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When we communicate, we usually want something to happen. We want results. And, when we're conscious of results, we're seeking effective communication. To put it another way, the effectiveness of communication can be measured by the responses it gets. It's not measured by how well we wrote or...
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This study into the perceived importance of oral communication skills in accountancy included the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data from a national survey of New Zealand accountants, followed by a series of semi-structured interviews. Survey and interview data reveal...
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Listening is a complex process and crucial in the development of second language competence. The present study … language proficiency test, test-taking strategy questionnaire, interview and a listening comprehension test. Analysis of …
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students’ HD would have a significant correlation a) with their EP scores in listening, speaking, reading and writing, b) with … standardized HD Test, the standardized Listening and Reading Comprehension Tests, the researcher-made Speaking and Writing Skill … left-brained (74.6%); 2) that the students were “good” in speaking, “fair” in listening and writing skills but “ poor” in …
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The aim of this paper is to analyze how business students can achieve communication skills, namely listening and … applications are used successfully in reading, writing, listening and speaking practices both by foreign language teachers and by …, listening and speaking. With the advance of Internet, the computer has been transformed from a tool for information processing …
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In social dilemmas, leading a team by making heroic efforts may prove costly, especially if the followers are not adequately motivated to make similar sacrifices. Attempting to understand what motivates these seemingly selfless individuals to lead, we report the results of a two-stage public...
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We examine the incentives of an interest group to provide verifiable policy-relevant information to a political decision-maker and to exert political pressure on her. We show that both lobbying instruments are interdependent. In our view information provision is a risky attempt to affect the...
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The aim of the article is to relate the formation of influence networks to the coexistence of technologies in the long run. In the spirit of Plouraboue et al. (1998), we postulate that potential adopters of a technology are situated in a social network. In our model, initial relations are partly...
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(a) Purpose. Triggered around year 2005, the current economic and financial crisis has gained a global character. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of the crisis upon journalistic communication of financial and economic profile. b) The collection of basic information. As the...
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