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Showing 1 to 20 of 94 for “"cynicism"”.
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UNDERSTANDING CYNICISM: USING A DISCREPANCY MODEL AS EVIDENCE FOR DOMAIN-SPECIFIC CYNICISM
The construct of cynicism has been used in the field of social science in numerous different ways. However, this has been done with little consistency between studies on how to define and measure the construct. This research takes a closer look at cynicism to show that the construct is actually …
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UNDERSTANDING CYNICISM: USING A DISCREPANCY MODEL AS EVIDENCE FOR DOMAIN-SPECIFIC CYNICISM
The construct of cynicism has been used in the field of social science in numerous different ways. However, this has been done with little consistency between studies on how to define and measure the construct. This research takes a closer look at cynicism to show that the construct is actually …
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Political Cynicism: A Critical Re-Examination
The social scientific study of political cynicism is a complicated one. Cynicism has been understood both as a motivating source for change as well as a deep-rooted obstacle. This paper argues that part of the problem is that current survey scale items for political cynicism studies are flawed. …
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Cynicism and narcissism: masking the good life?
… study, utilizing a prospective design, revealed cynicism and narcissism as significant inhibitors of trait and state gratitude over time (Solom, Watkins, McCurrach, & Scheibe, 2016). The current study hoped to build upon those results by examining whether these two possible inhibitors affect …
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Representations of ancient Cynicism in French texts, 1546-1615
… thesis traces prima facie references to ancient Cynicism in a wide range of French texts from the mid-sixteenth to the early-seventeenth century. Cynicism, a popular philosophical movement in antiquity, was transmitted through a diverse tradition of sayings and anecdotes. The tradition presents …
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Political Authenticity and Cynicism on the 2016 Campaign trail
… relationship between political authenticity and cynicism in the context of the 2016 presidential nominating process. Rhetorical criticism and fieldwork provide perspectives for the analysis of candidate announcement addresses, political campaign events in New Hampshire, and Republican and …
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The Influence of Individual Characteristics on Police Cynicism and Police Job Satisfaction
Police cynicism was first defined and explored by Niederhoffer (1967). Cynicism has since been attributed as a negative characteristic that is considered an inevitable outcome of the police profession (Caplan, 2003; Graves, 1996; Niederrhoffer, 1967). This negative characteristic of the police …
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The Relationship between Perceived Toxic Leadership Styles, Leader Effectiveness, and Organizational Cynicism
Employee cynicism within organizations has become a well-cited topic in the last several years (Caldwell, 2007; Chaloupka, 2001; Kanter & Mirvis, 1989). Within multiple industries, organizational leaders have claimed that cynicism is a factor in employee burnout, emotional exhaustion, and turnover, …
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Colin Powell's 2000 keynote address: Compassionate conservatism in an age of cynicism
Colin Powell faced significant rhetorical challenges when he delivered his keynote address at the 2000 Republican National Convention, including the existing political atmosphere and public sentiment, the political implications of a Republican victory, the influence of technology on campaign …
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Towards a greater understanding of consumer cynicism in the context of cause-related marketing
… Guerreiro et al., 2016) and increasing consumer cynicism about it (e.g. Johansen, 2016). Although the topic of consumer cynicism has attracted increasing attention in contemporary research (Andersen and Johansen, 2016), an extensive review of the literature conducted for this study revealed that …
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An Examination of Household Chaos and Neighborhood Collective Efficacy on Adolescents’ Legal Cynicism and Delinquency
… efficacy influence fifteen-year-old teens’ legal cynicism and delinquent behavior. This research utilizes the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) to conduct a path analysis. The theoretical framework for this project draws from social disorganization theory and ecological systems …
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Film Noir as the Sovereign-Image of Empire: Cynicism, White Male Biopolitics, and the Neoliberal Cinematic Apparatus
This dissertation develops a theory of film noir as sovereign-image, a meta-generic and meta-cinematic discourse that confronts the viewer with the biopolitical ambivalence of the cinematic apparatus but enjoins her to nonetheless affirm its normative use. I argue that classical American noir …
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“The Impact of Attitudes, Subjective Norms and Perceived Behavioral Control on Whistleblowing Intention in Pakistani Banks: The Indirect Effects of Organisational Cynicism and Religiosity”
… study was also to assess whether organisational cynicism plays a crucial role as a mediator and whether religiosity plays a role as a moderator in this relationship. The research used cluster sampling, a form of probability random sampling, to target the population of Pakistani bankers based on …
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Testing the procedural justice model of legal socialization: Expanding beyond the legal world
… predicts that perceptions of legitimacy and cynicism toward rules mediate the relation between procedural justice and engagement in rule-violating behavior. This dissertation used a multi-methodological approach to test this model in terms of three authority figures: parents, police, and …
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A Tale of Two Turnouts in 2004: Effects of News Frame Valence and Substance on College Students' Levels of Trust, Cynicism, and Political Information Efficacy
… on college student respondents' levels of trust, cynicism, and political information efficacy. Results indicated that while valence and level of substance of a news article may affect political attitudes, changes between experimental groups were not significant. Cynicism was negatively correlated …
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The relationships between organizational cynicism, high performance work system, perceived psychological contract violation, workplace incivility and organizational citizenship behaviour among secondary school teachers in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
… and workplace incivility with organizational cynicism as intervening variable. The research framework has been formulated using the expectancy theory. This is a quantitative study. Stratified random sampling was used to distribute the survey questionnaires to a total of 341 public secondary …
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Barriers to the C-Suite: The Impact of Perceptions of Gender Bias on Women Leaders’ Senior Leadership Ambitions
… men and whether this association occurs through cynicism towards work. To test this, 347 leaders completed an online survey. It was found that women leaders had similar senior leadership ambitions as men, and contrary to expectations, gender did not affect the relation between gender bias and …
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Diogenes in his own time.
… Stoics on the other overshadowed the view of the Cynicism of Diogenes which chronologically served as a bridge between them, historically rendering Cynicism for much of its history nothing more than a stopgap. The purpose of this thesis is to show that Diogenes' philosophy was not a stopgap, but …
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Thieves of thankfulness: inhibitors of gratitude
… four possible inhibitors of trait gratitude: cynicism, materialism/envy, indebtedness, and narcissism. The study sample consisted of upper-level undergraduate psychology college students from a university in eastern Washington. These potential inhibitors were measured, along with trait …
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Predictors Of Perceiving Racism In Ambiguous Situations
… the general prevalence of racism, levels of cynicism, and attributional style significantly predicted the extent to which they perceived the clerk's behavior as unjust. Moreover, participants' beliefs regarding the general prevalence of racism, levels of cynicism, self-esteem, and symptoms of …
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