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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Reciprocate"”.
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African writing in English in Southern Africa : an interpretation of the contribution to world literature of Black Africans within the confines of the Republic of South Africa, Rhodesia and the former British protectorates in Southern Africa
… the culture of the West and has begun to reciprocate by adding its own distinctive features. My contention will be based on an investigation of the trends and ideas which appear in the novels, short stories, poetry, drama, autobiographical and critical writing of Africans.
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Correlates of political alignment: Jumping off the balancing bandwagon
… alignment decisions. First, leaders consistently reciprocate positive and negative alignments, rarely changing sides in consecutive conflicts. Second, rulers avoid positively aligning with leaders of unstable or politically unrepresentative states, as the latter are less likely to be in a position …
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The effects of corporate social responsibility and corporate culture on securing frontline service employee support during a product-harm crisis
… support, and task-variety, and in turn employees reciprocate through demonstrating unanimity and unflinching support during difficult situations. Through data collected from 332 frontline service employees, it is found that job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behavior, fully mediate …
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Does Child Sponsorship have a Positive Impact on the Quality of Life and Social Behavior of Sponsored Children? Evidence from Indonesia
… children seem to have less patience and reciprocate less than non-sponsored children. However the exploration of impacts by age shows that the program increases the self-esteem and optimism on sponsored children between the ages of 4 to 14.</p>
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The Palestinian Issue in the Middle East Peace Process: a Critical Appraisal
… refugees, whereas the Arab nations refused to reciprocate with the Arab refugees. For twenty years, this was referred to as a secondary, humanitarian problem in efforts to obtain Arab-Israeli peace. The thesis describes how this secondary issue was transformed by the PLO and Arab nations, and …
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Depressed Children's Friendships
… their top three friends, but the partner did not reciprocate). Children's self-reports, teacher's reports, and observations of the game-playing interactions were examined, to assess differences in social competence for: (a) depressed versus nondepressed target children, and (b) reciprocal versus …
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SPILLOVER EFFECTS OF SPORT PARTICIPATION PROGRAMS ON EMPLOYEES’ PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL CHANGES IN THE WORKPLACE
… programs. As suggested, employees are likely to reciprocate the benefits of organized sport participation programs through increased affective organizational commitment. In addition, findings on the positive association of organized sport participation programs with employees’ social abilities …
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Reciprocity and Prejudice: An Experiment of Hindu-Muslim Cooperation in the Slums of Mumbai
… discriminate less against the groups expected to reciprocate cooperative behavior. Conditional cooperators rationally update their group stereotypes based on their experience with the groups' individual members. This change in turn reduces prejudice and discrimination. I tested observable …
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Theoretical You
… and desire, to the speaker's father (they do not reciprocate the cruelty he has shown her--they are neither malicious nor vindictive), and perhaps most importantly, to the speaker herself--she recognizes herself as a lesbian, as a human, who deserves to love and be loved. While love is the crux of …
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Meanings, beliefs, and well-being: a qualitative study of social support among African American elders
… their belief systems as well as their desire to reciprocate support. These informants were atypical by education and occupation. Varied coping resources emerged from the study including interdependence, spiritual beliefs, family philosophy, concern for others and self-protection.
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The Timing and Magnitude of Monetary Reward: Testing Hypotheses from Expectancy vs. Reciprocity Theory
… attached to the gift, a sense of obligation to reciprocate may be a powerful motivator to comply with the request. It was hypothesized that pre-behavior rewards would be more effective than post-behavior rewards at low magnitudes of reward, and that both strategies would be effective at higher …
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COMMUNAL RESILIENCE AND EMBODIED COGNITION IN PROCESSING SELF-DISCLOSURE OF SEXUAL TRAUMA
… and emotional reserve were more likely to reciprocate the self-disclosure and share their own experiences. Analysis of psychophysiological measures of skin conductance (N = 39) and heart rate (N = 37) demonstrated that individuals displayed more emotional arousal and cognitive resource …
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Modeling Spousal Family Purchase Decision Behavior: A Dynamic Simultaneous Equations Approach
… It was hypothesized that spouses tend to not reciprocate their partners' uses of coercive influence strategies in a decision, given their avoidance of conflict. Also, spouses who used more power in the past tend to use less power in order to maintain equity in the long-term marital …
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Some Assembly Required: The Structural Condition of Collage in Architecture and Urbanism
… constitutes architecture, as both undoubtedly reciprocate influence upon one another; the maker and the made leave their indelible impression upon the sphere of relations which surrounds them. However, it is ultimately within this sphere - this larger social context - that an architectural form …
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Client behavioural feedback for the executive coach
… feedback to their clients, few ask them to reciprocate. Yet, theoretical investigations suggest that client feedback – if defined as the provision of information regarding effective behaviours observed during a coaching session – may improve the coach’s performance. However, existing scales …
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Chemo-elastic behavior of reconstructed Li-ion battery cathode particles with phase transformation: a numerical and analytical investigation
… Because the chemo-elastic phenomena emanate in a reciprocate fashion, the linear-[beta]-based hydrostatic-stress gradients significantly facilitate Li diffusion under both charge-and discharge conditions comparing to the classical-Fickian-diffusion case. Subsequently, the stress-decoupling model …
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Development of a middle-range theory of caregiver stress from the Roy Adaptation Model
… and marital satisfaction, and less ability to reciprocate). These adaptive modes should be interrelated. In addition, this study also examined the role of depression and the function of contextual stimuli in the model. However, statistical analysis did not support the initial RAM-derived …
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Outcomes related to disparities in the preschool language experiences of English monolinguals and dual language learners in Head Start
… when teachers did, DLLs were also less likely to reciprocate back. These patterns were then used to predict academic outcomes as measured by TS GOLD at the end of the Head Start program year with an interaction of language status. Child Responsivity and Teacher Responsivity were positively …
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The Japanese Art of Listening An ethnographic investigation into the role of the listener
… positions and makes them feel obliged to reciprocate. Listening here can be ‘a mask for silent authority’. Superficially these two cases do not resemble each other; however, both deal with power dynamics. Their other common aspect is performing emotional labour. These listeners suppress or …
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Sustaining the virtual commons : end user support for Apache web server software on the Usenet
… - they have been helped before and now want to reciprocate. The research results are framed within the literature of technology innovation and virtual communities in cyberspace. The implications for Open Source software development and further research recommendations are provided.
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