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Showing 1 to 20 of 358 for “"Escalation"”.
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Two Essays on Escalation of Commitment
… escalate commitment towards a failing project. Escalation researchers (e.g. Schmidt and Calantone, 2002) have listed four classes of factors that may impact a manager's propensity to escalate commitment towards a failing project, and have called for research into how exactly these factors impact …
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The Dynamics of Violent Escalation and De-escalation: Explaining Change in Islamist Strategies in Egypt and Indonesia
… investigation finds that the process of violent escalation is driven by the logic of grievances. Government repression, low policy convergence and salient threats to the Muslim community lead to escalating grievances. These grievances are aggravated by the pervasiveness of violent norms of …
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A Quantitative and Spatial Model of Escalation
Escalation is a critical concept within the greater literature on crises, conflict, deterrence, and bargaining. It is characterized as either a phenomenon of conflict or as a strategic option available to actors within a conflict, but in all cases it represents a discrete, qualitative step. Thus …
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Some hardness escalation results in computational complexity theory
In this thesis, we prove new hardness escalation results in computational complexity theory; a phenomenon where hardness results against seemingly weak models of computation for any problem can be lifted, in a black box manner, to much stronger models of computation by considering a simple gadget …
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De-Escalation and Safety Intervention in Mental Health Crisis
… program on therapeutic communication and de-escalation techniques and implementing a de-escalation and safety intervention protocol and to achieve 100% improvement in staff perception of preparedness to manage escalating patient events and maintain safety. This project is being implemented in …
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Quantify Blood Loss to Prevent Escalation of Blood Loss
… loss (QBL) after each delivery to prevent the escalation of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), and decrease maternal mortality and morbidity related to PPH in Maternal Child Health (MCH). This project is initiated in a Northern California acute-care facility’s MCH department, which consists of: …
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Training De-escalation Techniques to Emergency Medical Service Providers
… demonstrated the efficacy of BST in training de-escalation techniques, and there was some demonstration of maintenance.
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Signaling, Extended Deterrence, and Regional Conflict Escalation: A Game Theory Model
… to determine the conditions of regional conflict escalation. In particular, I pose two questions in this dissertation: first, why do small states decide to fight against relatively more powerful states in spite of very low likelihood of winning?; and second, once regional conflicts occur, why do …
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The relationship between the Massachusetts' building code and construction cost escalation
… on a shrinking labor supply and material cost escalation as they relate to rising construction costs. However, there are other factors attributing to increased construction costs that are often overlooked. In these twenty years, four editions of the Massachusetts building code have been …
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Inpatient Staff Perspective on Verbal De-escalation within a High Acuity Population
… inpatient staff’s perspective of verbal de-escalation within a high acuity population as well as the factors that make either a positive or negative impact on the effectiveness of verbal de-escalation as used in high acuity impatient settings. This phenomenological study used semi-structured …
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Sparks on kindling : terrorism's role in civil war onset, recurrence, and escalation
… also predicts the likelihood of civil conflict escalation. Groups that have begun their struggle against the government can use attacks against civilians to provoke a larger conflict. These findings provide valuable evidence for both the study of terrorism and civil war. By providing an active …
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THE EFFECT OF GOAL DISTANCE ON GOAL VALUE AND ESCALATION OF COMMITMENT
Escalation of commitment describes individuals' tendencies to persist in a chosen course of action. The traditional account of escalation of commitment assumes that sunk cost is the primary antecedent for this behavior. However, it has been noted that high sunk costs are confounded with progress …
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Diversionary Repression in Electoral Autocracies: Crisis Onset, Loss-Domain Conditions, and State Escalation
… that crisis-induced coercion is highly uneven. Escalation typically occurs only when acute political threats align with vulnerable incumbents and institutional setups that allow for tighter control without fully dismantling electoral competition.</p> <p>To test this, the research uses an …
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The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Escalation of Commitment Decisions: An Empirical Investigation
Escalation of commitment refers to the tendency of decision makers to continue with failing courses of action (Staw, 1981). An abundance of research has shown that decision makers persistently escalate commitment to less favorable alternatives when making a series of decisions related to a single …
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Localized change management in two cases : supply base cost escalation and obsolescence management
… Corporation. The first case is a change in how escalation in supply costs, or headwind, is forecasted. The goal in this case is a quick, top-down method for forecasting headwind to replace a time-intensive, bottom-up method. The second case is a change in the evaluation method of obsolescence …
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"Russian Propaganda and Subjectivity Positions Following the 2022 Escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War"
This dissertation explores the current Russian propaganda and the subjectivities adopted by Russian citizens in response. The aim is to address two main questions: (a) Why and how does Russian propaganda appear to be particularly effective in indoctrinating Russian citizens living in Russia? (b) …
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Investigation into the reasons that influence the escalation of juvenile crime in Umhlathuze Municipality
Juvenile Delinquency is not an inherent condition, but it is learned through association, imitation, pressure, needs, wants, influence and desires. There is a growing tendency in South Africa of juvenile involvement in crime. Somehow, it is believed that the juveniles are motivated by the Bill of …
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Evidence-Based Verbal De-escalation Techniques for the Family Nurse Practitioner: Education and Simulation
… work or on duty” (OSHA, 2015, p. 2). Verbal de-escalation techniques that assist with care of the agitated patient are not routinely taught to Family Nurse Practitioners (FNPs) throughout their years of advanced coursework, yet it is something they are likely to encounter given the research …
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Escalation and resolution of border disputes and interstate conflicts in Africa the Malawi--Tanzania Case
Border disputes cause strife worldwide, especially in underdeveloped countries. In Africa, border disputes are commonplace, and they produce bitter conflicts and tribulations. This thesis investigates the border dispute between Malawi and Tanzania over Lake Nyasa. It argues that the protracted …
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