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Understanding “disengagement from knowledge sharing”: engagement theory versus adaptive cost theory

Journal of Knowledge Management, 2015
Purpose– The purpose of this paper is using competing hypotheses (a spillover hypothesis, based on Engagement Theory, and a provisioning hypothesis, based on Adaptive Cost Theory) to help explain why employees become disengaged from knowledge sharing.Design/methodology/approach– Employed knowledge workers completed an online questionnaire regarding ...
Dianne Ford   +2 more
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Re-engaging the Disengagement Theory of Aging: On the History and Assessment of Theory Development in Gerontology

The Gerontologist, 1994
While "disengagement theory" is today largely discounted, it has an important place in the history of gerontological explanation. First we analyze the historical context of this theory. Second, we examine its long-term contributions and deficiencies in terms of finer criteria--standards which we suggest should be used in evaluating current, and future,
W A, Achenbaum, V L, Bengtson
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Disengagement Theory

Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging, 2019
Xin Zhang, Hongmei Lin
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Engagement, Disengagement, or Exit: A Theory of Equilibrium Associations

American Journal of Political Science, 2015
This article considers the possibility of mutually beneficial communication among groups when any group may choose to unilaterally join or exit an alliance. My main concern is the trade‐off groups face between the informational benefits of associating with others in a large society versus the costs imposed by power sharing and preference diversity ...
E. M. Penn
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Entitativity and ideology: a grounded theory of disengagement

open access: green, 2011
Highly entitative sub-groups with strong ideologies ensure members are committed to the groups cause making disengagement a significant life event. This paper provides an insight into the current study of the psychological and social factors influencing the experience of personal disengagement from HESGIs.
Kira J Harris
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Revisiting the Disengagement Theory with Differentials in the Determinants of Life Satisfaction

Social Indicators Research, 2003
This study proposes that differentials in the determinants of life satisfaction can be used to test if the elderly have a new equilibrium. One's global life satisfaction is taken as an indicator for one's inner world and for the elderly, global life satisfaction is assumed to be not influenced by life domains which indicate drastic social changes ...
Chaonan Chen
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Student disengagement in web-based videoconferencing supported online learning: an activity theory perspective

Interactive Learning Environments, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many educators and students to embrace a “new normal” in learning that relies on online-learning approaches to alleviate the disruptions caused by the outbreak.
Gulipari Maimaiti, Chengyuan Jia, K. Hew
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