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Donyo, Pema. "The Fear Factor: Determinants of Entrepreneurial Fear of Failure." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2017. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1670.
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This thesis aims to investigate determinants of fear of failure in entrepreneurial activity that could inhibit starting a business. The study uses cross-sectional, pooled OLS, and panel regressions. The dependent variable is fear of failure regarding entrepreneurship, measured with the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) survey question of whether fear of failure would prevent the responder from starting a firm. The unit of analysis is at country level. I categorize determinants into demographic, property rights, and procedural variables. A population of higher working age ratio (measured as the population aged 15-64 divided by the population aged 65 and over) correlates with a decreasing fear of failure. Additionally, stronger property rights appear to decrease fear of failure. I do not find a statistically significant relationship between fear of failure and procedural variables in my datasets. A binary variable for whether the country is in Asia appears to show a positive association with fear of failure, increasing it by ten percentage points. Since decreasing fear of failure is desirable to promote greater entrepreneurial activity, a better understanding of the determinants of fear of failure is essential to inform public policies to spur entrepreneurial growth. The findings from this study, while not conclusive, identify the importance of further research based on larger datasets and variables that are more robust.
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SOUZA, DANIEL OSWALDO SANTANA DE. "THE FEAR OF FAILURE AT THE WORKPLACE." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2012. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=20722@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROCOORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
PROGRAMA DE SUPORTE À PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO DE INSTS. DE ENSINO
Muitos são os fatores que contribuem para a disseminação do sentimento do medo no ambiente de trabalho. Mudanças tecnológicas e constantes transformações nos sistemas de gestão têm aumentado as pressões por excelência, aliadas à produtividade, intensificando dessa forma a experiência profissional (CUNHA, 2006). Tal fato, na maioria dos casos, é percebido pelos pesquisadores organizacionais como algo danoso, capaz de comprometer a integridade psicológica e até física de quem o vivencia, influenciando negativamente o funcionamento organizacional (SUAREZ, 1993; APPLEBAUM, 1998). Todavia, há quem veja no medo algo positivo. Tal sentimento, por vezes, se bem gerido, é defendido como um ponto sustentador da interação social (KOURY, 2002) ou até como um potencializador de performance, contribuindo para o bom desempenho de gestores e funcionários numa empresa. O objetivo principal desta dissertação é entender como variáveis demográficas – tais como idade, gênero, status profissional, tipo de vínculo profissional e nível hierárquico – influenciam na intensidade do medo de errar no ambiente organizacional. Para tanto, foi aplicado o questionário Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory – PFAI (CONROY, 2002) a uma amostra intencional, não probabilística, escolhida por acessibilidade de alunos de cursos de pós-graduação em Administração de Empresas de uma universidade carioca. Com base no tratamento estatístico dos dados observou-se o fenômeno do falso baixo, que coloca em evidência as limitações relacionadas à expressão de sentimentos, principalmente de sentimentos negativos, tal como o medo. Apesar dos baixos índices de medo de errar aferidos, os dados estatísticos descritivos rechaçaram a hipótese estabelecida entre os índices de medo de errar e o tipo de vínculo profissional vivido pelos indivíduos e sinalizam a necessidade da adequação do construto postulado por Conroy (2002) ao ambiente organizacional brasileiro.
Many are the factors that contribute to the wide spreading of fear in the workplace. Technological changes and constant transformations on the management systems have been raising the pressure for excellence and productivity, intensifying the professional experience (CUNHA, 2006). Such scenario, in most of cases is acknowledged by researchers as something evil, capable of jeopardizing psychological and even physical integrity of those who experience it, negatively effecting organizational development (SUAREZ, 1993, APPLEBAUM, 1998). However, there are those who see in fear something positive. Such feeling, sometimes, when well managed is defined as a cornerstone for social interaction (KOURY, 2002) or even as a performance improver, helping managers and employees in a company. The main goal of this dissertation is to explore how demographic variables – such as age, gender, professional status, professional contract type and hierarchal level – effect on the intensity of the fear of failure in the workplace. In order to accomplish that, the Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory – PFAI (CONROY, 2002) was applied to an intentional, nonprobabilistic sample, chosen by accessibility of Business Administration graduate students from a university from Rio de Janeiro. Based on data statistical treatment, it could be observed false low scores, that highlight some limitations related to the expression of feelings, specially the negative ones, like fear. Besides the low scores measured for fear of failure, the descriptive statistics refused the hypothesis established between fear of failure and the professional contract type variable and indicate the need for fitting of the fear of failure construct (CONROY, 2002) to the Brazilian workplace.
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Sagar, Sam S. "Fear of failure among young elite athletes." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2007. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/19049.
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Fear of failure has negative psychological and physiological effects on children in achievement settings. Perceiving the consequences of failure to be aversive provides the basis for fear of failure, and the anticipation of threatening outcome elicits fear. This thesis focuses on investigating fear of failure in the sport domain, specifically among young elite athletes. The first study (chapter 4) examined young athletes' (n=9; ages 14-17 years) perceptions of the consequences of failure, the effects of fear of failure on them, and their coping responses to the effects of fear of failure. Data analysis revealed that the most commonly perceived aversive consequences of failure were diminished perception of self, no sense of achievement, and the emotional cost of failure. Fear of failure affected the athletes' well-being, interpersonal relationships, schoolwork, and sporting performance. They employed a combination of problem-focused, emotion-focused, and avoidance focused coping strategies, the latter being the most frequently reported strategy. Study 2 (chapter 5) aimed to examine the developmental origins of fear of failure among young elite athletes. Three intact families of young elite athletes (ages 13-14 years) volunteered to participate in this study. Data analysis revealed three mechanisms of fear of failure transmission: parental punitive behaviour, parental controlling behaviour, and parental expectations. The athletes and their parents reported common fears of failure, such as fears of negative judgment, of not attaining aspirations, of losing ranking, and of nonselection to future competitions. The study provided evidence to support an intergenerational transmission of fear of failure from parents to young elite athletes through recurrent patterns of parent-child interaction. The third and final study (chapter 6) designed an intervention programme whose primary aim was to reduce young elite athletes' (n=6, ages 13-15 years) fear of failure levels through parental training, and its secondary aim was to reduce their parents' fears of their child's failure. The intervention comprised two separate educational programmes. The first programme offered the parents (6 couples) a one-off educational seminar (Study 3a) and the second programme offered a young elite athlete and her parents ten weekly one-to one intervention sessions (Study 3b). Both programmes aimed to teach parents about fear of failure and about their role in the development of their child's FF, specifically addressing issues of parent-child communication and interaction. Cognitive-behavioural therapy provided the framework for the intervention. Findings from both programmes showed that the parents reduced their punitive behaviours and adopted more favourable ways of reacting to their child's failures. Both programmes showed that the athletes' and parents' fear of failure levels had decreased post-intervention. Avoidance motivation goals also decreased for most of the athletes. This research extends our knowledge on the FF phenomenon in the youth sport context, where research on FF has been greatly neglected. It provides the first scientific documentation of young elite athletes' perceptions of the consequences of failure, the effects of fear of failure on them, and their coping responses to these effects. It also provides the first evidence to support intergenerational transmission of fear of failure from parents to young elite athletes; thus, implicating parents in the developmental origins of fear of failure in young elite athletes. The intervention programme offers the first documented scientific programme designed to reduce fear of failure levels of young elite athletes and their parents, thus, enhancing our knowledge about the treatment ofFF. The findings of this research can be used to inform assessment, diagnosis, and treatment off ear of failure in sport. A better understanding of the fear of failure phenomenon in sport will enable sport psychologists to enhance young athletes' performances, well-being, and social development.
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Evans, Clive. "Factors associated with fear of failure in schools." Thesis, University of South Wales, 1987. https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/factors-associated-with-fear-of-failure-in-schools(7a6fb511-d92c-489a-a84c-cdc7fd1de185).html.
