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Fallatah, Rodwan Hashim Mohammed. "The applicability of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs model to Saudi organisations." Thesis, University of Kent, 2015. https://kar.kent.ac.uk/53835/.
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One of the most influential and often quoted content theories of human motivation is Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Maslow’s theory is based on an assumption that all humans are motivated by a hierarchy of needs that are fundamental and universal. While many studies have attested to the wide relevance and applicability of this model, some other legitimate studies have argued that the theory is limited in terms of its universal applicability because of its Anglo-Saxon monoculture orientation. In view of these differing points of view, this thesis investigates and tests the extent to which Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs model is applicable or relevant to a Saudi organisational context. The empirical study was undertaken at two Saudia Arabian universities. One of the universities has a devout religious orientation while the other is, relatively, moderately religious in its outlook. The research utilised Porter’s Needs Satisfaction Questionnaire to collect the data. The data then underwent a quantitative (e.g. Q-Sort) analysis and a qualitative (thematic) analysis, yielding a number of findings related to the research questions and objectives. The findings suggest that Maslow’s theory of motivation is not universally applicable. The research generates a hierarchy of needs that is not the same as that proposed by Maslow’s theory. Furthermore, the findings reveal differences in the order of these needs across gender and religion. Therefore, this research has generated a new, refined order of motivational drivers in the Saudi organisational context, which reflects contextual influences of gender and religion.
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Ahmed, Mohammed. "ESTIMATING THE IMPACT OF NEED FULFILLMENT ON HUMANMOTIVATION ACCORDING TO MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1507563114779108.
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Gregware, Kailee M. "What experienced teachers believe : a study of select teachers' perceptions on teacher efficacy and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2008. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/1235.
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Falk, Mikael. "Skolprestationer och Uppväxtvillkor i Sverige och Thailand : En Comparative Study Through the Lens of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Pedagogiska institutionen, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-162108.
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I den här studien undersöktes om det finns sammanband mellan studieresultat och uppväxtvillkor i två länder med olika kulturer. Uppväxtvillkoren representerades av Maslows behovstrappa som genom fem olika kategorier förklarar mänskliga behov. Hur eleverna som deltog svarade på frågor konstruerade utifrån Maslows teori gav en indikator på hur deras uppväxt varit. För att få reda på deras betyg frågades eleverna om deras tidigare studieresultat i tre olika ämnen, engelska, matte och modersmål. Data samlades in genom ett frågeformulär med 15 frågor baserat på Maslows trappsteg. Denna studie undersökte likheter och skillnader mellan dessa länder för att se om Maslows teori överensstämmer med verkligheten oavsett vilken grupp som undersöks och därigenom kunna se om det finns något länderna kan göra för att förbättra sina resultat. Resultatet visade att det finns skillnader i både uppväxtvillkor och resultat i skolan. Maslows teoriförklarar detta till en viss nivå, men enbart i Thailand. Det är någon okänd faktor som denna studie inte fångade upp som verkar påverka svenska studenters betygThis study examined if there are any correlation between school performance and upbringing in two countries with different cultures. The upbringing was represented by Maslow's hierarchy of needs that through five categories explains the human needs. The way students who participaded responded on questions based on Maslow's theory gave an indication on how their upbringing was. To know the students grades they were asked about their past school preformance in three subjects english, math and their native language. Data was collected with a questionnarie with 15 questions based on Maslow's steps on the hiarchy of needs. This study wanted to examine similarites and differences between these two countries to see if Maslow's theory correspond to reality regardless of what gruop that is examined and therefore be able to ascertain if there is something the countries can do to raise their students preformance. The results showed that there where differances in both upbringing and school performance. Maslow's theory explains this to adegree, but that was only the case in Thailand, it is some unknown variable that this study did not catch that seems to affect swedish students grades
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Fredriksen, Tina. "Varför volontärresor? : En undersökande studie om motiveringen kring volontärresande." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-25549.
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The focus of this study is to dig deeper into what motivates volunteer travelers. The commercial side of volunteer travelling has increased in the past years, and young Swedes pay large amounts of money to travel to other countries and work as volunteers. The purpose of this study is to get a glimpse into what motivates these young people, and how this correlates to the rapid increase of commercial travelling bureaus that focus on volunteer travelling. Five people under the age of 30, who had been volunteering through a commercial travelling agency, where interviewed for this study. The results show that the main motivation for paying to go work abroad is actually the experience, meeting new people and seeing new things. The motivational factor of helping people turned out to be secondary.
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Nunes, Celso Luís Pereira. "Poverty measurement : a theoretical contribution and application to Portugal 2007." Doctoral thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/10724.
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Doutoramento em Economia.Neste trabalho apresenta-se uma história do pensamento económico na medição de pobreza - desde o que pode ser considerado o inicio da economia da pobreza ate a era de redescoberta da pobreza durante a década de 1960 - bern como uma revisão da literatura sobre as principais ferramentas de medição da pobreza apresentadas pela Ciência Económica. E ainda apresentado, no âmbito da abordagem multidimensional, uma proposta de um índice de medição de pobreza, inovadora quanto a ponderação dos diferentes atributos considerados como elementos de privação. 0 propósito do indice proposto e o de medir a pobreza na sua multidimensionalidade, sendo que cada dimensão de privação e ponderada no indice de acordo com a Hierarquia de Necessidades de Maslow. Esta forma de ponderação faz com que o indice proposto seja diferente dos ja existentes pelo facto de se incorporarem elementos de uma teoria psicológica consolidada na sua estrutura. Por fim, o indice apresentado e aplicado atraves de dados do European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) para Portugal em 2007 e comparado com dois outros metodos multidimensionais de medi9ao da pobreza.
This work presents a history of the economic thought on poverty measurement - from what can be considered the beginning of the Poverty Economics until the "Rediscovering Poverty" era during the 1960s - as well as a review of the literature on the main poverty measurement tools presented by the Economic Science. We also present, having the multidimensional approach as background, a proposal for a poverty measurement index, somehow innovative regarding the weighting of different attributes considered as elements of deprivation. The aim of the proposed index is to measure poverty as a multidimensional phenomenon, where each dimension of deprivation is weighted in the index according to the Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. This way of weighting makes the proposed index different from the existing indices given that it incorporates elements of a consolidated psychological theory in its structure. Finally, the index is applied using the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) microdata for Portugal in 2007, and compared with two other methods of measuring multidimensional poverty.
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Hlaváček, Radek. "Návrh způsobu přidělování benefitů." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-221774.
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Diploma thesis analyzes the current way of benefit distribution in Motorola company. First part of the thesis describes general motivation and stimulation factors. Second part describes the company's internal background. Third part analyzes the motivation factors within the company and consideres implementation of the cafeteria system.
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Yousif, Lena, and Rafet Krasniqi. "Förutsättningar och hinder för asylsökandes språklärande och integration." Thesis, Hälsohögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, HHJ, Avd. för beteendevetenskap och socialt arbete, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-31951.
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SAMMANFATTNING: Problem Från 2013 till och med april 2016 har Sverige tagit emot 309.669 asylsökande. De stora vågorna av asylsökande som har kommit understryker behovet av att ge de optimala förutsättningarna för att anpassa sig och integreras i samhället. Hur snabbt och i vilken grad asylsökande lyckas att socialiseras och integreras i samhället är relaterat till de grundläggande villkoren som t.ex. språkträning och samhällsorientering. Denna studie undersöker vilka möjligheter och hinder asylsökande får för att lära sig svenska och höja sina chanser till integration. Metod I studien användes en mixad metod (kvalitativ och kvantitativ). Genom kvalitativa intervjuer med personal och volontär lärare, har sju verksamheter (ABF, NBV, Biblioteket, Vuxenskola, BILDA, Folkuniversitet och Röda Korset) undersökts. Genom en enkät med strukturerade frågeformulär, undersöktes 183 asylsökande vad gäller olika faktorer som påverkar tillgänglighet till språkundervisning och motivation för studier och språklig praxis. Enkäterna delades ut i: Jönköping, Nässjö, Bodafors, Viebäck, Vetlanda, Sävsjö, Värnamo, Vaggeryd, Tokeryd och Skillingaryd. Resultat Kvalitativa delen: De intervjuade säger att det är viktigt att erbjuda svenskundervisning till asylsökande från första dagen de kommer till Sverige. Lärarna lyfter upp frågan om att det finns flera brister som utgör svårigheter för verksamheterna så att de kan erbjuda kvalitativ och tillräcklig undervisning. Kvantitativa delen: Motivationen till språkinlärning påverkas av flera faktorer: tiden sedan ankomst, motivationen till och deltagande i språkundervisning. Trots likheter i utbildning och språkkunskaper mellan könen ändå uppstår könsskillnader i praktisk tillämpning och integration. Slutsats Asylsökande strävar efter att bli en del av det svenska samhället. Det finns könsskillnader i praktisk tillämpning och integration. Förutsättningarna för att lära sig svenska språket är inte tillräckligt bra, p.g.a. informationsbrist eller försening av informationen om erbjuden svenskundervisning, för få erbjudna undervisningstimmar, placering utanför samhället, ekonomiska hinder och bristen på barnomsorg, som även påverkar möjligheten att lära sig svenska och integrera sig i samhället.ABSTRACT Problem From 2013 to April 2016, Sweden has received 309,669 asylum seekers. The great waves of asylum seekers who have come underscores the need to provide the optimal conditions to adapt and integrate into society. How fast and to what degree they manage to socialize and integrate into society is related to the basic conditions such as language training and civic orientation. This study examines the opportunities and obstacles for asylum seekers to learn Swedish and increase their chances to integrate. Method The study used a mixed method (qualitative and quantitative) approach. Through qualitative interviews with staff and volunteer teachers, has seven such activities as (ABF, NBV, Library, Adult education” Vuxenskola”, BILDA, Folkuniversitet and Red Cross) investigated. Through a questionnaire with structured questionnaires, examined 183 asylum seekers in terms of factors that affect the availability to the teaching and motivation for study and linguistic practices. The questionnaires were distributed in Jönköping, Nässjö, Bodafors, Viebäck, Vetlanda, Sävsjö, Värnamo, Vaggeryd, Tokeryd and Skillingaryd. Result Qualitative part: Those interviewed said that it is important to offer Swedish tuition for asylum seekers from the first day they come to Sweden. Teachers raise the issue that there are several shortcomings that make difficulties for businesses so that they can provide quality and adequate education. Quantitative part: The motivation for language learning is influenced by several factors: among them, the time since arrival the motivation for and participation in language teaching. Despite similarities in education and language skills between the sexes, still significant gender differences in the practical application and integration. Conclusion Asylum seekers strive to become a part of Swedish society. There are gender differences in the practical application and integration. The conditions for learning the Swedish language is not good enough, because lack of information or delay of information for offered Swedish teaching, too few offered teaching hours, location outside of society, economic barriers and the lack of childcare, which also affects the ability to learn Swedish and integrate into society.
