation and gender role. Subjects were a convenience sample of 327 students. The study wa sa 2 (masculine/feminine clothing) X 2 (masculine/feminine posture) X2 (sex of subject) between subject experimental design. Perceptions of sexual orientation were measured by a single item anchored at one end by homosexual and the other end by not homosexual.

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Bromhead, David, and n/a. "Gender role orientation, stress, coping and hopelessness in a normal adolescent population." University of Canberra. Teacher Education, 1997. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060613.142101.

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Many risk factors have been put forward to account for the significant increase in adolescent male suicide over the last 20 years, and the pronounced sex difference in suicide statistics. In particular, hopelessness has been shown to be a strong indicator of suicidality. This study investigated the relationship of gender role, stress, and coping to hopelessness in a normal adolescent population. It was hypothesized that stress, coping and a masculine gender role would contribute to hopelessness. 288 adolescent students between the ages of 15 and 18 were surveyed using the Adolescent Stress Scale, the Beck Hopelessness Scale, the Australian Sex Role Scale, and the Adolescent Coping Scale. Contrary to expectation, having a masculine gender role was not related to hopelessness; students with an undifferentiated gender role had higher levels of hopelessness than androgynous, masculine, and feminine students. However, the majority of students who had an undifferentiated gender role were male. Hopelessness was also associated with high levels of stress and the use of avoidance coping strategies. The results are discussed within the transactional stress model and the stress-diathesis model.

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Wei, Yinghong O'Neill Hugh. "Market orientation and successful new product innovation the role of competency traps /." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,67.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006.
Title from electronic title page (viewed Oct. 10, 2007). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the Kenan-Flagler Business School." Discipline: Business Administration; Department/School: Business School, Kenan-Flagler.

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Ziersch, Anna Marie. "The minimal group paradigm : the impact of gender and gender-role orientation /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1992. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ARPS/09arpsz66.pdf.

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Rowe, Kate Penelope. "Psychological capital and employee loyalty: The mediating role of protean career orientation." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Psychology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/7621.

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Evidence that positively disposed employees are inclined to experience greater loyalty to the organisation and fewer intentions to quit may be underestimated. The present study investigated the role that the individual’s career attitude plays in the relationship between positive psychological capital (a composite variable based on hope, self-efficacy, resilience, and optimism) and subsequent loyalty to the organisation. An online survey was administered to New Zealand employees across five distinct industries. Regression analyses on a sample of 518 confirmed that a self-directed and values-driven approach to career management mediates the relationship between psychological capital and affective commitment to the organisation and turnover intentions. Results are discussed in terms of their implications for individual and organisational activities and recommendations for future research are provided.

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Klossek, Ulrike. "The role of goals and goal orientation as predisposing factors for depression." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/18339.

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Part I: Systematic Literature Review. Dysregulation of the motivational and incentive functions that underlie goal setting and goal pursuit is thought to be a key factor implicated in the aetiology of Major Depressive Disorder. Although research over the past two decades has shown that motivational and cognitive factors can play an important role in increasing negative affect and making individuals vulnerable to depression, much of this work has involved dysphoric and non-depressed samples and much less is known about their role in the maintenance of and recovery from clinical depression. The objective of the present study was therefore to identify and synthesize the evidence from studies that examined goals, goal pursuit and goal orientation in clinically depressed individuals. Only 9 studies meeting the inclusion criteria could be identified through systematic literature searches and were heterogeneous in design and quality. The results therefore do not allow strong conclusions to be drawn and need to be interpreted with caution. Bearing this caveat in mind, the findings did not support the idea that depressed individuals set fewer, less valued or more avoidant personal goals than non-depressed individual and suggested that problems were more likely to lie in the motivational and cognitive processes governing goal engagement and goal pursuit. Factors identified by the present studies likely to play a significant role in disrupting motivational processes and promoting maladaptive strategies of goal pursuit were perceived goal attainability, perceived lack of control, personal resources and skills required, type of goal focus, lack of goal specificity and goal engagement and disengagement processes. The results of two randomised clinical trials further suggested that therapies focusing on goal dysregulation in patients identified to lack adaptive strategies for goal pursuit and goal reengagement may be more effective than standard models. These findings identified promising areas for future research and highlight the importance of understanding individual profiles and subtypes of depression in order to target key areas of dysregulation and tailor treatment accordingly and in collaboration with the patient. The review highlighted the paucity of good quality studies involving samples of clinically depressed individuals and the need for more translational work focusing on clinically significant outcomes and developing reliable measures to assess day-to-day goal engagement and pursuit in depressed individuals. Abstract - Part II: Empirical paper. Goal orientation theory suggests that adopting a self-worth goal orientation (seeking self-validation and avoiding proof of worthlessness) may make individuals more vulnerable to depression, whereas pursuing learning goals (seeking personal growth and improving one's abilities) might represent a protective factor. This study examined whether adopting different goal orientations following negative performance feedback and unfavourable social comparison affected mood and performance on a subsequent performance task. Trait goal orientation was assessed in a sample of 86 U.K. university students who were allocated to three experimental groups receiving self-worth goal, learning goal and no instructions after receiving negative feedback on the first performance task. The findings provided some support for the original predictions of goal orientation theory (Dykman, 1998). Validation-seeking was associated with greater anticipatory anxiety following a negative event as well as reduced confidence when faced with a performance challenge. However, the results provided no substantial evidence to suggest that adopting a 'state' learning goal orientation vs. self-worth goal orientation mitigates the experience of negative affect or helplessness responses. Potential implications of the findings regarding the utility of the goal orientation construct as a predictor of depression vulnerability are discussed in the light of methodological limitations of the present study.