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Specific Aims of the study: The specific objectives of the study were to ascertain: (1) whether significant differences exist within different schools between pupils classified according to form membership for certain personality variables, educational achievement, reasoning, attitude towards school and fear of failure; (2) whether significant differences exist between the sexes classified according to school and form membership for certain personality variables, reasoning, attitude towards school, and fear of failure; (3) whether significant differences exist between schools for performance on certain personality, reasoning, educational achievement, attitude towards school and fear of failure tests and or inventories; (4) whether any significant relationships exist between the variables selected for study (a) for the total sample of pupils, and (b) for pupils classified according to form and school membership. The sample: The sample comprised 157 primary school pupils in the age range 10-11 years, drawn from three junior schools. There were 81 boys in the sample and 76 girls. Instruments Employed to obtain Data: (1) Reading - bchonell R.4. (2) Reasoning - The Progressive Matrices Test (3) Extraversion and Neuroticism - The Junior Eysenck Personality Inventory (4) Anxiety - The Boxall Test (5) Self Concept - The Lipsitt Test (6) Self -Esteem - The Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory (7) Fear of Failure - Self Designed (8) Mathematics - Graded Arithmetic Mathematics Test (Junior) P.E. Vernon (9) Attitude towards School - Fitts Attitude toward School Scale. Main Findings:(1) Form Differences Significant differences for certain variables occurred between forms in Blaencaerau and Garth junior schools. For Blaencaerau these were (a) forms 1O and 11 for extraversion and fear of failure; (b) forms 1O and 12 for anxiety, attitude to school and mathematical achievement; (c) forms 11 and 12 for anxiety, self concept, attitude to school and mathematical achievement. For Garth there were significant differences between forms 7 and 8 for reading, reasoning, fear of failure, attitude to school, and mathematical achievement. (2) Sex Differences: For the total sample of boys and girls significant differences occurred for anxiety, self-esteem, fear of failure and attitude to school. Significant sex differences for neuroticism, anxiety, self-concept and self esteem occurred for all Blaencaerau pupils, and significant differences between the sexes in Garth junior school occurred for anxiety and failure. However, in Llangynwyd junior school no significant sex differences occurred. Significant sex differences occurred in classes 10 and 11 on Blaencaerau school for the following variables: class 10 - neuroticism, self-esteem, fear of failure and mathematical achievement; class 11 - extraversion, anxiety and self-esteem. A significant sex difference for anxiety occurred in class 7 of Garth junior school. 3) School Differences: Significant school differences occurred between schools for the following variables: Blaencaerau and Garth - extraversion and anxiety; Blaencaerau and Llangynwyd - fear of failure and mathematical achievement; Garth and Llangynwyd - anxiety and fear of failure. (4) Correlations for the total sample (N = 157) significant correlations occurred for the following: (a) reading and all variables other than neuroticism; (b) matrices scores and all variables other than extraversion and neuroticism; (c) extraversion and all variables, other than reasoning, anxiety, mathematics, attitude to school, and fear of failure) (d) neuroticism and all variables, other than reading, attitude to school and mathematics; (e) anxiety and all variables, other than self-concept, attitude to school, and mathematics; (f) self-concept and all variables, other than anxiety; (g) self-esteem and all variables; (h) fear of failure and all variables, other than extraversion, attitude to school and mathematics; (i) attitude towards school and all variables, other than extraversion, neuroticism, anxiety, and fear of failure); (j) mathematics and all variables, other than extraversion, neuroticism, anxiety, and fear of failure. Significant correlations occurred between some variables within forms in each school.
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Cacciotti, Gabriella. "Fear of failure in entrepreneurship : a review, reconceptualization and operationalization." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2015. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/73258/.
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In entrepreneurship, the fear of failure has been identified as a significant barrier to entrepreneurial activity. The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), the world's largest study of entrepreneurial activity, defines the fear of failure as a strong inhibitor for seizing opportunities and transforming entrepreneurial intentions into entrepreneurial actions. Contrary to entrepreneurship research, psychological theory offers a counterintuitive prediction of the outcomes of fear of failure. While early achievement theories argued that fear of failure inhibits behavior, later psychological research has found fear of failure to be dualistic in nature, sometimes motivating individuals to act while at other times inhibiting such action. Although there is no unified theory on fear of failure within the psychology literature, the theoretical background of this construct in entrepreneurship appears even more fragmented. An examination of the existing entrepreneurship literature on fear of failure reveals that scholars have used different definitions and measures to explain this phenomenon and investigate its effects on entrepreneurial behavior. Because these measures refer to a different nature of the fear of failure construct, it is very unlikely that they converge to capture the same phenomenon. Therefore, a clear understanding of the nature and effects of fear of failure in entrepreneurship is needed. In this respect, this thesis addresses the research question of how fear of failure can be defined and measured within the entrepreneurial process. Three articles have been developed to answer this research question. In Article 1, the conceptual issues associated with the current status of the literature on fear of failure in entrepreneurship and the characteristics of the entrepreneurial setting that shape the fear of failure experience are discussed. Building on these conceptual observations, Article 2 adopts a qualitative approach to investigate the experience of fear of failure antecedent and concurrent to the entrepreneurial process. Sixty-five entrepreneurs and potential entrepreneurs have been interviewed to show that fear of failure can be defined as a complex combination of cognition, affect, and behavior. Finally, in Article 3 four studies are conducted to develop and validate a new measure of entrepreneurial fear of failure. Findings from these three articles shed light on the fear of failure construct in entrepreneurship, which emerged as a context-sensitive phenomenon.
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Nyikos, Tara. "Self-Reported Feelings of Shame and Fear of Failure among High Ability Undergraduates." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2020. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703278/.
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Understanding how emotions influence motivation among students is critical to the talent development process. Research shows that certain emotions elicit an approach motive while other emotions elicit an avoidance motive. This study explored emotional disposition and fear of failure among undergraduates enrolled in honors college (n = 63) compared to undergraduates enrolled in regular college courses (n = 296). Results suggest that dispositional shame is positively correlated with fear of failure; however, neither gender nor enrollment in honors college predict fear of failure beyond dispositional shame. Students enrolled in honors college do not differ on measurements of shame and fear of failure compared to students not enrolled in honors college. In general, female undergraduates were more likely to report experiences of shame, guilt, fear of shame and embarrassment, and fear of devaluing one's self-estimate than their male peers. The findings are discussed in light of a need to understand high-ability college students.
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Nichols, Melanie. "Self-Efficacy, Outcome Expectancy, and Fear of Failure as Predictors of Physical Activity." OpenSIUC, 2012. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/638.
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Though the benefits of physical activity are well-studied and accepted, researchers have struggled to identify models of health behavior that accurately predict exercise. This dissertation utilized two components of Bandura's Social-Cognitive Model (self-efficacy and outcome expectancies) and added the construct of fear of failure in order to evaluate what factors influence an individual's decision to exercise or avoid physical activity. Self-report data assessing fear or failure, self-efficacy, outcome expectancies, and physical activity were collected from 248 university students and were analyzed using structural equation modeling techniques in order to evaluate the proposed structural model, which hypothesized that fear of failure would negatively relate to the two Social-Cognitive variables, which were expected to positively predict physical activity engagement. Results revealed that although fear of failure did not add significantly to the Social-Cognitive model, a large portion of the variance in physical activity (i.e., 49%) could be accounted for by the model. Additionally, results indicated that outcome expectancies were a much stronger predictor of physical activity than self-efficacy beliefs. This finding is discussed in relation to how individual differences and genetics may influence how rewarding or aversive individuals find exercising. Implications for intervention and directions for future study, including alternate ways of adding affect to the model are discussed.
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Proctor, Keith R. "The Complex Nature of Learning Failure: A Student Perspective." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2014. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4019.
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The purpose of this study was to explore how college students reflectively describe their learning failure experiences, along with the major themes of those experiences. Through a series of in-depth interviews, four narrative cases written from the perspective of two college students were developed. These four cases were then carefully analyzed and cross-examined to generate a deeper understanding of college student learning failures. This study explored approximately 78 themes related to these four cases, which led to the development of six key components of college student learning failure experiences: Recognizing Learning Failures, Evaluating Learning Failures, Attributions for Learning Failures, Self-Discovery Through Learning Failure, Past Experience and Future Expectations, and Social Influence. These components helped to define an initial framework for guiding future research into college student learning failure experiences.
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Arvidsson, Mia, and Viktor Larsson. "Rädsla för att misslyckas : En kvantitativ studie om personlighetens påverkan på "Fear of Failure" i arbetslivet." Thesis, Högskolan Väst, Avdelningen för psykologi, pedagogik och sociologi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-12584.
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Fear of failure (FF) har negativ påverkan på individers motivation, val av arbete, prestationsförmåga och allmänt välbefinnande och kan uppstå när människor skall ta olika beslut. Vår studie avsåg att undersöka om fear of failure kan förklaras av personlighet och om det fanns andra påverkansfaktorer, så som socioekonomisk status, ålder och kön. En kvantitativ metod användes och datainsamlingen skedde via en webbaserad enkät innehållande 62 frågor. Deltagarna i studien (N = 153), bestod av 115 kvinnor (75%) och 38 män (25%). IPIP-30 användes för att mäta personlighet och Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory (PFAI) användes för att mäta fear of failure. Resultatet visade i regressionsanalys ett mycket starkt statistiskt signifikant samband (r = .69) mellan fear of failure och personlighetsfaktorn neuroticism, samt att det kunde förklara ≈ 53% av variansen inom fear of failure. Resultatet var förvånansvärt starkt och tydligt och visade på ett övertygande sätt att personlighet förklarade en stor del av innehållet i det begrepp som kallas "fear of failure". Vår slutsats är därför att fear of failure som begrepp, tillsammans med tillhörande mätinstrument (PFAI-skalan), blir överflödigt och kan istället ersättas av personlighetsfaktorerna i femfaktormodellen.Fear of failure (FF) has a negative impact on individuals' motivation, choice of occupation, ability to work and general well-being and can occur when people make different decisions. Our study was designed to investigate whether fear of failure can be explained by personality and whether there were other factors of influence such as socioeconomic status, age and sex. A quantitative method was used, and data collection was conducted via a web-based survey containing 62 questions. The participants in the study (N = 153) consisted of 115 women (75%) and 38 men (25%). IPIP-30 was used to measure personality and the Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory (PFAI) was used to measure fear of failure. The result showed in regression analysis a very strong statistically significant relationship (r = .69) between fear of failure and the personality factor neuroticism, and that it could explain ≈ 53% of the variance in fear of failure. The result was surprisingly strong and clear and showed convincingly that personality explained a large part of the content of the term called "fear of failure". Our conclusion is therefore that fear of failure as a concept, together with the associated measuring instrument (PFAI scale) becomes superfluous and can instead be replaced by the personality in the five-factor model.