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Einarsson, Josefin. "Institutionens betydelse för människors hälsa : en livsberättelsestudie om äldres uppfattningar om hur det är att bo på äldreboende." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för kultur-, religions- och utbildningsvetenskap, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-12044.
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Antalet äldre blir idag allt fler och behovet av vård flyttas upp i åldrarna. Det kräver att insatser inom äldrevård och omsorg håller hög kvalité och placerar människan i centrum för att skapa förutsättningar för äldre att leva ett värdigt, meningsfullt liv och känna välbefinnande. Frågan om mat, trygghet, identitet, social interaktion, anpassning och KASAM är faktorer som påverkar äldres tillvaro på äldreboende. Syftet med studien var att få djupare kunskap och förståelse i äldres livsvärld på äldreboende, hur man som boende upplever sin vardag och vilken betydelse äldreboendet som institution har för deras hälsa. Två livsberättelseintervjuer genomfördes under en timme var med två äldre, en man och en kvinna boende på ett äldreboende i Mellansverige. Resultatet tolkades och analyserades utifrån tidigare forskning, salutogent och patogent perspektiv på hälsa och teorier som KASAM, Maslows behovstrappa och immanent pedagogik. Resultatet visade att deltagarna är väldigt nöjda med sin vistelse på äldreboendet och hänvisar till aspekter som uppskattning av hjälp med mat, trygghet och tillit. Tidigare livserfarenheter och livsförhållanden lyfts fram i samband med uppskattningens betydelse. Dock framgår det även att tillvaron består av begränsningar som gör att personernas viktiga, betydelsefulla områden i livet inte fullt tillgodoses, vilket påverkar de äldres möjlighet att uppleva meningsfullhet i tillvaron. De äldres hälsotillstånd, tidsaspekt gällande personalens möjlighet att tillgodose behov, en fråga om mindre spontanitet och de äldres uppfattningar att inte kunna fodra hur mycket hjälp som helst är påverkande faktorer.
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Leivald, Jennifer, and Sulin Yusuf Rasit. "Vilka yttre faktorer är av betydelse för personalengagemang enligt mellanchefer på medelstora till stora organisationer? : En kvalitativ studie." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Företagsekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-32145.
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Syfte: Syftet med studien är att öka förståelsen för vilka yttre faktorer som är av betydelse för personalengagemang och hur dessa är av betydelse för personalengagemang enligt mellanchefer på medelstora till stora organisationer. Metod: Metodvalet för studien utgår från ett kvalitativt, socialkonstruktionistiska perspektiv med tio semistrukturerade intervjuer med mellanchefer på medelstora till stora organisationer. Det empiriska materialet har analyserats utifrån fyra olika teman för att sedan ställa de empiriska utfallen mot tidigare forskning för att på så vis öka förståelsen för vilka yttre faktorer som påverkar personalens grundläggande mänskliga behov som i sin tur är av betydelse för personalengagemang. Bidrag: Personalengagemang är resultatet av en kedjereaktion i tre steg. Där yttre faktorer behöver tillfredsställa personalens grundläggande mänskliga behov som i sin tur är av betydelse för olika inre sinnestillstånd hos personalen.Det teoretiska bidraget lyfter fram att personalens grundläggande mänskliga behov samt de tre yttre faktorerna återhämtning, ledarskap och kommunikation är av betydelse för personalengagemang. Studien kom även fram till att ytterligare två yttre faktorer, tillit och frihet under eget ansvar, kan vara av betydelse för personalengagemang. Det praktiska bidraget består i att förse beslutsfattare inom organisationer med praktiska teorier för att bättre förstå och arbeta med personalengagemang. Förslag till fortsatt forskning: Vi rekommenderar att framtida forskning utför validerande tester om de tre yttre faktorerna återhämtning, ledarskap och kommunikation utgör träffsäkra och pålitliga faktorer som är av betydelse för personalengagemang. Vi anser att det vore av intresse att vidare undersöka om de två yttre faktorerna tillit och frihet under eget ansvar har någon inverkan i att bibehålla fullt personalengagemang och om det kan finnas ett samband mellan dem och behovet av självförverkligande från Maslows (1943) behovstrappa.Aim: The purpose of this thesis is to increase the understanding of which factors that are of importance for employee engagement and how they are of importance for employee engagement according to middle managers in medium-sized to large organizations. Method: The choice of method for this thesis is based on a qualitative, social-constructive perspective based on ten semi-structured interviews with middle managers in medium-sized to large organizations. The empirical material has been analyzed on the basis of four different themes, where the empirical outcomes were compared to previous research in order to increase understanding of which external factors affect employee’s Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to then affect employee engagement. Contributions: Employee engagement seems to be the result of a three-step chain reaction. Where external factors need to satisfy the basic human needs of the employees, which in turn is of importance for different inner state of mind within the employees. The theoretical contribution emphasizes that employee’s basic human needs as well as the three external factors of recovery, leadership and communication are of importance for employee engagement. The study also concluded that two additional external factors, trust and freedom under one's own responsibility, may be of importance for employee engagement. The practical contribution consists in providing decision-makers within organizations with practical theories to better understand and work with employee engagement. Suggestions for future research: We recommend future researchers to conduct validating tests to affirm if the three external factors recovery, leadership and communication constitute accurate and reliable performance indicators of employee engagement. We believe it to be of interest to further investigate whether the two external factors trust and freedom to act under one’s own supervision have any correlation with maintaining a full level of employee engagement, and whether there exists a causality between them and the need of self-realization from Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
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Christoffersen, Deborah Lynn. "Creating Library Learning Spaces that Support Twenty-First Century Pedagogy and Student Learning." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2020. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/8527.
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University libraries struggle to keep up with rapidly changing technology and the associated change in teaching strategy. Most administrators and librarians are often not trained to assess space needs and struggle to reassign library spaces for non-traditional library use. As such, they often embark on expensive and time-consuming feasibility studies, using (typically) hard-earned monies to complete the research or to pilot a new space. What academic research library administrators and staff lack is an analysis tool for discovering and planning needed renovations and improvements in aging library facilities. The purpose of this research project was to determine how students use library spaces for learning in this new high-tech, hands-on education experience (i.e. synthesis of previous research); develop a tool that can be used by library staff to self-analyze existing academic library spaces, identifying areas that could be improved for student benefit (e.g. provide a checklist of potential learning spaces that institutions should carefully consider adding to their facilities); and provide some examples/case studies of potential facility improvements. The end result is a hierarchical self-analysis tool that merges space options, Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, and an example of library-user personas. It also provides some general cost guidelines, helpful construction tips, and a synthesis of exploratory questions related to strategy and space. The tool uses evidence-based design to facilitate important conversations, provide an organized checklist of various considerations, and be a quick reference for library administrators and facility managers as they navigate the world of twenty-first century pedagogy and student learning.
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Jönsson, Amanda, Anna Lennartsson, and Ebba Waldau. "Provisionsbaserad ersättning för fastighetsmäklare : “Kan provision ses som ett belöningssystem och motivationsdrivare?”." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-98089.