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Stefani, Martina. "The role of the fornix in spatial orientation, navigation and scene perception." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2017. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/114193/.

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Spatial cognition is a multi-faceted domain that requires the support of a complex brain network. Moving beyond the role of the medial temporal lobe in memory, a growing body of literature suggested that the extended hippocampal network is critically involved in scene processing and in the formation of egocentric and allocentric references. Applying a combination of MRI techniques, the main goal of this thesis was to provide evidence about the specific contribution of the fornix and the hippocampus to different spatial skills. Different groups of healthy individuals were recruited for each study and underwent MRI scans. For each participant, diffusion MRI metrics of the fornix (fractional anisotropy, FA, and mean diffusivity, MD) were extracted. These were then correlated across subjects with the behavioural performance on spatial tasks. Specifically, Chapters III and IV aimed to investigate the involvement of the fornix in spatial orientation and spatial learning. The results showed significant correlations with the performance on the Spatial Orientation task (SOT) and with the curve learning obtained from the Virtual Reality Maze task (VRMt) suggesting a critical role of this white-matter tract in orientation and navigation. An fMRI repetition suppression paradigm was adopted in Chapter V to study the role of the HC in scene perception and the contribution of the fornix in viewpoint processing. However, the weak BOLD activity registered in the hippocampus and the lack of significant results suggested that further work is required to clarify the spatial representation formed by this area.

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Le, Roux Etienne. "Clarifying effectuation and causation : the role of regulatory focus and entrepreneurial orientation." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/80454.

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The research article produced for this MBA research project heeds to the call for further clarification of the concepts of effectuation and causation within the broader entrepreneurship discourse. It does this by empirically investigating the association an individual’s regulatory foci and their entrepreneurial orientation have with their preferences to apply effectual or causal logic. Therefore, the Journal of Entrepreneurship is well suited to publish this research. Further, this article follows the guidelines and requirements set out by the journal.
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Woods, Courtney G. "Role of nano-particles on crystalline orientation in polypropylene/clay nanocomposite films." Thesis, Available online, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004:, 2003. http://etd.gatech.edu/theses/available/etd-04072004-180242/unrestricted/woods%5Fcourtney%5Fg%5F200312%5Fms.pdf.

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Svejda, Miroslav. "NATO's global role : to what extent will NATO pursue a global orientation? /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Mar%5FSvejda.pdf.

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Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Civil Military Relations))--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2004.
Thesis advisor(s): Donald Abenheim. Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-93). Also available online.

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Švejda, Miroslav. "NATO's global role to what extent will NATO pursue a global orientation? /." View thesis, 2004. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion.exe/04Mar%5FSvejda.pdf.

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Rabon, Jessica K., A. Turner, Jon R. Webb, Edward C. Chang, and Jameson K. Hirsch. "Forgiveness and Suicidal Behavior in Primary Care: Mediating Role of Future Orientation." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/615.

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Rabon, Jessica Kelliher, Jon R. Webb, Edward C. Chang, and Jameson K. Hirsch. "Forgiveness and Suicidal Behavior in Primary Care: Mediating Role of Future Orientation." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2788.

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Forgiveness, a cognitive-emotional and behavioral reduction of negative responses to offenses, is directly related to less suicide risk, but may be indirectly related via its relation with future orientation, the ability to envision a positive future. In 100 rural primary care patients, we examined the association between self-forgiveness, other-forgiveness, and forgiveness by God and suicidal behavior, with future orientation as a mediator. Forgiveness was related to greater future orientation and, in turn, to, less suicidal behavior. Addressing the past may promote adaptive views of the future and reduce suicide risk, results suggesting potential temporal and forgiveness-based points for suicide prevention.

