Essays about: "social sciences - psychology"
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6. Impact of Performance Measurement System on Employees’ Motivation and Work Effort in Organizations Offering Non-Incentivized Compensation Scheme: The Case of Banking Sector
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : The study has two purposes: in the setup of heavily regulated industry (banking) and non-incentivized compensation scheme, (1) to investigate separately bankers’ enabling and coercive perceptions of PMS and how they contribute to motivation and work effort; and (2) to explore to what extent the combination of enabling and coercive perceptions of PMS influences motivation and work effort. The study was based on the online questionnaire, which was distributed using convenience and snowball sampling techniques (N=105). READ MORE
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7. Investigating Validity of Semantic Measures vs Rating Scales in Assessing Personality
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologiAbstract : Within personality research, self-report questionnaires are a common approach. This study takes aim at investigating whether self-report questionnaires are enough, or if semantic measures, through Natural Language Processing, could be a substitute or complementary method, in assessing personality. READ MORE
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8. Coping with the climate crisis: How to address climate emotions to galvanize sustainability transformations
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUSAbstract : Effectively coping with climate emotions has untapped potential to galvanize sustainability transformations. This thesis investigates how individuals cope effectively with climate change, and how to upscale coping for sustainability. READ MORE
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9. Predicting Neighborhood Attachment in Germany
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologiAbstract : Neighborhood attachment is an important and influential concept in environmental psychology. Yet, there is a lack of quantitative research that allows predictions to be made. Additionally, whereas neighborhood attachment is influenced by various variables, most studies only have assessed a few predictors. READ MORE
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10. "Hot hand" in Esports: Quiet Eye Does Not Generalize to Multiple Targets in a Computerized Task
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologiAbstract : The effect of ”Quiet Eye” (QE), an oculomotor behavior predicting improved performance, has been identified in a variety of sports studies in the past 30 years. Most commonly, longer QE durations and earlier QE onsets results in higher accuracy of the participants. Recently, Dahl et al. READ MORE