Essays about: "Causal perception"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 27 essays containing the words Causal perception.

  1. 21. Working for the Man - A cross-sectional study of single industry towns' effect on entrepreneurship

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Malin Adeborg; Martin Siltberg; [2013]
    Keywords : Single industry towns; entrepreneurship; regional growth; geographical economics;

    Abstract : Over the last decades, the once prominent single industry towns have gained an unfortunate status as myopic and conformist communities with an adverse entrepreneurial climate. Although the rich history and economic transitions of the single industry towns is well documented in research, limited effort has been made to empirically establish the towns' assumed negative relationship with entrepreneurship. READ MORE

  3. 22. Reforming the Merits: Meritocratic Recruitment and its Effect on Corruption. Case Study of Tajikistan

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Azizakhon Kataeva; [2012-01-05]
    Keywords : meritocratic recruitment; public administration reform; impartiality; corruption;

    Abstract : The aim of this paper is to observe the causal mechanism between meritocratic recruitment and level of corruption. Previous cross country analyses showed positive results, however what is lacking in academic literature is micro-analyses that would capture the positive and negative ways of causal mechanism which will be an added value to the academic literature. READ MORE

  4. 23. Exploring the Concepts which Constitute the Perception of Trustworthiness in Virtual Sponsored Communities

    University essay from Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Xiaohang Chen; Olle Falkenäng; [2012]
    Keywords : Concepts of trust-building; Internet forums; Relationship marketing; Perception of trustworthiness; Virtual sponsored communities; World of Warcraft;

    Abstract : The development of virtual sponsored communities has created great possibilities for people and companies to interact on shared platforms. To create interaction in the community, it is essential to create the perception of trustworthiness of the community. READ MORE

  5. 24. The Left Hemisphere Interpreter and Confabulation : a Comparison

    University essay from Institutionen för kommunikation och information

    Author : Frida Åström; [2011]
    Keywords : Left hemisphere interpreter; Confabulation; Split-brain; Causal perception; Causal inference; Delusion; Anosognosia;

    Abstract : The left hemisphere interpreter refers to a function in the left hemisphere of the brain that search for and produce causal explanations for events, behaviours and feelings, even though no such apparent pattern exists between them. Confabulation is said to occur when a person presents or acts on obviously false information, despite being aware that they are false. READ MORE

  6. 25. The Blurred Narrators of Douglas Coupland's Life After God

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Anton Åström; [2010-09-13]
    Keywords : Douglas Coupland; Life After God; narrator identity; blurred narrators;

    Abstract : This essay examines the construction of narrator identity in Douglas Coupland's short story composite Life After God. It suggests a reading of blurred narrators, a narrator identity positioned in between one and several. This is created through the omission of distinguishing qualities in the narrators of the different chapters. READ MORE