Essays about: "embodied motivation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words embodied motivation.

  1. 1. A shortcut to success or a detour out of habit?

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Frida Krüeger; Isabelle Insulander; [2023]
    Keywords : overwork; motivation; socialization; junior professionals; finance;

    Abstract : This paper explores the professional experiences of junior analysts at nine different investment banks in Stockholm to study the causes of overwork within the investment banking sector. Through the use of a qualitative research method where ten junior analysts were interviewed, we discover that implicit rules embedded in the environment of the investment banks inform the perception of overwork as a short-term sacrifice operating as an effective tool in achieving long-term professional and financial success. READ MORE

  2. 2. Physically oriented learning meets vocabulary acquisition and motivation: how the ESL classroom can combine with PE through cross-curricular collaboration

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kultur, språk och medier (KSM)

    Author : Axel Olsson; Ali Tbena; [2023]
    Keywords : CLIL; Cross-curricular; Embodied learning; English as a second language; Motivation; Physical education; Vocabulary acquisition;

    Abstract : A positive relationship between physical motion and learning is widely acknowledged. However, few studies have investigated the potential effects of combining physical movement with second language learning. READ MORE

  3. 3. Growing home together: An eco-phenomenological study of urban wild-gardeners’ experience of insects

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Florina Cianga-Christophersen; [2022]
    Keywords : sustainability science; eco-phenomenology; wild-gardening; more-than-human; the Flesh; embodied experience; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Assumptions about humankind’s separation from the rest of life on Earth have fuelled worldwide environmental destruction and a subsequent widespread loss of abundance and biodiversity amongst insects. As insects are vital to the health of the biosphere, a reconciliation of humans with the natural world is in due season. READ MORE

  4. 4. Dizziness of Freedom: The influence of maladaptive anxiety on metaphorical meaning-making and the Motivation & Sedimentation Model (MSM)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitiv semiotik; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Kalina Moskaluk; [2020]
    Keywords : Anxiety; Cognitive semiotics; Metaphor; Metaphor identification; Metaphors in psychotherapy; Motivation Sedimentation Model; Phenomenology; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates and compares metaphors used in the context of psychotherapy by people who experience various forms of maladaptive anxiety and anxiety disorders (anxiety sample, AS) and people who experience stress caused by various events in their lives (stress sample, SS). It is grounded in a cognitive-semiotic theory called the Motivation & Sedimentation Model (MSM), which defines three levels of meaning-making. READ MORE

  5. 5. Female Entrepreneurial Motivation in Urban and Rural Kenya - A qualitative study examining the differences in female entrepreneurial motivation in urban and rural areas in Kenya

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Anna Nelson; Viktoria Serreau; [2019]
    Keywords : female entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial motivation; Kenyan entrepreneurship; female entrepreneurial intention; Theory of Planned Behaviour;

    Abstract : Female entrepreneurship has for a long time been proven to be a driving factor of economic development, especially in developing countries such as Kenya. Moreover, economic development can be further enhanced by reducing urban and rural disparities in entrepreneurial opportunities in order to liberate the full potential productivity in all areas. READ MORE