Search for dissertations about: "Social self-efficacy"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 87 swedish dissertations containing the words Social self-efficacy.
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1. Self-efficacy at work : Social, emotional, and cognitive dimensions
Abstract : Research has shown that self-efficacy is one of the most important personal resources in the work context. However, research on working life has mainly focused on a cognitive and task-oriented dimension of self-efficacy representing employees’ perceptions of their capacity to successfully complete work tasks. READ MORE
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2. Social stressors and their association with psychosomatic problems among adolescents : Implications for school social work
Abstract : The overall aim was to investigate associations between family-, school- and individual-related social stressors and adolescents’ psychosomatic problems, and which factors might moderate these associations. A cross-sectional study design was employed to collect data and 3764 Swedish adolescents (girls 51. READ MORE
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3. The Law BusinessmanTM : Five Essays on Legal Self-efficacy and Business Risk
Abstract : The thesis challenges the notion of effectiveness of law as being based on the formal institutions of courts, law enforcement and written law. It argues that the best way to measure the effectiveness of law is the legal self-efficacy of laymen who are the end users of law. It presents a new perspective on the effectiveness of law. READ MORE
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4. Self-efficacy, Motivation and Approaches to Studying : A longitudinal study of Y and how engineering students perceive their studies and transition to work
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to explore the experiences of four cohorts of students from their first semester until one year after graduation, with the focus on how they perceive their opportunities to influence their study conditions transition to work. The study has a longitudinal design. READ MORE
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5. Why jump out of a perfectly good airplane? : Parachute training, self-efficacy and leading in combat
Abstract : Training military officers to lead in combat has always presented a training paradox: it is impossible to expose individuals to the inherent strains and dangers of real combat, but combat is where they are supposed to lead, making those demands normative for training. To overcome this paradox, the military uses training courses where stress is as realistic as possible within ethical limits. READ MORE