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Rajakumar, Nolan. "Why Empirical Studies of the Groupthink Model have Failed." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2019. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/2080.
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The theory of groupthink has been highly beneficial in the study of how groups make decisions. It has permeated almost every field containing decision making groups. Despite its popularity, there has been a surprising lack of empirical support for the model. It is the aim of this paper to suggest a possible explanation for the current state of groupthink research. First the groupthink model is described briefly, followed by a look at several selected empirical and case studies of groupthink. A potential reason for the dearth of empirical is then proposed along with a suggestion for future groupthink research.
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Benson, Josef D. "Failed Heroes: Hypermasculinity in the Contemporary American Novel." Scholar Commons, 2012. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3975.
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My study highlights a link of U.S. American hypermasculinity running through Cormac McCarthy's two novels Blood Meridian (1985) and All the Pretty Horses (1992), Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon (1977), and James Baldwin's Another Country (1960). My literary interpretations of these texts suggest that U.S. American hypermasculine man originated in the American frontier and transformed into a definition of hegemonic masculinity embraced by many southern rural American men. These southern rural American men then concocted the myth of the black rapist in order to justify the mass murder of African American men after Reconstruction, inadvertently creating a figure more hypermasculine than themselves. Many black men embraced the myth of the black rapist as well as the baser patriarchal aspects of white male southern power. Consequently, black hypermasculinity evolved into the paragon of American hypermasculinity.
Failed Heroes further argues that some protagonists in postwar American literature heroically fail in order not to perpetuate hypermasculinities. Continuing a modernist trend of anti-heroism, the selected protagonists develop into marginalized men due to their failure to live up to hypermasculine societal expectations. The protagonists' failure to perpetuate hypermasculinities proves heroic since it illustrates the destructiveness of these sensibilities; as a result, a sense of ironic heroism emerges from the narratives.
In Blood Meridian, set in the mid-nineteenth century U.S. American West, the kid fails heroically to construct a masculine identity outside of the textual order of the judge, indicting the hypermasculine philosophies of the judge and calling into question the book's violence. In no way is the kid a classic hero; rather, his collapse exists as a direct critique of the judge's destructive philosophies.
In All the Pretty Horses, set in the mid-twentieth century U.S. American South, John Grady fails to actualize his cowboy fantasy, but proves heroic in exposing its danger and destructiveness. At the end of the novel he vanishes into the countryside a failure, but unlike the mythic cowboy, he assumes the role of heroic failure because his narrative contributes to the relinquishment of a destructive male myth.
In Song of Solomon, set in Ohio and Virginia during Reconstruction and the Civil Rights and Black Liberation Movements, Milkman Dead functions as a black man who has the opportunity to break free from choking definitions of black masculinity. In the end he fails to break free and flies to Africa, leaving his family and his only hope at real freedom, his aunt Pilate, to die. Continuing a cycle of male flight at the expense of his family, community, and cultural guide renders him a failure. Morrison's final critique of hypermasculinity positions Pilate as the failed hero and shifts the emphasis of the novel to the women who represent victims of kinship systems and the incest taboo. The incest in the novel functions as a metaphor for Pilate's philosophy that black identity ought to come from black culture, a notion I call cultural incest.
Another Country, set in New York City during the 1940s and 1950s, details the plight of an urban African American man struggling to reconcile his homosexual desire with the black hypermasculine cool pose he dons as overcompensation. Rufus Scott's death proves heroic as a critique of the rigid definitions of urban black masculinity.
African Americans, and by extension all Americans, might employ their U.S. American history of oppression as a platform for a new vision of masculinity based on heteronormative failure and queerness. The association of blackness with oppression, and as a result non-normative sexuality, presents an opportunity to redefine blackness as abjection. The very failure of African Americans in measuring up to destructive notions of hypermasculinity might exist as a new definition of blackness and masculinity for all Americans.
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Holmgren, Johan. "Terrorism : And its connection to failed states." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Political Science, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-8090.
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<p>Through the increase in globalization over the last twenty years the world has become ’smaller’. The many positive aspects of the phenomenon sometimes make us overlook the negative aspects of globalization. Just as economic markets and communication has moved beyond national borders one of the most negative aspects of society has also become global, namely terrorism. As terrorism has moved on to the global spectrum so has the prevention of terrorism. National governments that are trying to combat terrorism have begun to realize that problems that other nations are facing in another continent could eventually affect their national security. Other nation states that are experiencing state failure may become a national security risk. The aim of this thesis is to examine if global terrorist organizations take advantage of the many problems that a nation faces when it is subject to state failure. It has not been to examine the phenomenon of global terrorism itself or why certain nation states fail. It has rather been to see if there is a connection between the two and if so, how do global terrorist organizations take advantage of these opportunities?</p><p>The most famous, or infamous, global terrorist organization al Qaeda has on many occasions used the fact that a state is experiencing failure to their advantage. Many of the more common problems that a failed state will face (loss of territorial control, disastrous domestic economy, and bad leadership) have been exploited by al Qaeda who have been able to build an effective infrastructure, build training cams and religious schools, and gain public support in two of the most troubled nations in the world; Afghanistan and Sudan.</p><p>The conclusion that can be drawn from this examination of the connection between global terrorism and failed states is that terrorist organizations have on several occasions taken advantage of the problems associated with state failure in order to become stronger and build a working infrastructure. It is, however, important to note that terrorism is very rarely the reason fore state failure. Furthermore, the fact that a sate is experiencing state failure does not automatically mean that it will be a breathing ground for global terrorism.</p>
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Malandra, Allyson Jean. "How I failed to get my MFA." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2015. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1687.
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This is the thorough examination of Allyson Malandra's process of becoming a character, and the many different challenges and triumphs she has faced throughout the past three years of developing her craft. It also aims to bring into focus where the work will be headed throughout the many years to come.
The goal of this process paper is to examine the many different details and intricacies that go into a role, and also how to troubleshoot problems that may arise throughout the journey. Our process is how we, as actors, attempt to create life on stage, and discover and unfold the underlying truth that connects all human beings. It is understood that each role for an actor will present a different set of chges, and therefore it is important to understand a baseline process that gets at the core of the actor's work. Through examination of this process, previous and current chges in the work will be discussed, as well as ways to move through these issues. Ideas on what is valuable in acting will be discussed, as a way of staying centered and focused, and also retaining quality in the craft. The examination will also explore three main pillars of the work--breathe, listen, and play--and how these anchor Allyson's artistry. The ultimate goals of this examination are to create a support for the process, to chge her work in the future, and to help her continue to grow and expand, both as an artist and as a person.
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Wilson, Ronald 1950. "Richmond's 6th Street Marketplace : assessment of a failed festival market." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/79951.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1989.<br>Title as it appeared in M.I.T. Graduate List, Sept. 1989: Richmond Festival Marketplace.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-92).<br>by Ronald Wilson.<br>M.S.
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Wells, Jessica. "Puerperal Fever in Britain: Failed Models of Disease Causation." Scholar Commons, 2010. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3699.
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In eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain, a bacterial infection which we now
know to be caused primarily by a streptococcus, was killing women in childbirth at an
alarming rate. The disease, called puerperal, or childbed, fever, was being transmitted
primarily from doctor to patient by a doctor’s unwashed hands and filthy, contaminated
clothing and linens. Despite this evident and, in retrospect, obvious vector, the doctors of
this period never discovered how to prevent their patients from dying a gruesome and
painful death. Many physicians wrote extensive accounts of the illness but often ended
their works in despair, unable to find the cause. Much of the historical literature blames
this befuddlement on personality traits of the physicians, arguing that egos and
professional hostilities prevented the kind of cooperation that could have led to progress.
This study attempts to show that this failure was not a product of personalities but
of the modern physicians’ assumptions and logic. The assumptions were the stillpowerful,
but often unnoticed, dictates about the human body handed down from ancient
Greek medicine. The logical errors were a product of pre-scientific notions of definition,
explanation, and evidence. The author argues that it was not a lack of data that thwarted
the physicians, but a series of these intellectual roadblocks that prevented them from
understanding and extended the terror of puerperal fever for another two centuries.
