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Commitment to Change Dimensions: The Influence of Innovative Work Behavior and Organizational Environments
No full textThe purpose of this dissertation was to examine the phenomenon of commitment to organizational change using both positive and negative organizational contexts and employee behaviors that may influence an employee’s commitment to change dimensions (affective, continuance, normative). A cross-sectional survey was used to collect data from 407 physician assistants across a national healthcare system and analyzed using descriptive statistics, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and multiple regression to test the relationships among constructs. Results indicate that commitment to change dimensions are related to innovative work behavior, climate for innovation, and organizational constraints. Affective commitment was positively related to innovative work behavior and negatively related to climate for innovation. Both climate for innovation and organizational constraints shared a positive relationship with continuance commitment while innovative work behavior was negative. The study explored commitment to change using variables that were previously neglected to offer new insights for commitment to change research
The Ontological Grounds of Reason: Psychologism, Logicism, and Hermeneutic Phenomenology
No full textThe following dissertation explains the psychologism debate as it played out in the 19thand early 20th Centuries and then shows how Martin Heidegger radicalized the debate by undermining its key themes and assumptions. First, I explain each side of the psychologism debate, starting with the psychologicists. I explore the philosophies of Jakob Friedrich Fries and John Stuart Mill in order to encapsulate the full spectrum of psychologism in the 19th Century, from Neo-Kantian to British Empiricist. The investigation will show a set of common themes within psychologism, such as the grounding of logic in the constitution of the human subject, a reliance on introspection, and the prioritization of epistemology over metaphysics. I then turn to the logicists, focusing on Gottlob Frege and Edmund Husserl. I start by explaining two influential arguments against psychologism: that it treats logical objects as mental entities and that it devolves into relativism. I analyze how both Frege and Husserl developed alternate explanations for the foundations of logic, where Frege grounded logic in the relationships of objects in an ideal third realm and Husserl founded them on the relationships between the ideal objects of intentional experience. I end the section with a brief explanation of logicism’s relationship to the themes highlighted in the prior part, namely that logicism founded logic on the object side of the subject-object dichotomy but agreed with the prioritization of epistemology. The final part of the dissertation will be Heidegger’s critique and radicalization of the psychologism debate and his own understanding of logic. It starts with his critique of Husserl, v followed by a Heideggerian critique of Frege, and finally his critique of psychologism. I show that Heidegger undermined the debate by arguing that theoretical modes of engagement with the world were derivative of our more fundamental ontological structure, that the subject-object dichotomy is illegitimate, and that the psychologism debate relies on a flawed understanding of truth. Afterward, I explain Heidegger’s philosophy and construct a Heideggerian understanding of logic based on his understanding of truth and the logos
Consumer Purchase Intent in Opinion Leader Live Streaming
No full textThe COVID-19 prompted the live-streaming industry to become popular, and live streaming by opinion leaders became a new way of shopping. In live-streaming by opinion leaders, the time from understanding the product to completing the purchase behavior is short; opinion leaders, in turn, use live-streaming to boost sales and personal exposure. Despite the popularity of opinion leaders\u27 live consumption, there are still relatively few studies on it. Therefore, this paper will study what factors promote consumers\u27 purchase intention during the live streaming of opinion leaders.Using the Stimulus-Organism-Response Model (SOR) as a theoretical framework, this paper uses a quantitative research approach to explore the factors that influence consumers\u27 purchase intentions during the live streaming of opinion leaders and provides suggestions for the future development of live streaming. The questionnaires were distributed through Questionnaire Star, and the 208 valid questionnaires returned were subjected to descriptive analysis, correlation analysis, regression analysis, and mediation test through SPSSAU.This paper draws the following conclusions: firstly, in the process of opinion leaders\u27 live broadcast, opinion leaders\u27 influence, preferential attributes, and interactivity all positively affect consumers\u27 purchase intention, while entertainment properties do not affect consumers\u27 purchase intention; secondly, perceived value has a mediating role in the relationship between opinion leaders\u27 live broadcast and consumers\u27 purchase intention, while a trust does not have a mediating role in the relationship between opinion leaders\u27 live broadcast and consumers\u27 purchase intention; thirdly, opinion leaders\u27 influence does not affect consumers\u27 trust and perceived value
