... results. The reason for outliers can be measurement errors but there might also be several other reasons why an observation is different from the others. After an outlier is identified, further investigation ... presidencies. Furthermore, Bjørnskov points out that high trust countries like for example the Scandinavian countries andthe Netherlands have a rather peaceful political history and that their royal ... 1981 andthe Barometers. These are today the main sources for researchers within this area andthe number of countries for which the data is available rises every year. Yet, the validity of the...
... grandmothers as the appropriate source for the intervention. The grandmothers who participated in formative research developed the chitterlingscleaning method for their peers. Having the grandmothers ... new hires.• Of the nine employers who returned surveys before and after this project,seven had an increase in the retention rate—they kept their “seasoned”workers longer.•After the project’s ... unpleasantness of the work,perceived lack of training and management support, and poor recognition for the value of LTC work. If the employers and general public do increase recognition and rewards for LTC...
... Biology and Pathology at Rutgers University and is stationed at the Philip E. Marucci Center forBlueberry and Cranberry Research and Extension. His research goals are aimed at the biology and control ... consumers, predators, pathogens, and decomposers. Few would argue that their contributions to community dynamics are notimportant to the organization and structure of terrestrial systems. Exploring ... weather patterns and altering the landscape byour agricultural and urbanization activities. Fungi are affected by these activities, as area range of other organisms. However, along with other microorganisms,...
... term relative power is used to generally refer to the power of the speaker with respect to the hearer, which reflects the degree to which the speaker can impose his/her will onto the hearer. ... to vary their refusal strategies according to status rather than social distance while Germans vary their refusal strategies according social distance rather than status. However, the investigation ... perceived behaviour or problem to the offender and to request some repair, criticizing is sometimes performed to vent the speaker’s negative feeling or attitude to the hearer or the hearer’s...
... whose parents are born in France. Then, the population of “First-generation migrants” gathers foreign individuals who are born abroad, regardless parents nationality and country of birth. And lastly, ... “Second-generation migrant”. First, the population of individuals “born French whose parents are born in France” gathers individuals with French nationality whether they are born in France or not and ... lastly, the “second-generation migrant” group represents individuals who are not foreigner born abroad and whose at least one parent is a foreigner born abroad. Individuals born French from French...
... for its performance according to those principles, with ‘external verification’.17 The Shell Report provides a particularly clear illustration of the other end of the spectrum in the current ... the debate.9 Thus our starting point will be the historical legitimation of private property rights, the theory of thesocial contract.2.1 The Influence of Social Contract Theory The current ... proliferation of rights claims has devalued rights by eroding their argumentative power’.9 Human rights are very powerful moral restraints – and where they are part of enforceable conventions powerful...
... ofawareness about your particular brand within the industry and related social circles. The moreimportant part of this is that thecommunity manager doesn’t perform like a regular marketer:she ... Connectedness,Provide for the Creative Commons,Promote the General Web-fare, and Secure the Blessings of Libertyto Our Blogs and Our Friends and Followers,Do Ordain and Establish this Networkfor the .COM, the ... the Internet and read the reviews from their peers before they take the plunge. Of course, improvedbrand awareness can contribute to higher conversions as well.Established Thought LeadershipIf...
... power.12 And for the most part, the initiators of totalitarian rulepursued their aims in the name of some grand moral imperative – the Aryan domination of the sub-human races of the world or the ... Nevertheless, some generalpoints relevant to my enterprise may be derived from the leadershipliterature.Leadership: the moral dimension The Wrst is the general recognition of the noncoercive, ... per-suaded, whatever the content of the moral views. In a world unmooredfrom certain, divinely ordained foundations, the greatest danger is there-fore less the exercise of an amoral, irresponsible...
... marketing theory and practice?•How have researchers used these perspectives to advance How have researchers used these perspectives to advance marketing theory and practice?marketing theory ... consumer choice of brands, referral sources and information-seeking brands, referral sources and information-seeking strategies?strategies?–How do social networks influence behavior and outcomes ... researchers) seek to SN theorist (and early marketing researchers) seek to describe individual actors and their relations/patterns of describe individual actors and their relations/patterns of...
... bile). For according to Hippocrates‘‘temporary fears and terrors are due to overheating of the brain and are associated with an expansion and preponderance of bile in thatstructure’’ (Errera, 1962, ... proceed with the histor-ical review.Background The term phobia derives from the Greek word phobos (attendant and sonof Ares À the god of war) denoting fear, terror, panic. Its source is the worship ... strangers far from a secure and familiar base. Social phobia is obviously linked to the interpersonal cluster of fears, as the fear-evoking situations triggering it are predominantly social. From the...
... restructuring, and their combination as CBT produced equivalent effects. Theoretically,however, the fact that cognitive restructuring or therapy do not affectcognitive processes more or differently ... de-emphasizes the formal/struc-tural aspects of the proper performance of social behavior. Instead,it lays stress on the function of social behaviors or patterns of behavior.Practically, it ... using rather similar methods of inducing behaviorchange, the two differ radically in the manner of construing the contentof treatment. The first À I shall name it structural À attempts to improve...