Essays about: "non-cognitive skills"
Found 4 essays containing the words non-cognitive skills.
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1. Where There’s a Will There’s a Way: Self-efficacy and Resilience in the Creation and Consolidation of Micro-enterprises Owned by Victims of Forced Displacement in Colombia.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : In the past decade, micro-enterprise development has gained popularity as an intervention in the Global South, including Colombia, a country where more than 90% of businesses are micro. For decades, this country has endured an internal conflict that has left millions of victims of forced displacement, who live in vulnerable situations and, in many cases, resort to creating micro-enterprises to make a living. READ MORE
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2. Understanding the Effects of Non-Cognitive Skills and Gender Beliefs on Digital Skills: A Longitudinal and Comparative Study Across Four Developing Countries
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : Recognizing the multitude of barriers to digital inclusion in developing countries, this study contributes fresh evidence on predictors of digital skills. Specifically, we examine the effects of non-cognitive skills, which in this paper consists of motivation and grit and socio-emotional competence, and gender beliefs on computer skills and internet skills. READ MORE
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3. Non-cognitive skills and prestige education : An explorative study of how non-cognitive skills affect the association between social class of origin and selection into prestigious university education in Sweden
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : With the expansion of higher education in recent decades, exclusive academic qualifications have become the prominent way in which the status hierarchy of education is preserved. Much of the previous research explaining social class differences in educational attainment have focused on cognitive ability but largely overlooked the importance of non-cognitive skills for enrolling in more prestigious educational fields. READ MORE
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4. Attractive Audit - Investigating attractiveness and height as determinants for auditor fees and compensation in a Swedish setting
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : The purpose of this study is to investigate if auditors' individual characteristics; attractiveness and height, act as determinants for fee generation and compensation in the audit industry. The study is motivated by the observed institutional shift from a technical logic to business logic in audit industry, which leads to increased importance of personal qualifications such as interpersonal skills for auditors to be successful. READ MORE