Planning to Behave Impulsively to Feel Better: An EMA Study of College Students\u27 Nonsuicidal Self-Injury, Binge Eating, and Exercise Behaviors
No full textExtensive research has demonstrated associations between impulsivity and maladaptive behaviors such as nonsuicidal self-injury and binge eating. Little attention has been paid to the planning that may occur prior to engagement in these behaviors, or to the role the planning might play in allowing individuals to regulate their emotions when they are not immediately able to engage in their chosen behaviors. Including another behavior that is typically considered to be non-impulsive (i.e., physical exercise) as a comparison, we sought to test the hypothesis that planning may serve an affect regulatory role for individuals who engage in so-called “impulsive” behaviors. We also sought to compare trait measures of impulsivity to indices of planning and impulsive behavior engagement. In a sample of undergraduate students, we conducted a two-phase study that included a baseline self-report measure and one week of repeated assessments (EMA) sent to participants’ cellphones inquiring about planning, behavior, and negative and positive affect. Results supported the hypothesis that planning exists in the context of these behaviors, and that it may reduce negative affect in cases of self-harm and binge-eating, and increase positive affect in the case of physical activity. Implications and directions for future investigations are discussed
Identifying Contributors to Disproportionality: The Influence of Perception on Student Social, Emotional, and Academic Behavior Ratings
No full textSuccessful implementation of the MTSS framework involves equitable assessment and decision-making. This calls for researchers to investigate the processes utilized to identify students for early behavioral support, such as multi-informant universal social-emotional behavioral screening. The current study aimed to investigate this by first examining the usability of the Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Subscale (SAEBRS) and the student self-report version (mySAEBRS) across Black and White students in grades seven through nine. After examining these tools for measurement invariance, the trifactor model was employed with race as a predictor variable to examine the mean difference of Black and White students’ scores in terms of the common factor, and unique perspective factors. The SAEBRS and mySAEBRS Academic and Emotional Behavior Subscales were invariant across Black and White students in the sample, implying that these subscales may be culturally responsive to these populations. The SAEBRS and mySAEBRS Social Behavior Subscale, however, did not show measurement invariance across Black and White students, and thus, could not be included in the trifactor model evaluation. Black students scored lower than White students similarly across all three factors on the Academic Behavior Subscales. On the Emotional Behavior Subscales, Black students were rated higher than White students in terms of the student perspective factor but were significantly rated lower than White students in terms of the teacher perspective factor. These findings may imply an influence of implicit racial bias on student SAEBRS scores, but this could not be distinguished from the influence of other teacher or school characteristics
I\u27ll Make a Man Out of You: Precarious Manhood Beliefs among Heterosexual-Cisgender Men and Queer Men
No full textTraditional masculine gender stereotypes often suggest that men should be strong, assertive, and athletic, and these stereotypes promote men’s dominance in society and gender inequality. Endorsement of masculine stereotypes may also contribute to heterosexual men being more prejudiced against queer men. Queer men experience unique difficulties in their quest to abide by social norms defining manhood. Research using the precarious manhood theory suggests that manhood is difficult to obtain and even more challenging to maintain. Given the emerging nature of precarious manhood studies, little is known about young men’s perceptions of the precarious nature of manhood and how this may differ across sexual orientation and gender identity. Ten semi-structured interviews were conducted with young men ages 18-24 and analyzed using thematic analysis rooted in descriptive phenomenology. Participants included four heterosexual-cisgender men and six queer (non-heterosexual and/or transgender) men. Three themes emerged from participants’ discussions: (a) manhood and masculine traits are non-synonymous, (b) selective endorsement of sociocultural values, and (c) salience of manhood. Within each theme, there are subthemes that demonstrate the similarities and differences between heterosexual-cisgender men and queer men. The findings from this study may demonstrate a generational shift in perceptions of manhood and have implications for clinicians with diverse male patients