Acad. Mark. Sci. (2009) 37:161–169 DOI 10.1007/s11747-008-0116-y ORIGINAL EMPIRICAL RESEARCH The effect of superstitious beliefs on performance expectations Lauren Block & Thomas Kramer Received: 7 January 2008 / Accepted: 15 August 2008 / Published online: 9 September 2008 # Academy of Marketing Science 2008 Abstract We explore superstitious beliefs as a basis of product performance expectations and their impact on initial purchase likelihood and subsequent satisfaction. In doing so
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Impact of Child Abuse on Academic Performance of Youths in Calabar-South Local Government Area 1OTU‚ Judith E‚ 1USHIE‚ M.A‚ 2DAVID‚ E.O‚ 3IFERE‚ Akase Blossom E 1Department of Sociology‚ University of Calabar‚ Nigeria 2Department of Technical Education‚ Cross River University of Technology‚ Calabar‚ Nigeria 3Department of Educational Foundations‚ Cross River University of Technology‚ Calabar Nigeria ABSTRACT The effect of child abuse on the academic performance of youth and children has become
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Factors that affect Performance and Motivation in Workplace There are positive role models as individuals who have achieved are appreciated. As some floors are executing the task and carried out in a better understanding of ways. Thus‚ all negative roles are still present as staffs who do not follow the execution of daily task were given a meeting and keep motivating them to do the best for their responsibilities and for benefit of residents and home. In order to get the best performance from employees
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Introduction Success‚ in an educational institution is measured by academic performance. Over the years‚ the importance of students doing well in school has become the common concern of parent‚ legislators‚ teachers‚ counselors and psychologist. According to Bell (2002)‚ parents devote a lot of resources to their children ’s education because they believe that good academic performance will provide a stable future for them. Also‚ Wilkins (2001) opined that many educational authorities have sought
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part of the market economy. The identification of factors that determine new venture performance such as survival‚ growth or profitability has been one of the most central fields of entrepreneurship research (Sarasvathy‚ 2004). A multitude of research papers has focused on exploring various variables and their impact on performance (Bamford et al.‚ 2004). However‚ in order to be able to analyze and model the performance of new ventures and SMEs‚ the complexity and dynamism they are facing as well as
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Employee Engagement In an organization‚ employee engagement is necessary for a successful business. It is important that employees are happy with their positions and this is usually determined on how they are led by their superiors. This paper will discuss what employee engagement is the reasons why low employee commitment exists‚ ways to involve employees‚ types of employee engagements‚ and lastly‚ a model that will help one realize the importance of understanding how a happy staff of people
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Employee retention is very important to organizations. If employees can not be retained‚ the company will have to invest money for training new employees time and time again. The cost of replacing an employee is high not only financially‚ but in terms of lost productivity‚ the time taken by the employer to go through the resumes and the cost incurred to conduct interviews. The best away to avoid this costly affair is to focus on the retention of employees as otherwise it will have a castigating effect
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Communication Structure and its Effects on Task Performance INTRODUCTION: As we perform our everyday tasks‚ we tend to use different type of techniques in order to produce efficient and a well satisfactory job. And most of the time‚ our good ways of communicating other people really makes our work easier. Communication is an act by which one person gives to or receives from another person information about that person’s needs‚ desires‚ perceptions‚ knowledge‚ or affective states. It may be intentional
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Motivation Without Rewards and Competition C J Tate Creating Communities in the Classroom EDUC 540 Dr. Vickie Cummings March 14‚ 2014 Abstract Motivation is the key for any teacher in order to get their students to succeed. If the students are not motivated‚ they are not interested in learning. This can lead to class management problems. Motivation can be divided into two categories: intrinsic and extrinsic. Intrinsic is internal: doing something for personal enjoyment. Extrinsic is
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