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Family Business Reputation: A Literature Review and Some Research Questions
2010
Although there is a heightened interest in the concept of corporate reputation, only a limited number of studies have been done in the literature. Moreover, the methodological debate of these studies does not reach a sufficient level as well. However, the concept of reputation has affluent dimensions. Especially the organizational context, in which the reputation concept is discussed, is an important methodological issue. In this study corporate reputation has been discussed in terms of family businesses. First, some characteristics of family businesses have been emphasized. Next, some research questions that aimed to explore the meaning of reputation concept for family businesses have been…
Strategic responses of medium sized firms: The role of TMT’s perceptions and characteristics in decision making processes
2017
Many decisions made by the organization’s top management team (hereafter called indifferently TMT or top management team) have a high likelihood of failure (Nutt, 1999). This situation might be shocking but indeed, it is much more common than one might think (Bloom et al., 2012). In fact, we can easily realize this reality when reading the current business press where we will probably be confronted with several cases of failures that have been caused by any type of TMT decisions. Of course, we will also see cases of success, exemplifying managers and recipes of good practices (e.g., Eide et al., 2016; Schrage, 2013); but these will be minor. Thus, as Bloom et al. (2012) state, the group of …
Middle School Students’ Perceptions Towards Linguistic Diversity in the Classroom
2014
In 2010, a heated political controversy centered on the Arizona Department of Education's desire to prohibit "heavily accented or ungrammatical teachers” from teaching English Language Learners (Blum & Johnson 2012; Jordan 2010). However, although an administrative practice such as this would greatly affect students’, their attitudes towards linguistic diversity in the classroom have been largely neglected. By surveying 94 middle school students in a public school district in the southwestern United States, this study sought to understand students’ attitudes regarding teachers’ and classmates’ accents and the factors that may influence them, such as their language background and the presenc…
Language choice in EFL teaching : student teachers' perceptions
2012
Vieraan kielen opettaja tekee luokkahuoneessa jatkuvasti valintoja luokkahuonekielen suhteen, olivatpa nuo valinnat sitten tietoisia tai tiedostamattomia. Opettaja voi puhua joko kohdekieltä tai oppilaiden äidinkieltä niissä eri vuorovaikutustilanteissa, joita hän oppitunnilla kohtaa. Kielenvalinta vieraan kielen opetuksessa on synnyttänyt paljon keskustelua asiantuntijoiden keskuudessa. Onkin syntynyt kaksi eri ajattelukuntaa: toiset puhuvat äidinkielen käytön puolesta, kun taas toiset kannattavat eksklusiivista kohdekielen käyttöä. Tämä tutkimus keskittyi englannin opetusharjoittelijoiden näkemyksiin äidinkielen ja kohdekielen käytöstä ja siihen, miten he tulkitsevat omia kielivalintojaan…
Negotiation strategies and offers : perceptions of mergers and acquisitions advisors
2014
This thesis sought to identify mergers and acquisitions advisors’ perceptions of their own negotiation strategies in a typical negotiation. Additionally, the thesis examined the potential association between the first offer and a negotiator’s perception of his or her own negotiation strategy. This was researched empirically by presenting the negotiators two different first offer negotiation scenarios. In the first scenario, a buyer presented a first offer that was higher than a negotiator’s reservation value. In the second scenario, a buyer presented a first offer that was lower than a negotiator’s reservation value. The theoretical framework of the thesis was based on the negotiation analy…
Tapping Doesn't Help : Synchronized Self-Motion and Judgments of Musical Tempo
2019
For both musicians and music psychologists, beat rate (BPM) has often been regarded as a transparent measure of musical speed or tempo, yet recent research has shown that tempo is more than just BPM. In a previous study, London, Burger, Thompson, and Toiviainen (Acta Psychologica, 164, 70–80, 2016) presented participants with original as well as “time-stretched” versions of classic R&B songs; time stretching slows down or speeds up a recording without changing its pitch or timbre. In that study we discovered a tempo anchoring effect (TAE): Although relative tempo judgments (original vs. time-stretched versions of the same song) were correct, they were at odds with BPM rates of each stimulus…
Learning styles meet classroom activities
2010
Aistihavaintoihin perustuvia oppimistyylejä ja niiden roolia kielten opiskelussa on tutkittu vähän. Kyseisen alueen tutkimus on keskittynyt todistamaan, että luokkahuoneessa on useita oppimistyylejä teettämällä oppilailla itsearviointitestejä. Tutkimuksen kohteena ovat perinteisesti olleet yliopisto-opiskelijat ja tutkimukset on toteutettu Yhdysvalloissa. Muilla koulutustasoilla tutkimusta oppimistyyleistä ei ole juurikaan tehty. Oppimistyyli on käsitteenä melko epäselvä ja se sekoitetaan usein kognitiivisiin tyyleihin ja oppimisstrategioihin. Kaiken lisäksi oppimistyylit on jaettu alalajeihin, joista aistihavaintoihin perustuvat tyylit ovat yksi osa. Nämä ovat myös tämän tutkimuksen kohde…
The balancing act of teaching : a comparison between EFL teachers' views and a textbook analysis of the role of perceptual learning styles in Finnish…
2012
Suomessa vieraan kielen opiskelu aloitetaan tavallisimmin kolmannella luokalla, ja suurimmalle osalle oppilaista tämä kieli on englanti. Tällöin oppilas alkaa rakentaa kuvaa sekä englannin kielestä että itsestään englannin kielen opiskelijana. Onnistumisen kokemukset ovat tässä vaiheessa tärkeitä, ja yksi tapa niiden mahdollistamiseen on oppilaan oppimistyyliä vastaava opetus. Kolmannen luokan englannin oppitunneille osallistuu kuitenkin heterogeeninen ryhmä erilaisia oppijoita, minkä vuoksi on käytettävä vaihtelevia opetusmenetelmiä. Tässä tutkimuksessa keskityttiin seuraaviin oppimistyyleihin: visuaalinen, auditiivinen, kinesteettinen, taktiilinen sekä ryhmässä ja yksin oppiminen. Näistä …
Social perception of the main Spanish popular-science communicators
2012
En este artículo se analiza la percepción pública de seis importantes divulgadores españoles de la ciencia. Para ello se ha realizado una encuesta entre los profesionales de la difusión de la ciencia, y a través de diferentes bloques de preguntas se ha buscado conocer su opinión sobre la tarea de divulgación llevada a cabo por Eduard Punset, Juan Luis Arsuaga, Manuel Toharia, Jorge Wagensberg, Ramon Folch y Javier Sampedro. Asimismo también se ha estudiado si los encuestados mostraban diferencias importantes cuando estas valoraciones provenían de la comunidad científica o del colectivo periodístico. This article examines the public perception of six major Spanish popularisers of science. To…
Do Physiological Responses and Personality Traits Relate to Auditory Perceptual Learning in Musicians and Non-Musicians?
2009
Peripheral nervous system can influence learning and memory functions by increasing the activity level (‘arousal’) of the system with increasing task difficulty. Several studies show that musicians discriminate auditory stimuli more effectively both neurally and behaviourally. Yet, the effects of individual peripheral nervous responses or personality during auditory learning have not been studied in musicians. In this paper, we show preliminary evidence on physiological differences between musicians and non-musicians during auditory perceptual learning. Results suggest that musicians have higher change in skin temperature and heart rate between resting state and active auditory discriminati…