Search for dissertations about: "motivating"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 121 swedish dissertations containing the word motivating.

  1. 1. Sports coaches’ interpersonal motivating styles : longitudinal associations, change, and multidimensionality

    Author : Andreas Stenling; Peter Hassmén; Magnus Lindwall; Chris Lonsdale; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; athletes; change; leadership; motivation; multidimensionality; psychological health; self-determination theory; sports; structural equation modeling; Psychology; psykologi;

    Abstract : Coaches play a central role in shaping the sport environment for young athletes. This thesis is focused on the leadership process in sports and how coaches’ autonomy-supportive and controlling interpersonal styles longitudinally are related to young athletes’ motivation and ill- and well-being. READ MORE

  2. 2. Motivating eParticipation in Authoritarian Countries

    Author : Wairagala Wakabi; Åke Grönlund; Anders Avdic; Sirajul Islam; Kim Normann Andersen; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Civic voluntarism; IS artefact; Uganda; eParticipation; citizen participation; social networking sites; authoritarian regime; ICT4D; Informatik; Informatics;

    Abstract : Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) can enrich the ways in which citizens participate in civic and political matters. Indeed, many theorists on online participation, or eParticipation, proclaim the potential of digital technologies to empower citizens with convenient ways to participate in democratic processes and to hold leaders to account. READ MORE

  3. 3. Motivating External Participation in Marketing Intelligence Foresight

    Author : Andrew Flostrand; Esmail Salehi-Sangari; Leyland Pitt; Victoria L. Crittenden; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; marketing intelligence; stakeholder engagement; self-determination theory; Delphi technique; crowdsourcing; foresight; motivation; technological forecasting; social forecasting; Industrial Marketing; Industriell marknadsföring;

    Abstract : Long-range planning for purposes of deciding on the development of high investment and long development cycle activities requires that assumptions be made about environmental factors at the time of their future completion. For organizations that serve a market, the future market factors related to supply, demand, and technological developments are at once fundamentally critical and unknowable  with certainty. READ MORE

  4. 4. Sustainability Risk Management in Product Development Companies - Motivating Change

    Author : Jesko Schulte; Sophie Hallstedt; İdil Gaziulusoy; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; corporate sustainability; product innovation process; sustainability transition; sustainable design; sustainable product development;

    Abstract : Both the ecological and social system are systematically degrading, resulting in decreasing capacities to support human civilization. Product development and manufacturing companies play a key role in driving society’s transition towards a sustainable path. READ MORE

  5. 5. Motivating clinical treatment of obesity : methods, education, supervision and outcome

    Author : Ingela Melin; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Behaviour modification; method programmes; education; supervision; health cue professionals; long term treatment; obesity; VLCD; nutrition counselling; management; method; programmes; workplace organisation; primary health cue; academic clinic.;

    Abstract : Obesity has become an important health problem worldwide. It increases the medical risks and affects daily living. Environmental factors such as diet and sedentary lifestyle are likely to be the cause. In Sweden, the number of obese people has nearly doubled during the past 20 years and now totals nearly 500 000. READ MORE