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Showing 1 to 20 of 50 for “"Family influence"”.
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Family Influence, Academic Experience, and Postgraduate Plans of Chinese Students at the University of Saskatchewan
… and postsecondary educations, including the influences of family socioeconomic status on postsecondary attainment and the social psychological process transmitting social background effects on educational aspirations and attainment. Much less attention has been paid to factors that influence …
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Corporate governance mechanism and family influence impact on tax avoidance behaviours of UK family firms
… between corporate governance mechanisms, family influence, and tax avoidance behaviours in UK family firms. Drawing on agency theory and socio-emotional wealth perspectives, the study addresses critical gaps in understanding how corporate governance mechanisms’ influence on tax avoidance …
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Family influence on utilization of remittances: A case study of a village in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan
… of remittances for business, agriculture, basic family needs, and social ceremonies/luxury items. The focus was on the influence of four dimensions of extended family organization: exchange of financial support; authority pattern; family size; and familism. Results demonstrated that the exchange …
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A criminological perspective of juvenile crime at Emondlo
… the attitudes of respondents towards the family, school, leisure time and peer group influence on delinquency. This study engendered the following findings: • gender does not influence the attitudes of respondents towards family on delinquency. • gender has a significant difference towards …
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Family Impact on Asian American's Career Choice
… might choose their career based on their family's mission rather on their own interests, which may lead to occupational incongruence. Family influence on Asian Americans' career development and career choice has been less studied, despite acknowledgements of its importance. What are good …
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Family impact on Asian American's career choice
… might choose their career based on their family’s mission rather on their own interests, which may lead to occupational incongruence. Family influence on Asian Americans’ career development and career choice has been less studied, despite acknowledgements of its importance. What are good …
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Identifying young girls at risk for eating disorders : a multi-faceted self-inadequacy risk model
… will report more of the eating, psychiatric and family problems found in eating disordered patients than girls who do not. To assess the validity and utility of this risk model, 918 adolescent girls and 74 eating-disordered female patients completed measures of family characteristics, attributes …
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Family ties and growing up to be: late adolescent career development and intergenerational family relationships
The research context for this study is family influence upon adolescent career phenomena. The construct of family influence was focused through use of intergenerational family systems theory (IFS). The career construct was focused through use of Donald Super’s theoretical and research work in the …
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Exploring dynamics of gambling among the young people of Hong Kong
… strategies; convenience of gambling; luck; family influence and stress reduction/coping. The 6 super-ordinate themes for problem/recovering problem gamblers were perception of gambling as a way to earn money; the downward spiral (early big wins and then chasing loss); boredom relief; fantasy …
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Application of L2 motivational self system on Chinese learners of English in an ESL context
… to achieve their personal goals. In addition, family influence was not a strong negative motivator in students’ lives, but they found a lot of support from their parents.
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A CASE STUDY OF AN EARLY CHILDHOOD MINORITY TEACHER AND HOW SHE FORMED HER PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY
… themes related to identity formation included family influence, teaching values and beliefs, and identity shift. Main themes related to the minority status of the participant were emotions and feeling of alienation. Finally, major themes related to school context and personal and professional …
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Exploring the role of family on the career development of Xhosa-speaking graduates
This study explored the role of family on the career development of Xhosa-speaking graduates in South Africa. There are multiple environmental and individual influences on career development. However, this study focused specifically on family. The Xhosa culture, like other African cultures, …
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Understanding the family businesses : a case study from Brazil
… through a case study of a 3 rd generation family business, the strengths and challenges of family businesses. It focuses on common problems facing family businesses such as family member interference, conflicts, and the absence of a succession plan. It also explores the various definitions …
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A Meat Paradox: Media's Role in Mitigating the Omnivore's Dilemma
… meat consumption patterns based on media and family influence, and the types and levels of satisfaction (ex: self-esteem or masculinity) consumers receive from meat products.</p> <p>A quantitative research approach was proposed for this study. The primary research method was a survey among …
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AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES’ PERSPECTIVE ON PERSISTENCE DURING THEIR SECOND YEAR AT AN HBCU
… Data analysis rendered six emergent themes: family influence, cultural awareness and exposure, mentorship, networking, academic achievement, and campus climate. This study is significant for individuals who are interested in improving the academic advancements of African-American males in …
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Enterprise Resource Planning Systems in Family Firms
… of large-scale information systems, and family influenced firms are no exception. In light of unique considerations for family influenced firms as compared with non-family influenced firms, this research examines the relation between the influence of family ownership in family business …
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Academically Gifted, Poor African American Male Undergraduates in Engineering: Perceptions of Factors Contributing to Success in a Historically Black College and University and a Predominantly White Institution Context
… obstacles, (c) engineering as a major, (d) family influence and support, (e) peer relationships, (f) relationships with faculty, and (g) the students' perceptions of the institution. Based on the findings, it was concluded that institutions of higher education must understand the various …
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Merchant mothers and fishermen fathers : parental investment and subsistence work among the boat-dwelling Shodagor of rural Bangladesh
… all of which are concentrated within the nuclear family and influenced by the constraints of the Shodagor socioecology, influence nutritional outcomes for children and parents? I find that the concentration of resource sharing and childcare duties within the nuclear family is associated with …
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Capital Structure in the Family Firm: Exploring the Relationship Between Financial Sources and Family Dynamics
… Additionally, one or more members of a single family typically own the majority of private companies, and unlike public companies, family dynamics influence these firms’ non-financial and financial goals and strategic decisions. This overlap of family dynamics into the business arena …
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