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Showing 1 to 20 of 1975 for “"willingness"”.
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Emerging adulthood and willingness to caregive
… research exists on the factors associated with willingness to caregive before entering the caregiver role. Furthermore, little is known about caregiving during emerging adulthood despite the unique juxtaposition of gains in autonomy concurrent with declining degrees of dependency common in the …
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Adolescents' Willingness to Utilize Online Counseling
This study was a descriptive examination of the likelihood that adolescents would utilize online counseling to address their school counseling needs as compared to face-to-face counseling. Ninth to twelfth grade students at a suburban high school with proximity to a large metropolitan city were …
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Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Hydroponic Lettuce
… 198 supermarket shoppers to estimate consumer willingness to pay for hydroponic and traditional lettuce both with and without organic certification. Randomized groups of shoppers were presented with one of three types of information about hydroponic production to determine if specific types of …
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Self-efficacy: Judgments of Ability or Willingness?
… 2, the relationship between ability judgments, willingness, and outcome expectancies was explored by manipulating the wording of questionnaires presented to heavy-drinking college students. Results indicated that ability judgments were higher than willingness judgments for limiting drinking. …
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Willingness to help: how the portrayal and perception of a wrongfully convicted individual affects people’s willingness to help exonerees
… and empathic concern might impact personal willingness to help exonerees. In both studies, participants watched a video of an exoneree discussing an angry or sad aspect of his wrongful conviction and then asked about helping exonerees (assessed with both self-report and behavioural …
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Chinese Tertiary Students' Willingness to Communicate in English
… This thesis has employed MacIntyre's "Willingness to Communicate" pyramid model (MacIntyre et al., 1998) as a theoretical model to underpin this study. An 18 month longitudinal study was carried out upon a group of 24 tertiary students from China who were undertaking an undergraduate …
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The Role of Supplier Willingness in Supplier Development
… firms in ITO sector, (2) the role of supplier willingness in supplier selection and development process and (3) the motivations of suppliers to participate in the SD programs with the client. The results from this case study contribute to the knowledge in SME supplier development practices and …
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Willingness to Accept Forgiveness in Various Religious Targets.
<p>Three scenarios regarding a target man's moral behavior were used to examine 'religious halo' 'religious boomerang', and a 'halo recovery' effect. Initially, participants rated a male target in response to his religious affiliation. Secondly, participants rated the male target following an act …
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Revealed willingness to pay for conservation across the U.S.
This paper generates new estimates of the benefits of conservation of different kinds of lands at across the entire U.S. with a novel application of choice experiment methodology in which communities reveal themselves willing (or not) to pay for conservation initiatives. We use the local referenda …
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JAPANESE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' WILLINGNESS TO USE ENGLISH WITH DIFFERENT INTERLOCUTORS
Willingness to communicate (WTC) arose out of the search for a construct to explain why some people are more likely to speak in a particular communication situation than others facing the same situation (MacIntyre, Dörnyei, Clément, & Noels, 1998). This study investigated the extent to which 1,789 …
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Fire fighters' ability and willingness to participate in a pandemic
… This thesis analyzes fire fighters' ability and willingness to participate in a pandemic through a comprehensive survey of fire fighters within the twelve National Capital Region fire departments. Issues that may influence fire fighters' ability and willingness to work include childcare, concern …
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Pilot’s Willingness to Operate in Unmanned Aircraft System Integrated Airspace
… but also determine public acceptance and pilot’s willingness to operate an aircraft in such an integrated environment. Currently there is little or no research on pilot’s perceptions on their willingness to operate an aircraft in UAS integrated airspace and airports.</p> <p>The purpose of this …
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Factors predicting feral swine management preferences and willingness to pay
… influence management preferences and willingness to pay for management. Extension offices at Land-Grant Universities participated in a survey of limited resource farmers. The overall response rate for the offices that were able to provide such information was 46%. Statistical analysis …
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Social Influence and Willingness to Pay for Online Video Games
… to examine factors which motivate individuals' willingness-to-pay for online content. One factor from the marketing literature which has been argued to affect consumer behavior is social influence. The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of the three levels of social influence, …
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WILLINGNESS TO DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THEORY PERSPECTIVE
… dimension, and the interpersonal dimension – on willingness to disclose personal health information in a healthcare setting. From an academic perspective, this study extends information privacy literature by considering antecedents to the privacy calculus framework in the context of the …
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Homeowner willingness to pay for a pre-flood buyout agreement
… valuation survey we evaluate homeowner willingness to pay for a pre-flood buyout agreement where the owner is paid pre-flood market value for their home and must relocate following a flood damaging greater than 50% of the value of their home. Additionally, we estimate homeowners' …
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To protest or not to protest? : Zimbabweans' willingness to protest
This study investigates the willingness of Zimbabweans to use protest participation as an alternative route to the democratisation of Zimbabwe. A set of theoretical determinants from the literature are tested against individual reports of protest participation usmg the Afrobarometer survey: Round …
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Examining the relationship between group work and students’ willingness to participate
… to determine the effect it has on students’ willingness to communicate, communication apprehension, and self-perceived competence. Students enrolled in a basic public speaking at a major Midwestern university completed Neer’s (1987) Classroom Apprehension about Participation Scale (CAPS) at …
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