Search for dissertations about: "performance contagion"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words performance contagion.

  2. 1. Collective Collapse and Performance Contagion in Basketball

    Author : Simon Granér; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; team momentum; performance contagion; team performance; Collective collapse;

    Abstract : In this thesis, collective collapse in basketball is investigated. Although experienced by most team sport players, the phenomenon still puzzles the world of sports. Collective collapse is described as a sudden decrease in performance quality by a sport team, often with a devastating effect on the game outcome. READ MORE

  4. 2. Psychological momentum in handball

    Author : Karin Moesch; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Performance fluctuations; team sports; nonverbal behaviour; performance; emotional contagion;

    Abstract : This doctoral dissertation deals with a phenomenon that is often referred to in sports, but still poorly understood from a scientific angle: psychological momentum (PM). No consensus has been agreed on how to label this phenomenon, and other terms such as momentum or behavioural momentum (BM) are often used interchangeably. READ MORE

  5. 3. From interest contagion to perspective sharing : How social attention affects children's performance in false-belief tasks

    Author : Andreas Falck; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; attention; social cognition; intersubjectivity; false-belief task; contagion;

    Abstract : A large amount of socio-cognitive research has been devoted to questions about different perspectives – how do we understand that other people can have their own perspectives on reality. This is typically studied with so called false-belief-tasks (FBTs), which are experimental tasks designed to tap into an ability to understand that other people may have beliefs differing from our own (perspective-taking). READ MORE

  6. 4. Changing the Rules of the Game : A Market Microstructure Perspective on the Effects of Regulating Financial Markets

    Author : Ester Félez Viñas; Björn Hagströmer; Caihong Xu; Mathijs van Dijk; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Market fragmentation; liquidity; resiliency; short selling ban; commonality in liquidity; financial contagion; call auction; market integrity; auction attractiveness; price efficiency; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

    Abstract : This dissertation contains four articles that examine the effects brought about by the implementation of new regulations and changes in the trading landscape on different facets of market quality and integrity.Article I studies how the fragmentation of equity markets affects the speed of recovery of the market, both under normal market conditions and in times of stress. READ MORE

  7. 5. Antecedents & Consequences of Gossip : A Social Network Approach

    Author : José Luis Estévez; Károly Takács; Dorottya Kisfalusi; Alexandra Gerbasi; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gossip; Social Networks; Structural Balance Theory; Structural Hole Theory; Complex Contagion Theory;

    Abstract : Gossip constitutes a form of human communication consisting of the transmission of evaluative information about absent others. Previous research has associated the usage of gossip with outcomes at both the individual and the group levels. READ MORE