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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"temporal orientation"”.
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Temporal orientation and political perspective
… from 1982 through 1985. Patterns of political/temporal perspectives, described by Mannheim, were explored. In this study, it is determined that a pattern of political/temporal perspectives exists in the Green Party. A close look at these political/temporal perspectives revealed that over time …
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Cognitive Complexity, Temporal Orientation and Managerial Effectiveness: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation
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Do You See Yourself in the Future or Past? The Moderating Role of Cultural Orientation in Explaining Temporal Orientation of Self-Referencing
… different types of self-referencing based on temporal orientation of the self. Since the self can be differentiated based on its temporal orientation (past vs. future), self-referencing can be also differentiated depending on the specific facet of the self that is activated (Krishnamurthy & …
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Culture and Time Perception: Implications for Mental Representation and Decisions
… were identified and focused on, namely temporal orientation and the use of time metaphor. The temporal orientation line of investigation explores the implications of a stronger future versus past orientation among English and Mandarin-speakers respectively. Based on Construal Level …
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Revisiting Lockhart: A Case for a Conditional Operator
… modal. However, based on observations of the temporal orientation of conditionals, such a modal lacks independent motivation. On the other hand, a binary modal conditional operator not only provides the necessary conditional proposition but is also able to derive the intuitive meaning of the …
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Symbol, myth and media: A hermeneutic approach to mass communication theory.
… are suggested: concrete universality, temporal orientation and ontological exploration. These three qualities expose media's symbolic function, that is, the media functions as a disclosure of the relationship between humankind and the sacred. Once established as symbolic, an …
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An investigation into the cognitive skills required by pupils to master concept formation in the field of homeostasis, an aspect of human physiology
… of information simultaneously, spatial and temporal orientation. a second phase, the essence of this investigation, sought ways in which to teach pupils the cognitive skills to facilitate their concept formation in the area of homeostasis. since the subjects displaying these cognitive …
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Estimate-related disclosures, investor mindset, and the illusion of precision in financial statement estimates
… investor mindset associated with differences in temporal orientation on investors' judgments of estimate precision and firm value. Consistent with psychology theory, results reveal that short horizon investors adopt a relatively concrete mindset and long horizon investors adopt a relatively …
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Between Being and Becoming: How Might Surprise Create New Meaning Co-ontologically in the Design Production and Reception of Immersive-Media?
… encounter. Surprise makes apparent the spatial orientation to an object or entity by recalling a proprioceptive relation in movement from the already-there. This spatial orientation overwhelms any existing temporal, cultural relation in memory to the triggering object or entity, enabling a …
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Entrepreneurial Resource Mobilisation Strategies in Uncertain Contexts: the Case of Waste Collection Entrepreneurs in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
… deeper by asking whether an entrepreneur’s temporal orientation may shape the construction of resources in contexts located in between local, traditional economic practices and international business influence. The integration of the final findings leads to a typology of African …
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The soul of the White Muslim: Race, empire and Africa in Turkey
… specifically, it asks how and why the recent orientation towards Africa south of the Sahara has intertwined with a racial orientation towards whiteness, an affective orientation towards the global umma (community of believers), and a temporal orientation towards the Ottoman imperial past. …
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'Menschenleer.' The Aesthetics of Humanity in the Novels of Christoph Ransmayr: Die Schrecken des Eises und der Finsternis, Die letzte Welt and Morbus Kitahara
… while quite different in terms of spatial and temporal orientation, share several key features which contribute to the operation of what I define and examine as the aesthetics of humility in the texts. These recurrent thematic, structural and symbolic elements in the three novels relate to the …
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The Beginning of the End: The Eschatology of Genesis
… semiotics, this study</p><p>explores the temporal orientation of Genesis and its indexical pointing to the lives and hopes of</p><p>its Persian-era users. Promises made throughout Genesis apply not only to the characters of</p><p>traditional memory, but also to those who preserved/ …
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Making Energy Work: Enacting Renewable Transitions in the Deserts of Chile and California
… enact and engage the “Energy Transition,” a temporal orientation increasingly used to describe a range of activities that operate on and through electricity, renewable energy, and fossil fuels. I ask, given the infrastructural, political, economic, and material-semiotic continuities and …
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On the Temporal Interpretation of Epistemic Modals: Evidence from Palestinian Arabic
… aims to contribute to the understanding of temporal interpretation of epistemic modals in Palestinian Arabic (PA), and develop a cross-linguistic analysis. The epistemic necessity modal <em>akeed</em> and the epistemic possibility modal <em>yimkin</em> in PA exhibit similar temporal …