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Tegenfeldt, Hugo. "On the Effectiveness of Non-Proliferative Sanctions : Why have UN sanctions against North Korea failed?" Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-7232.
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The thesis argues that non-proliferation sanctions are effective primarily by their coercive effect, that is their power to change the target’s cost/benefit ratios. It does so by contrasting and comparing two key works in sanctions literature, authored by David Baldwin and the Targeted Sanctions Consortium respectively. In the case of the UN sanctions regime against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), it concludes that the reason why no sufficient coercive effect has been apparent, is due to the lack of costs shouldered by the actors who have implemented the sanctions, as this reflects an apparent lack of commitment. This in turn does not sufficiently increase the possible cost of the DPRK, in continuing its nuclear weapons program. Therefore it is not incentivized to cancel its program.
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Kramer, Lisa Andria. "Banking on event studies : statistical problems, a bootstrap solution, and an application to failed-bank acquisitions." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/nq27180.pdf.
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Auyeh, Mose. "Comparing no-party participatory regimes : why Uganda succeeded and others failed /." Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-8918.
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Rademacher, Ross. "HOW THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT HAS FAILED THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. REVIVING ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION AS PART OF THE PUBLIC CONSCIUSNESS: ADVERTISING IS THE MISSING TOOL." The University of Montana, 2008. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-01042008-104239/.
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The organizations that make up the environmental movement have a great opportunity and challenge before them. These organizations could lead our nation in a time of great change. They could challenge the public to align personal consumer habits with positive environmental beliefs. However, the environmental movement has failed to market and communicate effectively. Due to this failure, companies such as Chevron and Wal-Mart have taken the moral high ground away from environmental organizations. The movement as a whole, with a few exceptions, has not successfully promoted key themes that could motivate change. There are rare examples of successful marketing and communication tactics from environmental groups. Effective fundraising techniques and an over dependence on public relations is often used in place of reliable advertising tactics. The majority of environmental organizations on the national, regional and state level have squandered opportunities to galvanize a broader audience base in the United States. Most environmental organizations have not kept up with the change in the overall populations attitude towards environmental dangers threatening the earth. The populace has the potential to become more aware and would be willing to act, if the NGOs, foundations and governmental bodies directed what type of action to take. With the ominous threat of global warming, people have not been moved to demand change from the government, private industry or particularly themselves. Environmental organizations must adopt a new marketing strategy in order to successfully lead the American public in this time of great change.
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Slonaker, Randall Scott. "THE FAILED CRUSADE: THE KU KLUX KLAN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION REFORM IN THE 1920s." Kent State University Honors College / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1462807359.
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Chapaux, Vincent. "Dominer par les idées: étude de la notion de Failed State." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/209954.
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Depuis la fin de la guerre froide, la notion de Failed State est utilisée dans les relations internationales pour décrire des États rencontrant des difficultés à exercer un monopole de la violence légitime sur leur territoire. La thèse se pose la question de savoir dans quelle mesure cette notion a pu jouer un rôle dans les rapports de domination en cours dans les relations internationales. L’étude montre que la notion a été créée par un communauté épistémique et des entrepreneurs de sens avant tout américains et proposait en effet un système de représentation selon lequel le salut des Failed State reposerait avant tout sur la mise en place de politiques très intrusives de la part des États les plus puissants de la planète. L’étude poursuit en montrant que ce système de représentation, créé à grands frais par un ensemble d’acteurs académiques, médiatiques et philanthropiques, n’a toutefois pas toujours réussi à justifier la mise en place des politiques intrusives souhaitées. A travers de nombreuses études de cas (Afghanistan, Haïti, Irak, Somalie, Palestine, Liban, Libéria, Soudan, Zimbabwe, Bolivie, Pakistan, Colombie, Burundi, Sierra Leone, Guinée-Bissau et République centrafricaine), le travail démontre que la notion de Failed State n’a pas toujours eu l’efficacité souhaitée et a au contraire été détournée, parfois avec succès, pour résister aux politiques perçues comme intrusives par des acteurs prétendument dominés. L’étude conclut que si il est théoriquement possible de dominer par les idées, il est aussi possible de résister aux idées par les idées.<p>//<p>Since the end of the Cold War, the notion of Failed State is used in international relations in order to describe States that have difficulties to exercise a monopoly of legitimate violence on their territory. The thesis raises the question of how this concept influenced the relations of domination in the international relations. The study shows that the concept of Failed State was created by an epistemic community and a group of entrepreneurs primarily based in the United States. The notion promoted a system of representation based on the idea that the salvation of the Failed States rested on their acceptance of very intrusive policies leaded by the most powerful States of the world. The study also shows that this representation system, created at great expense, has not always been able to justify the intrusive policies it was designed to legitimize. Through numerous case studies (Afghanistan, Haiti, Iraq, Somalia, Palestine, Lebanon, Liberia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Bolivia, Pakistan, Colombia, Burundi, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau and Central African Republic), it is shown that notion of Failed State has not always reached the efficiency desired by its creators and has instead been used, sometimes successfully, to resist policies perceived as intrusive by the allegedly “dominated” actors. The study concludes that while it is theoretically possible to rule with ideas, it is also possible to resist ideas with ideas.<br>Doctorat en Sciences politiques et sociales<br>info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished
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Eslahchi, Morteza. "Failed Integration, Alienation and the Rise of Homegrown Violent Islamist Extremism in Sweden : An institutional framework for analyzing Sweden’s terrorism prevention policy and practice." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-189519.
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In this thesis, I try to analyze how Sweden prevents violent Islamist extremism. First, by using alienation and network theories I explain how various socio-economic factors create an alienating environment in which individuals who have inappropriate social network can move towards violent Islamist extremism. Second, by analyzing the policy and practice of preventive work with a focus on activities of the National Coordinator Against Violent Extremism I try to identify achievements and shortcomings in this area, and eventually suggest how preventive work in Sweden can be improved.
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Trautman, Konrad J. "Strategic Negligence: Why the United States Failed to Provide Military Support to the Syrian Resistance in 2011-2014." Scholar Commons, 2018. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7234.
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The US military’s culture, structure, and process for providing advice to the president and his national security decision-making team are flawed due to the marginalization of unconventional warfare (UW) expertise -- UW is the military’s doctrinal term for support to resistance activities and movements. This marginalization results in inadequate consideration for applying UW as a strategic option for the nation.
Through a qualitative methods case study analysis utilizing macro- and micro-level process-tracing with a conceptual framework based on Niklas Luhmann’s Systems Theory, the author shows that viable and acceptable resistance elements existed in Syria in March 2011 to June 2014 and that the conventional US military failed to recognize this development, adequately analyze its implications, and craft a strategic UW option for the national security decision-makers to consider.
This finding is significant in that it exposes a deficiency in the US military’s culture, structure and process that results in an incomplete and insufficient menu of military options for the president. If these cultural, structural, and procedural flaws are left unaddressed, the US is likely to repeat this strategic error in the future.
The author identifies specific recommendations for national security practitioners; however, the overarching theme is the need to change the institutional culture and the old structures of the conventional military to be able to provide the president a more complete, comprehensive, and creative menu of options to consider when assessing and responding to violent political crises short of conventional war.
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White, David. "Labor Movement and State Fragility: The Case of the Yemen Arab Republic from Oil Boom to Gulf War." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2018. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1838.
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This thesis deals indirectly with the current crisis in Yemen by focusing on a period in the Yemen Arab Republic’s (YAR) history from the increased price of oil in 1973 to the outbreak of the Gulf war in 1990. I present the YAR during this period as a case study in labor exportation through which the state was made more vulnerable and was left unable to cope with the collapse of its remittance system. Labor emigration and remittance receipt prior to the Gulf war, in addition to fueling bureaucratic corruption in the YAR, enabled destructive change within the agricultural sector, inflation, national import dependency, and unsustainable urbanization – these structural weaknesses were temporarily masked by Yemen’s labor exportation and by a sustained flow of remittance funding. In 1990 expatriate worker remittances collapsed abruptly as a source of capital, with over a million Yemenis suddenly repatriated. The cases of Mexican and Filipino national labor emigration illuminate the absence of diversity in Yemenis’ immigration destination and the absence of any central orchestration on behalf of the state, in addition to the inability of remittance money to remain within local communities. The period of labor exportation left Yemen with structural fragilities that continue to be the core conditions gripping what today resembles a failed state. Currently Yemen is home to a complex network of actors in violent competition for central authority – yet any government that comes to exist in Yemen must ultimately consider the YAR’s experience with labor exportation from the early 1970s through 1990 as a basis from which to fully understand the underlying weaknesses of the state.
