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Potential Antecedents of Muscle Dysmorphia
The present study was designed to gain a better understanding as to some of the possible contributing factors of muscle dysmorphia. Muscle dysmorphia is an under recognized form of Body Dysmorphic Disorder. Individuals who are diagnosed with muscle dysmorphia are in reality very large and muscular, …
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Antecedents Of Information Systems Backsourcing
… to single out the primary backsourcing antecedents. Qualitative comparative analysis is employed to augment the findings. The findings indicate that service quality of the outsourcing arrangement, cost benefit of backsourcing, change in the role of IS, loss of control over the …
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Antecedents of travellers' eWOM communication
… but limited attention has been given to the antecedents of it from the attitUdinal perspective within the tourism industry. This study aims to fulfil that gap. Data from international travellers having experience of eWOM communication was collected through online focus groups and survey …
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Some Antecedents of Directional Fractionation
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Antecedents to graduates' intent to leave
… analysis, which identified six distinct types of antecedents relating to graduates’ intent to leave; these were: Organisational Receptiveness, Remuneration, Job Characteristics and Work Environment, Professional Development, Work Relationships and Social Support, and Professional Belonging. In the …
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Creating Conflict: Antecedents of Workplace Incivility
… indicated that four of the five proposed antecedents (autonomy, interaction style, governance, and competition) were predictive of an uncivil workplace climate. Results also show that autonomy is a particularly strong predictor of incivility as demonstrated by a stepwise regression …
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Antecedents and outcomes of workplace engagement
… interest to researchers and practitioners. Antecedents and outcomes of employee engagement were examined using a sample of 327 employees from retail organizations in the Midwest United States. The leadership styles of authentic, transformational, and transactional leadership were examined as …
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Antecedents of Athletes’ Achievement Goal Orientations
<p>Theorized by Nicholls (1984), achievement goal theory describes the interaction of one’s perceived ability and two goal orientations, known as “task” and “ego,” that an athlete employs when setting goals. These goal orientations are what athletes employ when playing their sport. The result of …
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Queer Italy: Contexts, Antecedents and Representations
This study is a qualitative, multi-methodological inquiry about the historical, political and representational contexts behind the current plea for civil unions that lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transsexuals and queers are advocating in Italy. The dissertation expands current scholarship concerned …
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Ethical leadership in firms: antecedents and consequences
… leadership by examining moral emotions as the antecedents (Model I) and employee creativity as the consequence (Model II) in two separate models. Specifically, drawing on empathy literature and moral affect theory of gratitude, Model I hypothesized that leaders' moral emotions (empathy and …
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Antecedents and Continuity of Compliance in Preschoolers
<p>Self-regulation, and compliance behavior specifically, has been implicated in the development of successful socialization. Difficulty self-regulating has led to negative outcomes in areas such as academic success and mental health, and a number of possible contributors, such as temperament, …
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Behavioural antecedents of altruism: a comparative analysis
Altruism has two main aspects; the one philosophical and the other scientific. After a discussion of the main issues raised by the concept, two definitions having similar criteria were developed. Flight calls in male pheasants were then studied in order to place them either in one of the two …
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The antecedents of information security policy compliance
Information security is one of the major challenges for organizations that critically depend on information systems to conduct their businesses. Ensuring safety of information and technology resources has become the top priority for many organizations since the consequences of failure can be …
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Emotion Regulation in Consumption: Antecedents and Consequences
While people often feel “ruled by their passions,” individuals can and do exert substantial control over their emotional experiences. A growing body of literature in psychology suggests that the various ways emotions are regulated can have considerable impact on both the emotional experience and …
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Salesperson Intuition: Its Critical Role and Antecedents
… two studies to investigate both the role and antecedents of salesperson intuition in selling situations with short sales cycles. In study 1, we find that accurately assessing customer needs intuitively and trusting this intuition is critical to sales success. In study 2, we study the origins …
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Antecedents of Burnout Among Collegiate Tennis Players
Burnout has become to be regarded as a debilitative problem for athletes, but individual differences that may provide a buffer to burnout characteristics have only partially been examined. The purpose of this study was to examine the possible association between optimism, trait confidence, need for …
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