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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"perceptions of power"”.
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The effects of cultural orientation on perceptions of power threat
Because culture shapes what power means to us, cultural orientation should influence what we perceive as a power threat. Thus, the same interactions between consumers and service providers in the marketplace may implicate power differently for different consumers. Across six studies, consumers’ …
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Registered Nurses’ Perceptions of Organizational Power and Its Relationship to Perception of Physician-Perpetrated Verbal Abuse, Stress, and Coping
… determine the relationships among organizational power, Registered Nurses (RN) perceptions of physician-perpetrated verbal abuse, and stress/coping behavior by exploring the following research questions: 1) What relationships exist between RNs’ perceptions of physician-perpetrated verbal abuse, …
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The impact of a training intervention on emotional intelligence, leadership styles, self-efficacy and perception of sense of power in a university nursing faculty in Saudi Arabia
Rationale The importance of emotional intelligence (EI) has been highlighted as an influential contributor to enhanced performance in a range of job-related areas, including leadership (Mills, 2009), self-efficacy (Gharetepehet al,2015) and sense of power (Schutte and Loi, 2014). Whilst EI has been …
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An examination of how youth understand their rights during the criminal process
… system they must possess an understanding of their rights and legal procedures. To examine their understanding, 50 young people between the ages of 13-17 who received an extrajudicial sanction or were sentenced to probation, were recruited from the Finch Courthouse in Toronto, Ontario. …
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Perceptions of anterior tilt seat function among power wheelchair users: A qualitative study
The anterior tilt power seat function is designed to provide users with functional access and reach that is otherwise unachievable using other power seat functions. While the benefits of posterior tilt-in-space, power recline and seat elevation have been documented, the influence of the anterior …
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Understanding How Perceptions of Identity and Power Influence Student Engagement and Teaching in Undergraduate Art History Survey Courses
In this qualitative study, I explore how perceptions of student and teacher identity, acting within classroom power dynamics, influence student engagement and pedagogy in undergraduate art history survey courses. Student engagement in undergraduate art history survey courses has been a concern of …
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Exploring Critical Hope and Agency Through Photovoice
… action research to students’ hope and sense of agency. There is also a lack of existing studies that assess young students’ critical awareness of how social power operates in our culture and in their lives (Christens, Byrd, Peterson, & Lardier, 2018).</p> <p>Photovoice methodology provided …
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Public evaluations of novel food technologies: a qualitative citizen-scientist deliberative discourse approach
This qualitative research expands understanding of how information about a range of Novel Food Technologies (NFTs) is used and assimilated, and the implications of this on the evolution of attitudes and acceptance. This work enhances theoretical and applied understanding of citizens’ evaluative …
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Managing young offender programs: Self-perceived power to manage young offender custody programs in Ontario
The primary focus of this dissertation was to understand more about the nature and bases of power that are available to Managers of Young Offender Custody Programs in Ontario. Within a pluralist view of organizations (Morgan, 1986) and French and Raven’s (1959) framework of social power, three …
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A national survey of school board members' views on the impact of reform and restructuring on school board power and authority
The major purpose of this study was to ascertain the views of school board members concerning the impact of reform and restructuring initiatives on their school districts and on their power and authority to govern. Data were gathered regarding the frequency of reform programs and cross tabulated …
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An Interdependence Account of When, Why, and How Men’s Hostile Sexism Promotes Aggression and Creates Problems in Intimate Relationships
… attitudes toward women who contest men's power and contains beliefs that women will manipulate men by exploiting their relational dependence (Glick & Fiske, 1996). As outlined in Chapter One, despite the established associations between men's hostile sexism and aggression toward female …
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Organisational diversity and HACCP enactment: A study of risk within the Australian food industry
… world and explores the social consequences of adopting a measure known as Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point or, to use the colloquial term, HACCP. Academically, it provides new knowledge on the tensions and discourse that mediate the response to the enactment. It links metatheory with …
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Assessing the Impact of Perceived Powerfulness on the Performance of Call Centre Customer Service Representatives
The aim of this thesis is to build upon and develop existing theory on power, and perceived power, and to examine how, if at all, those perceptions of power modify an individual’s performance. This thesis uses call centre staff as the vehicle with which to study these performance modifications. …