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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"role identity theory"”.
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Understanding how school resource officers construct their identity in a school
… aims to understand how SROs construct their identity in a school building. How do SRO go about in creating their role with all stakeholders of the school community through the frame of Role Identity Theory. A single case study was used for the research design. The data for this project was …
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Learning the language of academic engineering: Sociocognitive writing in graduate students
… of which is the development of disciplinary identity and membership within a discourse community. To this end, this research presents findings from a mixed methods study that maps the writing attitudes, processes and dispositions of engineering graduate students with enacted writing patterns …
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Social capital in Jordan: the impact of wasta on employee selection in banks operating in Jordan
… of wasta on employment selection in Jordan. Identity research, namely social identity theory, social categorisation theory and role identity theory, is used to extend on and critique social capital theory as the main theoretical lens in exploring wasta. Often the use of wasta in employee …
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Factors and Characteristics of Alumni Role Identity: Implications for Practice in Higher Education Fundraising and Alumni Relations
… a graduate’s self-identification with his or her role as an alumnus/a, dubbed “alumni role identity.” Based in role identity theory (Stryker 1968, 1980; Callero, 1985), McDearmon’s research demonstrated that alumni role identity was associated positively with alumni participation in giving. The …
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Academic identity development: Insights of doctoral students from Pakistan
The development of doctoral students’ academic identity is an emerging area of research. However, there is limited research that has investigated the roles and activities which contribute to the transitions students undergo in the journey towards the formation of an academic identity. Research of …
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Illuminating Identities and Motivations in Public Participation: Public Administrators' Perspectives about Public Participation in Local Government
… hearings. This study explores the motivation and identity of public administrators in local government, implementing public participation programs. Using a multi-site case study based on fifteen interviews with officials from various localities across the Commonwealth of Virginia, I found that …