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Massey, William V. "Differences in shame coping styles and fear of failure among high school aged athletes /." Available to subscribers only, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1588782171&sid=14&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Athanas, Elizabeth Helen. "Fear of failure, experience, and division as predictors of state anxiety in USFA epee fencers." Click here to access thesis, 2007. http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/archive/spring2007/elizabeth_h_athanas/athanas_elizabeth_h_200701_ms.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Georgia Southern University, 2007."A thesis submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Georgia Southern University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Science." Under the direction of Jonathan N. Metzler. ETD. Electronic version approved: May 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-43) and appendices.
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DINIZ, EDMIR DENIS. "THE FEAR OF FAILURE IN THE WORK ENVIRONMENT OF A PENSION FUND: A CASE STUDY." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2014. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=24531@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROCOORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
PROGRAMA DE SUPORTE À PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO DE INSTS. DE ENSINO
O medo pode reprimir a criatividade, a inovação e o talento dos indivíduos, sendo capaz de gerar desgostos, frustrações e posturas defensivas. Por outro lado, o medo pode ser interpretado como algo positivo e uma administração eficaz desse sentimento pode transformá-lo num ponto de apoio de interação social ou fonte de motivação, contribuindo para o desempenho de gerentes e colaboradores de uma organização. O principal objetivo deste estudo é analisar como as diferenças geracionais e as variáveis demográficas - tais como gênero, tipo de plano de previdência, nível hierárquico, tempo no cargo e tempo na empresa - influenciam na intensidade do medo de errar no ambiente organizacional. Para tanto, foi aplicado o questionário Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory – PFAI (CONROY, 2002) a uma amostra intencional, não probabilística, escolhida por acessibilidade, de funcionários de um Fundo de Pensão do Rio de Janeiro. O tratamento estatístico dos dados revelou baixa intensidade do medo de errar relacionado às gerações, sendo que a Geração X apresentou os maiores índices, colocando em evidência as limitações relacionadas à expressão de sentimentos, principalmente de sentimentos negativos. Por outro lado, gênero e tempo no cargo apresentaram resultados significativos, indicando que mulheres e funcionários em posições hierarquicamente inferiores tendem a sentir com mais intensidade o medo de errar.
Fear can restrain creativity, innovation and the talent of individuals, being able to generate disgusts, frustrations and defensive postures. On the other hand, fear can be interpreted as something positive and effective administration of this sentiment can turn it into a foundation of social interaction or source of motivation, contributing to the performance of managers and employees of an organization. The main objective of this study is to examine how generational differences and demographic variables - such as gender , type of pension plan , hierarchical level , time in office and time in the company - influence the intensity of the fear of failure in the organizational environment. In order to accomplish that, the Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory questionnaire was applied - PFAI ( Conroy, 2002) to a non-probabilistic and non-intentional sample, chosen by accessibility of a Pension Fund employees from Rio de Janeiro. Statistical analysis of the data revealed low intensity of the fear of failure related to generations, and Generation X showed the highest rates, highlighting the limitations related to the expression of feelings, especially negative ones, such as fear. On the other hand, gender and time in office showed significant results, indicating that women and employees in junior positions tend to feel more intensely the fear of making mistakes.
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FUJIE, Rieko, and 里衣子 藤江. "インポスター現象研究の概観." 名古屋大学大学院教育発達科学研究科, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/16135.
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Keller, Kimberly J. M. "Coresidence between divorcing daughters and their mothers managing feeling like a failure /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5891.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on August 13, 2007) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Collier, Caroline. "Exploring the impact of an ipsative literacy development intervention on first year university students' fear of failure in assessment." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2018. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10043556/.
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This work enhances sector understanding of the impact of using an ipsative literacy development intervention on first year university students’ fear of failure in assessment. The work explores the literacy experiences and practices of nontraditionally qualified undergraduates as they make their transition into their first year of higher education, academic study and assessment activities. Research literature continues to raise concerns around progression and attainment, particularly for students from lower socio-economic backgrounds. Academic study and writing in particular often present challenges for students without traditional entry qualifications. The literature further suggests that learners experience many influences as they enter higher education yet it is difficult for the university and tutors to influence learners at this point of transition. The findings in this thesis suggest that through literacy intervention, course teams are able to influence points of transition and support at-risk first years into tutor preferred literacy practices for academic study and writing. The justification, design and use of a literacy intervention are presented, with findings demonstrating how ipsative assessment activities positively influence students whilst they are in points of transition. Participant accounts and written assignments at three different points during a literacy intervention situated in a discipline module are scrutinised. This uncovers complex participant reactions of fear, anxiety, confusion and not knowing what was required for academic study and writing. Analysis showed participants were unaware of how institutional provisions could support them. Although initially seeking support outside of the institution from family and friends, who were unfamiliar with academia, the assessment design within the intervention framework ensured engagement with the tutor-led learning environment. In particular, an online forum and materials supporting iterative ipsative feedback allowed tutor influence at points of transition. Findings of this research have the potential to inform policies on progression and attainment through informing educational practices to support learners in making successful transition to academic study and writing in Higher Education.
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Landberg, Carolina, and Olivia Åkerberg. "Personlighet och Prestationsångest bland Universitetsstudenter." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för psykologi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-155552.
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Eftersom studenter ständigt står inför olika prestationsmoment avser denna studie att mäta huruvida det finns ett samband mellan personlighetsdragen ur Big Five-teorin och prestationsångest hos universitets- och högskolestudenter i Sverige, för att vidare kunna undersöka om olika personlighetsdrag är mer eller mindre känsliga för prestationsångest. Studien fick 86 svar på en webbenkät där studenterna först fick svara på bakgrundsvariablerna; kön, ålder, antal studieår, studietakt och om de arbetade parallellt med studierna. Vidare mätte enkäten Big Five’s personlighetsdrag med The Big Five Inventory (BFI) samt prestationsångest, som operationaliseras med Fear of Failure (FF) och mättes med The Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory (PFAI). Vi fann en signifikant positiv relation mellan generell FF och personlighetsdraget neuroticism samt en signifikant positiv relation mellan generell FF och kvinnor. Mycket talar för att alla upplever FF men att vissa har förmågan att vända det till något positivt på grund av en stark passion och motivering för att lyckas nå sina mål.Students is a group that constantly is facing different elements of performance and therefore, this study aims to measure whether there is a correlation between the personality traits of the Big Five theory and performance anxiety for university and college students in Sweden, to further investigate if different personality traits are more or less sensitive to performance anxiety. The study received 86 answers from a web-poll where students first responded to background variables such as; gender, age, number of academic years, study-pace and if they worked during their studies. Furthermore, the survey measured Big Five's personality traits with The Big Five Inventory (BFI) and performance anxiety, got operationalized with Fear of Failure (FF), measured with The Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory (PFAI). The study found a significantpositive relationship between general FF and the personality trait neuroticism and a significantpositiverelationship between general FF and women.Much suggests that everyone experiences some degree of FF but that some have the ability to turn it to something positive due to a strong passion and motivation to succeed in achieving their goals.
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Büchele, de Montes Melanie. "Fear of Failure in Swedish 9th Grade Students and its effect on their decision to study STEM : A quantitative study." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kemi och biomedicin (KOB), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-100706.
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Sweden faces a recruitment problem in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). It has been suggested that imposter phenomenon, a feeling of fraudulence and inability to internalize success, may be the reason why many individuals, especially women, leave STEM fields. Fear of failure is theorized to be the main motive underlying imposter phenomenon. In Sweden, students are asked to choose a direction of study already when entering upper secondary school. In the current study, a survey of 1045 ninth grade students from 27 schools throughout Sweden aimed to answer five research questions: (1) How prevalent is fear of failure in grade 9 students in Sweden, (2) How does the prevalence of fear of failure differ between male and female students, (3) and between students with differing levels of achievement, (4) How do students’ fear of failure differ in relation to STEM subjects and other subjects, and (5) Are students with a higher fear of failure less likely to pick a STEM program for their continued education? The results showed that the average Swedish grade 9 student did not experience a high fear of failure, but over one fourth of the students surveyed at least partially agreed with the statements in the Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory, which puts them at risk for suffering negative mental health effects. Females experienced a significantly higher fear of failure, which may be rooted in gender stereotype consciousness. Perceived risk of failure in STEM programs was not a significant predictor for whether students picked STEM programs, and surprisingly, fear of failure was significantly higher in those that would choose to study STEM. It seems that interest in a program and future career opportunities outweighs any potential risks of failure. If students with a high fear of failure are choosing STEM programs, it is important for educators to break them out of the “imposter cycle” of overpreparing and then being unable to internalize their successes. One way to do this is to teach students about the early struggles that famous scientists faced in producing the information they are learning, in order to teach them that failure, or hard work and effort, does not signal a lack of intelligence. The best predictor for students that would choose STEM programs was whether they found mathematics and science classes easy, so sparking interest and demystifying these subjects is one of the keys to the STEM recruitment problem.
