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Understanding Motivations for Entrepreneurship [PDF]
, 2015 Key points • This study shows that motivations for starting a business are complex and that motivations other than the traditional opportunity-driven and necessity-driven distinction are more closely related to business survival and success.
Drews, Cord-Christian +3 more
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Small Firms Investment: A Search For The Motivations 1999-2002 [PDF]
, 2002 Some twenty years ago, research was conducted by the author into the investment motivations of a sample of small firms in the south of England. The results were published in the International Small Business Journal 1984. This research has been updated
Hankinson, Alan
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OUTDOOR TOURISM DEMAND SEGMENTATION: A CASE STUDY FROM NORTH OF PORTUGAL [PDF]
Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites, 2022 This research aimed to segment the market of visitors who practise outdoor activities in the North region of Portugal based on their motivations. An online survey was conducted between June to September of 2021, with a sample of 200 tourists who ...
Elaine SCALABRINI +10 more
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Motivation of medical students: selection by motivation or motivation by selection [PDF]
BMC Medical Education, 2016 Medical schools try to implement selection procedures that will allow them to select the most motivated students for their programs. Though there is a general feeling that selection stimulates student motivation, conclusive evidence for this is lacking.
Wouters, Anouk +3 more
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Motivations Associated with Food Choices and Eating Practices [PDF]
, 2021 This book is generally focused on food choice, and which factors are associated with the decisions that define people’s eating behaviour. These reasons are highly variable and include influences from the surrounding environment, as well as the individual
Guiné, Raquel P. F.
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Administrative Sciences, 2023 Volunteering work has always played a key role in dealing with crises around the world. Understanding the motivations behind volunteering during a crisis could not only explain such behaviour but also become a guide for the government for future policies,
Debashish Sengupta +2 more
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Motivating Whistleblowers [PDF]
Management Science, 2017 Law-breaking activities within firms are widespread but difficult to uncover, making whistleblowing by employees desirable. We investigate if and how monetary incentives and expectations of social approval or disapproval from the public, and their interactions, affect an employee’s decision to blow the whistle when the social damage from the reported ...
Jeffrey V. Butler +2 more
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TOURISM EXPERIENCES, MOTIVATIONS, AND TRAVEL LIFESTYLES PREFERENCES FOR DOMESTIC TOURISTS: A CASE OF JORDAN [PDF]
Geo Journal of Tourism and GeositesIt is acknowledged that domestic tourism activities and movements have grown considerably in recent years, particularly, after the COVID-19 pandemic. However, different dimensions of domestic tourism have received scant attention in tourism research ...
Mamoon ALLAN
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A functionalist approach to online trolling
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 Online trolling is often linked to sadism and psychopathy. Yet, little research has assessed why people high in these traits seek online environments to achieve their nefarious goals.
Lewis Nitschinsk +2 more
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Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2015 Although motivation is a well-established field of study in its own right, and has been fruitfully studied in connection with attribution theory and belief formation under the heading of "motivated thinking," its powerful and pervasive influence on specifically explanatory processes is less well explored. Where one has a strong motivation to understand
Patterson, Richard +2 more
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