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Yugo, Jennifer Ellen. "Role of Calling in Emotional Labor." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1245355061.

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Heath, Robert Steven. "Perceived Parental Nurturance, Parent Identification and Sex-Role Orientation for Female Victims of Sexual Abuse." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1985. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332027/.

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This study examined the perception of parental nurturance, the parental identification, and the sex-role orientation of women who had been sexually abused as children. Its purpose was to explore these aspects of a woman's relationship with her parents and the subsequent sex role development, as it relates to the presence or absence of sexual abuse in the relationship. Eighty women averaging 31 years of age volunteered to participate in the study. The women represented three distinct populations with respect to the question of sexual abuse. The first group reported never having been sexually abused (Nonabused). The second group reported having been sexually abused by their father or stepfather (Father Abused). The third group reported having been sexually abused by someone other than their father or stepfather (Other Abused). As predicted, perceived parental nurturance was significantly lower for members of the Father Abused group than for the remaining two groups. In addition, the Nonabused group reported the highest nurturance scores of the three groups. Contrary to expectation, there was no difference between the parent identification patterns of the three groups. Support was provided for the prediction that women who had been sexually abused by their fathers were more likely to express undifferentiated sex roles than androgynous ones. Women not abused by their fathers were more likely to express androgynous sex roles than undifferentiated ones. Limitations of the study and implications of the results were discussed.

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Conrad, Linda Muriel. "Sex-role orientation and sex stereotyping influences on same- and cross-sex friendships." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26386.

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This study was designed to investigate the influence of two individual difference variables--sex-role orientation and level of sex stereotyping—on the quality of people's own same- and opposite-sex friendships, and their attitudes toward same- and opposite-sex friendships in general. It was predicted that androgynous individuals would experience the highest quality in their friendships, followed by the sex-typed and undifferentiated. Level of stereotyping was predicted to influence both the quality of peoples' friendships, and their evaluations of the concepts same- and opposite-sex friendships. High-sex stereotyped persons were expected to have lower quality friendships and have less favorable attitudes toward cross-sex friendships compared with the low stereotyped. One hundred and one adults (62 females, 39 males) sampled from the City of Vancouver completed a series of questions designed to tap the quality of their same-and cross-sex friendships, and their attitudes toward sairie-and cross-sex friendships. The Bern Sex-Role Inventory (BSRI, Bern, 1974) was used to measure sex typing (androgynous, sex-typed, undifferentiated) and an instrument developed by the author was used to test level of sex stereotyping. As predicted, androgyny was related to better quality friendships. Androgynous individuals had significantly higher quality scores than either sex-typed or undifferentiated persons. Quality scores were not significantly different for sex-typed individuals compared with undifferentiated. These findings were interpreted in terms of the greater behavioral flexibility associated with androgyny. Although not predicted, sex typing was also a significant factor in evaluations of friendships and attitudes toward cross-sex friendships specifically. Androgynous individuals gave significantly higher evaluations to friendships and were more accepting of cross-sex friendships than persons in the other two sex-role orientation groups. In light of this finding a modification was made to the original theoretical framework to account for sex typing effects on evaluations of friendships. None of the predictions for level of sex stereotyping influences on quality and evaluation of friendships was supported. Psychometric problems with the measures used in the present study may have contributed to these non-significant findings. Other findings showed same-sex friendships received significantly higher quality ratings than cross-sex and same-sex friendships received more positive evaluations compared with opposite-sex friendships, although these latter findings were non-significant.
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Mulyanegara, Riza Casidy. "Church marketing : the role of market orientation and brand image in church participation." Monash University. Faculty of Business and Economics. Department of Marketing, 2009. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/74962.

