Sökning: "causal efficacy"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 20 avhandlingar innehållade orden causal efficacy.

  1. 1. Employee selection : Mechanisms behind practitioners’ preference for hiring practices

    Författare :Kristina Langhammer; Claudia Bernhard-Oettel; Johnny Hellgren; Scott Highhouse; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; employee selection decision making; employee data collection methods; hiring practices; self-efficacy; causal attribution; behavioral intention; agency; Psychology; psykologi;

    Sammanfattning : Despite the great advances science has made in developing selection decision aids practitioners’ generally remain reluctant to adopt them. This phenomenon is considered today one of the greatest gaps in industrial, work and organizational psychology. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Aristotle’s Realism About Perceptible Qualities

    Författare :Ekrem Çetinkaya; Pauliina Remes; Henrik Lagerlund; Katerina Ierodiakonou; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Aristotle; perceptible qualities; realism; reductionism; perception-independence; causal efficacy; Filosofi; Philosophy; Philosophy; with specialization in history of philosophy; Filosofi med filosofihistorisk inriktning;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is about the nature, and more specifically the ontological status of the objects of perception (that is, perceptible qualities) in Aristotle. It defends a realist interpretation. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Situational sources of rule-breaking acts : an analytic criminology approach

    Författare :Alberto P. Chrysoulakis; Marie Torstensson Levander; Anna-Karin Ivert; Alfonso Serrano Maíllo; Malmö universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; adolescents; collective efficacy; crime propensity; delinquency; mechanisms; morality; peers; rule-breaking; self-control; situational action theory; time-use; unstructured socialising; Kriminologi; Criminology;

    Sammanfattning : Criminology has long been divided by mainly focusing on people’s propensities to commit crimes, on the one hand, and environmental characteristics conducive to crime, on the other. Such a division must be bridged to advance knowledge about why some people, but not others, commit rule-breaking acts in some environments but not in others. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Population-based studies of higher-level gait disorders and hydrocephalus : focused on brain ventricular morphometry and patient outcomes following shunt surgery

    Författare :Jenny Larsson; Jan Malm; Anders Eklund; Hanna Israelsson Larsen; Lars-Owe D. Koskinen; Uwe Kehler; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Higher-level gait disorder; Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus; Ventriculomegaly; Falls; Fear of Falling; Self-efficacy; Depression; Quality of life; Adverse events; Headache; Epilepsy; Abdominal pain;

    Sammanfattning : Background: To study gait is of great importance for the health of the aging population. Higher-level gait disorders (HLGD) are characterized by a slow, symmetrical, unsteady gait. Its cause is most often unknown. HLGD in combination with ventriculomegaly (i. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Extramural English Matters : Out-of-School English and Its Impact on Swedish Ninth Graders' Oral Proficiency and Vocabulary

    Författare :Pia Sundqvist; Solveig Granath; Hugo Wikström; June Miliander; Magnus Ljung; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Extramural English; out-of-school learning; implicit learning; learner language; oral proficiency; oral fluency; second language acquisition; second language learning; ESL; EFL; vocabulary acquisition; assessment; speaking tests; language diary; motivation; self-efficacy; anxiety; speech; oral communication; core vocabulary; peripheral vocabulary; English language; Engelska språket; English; Engelska;

    Sammanfattning : The present study examines possible effects of extramural English (EE) on oral proficiency (OP) and vocabulary (VOC). The study is based on data collected from Swedish learners of ESL in grade 9 (aged 15-16; N=80; 36 boys, 44 girls) over a period of one year. LÄS MER