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Lindsey, Meghan Marie. "Detailed Stratigraphy and Geochemistry of Lower Mount Rogers Formation Metavolcanic Units Exposed on Elk Garden Ridge, VA." Scholar Commons, 2009. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/1698.
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The lower Mount Rogers Formation (LMRF) is described by Rankin (1993) as a sequence of intercalated metabasalts and volcanogenic sediments with minor metarhyolite. We have chosen to examine the sequence of the LMRF units exposed along Elk Garden Ridge, a high shoulder between the summits of Whitetop Mountain and Mount Rogers in the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area in SW Virginia. This sequence represents an uplifted block of LMRF units enclosed by exposures of Whitetop and Wilburn metarhyolites.
In the field, progressive lithologic changes can be observed walking up-section along Elk Garden ridge that are indicative of changes in lava compositions and eruptive environments. From the bottom of the section, massive basalts with distinctive 1-2 cm long swallowtail plagioclase phenocrysts grade into vesicular basalts, then into sheet flow basalts, followed by a thick sequence of aphyric and amygdaloidal pillow basalts. Further up section, eruptive products transition into rhyolitic ignimbrites and ash and lapilli tuffs. Boulders of cobble conglomerates near the middle of the sequence and sedimentary layers in between individual sheet flows suggest short periods of relative eruptive quiescence. The only unit broken out in the LMRF by Rankin (1993), Fees Rhyolite, is not observed in the field area, suggesting local differences in topography, eruptive products and eruptive styles across the outcrop area during the deposition of these eruptive products.
Petrographically, the rocks reflect the regional greenschist facies metamorphic conditions with chlorite and epidote as primary metamorphic minerals, and unakite-like zones of mineralization. Relict plagioclase and pyroxene phenocrysts persist, as do primary igneous textures and structures. Compositionally, all of the rocks in the Elk Garden Ridge sequence are strongly enriched in alkali metals, with elevated Na2O and K2O contents, and high TiO2 in the basalts. Major and trace element systematics suggest that the chemical signatures of the metabasalts are primary controlled by shallow-level crystallization processes. The LMRF metabasalts share many compositional affinities with later (~570 Ma) rift-related basalts preserved in the Appalachians, suggesting that all of these lavas were formed by melting of a compositionally uniform mantle source, followed by shallow crystallization, despite being separated from one another by large stretches of time and space.
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Přikryl, Pavel. "Failed states - případová studie Jemen." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-73566.
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The submitted diploma thesis deals with failed states and tries to find out whether the Republic of Yemen can be classified as a failed state. First of all, the diploma thesis defines the term state and its functions, and then focuses on the terminology of weak statehood that has come into existence in the international politics. The thesis concentrates on the Failed States Index and analyzes its social, political and economic indicators. The theory is later applied on the case of Republic of Yemen.
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Ptáčková, Veronika. "Analýza neúspěšného studia na vysokých školách ČR." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-359242.
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The master thesis deals with failed studies at universities in the Czech Republic. The first part is focused on literary research, on explanation of theoretical terms and on statistical methods, which are subsequently applied in the analytical part. These are decision trees and logistic regression that helped to determine the influence of factors on studies without graduation. The aim of this master thesis is to find significant factors, to compile a profile of failed students and to suggest the measures which could reduce their elimination from tertiary education.
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Wilson, Elizabeth Danielle. "I Want a Man Who: Desires, Wishes, Ideals, and Expectations in Women’s Online Personal Ads." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1284691475.
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Aluan, Magdalena, and Sköld Mattias Larsson. "Underkänd på psykoterapeututbildningen - En kvalitativ studie med två perspektiv på handledningsprocessen." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-55938.
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Villagomez, Garcia Ivan, Senada Pecikoza, and Yurrita Jorge Pac. "Entrepreneurial Coping : Entrepreneurial Reactions and Coping Methods Towards Failur." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Business Administration, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-10403.
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<p>An entrepreneur is an innovator, someone who transforms innovations and ideas intoeconomically viable entities; independent on whether in the process she creates oroperates a firm (Baumol 1993). When these firms are created however, sometimes theydo not achieve a viable sustainability; they often face problems and are forced to gobankrupt. When Bankruptcy occurs the entrepreneur is logically affected not onlyeconomically but also mentally and emotionally. Different situations have differenteffects on the entrepreneur´s emotions.</p><p>Lazarus´ Cognitive Appraisal Theory states that when faced with a problem or situationpeople "appraise" or perceive it in different ways. The Primary Appraisal happens whenthe entrepreneur first comes into the realization of the problem; she can view itdifferently, either as an event that deserves indifference, an opportunity, or as a harmfulthreat. The Secondary Appraisal happens when the entrepreneur analyses what resourceshe has available and what strategy he will proceed to use in order to tackle the situation.Furthermore, during the course of the situation the entrepreneur may come into therealization of new information that might change his way of perceiving things, this iscalled an Appraisal. The Cognitive Appraisal Theory is closely linked to the CopingTheory which talks about how entrepreneurs "cope" or deal emotionally with theiradversities. Coping can be divided into two types, Problem focused and Emotion focusedCoping. Problem focused coping intents on coming up with viable and practical solutionsto improve the situation, whereas Emotion focused intends on externalizing the blame andreacting with a worsened emotional state that does not help the situation in the long run.</p><p>This report is an exploratory research and bases its empirical data on the case studyapproach of five different cases of entrepreneurs leaving in Sweden who had theexperience of engaging in an enterprise that ended up in bankruptcy. During the course ofthis investigation a qualitative method was used and the empirical findings wheregathered by engaging in interviews that were later analyzed and correlated with thetheoretical framework.</p><p>In the Analysis we take apart the information gathered in the interviews and try tocorrelate the events to the theories while at the same time striving to find similarities ordifferences between the subjects. We also try to find patterns that may help us understandmore about the subject and finally allows us to address the problem and achieve thepurpose of this report which is to understand how an entrepreneur copes when faced witha business failure.</p><p>In our conclusion we came to the realization that people tend to follow specific patterns ofemotional reaction that concretely support the pre established theories. This report servesas a base or foundation of a tool for entrepreneurs. We find that if entrepreneurs hadprevious knowledge of ways to deal with failure they might be more prompt to avoid itentirely and consequently this can be an invaluable tool for them..3</p>
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Arabi, Ahmad. "Libanon - från ”Mellanösterns Paris” till en ”Failed State” : en studie av den konsociala maktdelningen i Libanon och dess konsekvenser." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Statsvetenskap, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-173130.
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Lebanon is seen as a failed state by the international community and this study aims to look at the causes that have made Lebanon dysfunctional. The study uses Andrej Lijpharts consociational power sharing model and the international relations theory realism to analyse the internal and external causes that have made Lebanon a failed state. The study is based on interviews from the three major sects in Lebanon and a text analysis. The study shows that Lebanon is suffering from a corrupt elite that uses the state institutions to benefit their own families. The elite uses clientelism by manipulating consociational power sharing to make the ethnoreligious groups dependant on the elite’s own success. Different regional and international powers use Lebanon in their struggle for power and dominance over the Middle East. The external actors support different ethnic and religious groups by financing and arming them. That in turn deepens the divide between the sectarian groups and hinders the political progress.
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May, Nadine. "Du féminisme libéral aux failles de la Conférence de Beijing : un examen critique de la nature sexuée de la mondialisation de l'économie." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0006/MQ36719.pdf.
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Bocast, Brooke. "'If books fail, try beauty': Gender, consumption, and higher education in Uganda." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2014. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/283263.
