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An Empirical Analysis about Motivations among Hospital Volunteers

Ferreira, Marisa R.; Proença, Teresa; Proença, João F. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2011

The purpose of this paper is to identify the different types of volunteers’ motivations that work in hospitals. We … present the literature review about different types of motivations and we collect data from hospital volunteers through a … questionnaire. Four different motivations categories are identified: development and learning, altruism, career recognition and …

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Ambitious entrepreneurship: antecedents and consequences

Hermans, Julie; Dejardin, Marcus; Vanderstraeten, Johanna; … - Faculté des Sciences Économiques, Sociales et de … - 2012

In the recent literature on entrepreneurship, a growing body of knowledge recognizes that some entrepreneurs have higher ambitions than others and that these entrepreneurial ambitions are an important antecedent of actual firm success. Consequently, it is not surprising that ambitious...

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A Study on Taiwanese University Student’S Personality Traits and Motivations of Overseas Internship

Fan, Jin-Jun; Feng, Hsiang-Yung - International School for Social and Business Studies, …

Overseas workers is a new and very popular activities in a short time to experience the activities of foreign lifestyle, the people involved can work salary to pay part of the cost of living, and the use of non-work time (leisure time) to make their own arrangements tourism activities,...

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LA GESTIÓN DE RESIDUOS EN LA EMPRESA: MOTIVACIONES PARA SU IMPLANTACIÓN Y MEJORAS ASOCIADAS / FIRMS’ WASTE MANAGEMENT IN THE COMPANY: MOTIVATIONS FOR THEIR IMPLEMENTATION AND ASSOC...

Tamayo Orbegozo, Unai; Molina, Vicente; Azucena, María; … - In: Investigaciones Europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 18 (2012) 3, pp. 216-227

Autonomous Community. The motivations that drive firms to implement a waste management system and the advantages or benefits …

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MOTIVATIONS FOR VISITING AND NOT VISITING MUSEUMS AMONG YOUNG ADULTS: A CASE STUDY ON UUM STUDENTS

Mokhtar, Muhammad Fauzi; Kasim, Azilah - In: Journal of Global Management 3 (2012) 1, pp. 43-58

at 1. The motivations of young adults for visiting museums, 2. The reasons inhibiting them from visiting museums, and 3 … as boring, didactic and unapproachable. However, the motivations of visit found in this study shows that practicality can …

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Avoiding negative vs. achieving positive outcomes in hard and prosperous economic times

Millet, Kobe; Lamey, Lien; Van den Bergh, Bram - In: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 117 (2012) 2, pp. 275-284

Three studies suggest that business cycle fluctuations trigger distinct motivational orientations that selectively affect economic judgment and decision making. Economic contractions induce avoidance motivation and affect negative economic sentiment, but leave approach motivation and positive...

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System-synergistic innovation management as a key factor of national and corporate competitive success

Prudskiy, Vladimir - In: Economy of region 1 (2010) 3, pp. 228-234

This article is devoted to principal basis of model of systematic and synergetic approach to management of innovations in condition of transition to neoindustrial economics. This approach will be instead of complex and fragmentary approach of industrial management. The realization of such model...

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INDUSTRIALIZATION: AN ITINERARY RUINED BY EXTRAECONOMIC FACTORS. CASE STUDY: THE ROMANIAN ECONOMY

Dan, POPESCU - In: Revista Economica 61.2 (2012) 2, pp. 7-25

How did the evolution of Romanian industry develop in the years after 1944 and until 1989? How about afterwards, during the transition from a socialist economy of Eastern European type to a generically defined market economy, when it failed to achieve socially desirable results, namely during...

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GENDER DISPARITIES IN THE ENTREPRENEURIAL FIELD IN WESTERN ROMANIA

Adrian, Tanase; Diana, Tanase - In: Annals of Faculty of Economics 1 (2010) 2, pp. 330-334

, women entrepreneurs differ from men through motivations, their business ability and occupational past. Although the gender …

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An Analysis of the Main Drivers for ISO 9001 and other Isomorphic Metastandards

HERAS-SAIZARBITORIA, Inaki; ARANA, German; MIGUEL, … - In: REVISTA DE MANAGEMENT COMPARAT INTERNATIONAL/REVIEW OF … 11 (2010) 4, pp. 562-574

theoretical perspectives to identify the main driving forces or motivations. While the majority of existing studies on this … for the analysis of the motivations for the adoption of metastandards are reviewed. Furthermore, a short review of the …

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