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The role of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations on student choice: an evaluation of key motivators and moderating factors when applying to university
No full textWhen making the decision to go to university, students are motivated by both intrinsic and extrinsic factors (motivation variables), set against the backdrop of an evolving competitive UK Higher Education (HE) market, with increasing emphasis on institutions being self-sustainable. This is all coupled with the fast-paced introduction of new – and changes to existing – marketing communication channels. From an academic perspective, existing theoretical models have either not been tested within or simply do not incorporate these changes to marketing communications channels. Employing the expectancy–value theory, this study provides an evaluation into the intrinsic and extrinsic motivation variables of students and explores the extent to which intervening variables moderate the impact of these motivations when making a final choice. This mixed methods research, involving both quantitative and qualitative elements, makes a comparison of the intrinsic and extrinsic motivations of students who chose to attend either a vocational or a traditional Higher-Education institution. The research also explores the extent to which intervening variables (socio-demographic, environmental, informational, and personal influences) moderate the impact of these motivations. The views of students, HE marketing and administration staff, and HE industry experts provide an insight into some key stakeholder perspectives. The main findings of this study suggest that students at both the vocational and traditional institution place value on the employability intrinsic motivating variable, and there is adherence given to the role of the lifestyle intrinsic motivating variable at both institutions. However, while the city aspects of lifestyle are more prevalent to the students at a vocational institution, the institution-based lifestyle elements are more relevant to students at a traditional institution. The traditional institution has more credence with familial influencers, yet students at the vocational institution place emphasis on the digital influencers. What is particularly interesting is the extent to which parental influence plays a role as a familial influencer. This study provides guidance for HEIs, students, parents, and policy makers when considering the intrinsic and extrinsic motivators of students and suggests how HEIs can intervene in the relationship between motivation and choice. Finally, this research presents a new conceptual model in the field of HE choice. This model is empirically tested – a feature that has been generally neglected within existing studies. <br/
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Design for sharing, incentivizing circular bike sharing systems
No full textGlobally, societies face a range of challenges in the 21st century, including energy, climate, materials, water, food, biodiversity, etc. The drive to reduce energy consumption, resource use and product waste, includes the societal transition to a circular economy, which has the concept of sharing as an important aspect. Specific examples include bike-sharing, which is being hailed as one of the most ecological and efficient urban transportation models. To date, however, less attention has been given to the design of the bike using circular approaches, which in turn is likely to incentivize societal acceptance. In order to address this gap, this study examines a case of bike-sharing systems in Milan, Italy, and outlines several mixed factors that affect user acceptance. Building on insights from “Design for X” literature, three dimensions are introduced; functional, aesthetic and symbolic. This analysis facilitates the development of a qualitative semi-structured survey of users. Results were used to inform how design can influence users’ behaviours, habits, and actions, contributing to an increase user acceptance rates
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Prometheus Missing: Critical Materials and Product Design
No full textCritical Materials are strategically important to societies, businesses and economies. They are essential to maintain and improve our quality of life. The world however faces problems of critical material supply, but these concerns are not translated into product design activity, even though current policy and history suggests that product design can play a role in fi nding solutions to the critical materials problems. This thesis reviews literature from the past and draws observations from historical cases, which show product design changes can help address scarcity. A 21st century critical materials literature review leads to a new defi nition of critical materials for product designers. In-depth interviews, conducted in 29 companies, show that most do not see links with product design and critical materials. This thesis concludes by producing a framework to help develop education on product design and critical materials. This framework also highlights policy actions within a circular economy transition
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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