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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Routinization"”.
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Routinization of Sustainable Innovation in Public Sector (A LEED Analysis)
… an organization on a regular basis, it leads to routinization. Rogers (2003) defines routinization as "when an innovation has become incorporated into the regular activities of the organization and has lost its separate identity." We also know from the prior research that the innovation could be …
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Sultanate or Amirate? : the routinization of Chinggisid authority in the early Mongol Empire and the Ilkhanate of Iran
This study provides a new interpretation of how political authority was conceived and transmitted by the ruling elite of the Early Mongol Empire (1227-1259) and its successor state in Iran, the Ilkhanate (1258-1335). Authority within the Mongol Empire was intimately tied to the character of its …
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Sultanate or Amirate? : the routinization of Chinggisid authority in the early Mongol Empire and the Ilkhanate of Iran
This study provides a new interpretation of how political authority was conceived and transmitted by the ruling elite of the Early Mongol Empire (1227-1259) and its successor state in Iran, the Ilkhanate (1258-1335). Authority within the Mongol Empire was intimately tied to the character of its …
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“It’s the Secret to the Universe”: The Communicative Constitution and Routinization of a Dominant Authoritative Text within a UK Cosmetics Company
A gap in Organization and Management Theory exists regarding how, as a relational phenomenon, authority routinely makes a difference to the daily functioning of organization. A ‘Communication as Constitutive of Organization’ (CCO; e.g. Cooren et al., 2011) view of text (e.g. Taylor et al., 1996) is …
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The international township of Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India: the routinization of charisma in a context of an inner-worldly mystical orientation
… of Auroville and. the consequences for routinization of charisma. Drawing on material collected during an exploratory five month residence in Auroville in 1986-87, I developed a theoretical framework as the context for carrying out a field study. Elements of Weber's theoretical work are …
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Regional employment change - task change, occupations and industries
In this thesis, I study how routinization-the process of codifying and automating job tasks-influences regional employment change. I examine two questions. First, does routinization drive employment change in US metropolitan areas after controlling for occupation and industry mix? Second, does …
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Understanding Agile Software Development Assimilation Beyond Acceptance
… to understand the factors that influence agile routinization, this study empirically examines the deep contextual factors that impact the extent to which agile methods are proliferated throughout an organization. Findings indicate that project success from initial agile use does not translate to …
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Investigating Radical High-Involvement Eco-Innovations: The Case of Household Biogas in the U.S.
… from the U.S. consumer for successful routinization. Yet, there exists a gap in knowledge that guides the dissemination of such innovations for related stakeholders. Among these innovations is the household digester (HD), which is marketed as an innovation capable of generating biogas …
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Continuing job involvement of long term community college faculty members
… the theory of faculty adaptation to work role routinization generated by this research focused on a core characteristic of the work of community college teachers -- routinization -- a process that occurs as faculty members remain in their jobs for an extended time and which is central to the …
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A Conceptual Analysis of Canadian Palliative Care Ethics
… to generate three overall themes of process – routinization, medicalization, and professionalization.
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Using partial least squares approach to predict factors that contribute to the impact of e-folios on pre-service teachers' learning
… must follow through the levels of use-frequency, routinization, and infusion. As pre-service teachers use PASS-PORT more often it will become a part of their routine and eventually lead to their use of the program to its maximum potential. Other contributing factors are explored.
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A Structural Analysis of Nursing Continuing Education Organizations and Programs
… Mechanization, Motivation, Bases of Power, Routinization, Satisfaction, Size {Budget, Personnel}, Span of Control. Findings. Based on the values for all of the variables except Autonomy, Centralization, Formalization, and Mechanization, the researcher failed to reject the hypothesis of no …
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Factors influencing the International Church of Christ's decision not to require formal theological training for its Ministers from 1979-2002
… I drew from Max Weber's theory of ?charisma and routinization? to provide a theoretical understanding of how the ICoC's philosophy of education was partially an issue of authority. Third, I examined the literature directly relevant to the ICoC's training choices. Finally, I conducted a series of …
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Divus Augustus Pater: Tiberius and the charisma of Augustus
… In Weberian terms, this resulted from the routinization of charisma. This dissertation examines several key issues of the development of the principate. Why does a conservative republican like Tiberius accept responsibility for consolidating a virtually hereditary monarchy? And more …
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Genetic Testing In Pregnancies With Ultrasound Anomalies: Exploration of Factors That Influence Uptake
… this raises concerns about the potential for routinization of genetic screening which can hinder informed consent and personalized care. The majority of patients (95%) had some form of genetic testing, despite over 20% not expressing desire for prenatal knowledge of a genetic condition, and …
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"As Long as It's Healthy...": Prenatal Health, Disability and Biopower
… 2011; Tremain, 2006; Weir, 1996). The increased routinization of prenatal testing and the discourse of responsible motherhood coupled with discourses which portray disabled lives as burdensome and full of suffering and pain have increased anxiety in pregnancy. In this dissertation, I employ a …
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Digital virtual mediation and the formation of jilbab girls as modern consumer subjects
… subjects. It shows how DVC contributes to the routinization of modern subjectivity and the sequestration of experiences, which ultimately shape the formation of modern consumer subjectivities. In addressing the need for research on global consumer culture in digital spaces, the thesis …
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State, Dissidents, and Contention: Iran, 1979-2010
… What are the processes and mechanisms behind the routinization of collective actions in Iran since the early 1990s, which continue despite state repression? Why and under what circumstances does a strong authoritarian state that has previously marginalized its contenders tolerate some forms of …
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Teaching-Focused Faculty and Their Pedagogical Practices in Middle and Upper-Level Engineering Courses
… of pedagogical agency. Ontological security, routinization, and time-space constraints related to class size, curriculum structure, available teaching support, student preparedness, evaluation system and institutional policy, etc. shaped how instructional intentions were enacted. These forces …
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An Assessment of the Postural Risks in Dentistry and of the Potential for Passive Exoskeletons to Mitigate Musculoskeletal Risks among Dental Professionals
… potentially due to low exposure variability/high routinization of their job. Further, use of standard loupes was associated with more extreme postures. Participants in a follow up from Study two used an EXO to assess acceptability across dental clinical workers in real-world working scenarios. …
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