Search results for "GAGE"

Sustainable Development and Assurance of Corporate Social Responsibility Reports Published by Ibex-35 Companies

2012

Spain is the world's leading country as regards corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting (KPMG, 2011). In addition, Spain is taking new initiatives with regard to environmental policy, sustainable development, and stakeholder engagement in accordance with Law 2/2011.This is why we choose Spain as the setting to analyze whether the determinants for external assurance posited by existing literature (industry, size, profitability, leverage) have an impact on the decision of companies to assure their CSR reports. Our study is a pioneer in the sense that it investigates the possible links between the auditor of the annual report and the provider of assurance. The results of this study ind…

Sustainable Development, Stakeholder Engagement and Analyst Forecasts’ Accuracy: Positive Evidence from the Spanish Setting

2015

We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the University of Valencia (ref. UV-INV-AE15-332959).

Service learning and the attitudes of university students to the community

2017

La formación en el diseño y ejecución de programas de servicio como el ApS ofrece oportunidades para que el alumnado incorpore la responsabilidad social y moral en el desarrollo de conocimientos, destrezas y valores necesarios para la toma de decisiones que afectan a las acciones individuales y colectivas relacionadas con cuestiones como los derechos humanos, la infancia o el desarrollo sostenible. Además, ayuda a expresar y debatir las argumentaciones, retos y aspectos críticos con sus iguales, así como a respetar aquellas opiniones y actos que no comparten. Desde esta investigación se pretende analizar si el alumnado universitario tiene conciencia de sí mismo/a como ciudadano/a, así como …

The Relationship between Femininity and Sustainability Reporting

2017

Most research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure and stakeholder engagement with sustainable development has focused on the internal factors of corporations, leaving aside the characteristics of the institutional, cultural, and economic context of the country where corporations operate. The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of femininity in the disclosure of sustainability information based on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines at a developed country context. We use three measures of the CSR information disclosure by country: the GRI reports per million of inhabitants, the GRI reports application level, and the percentage of GRI reports wit…

Postgraduate Students’ Experience of Using a Learning Management System to Support Their Learning: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

2021

Introduction Educational institutions worldwide have implemented learning management systems (LMSs) to centralise and manage learning resources, educational services, learning activities and institutional information. LMS has mainly been used by teachers as storage and transfer of course material. To effectively utilise digital technologies in education, there is a need for more knowledge of student experiences with digital technology, such as LMSs and especially regarding how LMSs can contribute to student engagement and learning. Objective This study aimed to gain knowledge about postgraduate nursing students’ experiences with the use of LMS in a subject in an advanced practice nursing ma…

Charles Nodier et la linguistique des origines

2014

International audience; Du point de vue de l'histoire des idées, Charles Nodier occupe une position doublement importante. Il est l'auteur du premier livre en français contenant le mot « linguistique » dans le titre et il est le premier président de cet Institut des Langues qui, le 21 décembre 1839, deviendra la première « Société de Linguistique » française. Si on s'en tenait à ce critère strictement lexicologique, on ne manquerait donc pas d'arguments pour affirmer que Nodier a joué un rôle clé dans l'apparition de la linguistique en France. Peu de linguistes accepteraient pourtant aujourd'hui de souscrire à une pareille affirmation. Pour la plupart d'entre eux, la linguistique ne se mani…

La relation conjugale à l'heure du poly-engagement synchronique

2013

 Engagement éco-citoyen et participation en ligne : entre agir communicationnel et agir stratégique

2012

International audience; Dans le cadre d’une recherche-action retenue au sein du programme MOVIDA (développé par le Ministère de l’Environnement, du Développement Durable, du Transport et de la Logistique), nous envisageons sur un plan fonctionnel les leviers et les freins communicationnels à une consommation éco-responsable à l’échelle d’un quartier de la ville de Dijon, en France. Mais la participation des habitants à ces dispositifs est loin d’être acquise. La théorie de la communication engageante propose une méthodologie qui permettrait de motiver et mobiliser ces habitants efficacement autour de l’éco-citoyenneté. Nous proposons dans cet article de revenir sur la problématique de la pa…

Teachers' perceptions of student engagement and teacher self-efficacy beliefs

2014

This study examines the teachers’ perceptions of student engagement, teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs, and their interrelation. Affective engagement can be understood as belonging or relatedness as well as identification with school. Cognitive engagement can be conceived as engagement in classroom, self-regulation, learning goals and a student’s overall investment in learning. Measuring students’ engagement is crucial in that it helps educators predict and, by amending current teaching practices and policies, avoid poor performance or even drop-out. The teacher’s belief in herself and her potential is critical for the students’ overall performance in class. This study attempts to investigate…

Teacher Perceptions of Reading Motivation in Children with Developmental Dyslexia and Average Readers

2017

Abstract Purpose. This study assessed the teacher perceptions of reading engagement and several components of reading motivation in children with developmental dyslexia and average readers, in an attempt to more clearly understand the role of motivation in developmental dyslexia Method. Sixty-eight children participated in this study. Thirty-three children made up the group with developmental dyslexia and thirty-five made up the group of average readers. In order to assess the reading motivation of the participants, teachers filled two instruments: (a) The Reading Engagement Index ( Wigfield et al., 2008 ), a teacher rating of the engaged reader, and (b) Teacher questionnaire on student mot…