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Anthropology<br>Ph.D.<br>My dissertation "'If books fail, try beauty': Gender, consumption, and higher education in Uganda," explores students' romantic entanglements at Uganda's Makerere University (the "Harvard of Africa") in order to illuminate emerging processes of value creation in the context of controversial market-based education reforms. Each chapter of my dissertation (in addition to the Introduction and Conclusion) speaks to an underlying question: Why do educated, financially stable young women engage in sexual transactions that incur significant biomedical and social risk? Ultimately, I demonstrate how these reforms - in opposition to their gender equality aims - compel novel sexual and consumption practices that undermine female students' opportunities for success. The aims of my dissertation are three-fold. First, I analyze the interlinked sexual and consumption practices of an emerging demographic group in a post-structural adjustment economy; namely, young, educated, unmarried women. Because they occupy this novel life stage, female students are structurally positioned to be a particularly revelatory group for examining the relationship between institutional restructuring and transforming gender, class, and generational norms in East Africa. Second, this project provides a crucial counterpoint to the bulk of Africanist literature that conflates "youth" with "young men." In doing so, my analysis generates insight into how young women navigate the challenges and opportunities wrought by higher education reform. Third, by taking seriously the prevalence of HIV on African university campuses, this project produces useful knowledge about cross-generational sex and multiple concurrent partnerships - practices that directly contribute to disproportionate rates of HIV among young African women (as opposed to men).<br>Temple University--Theses
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Iturralde, Aitor, and Manuel Nacha. "Why do the majority of merger and acquisitions fail?" Thesis, Umeå University, Umeå School of Business, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1289.
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<p>In the last decade, there has been a great increase in the number of mergers and</p><p>acquisitions all over the world. This enhancement of the number of transactions is</p><p>included in the most of the previous studies but moreover, many of these studies show</p><p>that the majority of the mergers and acquisitions fail in the objective of creating value</p><p>for the shareholders. This failure ratio is the reason which leads us to the next research</p><p>question: why do the majority of mergers and acquisitions fail?</p><p>In this study, we introduce the basic concepts that must be known before answering the</p><p>research question and the reasons that other authors have pointed out for explaining this</p><p>failure ratio.</p><p>After this theoretical background, we conduct a comparative research of four cases,</p><p>some of them with a successful result and some others with a failure one, in order to</p><p>determine the key factors that explain the reasons why some of the mergers and</p><p>acquisitions fail or success.</p><p>The study shows that there is a wide range of features when determining this failure or</p><p>success. The analysis of the four case studies indicates that most of the reasons for this</p><p>failure or success were previously considered by other authors, but some new reasons</p><p>will be presented.</p>
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Sarrouy, Olivier. "Faire foule : organisation, communication et (dé)subjectivation à l'ère hyperindustrielle." Thesis, Rennes 2, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014REN20043/document.
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Cette thèse vise à examiner les formes de l'action collective et de l'être-avec tendanciellement imposées par l'hégémonie du crowdsourcing. La notion de crowdsourcing désigne l'appropriation des mécanismes collaboratifs du web 2.0 par des secteurs d'activité originellement étrangers à son influence : design de vêtements, conceptionde biens durables, ingénierie de véhicules, challenges sociaux, etc. Tandis que la plupart des travaux se penchant sur ce phénomène se tient au dedans d'un cadre conceptuel emprunté à l'économie politique, cette recherche s'efforce plutôt d'examiner la spécificité des régimes organisationnels et interactionnels propres à cesplateformes : ce sont ainsi les processus de subjectivation individuelle et collective qu'informent ces dispositifs qui suscitent ici l'intérêt de la recherche.Cette réflexion s'articule autour de cinq axes d’analyse distincts. Un axe économique d’abord, visant à re-situer l’actuelle hégémonie de ces dispositifs au plus près des dynamiques de long terme du capital. Un axe organisationnel ensuite, examinant l’inclination de ces plateformes à suspendre la félicité de l’action collective à la fluidité, la multiplicité et l’hétérogénéité des contributions qu’elles coordonnent. Un axe technique encore, s’efforçant d’analyser les procédés équipant cette coordination depuis la condition de fluidité, de multiplicité etd’hétérogénéité que lui assignent ces dispositifs. Un axe interactionnel ensuite, analysant les agencements d’énonciation ainsi articulés par ces procédés techniques et impersonnels de coordination. Un axe existential enfin, visant à examiner les processus de (dé)subjectivation individuelle et collective auxquels ces agencements exposent leurs utilisateurs.Chacun de ces axes est ainsi construit autour d’une analyse ethnographique sérielle de différents dispositifs - notamment Yelp, TripAdvisor, OpenIDEO, Local Motors et Quirky - visant à dissoudre les spécificités propres àchacune de ces plateformes dans la dispersion des schèmes - organisationnels, techniques, interactionnels, énonciatifs, existentiaux - qui s’y répètent<br>The aim of this thesis is to examine the underlying forms of collective action and beingwith imposed by the hegemony of crowdsourcing. The concept of crowdsourcing refers to the appropriation of collaborative mechanisms of Web 2.0 by industries that are originally outside it’s influence: fashion design, conception ofdurable goods, automotive engineering, social challenges, etc. While most studies addressing this phenomenon draw their conceptual framework from the domain of political economy, this thesis will on the contrary endeavour to study the particularities of the organizational and interactional regimes specific to crowdsourcing platforms. It is thus the processes of individual and collective subjectivation that are given form by these platforms that arouse interest for such research.This study is articulated around five distinct lines of research. The first line is economic; the goal is to situate the present dominance of crowdsourcing apparatuses in close relation to the long term dynamic of capital. The second line is organizational; it aims to examine the inclination of such platforms to condition the felicity of collective action by the fluidity, the multiplicity and the heterogeneity of the contributions they coordinate. The third line is technical; it seeks to analyse the processes that enables coordination under the condition of fluidity, multiplicity and heterogeneity that are allotted to these platforms. The fourth line is interactional, it analyses the assemblages of enunciation that are articulated by these technical and impersonal processes of absencecoordination. The fifth and final line is existential, it will examine the individual and collective (de)subjectivation processes to which these assemblages expose their users.Each of these research lines is developed on a serial ethnographic analysis of various platforms - namely Yelp, TripAdvisor, OpenIDEO, Local Motors and Quirky - in order to break down the specificities of each of these platforms into the repetition of organizational, technical, interactional, enunciative and existential patterns
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Magnusson, Petra. "Transformell, transaktionell och laissez-faire ledarskapsstil : en kvantitativ studie gällande manliga och kvinnliga chefer." Thesis, Växjö University, School of Social Sciences, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-775.
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<p>The aim of this study was to see if there existed any differences between male and female superiors. The theoretical framework was based on transformational, transactional and laissez-faire leaderships styles. The sample was employees in three companys (n=24). Three hypothesis were formulated: (1) female superiors are more transformational than male, (2) male superiors are more transactional than female and (3) male superiors are more laissez-faire than felmale. The method of measurement was a modified version of the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire. The findings of the study did not confirm any differences between female and male superiors in the components of transformational and transactional leadership styles. The result of the hypothes that male superiors are more laissez-faire than female was confirmed. Male superiors applied behavios of the laissez-faire style more than female superiors. The findings were also related to previously research. It is important to point out that the findings of this study can not be generalized based on a smal sample.</p>
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Andersson, Lilian. "Mellan byråkrati och laissez faire : en studie av Camillo Sittes och Patrick Geddes stadsplaneringsstrategier /." Göteborg : Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, 1989. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb36208996t.
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Volkmann, Krister. "Regional - und trotzdem global solidarische Ökonomie im Spannungsfeld zwischen Regionalität und Globalität ; eine explorative Studie zu Regionalwährungen." Berlin Münster Lit, 2009. http://d-nb.info/993960464/04.
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Deel, Michael. "Ron Rash’s Serena: A Novel (2008): Dramatizing the Industrial Logging of the Appalachian Forest, and the Continuing Debate Between Laissez Faire Capitalists and Proponents of Government." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/202.