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Sammanfattning Kurs: Ämnesfördjupande arbete, Ekonomistryning 15 hp (2FE24E) Titel: Provisionsbaserad ersättning för fastighetsmäklare “Kan provision ses som ett belöningssystem och motivationsdrivare?” Författare: Anna Lennartsson, Amanda Jönsson & Ebba Waldau Examinator: Pia Nylinder Handledare: Cristoffer Lokatt Bakgrund och problem: En vanlig syn på yrket som fastighetsmäklare anses för många vara ett mer statusyrke än slitsamt yrke. Det finns inga specifika regler för den utbetalda provisionens storlek till en fastighetsmäklare och grundidén för provision hänvisas till att individer skall motiveras av att kunna påverka vad de får i lön och därmed utföra ett bättre arbete. För att individer skall utföra ett bättre arbete, kan ett belöningssystem vara optimalt eftersom det kan fungera till att förändra beteenden. För att kunna förändra beteende måste individen känna motivation, som tillkommer av olika belöningar. Det intressanta i studien blir därmed att undersöka om provision är motiverande och om hur fastighetsmäklare resonerar till provision som ett belöningssystem. Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats grundar sig i att undersöka fastighetsmäklarens syn på att ha en hundraprocentig provisionsbaserad lön. Vi vill undersöka fastighetsmäklares resonemang kring provision som ett belöningssystem. Slutligen vill vi analysera hur provisionen påverkar fastighetsmäklares motivation, utifrån teori modellen Maslows behovstrappa. Metod: Studien baseras på en kvalitativ struktur och den empiriska datainsamlingen kommer från sex etablerade fastighetsmäklare runt om i Sverige. Intervjuformen som valdes var semistrukturerad intervju som genomfördes digitalt genom programvaran Zoom med samtliga respondenter. I metoden presenteras även en kort beskrivning på yrket som fastighetsmäklare. Slutsats: Sammanfattningsvis kan vi konstatera att fastighetsmäklarnas resonemang på provision som belöningssystem är olika. De anser att provision är ett belöningssystem eftersom den provisionen de får är en belöning för det utförda arbetet. Andra resonerar däremot att provision inte är ett belöningssystem för att det anser att provisionen är den inkomst som alla har rätt till efter utförd prestation. Här ligger fokuset allt mer på den icke monetära belöningen, som mer handlar om status, ranking, rekommendationer och nöjda kunder för det är detta som belönar respondenterna till en maximerad prestation. Provisionen kan därmed konstateras vara motiverande för vissa respondenter eftersom de motiveras av provisionens påverkan på dess lön beroende på deras utförda prestation. Men alla respondenter ser inte provisionen som den huvudsakliga motivationen eftersom en nöjd och återkommande kund är det som ger motivation till yrket som fastighetsmäklare. Nyckelord: Belöningssystem, provision, motivation, fastighetsmäklare, finansiella incitament, flexibelt lönesystem, rörlig ersättning och Maslows behovstrappa.Abstract Course: Bachelor Thesis, Financial Control, 15 hp (2FE24E) Title: Commission based compensation for real estate agents "Can commission-based salary be seen as a reward system and motivator?" Authors: Anna Lennartsson, Amanda Jönsson & Ebba Waldau Examiner: Pia Nylinder Advisor: Cristoffer Lokatt Background and problem discussion: A common view of the profession as a real estate agent is considered by many to be a more status profession than a tiring profession. There are no specific rules for the size of the commission based salary paid to a real estate agent and the basic idea for commission based salary is referred to that individuals should be motivated by being able to influence what they get in salary and thereby perform a better job. For individuals to do a better job, a reward system can be optimal because it can work to change behaviours. To be able to change behaviour, the individual must feel motivated, which is added by different rewards. The interesting thing about the study will thus be to investigate whether commissions- based salary is motivating and how real estate agents’ reason for commissions as a reward system. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is based on examining the real estate agent's view of having a one hundred percent commission-based salary. We want to examine real estate agents' reasoning about commissions-based salary as a reward system. Finally, we want to analyse how the commission-based salary affects real estate agents' motivation, based on the theory model Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Method: The study is based on a qualitative structure and the empirical data collection comes from six established real estate agents around Sweden. The interview format chosen was a semi-structured interview that was conducted digitally through the Zoom software with all respondents. The method also presents a brief description of the profession as a real estate agent. Conclusion: In summary, we can state that the real estate agents' reasoning on commission-based salary as a reward system is different. They believe that commission-based salary is a reward system because the commission-based salary they receive is a reward for the work done. Others argue, however, that commission-based salary is not a reward system because it considers the commission to be the income to which everyone is entitled after performance. Here the focus is increasingly on the non-monetary reward, which is more about status, rankings, recommendations and satisfied customers because this is what rewards the respondents to a maximized performance.The commission-based salary can thus be found to be motivating for certain respondents because they are motivated by the commission's impact on its salary depending on their performance. But not all respondents see commission-based salary as the main motivation because a satisfied and returning customer is what gives motivation to the profession as a real estate agent. Keywords: Reward system, commission-based salary, motivation, real estate agent, financial incentives, a flexible salary system, variable compensation and Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
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Jelec, Nino. "Drivkrafter för byggnadsarbetare i Halmstad : Med fokus på Maslows behovstrappa." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-30245.
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Sammanfattning Titel - Drivkrafter för byggnadsarbetare- Med fokus på Maslows behovstrappa Kurs - Examensarbete 15hp Utgivningsår - 2015 Författare - Nino Jelec Handledare - Kristian Widén Nyckelord - Motivation, Produktivitet, Maslows Behovstrappa,byggnadsarbetare Syfte - Syftet med mitt arbete är att undersöka vad sommotiverar byggnadsarbetare och om man kananvända sig av Maslows behovstrappa på enbyggarbetsplats. Metod - Jag har använt mig av en kvantitativ metod i formav enkätundersökningar som jag har delat ut till byggnadsarbetare. Teori - Min teori kommer från Abraham Maslow somsammanställde en behovstrappa för att se vad som motiverade människor. Empiri - Min empiriska data var sammanställd genom attdela ut undersökningsenkäter till byggnadsarbetare i Halmstad. Slutsats - Min undersökning visade att Maslows behovstrappagår att användas fram till steg 3 men att arbetarna sedan inte fann steg 4 som är behovet av uppskattning särskilt viktigt för deras motivation och att de istället ansåg det sista steget i behovstrappan vara av vikt som är behovet av självförverkligandeAbstract Title - Incentives of construction workers – With focus onMaslow’s hierarchy of needs Course - Master’s dissertation 15hp Year of publication - 2015 Author - Nino Jelec Advisor - Kristian Widén Keywords - Motivation, Productivity, Maslow’s hierarchy ofneeds, Construction workers Purpose - The purpose of this work is to investigate whatmotivates construction workers and if Maslow’shierarchy of needs can be of any use at aconstruction site. Methodology - I had a quantitative approach and I have been usinga questionnaire survey on the construction workers. Theory - My theory comes from Abraham Maslows hierarchyof needs. Empirics - My empirical data was collected from questionnairesurveys done on construction workers in a citycalled Halmstad. Conclusions - My investigation shows that Maslows hierarchy ofneeds can be used up to level 3. The constructionworkers in my research didnot find level 4 to be of any big importance but theyfound level 5 to be of importance.
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Olsson, Andreas, and Kajsa Spetz. "Den multifunktionella byggnadens roll i ett socialt hållbart kvarter." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för byggteknik (BY), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-94726.
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Denna studie handlar primärt om social hållbarhet som är ett stort och omfattande begrepp. I dagens stadsplanering används begreppet i ett bredare perspektiv. Studien har som syfte att fokusera mer ingripande på social hållbarhet för enskilda multifunktionella byggnader, genom att samla in kunskap om ämnet och belysa innebörden. De valda multifunktionella byggnaderna är Icon i Växjö och Spektrum i Göteborg. Syftet med denna studie är att genom forskning och utvärdering konkretisera människans dagliga behov och hur de kan tillgodoses i en multifunktionell byggnad samt dess bidragande roll för ett socialt hållbart kvarter. Målet är att få en tydligare uppfattning om vilken påverkan den multifunktionella byggnaden har på ett kvarter. Genom utformning och tillämpning av ett verktyg som tagits fram inom ramen för den aktuella studien skall byggnadens sociala hållbarhet kunna utvärderas utifrån människans vardagliga liv, behov och intressen. Intervjuer med ansvariga projektledare, arkitekter, handledare och sakkunniga har tillsammans med insamling av vetenskapliga rapporter, studiebesök, enkät och observationer varit centrala tillvägagångssätt för studien. Att arbeta mot en mer blandad bebyggelsemiljö och byggnader som har olika verksamheter som samsas är idag alltmer förekommande för att uppnå ett livligare och trevligare stadsrum. Utifrån studiens utformade verktyg har respektive multifunktionell byggnad fått olika sociala poäng som baseras på storlek, verksamheter, tillgänglighet och multifunktionalitet. Studien visar att respektive multifunktionell byggnad har givit mervärde till sitt område.This study focuses primarily on social sustainability, which is a large and comprehensive concept. In today's urban planning, social sustainability is used on a broader perspective. The study aims to focus more on the concept for individual multifunctional buildings by gathering knowledge about the subject and highlight the meaning. The chosen multifunctional buildings are Icon in Växjö and Spektrum in Gothenburg. The purpose of this study is, through research and evaluation, to concretize people's daily needs and how they can be met in a multifunctional building and its contribution to a socially sustainable neighbourhood. The goal is to get a better understanding of which impact the multifunctional building has on its block. The goal is also designing and application of a tool developed in the context of the current study and to use this tool to evaluate the building's social sustainability based on people's everyday lives, needs and interests. Interviews with responsible project managers, architects, supervisors and other experts, together with the gathering of scientific reports, study visits, questionnaires and observations, has been the studies central approach. Working towards a more mixed urban environment and buildings that have different operation that are combined is nowadays increasingly common for a livelier and more enjoyable urban space. Based on the study´s designed tool, each multifunctional building has received different social points that depends on size, operations, availability and multifunctionality. The study shows that each multifunctional building has added value to its area.