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Since its conception, the concept of ‘market orientation’ has been largely regarded as an employee-perceived phenomenon due to its focus on employees as the unit of analysis. The examination of market orientation from customer perspective (‘perceived market orientation’) remains an under-researched topic, particularly within the non-profit sector. The present study seeks to address this research gap through an investigation of the role of ‘perceived market orientation’ in affecting ‘customer participation’ with churches as the research context. The use of churches as a research context has become increasingly common in studies of non-profit and services organisations. Although the implementation of marketing techniques in the church context has been extensive, there has been little examination of the effectiveness of these methods in encouraging church participation. Consequently, previous studies in this area have failed to contribute to a theoretical understanding of how marketing can be used to motivate participation. It is thus apparent that there is a need for more research in this area to examine the potential role of concepts such as ‘perceived market orientation’ and ‘brand image’ in affecting church participation. This research incorporated two stages of research design in the form of qualitative and quantitative techniques. The qualitative phase involved in-depth interviews with Church Goers (CGs) and Non Church Goers (NCGs). Insights gained from the interviews helped the present author to incorporate relevant constructs as predictors of church participation in the conceptual framework. The quantitative phase involved the distribution of self-administered questionnaires using convenience sampling technique. CG respondents were approached through Assemblies of God (AOG) church leaders in Melbourne metropolitan and suburban areas whereas NCG respondents were recruited through newspaper advertisement. A total of 564 usable questionnaires were obtained representing 42% of the total number of respondents approached in both groups. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) were employed to establish construct reliability and validity as well as measurement invariance. Subsequently, the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) technique was employed to analyse the hypothesised relationships between key constructs in the conceptual framework. The results of the study indicate that ‘perceived market orientation’ plays an important role in affecting the church participation of both CG and NCG respondents. An examination of corollary hypotheses reveals that ‘interfunctional coordination’ performs the strongest effect on church participation. Further, ‘customer orientation’ was only found to be significantly associated with church participation in CG group whereas ‘competitor orientation’ was not found to be positively associated with church participation in either group of respondents. The ‘brand image’ construct in the present study was developed to examine the church’s ability in creating a unique brand identity (uniqueness), monitoring brand values (reputation), and managing brand communications (orchestration) from the perspectives of existing (CG) and prospective (NCG) members. The analysis found that ‘brand image’ is a unidimensional construct which is positively associated with ‘perceived market orientation’, ‘perceived benefits’, and ‘church participation’ in both sample groups. The study also examines the significance of ‘perceived benefits’ in affecting church participation. The construct was found to be significantly associated with church participation in both sample groups. Among the three dimensions of ‘perceived benefits’, the construct of ‘social benefits’ was found to perform the strongest effect on church participation in both sample groups. The present study offers significant practical implications for non-profit managers in general and church leaders in particular. Due to the significance of market orientation and brand image in encouraging customer participation, it is recommended that non-profit managers and church leaders embrace market orientation and brand orientation to reach out their target segments more effectively.

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BON, ANA CARLA. "ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING: THE ROLE OF FUTURE ORIENTATION, SELF-MONITORING AND SOCIAL NETWORKS." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2014. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=25195@1.

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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO
COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
FUNDAÇÃO DE APOIO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO
PROGRAMA DE SUPORTE À PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO DE INSTS. DE ENSINO
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Apesar da crescente consciência dos problemas éticos nas empresas, diariamente são divulgadas notícias de fraude e corrupção mostrando o quanto ainda é necessário ser feito para coibir o comportamento antiético. Esta pesquisa se propõe a contribuir na compreensão do processo de tomada de decisão ética por meio da adoção de múltiplos e simultâneos fatores (individuais e situacionais). Baseado em uma extensa revisão da literatura, este estudo propõe uma teoria integrada dos conceitos de auto monitoramento e orientação futura como fatores individuais e redes sociais no ambiente de trabalho para analisar sua influência em tomadas de decisões éticas. Um questionário e um experimento, ambos online, foram utilizados para descobrir fontes de intenção e comportamento antiético. A amostra foi composta, principalmente, por indivíduos em cargos de gestão de diferentes indústrias, incluindo um número considerável de mulheres em cargos corporativos de alto nível. Os dados foram analisados utilizando-se diferentes ferramentas quantitativas – modelagem de equações estruturais e análise de agrupamento – para fornecerem resultados complementares sobre a teoria. Este estudo encontrou evidências de que não só fatores individuais, especialmente auto monitoramento, mas também a estrutura fechada da rede social do indivíduo aumentam o risco de tomada de decisão antiética. Além disso, o gênero desempenha um papel diferenciado na estrutura de rede dos entrevistados. Um padrão invertido da estrutura da rede surgiu entre os entrevistados que escolheram as opções antiéticas, em comparação com a estrutura da rede dos entrevistados éticos. Os resultados forneceram evidências de que fatores individuais e a consequente criação de redes sociais interagem proporcionado risco mais elevado de decisões antiéticas.
Despite the growing awareness of ethical problems in corporations, the daily news around the world is replete with cases of fraud and corruption, suggesting that much is still to be understood to curb unethical behavior. This research represents a step forward to our understanding of ethical decision-making through the adoption of multiple and simultaneous factors. Based on an extensive review of the literature, this study proposed an integrated theory of self-monitoring, temporal orientation as individual factors, and social networks influencing unethical options. A web survey and a web experiment were used to uncover sources of unethical intention and behavior. The sample consisted mostly of individuals from management positions in different industries, including a considerable number of women in high-level corporate positions. Data were analyzed using different quantitative analytical tools – structure equation modeling and cluster analysis –to provide supplemental results over theory. This study found evidence that individual factors, especially self-monitoring but also future orientation, increase the risk of unethical decision-making. Moreover, gender plays a role in the network structure, and the high self-monitors in network closure are the ones who increase the likelihood of unethical acts. An inverted pattern of the network structure emerged among respondents who chose the unethical options, compared to the network structure of the ethical respondents. The findings provided evidence about the different dynamics of how individual factors influence the creation of social networks, and how the connection of these two can pose a higher risk of unethical business decision-making.

