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  1. 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 institutionen

    Author : Alivija Kovalova; Alina Romanyceva; [2023]
    Keywords : PMS; Enabling and Coercive Control; Autonomous and Controlled Motivation; Work effort; Banking sector; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : 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

  3. 7. Investigating Validity of Semantic Measures vs Rating Scales in Assessing Personality

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Sofie Gustavsson; Henrietta Plate; [2023]
    Keywords : Rating scales; semantic measures; Five Factor Model of personality; The Big Five; IPIP-NEO 30; Natural Language Processing; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : 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

  4. 8. Coping with the climate crisis: How to address climate emotions to galvanize sustainability transformations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Ragnhild Kirkhus; [2022]
    Keywords : Climate change; climate psychology; wellbeing; pro-environmental behavior; coping theory; three spheres of transformation framework; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : 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

  5. 9. Predicting Neighborhood Attachment in Germany

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Lennart Paul Bischoff; [2022]
    Keywords : Neighborhood attachment; residential environment; environmental psychology; prediction; model; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : 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

  6. 10. "Hot hand" in Esports: Quiet Eye Does Not Generalize to Multiple Targets in a Computerized Task

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Jan Krajník; [2022]
    Keywords : Quiet Eye; Eye Tracking; Esports; Gaming; Vision; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : 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