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The Cycles Of Trauma In Eugene O’Neill’S Long Day’S Journey Into Night
Get PDFLong Day’s Journey into Night is Eugene O’Neill’s attempt to come to terms with the pain he suffered as a member of a family that battles with drugs, hostility, and a lack of understanding for each other. My thesis pairs the playwright, Eugene O’Neill, who valued the importance of an individual’s story, with the psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud, who created a discourse that studies human relationships and our basic instincts. My thesis begins by diagnosing the traumas the Tyrone family members have experienced, and then develops into a study of human emotions and behavior under conditions that threaten freedom and life. As Anne-Marie Sandler and Joan Schachter explain, the Freudian psychoanalysis enables “the patient to become aware of the wars in which their defenses distort their experience and limit their capacities” (10). My thesis argues that O’Neill brings to life characters with cycles of trauma that connect to Freud’s work on the human experience and civilization
Cine y Sociedad en Cartagena de Indias, Colombia (1912-1923): De la Carpa a los Cines
Get PDFEn perspectiva de la nueva historia de cine y con el propósito de describir los espacios de exhibición como aspecto significativo de la experiencia social de ir al cine en Cartagena, Colombia, ente 1912 y 1923, abordamos desde el corpus de prensa disponible las condiciones materiales, ubicación y algunas percepciones sobre los espacios de exhibición de cine, en ese momento cuando la exhibición itinerante ha comenzado a declinar y la carpa del circo y los escenarios de variedades, dan paso a equipamientos específicos para el disfrute del espectáculo cinematográfico, que van a resultar significativos en la gramática de la ciudad en sus tempranos y contradictorios afanes de cosmopolitismo
Individual Ambidexterity, Motivating Language, and Employee Outcomes: a Cross-Country Analysis
Get PDFOrganizational ambidexterity has been recognized as a critical antecedent of firm success. Recently, scholars have started to contend that ambidexterity is not only essential at the firm, but also at the individual level. Thus, individuals must engage in exploitative and explorative behaviors to be successful. However, theoretical and empirical focus of individual ambidexterity remains limited and fragmented. This dissertation seeks to gain a better understanding of individual ambidexterity by integrating insights from motivating language theory and the literature on contextual ambidexterity to develop a hypothetical model linking motivating language, individual ambidexterity, and several employee outcomes including absenteeism, turnover intention, job satisfaction, and job performance. Direct relationships are hypothesized for both motivating language and individual ambidexterity and the selected employee outcomes, as well as job satisfaction’s relationships with absenteeism, turnover intention, and job performance. Data to test the hypothetical model is collected from 614 employees across three national settings: India, the U.S., and Vietnam. Results indicate a positive relationship between motivating language and individual ambidexterity for the three samples. Subsequent analyses also suggest a negative relationship between individual ambidexterity and both absenteeism and turnover intention for the three countries. However, the relationship between individual ambidexterity and turnover intention is not significant for the Vietnamese sample. In addition, a positive relationship is found between individual ambidexterity and both job satisfaction and performance across the samples. The results for all three samples also indicate a negative relationship between motivating language and both absenteeism and turnover intention, as well as a positive relationship between motivating language and both job satisfaction and performance. Further tests reveal that job satisfaction’s negative impact on absenteeism, turnover intention, and positive impact on job performance are consistent across the samples. Finally, model comparisons suggest that the results for India and Vietnam are generally consistent, whereas significant differences are found for various relationships in the model for the U.S. versus India and the U.S. versus Vietnam. The implications for research and practice, as well as suggestions for future research are also discussed
Using unexpected questions to elicit information and cues to deceit in interpreter-based interviews
No full textWe examined whether speech-related differences between truth tellers and liars are more profound when answering unexpected questions than when answering expected questions. We also examined whether the presence of an interpreter affected these results. In the experiment, 204 participants from the United States (Hispanic participants only), Russia, and the Republic of Korea were interviewed in their native language by a native-speaking interviewer or by a British interviewer through an interpreter. Truth tellers discussed a trip that they had made during the last 12 months; liars fabricated a story about such a trip. The key dependent variables were the amount of information provided and the proportion of all statements that were complications. The proportion of complications distinguished truth tellers from liars better when answering unexpected than expected questions, but only in interpreter-absent interviews. The number of details provided did not differ between truth tellers and liars or between interpreter-absent and interpreter-present interviews
Validation and Reliability of the Korean Version of the Sport Anxiety Scale-2
No full textThe main purpose of the present study was to examine the validation and reliability of the Korean version of the Sport Anxiety Scale (SAS-2Kr) by evaluating its factorial invariance across gender. A total of 303 Korean collegiate athletes (198 males and 105 females) from 9 sports participated in the study, and they completed the demographic questionnaire and the SAS-2Kr containing 15 items to measure multidimensional trait anxiety and individual differences in the cognitive and somatic anxiety experienced by athletes. The results of this study indicated that the construct validity in the SAS-2Kr was well established in that the values of the standardized factor loadings, composite reliability, and average variance extracted values were above the recommended cutoff points. The multiple-sample confirmatory factor analyses showed the SAS-2Kr could be generalizable across gender in college samples. The results also indicated that the SAS-2Kr supported the original 3-factor model of SAS-2 in English consisting of somatic anxiety, worry, and concentration disruption, and thus this study provides useful information for researchers to understand the athletes\u27 tendency to experience anxiety reactions in sport situations. Suggestions for future research on competitive trait anxiety are provided in the discussion section
