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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Mind sets"”.
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The Role of Behavioral Mind-Sets on Auditors' Professional Skepticism: An Experimental Investigation of Auditor Int
… guidance urges auditors to maintain a skeptical mind-set since management's financial reporting incentives may lead to instances when it attempts to persuade the auditor into accepting a preferred accounting treatment. This study investigates how auditors' behavior when providing input on …
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The influence of past behavior on future behavior: a mind-set perspective
A behavioral mind-set refers to the effect of performing a behavior in one situation (e.g., deciding which animals jump higher, dolphins or sea lions) on the likelihood of performing a conceptually similar behavior in subsequent, unrelated situations (e.g., deciding which of two candies to …
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Cosmopolitanism as a measure of political tolerance : an inquiry into the acceptability of homosexuality
… ideology), people with more cosmopolitan mind-sets have warmer attitudes toward homosexuals. Coupled with a nation-wide growing acceptance of homosexuals, I argue that increasing cosmopolitan attitudes may engender more success for the gay rights movement.
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Re-examining and re-conceptualising enterprise search and discovery capability: towards a model for the factors and generative mechanisms for search task outcomes.
… there are tendencies for reductionist (unimodal) mind-sets towards search capability leading to fixes that fail. The factors and mechanisms were identified in other industry organizations suggesting some theory generalizability. This is the first socio-technical analysis of Enterprise Search and …
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Images as tools of social control: an analysis of the production of identities in contemporary mass-culture
… changes are changes in appearance alone. The mind-sets behind the masks remain largely unchanged, as too do the aspirations and fears these images embody.
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The Well of the Educator: An investigation into how well-being is maintained by Educators working in Youthreach.
… They coincidentally proved to have similar mind-sets and attitudes towards their roles and ways of going about maintaining their wellness. This research has been a transformative process for me and has been an opportunity for me to improve my self-care practice and in turn strengthen my …
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From Magnitudes to Math: Developmental Precursors of Quantitative Reasoning
<p>The uniquely human mathematical mind sets us apart from all other animals. Although humans typically think about number symbolically, we also possess nonverbal representations of quantity that are present at birth and shared with many other animal species. These primitive numerical …
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The future is unwritten. E-publishing in small nations of Europe: A comparative approach to policy frameworks and small business strategies
… and Slovenia. To investigate how strategies, mind-sets, market characteristics and policy frameworks shape the ability of publishers to innovate and adapt their publishing practices, the business model was chosen as a framework, which allows a study of this adaption to digitisation …
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Theory and implementation evaluation to the STAP/ADAPT diversity programme
… they do very little to change people's mind sets in attempt to get employees to engage and cooperate with each other (Alexander, 2007; April, Ephraim, & Peters, 2012; Cavaleros, Van Vuuren, & Visser, 2002). In order to deal with this human aspect of diversity, initiatives aimed at …
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Development and implementation of a framework to aid the transition to proactive maintenance approaches on air handling units in the industrial setting
… proactive data analysis and reactive engineering mind-sets, the data gap between high-quality experimental datasets and poor-quality industrial datasets, the operational gap between known baselines in experimental studies and unknown baselines in industrial settings, and the practice-theory gap …
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Socio-ecological factors in talent development in cricketers in a diverse society
… inclusive team environments, and (5) adaptive mind-sets. In addition, various intrapersonal characteristics were identified that further affect a player’s ability to achieve elite cricketing success. Finally, it was determined that an ethnic target policy alone is not an effective intervention …
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The Spiritual Anthropology of John Cassian
… in the later fourth century, many polemical mind-sets, from his Latin contemporaries to modem critics, have not been able simply to accept his delivery with a spirit of respect and support. In his texts, the doctrine of free will and grace has been judged to be Semi-Pelagian through the …
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Battle for the Floodplains: An Institutional Analysis of Water Management and Spatial Planning in England
… delves deeper than previous research, into the mind sets and ‘irrationalities’ of actors’ practices on the floodplain. The policy response advocating ‘making space for water’ and floodplain restoration is based on an overstretched steering optimism, and will continue to prove too radical if the …
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When Focusing on Differences Leads to Similar Perspectives: A Replication Study of Todd, Hanko, Galinsky, and Mussweiler (2011)
… that participants primed with a difference mind-set were more likely to spontaneously adopt an other-oriented visual perspective than participants primed with a similarity mind-set or participants in a control condition. The current study was an attempt to directly replicate this finding …
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Relação entre heurísticas de compra, indisponibilidade do produto e determinação da preferência prévia no comportamento de compras sequenciais
… processo decisório e heurísticas de compra (mind-sets de deliberação e implementação), objetiva-se investigar a propensão dos consumidores em progredirem para a compra de itens subsequentes na condição de indisponibilidade do produto primário. Nesse sentido, o efeito da moderação da …
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A study of the nature and development of orthodox Judaism in South Africa to c.1935
… section began to predominate. The background and mind-sets of the Jews from Eastern Europe played a very important part in the way the community shaped itself. Other influences which were brought to bear included the Zionist movement, the internal authority of the important religious figures and …
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Towards design principles for project artistry in exploratory sandpit projects: A design-based research perspective
… thinking, which is said to embody practices, mind-sets and processes that empower teams to co-create innovative solutions to wicked problems (Rittel and Webber, 1973) has been adopted in this study. Its design principles together with the creative problem-solving principles are combined to …
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Sustainable (‘grass-roots’) approach to Oral Health Promotion Utilising Established NGO and Rural Community Groups
The purpose of this research was to examine potential sustainable delivery methods for Oral Health Promotion (OHP) in developing populations in India, utilising non-dental rural community development groups, specifically those led by Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) involved in community …