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Berger, Philipp K. [Verfasser], Jörg [Akademischer Betreuer] Freiling, and Christoph [Akademischer Betreuer] Burmann. "The role of fear for entrepreneurial venture creation : causes of failure before and after foundation / Philipp Kurt Berger. Gutachter: Jörg Freiling ; Christoph Burmann. Betreuer: Jörg Freiling." Bremen : Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1072226553/34.
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Walter, Sheryl L. "Who develops? Understanding the role of leadership mindset in developmental opportunities." Diss., University of Iowa, 2016. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2162.
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Billions of dollars are invested annually on leadership development interventions within organizations. And while these leadership development programs are generally effective, as evidenced by meta-analytic findings, researchers and organizational leaders alike are perplexed by the fact that some individuals’ leadership abilities do not show improvement after participating in a leadership development program. Drawing from social psychology and implicit person theory, I extend implicit self-theory into the leadership domain to examine leadership mindset, the belief an individual has about the malleability of leadership ability, and its relationship to leadership growth. Individuals with a more incremental leadership mindset believe that through hard work and effort they can improve their leadership ability. Individuals with a more fixed mindset, conversely, believe that leadership ability cannot be purposefully changed. Implicit self-theory would suggest that individuals with a more incremental mindset will have more leadership growth than individuals with a more fixed leadership mindset. Using self-regulation theory as a foundation, I propose that the effect of leadership mindset on leadership growth will be transferred through three mechanisms: negative feedback-seeking, reflection, and fear of failure. I also hypothesize that the relationship between these mediators and leadership growth will be stronger for leaders who have more developmental opportunities. Thus, I hypothesize a second-stage moderated mediation effect whereby the effect of leadership mindset on leadership growth through negative feedback-seeking, reflection, and fear of failure is stronger when individuals have more developmental opportunities.
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McMahon, Brian. "Organizational Commitment, Relationship Commitment and Their Association with Attachment Style and Locus of Control." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/14502.
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Organizational commitment (OC) is a psychological state that binds an employee to an organization, and the Three-Component Model of organizational commitment (Meyer and Allen, 1991) posits that employees bind with their organizations as a result of desire (affective commitment), need (continuance commitment) and obligation (normative commitment). Similarly, relationship commitment between two people also has been conceived as a psychological state (Rusbult and Buunk, 1993), and Arriaga and Agnew (2001) outlined affective, cognitive and conative components of the state. This exploratory study examined the similarities between these conceptually parallel commitment models by determining how the dimensions of the two types of commitment correlate with one another, attachment style (Bowlby 1969/1982) and locus of control (Rotter, 1966). Data collected from 171 working adults yield several noteworthy associations and suggest future directions of inquiry.
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Hunter, Morgan Rose. "The Role of Grit and Other Non-Cognitive Factors: Investigating the Engagement and Achievement of STEM Majors." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1594909326806696.
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Kahraman, Nurcan. "Antecedents And Consequences Of Achievement Goals." Phd thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613322/index.pdf.
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This study aimed to investigate the antecedents and consequences ofachievement goals. While self efficacy, task value, fear of failure, perceived parents&rsquoand teachers&rsquo
achievement goals were investigated as antecedents of achievement goals in science, students&rsquo
metacognition and coping strategies were examined as consequences of achievement goals in science. In this investigation, a model of the potential associations among these variables was proposed and tested by using path analysis. 977, 7th grade, elementary students participated in the study. According to the results, students&rsquo
higher levels of task value, perceived parents&rsquo
mastery goals, and perceived teachers&rsquo
mastery goals were positively related to mastery approach goals. Additionally, students&rsquo
higher levels of perceived parents&rsquo
mastery goals, fear of shame and embarrassment, fear of devaluing one&rsquo
s self-estimate were positively related to mastery avoidance goals. Concerning to performance goals, the model suggest that higher levels of self efficacy and perceived parents&rsquo
performance goals were positively related to performance approach goals. Furthermore, students&rsquo
higher level of task value, perceived parents&rsquo
performance goals and fear of upsetting important others were positively related to performance avoidance goals. The path model also suggest that students who adopt mastery approach goals tend to use more adaptive coping strategies, and less maladaptive coping strategies than others. Besides, students who adopt mastery avoidance goals tend to use maladaptive coping strategies when they face an academic failure in science. Moreover, students&rsquo
performance approach goals are related to both adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies. Lastiy students&rsquo
performance avoidance goals positively associated to metacognition.
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Smith, Carnel Lorenzo Sr. "LASTING LEGACIES: THE EFFECTS OF NATURAL MENTORS IN THE LIVES OF AT-RISK AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALE ADOLESCENTS." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1162842875.
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Khan, Saeed Ullah. "La peur de l'échec des équipes dans les situations à haut risque." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Pau, 2025. http://www.theses.fr/2025PAUU2007.
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Cette étude examine les liens entre le travail et son environnement, et leurs effets sur la gestion des ressources humaines. La recherche concerne les équipes en environnements à haut risque, confrontées à des dangers physiques et psychologiques sévères. Depuis plus de 50 ans, les chercheurs ont étudié les équipes dans divers domaines comme l'exploration spatiale, les urgences médicales et les missions en mer, en se concentrant sur la performance.Cependant, cette étude explore le lien entre les performances de l'équipe et les environnements hostiles avec une forte peur de l'échec. La recherche a adopté une approche multidisciplinaire pour analyser la relation entre les facteurs de stress, le stress et la contrainte dans ces contextes spécifiques.Cette étude analyse les erreurs causées par la peur de l'échec au niveau individuel et collectif, en se basant sur le modèle IPO de McGrath (1965) et la théorie de la conservation des ressources de Hobfoll (1989). En utilisant une approche multivariée et longitudinale, l'auteur étudie l'impact des ressources individuelles et collectives sur les résultats à long terme. La conscience individuelle de la sécurité et de la cohésion d'équipe, ainsi que le comportement utile, influencent l'efficacité à long terme des équipes.L'étude examine l'effet du crossover en étudiant la peur de l'échec et la dynamique des ressources sur les performances individuelles et collectives de l'équipe. Nous utilisons une méthodologie multi-niveau et basée sur les données pour identifier les modèles et mécanismes des processus, soulignant l'importance stratégique de la gestion des ressources pour atténuer les effets négatifs de l'anxiété liée à l'échec dans un contexte hostile.Les données de la recherche ont été collectées auprès des équipes de vaccination anti-polio travaillant dans des zones à haut risque du Balochistan, le long de la frontière entre le Pakistan et l'Afghanistan. Ces zones ont été identifiées comme dangereuses pour les agents de vaccination anti-polio en raison des attaques terroristes. Les données ont été recueillies en trois phases sur trois mois auprès de 72 équipes de vaccination dans des zones à risque élevé, puis analysées avec la méthode DSEM dans Mplus (v. 8.11).Les résultats suggèrent que la sensibilisation à la sécurité et la formation à la cohésion d'équipe pourraient atténuer les effets négatifs de l'anxiété liée à l'échec. Favoriser la cohésion par l'entraide améliore les performances en cas de difficulté. De plus, cette étude souligne l'importance de comprendre les interactions entre les équipes et d'optimiser les stratégies de ressources pour garantir le succès à long terme dans des environnements stressants.Les résultats de cette recherche sont importants à la fois théoriquement et pratiquement. Les actions prises en gestion d'équipe doivent éviter les conséquences graves de l'échec.Je veux que vous résumiez cette phrase en français, en la rendant plus courte, plus condensée et plus concise. Prenez votre temps, soyez attentif, respirez profondément avant de réécrire la phrase. La phrase que vous produirez sera en français, aura le même contenu, aucune information ne sera ajoutée ou supprimée, et sera exempte d'erreurs orthographiques et grammaticalesThis study examines how employment and its surroundings affect human resources. The research examines high-risk teams facing serious physical and psychological threats. Teams in space exploration, medical crises, and deep-sea submarines have been studied for over 50 years, focussing on performance.This study seeks to link objective team performance to tough environments where failure is feared. The study examined the relationship between stressors (severe environment), stress (Fear of failure), and strain (number of mistakes) in such circumstances using organisational behaviour, psychology, and safety management.This study uses the input-process-output (IPO) model (McGrath, 1965) and the conservation of resources (COR) theory (Hobfoll, 1989) to examine individual and team mistakes caused by fear of failure. It examines how individual and team resources affect long-term results using a multilevel and longitudinal approach. Individual safety awareness and team cohesion as level 2 or between-level mediators affect teams' long-term performance, with helpful conduct as a moderator.In addition to the crossover effect, the study examines how fear of failure and resource dynamics impact team performance and individual team members. We employ a multi-level, data-driven approach to explore the patterns and mechanisms that underlie these processes, emphasising the strategic relevance of resource management in minimising hostile environment-induced fear of failure.The study included data from polio vaccination teams in high-risk areas of Balochistan, particularly near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, which UNICEF and other health organisations say is a terrorist hotspot. Mplus (version 8.11) was used to analyse data from 72 high-risk polio teams in three waves over three months using Dynamic Structural Equation Modelling (DSEM).The findings suggest that safety awareness and team cohesion trainings help reduce fear of failure. Teamwork via assisting behaviour improves performance under challenging settings. For long-term success in high-stakes contexts, the study emphasises understanding inter-team dynamics and refining resource allocation strategies.This study's conclusions are important for theoretical frameworks and practical implementations, especially in team management situations where failure can be disastrous.Extreme Environment, Team, Performance, COR theory, multilevel, longitudinal, DSEM
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Muskin, Ryan M. "Age Differences in Emotional Reactivity to Subtypes of Sadness and Anger." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu162421148394513.
