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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Role Identities"”.
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Auditors’ acceptance of client-preferred financial reporting: the influence of professional role identities and client importance
The student, Sean Hillison, accepted the attached license on 2017-04-13 at 18:01.
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The function of music therapy in the transformation of role identities for clients who have been in paediatric palliative care for an extended period of time
… of music therapy in the transformation of role identities for clients who had been in paediatric palliative care for an extended period of time. This study aimed to explore the value of music therapy in this transformation, as well as within the context of paediatric palliative care in …
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The Impact of Role Identity Transitions and Coping Functions on Customer Citizenship Behavior
… to help the firm and other customers, customers' role identity transitions remain unexplored as a possible antecedent in services marketing research. Previous research in customer co-production has shown that CCB increases service quality, customer satisfaction, and customer loyalty. Therefore, …
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CHINESE IMMIGRANT MOTHERS’ ROLE IDENTITY AND PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT WITH YOUNG CHILDREN
… I employed the Dynamic Systems Model of Role Identity (DSMRI; Kaplan & Garner, 2017) to conceptualize and investigate the parenting approaches and strategies of three Chinese immigrant mothers of children aged 3 to 5 in Philadelphia, PA. DSMRI allows for a nuanced understanding of …
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Academic identity development: Insights of doctoral students from Pakistan
… is limited research that has investigated the roles and activities which contribute to the transitions students undergo in the journey towards the formation of an academic identity. Research of this nature has become especially relevant as a number of countries, especially developing countries, …
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Exploring academics’ lived experience of managing academic and commercially-oriented activities in a UK university
… shift. Drawing on theories of ambidexterity, role identity, the boundary work, and self-efficacy, this study examines how academics make sense of different tensions resulting from performing commercialisation activities alongside traditional academic ones, and how the negotiate the boundaries …
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Sticking It to the Man by Standing by Your Man: Social Support as an Act of Resistance
… with the consumption of culturally-disseminated roles and the salience of role-identities as the mechanisms by which it works. The model is then considered as a form of resistance in the light of broader gay liberation social movements. The study focuses on white, middle-class, American, …
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The Influences on Early Career Academics which Affect Their Career Paths in a Post-1992 University.
… These five influences are linked to three role identities: the teacher, the educationalist and the academic. It is suggested that for these early career academics, there is little evidence of strong collegial and disciplinary structures and that relations with students and the teaching …
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Single parents and organizational commitment, absenteeism, and internal motivation: an initial investigation
… and sex) and the salience of the family role identities of caregiver and provider. It was expected that both the provider and caregiver roles would be salient for single parents. Results indicated that mothers identified with the caregiver role to a greater extent than fathers. However, …
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Identity invisibility and social forces
… to the fore the importance of the reported role identities of participants, with a focus on ‘identity standard’ (Burke & Stets, 2009) and ‘identity salience’ (Stryker, 2008; 2002). The study, in engaging with these issues of identity, makes critical reference to recent policy documents, …
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The Dual Role of a Teacher and Teacher Leader: An Auto-Educational Criticism Examination
… teacher leadership. As an educator in a dual role since 2014, that of a teacher and a teacher leader, I have beared witness to what current research has only recently begun to unearth.</p> <p>It is here that I situate myself, as the researcher of teacher leadership and the subject of said …
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Influence of Gender Roles and Academic Beliefs on Educational Outcomes in Higher Vocational Colleges of China
<p>Vocational education plays a critical role in China’s educational landscape and economic development strategy. This dissertation examines the factors influencing academic achievement among students in Chinese higher vocational education (HVE) programs, with a focus on demographic …
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Gender, Martyrdom, and the Management of Stigmatized Identities among Devout Muslims in the U.S.
This dissertation explores the role of gender in contemporary Islam and the daily lives of Muslim minorities. Specifically, I examine how social constructions of masculinity and femininity are manifest in militant jihad, and how young Muslims in America manage the stigma placed on them as a result …
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The View from Somewhere: A Personal and Professional Journey in Counselling Psychology
… sets out to explore change and continuity in the identities of younger women, following a diagnosis of breast cancer. Experience of breast cancer is associated with both general and clinical distress, and evidence suggests that younger women may be particularly at risk (Jim & Anderson, 1997; …
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From victims to warriors: collective identity construction at cancer movement assemblies in South Africa
… were raised about the generation of collective identities during these assemblies, the nature of the activated identities, and how these relate to the broader debates about cancer and identity. This inquiry investigates the unexplored intersection of cancer and identity in the context of a …
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Eudaimonic career identities – Finnish executive women’s career navigation at the top management level
… the share of women in executive business roles has remained at less than 20%. This thesis examines the career identities of executive women in business-related roles in large companies in Finland. A model of eudaimonic career identities was built to understand the enablers of executive …
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When identities collide: becoming founders in pastoralist Kenya
… how they shape founder identity and how diverse identities shape behavior. Although founder identity is a burgeoning field of study, theory is based primarily on research in developed country contexts. We know little about how founder identities emerge and change, and this gap is pronounced with …
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Security and permanence in longterm foster care: family relationships and professional systems
… caregiving, bonding and commitment, flexible role identities and managing the child’s dual family membership. Each of these aspects of caregiving, as illuminated by the research and publications, is explored in turn. Secondly, there is a summary of the contribution that the body of work has …
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The Vital Role of Crowdfunding and Social Media in Establishing an Art Career: A ‘How To’
… creative works, their peers, their professional role identities, and the art market generally. Primarily, I offer an analysis of artists’ life experiences with respect to their careers in the traditional market (e.g., galleries and museums) compared to the social media environment (e.g., …
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ΜΟΡΦΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΓΥΝΑΙΚΕΙΑΣ ΤΑΥΤΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑ. ΕΚΦΡΑΣΕΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΙΦΑΣΕΙΣ ΤΗΣ ΣΥΝΕΙΔΗΤΟΠΟΙΗΣΗΣ
THE STUDY FOCUSES ON THE PROCESSES OF FEMININE IDENTITY FORMATION IN CONTEMPORARY GREECE. IT EXPLORES THE INTERNAL CONFLICTS AND CONTRADICTIONS EXPERIENCED BYFEMINIST WOMEN, LIVING IN A DEEPLY PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY ON ITS WAY TO MODERNISATION, AND EXAMINES THEIR COPING STRATEGIES. THE CONFLICTS ARISE …