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In this thesis, the author gives a summary of Ron Rash’s 2008 novel, Serena, and discusses the history behind the novel and the time period that the novel was set in. This thesis discusses the socioeconomic struggles of the Gilded Age, and the role of government intervention in the economy and everyday life during the Reformation Era under Theodore Roosevelt, and the implementation of the National Park Service. The thesis goes on to mention why the Smoky Mountain National Park is especially important, for its natural uniqueness and the important precedent the formation of the park represents in the history of the United States of America. Notable historical figures are also addressed, such as, Horace Kephart, Horace Albright, George Masa, and Gifford Pinchot.
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Enochsson, Johan, and Johannes Nielsen. "IAS Paragraph 134 : Why do companies fail to fulfill the disclosure requirements?" Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Accounting and Finance, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-9361.
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<p>The implementation of IFRS/IAS accounting standards in Sweden had the intension to harmonize the accounting practices within the EU and increase transparency into the firms. However since the implementation there have been reports and studies showing the lack of compliance with the disclosure requirements regarding impairment tests of Goodwill. According to IFRS 3 Goodwill should no longer be amortized but should undergo an impairment test at least once a year to evaluate its true value. The impairment test is made by the firms themselves on very subjective assumptions. These assumptions should be disclosed according to IAS 36 paragraph 134 in the annual report to enable transparency. So far the full compliance with this rule has been questionable. This study aims to elucidate possible reasons for why firms leave out the required information in IAS 36 paragraph 134 and how authorized public accountants reason around the reasons given. To fulfill the aim of the study an inductive research method was used. The data was gathered through the use of qualitative interviews with authorized public accountants some of them with special expertise in the field. The empirical findings from the interviews contained a number of reasons for why companies do not disclose the information in IAS 36 paragraph 134. Among the most common were the risk of exposure, decreased flexibility, ignorance and non adequate internal reporting procedures. The study’s analysis use institutional theories to point out additional explanations for how disclosure requirements are handled. One finding is the tendency for firms to mimic each other, a behavior called isomorphism. The conclusion of the study is a discovery of an underlying unwillingness to write-down goodwill and thereby an unwillingness to give full disclosure in connection to the impairment test. Firms feel that the information is related to their competitive edge and thus exposes them too much. The authors also raise reasonable doubt to whether the IFRS/IAS standards have fulfilled their intension with increased transparency in the case of goodwill accounting.</p>
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Carlson, Jennifer. "Analysis of How Mobile Robots Fail in the Field." Scholar Commons, 2004. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/980.
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The considerable risk to human life associated with modern military operations in urban terrain (MOUT) and urban search and rescue (USAR) has led professionals in these domains to explore the use of robots to improve safety. Recent studies on mobile robot use in the field have shown a noticeable lack of reliability in real field conditions. Improving mobile robot reliability for applications such as USAR and MOUT requires an understanding of how mobile robots fail in field environments.
This paper provides a detailed investigation of how ground-based mobile robots fail in the field. Forty-four representative examples of failures from 13 studies of mobile robot reliability in the USAR and MOUT domains are gathered, examined, and classified. A novel taxonomy sufficient to cover any failure a ground-based mobile robot may encounter in the field is presented. This classification scheme draws from established standards in the dependability computing [30] and human-computer interaction [40] communities, as well as recent work [6] in the robotics domain. Both physical failures (failures within the robotic system) and human failures are considered.
Overall robot reliability in field environments is low with between 6 and 20 hours mean time between failures (MTBF), depending on the criteria used to determine if a failure has occurred. Common issues with existing platforms appear to be the following: unstable control systems, chassis and effectors designed and tested for a narrow range of environmental conditions, limited wireless communication range in urban environments, and insufficient wireless bandwidth. Effectors and the control system are the most common sources of physical failures. Of the human failures examined, slips are more common than mistakes. Two-thirds of the failures examined in [6] and [7] could be repaired in the field. Failures which resulted in the suspension of the robot's task until the repair was completed are also more common with 94% of the failures reported in [13].
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Engblom, Christoffer, and David Melander. "Det utdömda ledarskapet : En studie av laissez faire-ledarskapets påverkan på stressorerna krav, kontroll och stöd." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-328123.
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Studien syftar till att utöka förståelsen för hur laissez faire-ledarskapsstilen och de egenskaper som inkluderas i den upplevs påverka stressorerna krav, kontroll och stöd. Data har insamlats genom tolv semistrukturerade intervjuer. Resultatet påvisar att laissez faire-ledaregenskaperna kan innebära såväl för- som nackdelar för underställda i deras arbete. Två framträdande faktorer som påverkar effekterna har identifierats - dels mängden erfarenhet hos de underställda, dels frågan huruvida ledarens uppvisande av laissez faire-egenskaperna är ett strategiskt val eller beror på passivitet. Studien indikerar att laissez faire- ledarskap kan ge positiva effekter för de underställda, framför allt när det används som ett strategiskt val och när de underställda har lång erfarenhet
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Gunston, Geney. "Understanding the experiences of students who enter the MBChB programme from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds and either succeed or fail in passing the first semester." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10557.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 72-77).<br>This qualitative study was conducted during 2005 in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town. Drawing on the theoretical framework of the New Literacy Studies and, in particular, Gee's notion of Discourse acquisition, I sought to better understand the issues that impacted on success for students from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds who entered the MBChB programme.
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Nkoala, Sisanda. "A rhetorical analysis of SABC3's flagship Bulletin : In what ways does the SABC succeed and/or fail in persuading viewers that its version of the news is credible?" Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20127.
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This dissertation sets out to add to the existing body of research on the SABC by performing a rhetorical analysis of SABC 3's flagship English news bulletin, broadcast between 18:30 and 19:30, weekdays, and 19:00 and 19:30 on weekends. The purpose of this analysis is to determine the manner in which the SABC attempts to position itself as a credible news source through its use of the rhetorical tools of persuasion. As texts presented to an audience with the intention of persuading them of certain ideas, it is possible to study and analyse television news reports by employing the same rhetorical analysis techniques that one would use when analysing a political speech or any other rhetorical text. This dissertation is broken up into two major sections. Part one will discuss the theories and research around the notion of television news as rhetorical texts, setting the stage for part two of the dissertation, which will actually perform a rhetorical analysis on selected news stories aired on SABC 3 over a period of 30 days. The key conclusions from this research are that the SABC frequently employs the pathos proof in its reports, primarily through the reporters using emotive language in their scripts, even though this is not always accompanied by corresponding footage. Instead of relying primarily on reporters to state and interpret the emotional aspects of the story, the broadcaster should be using its visuals to do this, drawing on the television journalism principle of 'show, don't tell', where visuals are the primary means through which a story is told, not the words. What the broadcaster should instead be doing is using the logos proof more, to make sound arguments for some of the claims that are made in its reports. The second key conclusion is that the broadcaster relies on the epideictic genre of rhetoric in most of its reports, when the deliberative and judicial genres would be more fitting. The SABC has lost a significant number of viewers from the days when it was the sole television news broadcaster in South Africa, and there were no other alternatives. This dissertation shows that one of the main reasons for this is that the public broadcaster is failing to produce its news reports in a manner that correctly employs the tools of rhetoric to persuade viewers that its version of the news is credible.
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Kankaanpää, Sandra. "”J’ai en tête de faire gagner de l’argent à ma banque” : - The paradox of measuring performance among bank employees -." Thesis, Umeå University, Umeå School of Business, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1762.