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Isaksson, Julia, and Ellen Bengtsson. "Konsten att charma generation Y : en studie om ekonomistudenters behov vid val av arbetsplats." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-24051.
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För att företag ska kunna attrahera men också bevara kompetenta medarbetare, krävs det att de har något att erbjuda sin anställda. Detta ställer krav på en medvetenhet kring de preferenser anställda besitter, både sett till deras behov och motivation. Just nu är det arbetstagarens marknad som råder och företag har i utmaning att attrahera kompetentpersonal till organisationer. Syftet med denna studie är därför att undersöka, genomekonomistudenters preferenser, vad som motiverar dem till en arbetsplats samt vad de tror skulle få dem att stanna på en arbetsplats. Även studenternas behov kartläggs och ger en förståelse för arbetsgivarens ansvar för arbetstagares jobbsituation. Resultatet av vår studie är ämnat att hjälpa arbetsgivare i näringslivet att attrahera samt bevara kompetent personal eftersom de genom vår studie vet vad som motiverar studenterna samt vad deras behov på enarbetsplats är. Då syftet med uppsatsen fokuserar på berättelser och förståelse av individers upplevelser gjordes en kvalitativ studie med en deduktiv forskningsansats. Resultatet presenteras eftersemistrukturerade intervjuer med respondenter av tio ekonomistudenter från generation Y och analyseras sedan med hjälp av teoretisk bakgrund. Teorierna som används för att tolka vårt resultat var Self-determination theory (SDT), Maslow behovshierarki och Herzbergs tvåfaktorteori för att undersöka ekonomistudenters motivation och behov i relation till arbetsplatser. Studien mynnar ut i att utvecklingsmöjligheter och trivsel på arbetsplatsen var det viktigaste för samtligarespondenter, men att det samtidigt fanns en spridning av attribut som individerna föredrog. Vi kunde bland annat se att de manliga studenterna var mer materialistiska än de kvinnliga studenterna. Resultatet av studien kan ge en förståelse av vad våra respondenter föredrar vid val av eller att stanna på en arbetsplats, vilket företag kan ta till sig samt ta hänsyn till och förhoppningsvis utvecklas och förbättras tack vare sin kompetenta personal.In order for companies to be able to attract but also retain competent employees, they must have something to offer their employees. This calls for an awareness of the preferences that employees possess, both in terms of their needs and motivation. Nowadays it is the employee’s labor market and companies are challenged to attract competent staff to their organizations. The purpose of this study is therefore to examine, through economics students ‘preferences, what motivates them to start working and what they think would make them stay at a workplace. This study will also chart the needs of the students to create a comprehension for the employer’s responsibility to its employees’ work situation. The result of this study aims to help employers in the industry to attract and also keep competent staff since they, thanks to our study, will be aware of what motivates the economics students and what their needs at a workplace are. Since the purpose of this thesis is focusing on stories and understanding we have made a qualitative study with a deductive research approach. The result will be presented through semi structured interviews with ten economics students from generation Y who are studying at University of Borås. The result will later on be interpreted using our theoretical background. The theories that are used to interpret our results are Self-determination Theory (SDT),Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and Herzberg’s Two Factor Theory to examine economics students’ motivation and needs in relation to a workplace. The study concludes that development and comfort in the workplace was the most important for all of the respondents, but there was also a spread of the attributes of what the different individuals prefered. For instance we could see that the male students were more into materialistic attributes than the female students. The result of this study can give organizations an understanding of what economics students prefer when applying for a job and to stay at a workplace, and by that they can then assimilate the results which hopefully can help them develop and improve thanks to their competent coworkers. This thesis will be given in Swedish.
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Hjerpe, Östlind Victoria, and Matilda Rådström. "Diamanter eller empati : En studie om monetära och icke-monetärabelöningssystem inom offentlig sektor." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Avdelningen för företagsekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-78943.
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Inledning: Tidigare studier visar att det måste finnas en balans mellan monetära och icke-monetära belöningar. Då den offentliga sektorn finansieras med skattemedel är dock möjligheten till monetära belöningar begränsad vilket kan ha en påverkan på belöningssystemets balans. Studiens syfte är således att undersöka eventuella skillnader mellan monetära och icke-monetära belöningssystem kopplat till motivation samt hur balansen mellan dessa uppnås inom offentlig sektor. Litteraturgenomgång: Under denna rubrik upphämtas information om olika motivationsteorier som bland annat Maslow (1943) och Herzberg (1968) har gjort. Sedan upphämtas även information om motivationsteorierna Public Service Motivation och Self Determination Theory. Det ges även en genomgång på vad belöningssystem, monetära belöningar samt icke-monetära belöningar är samt en presentation av belöningssystem inom offentlig sektor.Metod: För att besvara studiens frågeställningar används en kvalitativ ansats genom semistrukturerade intervjuer. Detta eftersom medarbetarnas upplevelser av belöningssystemet skulle undersökas. Urvalet består av ekonomer anställda i två svenska kommuner (Sunne/Torsby). Resultat: Studien visar att monetära belöningar inte har någon större påverkan på medarbetarnas motivation i deras dagliga arbete men att icke-monetära belöningar både påverkar deras prestation och effektivitet i arbetet. Bristande monetära belöningar kan dock vara en anledning till att lämna offentlig sektor. Analys, diskussion och slutsats: Slutsatsen dras att monetära belöningar är en förutsättning för att arbeta och för att inte känna missnöje och att den begränsade möjligheten till monetära belöningar inte har någon större inverkan på medarbetarnas motivation. De icke-monetära belöningar agerar däremot som motivatorer i större utsträckning och har en chans att nå medarbetarnas inre motivation.Introduction: Former studies shows that it must be a balance between monetary and non-monetary rewards. The public service is financed with tax assets which sets an limitation of how much monetary rewards you can get, which also can affect the balance in the reward system. The study aims to explore if there are any differences between monetary and non-monetary rewards connected to motivation and how the balance between these can be achieved within the public service. Literature review: Within this heading are a few motivation theories, such as Maslow (1943) and Herzberg (1968) presented. The chapter also present information about the motivation theories Public Service Motivation and Self Determination Theory. Furthermore, explanations of the study’s central concepts reward system, monetary rewards and non-monetary rewards are given. This is followed by a presentation of previous research that examines different perspectives of public service reward systems. Method: To reciprocate the issues of the study, a qualitative approach through semi-structured interviews is applied. This because of the study’s purpose that aims to analyze the public service coworkers’ experiences of the reward system. The respondents are economists employed within two Swedish municipalities.Result: The study shows that monetary rewards have no significant impact on employees’ motivation in their daily work but that non-monetary rewards affect both their performance and efficiency in the work. However, lack of monetary rewards can be a reason to leave the public sector. Analysis, discussion and conclusion: It is concluded that monetary rewards are a prerequisite for working and not feeling dissatisfaction, and that the limited opportunity for monetary rewards has no major impact on employee’s motivation. The non-monetary rewards, on the other hand, act as motivators to a greater extent and have a chance to reach employees’ inner motivation.
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Norris-Jones, Lynne. "Demonstrate and document : the development of a best practice model for biometric access control management." Thesis, Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10369/6411.
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This thesis investigates the social, legal and ethical perceptions of participants towards the implementation of biometric access control systems within a sample of United Kingdom work-based environments. It focuses on the application of fingerprint scanning and facial recognition systems, whilst alluding to the development of more advanced (bleeding edge) technologies in the future. The conceptual framework is based on a tripartite model in which Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is applied to the workforce whilst the principles of Utilitarianism and the Psychological Contract are applied to both management strategies and workforce perceptions. A qualitative paradigm is used in which semi-structured interviews are conducted with management and workforce participants within a sample of United Kingdom-based organisations (represented by Case Studies A-D). Discourse from these interviews are analysed, leading to the development of a series of first-cut findings for suggested "Best Practice " in the social, legal and ethical management of biometric access control systems. This process is subsequently developed with a refined sample of respondents (Case Studies A and C) culminating in the presentation of a suggested "Best Practice Model" for application to all four case studies. The model is based upon elements of a pre-determined Code of Practice (ISO/IEC 27002lnformation Technology - Security techniques - Code of Practice for Information Security Management) towards fostering acceptance of biometric technology within the workplace, in answering the question: How should organisations using biometric access control systems address social, legal and ethical concerns in the management of specific working environments in the United Kingdom?
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de, Vale Filippa, and Eden Zekarias. "Turkiet efter det senaste politiska kaoset : Har detta påverkat svenskturkarnas resmönster till hemlandet?" Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Turismvetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-33195.