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Pitagora, Dulcinea Alex. "The Role of BDSM Orientation on Heteronormativity and Shame in Anoreceptive Heterosexual Males." Thesis, Widener University, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13814421.

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Despite the direct connection between anal sex and pleasure (Hite, 1981; Morin, 2010), the majority of academic literature on anal sex frames the topic in terms of homophobia (when referring to male-bodied people) and/or disease (Aguilar, 2017; Brody & Weiss, 2011; McBride & Fortenberry, 2010). While only two academic articles (Branfman & Stiritz, 2012; Branfman, Stiritz, & Anderson, 2017) have been published on the topic of anoreceptive heterosexual males (ARHMs), there is evidence of this type of sexuality dating back to Ancient Egypt and Greece (Bullough, 1976; Foucault, 1990b). This is indicative of the socially systemic heteronormativity and associated constructs of heterosexism, homophobia, and phallocentrism that can instill shame and stigma in those with non-conforming sexual preferences, such as ARHMs, BDSM practitioners, and BDSM-oriented ARHMs (Ayres & Leudeman, 2013; Bosson, Prewitt-Freilino, & Taylor, 2005; Crane & Crane-Seeber, 2003; Heasley, 2005; Taormino, 2008; Yost, 2010). Therefore, this research examined levels of heteronormativity, sexual shame, and sexual pride to determine whether higher levels of heteronormativity predict higher levels of sexual shame and lower levels of sexual pride in ARHMs, and whether heteronormativity, sexual shame, and sexual pride in ARHMs differ according to BDSM status. In multivariate linear regressions and independent-samples t-tests on data from 906 ARHMs, heteronormativity did not significantly contribute to the prediction of sexual shame in ARHMs; there was not a significant difference in heteronormativity between BDSM-oriented and non-BDSM-oriented ARHMs; there was a significant difference in sexual shame between BDSM-oriented and non-BDSM-oriented ARHMs, but not in the hypothesized direction (there were higher levels of sexual shame among BDSM-oriented ARHMs); and there was not a significant difference in sexual pride between BDSM-oriented and non-BDSM-oriented ARHMs. These findings highlight the nuance in sexual orientation and expression. It remains unclear whether the constructs of masculinity and heteronormativity are expanding to accommodate what were previously considered non-conforming sexual and gender expressions, or whether these constructs continue to obfuscate and repress through a manipulation of language that reinforces privilege. These findings have implications for clinicians who work with those who have both privileged and marginalized identities and/or sexual orientations.

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Stolte, M. J. K. "The role of perceptual load in orientation perception, visual masking and contextual integration." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2013. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1415781/.

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Previous research of the effects of perceptual load on visual processing demonstrates reduced perceptual sensitivity and reduced neural activity for task-irrelevant stimuli under high compared to low perceptual load. However, the precise underlying mechanisms for reduced processing remain unclear. The present thesis approaches this question by assessing the interactions between low level visual stimuli and their visual context under different levels of perceptual load. The results from Chapter 2 demonstrate that perceptual load modulates visual perception of orientation not only by reducing overall signal gain but also by broadening the orientation tuning profile. These findings suggest that perceptual load not only reduces the signal strength but also reduces the extent to which the signal is discriminated from noise; thus altering the strength of contextual interaction. Chapter 3 further demonstrates the role of perceptual load in contextual interactions by establishing the effects of load on the tilt-illusion, which is thought to rely purely on interactions among orientations. The results show that high perceptual load increases the impact of context (leading to greater tilt-illusion) for subthreshold context presentation, which precludes top-down suppression of the task-irrelevant context. Chapters 4 to 5 further establish reduced efficiency of separating signal from noise with higher perceptual load, found when signal and noise are presented successively (as in backward masking). The time course of perceptual load effects shows a distinct pattern of both, more effective and longer lasting masking under high compared to low load. This pattern evolves rapidly for pattern masking which indicates low-level integration and demonstrates an early locus for the effects of load. It also persists at later periods for metacontrast and object substitution masking where the stimulus and mask do not spatially overlap, indicating load effects at later processing stages. Together, the results provide mechanistic explanations for reduced perception under high perceptual load.

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Figueira, Filipa Sofia Marques. "Technological born globals : the role of international entrepreneurial orientation in their rapid internationalization." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/17391.

