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Showing 1 to 20 of 78 for “"Resourcefulness"”.
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The role of entrepreneurial resourcefulness in the context of sustaining business growth
… component of any economy. Entrepreneurial resourcefulness has been a determining factor of Small, Micro, and Medium Enterprises in a constrained environment. This study suggests that entrepreneurial resourcefulness is a learned behaviour that can be taught to entrepreneurs to sustain …
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Resourcefulness, Academic Stress, Dispositional Optimism, and Eating Styles among Fifth and Sixth Graders
… that cognitive-behavioral skills constituting resourcefulness are effective for coping with stress and performing health behaviors. However, few studies have examined whether resourcefulness skills are important in children. Purpose: This study examined the associations among academic stress, …
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Levels of resourcefulness and motivation as they relate to sales force success: An examination of correlates using the hope theory.
… construct of goal-directed thinking: resourcefulness, thoughtful planning to overcome obstacles to goals, and motivation, cognition to sustain momentum toward goal achievement. Theoretically, upon assessing salespersons' Hope scores, organizations would be better prepared to assist …
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The Relationship of Self-Esteem, Learned Resourcefulness and Social Support to Health-Related Quality of Life in Long-Term Cancer Survivors
… the relationships between self-esteem, learned resourcefulness, and social support to HRQL as well as their predictive value to HRQL for LT cancer survivors. A quantitative, descriptive, correlational, and noninterventional design was used to describe the relationship of self-esteem, learned …
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Modes of resourceful behavior: A holistic approach to the adaptive process with implications for occupational therapy intervention
… study, an instrument that identifies modes of resourcefulness was developed and went through the content validation process. Methods of tool development and validation described by Benson and Clark (1982) were used. Occupational therapy clinicians and academicians were consulted on …
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Sandplay : a comparative study
… others guide them, and they are safe. They show resourcefulness in dealing with adversity and have hope for the future. The DCG tend to perceive their world as barren, a struggle, and consisting of threat and danger. They tend to lack resourcefulness in dealing with adversity and have a lack of …
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'An army of warriors, these Anzacs' : legend and illusion in the first AIF
… of egalitarianism; the second is the myth of the resourcefulness and initiative of Australian soldiers. It argues that neither of these is as pervasive as the legend suggests and uses the experiences of a single Australian combat unit, the 1st Battalion, to support the thesis. The relevance of …
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Statistical Analysis of Resilience Distribution and Application to Rural Electric Distribution System subjected to Hurricane Wind
… The insight that how physical aging, local resourcefulness, and spatial sparseness interplay and affect the system resilience is shed quantitatively. On the other hand, from a critical synthesis of the existing literature towards several quantitative resilience measures or ambiguously termed …
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A critical analysis of the themes of disability, welfare and community in the Thai documentary series Kon Kon Kon
… performance and personal characteristics of resourcefulness, patience and positive attitude. These themes are argued here as demonstrating common themes of human interest stories which aim at agency empowerment or at encouraging self-change in order to gain control over structural constraints …
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Mattie Castlebury: East Texas Oil Boom Legend
… Castlebury’s story showcases resilience and resourcefulness as she navigated the challenges of the oil boom era. She established Mattie’s Ballroom, creating a bustling leisure and entertainment hub.Through her entrepreneurial strategies, Castlebury’s impact on the community is evident, …
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Increasing access to healthy food at a cooperative grocery store
… faced by people with low incomes, their resourcefulness, the values that shape the people and organizations included in this study, and the ways that knowledge and power influence the lives of the interviewees. These individual responses lead to structural questions about the food system, …
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Examining food acquisition behaviors and diet quality in adults
… planning, meal preparation, shopping, budgeting, resourcefulness, and label/reading consumer awareness, that are critical within the food acquisition process. Given the multiple intricacies and interplay between food acquisition, food skills, and consumption of food, the primary purpose of this …
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Indigenous Arctic Fish Skin Heritage: Sustainability, Craft and Material Innovation
… Arctic Indigenous(3) Peoples(4) need formidable resourcefulness to thrive in inhospitable ecosystems; fish skins provide them physical and spiritual protection(5). During the last century, they resisted not only colonisation and repression by humans but also dramatic ecological changes in seafood …
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Resilience-based Operational Analytics of Transportation Infrastructure: A Data-driven Approach for Smart Cities
… study, we investigated the role of multi-modal resourcefulness of urban transportation systems, in terms of diversity and equity, on the resilience of roadways to daily-based congestions. We looked at the physical infrastructure availability and distribution (i.e. diversity) and accessibility …
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From struggle to strategy: emotional engagement and an emergent coping theory among Title I instrumental music educators
… music educators in Title I schools balance resourcefulness, resilience, and coping strategies. Title I schools, which serve high-need communities, often face chronic underfunding. This places substantial demands and emotional burdens on music educators striving to sustain high-quality …
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Abusive Supervision and Its Consequences for Employees in the Hong Kong Hotel Industry
… foster positive individual growth, resilience, resourcefulness, and organisational policies in certain circumstances among hotel employees.
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Back to the Future of Fashion Past: Re-Fashioning Future Garment Making
… and skills that demonstrate the ingenuity and resourcefulness of past makers. The practice-led studies develop these narratives of skill by applying a design process generated from the research, for use in the construction of contemporary clothing.
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A Qualitative Examination of Resilience Among Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Using the Resilience Portfolio Model
… have explored areas such as grandparents’ resourcefulness, positive caregiving appraisal, protective factors, and social support separately, there is a call for more holistic examination of their strength and resilience. To bridge this gap in literature, this study adopted the resilience …
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Reconsidering the 'other' : exploring perceptions of refugees in South Africa
… needy is tackled with evidence illustrating the resourcefulness and resilience of the six respondents on arrival in Cape Town. The perception of refugees using up resources and stealing jobs from South Africans is challenged by evidence that refugees struggle to legalise their status and get …
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Modeling Whole Farm Systems to Enhance Beginning Small Farmer Success in Southwest Virginia
… financial resources, and employed their skills, resourcefulness and cultural and social capital to charge prices for their products that could sustain their operations financially. Using our model, current and aspiring farmers, service providers, and small farm advocates will be able to simulate …
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