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<p>Fast changes and external demands have made companies to continuously needing to improve their performance. Banks in particular have come to make a complete changeover to keep up with the competition. They have gone from bureaucratic structures to become more sales oriented.</p><p>This has come to affect the management model banks use, meaning that the tools to control and navigate the company had to be modernized and adapted to measure new activities. Before the structure change, it was usually enough for a bank to use financial measurements only focusing on indicators such as ROI, when measuring performance. Today, banks have realized the value of the company’s employees, they are a crucial factor for reaching success. Therefore the banks have realized that they need to measure the employees performance. By measuring the employees the bank will be able to know how to improve their performance in order to reach greater success. However, measuring the employees performance has backsides, in some cases it has created unwanted behavior.</p><p>My problem definitions goes: How are the Swedish banks motives to reach sales goals, creating a conflict between employees actions towards customer relations and banks results? My purpose is to increase my and banks understanding in how sales goals affect the employees and their actions in a bank. I will increase my and banks understanding by finding what factors with the sales goals foster a certain behavior. I am also interested in finding a way to prevent certain behavior that occurs with sales goals.</p><p>In order to answer my purpose I have conducted seven qualitative un-structured interviews with bank employees. I believe that I can take part of their reality by interpreting their answers. Therefore I argue for a hermeneutic view. The theoretical framework includes theories which I believe are relevant in order to increase my understand about the situation. The theoretical framework will be brought together with the seven interviews and together they will act as a platform for my analysis.</p><p>I have conducted unstructured interviews, consisting of one sales manager and six bank employees. The interviews were conducted in one company, the purpose was to understand the actions in one context. During these interviews I used an interview guide as an aid. I found that employees are affected by the sales goals due to the fact that they have not participated in deciding them. Meaning that the goals are not of much value for them. Furthermore I found that the employees perceive that the bank is neglecting them, which I found was a result of how the manager values the management model. The behavior of the employees is affected by what parts of the management model the manager chooses to communicate.</p>
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Thompson, Pierre. "When Peace Fails But Terrorism Succeeds : Do Failing Peace Agreements Encourage Terrorism?" Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-353092.
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The quality of peace at the end of civil war has emerged as an important concept for understanding persistent security threats. This study seeks to bridge two well established fields by asking: Does the failure to implement a peace agreement encourage terrorism? I argue that the psychological effect of a failing peace agreement shapes the individual’s propensity to terrorism by enhancing the appeal of a frame which favors “radical” action to advance the group’s struggle for recognition. Terrorism can be simultaneously an emotionally driven response at the individual level, and a rational choice at the group level. This paper employs mixed methods. A cross-case study measures the spatial/temporal variation in peace settlement implementation and the intensity of terrorism between/within 34 post-accord settings. A within-case study leverages temporal variation to illustrate how four violent non-state actors responded to perceptions of salient loss at various points in the Mindanao peace process. While each organization used terrorism strategically, the strategies were not always linked to peace settlement implementation. This study advances understanding of the event-driven relationship between implementation failure and terrorism, the process by which “radical” frames convert an individual’s emotional reaction into political violence, and the dynamic integration of quantitative and qualitative research.
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Cheng, Ka-man Clement, and 鄭嘉敏. "Stress and job satisfaction among teachers in a laissez-faire context where carrots are already out of stock." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31958539.
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Karttunen, Karoline, and Erica Öster. "Är den auktoritära ledaren mindre omtyckt än den demokratiska? En experimentell studie om ledarstilar." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Handels- och IT-högskolan, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-18648.
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Vår studie behandlar området ledarstilar där teorin baseras på Lewin et al’s ledarstilsindelning, vilka är den auktoritära ledaren, den demokratiska ledaren och låt-gå ledaren. Vi har genomfört en situationsbaserad experimentell studie där vi har berört både attityds- och ledarskapsteorier. Oberoende variabel är ledarstilen medan de beroende variablerna är attityden till ledarstilen, attityden till arbetsplatsen samt intentionen att stanna kvar på arbetsplatsen.Studien bestod av ett arbetssituationsscenario samt ett häfte med frågor angående scenariot. Försökspersonerna blev indelade i fyra grupper, tre med varsin ledarstil samt en kontrollgrupp som saknade en uttalad ledarstil. Experimentet genomfördes på 90 studenter på Högskolan i Borås. Innan experimentet utförde vi ett förtest på 26 personer för att säkra vårt instrument.Resultaten var intressanta då de till viss del gick emot tidigare forsning och dess teorier. Då vi jämförde ledarstilsgrupperna med kontrollgruppen fick vi inga signifikanta resultat, däremot fick vi det när vi jämförde ledarstilsgrupperna med varandra. Vi visade på, precis som tidigare forskning har gjort, att den demokratiska ledaren är den mest omtyckta ledarstilen. Tvärtemot vad tidigare teorier forskning säger dock visade vår undersökning att försökspersonerna tycker bättre om den auktoritära ledaren än låt-gå ledaren. Resultaten från studien visar alltså på att försökspersonerna hellre har en ledare som bestämmer och kontrollerar än en ledare som i princip abdikerat från ledarrollen. Inte helt överraskande visades även att den demokratiska ledarstilen påverkade attityden till arbetsplatsen på det mest positiva sättet. Studien visade också på att de personerna hellre ville stanna på arbetsplatsen än personerna med en auktoritär ledare eller låt-gå ledare. Vi kunde däremot inte avgöra vilken av ledarstilarna som bidrar till sämst attityd gentemot arbetsplatsen eller vem som leder till att flest personer vill lämna arbetsplatsen. Sammanfattat ”segrar” ledarstilen som baseras på ledande med frihet.<br>Uppsatsnivå: C
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Jeanne, Pierre. "Architectural, petrophysical and hydromechanical properties of fault zones in fractured-porous rocks : compared studies of a moderate and a mature fault zones (France)." Nice, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012NICE4016.
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Bien que les zones de failles représentent un très petit volume de la croute terrestre, elles influencent grandement ses propriétés hydromécaniques. Ce travail compare des analyses multidisciplinaires, de hautes précisions, de deux zones de failles aux propriétés contrastées : l’une est une zone de failles mature de plusieurs kilomètres de long, l’autre s’étend seulement sur quelques centaines de mètres. Leurs propriétés architecturales, hydromécaniques et de résistance mécanique ont été caractérisées dans le but d’améliorer la compréhension des couplages entre l’évolution de leurs propriétés hydromécaniques et leur potentiel de réactivation. Un protocole de caractérisation in-situ des propriétés hydrauliques et mécaniques a été mis au point. Il intègre des analyses microstructurales, des descriptions détaillées des propriétés pétrophysiques à plusieurs échelles. Les deux zones de failles étudiées montrent toutes deux des relations entre leurs histoires diagénétiques, les propriétés initiales des formations sédimentaires et leurs propriétés actuelles hydromécaniques. Il a été mis en évidence que le paramètre le plus important gouvernant le comportement hydromécanique des zones de failles est la continuité de sa zone d’endommagement. Une zone de failles mature aura une zone d’endommagement relativement continue alors qu’une zone de failles non-mature aura une zone d’endommagement hétérogène caractérisée par une alternance de niveaux fracturés et non-fracturés. Ces contrastes architecturaux dépendent des propriétés initiales de la roche intacte. Au sein de la série sédimentaire, les variations de la résistance à la compression (σc) de la roche intacte induisent différents mécanismes d’accommodations des déformations. Il en résulte une architecture de zone de failles présentant de fortes variations d’épaisseur, caractérisée par une alternance de niveaux très perméables et très déformables avec des niveaux imperméables et peu déformables<br>Although fault zones represent a very small volume of the crust, they highly influence the crust’s mechanical and fluid flows properties. This work compares high definition trans-disciplinary analyses of two fault zones with highly contrasted properties. One is a mature fault zone of plurikilometer length, and the other is a small fault zone of a few hundred meters length. We have characterized the architectural, hydromechanical and strength properties of these faults to improve the understanding of the coupling between fault zones hydromechanical properties and their potential activation. A protocol to characterize in the field (on outcropping segments) the faults hydraulic and mechanical properties has been conducted through the coupling of micro-structural analyses, detailed rock physical descriptions at the rock mass several scales. The two studied fault zones despite their different sizes display some similarities. Both show a strong coupling between the fault zone diagenetic history, the initial properties of the sedimentary layers and the fault zone current hydraulic and mechanical properties. We show that the most important parameter governing the hydromechanical behaviors of fault zones is the continuity of the damage zones. A mature fault zone will have a relatively continuous damage zone while a small fault zone will contain a more heterogeneous damage zone characterized by an alternation of fractured and un-fractured layers. These architectural contrasts of damage zones also depend on the initial intact rock properties of the sedimentary series. Contrasted initial intact rock strengths (σc) induce contrasted strain accommodation mechanisms in the fault zone compartments, and an associated fault zone architecture that displays large thickness variations, characterized by alternate high-permeable-low-stiff and low-permeable-high-stiff layers in the damage zone
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Berg, Grimstad Anna, and Emil Eriksson. "Viljan att förstå terroir : Explorativ studie av begreppets ursprung till dess vidare användning." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Restaurang- och hotellhögskolan, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-84907.
