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Showing 1 to 20 of 50 for “"intervening variables"”.
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Identifying the intervening variables in the information technology investment and organizational performance relationship
… Technology to Performance Chain does act as an intervening variable in the IT investment/organization performance relationship. Limitations of the present study, as well as suggestions for future research are also discussed.
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Exogenous Influences and Paths To Activism
… ascertain the indirect effects upon activism of intervening variables and recognized exogenous influences upon activism. In addition, this research also focused upon the differences and similarities of a recruited activist model and spontaneous activist model. Regression and path analysis were …
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Evaluating the Predictive Validity of the Speed DIAL Version of the DIAL-3, Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning.
… age were factors in the study. Finally, certain intervening variables, those occurring after the predictor variable, but before the outcome variable, were included in the study. These interventions were supplementary programs or placements provided students in the hopes of positively influencing …
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Equivalency of paper-pencil tests and computer-administered tests.
… The literature has shown that there are intervening variables that have caused differences when not controlled. To prove equivalency between test modes, scores have to have similar means, dispersions, and shapes; the ranked-order of the scores must also be similar. Four tests were given …
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Wife abuse in Thailand
… this study is to assess the effects of several variables, identified by research on Western, industrialized countries, on the occurrence of wife abuse in a developing Asian society, Thailand. The following variables are organized in two path analysis models: social isolation of the wife, …
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Some Effects of Microteaching, Cooperating Teachers, University Supervisors, and Discussion Style Upon Classroom Teaching During Student Teaching
… skills during student teaching were seen as intervening variables.
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Decentralization: a case study in state wastewater discharge permit programming
… used consists of decentralization independent variables, exogenous independent variables (e.g., population, funding), efficiency dependent variables, and compliance (or effectiveness) dependent variables. Model calibration applied principal component analysis and multiple regression analysis to …
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Problems in high-dimensional mediation analysis
… variable, potentially mediated through several intervening variables. Statistical methods for mediation analysis are well-developed when the number of mediator variables is relatively small, but problems arise when the number of potential mediators exceeds the sample size. In this thesis, we …
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Impact of environmental conditions on cost management information systems in Egyptian organisations.
… hypotheses: linear, non-linear and existence of intervening variables (managers' education, level, location of authority, kinds of consultants, and size of organization) for the relationship between the practices of CMIS and managers' perceptions of competition intensity and unpredictability. …
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Strategies of public diplomacy : an assessment of the current U.S. public diplomacy strategy in light of a directional, elite-oriented model and two historical cases
… is concealed from the audience serve as two intervening variables that may retard the progress of a campaign. Thus, the diagrammatical structure of the model is as follows: Directional Message + Elite-Oriented Message --> Successful PD Campaign Intervening Variables: Predisposition …
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Foreign Policy Mismanagement During American Presidential Transitions
… of transitional limitations as independent variables which are magnified by other issues including groupthink, bureaucratic politics, and Congressional advocacy. The Transitional Limitations Model is introduced to explain the role of transitional limitations and multiple intervening …
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Social Competence, Person Perception, and Sibling Status in Young Children
… was found between and among the three variables. Of nine other variables (age, negative comments about peers, negative comments about siblings, language development, sex, socioeconomic status, sibling status, birth order, nursery school attendance) which were investigated to eliminate …
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Variable-Complexity Response Surface Approximations For Wing Structural Weight in HSCT Design
… reasonable HSCT designs could occur. The use of intervening variables along with analysis of variance reduce the number of polynomial terms in the response surface model function. Structural optimization is then performed by the program GENESIS on a 28-node Intel Paragon. Finally, optimizations …
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A Mixed Methods Study of Student Horizontal and Vertical Networking and Associated Impacts on Student Performance
… networking. Focus group testimony suggested that intervening variables, such as changing instructor assignments in the middle of an academic year and inter-cohort differences in levels of competition and collaboration among students could exert more influence on student performance than networking …
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Small Business Crews As High Performance Work Teams: The Role Of Vertical And Horizontal Familiarity
… is hypothesized to operate through the intervening variables, horizontal team familiarity, team operational job performance, and diverse team competence. The findings from this study indicate that vertical team familiarity positively influences financial job performance through …
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Sourcing strategies and competitive advantage : an empirical analysis utilising resource based theory
… This enabled a thorough examination of the variables to be carried out. Three critical cases were then analysed in greater depth in order to investigate some of the contextual factors and second-order findings that were uncovered during the survey. The study found that proactive sourcing …
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The Behavioral Consequences of Territorial Competition
… consequence of territorial threat and act as intervening variables between territorial competition and escalation to war. Thus far, however, the assertion that realpolitik is more common in this context is assumed, rather than tested. In this dissertation, I propose a theory that attempts to …
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The impacts of rural-to-urban labor migration on the rural environment in Chongqing municipality, southwest China: Mediating roles of rural household livelihoods and community development
… and economic mediating factors. Major intervening variables identified in recent literature on environmental effects of migration revolve around rural livelihoods and community development. A comprehensive conceptual framework was developed in this study that incorporated the rural …
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Perceived Risk and the Siting of a Controversial Wastewater Treatment Plant in Central Texas
… case study that examined how three primary intervening variables (resources, trust, and risk communication) influenced the amplification and attenuation of perceived risk during a regulatory permitting process. The objective was to better understand the role of risk perception in a water …
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A FIT THEORY OF ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND TWO EMPIRICAL EXAMINATIONS
… did not support the hypotheses, and several intervening variables and future directions are considered in the discussion. The third manuscript investigates the interaction between bad apple followers, or those with a predisposition to destructive behavior, and ethical leaders. Competing …
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