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Showing 1 to 20 of 78 for “"pledge"”.
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The group-based binding pledge as a solution to public goods problems
… situations, including asking members to make a pledge to contribute (cooperate). The purpose of this study was to evaluate some explanations for the effectiveness of a pledge in enhancing cooperation. 256 undergraduate students (in groups of four subjects) were asked to make choices in a public …
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Increasing safety belt usage through personal commitment: a church-based pledge card program
A pledge card program designed to motivate safety belt use was implemented at a Baptist church in Blacksburg, Virginia. The intervention consisted of an educational insert and pledge card which were included in church bulletins on one Sunday morning. The insert described the risk of injury on …
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“I Pledge Allegiance”: Examining Motivations for Sport Fanship and Fandom in the American South
There are a number of motivations that exist in the formation of collegiate fanship and fandom. Through a mixed-method approach, this dissertation provides an in-depth examination into the motivations individuals have when establishing allegiances for collegiate sports teams. Through a qualitative …
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The morality issue: How Darlan influenced the Allied unconditional surrender pledge in World War II
1 PDF file (v, 184 pages)
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An Exploration of Post-Secondary Students’ Use of an Online Pledge Program to Improve Wellbeing
… that uses theory-informed, evidence-based pledges to build coping, caring, and connecting practices. METHODS: Between September 2020 and June 2021, in response to promotional campaigns for the intervention, 966 unique visitors accessed the intervention (website) 2,124 times. 114 individuals …
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'One nation under God': the pledge of allegiance as a ritual practice in American civil religion
… been the civil religious ritual of saying the Pledge of Allegiance which most American school children routinely perform at the start of each school day. The methodological approach used in this study of the Pledge ritual is a process analysis formulated by Ronald Grimes which combines the …
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How Do Macroeconomic Conditions Affect the Party-Policy Relation? A Study of Pledge Fulfilment in Times of Economic Hardship
Contains fulltext : 309765.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Undergraduate Members Perceptions of the Current Membership Intake Process: Among Selected Black Greek-Lettered Organizations
… 1993). As Greek-lettered organizations evolved, pledge processes were created as a means of promoting group values and continuing traditions (Nuwer, 1999). However, this pledge process led to accidents and deaths (Kimbrough, 2003; Nuwer; 1999; Ruffins, 1999). As a result, Black Greek-lettered …
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Motivating safety belt use at a hospital setting: towards an effective balance between extrinsic incentives and intrinsic commitment
… a week cash incentives, and a commitment-based pledge card strategy. To be eligible to win the incentives, the staff members met the following contingencies: a) wore a safety belt; b) signed a pledge card; c) displayed the signed pledge card on their dashboard; and d) pledged for a duration that …
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Open Intellectual Property Strategies for Emerging Technologies - An Exploratory, Mixed-Method Investigation of Patent Pledges
… increasingly employ strategies called patent pledges. This strategy involves the owner offering a broad availability of their active patents for free or at a reasonable fee. Patent pledges span across multiple industries from automotive over information and communication technology to …
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Insider Share-Pledging and Firm Investors
… frequently borrow from lending institutions and pledge personal equity shares as collateral for the loan. Using manually collected pledge data for January 2007-December 2011, I examine how this phenomena affects firm investors and analyze agency conflicts between pledging managers and (a) outside …
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Corporate Donations to Social Justice: The Influence of Board Diversity
… influence corporate donation behaviors. Using pledge donation announcements made by Fortune 1000 firms, this dissertation examines how the proportions of racial minority and female directors affect two corporate social giving strategies: 1) the decision to donate and 2) the amount of monetary …
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It’s Electric – The Impact of Voluntary Firm Electrical Sustainability Commitments on Firm Value
… I evaluate a sample of 77 firms that have pledged to convert their manufacturing and business operations to 100% renewable electricity sources by 2050, as part of a larger organization known as the RE100. Firms that make the pledge agree to source all of their electrical power from …
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Banking in Transition Countries
… the firm level, I find that firms' decision to pledge collateral is primarily determined by the interest rate differential, but at the country level, the efficiency of contract enforcement matters the most.
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Vanguard of the Right: The Department of Education Battle, 1978-1979
<p>Satisfying a campaign pledge to the National Education Association (NEA), President Jimmy Carter pushed for a federal Department of Education in 1978 and 1979. In the ensuing legislative battle, Carter confronted opposition from states’ rights, social, and religious conservatives that were …
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Investigating the atmospheric composition and climate response to mitigation: a methane emissions-driven approach
… low-methane scenarios. Finally, a Global Methane Pledge scenario is simulated. This pledge aims to reduce methane emissions by 30% globally by 2030, compared to 2020 values. The new ability of UKESM1-ems to mask emissions from different countries is used to implement this scenario and study …
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Pemahaman hakim tentang thalaq bid'i dan penerapannya di Pengadilan Agama Mojokerto
… a state that is menstruating wife will say the pledge when the divorce in front of the court, while in a state of holy wives is a waiting period after the judgment of divorce cases with pronunciation pledge, pledge divorce when the husband kept dropping his divorce. Practice of bid'i divorce at …
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An analysis and critique of secured lending in South African law, including cession in securitatem debiti as a means to secure the repayment of loans for consumption
… The principles of the law of cession, and the pledge and cession in securitatem debiti of rights in personam, including the theories that underly it, namely, the pactum fiduciae theory and the pledge theory, found security in personal rights and are measured against the United Nations …
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Building brotherhood: An examination of race, violence, sexuality and black fraternity membership
… the purpose of black fraternities’ hazing and pledge practices is different from that of white fraternities. Black fraternities use these processes to educate members about the historical oppression of black men and to mold members’ manhood. We maintain that black fraternity members use various …
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Assessing the Persistence to Graduation of Students Joining Fraternities at Western Kentucky University
… percentage than black students who do not join. Pledge Year and Initiation Status proved to be significant factors.
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