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Syftet med uppsatsen har varit att undersöka om Turkiets nuvarande politiska situation påverkar svensk-turkars vilja att åka till sitt ursprungsland. Den metod som har använts i denna undersökning är både en kvalitativ och en kvantitativ metod. De teorier som författarna har använt inkluderar bland annat Maslows behovspyramid, Hsu et al.s Hierarchy of destination selection model och Simpson och Siguaws teorier om turism och risk. En enkätundersökning har genomförts med trettio svensk-turkar samt med representanter från Ving och TUI. Frågorna som ställdes till svensk-turkarna handlade om varför de valde eller inte valde att resa till Turkiet med tanke på landets politiska instabilitet. Vi frågade också om bristen på säkerhet i Turkiet är något som oroar dem eller betyder något när de väljer resmål. Författarna undrade också om informanternas etniska bakgrund påverkat valet att resa till Turkiet. Den analys som utförts är byggd på fem teman som hittats i den empiriska studien. De har kopplats till de teoretiska utgångspunkterna med syfte att undersöka hur det senaste politiska kaoset i Turkiet har påverkat svensk-turkars resvanor till landet. Vi har kunnat konstatera att våra svensk-turkiska respondenters resvanor till Turkiet inte har påverkats så mycket av den politiska instabiliteten. De flesta har i någon mån, på grund av den politiska instabiliteten, börjat tänka mer på vilka delar av Turkiet de reser till men har inte minskat frekvensen på sina resor i någon större utsträckning. Det var endast nio av trettio respondenter som helt slutat åka till Turkiet på grund av den politiska instabiliteten i landet. En av respondenterna skrev att anledningen till att han slutat åka till Turkiet beror på att han inte vill bidra ekonomiskt till landet eftersom han är emot dess regerings politik. Åtta av trettio svenskturkar i vår undersökning tycker att media på ett alltför negativt sätt skildrat den politiska instabiliteten i Turkiet och att de därför inte låtit det påverka sina resvanor.The purpose of this thesis has been to investigate whether Turkey's current political situation affects swedish-turks willingness to travel to their country of origin. A qualitative and a quantitative method have been used in this study. The theories used include, among others, B. Maslow's hierarchy of needs pyramid, Hsu et al.s Hierarchy of destination selection model and Simpson and Siguaw's theories about tourism and risk. Surveys sent by e-mail have been carried out with thirty swedish-turks and representatives from Ving and TUI. Some of the questions that were asked to the swedish-turks regarded if they still chose to travel to Turkey even though they are aware of the country's political instability. We also asked if the lack of security in Turkey is something that concerns them or matters when choosing a destination. The authors also wondered if their ethnic background influenced the choice to travel to Turkey. The analytical part of the thesis is based on five themes found in the empirical study linked to the theoretical starting points with the purpose of investigating how the latest political chaos in Turkey has affected the swedish-turks travel habits. We have found that the swedish-turks travel habits to Turkey have not been affected in a greater scale by the political instability. Although because of the political instability, some of them have begun to be more careful about which parts of Turkey they visit but they have not reduced the frequency of their travels to any significant extent. Only nine out of thirty swedish-turks have completely ceased to travel to Turkey and one of the survey respondents mentioned that the reason he stopped traveling there is because he does not want to contribute financially to the Turkish government as he is against their policies. Eight out of thirty of the swedish-turks found that the media portrayed the political instability in Turkey in an excessively negative way and therefore they have not let this affect their travel habits.
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Young, Melissa Marie. "Consumer Identity." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-16844.
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The purpose of this thesis is to prove that despite consumers' impression that they are alone in deciding their consumption decision they are wrong. Consumers are manipulated on various levels by marketers. It is the marketer who decides what consumer identities should be created. Consumers are persuaded by marketers on different levels beginning with consumers' needs. Marketers begin by appealing to consumer drives, motivations and emotions to persuade their consumers to purchase their brand. On a more in-depth level marketers manipulate consumers by using a variety of human behaviour learning strategies to sway consumers' purchasing decisions. In addition, marketers use various environmental and social-environmental influences to control their consumers. Lastly, a practical example illustrating the multinational corporation Nike is used, to prove that marketers are aware of these different methods and use them to manipulate consumers. In the end of this paper it is very obvious that consumers are easily persuade by marketers. A consumer is only the puppet while the marketer is the puppet string master.
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Lindgren, Fredrik, and Evelina Green. "Drömmen om den perfekta ledaren : en litteraturstudie med fokus på det transformativa ledarskapets påverkan på arbetstillfredställelse inom socialt arbete." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Socialt arbete, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-33326.
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Det har skett stora förändringar inom organisationer i socialt arbete. I process har ledarens uppdrag varit att öka medarbetarnas insikter och förståelse av verksamhetens visioner, och samtidigt uppmuntra till att uppnå personliga mål som är fördelaktiga i organisationens intressen. Transformativt ledarskap har visat ge positiva effekter i många olika organisationer och länder. Syftet med denna systematiska integrativa studie är att utforska effekterna av transformativt ledarskap på arbetstillfredsställelse i socialt arbete. Studien baseras på 14 artiklar som redogörs i en tematisk struktur. I resultatredovisningen används “Full Range Leadership Model” samt Maslows behovstrappa. Resultaten visade att transformativt ledarskap var kopplat till ökad arbetstillfredsställelse och att det skedde genom ett antal olika påverkande faktorer. Studien bidrar till kunskap om vilka processer ledare kan påverka för att öka arbetstillfredsställelsen hos anställda inom socialt arbete.There have been big changes within social service organisations. In this process the leader's mission has been to raise follower´s awareness and understanding of inspiring visions. Transformational leadership has demonstrated the positive effects in many different types of organisations and countries. The aim of this systematic integrative study is to explore the effects of transformational leadership on job satisfaction in social work. The study is based on 14 articles categorized in a theme structure, that were analysed with the theoretical frame of “Full Range Leadership Model” and Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. The results indicated that transformational leadership was associated with job satisfaction, and that there were several mediating factors between transformational leadership and job satisfaction. The study contributes to knowledge about the processes by which leaders influence job satisfaction of employees within social service organisations.
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Zeestraten, J. "Strolling to the beat of another drum : living the 'Slow Life'." Diss., Lincoln University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10182/833.
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As the pace of life in contemporary Western society accelerates, an increasing number of people are engaging in an alternative lifestyle: ‘Slow Living’. Although popular in the media, Slow Living, which addresses issues of quality of life, is a relatively new area of academic enquiry. Given a lack of empirical research, especially on the realities of the Slow Life in a New Zealand context, this ethnographic study aims to augment the knowledge on this lifestyle by focusing on how families experience Slow Living. The key research question is: How do families live their interpretations of a Slow Life? To answer this question, this study examined the everyday lives of five Slow Living families in Canterbury, New Zealand. Adult family members were given a time-use diary to complete over two days. These diaries were then used as a foundation for in-depth interviews and participant observation. Slow Living families hold to a number of personal values, such as personal agency, conscious living and leading meaningful lives. These comprise their ideal way of living. The families are also faced with a number of challenges and have to employ strategies to balance their ideal and what is possible. The different ways families adapt produces a variety of Slow Living lifestyles.
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Olsson, Angelica, and Linda Zaar. "Att motivera på ett personligt plan : Om hur olika personlighetstyper motiverassom evenemangsvolontärer." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-14323.
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Att besöka olika typer av evenemang har blivit ett alltmer vanligt sätt att förgylla vardagen. Ofta är det ett fåtal personer som ligger bakom planeringen av ett evenemang, men för att lyckas genomföra det på ett framgångsrikt sätt krävs det mer personal, och detta ofta i form av volontärer. Då dessa ställer upp utan finansiell ersättning, är det lätt hänt att det råder en brist på motivation. Avhopp av volontärer är vanligt förekommande och kan ge evenemanget ödesdigra konsekvenser, så det ligger i arrangörens intresse att försöka få dem att stanna och detta genom att hålla dem motiverade. I denna studie har det undersökts vad som skiljer olika personlighetstyper åt när det kommer till motivation. Genom att låta ett antal studenter genomföra ett personlighetstest baserat på modellen The Big Five och sedan genomföra intervjuer med 14 av dem, har det bildats enklarare uppfattning kring hur olika individer motiveras på bästa sätt. Efter att intervjuerna analyserats med hjälp av två personlighetsklassificeringsmodeller samt två motivationsteorier, har vissa skillnader funnits. Studien har fått fram både väntade samband mellan vilken personlighetstyp respondenten klassificerats som och vad denna anser sig motiveras av, men även somliga mer oväntade resultat.It has become more and more common to visit different kinds of events as a way to glorify the everyday life. Usually, it is only a few people working with planning an event, but to get a successful result more staff is required, and in many cases these are consisting by volunteers. Since these people are helping without any monetary compensation, it can be hard to keep the volunteers motivated, which can be a devastating consequence for the event. Therefore, it is very much in the interest of the arrangers to keep the motivation high throughout the whole event. In this study it has been examined what differs the different personality types when it comes to motivation. By letting a number of students fill out a personality test which was based on The Big Five model and then letting 14 of them go through an interview, a clearer picture has been formed about how different individuals are getting motivated the best way. When the interviews had been analyzed through two different personality models and two motivation theories, some differences have been found. This study has found some relationships between which personality the respondent has been classified as and what they consider themselves to be motivated by. Some findings have been expected while others have been more surprising.
