Essays about: "Altruistic factors"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 essays containing the words Altruistic factors.

  1. 1. Collaboration And Rescue : The role of the Jashes during the Anfal campaign in Iraqi Kurdistan 1988

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

    Author : Wirya Kurdyar; [2023]
    Keywords : Collaboration; Rescue; The Anfal Campaign; Jash; Kurdistan; Iraq;

    Abstract : The utilisation of collaboration and collaborationism as a strategy to address the Kurdish question in Iraq and the involvement of the collaborators in the perpetration of mass violence and genocide is a subject that has not been thoroughly investigated.  The objective of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of the underlying motivations that drove a specific subset of the Kurdish population to engage in collaboration and collaborationism with the Iraqi regime. READ MORE

  2. 2. Sustainable Entrepreneurship : The impact of motivation, prior knowledge and network on sustainable business opportunity recognition

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för management (MAN)

    Author : Essi Voutilainen; Lara Grabe; [2023]
    Keywords : sustainable entrepreneurship; sustainable opportunity recognition; sustainable entrepreneurship knowledge; motivation sustainable entrepreneurship; sustainable entrepreneurship and networks;

    Abstract : This research aimed to create more knowledge and understanding of the opportunity recognition process for sustainable entrepreneurs in Nordic countries. By validating the two factors proposed by Patzelt and Shepherd’s (2011) model, prior knowledge and motivation, and examining the role of new factors such as networks, co-founders’ knowledge, and regulations, the authors contributed to a better understanding of how sustainable opportunity recognition works in practice. READ MORE

  3. 3. Cancer Driver Gene Detection using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks on H3K4me3 Enrichment Profiles

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för astronomi och teoretisk fysik - Genomgår omorganisation

    Author : Marc Pielies Avellí; [2022]
    Keywords : Cancer Driver CD Gene; Histone Post-Translational Modifications PTMs ; Convolutional Neural Networks CNNs .; Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : In spite of our current knowledge regarding the biology underlying cancer genesis, reliable methods for the discovery of cancer driver (CD) genes are still in great need. The rather recent incorporation of epigenetic markers to the cancer paradigm has nevertheless opened the door for the development of new computational approaches to the problem. READ MORE

  4. 4. Understanding the motivation and satisfaction for volunteering at sports events in the context of Covid-19. : The case of the 2021 Lahti Ski Games

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Carsten Erik Lantz; [2021]
    Keywords : Sports volunteering; Volunteering motivation; Volunteering satisfaction; Lahti Ski Games; Covid-19;

    Abstract : Volunteers are essential for the success of almost any organized event. However, volunteering has undergone a process of modernization, in which altruistic or collective forms of volunteering, motivated by intrinsic behaviors, have been replaced by more egoistic or reflexive ones, which are extrinsically motivated. READ MORE

  5. 5. Encouraging Pro-Social Behaviours Through Feelings of Responsibility: Investigating factors influential to the behaviour of low-risk individuals during the COVID-19 response in Ireland

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Caolán Leneghan; [2021]
    Keywords : Human Behaviour; Risk Communication; COVID-19; Public Health; Risk Response; Social Heuristics; Medicine and Health Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This research examined the experiences of 12 low-risk individuals to identify factors influential to their behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland. The method used a semi-structured format of interviews conducted over June 2021. READ MORE