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The construct validation of an instrument designed to assess organisational socialisation

SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 2008
The aim of this study was to establish the construct validity of an instrument for assessing organisational socialisation. A purposive sample of 170 respondents completed the socialisation instrument. Scale reliabilities and a confrmatory factor analysis
Michelle Mudurai, Chantal Olckers, Michiel Buys   +2 more
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Sensorimotor Research Utilising Immersive Virtual Reality: A Pilot Study with Children and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Brain Sciences, 2020
When learning and interacting with the world, people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) show compromised use of vision and enhanced reliance on body-based information.
Irene Valori, Rena Bayramova, Phoebe E. McKenna-Plumley, Teresa Farroni   +3 more
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Mobility and Mentoring: Supporting Socialisation in International Service Firms

International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring, 2020
Mentoring is often identified as a flexible practice that supports the socialisation of newcomers. Within international organisations high levels of managerial mobility creates specific issues in relation to expectations of serial socialisation.
Judie M. Gannon
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Turning points: the personal and professional circumstances that lead academics to become middle managers [PDF]

, 2012
In the current higher education climate, there is a growing perception that the pressures associated with being an academic middle manager outweigh the perceived rewards of the position.
Alan Floyd, Arthur MB, Becher T, Becher T, Bourdieu P, Bryman A, Cohen L, Giddens A, Giddens A, Goffman E, Goodson I, Jenkins R, Lichtman M, Marsh I, Mcaleer E, Miles MB, Seidman I, Silverman D, Turner JH   +18 more
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Family Financial Socialisation and its Impact on Financial Confidence, Intentions, and Behaviours among New Zealand Adolescents

Journal of Family and Economic Issues
This study investigated the impact of family financial socialisation on the financial perceptions and behaviours of adolescents. Drawing from social learning theory, Gudmunson and Danes’ model of family financial socialisation, and the theory of planned ...
Steve Agnew, Valerie A. Sotardi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Gender, Personality Traits and Experience With Psychiatric Patients as Predictors of Stigma in Italian Psychology Students

Frontiers in Public Health, 2018
A sample of undergraduate Psychology students (n = 1005), prevalently females (82.4%), mean age 20.5 (sd 2.5), was examined regarding their attitudes toward people suffering from mental illness. The survey instrument included a brief form for demographic
Leonardo Zaninotto, Jia Qian, Jia Qian, Yao Sun, Giulia Bassi, Marco Solmi, Silvia Salcuni   +6 more
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Representative bureaucracy: does female police leadership affect gender-based violence arrests? [PDF]

, 2016
Representative bureaucracy theory postulates that passive representation leads to active representation of minority groups. This article investigates the passive representation of female police officers at leadership levels and the active representation ...
Baltagi BH, Ferguson K, Fielding N, Greene WH, Hester M, Hindera JJ, John Houston, Karen Johnston, Meier KJ, Meier KJ, Mosher F, Mosher F, Selden SC, Stivers C   +13 more
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THE role of family structure on financial socialiSation techniques and behaviour of students in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Cogent Economics & Finance, 2023
Financial socialisation techniques are known to influence students’ financial behaviour in the Eastern Cape. Still, the role of family structure on financial socialisation techniques and financial behaviour is unknown in the Eastern Cape.
Xolile Antoni
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Indicators of distress in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients [PDF]

PeerJ, 2015
Background. The diagnosis, treatment, and long-term management of cancer can present individuals with a multitude of stressors at various points in that trajectory.
Andrea Chirico, Fabio Lucidi, Luca Mallia, Massimiliano D’Aiuto, Thomas V. Merluzzi   +4 more
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Submerged in the mainstream? A case study of an immigrant learner in a New Zealand primary classroom [PDF]

, 2009
Immigrant children from diverse language backgrounds face not only linguistic challenges when enrolled in mainstream English-medium classrooms, but also difficulties adjusting to an unfamiliar learning community.
Agar M. H., Allwright R., Baker C., Barnard R., Barnard R., Barnard R., Barnard R., Biggs J. B., Bourdieu P., Bourdieu P., Butler Y. G., Carrasquillo A. L., Ching-yi T., Chu M., Cummins J., Cummins J., Doyle W., Doyle W., Edwards D., Fanselow J., Franken M. P., Gao L., Gass S. M., Goldenberg C., Haworth P., Haworth P., Hui L., Jonassen D. H., Lantolf J. P., Lin J., Maybin J., Mercer N., Mickan P., Ochs E., Pea R. D., Roger Barnard, Scahill J. H., Schieffelin B. B., Schon D., Stake R., Tharp R. G., Vygotsky L. S., Vygotsky L. S., Wenger E., Zeichner K. M., Zhu W.   +45 more
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