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Han, Jiashu. "Did Huawei Fail in the Crisis? : Case studies of Crisis Communication for Chinese Multinational Enterprise on Social Media." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informatik och media, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-354891.
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This study analyzes crisis communication strategy of a Chinese multinational technology enterprise on social media and tests the effectiveness of the crisis response. This study conducts quantitative analysis on two social media crises experienced by Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd in 2017. The analysis uses Situation Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT) as the theoretical framework, and proposes advices of crisis management for multinational technology enterprises in emerging countries represented by Huawei. The results show that when multinational technology enterprises face crisis, it is necessary to analyze the situation of crisis in a rational and localized way according to different social and cultural context, and adopt appropriate crisis communication strategies. While dealing with a complex cultural environment, avoiding cultural conflicts is an effective choice.
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Hultén, Manne, and Benedikt Lukas Rommel. ""Goodness is the only investment that never fails" : En studie om hur Volvo Cars kommunicerar CSR på sin webbplats." Thesis, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Högskolan i Jönköping, HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-38807.
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Idag implementerar allt fler företag CSR-strategier i sina verksamheter. Trots att många konsumenter tycker att det är viktigt att företag engagerar sig i hållbarhetsfrågor är det ändå inte speciellt många som är medvetna om vilka som engagerar sig och hur de engagerar sig. Att kommunicera kring sitt engagemang blir därför en avgörande faktor för organisationer som vill skapa trovärdighet och förstärka sitt varumärke. Tidigare forskning pekar på att det är en svår och komplicerad uppgift att kommunicera kring CSR. Syftet med denna uppsats är att få en ökad förståelse för hur biltillverkaren Volvo Cars kommunicerar CSR på sin webbplats. Studien undersöker både hur kommunikationen är uppbyggd utifrån textens stil och meddelandets innehåll men också hur frekvent företaget kommunicerar sitt ekonomiska, sociala och miljömässiga engagemang samt hur kommunikationen är inramad mot företagets primära intressentgrupper utifrån de tre motiven från triple bottom line-teorin. Volvo Cars är intressant att undersöka i detta sammanhang eftersom företaget är en del av en bransch som har en stor inverkan på miljön. Dessutom beskriver företaget sig själv som aktiv deltagare i hållbarhetsfrågor. Studien har genomförts genom en tillämpning av två kvalitativa innehållsanalyser och en kvantitativ innehållsanalys. Data har hämtats från Volvo Cars landningssida för hållbarhet och från företagets hållbarhetsrapport från 2015. Materialet har analyserats utifrån triple bottom line-teorin, intressentmodellen och ett konceptuellt ramverk för CSR-kommunikation. Uppsatsens resultat visar att Volvo Cars CSR-kommunikation är relationsbyggande och innehåller ett förhållandevis komplicerat och “tungt” språk. Företaget kommunicerar sitt engagemang kring miljö mest frekvent och kommunikationen är inramad väldigt olika till de respektive intressentgrupperna.<br>Today, more and more companies are implementing CSR-strategies into their businesses. Although many consumers find it important that companies engage in sustainability issues, there are still not that many who are aware of who engages and how they engage. Therefore, it is essential for organizations to communicate about their CSR engagement in order to create credibility and maximize business returns. Previous research show that communicating CSR is a difficult and complicated task. The purpose of this thesis is to create an increased understanding in how the car manufacturer Volvo Cars communicates its CSR commitment on their corporate website. The study examines how the communication is structured based on style and message content, how often Volvo Cars communicate their economic, social and environmental commitments and how the communication is framed to various stakeholder groups based on the three motives from the triple bottom line theory. Volvo Cars is interesting to investigate in this context since the company is part of an industry that has a major impact on the environment. In addition, the company also describes itself as an active participant in sustainability-issues. The study has been conducted by using two qualitative and one quantitative content analysis. The data was collected from Volvo Cars landing page of sustainability and from the company's sustainability report from 2015. The data has been analyzed based on the triple bottom line-theory, the stakeholder model and a conceptual framework for CSR-communication. The findings of this thesis show that Volvo Cars CSR-communication is relationship building and contains a relatively complicated and “heavy” language. The company communicates its commitment about environment most often and the communication is framed very differently to various stakeholder groups.
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Markijohn, Andie Carole. ""Wet, dirty women" and "men without pants" the performance of gender at the American Renaissance festival /." Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1248822087.
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Eklöf, Rickard, and Robin Jacobsen. "En Praktisk Analys av Dödsmekaniker i Spel." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-11530.
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Genom denna avhandling undergår vi som speldesigners en dokumenterad process där vi utvecklar ett spel från koncept till funktionell prototyp. Målet är att kunna bygga vidare på våra egna samt andras metoder för utvecklingen av mekaniker som kompletterar övrigt gameplay. Undersökningsområdet för denna process utgörs av hur vi kan framställa en dödsmekanik som passar i kontext till vårt valda spelkoncept och dess förutsättningar. Detta inriktningsområde grundas i vår vilja att skapa dödsmekaniker som upplevs inge betydelsefulla konsekvenser både på spelarkaraktären och spelupplevelsen i sin helhet vilket stämmer överens med konceptets designmål. Genom ett speltest där en testgrupp genomför ett antal kvalitativa prototyptester av dödsmekaniker kan vi sedan jämföra resultaten och etablera slutsatser kring hur väl varje prototyp lyckas uppfylla konceptets designmål och inge tydliga konsekvenser för spelaren som förstärker resterande gameplay.<br>Through this thesis we as game designers undergo a documented process in which we develop a game from concept to functional prototype. The end goal is to allow us to further our own as well as others’ methodology for the development of mechanics that complement existing gameplay. The field of inquiry for this process consists of how we can establish a death mechanic that fits in context to our chosen game concept and its parameters. This focal point originates from a desire on our part to create death mechanics that strive to instill meaningful consequences affecting the player as well as the game experience itself which correspond with the design goals of the concept. By performing a playtest where a number of qualitative prototypes of death mechanics are carried out by a test group we can compare the results and establish conclusions concerning how well each prototype manages to fulfill the concept’s design goals and convey clear consequences for the player, reinforcing surrounding gameplay.
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Wroe, Brenda. "Contractors and computers, why systems succeed or fail : a grounded theory study of the development of microcomputer-based information systems in ten small companies in the construction industry." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1986. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7215.
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A longitudinal study in ten small companies operating in the U.K. construction industry was undertaken using a grounded theory approach over the period 1980-85. The research project involved detailed discussions with management and staff throughout the period of selection, implementation and live operation of a microcomputer-based information system (MIS). The objective was to identify the nature of problems experienced by small companies when introducing microcomputer-based MIS and thereby determine the variables relating to the degree of success achieved. Whilst four companies successfully reached the stage of live operation and use of the information system, five were judged unsuccessful having abandoned the project during the research period. The remaining company continued to experience organisational difficulties relating to the system development. The characteristics of the successful and unsuccessful companies are used to build a grounded model of MIS development in small companies. Research findings raised many contextual, processual and methodological issues concerning the selection, implementation and live operation of microcomputer-based management information systems in this type of environment. A strategy for the successful implementation of microcomputer-based MIS, embracing the factors determining success/failure in the small organisation environment, is presented. The thesis concludes by offering some advice to the systems developers and the information systems design community concerning MIS development in small organisations.
