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Showing 1 to 20 of 80 for “"Push and pull"”.
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Control of push and pull manufacturing systems
… for manufacturing systems are studied: the push model and the pull model.
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The push and pull of war: the political geography of rebel behavior during wartime
… within them. This has led to a better understanding as to why civil wars erupt in some countries, whereas others remain relatively peaceful over a prolonged period of time. What is lacking, however, is a complete understanding as to why civil conflicts evolve the ways in which they do. This …
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Independent Living Retirement Facilities: The Effect of Push and Pull Factors on Residential Satisfaction
Wants and needs for housing change over time as events occur (such as marriage, raising families, career promotions) that cause adults to re-examine their living environments. As people age, this reassessment continues, and alternative housing options may be considered. One housing option that is …
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An analysis of push and pull factors of capital flows in a regional trading bloc
Inflows of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI) into Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) between 2000 and 2014 remained a minute fraction (at only 2% and 1% respectively) of global inflows. This study seeks to explain this phenomenon by examining the push (global) and pull …
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An investigation into teacher-initiated or DIY Professional Development: The push and pull of teacher Professional Development
… activities included: professional conversations and learning communities, which could expand to include networks. Key factors relating specifically to teachers included: relevancy to the participant; motivation, trust, agency and ownership, with collaboration as a facilitating factor. A further …
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A motivational analysis of Chinese tourists to the United States: Push and pull motivations of travel to Las Vegas
… of this study was to analyze the motivational push and pull factors of Chinese tourists to Las Vegas. A self-completed survey was conducted among Chinese tourists, who traveled to Las Vegas with the service of America Asia Travel Center Inc. The surveyed Chinese tourists rated the motivational …
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Explicit and implicit motivation towards outbound tourism: a study of Saudi tourists
… thesis, the researcher investigates the implicit and other motivations for Saudi outbound tourism. The Saudi Arabian outbound tourism market is recognised as one of the biggest tourism expenditure. Despite this, research relating to the motivations for Saudi outbound tourism, especially the …
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Outward foreign direct investment and firm internationalisation from Sub Saharan Africa
… with a population of over 1 billion people and abundant natural resources. With a current GDP of about US$1.6 trillion and an average GDP growth of about 5% over the last decade, it is fast developing into a vibrant business region. Its firms are also rapidly evolving to become competitive …
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The Global Impact of Brain Drain and its Economic and Social Consequences in Relation to the United States
… namely to find out more about the term itself and introduce its basic concepts, outline its emergence and historical background, trace the main routes and destinations of the outflow. With the help of available data its estimated magnitude will be presented and possible reasons with …
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Russian small businesses: entrepreneurship in transition. Exploratory investigation of the factors that pushed and pulled individuals to open their own business in the Krasnodar region of Russia
… this research was to identify the factors that pushed and pulled individuals to become self-employed in Russia during the post-Soviet Union period. The research methodology adopted in this study was qualitative. The longitudinal multiple case study approach was comprised of in-depth interviews …
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An investigation into the reasons for people's migration : a case of Zambian professional migrants in Cape Town
… frameworks which explain migration from a micro and macro perspective. Theories founded on micro principles are the traditional push and pull theory and the Todaro model. The theory social networks completes the set of micro based models of migration. The two macro theories are the equilibrium …
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The motivations, constraints and decision-making of Beijing outbound tourists
… increased remarkably in the past two decades, and it is expected to continue growing with an increase of household income and discretionary time. This thesis aims to understand Chinese outbound pleasure travellers by identifying their travel motivations, constraints and decision making in the …
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A Secret Third Thing: Explicating the Role of FilmTok Influencers in Cultural Production
… Intersecting with the film industry, hobbyists and aspirational laborers alike now engage in influencer practices on TikTok to make visible their relation to the film world. This study utilizes thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with 20 FilmTok content creators to examine how these …
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Design, construction and testing of an innovative mechanism for manual wheelchair propulsion
… several years. As part of this research, new and innovative mechanisms that give the manual wheelchair users a mechanical advantage, and allow them to operate a standard wheelchair with less effort and muscle strain are being developed.;An innovative mechanism has been conceived, designed, …
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Migration of African-trained physicians abroad : a case study of Saskatchewan, Canada
… their profession. This study explores the “Push” and “Pull” factors that informed African-trained physicians’ decisions to migrate to the province of Saskatchewan, how well they integrated into their new working environments upon arrival and how that might contribute to future migration and …
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Homebound
… story about a girl remembering the home she left and reimagining the reasons of her move. The propulsion of the narrative leans on its landscape. Environmental disruptions like floods, landslides and seasonal storms mirror her turbulent life inside her home. My protagonist’s name symbolizes blue. …
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Sillage
The blurry, the dark, shadoplaces hidden and dwelling amongst the certainty steal my attention. Such places can communicate a vast sense of both time and setting, can convey that which is both occurring and that which is past. I do not think those spaces can be explicitly defined. They are …
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The immigrant in our head: Skin tone, social categorization, and support for policy
… such as psychology, sociology, anthropology, and geography have extensively researched push and pull factors that lead to migrations (Castles et al., 2014) as well as the political and economic consequences that migrations have on both sending and receiving countries (Golash-Boza, 2015). …
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Self-employed youth and youth employed in governmental positions: an analysis of high school and beyond data
… ex post facto descriptive study used personal and environmental variables to differentiate 1,318 youth who attained either self-employment or positions working for a governmental entity within four years after high school. Differentiation was assessed based on the "push" and "pull" theories of …
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A Moving Imagination in Spaces of Distress: Teacher and Student Agency in a Science Classroom
… ways in which our classroom community (students and teacher) engaged with humanizing pedagogy in a seventh grade science classroom, toward the full development (e.g. personal, social, emotional, academic) of our classroom community, and the dismantling of inequitable practices and unjust policies …
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