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Heiman, Diana L., and M. Wiederman. "Faculty Development ICL, Faculty Development: Facing Feedback - Failures, Fears and Fixes." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8165.
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Collins, Matt. "The emotional side of breakthrough innovation." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2015. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/9696.
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Breakthrough innovations are vital for the global economy and even our survival as a species. They appear as creative leaps and insights without obvious connection to existing knowledge and are extremely valuable to organisations, giving them significant competitive advantage. Historiometric and psychopathological evidence shows that breakthrough innovations are often associated with individuals and affective dysfunction; yet innovation today is widely held to be an organisational phenomenon operationalised though a model of creativity based on positive affective experiences and group activities which may be particularly unsuited to innovative thinkers. Research upon which the current paradigm for creativity and innovation are based is detached from real world outcomes and has been challenged as to its validity. Little data exists outside of experiments or indirect observation of naturally occurring affective experiences and the mood-creativity-innovation link has yet to be proven; we still know very little about how breakthrough innovations occur. This unique study addresses this significant gap in innovation research with a two-year longitudinal case study of a breakthrough innovation being developed for a multi-national Fast-Moving Consumer Goods company. It followed the journey of a lone innovator and attempts to answer the research question: “Can a fear of failure lead to breakthrough innovation?” The innovation space was investigated from three perspectives: technology, organisation and innovator, to build a picture of the highly immersive and emotionally charged experience of innovating. Many new insights were gained, and with extensive support from literature, new tools for the management of technology and the interface between innovators and organisations were developed, along with ground-breaking research into the mood-creativity innovation link. These are delivered through a series of four journal papers. The key finding from this research has been the discovery of the innovation-wave, a phenomenon which for the first time provides evidence for the mood-creativity-innovation link; intimately connecting real-world creative efficacy with emotion and specifically a ‘fear of failure’. From this finding a new theory and psycho-cognitive model for a distinct form of creativity called innovative thinking, driven by negative affect (mood) and specifically suited to achieving a breakthrough innovation through overcoming apparently insoluble problems, was posited and a hypothesis proposed and tested using a sophisticated innovation simulation developed especially for this purpose. Evidence from the case study and later experiment provide support for the research question and the lone innovator. This study makes a unique contribution to our understanding of creativity and innovation which could have a significant impact on how both are researched, taught and managed in the future. Being able to understand and possibly manipulate the innovation-wave, if proven correct, could be vitally important for maximising the potential for creating breakthrough innovations to the benefit of us all.
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Li, Bo. "Applications of Cohesive Zone Models in Dynamic Failure Analysis." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1459953377.
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Deuschle, H. Matthias [Verfasser]. "3D failure analysis of UD fibre reinforced composites : Puck's theory within FEA / by H. Matthias Deuschle." Stuttgart : Inst. für Statik und Dynamik der Luft- und Raumfahrtkonstruktionen, 2010. http://d-nb.info/1010526227/34.
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Whatley, Stephen Charles. "Computational Simulation of a Femoral Nail Fracture." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1558645340226381.
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Meng, Maozhou. "Effects of marine environment exposure on the static and fatigue mechanical properties of carbon fibre-epoxy composite." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/5341.
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This thesis studies the static and fatigue failure of carbon fibre-epoxy composite for marine use. The primary objective is to investigate the effects of sea water ingress on the static and cyclic performance of laminated composites, by using the combination of experimental, numerical and analytical approaches. Experiments were carried out to collect evidence, including data and images, for further analysis. Samples were made from autoclave-cured carbon fibre-epoxy pre-preg for the static, moisture diffusion and fatigue tests. Three chambers were used in the diffusion test, containing fresh water (tap water), sea water and sea water at 70 bar hydrostatic pressure respectively. And the chambers were placed in an oven at a constant temperature 50 °C in order to accelerate the water absorption. Optical and scanning electron microscopies (SEM) were employed to inspect for manufacturing defects and to identify the failure modes. Some formulae were derived to predict the material properties of laminated composites, to validate the mechanical tests, and to explain the failure criteria of composites. Finite element analysis (FEA) was employed to study the phenomena that were observed in the experiments. FEA has the aim to simulate the static, diffusion and fatigue behaviour involving multiphysics and multiscale effects. The FEA modelling has revealed details of the stress and moisture distributions, which have helped to understand the failure mechanisms of laminated composites. Classical laminate theory (CLT) was employed to develop an analytical model. The basic principles of CLT were extended to three-dimensions, and the analytical solution was critically compared with the FEA results. Some MATLAB tools based on CLT were developed to predict the properties of laminated composites and to analyse the experimental data. These MATLAB codes are shown in the appendix. This thesis has contributed to an improved knowledge of the failure mechanisms of composite materials in both normal and marine environments, and to optimize structural design of FRP composites.
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Yan, Charlotte. "Vaildation of nonlinear FE-simulation for design improvement." Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2013. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-114592.
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The aim of the project is to develop a model, which is going to be used for mass reduction of a standard profile of aluminium seat rails in Aircraft structure. Using nonlinear analysis including plasticity and material failure laws the effect of changes in geometry vs. ultimate load is analysed (ABAQUS 6.11). First, the non-linear model used is validated with experimental testing: Boundary conditions and material properties are adjusted based on load displacement curves, strain gauges information and failure patterns. Less than 1% deviation is achieved between simulation and testing. An inclusion of material imperfection led to a 5% improvement of the results. Using the validated algorithm, a mass reduction is performed via geometry variationZiel der Studie ist es ein adäquates Simulationsmodell zu entwickeln, welches zur Gewichtsreduzierung einer Standardprofil Aluminium Sitzschiene im Flugzeug verwendet werden kann. In einer nichtlinearen Analyse unter Berücksichtigung der Plastizität des Materials und von Materialfehlern wird die Auswirkung der Geometrieänderungen auf die maximale Traglast analysiert (ABAQUS 6.11). Zunächst wird das nicht-lineare Modell mit experimentell ermittelten Daten überprüft: Randbedingungen und Materialeigenschaften werden basierend auf Lastverschiebungskurven, Informationen von Dehnungsmessstreifen und Versagensmustern angepasst. Dabei wurden weniger als 1% Abweichung zwischen Simulation und Test erzielt. Die Berücksichtigung von Materialfehlern führte zu einer 5%-igen Verbesserung der Ergebnisse. Mit dem validierten Modell wird abschließend eine Gewichtsreduzierung mittels Geometrievariation durchgeführt
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Nie, Zifeng. "Advanced Mesomechanical Modeling of Triaxially Braided Composites for Dynamic Impact Analysis with Failure." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1407129124.
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Silvers, Thomas W. "Implementation And Performance Comparisons For The Crisfield And Stiff Arc Length Methods In FEA." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2012. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5498.
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In Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis (FEA) applied to structures, displacements at which the tangent stiffness matrix KT becomes singular are called critical points, and correspond to instabilities such as buckling or elastoplastic softening (e.g., necking). Prior to the introduction of Arc Length Methods (ALMs), critical points posed severe computational challenges, which was unfortunate since behavior at instabilities is of great interest as a precursor to structural failure. The original ALM was shown to be capable in some circumstances of continued computation at critical points, but limited success and unattractive features of the formulation were noted and addressed in extensive subsequent research. The widely used Crisfield Cylindrical and Spherical ALMs may be viewed as representing the 'state-of-the-art'. The more recent Stiff Arc Length method, which is attractive on fundamental grounds, was introduced in 2004, but without implementation, benchmarking or performance assessment. The present thesis addresses (a) implementation and (b) performance comparisons for the Crisfield and Stiff methods, using simple benchmarks formulated to incorporate elastoplastic softening. It is seen that, in contrast to the Crisfield methods, the Stiff ALM consistently continues accurate computation at, near and beyond critical points.ID: 031001343; System requirements: World Wide Web browser and PDF reader.; Mode of access: World Wide Web.; Adviser: Ali P. Gordon.; Co-adviser: David W. Nicholson.; Title from PDF title page (viewed April 17, 2013).; Thesis (M.S.M.E.)--University of Central Florida, 2012.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-118).
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Masters
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Engineering and Computer Science
Mechanical Engineering; Mechanical Systems
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Bolanowski, Daniel. "The Leadership Perspective of Promoting Creativity and Innovation : A case study of an R&D organization." Thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Business Studies, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-9385.