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Mesch, Mikaela, and Gabriella Freij. "Sociala koder på arbetsplatsen : En kvalitativ studie om sociala koder på arbetsplatsen och dess möjliga begränsningar och tillgångar för den mänskliga arbetskraften." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för psykologi (PSY), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-80827.
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En kvalitativ studie genomfördes kring fenomenet sociala koder för att skapa förståelse och fördjupa kunskaper kring vilken möjlig påverkan sociala koder kan ha på mänsklig arbetskraft i arbetslivet. Studiens resultat visade på att sociala koder förekommer på samtliga respondenters arbetsplatser. Detta tolkades innebära att sociala koder berör samtliga individer i arbetslivet. Frågeställningarna för studien var om det fanns sociala koder på arbetsmarknaden, och hur dessa kan påverka den mänskliga arbetskraften i arbetslivet. Ambitionen var att genomföra intervjuer för att sedan använda en fenomenologisk analys som kunde belysa skillnader och likheter kring respondenternas subjektiva upplevelser. I studien deltog fyra deltagare mellan åldrarna 23-56 år. Syftet var att få en mer djupgående förståelse för begreppet sociala koder, snarare än att generalisera resultatet till andra områden. Nyckelord utformades och formulerades sedan till fem teman som antogs beskriva sociala koder och dess inverkan på den mänskliga arbetskraften. Studiens teman benämndes som: tolkning av regler och social interaktion, utanförskap och gemenskap, varierande påverkan, förändringsbarhet och arbetskultur. Resultatet i studien baserades på subjektiva upplevelser och tolkades därefter i en diskussion kring hur detta resultat var användbart för övriga deltagare i arbetslivet.A qualitative study regarding the phenomenon social codes was made to create a deeper understanding and develop knowledge about how social codes possibly could have an effect on human labor. The results of the study showed that social codes existed on all the participants workplaces. This was interpreted to imply that social codes was affecting all individuals in a social context on work. The questions of issue was if social codes existed on the labor market, and if these codes could possibly affect the human capital. The aim of the study was to implement interviews with four participants. Further it continued with a phenomenological analysis to illustrate differences and similarities within the results of the interviews. The participants of the study was between 23-56 years old. The study was not made to be able to generalise the studies results to a whole population, but instead to find a more profound description of the phenomenon social codes. Keywords were formulated and then decomposed into five themes to describe social codes and their impact on the human capital. The themes of the study was interpretation of rules and social interaction, alienation and communion, varied impact, changeability and work culture. The results of the study was based on subjective experiences and thoughts, which were interpreted into the discussion about how these results were useful for other employees.
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Stierna, Miriam, and Madeleine Olsson. "Konsumentbeteenden under en världsomfattande pandemi : En kvalitativ studie som undersöker digitaliseringens roll under Covid-19 pandemin." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-26420.
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Syfte: Studiens relevans grundar sig i e-barometerns årsrapport gällande en påvisad ökning av svensk e-handel under år 2020. Följaktligen är syftet med denna studie att studera svenska kvinnors konsumentbeteenden inom detaljhandeln under Covid-19 pandemin med fokus på digitaliseringens roll. Studien ämnar bidra med kunskap kring kopplingen mellan begreppen konsumentbeteenden och digitalisering under en världsomfattande pandemi, för att vidare skapa en diskussion kring Covid-19 pandemins inverkan på det paradigmskifte som det redan talas om kring konsumentbeteenden inom detaljhandeln. Metod: I studien tillämpas en kvalitativ forskningsmetod med fokusgrupper, baserat på ett snöbollsurval. Urvalet består utav kvinnor i åldrarna 18–35, vidare används en tematisk analysmetod för att skapa struktur och på ett metodiskt sätt sammanställa och analysera resultatet av undersökningen. Studien baseras på både primär- och sekundära data. Det primära datamaterialet har samlats in via digitala fokusgrupper och det sekundära datamaterialet kommer från vetenskapliga artiklar men även tidigare statistik från bland annat handelsrådet. Teoretiskt perspektiv: Det teoretiska ramverk som ligger till grund för studien är huvudsakligen köpprocessen och Maslows behovstrappa. Vidare presenteras även relevant tidigare forskning kring Covid-19 pandemin samt konsumentbeteende för att skapa en komplett bakgrund till studien. Slutligen presenteras en kort beskrivning om hur de teoretiska ramverken kommer att tillämpas samt hur det kopplas till varandra. Resultat/Analys och Slutsatser: Studien baseras på 12 kvinnliga respondenter, där majoriteten hade påverkats av Covid-19 pandemin i någon form. Vår tolkning blir därmed att trots det faktum att ett intresse för digitala lösningar redan fanns innan pandemin så hade det ändå ökat i samband med respondenternas upplevelse av en marknadsföring av digitala tjänster, slutsatsen blir därför att användningen av digitala lösningar som Instabox, hämta i butik och hemleverans blivit mer vanligt förekommande under pandemin. Vidare påvisar respondenterna en tendens till att kompensera sociala aktiviteter och tristess med att handla online. Resultatet visar på att respondenterna som arbetar eller studerar hemifrån har förändrat sin klädsel, men med undantag för viktiga sammankomster så var det tydligt att respondenterna fortfarande vill se representativa ut. Vidare har resultatet diskuterats utifrån syftet, forskningsfrågor och de teoretiska ramverken.Purpose: The relevance of this study is based on Postnord’s annual report regarding a demonstrated increase in Swedish e-commerce in 2020. Consequently, the purpose is to examine the buying-behavior of Swedish women during the Covid-19 pandemic with focus on the digitalization in retail. The study intends to contribute with knowledge about the connection between consumer buying-behavior and digitalization during a worldwide pandemic, further on to create a discussion about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the already ongoing paradigm shift in retail, associated to digital consumer buying-behavior. Methodology: The study applies a qualitative research method with focus groups, based on a snowball sampling. The sample consists of women aged 18-35 and a the maticanalysis method is used to create structure and in a methodical way compile and analyze the results of the focus group. The study is based on both primary and secondary data. The primary data has been collected through online focus groups and the secondary data comes from scientific articles, but also previous statistics from, among others, Handelsrådet. Theoretical perspective: The theoretical framework which the study is based on, is mainly the buying process, and Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Furthermore, it also presents relevant previous research on the Covid-19 pandemic’s effect on and consumer buying-behavior in order to create a complete background to the study. Finally, a brief description is presented of how the theoretical framework will be applied and how the frameworks relate to each other. Empirical analysis and Conclusion: The study is based on twelve female respondents and their individual experiences ofhow the covid-19 pandemic has affected their consuming behaviour. Despite the fact that an interest in digital solutions already existed before the pandemic, it has nevertheless increased in connection with the respondents' experience of increased marketing of digital services during the pandemic. The conclusion is therefore that the use of digital solutions such as instabox, download in store and home delivery has surged during the pandemic. Furthermore, the respondents show a tendency to do more online shopping to compensate for lack of social activities and boredom. The results have been discussed based on the purpose of the report, research questions and the theoretical frameworks.
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Olsson, Ida, and Kimmy P. Strömberg. "Motivation i organisationer : Kan Strategisk Human Resource Management användas för att säkerställa motivation hos medarbetare?" Thesis, Högskolan Väst, Avd för företagsekonomi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-16590.