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O aparecimento e a evolução de um novo tipo de empresas, que nascem globais e têm uma rápida internacionalização tem sido bastante estudado. Os investigadores confirmaram que há uma forte relação entre uma orientação empreendedora e uma performance superior nas empresas born global. No entanto, ainda não é bem explícito de que forma é que os gestores asseguram esta relação. Esta dissertação foca-se na relação entre a orientação empreendedora e a rápida internacionalização de três born globals portuguesas, dos sectores financeiro, call centre e hoteleiro. O principal objetivo deste trabalho é entender como é que estas empresas conseguiram ter sucesso na sua internacionalização, assim como quais os fatores que contribuíram para este sucesso. Foi utilizada uma metodologia qualitativa, usando entrevistas semi-estruturadas. A evidência empírica sugere que uma internacionalização de sucesso está relacionada com o empreendedor e o seu comportamento pró-ativo na procura de mercados externos, usando as suas conexões pessoais e profissionais e mantendo ao mesmo tempo uma postura de aprendizagem. Na última secção deste estudo é apresentada uma orientação que os gestores podem utilizar para garantir uma internacionalização de sucesso e o crescimento sustentável das suas empresas.
A lot has been written about the emergence and development of born global firms in the academic literature and scholars reached the conclusion that there is a strong relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and superior performance in born global firms. Nonetheless, it is still not clear how managers succeed to secure this relationship. This dissertation emphasizes on the relationship between the international entrepreneurial orientation and rapid internationalization of three technological born global firms from the finance and technology, call centre and hotel industry. The main goal of this work is to understand how these born global firms achieved a successful internationalization and which factors contributed to this success. A qualitative methodology was conducted, using semi structured interviews and the empirical evidence displayed that a successful internationalization relies on the entrepreneur and his proactive engagement for seeking new markets, as well as the use of his personal and business networks, always focusing on employing a learningorientation. The last section of this study presents a feasible path that managers and entrepreneurs can use to assure a sustainable development and successful internationalization for their firms
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Song, Moxi. "Information sharing, ordinary capabilities and firm performance: the moderating role of market orientation." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2014. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/97.

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Today’s turbulent business environment has made external knowledge a dominant source of information in firms’ attempt to develop and maintain a sustainable competitive advantage. Firms need to share and acquire new knowledge as they seek to develop new applications and to survive. Therefore, whether inter-firm information sharing has a direct effect on firm performance has become a central question in studies on strategic management and supply chain management. However, the empirical results remain largely divergent and inconclusive, ranging from a positive relationship to a negative relationship. This study advanced the literature by examining the mediating role of ordinary capabilities (manifested by operations capabilities) in the relationship between information sharing and firm performance. By drawing on the dynamic capabilities perspective, we propose that information sharing, as a dynamic capability, deploys and reconfigures the existing operations capabilities, which in turn lead to superior firm performance. Furthermore, we used a dimensional approach to look at how the two types of information sharing, focal manufacturer-key suppliers (MS) information sharing and focal manufacturer-key buyers (MB) information sharing, may affect both ordinary capabilities and firm performance. Moreover, this study investigated how a firm’s market orientation moderates the information sharing-operations capabilities link. We argue that market orientation positively strengthens the effects of both MS information sharing and MB information sharing on operations capabilities by driving a continuous and proactive disposition to meeting customer needs. We randomly chose as our sample manufacturing firms from the official list provided by the provincial Association of Entrepreneurs in the Ning Xia autonomous region of China. The data collection was performed over a two-month period and 154 cases were considered valid for our study. Multiple regression and bootstrapping methods were used to test our model. Most of the key hypotheses have been supported. First, operations capabilities fully mediate the relationships between both types of information sharing and performance. Moreover, the three dimensions of market orientation (i.e., market intelligence generation, dissemination, and responsiveness) positively moderate the effects of both MS and MB information sharing on operations capabilities, except for the moderating effect of market intelligence generation in the relationship between MB information sharing and operations capabilities. Several implications, both theoretical and practical, are envisaged. First, our findings, which reveal that operations capabilities fully mediate the effects of information sharing on firm performance, contribute to unpacking the black box of information sharing and performance relationship in the buyer-supplier relationship context. The study offers an alternative explanation for the inconclusive empirical results regarding the relationship between information sharing and firm performance. We propose and verify a theoretical claim suggesting that information sharing is a necessary but insufficient condition to improve firm performance, and operations capabilities that are extended, modified, changed, and/or created by using information sharing determine the firm’s market position, which in turn transforms the potential benefits of information sharing into superior firm performance. Second, our study goes one step beyond existing studies on the interactive effects of marketing capabilities and marketing orientation on firm performance. We demonstrate that it is the interactive effects of dynamic capabilities (information sharing) and market orientation on the development of ordinary capabilities (operations capabilities) that really matter to a firm’s sustained performance supremacy in the long term. The practical implication is that managers must ensure that their firms have ongoing inter-firm information sharing arrangements with their suppliers and buyers. At the same time, they should have good operations capabilities to take advantage of the shared information and transform the benefits into superior firm performance. Another practical implication is that manufacturers need a corporate culture of market orientation to maximize the positive effects of both MS and MB inter-firm information sharing on the development of operations capabilities since at the end of the day it is operations capabilities that contribute directly to the supremacy of a firm’s performance. Keywords: Information Sharing; Dynamic Capabilities; Ordinary Capabilities; Market Orientation