Bilingual mental models
No full textAs a way to introduce this chapter, consider sentences 1a-b uttered by a Spanish-English bilingual child
Ética y responsabilidad en la comunicación de instituciones de educación superior a través de Internet: un análisis comparativo global
No full textEn este trabajo se investigan las formas de comunicación que desde la universidad se dirigen hacia sus públicos internos y externos, en términos de comportamiento ético a través de los sitios web oficiales y en redes sociales, específicamente en Facebook. Metodológicamente se realiza una aproximación cuantitativa tomando una muestra de las 18 universidades más importantes a nivel mundial según el QS Ranking y aplicando un instrumento para identificar la existencia de mensajes con contenido ético, canales de comunicación específicos y presencia en redes sociales. Como reflexión final se plantea la necesidad de que las organizaciones educativas trabajen en la generación de contenidos éticos claros, fáciles de encontrar en sus sitios web, que alienten a sus públicos para la toma de conciencia ética en los temas y problemas que aquejan a la humanidad, así como hacia el diálogo y participación en los temas de relevancia.AbstractThis paper investigates the forms of communication that from the university are directed towards their internal and external audiences, in terms of ethical behavior through official websites and social networks, specifically Facebook. Methodologically, a quantitative approach is made by taking a sample of the 18 most important universities worldwide according to the QS Ranking and applying an instrument to identify the existence of messages with ethical content, specific communication channels and presence in social networks. As a final reflection, the need arises for educational organizations to work on the generation of clear ethical contents, easy to find on their websites, that encourage their audiences to take an ethical conscience on the issues and problems that afflict humanity, as well as towards dialogue and participation in relevant issues
Single missing data imputation in PLS-based structural equation modeling
No full textMissing data, a source of bias in structural equation modeling (SEM) employing the partial least squares method (PLS), are commonly handled with deletion methods such as listwise and pairwise deletion. Missing data imputation methods do not resort to deletion. Five single missing data imputation methods are considered employing the PLS Mode A algorithm of which two hierarchical methods are new. The results of a Monte Carlo experiment suggest that Multiple Regression Imputation yielded the least biased mean path coefficient estimates, followed by Arithmetic Mean Imputation. With respect to mean loading estimates, Arithmetic Mean Imputation yielded the least biased results, followed by Stochastic Hierarchical Regression Imputation and Hierarchical Regression Imputation. Single missing data imputation methods perform better with PLS-SEM based on their performance with other multivariate analysis techniques such as multiple regression and covariance-based SEM
Spatial ecology and habitat utilization of American alligators in an urban-influenced ecosystem
No full textPrevious studies have explored spatial ecology and habitat use of alligators and other crocodilian species. However, few studies have explored these characteristics in urban environments. We studied an alligator population that occurred in an urban-influenced ecosystem, a habitat that has received little scientific attention. Our objectives were to determine spatial ecology and habitat use of American alligators within this urban system and to provide a template of methodology and analytical techniques that can be used by urban biologists, planners and researchers in order to assess and study urban crocodilian populations.We recorded 653 observations of alligators and their locations during 19 alligator surveys at an encounter rate of 0.6 alligators per km/survey. Results indicated that alligators exhibited clustering patterns of distribution. Thirteen different wetland types occurred within our survey area, but alligators were only observed in 10 of the 13. We found few differences in habitat use among size classes. We observed little segregation between adult and subadult size classes. However, there was spatial segregation between hatchlings and all other size classes, presumably due to female nest site selection. Alligators of all size classes seemingly avoided areas of high human activity; therefore, urbanization can influence alligator distribution and habitat use within wetland ecosystems. We provide methods and information that can be incorporated into future research and management of urban crocodilian populations. Utilizing this information, biologists can identify potential target areas for implementing management strategies, identify habitat and nesting areas, and mitigate human-alligator conflict
Cross-National Effectiveness of Cognitive/Affective, Demographic, and Skills Selection Criteria
Get PDFAlthough high unemployment rates exist in many countries of the world, companies continue to struggle to hire candidates whose personality traits and competencies match their needs. High unemployment rates and a global talent shortage can be seen as a fascinating contradiction that merits future research. This study investigates suitable personnel selection methods that assist recruiters in seeking the right person with the potential to contribute most to a business. It consolidates theories about personnel selection in a cross-national setting and link them with specific personality traits, job competencies, and person-organization fit (P-O fit) that could predict and enhance employee outcomes. The Most Valuable Employees and Average Contribution Employees can be classified by using Data Envelopment analysis (DEA) and Naïve Bayesian analysis based on a set of standards. Using analysis of variance (ANOVA), different aspects of personality traits, employee competencies, P-O fit, and biographic information, these characteristics are found to influence the key workplace outcomes in the United States and China. In both countries, the three dimensions in the HEXACO personality inventory (Honesty-Humility, Conscientiousness, and Openness to Experience) are found to significantly effect the workplace outcomes. In addition, job competencies, and P-O fit are also proven to be significantly associated with the key work outcomes in these two countries. There are several limitations in this study associated with a relative small number of primary data collected from them. However, this study employs a web-based dynamic survey system to save time, improve the response rate, and provide assessment accuracy. Furthermore, DEA and Naïve Bayesian classifiers help to separate the Most Valuable Employees from other employees, which may have practical significance for both researchers and practitioners