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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Decision-making behaviour"”.
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Revealing Preferences: a neuroeconometric approach to understanding decision-making behaviour
… Reward values are therefore a key determinant of decision-making behaviour, the type of behaviour underlying the evaluation and acquisition of rewards. A key interest in the field of neuroeconomics is how the neuronal representation of reward value underlies this motivational behavioural. …
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A critical assessment of what influences and biases the financial decision-making behaviour of the millennial investor.
… that influence the confidence of financial decision-making behaviour of the millennial investor? The research aim was to identify key factors that influence financial decision-making of millennials. Emerging research on human decision-making behaviour is revealing generational changes in …
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The Effect of Culture on Decision Making Behaviour in the Management of Risk Inherent In Unexpected Events Occurring During the Implementation of Construction Projects in the MENA
… plays significant roles in the risk related decision making behaviour of project managers in the construction industry, as decision making and the management of risks contributes largely to the reduction or elimination of trade-offs of time versus cost, or time and cost versus quality. The …
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Learning to Talk: Men's Management of Distress Through Disclosures
… from others and are reluctant to seek help. Such behaviour is assumed to contribute to these men getting fewer health consultations, having high suicide rates and the associated large number of avoidable male deaths. As a group, men in mid- and later-life have largely been neglected in research …
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Locus of control and going-concern judgements : the mediating effect of nondiagnostic information and decision aid availability
… examining the influence of information type and decision aid availability (and their interaction with each other and with locus of control) on this task. In examining the influence of locus of control on going concern assessment, the study makes a significant original contribution to the extant …
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Cultural influences in crisis decision-making: an emergency operations centre case study in Qatar
… This situation has an adverse influence on ERT decision-making behaviour and effectiveness, due to their perception of not only situational, but also personal risk. This risk perception can be understood as the way ERT personnel handle risk within a specific social context. It is a highly …
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Cognitive strategies and heuristics underlying psychologists’ judgments on the WISE-R verbal scales : a protocol analysis
… investigate psychologists' natural, interactive decision-making behaviour while scoring difficult verbal responses on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised. A total of 23 psychologists participated in the study. First of all, in order to obtain scoring information descriptive of …
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Gas network optimisation using Nash equilibria derived from dynamic non-cooperative non-zero sum game theory
… are broughttogether for expert assessment and decision. A single, integrated suite of programsto address all aspects of the optimisation would have obvious attractions. In thiswork we describe a possible framework for such a development, based on a dynamicnon-cooperative game theoretic …
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The role and uses of market research in small and medium sized exporting companies
… both linked to export information gathering and decision making behaviour, which in turn are linked to export performance. In particular, managers' views of the importance of the role of exporting to their companies, and their commitment of human resources to exporting, are directly and …
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The impact of Army life on a mother's decision-making when her child is unwell during the out-of-hours period
… parents, how aspects of Army life influence the decision-making of mothers, and what support Army mothers expect when their child is unwell after their primary health care centre has closed (called the out-of-hours period). <br/><br/>The study was conducted within an Army garrison in England. It …
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How leadership is shaping multinationals and the need for managers to have a global mindset approach : managerial cognition and the influence on the internalisation process of an emerging market firm
… of the organisation is confronted with decision making processes that could ultimately influence the organisation’s internationalisation behaviour. In view of this, the study examines the knowledge gap by exploring the managerial cognition of the individual, how the individual’s …
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Asynchronous communication technology: an organisational perspective on efficacy and use
… to comprehend unwritten intentions and behaviours. It was found that email occupied many media spaces, and these can be thought of as media genre. Rather than fundamentally change the way we interact, as was first thought on the initiation of this research project, email and other ACT’s …
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Die Implementierung von Corporate Digital Responsibility durch den Einsatz von Operational Excellence – Eine qualitativ empirische Untersuchung möglicher digital-ethischer Effekte von Operational Excellence in der deutschen produzierenden Industrie
… CDR into companies and promoting ethical-moral decision-making behaviour in dealing with digital technologies, as well as developing better corporate resilience to cope with the demands of the VUCA world. This scientific work is located in the field of applied business ethics and combines the …
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Decision-making in the Housing Association sector : the case of asset management
… about the process by which stock investment decisions are made. This thesis investigates the decision-making behaviour of three housing associations, with a focus upon power and knowledge in the decision making process. Using the context of asset management and low demand housing it examines …
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Marketing post sixteen colleges: a qualitative and quantitative study of pupils' choice of post sixteen institution
… a multisite study. Analysis concentrates on the decision making processes and strategies emerging during the period when students selected among post sixteen colleges.<br/><br/>The study concludes that firstly, the potential to manipulate information about colleges is increased in a culture of …
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Exploring the role of culture in the holiday choices of Saudi tourists
… how culture shapes the holiday choices and the decision-making behaviour of Saudi tourists. Previous research has ignored the context of Saudi Arabia leaving gaps in knowledge related to the role of key elements of the Saudi culture e.g. religion, norms, and social structure, on holiday choices. …
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Criminal Compliance in mittelständischen Unternehmen als Instrument zur Eindämmung des Korruptionsphänomens
… picks up on influencing factors in human behaviour in companies as well as in an operating environment that fosters corruption, which affect decision-making behaviour and the propensity to engage in corruption. The interplay of personal and situational factors on corruption is also …
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Investigating the effects of personalisation in email on student choice
Purpose: The higher education sector has become competitive, and HEI marketers must compete for student recruitment. In this regard, the conceptualisation of personalised content as grounded in knowledge of student customer journey and its delivery through email can be important for HEI marketers. …
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Post-choice satisfaction of international postgraduate students from Asia studying in Victorian universities
… student friendly policies, passive complaining behaviour and the lack of opportunities for industry experience were among the key findings of the study, which were directly related to the student satisfaction formation process. The thesis makes a contribution to knowledge by developing a …
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Computational modelling of agent based path planning and the representation of human wayfinding behaviour within egress models
… models to simulate more realistic human behaviour. The main goal of this thesis is to develop an agent based wayfinding model for the buildingEXODUS evacuation/circulation model. There were four major problems to be solved: spatial representation of the environment, implementation of …
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