Search results for "Quantitative research"
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Causes for complaining behaviour intentions: the moderator effect of previous customer experience of the restaurant
2010
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the main causes for complaining behaviour intentions expressed in three dimensions: private response, complaining response and complaining to third parties. The objectives are, first to study the direct influence of a set of antecedents and complaining behaviour intentions and second, to analyse the moderator effect of previous restaurant experience on subsequent relations.Design/methodology/approachA quantitative research method was used based on a self‐administered ad‐hoc questionnaire on a sample of 388 individuals who remembered an unsatisfactory experience in a restaurant.FindingsThe results show that the following variables have significa…
History teaching in Finnish general upper secondary schools: Objectives and practices
2019
In Finland, the trend towards a new kind of history teaching emphasizing the understanding of historical knowledge and historical thinking skills began in the mid-1990s, when history teaching objectives were defined much more broadly in the curriculum than previously. In this article, we examine how, in over twenty years since the changes in curriculum objectives were made, general upper secondary school teachers have come to value the curriculum objectives of history teaching and how these have impacted on their teaching. The data for this article were collected by a semi-structured survey in 2016. Using counts, percentages, means, standard deviations and medians, a descriptive exploration…
Mesure du transport narratif dans le contexte d’une expérience de consommation transmédia
2018
This research offers a French narrative transportation scale measuring the experience of transmedia devices in the arts and cultural field. First, based on a literature review of the definition and measure of narrative transportation, a new scale is presented and defended. Second, a qualitative study is conducted. The dimensions of narrative transportation are confirmed and items are generated to measure it. Results from factorial analysis leading to a reliable and valid scale of narrative transportation lived by the cultural consumer through the use of a transmedia device are presented.
PODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF FOOT CARE IN SOCIAL CARE CENTERS
2018
Investigate the necessity for therapeutic foot care and the involvement of a podologist in an interdisciplinary health care team in social care institutions in Latvia. So far, no study has been conducted on the need for therapeutic pediatric care for Social Care Center (SCC) clients in Latvia; it is known that in individual SCC’s where some podologists work part-time, another podologist is invited in specific cases, or clients are taken to a podologist at a medical institution. The study was conducted in 15 Latvian Social Care Centers (SCC), surveying 750 customer feet. People who, for various reasons, are no longer capable of foot care, is a highly necessary specialist who will do it profe…
Quantitative research, tourism
2015
In questo contributo vengono presentate le caratteristiche principali della ricerca quantitativa con una speciale attenzione al settore turistico. La distinzione tradizionale tra studi quantitativi e qualitativi viene discussa anche alla luce del crescente impiego dei mixed models, che rappresentano una risposta ai limiti dei due approcci più tradizionali. This contribution presents the main features of quantitative research with a special focus on tourism studies. The traditional difference between quantitative and qualitative studies is discussed and mixed models are presented as a new perspective able to overcome the shortcomings of both approaches.
Measure of Psychological Variables in Dancers Sport
2012
El objetivo fundamental del estudio consiste en identificar y evaluar las principales variables psicológicas que están interviniendo en los distintos niveles de rendimiento en la práctica de baile deportivo. Para esto, entre otros, se utilizó el Cuestionario de Características Psicológicas aplicadas al Rendimiento Deportivo (Gimeno, Buceta & Pérez-Llantada, 2001). Se realizó un análisis de varianza, y pese a no alcanzar las diferencias valores estadísticamente significativos en los factores Control del Estrés e Influencia de la Evaluación del Rendimiento, sí se puede señalar la existencia de diferencias relevantes en función de la interacción de dos condiciones: el nivel competitivo y el éx…
Higher Education from a Longitudinal and Life Course Perspective
2015
International audience; This symposium brings together scholars from across Canada, Europe, and the United States to explore how longitudinal and life course research can be used to study higher education. Highlighting both qualitative and quantitative research, we will explore aspects of social reproduction, inequality, stratification, wellbeing, and school-to-work transitions.
Rīgas iedzīvotāju attieksme pret ārzemnieku apmešanos uz pastāvīgu dzīvi Latvijā
2018
Bakalaura darba nosaukums ir “Rīgas iedzīvotāju attieksme pret ārzemnieku apmešanos uz pastāvīgu dzīvi Latvijā”. Darba mērķis bija noskaidrot kāda ir Rīgas iedzīvotāju attieksme pret ārzemnieku apmešanos uz pastāvīgu dzīvi Latvijā. Pētījuma uzdevumi bija noskaidrot, 1) kas ietekmē attieksmes veidošanos pret ārzemnieku integrēšanos Latvijā, 2) kāda ir Rīgas iedzīvotāju attieksme pret ārzemniekiem Latvijā, 3) kas veicina Rīgas iedzīvotāju toleranci pret Latvijā dzīvojošajiem ārzemniekiem. Darbā tika analizēta G. Olporta starpgrupu kontakta teorija un starpgrupu konfliktu teorija, kas noderēja aptaujas anketas izstrādē un iegūto rezultātu interpretēšanai. Pētījumā tika pielietota kvantitatīvā …
Towards Municipal Environmental Development: Environmental Management Systems for Local Formal Education Establishments
2021
Educational institutions create certain environmental impacts in their operation – these impacts can be grouped into the sectors of waste, water, energy, transport and others. There is a need for educational institutions to adopt effective environmental management systems in order to reduce these impacts, as well as those of the whole municipality. The Eco-Schools programme is one of the most comprehensive and popular models of environmental education and management in the world. In recent years, the Eco-Schools programme has proved its effectiveness in numerous evaluations in several countries. The programme aims to raise awareness about environmental issues. Therefore, this programme enco…
RISK AVERSION IN THE BOARD ROOM. AN ANALYTICAL APPROACH ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OF GERMAN STOCK-LISTED COMPANIES
2016
According to the agency theory, a positive relationship between company performance and good corporate governance should exist. A broader study of the author of this paper examines a sample of German stock-listed companies whereas Germany can be seen as one of the most highly regulated countries concerning corporate governance. The overall purpose of the author’s study is to analyze the effect of supervisory board characteristics and procedures on firm performance. Several corporate governance variables such as number of committees, board independency, supervisory board compensation, personal risk liability, etc. are examined regarding their effects on firm performance in terms of firm grow…