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This paper focuses on leadership problems and possibilities regarding creativity in a specific R&D organization. This is done with the help of a model consisting of four domains of special interest for R&D leaders. A survey in the form of personal interviews was conducted with leaders and staff members of two R&D sections in the organization. The analysis pointed towards problems on work load and stress issues. Furthermore the organizational structure of the two sections provided a discussion on optimal structural build‐up in order to maximize creativity. Trust issues arose because of the apparent use of control by upper management as described by lower level leaders and the employees. Indications showed that the trust issues put up obstacles for learning and dealing with failure. On the other hand the relationships between section management and staff were perceived as good. Also the ground works of a good creative work was laid with the trusting relationships between fellow professionals within the group.
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Wang, Yaou. "Failure mechanism and reliability prediction for bonded layered structure due to cracks initiating at the interface." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1236645979.
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Chuan, Haw Wooi. "Reducing unbalanced magnetic pull in induction machines." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/31435.
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Induction machines are the most widely used type of electrical machines because of their robustness, simplicity, and relatively low cost. However, the small airgap in the induction machine makes them more susceptible to Unbalanced Magnetic Pull (UMP). This is because the magnitude of the UMP is a function of the degree of eccentricity, which is the ratio between the length of misalignment and the mean airgap length. The bearing-related failure accounts for approximately 41% of the total failures of induction machines; the percentages of bearing-related failure would be higher for applications in a harsher environment. In this thesis, the UMP caused by rotor eccentricity is investigated, because a small degree of rotor eccentricity is unavoidable due to the manufacturing tolerance and 80% of the mechanical faults could cause rotor eccentricity in electrical machines. When the rotor is not at the centre of the stator, the eccentric rotor causes an uneven airgap around the rotor, in which the magnetic permeance with the higher harmonics content will be created. The magnetomotive force (MMF) produces additional pole-pair ±1 magnetic flux around the airgap. The interaction between each magnetic flux with its pole pair ±1 magnetic flux produces UMP. As only the magnetic flux that crosses the airgap causes UMP, the magnetic flux is categorised into magnetising flux and airgap leakage flux, because both types of flux possess different characteristics at a different rotor slip. As the airgap leakage flux is difficult to calculate analytically, an empirical method is proposed to estimate the UMP caused by the airgap leakage flux. Then, the UMP caused by the magnetising flux can also be estimated by using the empirical method. The parameters for the empirical method can be found by using either the FEA or the experimental results. The damping effect of the magnetising flux in a parallel connected rotor bar is discussed and a damping coefficient is introduced to explain this scenario. The damping coefficient can also be used to calculate the UMP in a steady state analysis. UMP comparisons between the cage rotor and wound rotor induction machines are made. The wound rotor has a much higher UMP because the pole-specific wound rotor could not damp the additional pole pair ±1 magnetic flux. Therefore, a damper winding at the stator slot is also proposed in order to damp the UMP by producing a counteracting flux. In addition, analytical equations have also been derived for different scenarios, such as static eccentricity, dynamic eccentricity, axial-varying eccentricity, and skew rotor bars. Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and experimental work are used to demonstrate the derived analytical equation. Furthermore, the power losses caused by the rotor eccentricity are investigated. Iron losses, copper losses, and frictional loss are discussed and compared with both the analytical equation and the FEA results. In order to reduce the UMP in the induction machines, the two proposed methods are the slip control method and damper windings topology. The slip control method utilises the non-linearity characteristic of the UMP at different rotor slip. To find the optimum operating slip with the lowest UMP, the UMP/Torque ratio is introduced. The characteristics of the UMP/Torque ratio varies with the type and design of the induction machines. However, this method is only applicable when the machine is lightly loaded, because the magnetising flux is limited by the capped terminal voltage and the core saturation of the machine. For the damper winding topology, a circulating current flowing in the damper winding could produce a counteracting flux to damp the UMP. The proposed damper windings configuration is only suitable for the induction machine with an even pole pair number. Finally, comparisons between both UMP reduction methods are made.
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Smith, Daniel R. "Implicit personality and leadership in stressful and dangerous situations: a first step." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/43693.
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Leadership in stressful and dangerous situations is vitally important in terms of lives, property, and national strategic objectives. But our understanding of effective leadership in these and other contexts is limited. Part of the problem is that interactionist theoretical perspectives are not reflected in contemporary leadership thinking. In addition, the impact of individual differences on leadership is often misrepresented or hidden by linear correlations and regressions conducted on continuous scores. This study employed new, innovative, indirect conditional reasoning measures to assess the personalities of 627 leaders entering the militaryâ s most challenging and stressful combat leader development course (the US Army Ranger School). These innovative measures predicted compelling differences in leadership, attrition, and in the peer evaluations made during the training. Analyses conducted on the continuous personality scores demonstrate that these findings are misrepresented or hidden by linear correlations and regressions. As an alternative, I present a configural scoring scheme, couched in a poker analogy, to explain how these individual differences combine to predict the odds of success for each of the 18 personality types studied.
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Gonçalves, Kim Martineli Souza. "Análise numérica e experimental de falhas em juntas de materiais compósitos tipo single-lap fixadas por parafusos escareados." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18146/tde-23032016-095204/.
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Este trabalho trata das falhas que podem ocorrer em uniões e juntas de materiais compósitos unidas mecanicamente por parafusos. O compósito de fibra de carbono (tecido) embutido em resina epoxy foi estudado neste trabalho devido ao amplo uso em estruturas de vários segmentos da indústria. O trabalho apresenta vários critérios de falha, demonstrando as vantagens e desvantagens de cada um para materiais compósitos. A fabricação dos corpos de provas e os ensaios necessários para obtenção de parâmetros e validação de estruturas são descritos. A resistência da junta mostrou-se muito menor do que a da estrutura de compósito, demonstrando a importância de estudos assim. Criou-se um modelo numérico utilizando critérios de falhas como o critério de Hashin e o de máxima tensão. Os resultados da simulação de elementos finitos tiveram uma boa relação com os ensaios experimentais e o modelo foi então validado e considerado representativo.This work shows failures that can occur in composite mechanically fastened joints. The composite carbon fiber embedded in epoxy resin, used in this study, was chosen due to it\'s wide use in structures of any segment of the industry. Many failure criteria, showing the advantages and disadvantages for each, regarding composite structures are presented in this work. Test specimens\' manufacturing is described along with required tests for parameter definition and structures validation. The countersunk fastened joint strength is much lower than the composite structure itself, demonstrating the necessity of studies like this. A numerical model using criteria like Hashin and maximum stress was created. The finite elements\' simulation results had a close response to the experimental results and the model was validated and considered representative.
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Singh, Subrat, and Shreedhara Sreehari Veditherakal. "CAE modelling of cast aluminium in automotive structures." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Mekanik och hållfasthetslära, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-162190.
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In the automobile industry, there is a big push for the automotive car manufacturers to base engineering decisions on the results of Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) solutions, and to transform the prototyping and testing, from a costly iterative process to a final verification and validation step. The variability in components material properties and environmental conditions together with the lack of knowledge about the underlying physics of complex systems often make it impractical to make reliable predictions based on only deterministic CAE models. One such area is the CAE modelling of cast aluminium components. These cast aluminium components have gained a huge relevance in the automobile industries due to their commendable mechanical properties. The advantage of the cast aluminium alloys are being a well-established alloy system in manufacturing processes, their functional integrity and relatively low weight. However, the presence of pores and micro-voids obtained during the manufacturing process constitutes a specific material behaviour and establishes a challenge in modelling of the cast materials. Furthermore, the low ductility of the materialdemands for the advanced numerical model to predict the failure. The main focus of this master thesis work is to investigate modelling technique of a cast aluminium alloy component, a spring tower, for a drop tower test and validate the predicted behaviour with the physical test results. Volvo Car Corporation currently uses a material model provided by MATFEM for cast aluminium parts which are explored in this thesis work, to validate the material model for component level testing. The methodology used to achieve this objective was to develop a boundary condition to perform component level tests in the drop tower and to correlate these with the obtained results found by using various modelling techniques in the explicit solver LS-DYNA. Therefore, precise and realistic modelling of the drop tower is crucial because the simulation results can be influenced by major design changes. A detailed finite element model for the spring tower has been developed from the observations made during the physical testing. The refined model showed good agreement with the existing model for the spring tower and observations from physical tests.
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Syed, Shah Taqiuddin Q. "An Alternative Strengthening Technique using a Combination of FRP Sheets and Rods to Improve Flexural Performance of Continuous RC Slabs." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1469151846.
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Jatheeshan, Varathananthan. "Numerical and experimental studies of cold-formed steel floor systems made of hollow flange section joists in fire." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2015. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/120145/1/Varathananthan_Jatheeshan_Thesis.pdf.
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The cold-formed steel utilization in buildings has increased globally due to its higher strength to weight ratio, ease of transportation and rapid erection and dismantlement.
However, cold-formed steel buildings must be designed with adequate Fire Resistance Ratings (FRR). Hence cold-formed Light gauge Steel Frames (LSF) are assembled using channel sections and lined with fire resistive plasterboards to provide load-bearing wall and floor systems. There is an industry need to develop LSF floor systems with improved FRR. Adding multiple layers of plasterboard to increase the FRR of LSF floor systems is not an efficient method. Past research has focused on investigating the behaviour of LSF floor systems made of Lipped Channel Section (LCS) joists. No attempt has been made to use an improved joist section in LSF floor systems. The Hollow Flange Sections (HFS) with torsionally rigid hollow flanges and no free edges have higher local and lateral distortional buckling capacities than the conventional LCSs. This research focuses on investigating the structural and fire performance of LSF floor systems made of HFS joists with a goal to improve their FRRs.
