Search for dissertations about: "intrinsic motivation"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 55 swedish dissertations containing the words intrinsic motivation.

  2. 21. Formal and Informal Regulations: Enforcement and Compliance

    Author : Clara Villegas Palacio; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; technological adoption; environmental policy; imperfect compliance; enforcement; disclosure; image motivation; public goods experiment targeted enforcement; Conditional cooperation; experiment; public goods; social group;

    Abstract : The question I address in the thesis is how cooperation in social dilemma situations and compliance with environmental regulations are determined by legal enforcement, intrinsic motivations and culture. In light of this, the thesis consists of five independent chapters. READ MORE

  4. 22. Error, praise, action and trait : effects of feedback on cognitive performance and motivation

    Author : Alva Appelgren; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the role of trial-based feedback on cognitive performance and motivation. We conducted behavioural tests in the laboratory, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate brain activation, and experimentally controlled tests in a non-lab environment; the classroom. READ MORE

  5. 23. Labour input in Swedish intensive beef cattle production : physical work environment and motivation

    Author : Elise Bostad; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Red veal and young bull production are the two main intensive beef finishing systems in Sweden and utilise practically all male calves from the dairy and suckler cow herds. This thesis examined labour input and physical working conditions in the two systems in order to identify factors influencing these parameters. READ MORE

  6. 24. Market, State, and Morality : Two Studies of How Left and Right Undermined Moral Motivation in the Swedish School System

    Author : Johan Wennström; Elin Wihlborg; Magnus Henrekson; Johan Tralau; Kerstin Johansson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education; markets; morality; neoliberalism; New Public Management;

    Abstract : The bulk of the literature on the New Public Management (NPM) has been blind to the moral dimension of the market-oriented reforms of the public sector. However, this thesis studies the potential for institutional arrangements such as financial incentives and other market mechanisms to undermine intrinsic, moral motivation among both“producers” and “consumers” of tax-financed welfare services. READ MORE

  7. 25. Formative assessment and problem solving in mathematics

    Author : Sharmin Söderström; Johan Lithner; Torulf Palm; Carina Granberg; Guri Nortvedt; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Formative assessment; problem solving; reasoning; computer-based assessment; feedback; types of motivation; self-efficacy; pedagogiskt arbete; educational work; matematikdidaktik; didactics of mathematics;

    Abstract : In this thesis, the focus is on how reasoning in problem solving can be supported and which factors are associated with this support. In four studies, I investigated four aspects which address the overarching aim of the thesis. READ MORE