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A Tale of Two Autonomies

open access: yesProfessions and Professionalism, 2017
Despite comprehensive theoretical discussions on the nuances of autonomy, research tends to treat autonomy as a unidimensional concept. In contrast, this study of Norwegian welfare professionals presents empirical support for the multidimensional nature ...
Chris Rønningstad
doaj   +1 more source

Too Complex to Choose? The Role of Heuristics in Shaping Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Income Stabilization Tool in Italy

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT European agriculture is increasingly exposed to economic instability driven by extreme weather events, market volatility, and geopolitical tensions. To manage these growing risks, farmers are encouraged to adopt innovative risk management strategies such as the Income Stabilization Tool (IST), which offers protection against severe income ...
Alice Stiletto   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shaping notions of personal autonomy in plural societies: the traditional practice of FGC in French courts

open access: yes, 2014
Female genital cutting (FGC, excision) comes into conflict with the concept of personal autonomy as grounded in many ‘Western’ societies. It is one of the most challenging practices in the study of the paradoxes of personal autonomy in a plural society ...
L. Bellucci
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Job autonomy and job satisfaction: new evidence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
This paper investigates the impact of perceived job autonomy on job satisfaction. We use the fifth sweep of the National Educational Longitudinal Study (1988-2000), which contains personally reported job satisfaction data for a sample of individuals ...
Nguyen, A N, Taylor, J, Bradley, S
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Personal autonomy and mental capacity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 has put the assessment of mental capacity for decision-making at the forefront of psychiatric practice. This capacity is commonly linked within philosophy to (personal) autonomy, that is, to the idea, or ideal, of self ...
Fabian Freyenhagen, Freyenhagen, Fabian
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Personal autonomy as a key factor of human self-determination

open access: yesSocial Welfare: Interdisciplinary Approach, 2018
The article presents the research on psychological factors of personal autonomy as a self-determination need and as a component of psychological well-being.
Liudmyla Serdiuk   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Population balance modeling and digital design of degree of agglomeration in industrial crystallization

open access: yesAIChE Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study presents a coupled population balance model (PBM) for describing the degree‐of‐agglomeration (DoA) in crystallization by independently tracking total particle and agglomerate number densities. Applied to an industrial active pharmaceutical ingredient, the model outperformed bridge‐counting methods and accurately captured DoA trends ...
Yung‐Shun Kang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Autonomy Really Matter in Language Learning?

open access: yesJournal of Language and Education, 2019
The main aim of this study was to unravel the possible relationship between individuals’ level of autonomy as EFL learners and academic success in terms of language learning at the tertiary level.
Gülnihal Şakrak-Ekin   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evolution of Physical Intelligence Across Scales

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
By following the evolution of physical intelligence across scales, this article shows how intelligence arises from materials, structures, physical interactions, and collectives. It establishes physical intelligence as the evolutionary foundation upon which embodied intelligence is built.
Ke Liu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Personal Autonomy and Disability [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This paper presents different approaches to the concept of personal autonomy in the disability context. It draws attention to the ways the requirements for “competent” bodies and autonomy of the “incarnate” subject affect the usual way of understanding ...
Krhutová, Lenka
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