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Under de senaste decennierna har kraven på organisationer att snabbt kunna anpassa sig till kunderna på sina respektive marknader ökat. Anpassningsförmågan är en avgörande faktor för att en organisation ska kunna behålla sin konkurrenskraftighet. I detta balansarbete mellan kortsiktigt kostnadssparande och långsiktigt intäktsgenererande är det av vikt för organisationer att verka för att behålla sina medarbetare samt att hålla dem motiverade till arbetet. Detta kan ses som att använda sin personalresurs på bästa sätt vilket är syftet med SHRM. Vårt syfte med rapporten var att undersöka motivationsfaktorer i organisationer samt hur SHRM kan användas för att främja dessa Efter genomgång av befintlig forskning har en kvalitativ forskningsstrategi använts där empiriinsamling har skett med skriftliga intervjuer av nio respondenter, från tre olika arbetspositioner i två olika organisationer. Den insamlade empirin har sedan sammanställts och diskuterats motbefintlig forskning. Befintlig forskning delar in motivation i inre och yttre motivation där den inre är kopplad till en individs psykologiska behov och egna vilja. Den yttre motivationen är kopplad till att individen får belöningar, ofta ekonomiska, utifrån sina prestationer. Befintlig forskning påvisar att effekten av yttre motivation är kortsiktig och snabbt avtar. Istället menar forskningen att den inre motivationen är avgörande för att få resultat på lång sikt. Befintlig forskning har även belyst vikten av SHRM utifrån att på bästa sätt koppla personalresurser till organisationsmål. Samt att organisationer, när de tillämpar SHRM, bör fokusera på medarbetarnas motivation för att säkerställa konkurrenskraftighet. Rapporten har i empirin kunnat bekräfta befintlig forskning kopplat till vikten av inre motivation samt att SHRM dessutom kan främja denna genom att vara en HR-strategi som utgår ifrån att se medarbetarna som resurs för att uppnå målen vilket medför att målen blir både tydligare och enklare att uppnå vilket i sin tur leder till mer motiverad personal. Rapporten har även belyst att en viktig del i främjandet av motivation är ett väl fungerande samarbete mellan HR-avdelning och ledning. Rapportens resultat är begränsat till de respondenter och de organisationer som undersökts och kan inte användas för att dra generella slutsatser.In recent decades, the demands on organizations to be able to quickly adapt to customers in their respective markets have increased. Adaptability is a crucial factor for the organizations ability to maintain its competitiveness. In this balancing act between shortterm cost-saving and long-term increase of revenue it is important for organizations to retain their employees and to keep them motivated. This could be seen as an organizations effort to use its human resources in the best way, which is the purpose of SHRM. The purpose of the report was to investigate motivational factors in organizations and how organizations can promote these with their SHRM-work. After reviewing existing research, a qualitative research strategy has been used where empirical data collection has taken place with written interviews of nine respondents, from three different work positions in two different organizations. The collected empirical data has then been compiled and discussed against existing research. Existing research divides motivation into inner and external motivation where the inner is linked to an individual's psychological needs and own will. The external motivation is linked to the individual receiving rewards, often financial, based on their achievements. Existing research shows that the effect of external motivation is short-term and rapid lydiminishes. Instead, research believes that inner motivation is crucial to achieving long term results. Existing research has also highlighted the importance of SHRM based on the best way to link personnel resources to organizational goals. And that organizations, when applying SHRM, should focus on employee motivation to ensure competitiveness. In the empirical data, the report has been able to confirm existing research linked to the importance of inner motivation and that SHRM can promote this by being an HR strategybased on seeing employees as a resource to achieve the goals, which means that the goals are both clearer and easier to achieve which in turn leads to more motivated employees. The report has also highlighted that an important part of promoting motivation is a well functioning collaboration between the HR department and management. The results of the report are limited to the respondents and the organizations surveyed and cannot be used to draw general conclusions.
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Klonowski, Craig Thomas. "Factors Affecting Student Motivation Related to Enrollment and Retention in Music and Performing Ensembles Outside of the School Environment." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1263754390.
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Jonsson, Katja. "FONTÄNHUSETS BETYDELSE FÖR MEDLEMMARNAS ÅTERHÄMTNINGS PROCESS." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-25938.
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Bakgrund: De senaste decennierna har socialpolitiska beslut präglats av en viljeinriktning att individer med psykisk funktionsnedsättning ska leva i samhället med andra, i en gemenskap. Det visar sig dock att många står utanför samhällets gemenskap och saknar ofta sysselsättning. Att ha sysselsättning kan vara en avgörande faktor som inte bara möjliggör att isolering bryts men även att vägen mot återhämtning från psykisk ohälsa kan påbörjas. Att få vara en del av ett sammanhang visar sig ha positiva effekter för återhämtningsprocessen som bidrar till att personer med psykisk funktionsnedsättning kan leva ett tillfredsställande liv trots att hen aldrig blir helt symptomfri.Syfte: Syftet med denna studie har varit att undersöka fontänhusets betydelse för medlemmarnas återhämtningsprocess. Syftet har även varit att belysa om det finns erfarenheter av både främjande och hindrande faktorer på fontänhuset för medlemmarnas återhämtning. Metod: Fem semistrukturerade intervjuer med medlemmar på fontänhuset som har erfarenhet av personlig återhämtning har genomförts och analyserats tematiskt.Resultat: Studien visar att fontänhuset är av betydelse för medlemmarnas återhämtningsprocess. Fontänhuset upplevs av flera av deltagarna i studien som en bidragande faktor till deras återhämtning. Studien påvisar också att det kan finnas problematik på fontänhuset som påverkar de sociala relationerna mellan medlemmarna. Vidare lyfts att återhämtningsprocessen består av fram och tillbakagångar men att ha en plats dit man kan gå bidrar till fler framgångar än motgångar.Background: In recent decades, social policy decisions have been characterized by a determination that people with mental disabilities should live in society with others, in a community. However, it turns out that many people are outside society's community and often lack employment. Having employment can be a crucial factor that not only enables isolation to be broken but also that the path to recovery from mental illness can begin. Being part of a context proves to have a positive effect on the recovery process that helps people with mental disabilities live a satisfying life despite never becoming completely free from symptom.Purpose: The purpose of this study has been to investigate the importance of the fountain house for the members' recovery process. The purpose has also been to highlight whether there are experiences of both promotion and preventive factors in the fountain house for members' recovery.Method: Five semi-structured interviews with members of the fountain house who have experience of personal recovery have been conducted and analyzed thematically.Result: The study shows that the fountain house is important for the members' recovery process. The fountain house is experienced by several of the participants in the study as a contributing factor to their recovery. The study also shows that there may be problems at the fountain house that affect the social relations between the members. Furthermore, it is emphasized that the recovery process consists of advances and reversals, but having a place you can go contributes to more successes than adversities.
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PAN, TONGLU. "A field study of the Elderly’s Participation into Community Education –The case of Shuyuan Township, Shanghai, China." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-67883.
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China is facing severe aging problems. It is estimated that in 2050, people over 60 in China will cover more than 25 percent population. How to make the elderly people’s life more meaningful and more fruitful becomes an urgent issue. To obtain the goal of setting up a learning society, as well as to loosen the heavy burden aroused by aging problem, community education is applied as an effective way to the elderly people widely to enhance their living standard. A lot of researches have been done on community education and the elderly education respectively abroad. China started to do such topic study later than Western countries but the speed of aging has soared during last 20 years. The blank of study especially the elderly people who live in rural area should aroused the attention of this society. This field study is to find out the factors that may lead to the elderly people’s subjective factors of participation into community education. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and society support theory, with the help of questionnaire and interview, the author finds out the current situation of the elderly’s participation in community education in Shuyuan Township, and factors that may influence the frequency of participation. The author proposes several suggestions which can be used to improve current situation as policy adviser.
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Cheng, Liujia, and Zheren Jiang. "What drives consumers to keep the top-tier elite membership of premium hotels : Economic Needs or Spiritual Needs?" Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-448556.
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It is well recognized that due to customers’ ever-growing material and cultural needs for a better life, an increasing number of people choose to experience premium hotels on their work trips or personal travels to keep top-tier elite membership of premium hotels. Previously, most luxury consumption research showed that higher needs drive consumer behaviour, such as identifying recognition and self-esteem. However, many people still focus on achieving job tasks, increasing income, or saving money by their membership. This phenomenon brings a puzzle about whether keeping top-tier elite membership of premium hotels is driven by spiritual needs or economic needs. To address that, this study drew on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory. It investigates the effects of spiritual needs (higher need) and economic needs (lower need) on consumer willingness to keep top-tier elite membership of premium hotels and how individual education levels moderate these effects. This study administers an online questionnaire-based survey among top-tier elite membership owners of premium hotels in mainland China. It uses the PLS-SEM technique to analyse the 150 valid questionnaires we collected. Our empirical findings indicate that spiritual needs, instead of economic needs, are the key driver to encourage consumers to maintain their top-tier elite membership of premium hotels. Furthermore, we uncover the moderating effect of individual education level and determine that the positive impact of spiritual needs on consumer willingness to keep top-tier elite membership of premium hotels is strengthened among highly educated people. Therefore, this study mainly reinforces the theoretical and practical value of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in luxury consumption research and extends its application, meanwhile, advances the research on luxury consumption and particularly in top-tier elite members of premium hotels.
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Hedlund, Clara, and Anna Marble. "Vad motiverar unga vuxna till att arbeta ideellt?" Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Handelshögskolan (from 2013), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-78396.
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Ideella organisationer har en stor betydelse för det svenska samhället. För att de ideella organisationerna ska kunna fortsätta bidra till samhället är det viktigt att organisationerna är tillräckligt attraktiva för att rekrytera och behålla ideella arbetare eftersom dessa individer är väsentliga för de ideella organisationernas överlevnad. Då de som arbetar ideellt inte får någon monetär ersättning uppstod frågan vad som motiverar dem till arbetet. Syftet med detta arbete är därför att undersöka vad som motiverar unga vuxna till att arbeta ideellt utan monetär ersättning. Studien har följt en kvalitativ forskningsmetod. Datainsamlingen har genomförts genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med 14 respondenter som har arbetat ideellt inom en studentförening på en högskola eller ett universitet i Sverige under de senaste två åren. Resultatet visar på fem utmärkande motivationsfaktorer hos respondenterna: gemenskap, möjligheten att påverka, personlig utveckling, karriärutveckling och yttre påverkan. Den insamlade datan har analyserats utifrån motivationsteorier samt tidigare forskning inom ämnet. Studiens slutsats är att de som arbetar ideellt upplever en form av icke-monetär belöning bland annat socialt nätverk, erfarenhet och personlig utveckling.Non-profit organizations have great importance for Swedish society. In order to make it possible for non-profit organizations to continue contributing, it is important that the organizations are attractive enough to be able to recruit and keep the volunteers since they are essential for the survival of non-profit organizations. Since the non-profit volunteers execute labor without monetary compensation, the question arose regarding their motivation. The purpose of this essay is to examine what motivates young adults to work without monetary compensation. A qualitative method has been used to study this subject, using semi-structured interviews with 14 participants who have worked in a non-profit student association at a college or university in Sweden during the last two years. The results showed five distinctive motivators for the respondents: a sense of belonging, the possibility to make a difference, personal development, career development, and external influence. The collected data was analyzed based on motivation theories and previous studies within the subject. The conclusion of the study is that volunteers in non-profit organizations experience non-monetary compensation, for instance social networking, experience, and personal development.