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Kopparmalms, Frida, and Annica Lund. "Vilken ledarstil är önskvärd ur ett medarbetarperspektiv? : En kvantitativ studie om ledarstilar." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för socialt arbete och psykologi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-19741.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the leadership style that is preferred by the employees from a psychosocial- and productive perspective. The study is based on Lewin et al´s research on the three leadership styles authoritarian, democratic and laissez-faire leader. This is a quantitative study with a questionnaires as data collection method. The sample consisted of individuals working in a municipality in one nursing unit. The data from the survey were analyzed by three separate one-way depending ANOVA in IBM statistics SPSS 22. As the leadership groups were compared with each other, the results showed, just as previous research, that the democratic leadership style was most preferable from both psychosocial and productivity perspective. The study is based on three hypotheses, hypotheses 1 and 3 was confirmed by the results while hypothesis 2 was rejected. Employees prefer a leadership style that promotes participation and collaboration that creates a foundation to work independently.<br>Syftet med studien var att undersöka vilken ledarstil som är önskvärd av medarbetarna ur ett psykosocialt- och produktivt perspektiv. Studien baseras på Lewin et al´s forskning om de tre ledarstilarna auktoritär, demokratisk samt låt-gå ledaren. Detta är en kvantitativ studie med enkäter som datainsamlingsmetod. Urvalet bestod av individer som arbetar på en kommun inom omvårdnadenheten. Datat från enkäten analyserades genom tre separata envägs-beroende ANOVA i IBM statistics SPSS 22. Då ledarstilsgrupperna jämfördes med varandra visade de på, precis som tidigare forskning, att den demokratiska ledarstilen var mest önskvärd ur både psykosocialt och produktivitetsperspektiv. Studien baseras på tre hypoteser, hypotes 1 och 3 bekräftades genom resultatet medan hypotes 2 förkastades. Medarbetarna föredrar en ledarstil som förespråkar delaktighet och samverkan som skapar en grund och trygghet för ett självständigt arbete.
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Kirchberg, Irina. "Pour une approche sociomusicologique des processus de création musicale. « Faire la musique » en natation synchronisée." Thesis, Paris 4, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA040045.
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Huit paires de jambes jaillissant de l’eau simultanément et scandant des mouvements identiques au rythme fulgurant d’une musique entraînante. Voilà ce que l’on retient généralement des ballets de natation synchronisée que proposent les retransmissions télévisées d’épreuves sportives internationales. Alors que les journalistes et les spectateurs témoignent de leur émerveillement face à ces réalisations, on pourrait légitimement s’interroger sur la teneur musicale, entre collages, arrangements et compositions inédites, de ces manifestations sportives. En s’intéressant d’un peu plus près à ce monde sportif on découvrirait qu’un compositeur, Jean-Michel Collet, collabore depuis 1996, avec l’équipe de France de natation synchronisée. Une série de questions se poserait alors : pourquoi un musicien collabore-t-il avec cette équipe ? Comment des entraîneures et un musicien arrivent-ils à travailler ensemble ? Sur la base de quels critères (musicaux et/ou sportifs) ces acteurs parviennent-ils à coordonner leurs actions pour créer une musique de ballet ? En somme, comment analyser les processus de création musicale en natation synchronisée ? Dans son enquête, l’auteure mobilise les outils de la musicologie et de la sociologie pour faire saillir les caractéristiques stylistiques de ces musiques de ballet. L’analyse des documents formant le corpus de cette thèse (transcriptions musi-chorégraphiques, entretiens, compte rendus d’observation, corpus journalistique, etc.) montre notamment que « faire la musique » en natation synchronisée relève de savoirs et de savoir-faire inscrits dans une tradition sportive, de l’utilisation et de l’appropriation de conventions, de négociations et autres compromis qui témoignent de la dimension éminemment collective des processus de création artistique<br>Eight pairs of legs simultaneously arising from the water, and with identical movements marking the lightning rhythm of a lively music. This is the vision one usually holds from a broadcasted synchronized swimming international competition. Sportscasters and viewers giving rave reviews on skills and figures, it seems rightful to question the value of the music heard with these routines, be it a mix, an arrangement, or an original composition.Investigations conducted within the synchronized swimming world reveal that a composer, Jean-Michel Collet, is a long-time associate to the French national team. Questions arise: why does a musician commit to working in such an environment? How do different partners, i.e. coaches, one musician, manage to work hand-in-hand? What are the criteria, musical and/or athletic, that both parties need to meet, in order to make water ballet music happen? In short, how can the creative processes in music, concerning synchronized swimming, be addressed and analyzed?Analytical methods used in musicology and sociology are called upon by the inquiring author, in order to point out the stylistic characteristics of water ballet music. At the core of this research work, analysis of multiple documents, e.g. transcribed sheet music using ballet marks, records of interviews, on-site personal collections of data, news articles, shows that “music making” in synchronized swimming falls under the law of a tradition in sports, with its own rules and know-how. Actors in both fields need to grasp and take advantage of conventions. Negotiations and other kinds of settlements establish the fact that interaction and teamwork are major components found in the creative processes
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Reed, Delanna Kay. "Readers Theatre in Performance: The Analysis and Compilation of Period Literature for a Modern Renaissance Faire." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1986. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500784/.
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The thrust of this study was twofold: to research and compile a script of English Medieval and Renaissance literature and to direct a group performance of the script in the oral interpretation mode at Scarborough Faire in Waxahachie, Texas. The study sought to show that a Readers Theatre script compiled of literature from the oral tradition of England was a suitable art form for a twentieth-century audience and that Readers Theatre benefited participants in the Scarborough Faire workshop program. This study concluded that the performed script appealed to a modern audience and that workshop training was enhanced by Readers Theatre in rehearsal and performance.
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Jin, Tony. "From noisy spin chains to quantum exclusion processes : case studies of stochastic open quantum many-body systems." Thesis, Paris Sciences et Lettres (ComUE), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019PSLEE033.
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Cette thèse est consacrée à l’étude de systèmes quantiques étendus en interaction avec l’environnement, à la fois dans des situations à l’équilibre et hors équilibre. L’approche adoptée est celle des processus stochastiques quantiques. On s’intéresse dans un premier temps à ce qu’il advient des modèles dits de chaîne de spin lorsque ceux-ci sont mis en contact avec un environnement extérieur qui provoque un déphasage aléatoire local des spins. Il est montré que dans la limite de bruit fort et de temps long, une dynamique purement diffusive émerge. Le modèle effectif décrivant cette limite s’interprète comme des fermions se propageant de proche en proche sur le réseau avec une amplitude de saut aléatoire. La distribution stationnaire atteinte à temps long par la distribution de probabilité est décrite pour deux cas de figure : Un cas dit à l’équilibre pour des conditions aux bords périodiques, un cas dit hors-équilibre pour des conditions aux bords injectant et retirant des fermions du réseau avec un taux donné. Il est montré que ces distributions respectent toutes deux un principe de larges déviations. En outre, une connexion explicite avec les processus d’exclusion symétrique classiques est mise en évidence ce qui justifie l'appellation de notre modèle : "Processus d’exclusion simple symétrique quantique". Enfin, on étudie également le cas où le bruit est généré par des mesures faibles continues de la chaîne de spin. On décrit la dynamique à temps long et bruit fort qui est celle de sauts quantiques entre états pointeurs de la chaîne. Ce processus Markovien possède les mêmes taux de transition que le processus d’exclusion simple symétrique classique<br>This thesis is devoted to the study of open many-body quantum systems in interaction with the environment, both in or out-of-equilibrium. The approach presented relies on quantum stochastic processes. We first study the behaviour of spin chain models when put in contact with an external environment which causes random local dephasing of the spins. It is shown that in the limit of strong noise and long time, a purely diffusive dynamics emerge. The effective dynamics describing this limit can be interpreted as fermions hopping between nearest neighbour sites on a lattice with random jumps amplitude. The stationary distribution reached in the long-time limit is described for two specific cases: One equilibrium situation where we choose periodic boundary conditions, one out-of-equilibrium situation where the boundaries are connected to reservoirs injecting and removing fermions at a given rate. In both cases, it is shown that these distributions fulfil a principle of large deviations. Additionally, an explicit mapping to classical symmetric simple exclusion process is put forward, justifying the name of our model: "The quantum symmetric simple exclusion process". Finally, we also study the case where the noise is generated by continuous monitoring of the spin chain. We describe the long time and strong noise dynamics which is given by quantum jumps between pointer states of the chain. It is shown that this Markov process possesses the same transition rates that the classical symmetric simple exclusion process