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Self‐Transcendence and Self‐Enhancement Values as Drivers of Eco‐Travel Behavior. Implications for Business Strategies for Eco‐Tourism Sector

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ecotourism encourages environmentally friendly travel; however, little is known about the underlying value systems influencing travelers' choices and actions. This study uses a mixed‐method methodology that combines post hoc qualitative analysis with a large‐scale quantitative survey to examine the influence of multiple value dimensions on ...
Yuemeng Ge, Zhi Li, Naman Sreen, Rsha Alghafes, Mai Nguyen   +4 more
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Perspective: Assessing the Flexible Acquisition, Integration, and Deployment of Human Spatial Representations and Information

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2018
Studying human spatial navigation in the lab can be challenging, particularly when including non-invasive neural measures like functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and scalp encephalography (EEG). While there is broad consensus that human spatial
Michael J. Starrett, Michael J. Starrett, Michael J. Starrett, Arne D. Ekstrom, Arne D. Ekstrom, Arne D. Ekstrom, Arne D. Ekstrom   +6 more
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Age-related impairment of navigation and strategy in virtual star maze

BMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background Although it is well known that aging impairs navigation performance, the underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown. Egocentric strategy requires navigators to remember a series of body-turns without relying on the relationship between ...
Jia-Xin Zhang, Lin Wang, Hai-Yan Hou, Chun-Lin Yue, Liang Wang, Hui-Jie Li   +5 more
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Voices From the Coast: Stakeholder Participation and Perception on Creating a Marine Protected Area

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores participatory processes in the context of marine conservation, with a specific focus on recent initiatives undertaken by the Apulia region in Italy to establish a new Marine Protected Area (MPA). Employing a qualitative cross‐sectional methodology, the study investigates how local communities perceive and engage with the ...
Giampiero Palazzo, Giuseppe Valenza, Massimo Zuccaro, Simone Pizzi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of a Structured Training Program on the Depth Perception of Ab Initio Drone Pilots

Drones
Flying remotely requires accurate perception of the environment to ensure safe operation. While remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) bring unique opportunities, they also present new challenges for the pilot, including exercising accurate depth perception ...
John Murray, Steven Richardson, Keith Joiner, Graham Wild   +3 more
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Beyond Environmental Concern: Multiple Consumer Value Logics Driving Willingness to Pay for Food Forest Produce

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For regenerative agricultural systems such as food forests to move from experimental niches to scalable market solutions, they must attract consumer acceptance and sufficient willingness to pay a price premium. This study examines the demand‐side drivers of consumers' willingness to pay for food forest produce, focusing on nature connectedness,
Ada Folques, Mario R. Paredes, Vanessa Apaolaza, Patrick Hartmann   +3 more
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The Impact of Value Orientations on Psychological Reactance to Pro‐Environmental Normative Appeals

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how individuals' responses to descriptive (what most others do) and injunctive (what others believe people should do) pro‐environmental appeals depend on their value orientations. Across two studies using representative samples (United States: recycling electronic waste; United Kingdom: recycling single‐use batteries), the ...
Christos Kavvouris, Polymeros Chrysochou, John Thøgersen   +2 more
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Evidence for Cognitive Spatial Models from Ancient Roman Land-Measurement

Brain Sciences
Influential studies in the history of cartography have argued that map-like representations of space were (virtually) unknown in the Classical Mediterranean world and that the cause of this was an absence of underlying cognitive maps. That is, persons in
Andrew M. Riggsby
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Managers' Values and the Adoption of Environmentally Sustainable Practices Among Small and Medium‐Sized Enterprises: A Configurational Approach

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) play a critical role in sustainability transitions, yet the mechanisms through which managers' values shape environmentally sustainable practices (ESP) remain insufficiently understood. Existing research often treats managerial values as independent predictors and pays limited attention to their ...
Marie Romuald Bernard Pouka Pouka, François Labelle, François L'Écuyer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Concerning some cultural peculiarities of representatives of Arab east countries, China and Vietnam in the context of teacher`s intercultural competence forming

Polylinguality and Transcultural Practices, 2014
The article is devoted to the research of problems connected with intercultural communication between foreign students learning at preparatory faculties of Russian higher educational establishments and teachers of Russian as a foreign language.
T G Kolosova
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