Search results for "Text analysis"
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Evaluating the climate SWOT as a tool for defining climate strategies for business
2014
Abstract Climate change is often referred to as the next major force shaping the business environment in which companies operate. This study aims at contributing to the needs of businesses for quicker and cost-efficient ways to strategically plan for the future uncertainty of climate change. When structuring the intertextual field around the underlying study, there are two main fields of contribution: (1) the systematical approach to the complex uncertainty related to climate change and its communication from a strategic perspective; and (2) developing novel approaches to life-cycle-based methodologies. The study includes the life-cycle perspective through a new, simplified method of repres…
Flows of information and meaning: a vocabulary approach to integrated thinking and reporting
2020
PurposeIntegrated reporting (IR) is increasingly becoming a practice useful not only for accountability but also for managerial purposes because of its potential role as a signifying practice for integrated thinking (IT). In this perspective, this paper aims to explore which of the objects that are represented in integrated reports provide materiality and common understanding to the concept of IT for its effective implementation within organizations.Design/methodology/approachThis paper is based on a vocabulary approach for interpreting the texts of integrated reports as systems of words that are able to provide meaning for a common understanding of the concept of IT. In particular, by focu…
Analysing the Management of Human Resource in Economic-Financial Fraud Investigation
2015
Abstract The paper addresses certain aspects related to the management of human resources within the operational structures specialized in economic-financial fraud investigation. You can also find discussed and presented the diagnostic analysis of the activities undertaken by the operative works through the SWOT analysis, the analysis of training level and the directions to make more efficient their work.
Difficulties in learning astronomy in High School
2013
Recebido em 10/5/2012; Aceito em 3/9/2012; Publicado em 1/3/2013El objetivo de este trabajo es conocer las dificultades de aprendizaje de la astronom´ia del alumnado al finalizarla educaci´on secundaria de nuestro pa´is (16 anos)˜ y si la ensenanza˜ las tiene en cuenta. Para ello se ha realizadoun cuestionario a estudiantes y una red de an´alisis de textos, en los que se investigan cuestiones relativas a laastronom´ia de posici´on, la astrof´isica y la cosmolog´ia. Se han aplicado a 113 alumnos que ya hab´ian estudiado eltema y a 14 manuales, respectivamente. Los resultados muestran que el alumnado sigue sin comprender aspectosb´asicos de la astronom´ia, pese a la reiteraci´on en la ensenanza…
The Use of Latent Semantic Analysis in the Positive Psychology: A Comparison with Twitter Posts
2017
In the last decade, the positive psychology and specifically the 'Positive Youth Development' (PYD) give efforts to positive aspect and strength that performance as protective factors of adjustment problems and psycho-social well-being, such as courage. To better understand the definition of courage in Italian context, 1199 participants were involved in the present study and we asked them to answer to the following question "Courage is...". The participant's definitions of courage were analyzed with the Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA), in order to study the "fundamental concepts" arising from the population. An analogous comparison with Twitter posts has been also carried out.
A Focused Review of Language Use Preceding Death by Execution.
2018
Executions are one form of death that can be assumed to be maximally anxiety provoking. Words spoken by death row inmates moments before their execution can provide valuable insights into people's end-of-life communication needs and themes, conveying what individuals choose to express to others in the face of imminent death. In this focused review, we describe findings from quantitative and qualitative text analysis studies that have analyzed affective experiences and meaning-making attempts in transcriptions of actual statements made by Texas death row inmates. Overall, the most prevalent content themes identified in these final acts of verbal communication in the reviewed studies consiste…