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On the motivational drivers of gray entrepreneurship: An exploratory study

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2014
Against the background of demographic change, gray entrepreneurship has become more prevalent. When gray entrepreneurs chose to leave paid employment to become self-employed, it is of concern for companies who may lose highly capable older employees. One of the reasons for this can be a failure to understand the motives of those older employees who are
Harms, Rainer, Luck, Florian, Kraus, Sascha, Walsh, Steven Thomas   +3 more
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Motivational drivers of costly information search

Cognition
Acquiring information that aids decision-making is subject to a trade-off of accuracy versus cost, given that time, effort, or money are required to obtain decision-relevant information. Three studies (N = 2010) investigated the motivational dynamics shaping the priorities that govern this trade-off.
Michalis, Mamakos, Galen V, Bodenhausen
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Drivers and motivators in consumer handwashing behavior

Nutrition & Food Science, 2013
Purpose – A study was conducted at a small university in the American Southwest. The purpose of the study was to determine the efficacy of a four-year campaign implemented by the university's health services department. The campaign consisted of posting signs in lavatories across campus, reminding students, faculty, and ...
Pattarapong Burusnukul, Charles Christopher Broz   +1 more
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MOTIVATION AND MOTIVES - DRIVER AND REASON OF CONSUMER'S BUYING BEHAVIOR [PDF]

Revista Economica, 2013
The purpose of the paper is to understand and measure consumer's motives as part of the complex mental structure which has as result a certain buying behavior. To achieve this goal, the authors structured the paper in two parts: the first part contains a literature review regarding the concepts of motivation and motives, while the second part tries to ...
TICHINDELEAN Mihai, VINEREAN Simona
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The motivational drivers of fast fashion avoidance

Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management: An International Journal, 2013
PurposeThis study aims to investigate the conceptual structure of fast fashion avoidance among young consumers in Korea. The effects of negative beliefs on the behavioural intention regarding fast fashion avoidance are empirically examined.Design/methodology/approachA conceptual model of fast fashion avoidance is proposed and tested based on the ...
Hyunsook Kim, Ho Jung Choo, Namhee Yoon
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Motivating Drivers to Drive Energy Efficient

2020
Increasing the driving range of electric vehicles has been an important research endeavour to increase the wide acceptability of electric vehicles as means for more sustainable mobility. One specific stream of research is concerned with helping to improve the driver’s individual driving style for increased, but also more predictable, vehicle range ...
Sandra Trösterer, Peter Mörtl
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Motivational Drivers of Women Entrepreneurs

PROCEEDINGS of 20th International Symposium on Applied Informatics and Related Areas
In our study, we analyze the entrepreneurial motivations of women entrepreneurs, with particular emphasis on the internal drivers that go beyond traditional financial objectives. Women entrepreneurs make a significant contribution to economic variety, as they often operate in sectors that differ from those dominated by men.
Czeglédi Csilla, Faragó-Fodor Nóra, Petőné Csuka Ildikó   +2 more
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Motivations and Drivers of Al-Shabaab

2019
This chapter considers the motivations and drivers of Al-Shabaab. Al-Shabaab has built itself on a clear agenda: ridding Somalia of foreign forces, portrayed as Christians, and implementing the Sharia. These goals implied the need for reform and discipline of Somali society using all means: dawa (preaching) as well as violence. While the goals fit well
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Motivational drivers of action in response to an environmental biosecurity incursion

Journal of Environmental Management, 2019
Environmental changes caused by plant pathogen incursions can have significant economic and social impacts on agricultural communities. Proactive and vigilant biosecurity actions on-ground are essential in preventing outbreaks from occurring and/or spreading. However, little is known about psychological drivers for action.This study examined social and
Aditi Mankad, Airong Zhang, Matt Curnock
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Motivational Drivers: A Conceptual Research Proposal

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2013
In this paper we develop an exploratory qualitative analysis of the Harvard Business Review article “Rebuilding Companies as Communities”, by Henry Mintzberg, in light of a specific, and merely preliminary, research proposal. We link Mintzberg’s views with a developing research methodology, coding segments of text under four motivational dimensions of ...
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