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Richardson, Shirley Denise. "Transition to the Professional Role for Graduate Nurses in a Hospital Orientation Program." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3002.

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This study focused on the transitioning of graduate nurses (GNs) employed by a teaching hospital in the eastern United States to the professional role of registered nurse after a 6-week orientation was the focus of this study. Benner's novice-to-expert theory served as the framework for this qualitative case study. Twelve participants were chosen from 3 specific populations: GNs, nursing preceptors, and nurse managers. Three research questions asked about the perceptions of newly licensed nurses after completion of the orientation process related to their ability to make critical decisions in the professional role of RN, how the preceptor educational training program prepared staff nurses for the role of preceptor, and the beliefs of newly licensed nurses and nurse managers regarding the role of nurse mentor. Interviews and documents were the sources of the qualitative data collected from the participants and the organization. The data were coded manually in a comparative manner to extract the themes that emerged from the findings. Participants agreed that the orientation program did not provide sufficient time and education for GNs to learn and grow professionally and did not offer training to nurses serving as preceptors. Results identified the need for revisions to the orientation program that would offer consistency and relevancy to the needs of all stakeholders. The preceptor workshop and a transition-to-practice (TTP) program were developed based on the outcomes. The TTP program could benefit this teaching hospital as well as local, state, and national health care facilities that employ newly licensed nurses. Improving the training of preceptors and implementing the orientation program for GNs for a minimum of 6 to 12 months would improve patient outcomes and increase nurse competency.

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Cho, Soo Hyun. "Role of Saving Goals in Savings Behavior: Regulatory Focus Approach." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1259643705.

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Do, Hyung Lee. "The influence of strategic orientations on business performance and mediating role of entrepreneurial orientation relationship among technology, market orientations and business performance in Korean technology intensive SMEs." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2011. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-influence-of-strategic-orientations-on-business-performance-and-mediating-role-of-entrepreneurial-orientation-relationship-among-technology-market-orientations-and-business-performance-in-korean-technology-intensive-smes(e7e14ccc-bff6-450c-af1d-1f25af61cc3a).html.

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Few can surely doubt that Korean industry and the Korean economy is now competing on the world stage and winning. Whether its Samsung Electronics or Kia automobiles, in terms of technology intensive industries, the Korean rise to the top of the class has been impressive. While the large conglomerates or chaebol have been successful the Korean SME sector has not. The Korean government is aware of this situation and has introduced a range of measures to address this entrepreneurship and small firm weakness. One of these schemes is the Inno-biz certification programme. This paper examines entrepreneurship within the SME sector in South Korea and investigates the strategic orientation of innovative small firms. It presents the findings from a survey of 426 firms in Korea that have been registered with the Inno-biz certification programme. This Ph.D research project investigates the characteristics of Korean technology intensive small companies. In particular it investigates the relationships among technology orientation, market orientation, entrepreneurial orientation and business performance in the South Korean context. The empirical findings of this research suggest that the appropriate interrelationship actively provide an organisation with the ability to achieve and maintain competitive advantage. Market and technology orientations do not directly affect business performances. However, it turns out that market and technology orientations can positively affect business performances but only through entrepreneurial orientation. The implication here is that for Korean technology intensive small firms, market and technology orientations can improve business performance only when it is combined with entrepreneurial orientation. The research contributes to our understanding of how SMEs can improve their business performance (Hakala, 2010). It shows that to achieve and maintain a positive business performance, it is vital that a firm is able to possess an organizational structure that integrates and incorporates all three of these areas into a coordinated framework that allows innovative activities to take advantage of the benefits that all three of these orientations allow. It is hoped that this research and the findings stemming from it can aid future research into the area of improving managerial practices, and to open the door to further research that looks further into these three constructs and the respective interrelationships that exist between them.

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Dodt, Heather. "The role of goal orientation and level of expertise in dance performance before an audience." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2008. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/1073.