Four full scale standard fire tests were undertaken on non-insulated dual and single plasterboard lined LSF floor panels and cavity insulated dual plasterboard lined floor panel made of welded HFS joists known as LiteSteel beams (LSB). Fire tests of these panels undertaken for varying load ratios provided valuable results, which included failure times, joist temperatures and modes, and deflection versus time curves. The floor panels failed due to the section failures of joists. Both non-insulated and cavity insulated LSF floors made of LSB joists showed a significant improvement in the FRRs in comparison to Baleshan's (2012) results for LSF floors made of LCS joists.
Another experimental study was undertaken to determine the elevated temperature mechanical properties of the steel used in LSB web and flange elements. The mechanical property reduction variation of LSB steel elements was found to be quite different to that of normal cold-formed steels and was even dissimilar amongst them.
The yield strength reduction factors of Eurocode 3 Part 1.2 (ECS, 2005) were proposed for the web elements since they closely followed them whereas a new yield strength reduction factor model was proposed for the flange elements. An identical variation was proposed for the elastic modulus reduction factors of both web and flange elements. Suitable modifications were made to Dolamune Kankanamge and Mahendran's (2011) stress-strain model for improved predictions of LSB web and flange elements' stress-strain curves.
A Finite Element (FE) model of an individual simply supported LSB joist was developed and validated using the cold-formed steel design standards and Anapayan et al.'s (2011b) section moment capacity test results. By using the accurate mechanical property reduction factors of LSB steel elements, the FE model was then extended to simulate the full scale fire tests. Finite element analyses (FEA) showed reasonably good agreements in terms of failure times, temperatures and modes, and the mid-span deflection versus time curves. Such good agreements verified the accuracy of the developed FE model to simulate the LSF floor panels made of HFS joists under fire conditions.
Thermal FE models of LSF floor systems made of HFS joists were then developed and the time-temperature profiles were compared with the fire test results. They showed better agreements for Tests 1 and 4 whereas there were some discrepancies for Tests 2 and 3. Thermal FEA results obtained using appropriate thermal properties of plywood showed a reasonably good agreement with Baleshan's (2012) fire test results. Parametric studies using the validated model showed that joist section depth and profile had no significant impact on the thermal performance of LSF floor systems whereas steel joist thickness had a significant influence.
An extensive FEA based parametric study was then undertaken to investigate the effects of joist thickness, depth, section profile, steel grade and mechanical property reduction factors, and web openings on the structural and fire performances (FRR) of LSF floor systems. Steel joist thickness significantly influenced the FRR of LSF floor systems due to different temperature developments in the steels for varying thicknesses. Joist section depth, section profile and web openings had no significant impact on the FRRs of LSF floor systems. Steel type affected the FRRs of LSF floor systems significantly due to different mechanical property reduction factors, especially different yield strength reduction factors. It was shown that Baleshan's (2012) critical average joist temperature method can be used to determine the FRR of non-insulated dual and single plasterboard lined floor panels made of HFS joists.
However, it can be used for cavity insulated floor panels when the load ratio is less than 0.3. Fire test and FEA results showed that LSF floor panels made of LSB joists gave higher FRRs due to improved elevated temperature mechanical properties of LSB plate elements and lower temperature development due to thicker joists.
Fire design rules were developed to predict the FRRs of LSF floor systems made of HFS joists based on Eurocode 3 Part 1.3 (ECS, 2006), AS/NZS 4600 (SA, 2005) and Direct Strength Method (DSM). For this purpose, Baleshan's (2012) three fire design rules of LCS joists were used and suitable modifications were made in order to use them for HFS joists. A good agreement was observed between the FRR predictions using two design methods and FEA, and thus they were recommended. In addition, the FRR predictions of HFS joists using the fire design method developed based on DSM were modestly conservative and therefore they were also recommended.
Finally, the spread sheet based design tool was developed to undertake the complex calculations in predicting the FRR of LSF floors made of HFS joists with varying sizes and steel types, and subjected to varying load ratios.
In summary, this research has significantly improved the knowledge and understanding of the fire performance of LSF floor systems made of hollow flange section joists and developed accurate fire design rules. Structural and fire design engineers can use the developed spread sheet based design tool to predict the fire performance of LSF floor systems made of HFS joists with varying sizes and steel types for a range of applications in commercial and residential buildings.
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Gitter, Seth A. "Grit, self-control and the fear of failure." 2008. http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-11102008-150825.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Florida State University, 2008.Advisors: Dianne M. Tice, Roy F. Baumeister, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Psychology. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Feb. 18, 2009). Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 31 pages. Includes bibliographical references.
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Lin, Sonya. "A Research Program on Fear of Failure and Creativity." Phd thesis, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/260921.
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Employee creativity is important for organizational innovation. However, creativity is risky and risks failure. Therefore, it is important to understand fear of failure (FOF hereafter) and how it influences creativity. This thesis includes a number of empirical studies examining FOF and creativity, arranged as follows:
Chapter 1 introduces FOF and creativity.
Chapter 2 provides an integrative review of FOF to date.
Chapter 3 presents two field studies investigating how FOF shaped by perfectionistic parents could lead to risk-averse behavior and decrease creativity and how a comparable workplace experience of perfectionistic supervisor expectations reinforces this link.
Chapter 4 investigates how hope of success (i.e., the opposite side of FOF), shaped by parents' work-family enrichment/conflict experience, could further influence children's financial success at work by using 17-year parent-child dyadic lifespan data matched from a 17-year national representative survey.
Chapter 5 shifts the attention back to creativity. The recent creativity literature shows that when people think darkly, they tend to be more creative; however, it is not truly beneficial for the social good. To reconcile such conflicting phenomena, I build on person-in-situation theory, arguing that altruism can facilitate both creativity and social goods when team standardization is low and team participation is high. A multisource time-lagged study from a Taiwanese government organization generally supported my hypotheses.
Finally, Chapter 6 integrates the key findings of the above empirical studies, offers conclusions, states the limitations of this thesis, and discusses future research directions.
In summary, this research offers a theoretical foundation for and practical suggestions to help individuals and authority figures such as supervisors and parents understand the potential downside (e.g., increased FOF) of imposing perfectionistic expectations on others and to understand what authority figures such as supervisors and parents can do to facilitate individuals' performance (e.g., creativity and financial success) at work.
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Ukil, Minhajul Islam. "Fear of Failure and Entrepreneurial Intention among Young Individuals." Thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/124257.
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This research aims to explore the fear of failure experience at the entrepreneurial intention stage. The choice was to examine this stage specifically because the immediate antecedent and most powerful predictor of entrepreneurial behaviour is entrepreneurial intention (Krueger & Carsud, 1993). As such, there is an imperative to better understand the relationship between fear of failure and entrepreneurial intention and, to what extent the fear of failure impedes (or indeed enhances) entrepreneurial intention. Although other entrepreneurship studies have looked at fear of failure, none has examined the impact of fear of failure on entrepreneurial intention. Given the relationship between intention and behaviour (Ajzen, 1999) and the importance of entrepreneurial activity in stimulating economic (and social) activity (Galinda & Méndez, 2014; Zhao, 2005), this research plays a significant role in contributing towards our understanding of why some entrepreneurs may fail to start ventures, despite having entrepreneurial intentions to do so. The fear of failure may differ across a range of demographics and cultures, so the scope of this research limits itself to one specific group - young people aged 24 years or less (who aspire to be entrepreneurs or who are existing entrepreneurs). This demographic is critical because there is a high global rate of youth unemployment and yet there is anecdotal evidence to suggest that this age group has significant potential to establish highly innovative enterprises (OECD, 2019). In addition, this research adopts a cross-country perspective examining fear of failure in different socio-economic, cultural and developmental environments, to arrive at a more robust understanding of the fear of failure with the aim of increasing the external validity of our research findings. To do this, this research examines fear of failure as it pertains to young aspiring and existing entrepreneurs in two very different countries – one that is developed and one that is developing: Australia and Bangladesh. By focusing on the particular young person demographic chosen and by adopting a cross country cultural and developmental comparative approach, this research aims to advance our understanding of the fear of failure as it relates to entrepreneurial intention within a specific context. In this regard, this research addresses the following research questions: “How do young people experience fear of failure with regard to their entrepreneurial intentions?”, and “What factors have a positive effect on the relationship between fear of failure and entrepreneurial intention among young people?” This research adopts snowball sampling for data collection purposes. Data analysis occurs using a qualitative research methodology and applies a thematic analysis technique to the data collected via 40 interviews (20 aspiring and 20 active entrepreneurs in Australia and Bangladesh). Data analysis followed a three-step process of reduction and breakdown of text to identify basic, organising, and global themes (Attride-Stirling, 2001). The analysis identified 52 basic themes, 20 organising themes, and five global themes. Consistent with Cacciotti et al. (2016), the results suggest that the fear of failure as aligned to entrepreneurial intention is an experience resulting from a dynamic interaction among cognitive evaluations of the sources of the fear of failure and affects, which eventually shape a behavioural response. The findings suggest that some sources of the fear of failureentrepreneurial intention relationship are of a dispositional nature (Conroy et al., 2001) while others are situated in a broader entrepreneurial context. The results also suggest a set of dispositional and contextual factors that impact the relationship between cognitive evaluation of the sources of the fear of failure and entrepreneurial intention. These factors are classified as “triggers of change”. This research establishes a number of propositions that require further investigation. First, the experience of fear of failure with regard to entrepreneurial intention is activated by VII individual cognitive evaluations of dispositional and situational sources, and positive or negative affects. Second, cognitive evaluations and affect cumulatively lead to intended behavioural responses expressed as either enhanced or reduced entrepreneurial intention. Third, entrepreneurial intention can be influenced by a set of triggers of change. Fourth, dispositional triggers of change mediate the relationship between the experience of the fear of failure and entrepreneurial intention. Fifth, situational triggers of change moderate the fear of failure-entrepreneurial intention relationship. From a contribution perspective, the research suggests theoretical and practical implications for aspiring entrepreneurs, policy-makers, and educational institutions. It calls for a community mind shift toward seeing failure as an opportunity to gain a valuable education, and to better appreciate failed entrepreneurs for their time and efforts.Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, Adelaide Business School, 2020
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Liu, Yi-Chun, and 劉怡君. "A Study of Women’s Entrepreneurial Growth Expectations: Moderating Role of Fear of Failure." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/4w94ab.
