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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"Self-promotion"”.
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Aberrant self-promotion versus Machiavellianism: a differentiation of constructs
… (1970a) and those exhibiting the aberrant self-promotion pattern proposed by Gustafson and Ritzer (1995). The aberrant self-promoter (ASP) was defined as having a high degree of narcissism, combined with a low need to appear conventionally "nice" along with pronounced antisocial behavior. …
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Aberrant self-promotion versus Machiavellianism: a discriminant validity study
… of discriminant validity for the aberrant self-promotion construct proposed by Gustafson and Ritzer (1994a). The study attempted to differentiate the aberrant self-promotion construct from the Machiavellianism construct proposed by Christie (1970a). The aberrant self-promoter (ASP) has been …
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Democracy Promotion or Self Promotion? Canadian Bilateral Electoral Observation Missions to Ukraine, 2004-2014
The purpose of this thesis is to determine and assess the rationale, objectives, and nature behind Canada’s bilateral electoral observation missions (EOM) to the country of Ukraine. Using international EOM standards and norms to act as a baseline, the thesis identifies differences that exist …
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Pick Me! Pick Me!: Using Aristotelian Rhetorical Persuasion and Advertising Appeals for Self-Promotion
… rhetorical persuasion and applies them to self-promotion. Aristotle’s triad of modes of persuasion, ethos, pathos, and logos, represents classical persuasion. Appeals from advertising, such as humor, fear, music, and argumentum ad populum, represent the contemporary, but also are modern …
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Affect Intensity and Perceptions of Arousal in a Subclinical Level of Psychopathy Termed Aberrant Self-Promotion
… to answer questions about affect intensity and self-perceived arousal differences in aberrant self-promoters (ASPs) and in individuals high and low in affect intensity (AI). Participants in the study completed a task asking them to respond as quickly and accurately as possible to letter strings …
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An Investigation of Behavioral Accuracy and Leniency: The Roles of Aberrant Self-Promotion, Accountability, and Opportunity for Personal Recognition
A sample of aberrant self-promoters (ASPs) was identified through their pattern of answers on a 179-item questionnaire. A group of comparison participants who did not exhibit the ASP pattern was also identified. The participants viewed a videotape of a lecture and rated the lecturer's performance. …
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The Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Measure of Moral Orientation
… by assessing a novel moral orientation, termed self-promotion. After developing and administering this scale to two independent samples, a series of item analyses were conducted and items that failed to meet acceptable levels of psychometric criteria were deleted. The reduced scaled was factor …
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Charming Fictions and Guilty Repetitions: Authorship Other(-)wise by Calixthe Beyala and Carol Shields
… integration and is concerned primarily with self-promotion. These two very different writers together theorize an authorship for the age of transnationalism that relies on gesture, repetition and a manipulative autobiographical inscription to respond to some of the contemporary challenges …
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The Relationship between Perceived Toxic Leadership Styles, Leader Effectiveness, and Organizational Cynicism
… authoritarian leadership, narcissism, self-promotion, and unpredictability, tend to be more cynical about their organization. In addition, of the five toxic leadership dimensions, self-promotion was the best predictor of organizational cynicism. Finally, contrary to expectation, study …
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Jennifer Higdon's Oboe Concerto: the composition, transformation, and a performer's analysis
… of the concerto illustrates Higdon’s skills of self-promotion, as she is willing to adapt her works to meet new demands from commissioners and audiences alike. Oboe Concerto is a strong example of the composer’s distinctive compositional style, which is detailed in this monograph.</p>
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Performing the Self: Character Agency and Impression Management within the Narrative of Survivor: Samoa
… and reality television shows like it. The self-performing characters are the product of our societal fascination with fame, self-promotion and hyperbolic impression management.</p>
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Rivals and Relationships: A Comparison of Queer and Straight Women's Mating Competition
… four primary competitive tactics emerged: self-promotion, mate manipulation, competitor manipulation, and competitor derogation. In contrast, the mating competition strategies of queer women, defined here as women assigned female at birth (AFAB) who date other AFAB women, remain largely …
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Losing Sight of Ourselves: Applying Durkheim. Giddens, Baudrillard and Vaknin to Reality Television
… the emergence and encouragement of the false self in our society is the focus of this work. Toddlers and Tiaras, Hoarders and Sister Wives are the three television shows that will be analyzed by using content analysis in order to examine the effects of consumerism, narcissism and the emergence …
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The American Indian as a Souvenir: Antiquarianism, Exoticism, and Sentimentalism in Cooper's "The Pioneers"
… seems anachronistic, and thus hints at an almost self-marketing scheme in that Cooper had already published the first three novels—The Pioneers, The Last of the Mohicans, and The Prairie—and was yet to publish the remaining two novels of his Leather-Stocking Tales, in which he had already …
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Essays on How Consumers Respond to Positive Brand-to-brand Interactions
… other common forms of communication, such as self-promotion or benevolent information. This is because brand-to-brand praise increases perceptions of brand warmth, which leads to enhanced brand evaluations and choice. In my second essay, across seven studies, I demonstrate how consumers enjoy …
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Understanding the Consequences of Interpersonal Confrontation: The Role of Goal Pursuit in Men's Responses to Being Confronted as Sexist
… that general and imagined threats lead to self-focus (Crocker, 2008), a respect goal was uniquely accessible when men imagined gender-neutral confrontation. In Study 2, men were primed with either an other-oriented liking goal or a self-oriented respect goal. I then observed men's …
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Constructing History: The Visual Legacy of Pope Sixtus IV
… and later historians. I consider the promotion of Pope Sixtus IV by others, and include the eulogizing panegyrics, poems, and historical chronicles composed by the poets and humanists in his papal circle. Chapter II investigates the pope's attempts at self-promotion, and examines the …
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Personnel selection practice in South Africa: which tools are Human Resources practitioners using and why?
… legality, applicant reactions, organisational self-promotion, predictive validity, and costs (i.e., utility) influence selection procedure choices? Quantitative survey data were obtained from HR professionals (N = 62) in South Africa to shed light upon the selection procedures being used in …
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Kandidatų į Lietuvos prezidentus Facebook paskyrų analizė rinkiminiu laikotarpiu: kokius komunikacinius įrankius naudoja politikai? /
… among the most convenient methods for political self promotion in the current age of technology. Currently, most popular network is Facebook, which is extremely appealing to political figures. Considering that many politicians communicate via Facebook, this thesis analyses what communication …
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A Data mining study of ranking within social networks
… of participation, overrepresentation due to self-promotion and the possibility of unreliable or false information. This thesis addresses the following related questions. What are appropriate measures for ranking participants in social networks? Does the ranking within networks mirror those …
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