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Cha, Suk-Bin. "Service orientation discrepancy between managers and employees and its impact on the affective reactions of employees : a case study of casual restaurant segment /." Diss., This resource online, 1995. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-162354/.

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Cooper, Dylan Anthony. "Antecedents of Advice Taking in Organizations: A Goal-Activation Approach." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/613213.

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This dissertation consists of two largely stand-alone chapters. The first chapter presents a goal-activation theory of the antecedents of advice taking. I propose that three separate categories of goals - decision quality, social standing, and emotional well-being - influence receptivity to advice. Decision quality goals increase striving toward a good outcome in the decision for which the advice was given. Social standing goals focus attention on the social effects of the act of taking or rejecting the advice. Emotional well-being goals are related to establishing or maintaining a desired affective state. Each of these goals can be activated by attributes of the situation, advice, advisee, and advisor. Because they increase striving toward different ends, the goals direct attention to disparate advice-related cues and affect the evaluation of those cues. This results in different responses to advice. At the current time, nearly all research on advice taking has addressed decision quality goals and related cues. By presenting this theory, I hope to increase interest in a wider set of antecedents of advice taking. The second chapter reports a series of studies testing hypotheses derived from the theory presented in the first chapter. Specifically, I contrast the effects of an advisor's relative expertise to effects of the advisor's relative hierarchical position on advice taking. I hypothesize that the effects of expertise are driven by decision quality goals, while the effects of relative hierarchical position relate to social standing goals. I further hypothesize that advisees' conceptions of appropriate leader-follower relations (specifically, follower co-production role orientation; Carsten & Uhl-Bien, 2012) activate social standing goals, but not decision quality goals. Lastly, I propose that outcome accountability increases attention to decision quality goals and reduces attention to social standing goals.

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Campbell, Gordon. "The Role of Implicit Racial Attitudes and Universal Orientation in Cross-Racial Face Recognition." TopSCHOLAR®, 2002. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/622.

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The "other-race" effect refers to the common observation that individuals are better at remembering faces of their own race than faces of another race. The relevance of the "other-race" effect to social interaction between people of different races and eyewitness identification of criminal suspects has spurred much research into uncovering the nature of the asymmetry between recognition of own- and otherrace faces. So far, however, many attempts to consistently demonstrate factors that contribute to the "other-race" effect have failed. One of the factors that may play a role in the "other-race" effect, but has yet to be shown to do so empirically, is racial attitudes. Past research attempting to link racial attitudes to cross-race face recognition has mainly used explicit measures of racial attitudes. The goal of the current study was to find out if explicit racial attitudes, implicit racial attitudes, and a personal social outlook of "inclusiveness" relate to the "other-race" effect. White participants completed explicit attitudes measures, a measure of "inclusiveness," the Bona Fide Pipeline procedure (Fazio, Jackson, Dunton, & Williams, 1995), and a short priming task designed to assess racial attitudes. Explicit racial attitudes were found to relate to the "other-race" effect in a nonlinear manner. Implicit racial attitudes measured by the Bona Fide pipeline did not relate to the "other-race" effect, but implicit racial attitudes measured by the short priming task related to cross-race face recognition in a linear manner. Scores from the measure of "inclusiveness" as a social outlook did not relate to the "other-race" effect. Implications for research on the "other-race" effect and the Bona Fide Pipeline procedure are discussed.

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Doeden, Mareike Elisabeth. "Customer orientation and green product innovation - the mediating role of entrepreneurial orientation." Master's thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/106871.

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Research has shown that many external factors drive green innovation.Yet, internal cultures and capabilities within a company that impact the development of green products remain less well understood. Additionally, it has often been taken for granted that various environments lead to new product innovation per se,while the mediating role of capabilities has widely been ignored. Hence, this study focuses on a customer-oriented company culture and the three main entrepreneurial orientation dimensions–innovativeness, proactiveness, and risk-taking–of top management teams. Findings indicate that a top management team’s innovativeness and risk-taking are positively mediating the effect of a customer-oriented culture on green product innovation. The study shows that this culture fosters the dynamic capabilities innovativeness and risk-taking to respond to customer expectations. Drawing on the upper echelon theory, these capabilities, in turn, have a direct impact on the development of green products. In contrast, customer orientation has a negative effect on a proactive mindset, indicating that a culture with a strong customer focus hinders top managers to be proactive and ahead of competitors with breakthrough products. These results are based on a multiple regression analysis with an underlying sample of 684 observations of publicly listed companies within the construction industry. All data points are gathered through the analysis of letters to shareholders within annual reports and the Thomson Reuters’ ASSET4 database.

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Hutchins, Amanda Michellle. "The relationship between goal orientation and gender roles /." 2009. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/61/.

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