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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"personal benefits"”.
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Be Rich or Be Good: The Interaction Between Prosociality and Socioeconomic Status in Predicting Personal Benefits
… documented that acting prosocially carries many benefits for not only the recipient, but also the actor. For instance, acting prosocially attracts social capital, social support, and boosts interpersonal relationships; prosociality also increases one’s well-being, happiness, and has long-term …
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The Benefits of Adult Piano Study as Self-Reported by Selected Adult Piano Students.
The purpose of this study was to assess the benefits that selected adult piano students reported receiving from their study. Adult piano students (N = 711) from 24 states representing all geographic regions of the U.S. each completed a questionnaire containing 31 individual benefit items. These …
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A Momentary Stay Against Confusion : Robert Frost's Use of the Creative Process
… has a therapeutic effect for many artists. The personal benefits to poets can be divided into three categories~ First, writing poetry forces the poet to objectify his feelings and voice otherwise inexpressible emotions, thereby acting as a catharsis. Second, the creative process heightens the …
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Experience Sharing on Social Networking Sites: A Glimpse into the Process, Benefits, and Drawbacks of Curated Experiences
… sharing of such experiences shapes their overall personal brand. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 individuals within the Millennial and Generation Z cohorts who had travelled in the last two years. The interviews were analyzed using an interpretivist epistemological approach. …
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Fair Value Opinion Shopping
… managers from fair value opinion shopping for personal benefits, but not for shareholder benefits. Results of Experiment 2 show that a regulatory change requiring boards to approve or reject a manager's request to seek a second fair value opinion will serve as an effective control against fair …
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Virtual communities of practice in simulation-based healthcare education: participation factors and content value assessment
… use, trust in the community, direct and indirect personal benefits, self-efficacy and psychological safety. In this study, VCoPs participants rarely engaged in a systematic process of content credibility and value assessment. Rather, heuristic shortcuts were leveraged to assess content, including …
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Exploring Visual Attention Patterns of Adults With Reported Adhd, Without Adhd, and Those With Malingering Adhd Symptoms
… have been observed in those seeking to obtain personal benefits. Cognitive deficits, such as impairments in attention are common in mental health settings and many seek an evaluation to rule out an attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Previous literature establishes a base rate for …
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An Investigation into Motivations of Instructors Teaching Business and Technical Internet-Based Courses at Two-Year Colleges
… School Promotion, Student Preferences, Personal Benefits, Receiving Computerized Assistance, Growth and Knowledge, Textbook Company Assistance, and Pay.
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PREDICTORS OF KNOWLEDGE SHARING AMONG CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES IN A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
… considerations, normative considerations, and personal benefits, were found to have a unique contribution to the variance in knowledge sharing. Second, results showed that three enablers have a significant main effect on knowledge sharing: social interaction, reward, and support. Third, two of …
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Story as an Approach for Facilitating a Knowledge Management Innovation
… conveyed success. The outcome represented the personal benefits obtained. To improve on the story used to promote the new knowledge management innovation, the organization might further examine its explicit and implicit norms and address the emergent concerns and vulnerabilities of the …
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The Road To Justice: Incarcerated Students’ View On Education Behind Bars
… discovered included the importance of knowledge, personal benefits of correctional education, support on the inside, and a need for diversified programs. Findings from this study will help local colleges prepare education programs for prisons as federal financial aid becomes available to those who …
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Alcohol use among military personnel: an examination of demographic and sociological determinants
… by their drinking peers, considered the positive personal benefits of alcohol use, had favorable attitudes toward alcohol use, and encountered more serious problem situations were found to exhibit higher levels of alcohol use. Findings from multiple regressions and path analyses indicated that …
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Narrative enquiry into the physical literacy journeys of further education young ambassadors
The benefits of physical literacy are widely acknowledged, with advocates recognising the importance of its development throughout the life course. Whilst the link between physical activity, health and physical literacy is well researched, there is a noticeable lack of young people’s voices in the …
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"A Certain Kind of Person": The Development of Social Justice Allies Through Critical Service-Learning
… providing positive academic, cognitive and personal benefits to students. In spite of this there is extensive literature that suggests that some students from underrepresented groups may experience marginalization or even hostility on the college campus. Concern for the experiences of these …
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Being “in Touch”: The Role of Daily Empathic Accuracy and Affectionate Touch Fulfillment in Shaping Well-Being
… has been found to influence one's social, personal, and physical well-being. However, simply receiving a hug or a kiss from a spouse may not be enough, as recent research suggests that the benefits of affectionate touch may only be realized when a person receives the amount of affectionate …
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A holistic approach to environmental volunteering: connections between motivation, well-being and conservation achievement.
… focussed on motivation, well- being and health benefits for volunteers, the environmental sciences have focussed on conservation outcomes. However, these parallel research agendas must be merged into a multidisciplinary, holistic approach to fully comprehend the complexities of the volunteering …
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The meaning of caring interpersonal relationships in nursing
… relationship yet little is known about the personal experiences of the participants. In the first part of the study the repertory grid technique was used to structure interviews with 25 experienced nurses. Personal constructs were elicited and rated during the interviews. Six major themes …
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Participant motivation and satisfaction with off-campus agricultural credit programs
… was comprised of three parts. Part I assessed personal benefits derived through participation in the off-campus programs. Part II included statements with respect to institutional and programmatic functions of the off-campus programs. Part III gathered demographic information. Composite scores …
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Benefit assessment of the doctoral degree in education for female versus male graduates of Virginia Tech
The purpose of this study was to assess benefits of completing a doctoral degree in education for females versus males relative to expected benefits upon entry to Virginia Tech. Relationships between expected benefits, accrued benefits, and selected demographic data by gender were studied. The …
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A Study of the Implementation of the Constitution and the Quality of Governance in Kurdistan
… and use of these institutions for political and personal benefits. Other obstacles identified are a reliance on oil products, a culture of corruption, poor administration, a low-quality legal system, Kurdish disputes with the central Iraqi government, the absence of a clear, enforceable regional …
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