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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Perceived agency"”.
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Blame Ascriptions Toward Autonomous Agents
… experimental vignette design to examine how the perceived agency attributes of autonomous agents influence blame ascription and IS delegation. The findings show that the perceived agency attributes of autonomy and inscrutability lead to increased blame ascription, blame ascription is negatively …
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The Tree of Knowledge: Children's Knowledge and their Perceived Morality
… of that child's moral behavior and whether perceived innocence would mediate this relationship. However, results found that increased knowledge was positively, not negatively, associated with perceived moral behavior and that perceived agency mediated this relationship. Results suggest that …
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Teacher identity and agency in Ontario priority schools
… development framework to examine how the perceived agency of four early years educators is shaped within their school structures. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews. Findings indicated that although the teachers express feeling little or no agency, their narratives …
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Creating Participatory Space through Partnership Exploring the relationship between a faith-based day programming organization and a cohousing community for individuals with and without disabilities
… with disabilities to exercise personal agency and independence, as well as encourage mutual relationship building between persons with and without disabilities. The implications of their partnership were the central focus of this inquiry. The analysis investigates how the physical …
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Agency Development of Preservice Teachers Progressing Through an Undergraduate Education Program
… of this exploratory case study was to explore agency development of preservice teachers as they progress through an undergraduate education program at a university in southwestern Georgia. Data were collected from three sources: the Perceived Agency Survey (Hull & Uematsu, 2020), three focus …
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The Perceived Association Between Agentic Traits and Creativity: Implications for Gender Bias and Creativity Evaluation
… this dissertation examines whether creativity is perceived to be associated with agentic traits and explores the implications of this perceived association for gender bias and creativity evaluation. Specifically, I test whether the propensity to think creatively tends to be associated with …
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Academic Library Succession Planning in the University of California (UC) System
… context in which each UL worked, as well as the perceived agency of each participating UL.</p> <p>This study’s findings suggest that structure, culture, and agency can significantly impact how and why the ULs engage or do not engage in succession planning. For example, the retirement pension for …
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PLACE-BASED CONSERVATION LEGISLATION AND NATIONAL FOREST MANAGEMENT: THE CASE OF THE BEAVERHEAD-DEERLODGE PARTNERSHIP
… approach was primarily due to a frustration over perceived agency “gridlock,” a desire for increased certainty in the planning process, unresolved wilderness designations, and the need for comprehensive conservation measures in a changing West. The primary benefits of the place-based legislated …
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PLACE-BASED CONSERVATION LEGISLATION AND NATIONAL FOREST MANAGEMENT: THE CASE OF THE BEAVERHEAD-DEERLODGE PARTNERSHIP
… approach was primarily due to a frustration over perceived agency “gridlock,” a desire for increased certainty in the planning process, unresolved wilderness designations, and the need for comprehensive conservation measures in a changing West. The primary benefits of the place-based legislated …
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Controlling the "Uncontrollable": Tensions, Agency and Control in AI-Augmentation
… to AI’s unique nature as a technology: it can be perceived as another agent that processes data independently, learns, makes inferences, acts, and changes its behaviour based on cues from the environment. Furthermore, AI shows an inherent lack of transparency on how it functions, making it …
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The Value of Mentoring in Living Out Your Calling
… of lived calling and work volition in terms of perceived agency over occupational choices despite potential barriers. The results revealed that the greater the extent to which participants had calling motivation and work volition, the more likely they were to be classified into the “Enacted …