Search for dissertations about: "Appraisal and motivation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Appraisal and motivation.

  2. 1. Literacy and development : A study of Yemissrach Dimts literacy campaign in Ethiopia

    Author : Margareta Sjöström; Rolf Sjöström; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Adult; education; Development; Education for women; Ethiopia; Evaluation; Literacy; Literacy methods; Motivation; Rural education;

    Abstract : The problem of illiteracy has been the object of many studies during recent decades. In Ethiopia, a country which reports one of the lowest literacy rates in Africa, the Yemissrach Dimts Literacy Campaign (YDLC) was started in 1962. Its activities were concentrated to rural areas and directed primarily towards adults. READ MORE

  4. 2. Foreign Investment Decision-Making in Transition Economies

    Author : Olga Golubeva; Julio De Castro; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; FDI; transition economy; initial motivation or reasons for FDI; capital budgeting methods and investment decision criteria; investigation of investment climate and information collection methods; risk assessment and risk reduction measures; decision-making models; case studies; survey method; Politics; Economy and the Organization of Society; Politik; ekonomi och samhällets organisering; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies; företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : The purpose of this project is to describe and explain the foreign investment decision process in the uncertain and turbulent environment of transition economy. By getting an in-depth understanding of how decision-making works in the environment of transition economy, the study intends to contribute to the development of business administration theory in the area of foreign investment decision-making, particularly its application in the turbulent and uncertain world. READ MORE

  5. 3. Criminal investigation: Motivation, emotion and cognition in the processing of evidence

    Author : Karl Ask; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Criminal investigation; motivation; emotion; Hindsight bias; police; investigate;

    Abstract : This thesis examines biases in judgments made in the context of criminal investigation, drawing theoretically on frameworks developed in social and cognitive psychology. Study I investigated the existence of confirmation bias in the interpretation of criminal evidence, and the need for cognitive closure (NFC) as a potential moderator. READ MORE

  6. 4. What's in a dialogue? : On the dynamics of meaning-making in English conversation

    Author : Nele Pöldvere; Kognition och Discourse@Lund (SKD@L) Språk; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; spoken dialogue; constructions; stance-taking; intersubjectivity; engagement; prosody; language change; Cognitive-Functional Linguistics; corpus linguistics; London-Lund Corpus 2; reliability; experimentation;

    Abstract : This thesis is concerned with spoken dialogue and the dynamic negotiation of meaning in English conversation. It serves two aims, one theoretical and the other practical. READ MORE

  7. 5. Motivational factors, job satisfaction and job stress among Omani medical laboratory scientists

    Author : Samira Al-Rawahi; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Job satisfaction is a quality indicator that measures the cognitive and behavioral aspects of workers’ attitudes toward their job. A World Health Organization (WHO; 2013) report predicts that a world-wide shortfall of 12.9 million healthcare professionals (nurses, midwives, and doctors) will be faced by 2035. READ MORE