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碩士國立屏東科技大學
科技管理研究所
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The global tends to concerning about the concept of gender mainstreaming these years, so there are more and more women are willing to participate in entrepreneurship, including the women in Taiwan. However, an increasing number of new ventures can’t measure growth of economic. We should focus on new ventures which are high-growth-oriented, because they are much important to the development of national economic. The growth expectations of the entrepreneurs play an important role in firm/economic growth. In addition, the entrepreneurs don’t need to have the special inherent advantages or high IQ, entrepreneurial competencies are much important and necessary to them. Therefore, our study based on the entrepreneurial competencies, we try to find out the relationship of entrepreneurial opportunities, innovative resources, team size and growth expectations of female entrepreneurs. We also examine whether the fear of failure moderates these relationship or not. For this purpose, we use Global Entrepreneurial Monitor (GEM) Taiwan Adult Population Survey (APS) database in the year of 2010 and 2011, and we choose 125 Total Early-stage Entrepreneurial (TEA) women as our samples. Our results indicate that (1) Entrepreneurial opportunities and team size have positive effects on growth expectations of female entrepreneurs. (2) Fear of failure will positively moderate the relationship of team size and growth expectation. Finally, we provide discussions, theoretical contributions, practical implications and future research directions.
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Cho, Kuo-Hsiung, and 卓國雄. "The relationship among paternalistic coach leadership behavior, athlete’s fear of failure, and achievement goals." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/25160755052242520803.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among paternalistic coach leadership behaviors, athletes’ fear of failure, and 2 x 2 achievement goals. The participants included in the present study were 1170 children athletes (752 boys and 388 girls, mean age 11.46 years old; SD = ±0.69 year). Several instruments were conducted including the Children Athletic Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory (CAPFAI), revised Children Paternalistic Coach Leadership Scale (CPCLS), and Children’s 2×2 Achievement Goals in Sport Questionnaire (CAGSQ). Some of the participants also involved in a longitudinal design to examine the relationships between fear of failure and 2 x 2 achievement goals over two months. Results based on correlation matrix revealed that authoritarian leadership, benevolent leadership and moral leadership were positively correlated to fear of failure, however, correlations among subscales of fear of failure and leadership behaviors were different. The strongest correlation is the one which between authoritarian leadership and fear of experiencing blame and punishment by important others. In addition, the benevolent leadership and moral leadership revealed a moderate correlation on fearing of falling short of important others’ expectations. Results between fear of failure and 2 x 2 achievement goals based on structural equation modeling (SEM) revealed that fear of failure as an antecedent of the master-avoidance goals and performance-avoidance goals for children athletes. Furthermore, authoritarian leadership could indirectly influence master-avoidance goal through fear of failure, and fear of failure would mediate the effects of benevolent leadership on master-avoidance goal and performance-avoidance goal. In addition, fear of failure was a suppressor variable between authoritarian leadership and performance-avoidance goal. All in all, fear of failure was a determinative factor of achievement goals adoption for both avoidance goal forms on children athletes in sport setting. Moreover, the punitive and high-expectation coaching leadership are more likely to induce children athletes’ fear of failure tendency. Results based on the present study suggested that this specific coaching leadership behavior should be reduced and thus will further benefit children athletes’ achievement striving and behaviors.
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HUANG, YU-TING, and 黃育庭. "A study on the relationship among Fear of failure、Achievement goals and Self-Handicapping." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/26093440699993652598.
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The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship of junior high school athletes among fear of failure、achievement goal and self-handicapping. Methods: This study used purposive sample, 276 junior high school student athletes in Tainan ( 173 males and 103 females ) were the participants. The statistical methods for data analysis were product-moment correlation and path analysis. Result: Mastery -avoidance, performance-avoidance and performance-approach had positive correlation with fear of failure. Fear of failure also had positive correlation with making excuse and reducing effort. Mastery-approach was negative correlation with self-handicapping, the same with reducing effort. Performance-approach was negative correlation with reducing effort. Mastery –avoidance and performance-approach were the mediating role that making fear of failure predict reducing effort. The goal orientation except performance-avoidance could negative predict self-handicapping. Conclusion: If we could develop junior high school athletes’ goal-orientation to mastery approach goal, fear of failure could be reduced, at the same time, self- handicapping could be reduced, too.
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Sakulku, J. "Imposter fears : some hypothesised antecedents and consequences." Thesis, 2009. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/21479/1/whole_SakulkuJaruwan2009_thesis.pdf.
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The Impostor Phenomenon was identified from clinical observations during therapeutic sessions with high achieving women by Dr Pauline Clance. Despite objective evidence of success, these women had a pervasive psychological experience, believing that they were intellectual frauds and feared being recognised as impostors. They suffered from anxiety, fear of failure and dissatisfaction with life. Previous research has suggested that family achievement values and perfectionism may lead to the related trait, Impostorism.
This thesis examined the contributions of mixed messages about achievement from family and perfectionism as hypothesised antecedents of Impostorism and coping styles and psychological distress (measured by anxiety, somatisation, and depression) as hypothesised consequences. Complete data was obtained from 354 students from the University of Tasmania. Participants completed the Mixed Messages about Achievement from Family Scale (MMAS), the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, the Clance Impostor Phenomenon Scale (CIPS), the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations, and the Anxiety, Somatisation, and Depression subscales of the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised. Exploratory Factor Analysis was used to refine the MMAS and the CIPS.
Structural Equation Modelling was used to test the hypothesised antecedents and consequences models of Impostorism. The analyses for antecedents of Impostorism found that MMAS and Socially Prescribed Perfectionism were moderately correlated with Impostorism, while Self-Oriented Perfectionism was less related. Other-Oriented Perfectionism had little relationship with Impostorism, suggesting Impostorism relates to specific types of perfectionism rather than general perfectionism. The final Antecedents model of Impostorism, including Mixed Messages from Family, Socially Prescribed Perfectionism, and Self-Oriented Perfectionism, was a good fit and accounted for 46% of the variance in Impostorism.
The analysis of consequences of lmpostorism found that Emotion- Focussed Coping was most strongly correlated with Impostorism, with the other coping styles negligibly related. Anxiety, Somatisation, and Depression were also correlated with Impostorism and treated as indices of Psychological Distress. The final Consequences model of lmpostorism including Emotion-Focussed Coping largely mediating the prediction of Psychological Distress, was a reasonable fit and could account for 40% of the variance in Psychological Distress.
The Antecedents and Consequences model of Impostorism were combined and generated two alternative models. In Model 1 Impostorism entirely mediated the relationship between hypothesied antecedents and consequences. In Model 2 Emotion-Focussed Coping fully mediated the relationship between Impostorism and Psychological Distress if a path from Socially Prescribed Perfectionism to Emotion-Focussed Coping was allowed.
Overall, the findings suggested that Impostorism is a valuable construct, possibly mediating the relationship between self-imposed and socially attributed perfectionism and psychological distress, as well as suggesting that emotion focussed coping may be a critical consequence of Impostorism leading to Psychological Distress.
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Chang, Ming-feng, and 溫青倪. "A Study On The Relationship Between Fear Of Failure And Multidimensional Perfectionism In Wushu Taolu Athletes." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/68347337213384617208.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between wushu taolu athletes’ fear of failure and multidimensional perfectionism. The participants included in the present study were 72 wushu taolu athletes who participated in The National Games 2011 (50 males and 22 females). The instruments were conducted including Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory (PFAI) and Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (MPS). The collected data were analyzed by Pearson product-moment correlation and multiple stepwise regression analysis. The results showed that fear of failure had effect on multidimensional perfectionism. Results based on the present study suggested that coaches should understand and observe athletes’ mental state during practicing and competitive situations, and guild athletes to think in positive perfectionism. Therefore, when facing with competitive situation, athletes may adjust mental state of themselves, and get advance in sport performance.