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Ahlberg, Ebba. "The Development of the Digital Nomad During the Course of the Pandemic : The digital nomad workforce, a study looking into the power of digital tools allowing people to work remotely." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-45978.
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Due to the pandemic, along with the growth of current technology, working remotely is becoming more feasible. As a result digital nomadism has become a viable alternative as a career. The emerging literature on digital nomadism focuses mainly on lifestyle descriptions, with less attention given to potentially understand digital nomads and their needs (Wang et al. 2018). In this research the author will apply uses and gratification theory to describe the gratifications that motivates digital nomads and their means of communication combined with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to determine if the needs of digital nomads have changed during the course of the pandemic. The aim of this thesis is to provide terminological and philosophical insights on the idea of digital nomads and their future. Since the start of the pandemic the discussions whether remote work is the future has been fluctuating to say the least. Big companies have introduced a “work from anywhere” model meaning that their employees will have the possibility to choose if they want to be remote after the pandemic (CNBC, 2021). Prior to this, digital nomads were already fully remote. This could be the ideal time and subject to study to gain further understanding if the digital nomad phenomenon has changed. Moreover, if there has been an increase or decrease in interest regarding a remote future while aiming to understand the future remote workforce.
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Backstig, Mathilda, and Nathalie Gustafsson. "Utebliven klientkontakt : - dess påverkan på tillfredsställelse, motivation och effektivitet i arbetet." Thesis, Hälsohögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, HHJ, Avd. för beteendevetenskap och socialt arbete, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-31697.
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Klientkontakt utgör en central del i handläggares arbete. Denna studie undersöker och belyser handläggares upplevelser, känslor och inställning vid utebliven klientkontakt och hur detta påverkar handläggares arbetstillfredsställelse, arbetsmotivation och arbetseffektivitet. När en klient inte kommer till ett bokat besök eller missköter sin avtalade kontaktfrekvens med sin handläggare, kan “en lucka” uppstå i arbetet där handläggarens tillfredsställelse, motivation och effektivitet i arbetet tenderar att förändras. Denna studie är kvantitativ och lägger vikt vid handläggares perspektiv på utebliven klientkontakt. För att få svar på frågeställningarna samlades data in genom en webbenkät. Enkäten skickades ut till sammanlagt 284 handläggare som är verksamma i Jönköpings län, varav 115 handläggare besvarade enkäten. Resultatet visar att handläggares känsla av stöd vid utebliven klientkontakt och möjligheten att lägga ner så mycket tid på klienten som handläggare anser nödvändigt, är av betydelse för handläggarnas arbetstillfredsställelse och arbetsmotivation. För de handläggare som upplever utebliven klientkontakt som ett hinder, tar det också längre tid för att påbörja en ny arbetsuppgift efter insikt om att en klient uteblir från avtalad kontakt. Handläggares möjlighet att utföra sitt arbete, vilket inbegriper upplevelsen att göra ett meningsfullt arbete som klienten har nytta/glädje av, förhindras då klientkontakt uteblir från handläggares vardagliga arbete.Client contact is a central part of social worker’s work environment. This study examines and highlights social worker’s experiences, feelings and attitude in case of no client contact, and how this affects social worker’s job satisfaction, work motivation and work efficiency. When a client does not come to a booked visit or mismanage his/hers agreed contact frequency with his/hers social worker, "a gap" occur in the work where the social worker’s satisfaction, motivation and efficiency at work tend to change. This study is quantitative and highlights the importance of social worker’s perspective on client contact that fails to appear. To get answers to the questions data were collected through a web survey. The questionnaire was sent out to 284 social workers that are active in Jönköping County, of which 115 social workers responded to the survey. Data were collected from the municipalities of Jönköping County through an online survey. The result shows that the social worker’s sense of support in case of no client contact and the opportunity to spend so much time on the client as the social worker deems necessary, is important for the social workers job satisfaction and motivation. For those social workers that experience client contact that fails to appear as a barrier, it also takes longer to start a new task after the realization that a client fails to appear at the agreed contact. When the client contact fail to appear from social worker’s daily work, it prevents social worker’s opportunity to do their work, which includes to do a meaningful work that the client benefit of and enjoy.
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Meyers, Reagan, and Libby Weaver. "Philanthropic Motivation : A Study of CSR in the Workplace." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-151387.
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In the present study, the topic under scrutiny is how Philanthropic Corporate Social Responsibility plays a role within the workplace. This study is being presented due to the fact that CSR is often researched with the frame of reference of marketing, whereas the managerial perspective is not often considered. The research question addressed will take a managerial perspective on CSR and examine if implementing Philanthropic CSR only affects extrinsic factors, or if it also has an intrinsic effect on employee motivation. In this research, the questions undergoing discussion to support the study are 1) To what extent does CSR motivate employees? 2) What involvement level of CSR is required for employee motivation? 3) What level does CSR fit into on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs? This thesis focuses mainly on connecting Philanthropic CSR to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Other supporting theories that will be used include: Herzberg’s Motivation Hygiene Theory, McGregor’s X and Y Theory, Self-Determination Theory, and Motivational Crowding Theory. To conduct the research needed, the authors have conducted a deductive study through a comparative design, obtaining qualitative data by the means of semi structured skype interviews. These interviews focus on American for-profit companies that have CSR in their strategy but focus on profit. The data collected has then been analyzed through a thematic approach. The information obtained suggests that Philanthropic CSR plays a role within the workplace, however, it is not seen as an incentive by employees. Moreover, an employee must be personally involved within the company’s CSR program to fully feel the effects that the program has to offer. This is due to the emotional investments made while participating in the said philanthropy. The conclusion found from this study is that Philanthropic CSR does have an intrinsic effect on employees because of the ‘feel good feeling’ they benefit from when they do participate in the Philanthropic CSR. However, to fully understand the effects of the motivational aspects, further research must be conducted.
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Dvořák, Pavel. "Návrh vhodných stimulačních nástrojů." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-264892.
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Purpose of this diploma thesis is proposal of fit stimulative tools. First company Moravia IT, a.s. is introduced along with objectives set for next five years period. Then is high fluctuation in the company chosen as the main problem. The aim is to propose stimuli, which decrease fluctuation. There is an analysis done in the next part, which is focused in negative and positive factors, which influence motivation of employees. The most significant motivation theories are described in theoretical part and their results are also mentioned. Final proposal of stimuli is divided into several parts – employees’ needs identification, definition of new stimuli and selection of suitable stimulative tools. There is made provision for time frame of satisfying employee’s needs in “evaluation” chapter. Also changes in corporate strategy according to the new proposals are demonstrated. At the end of the diploma thesis are suggested particular steps for management, which should have been done to decrease high fluctuation and finally achieve the main objectives of the company.
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Chalakova, Venesa. "A Hospitality Value Perception Model based on the Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs." Dissertação, 2002. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/114194.
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Chalakova, Venesa. "A Hospitality Value Perception Model based on the Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs." Dissertação, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/114194.
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Chalakova, Venesa. "A Hospitality Value Perception Model based on the Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs." Master's thesis, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/114194.
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Chi-HaoWu and 巫啓豪. "Development of a Product Positioning Analysis Mechanism based on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Theory." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/96019595153440004052.
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This study develop a product positioning analysis mechanism based on Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, so that enterprises can understand the level of needs in target audiences (TA) psychological dimension in low-cost and automated way. The main contributions of our paper are three fold: (1)We designs a product’s Maslow model that provides information of product positioning in target market to enterprises, so as to support refining product positioning strategies, improving features of products, and making decisions. (2)We propose a FOPE Algorithm which extend the method which proposed by Liu et al. (2013), which extracts features and opinions of product from online word-of-mouth articles (reviews) written in Chinese. (3) We propose an Aspect Induction Algorithm that summarized the product features which have similar meaning to a cluster called aspect by AHC (agglomerative hierarchical clustering). (4)We designs a Maslow levels evaluation method that uses Back-Propagation Neural Network (BPN) to map each product features which consumer emphasized to five levels of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Based on these methods, we conduct an empirical study on smart phones and butter Shortcake and demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed methods.
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Mun, Chi-Sen, and 繆奇森. "A Study of Military Logisticians’ Job Involvement Based on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Theory." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/72161737447955357124.
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Government expenditure savings, so reducing the defense budget, cut the size of the armed forces, defense organizations and then subsequently changes, the Air Force organized labor also reduced or eliminated. Then, staff turnover and subsequent convergence of manpower shortage, the military unit supplies manpower by outsourcing to the supplementary of demand. Temporary employees are not the full-time military officer, their salaries, vacation, working hours, responsibilities and benefits are all different, but the original mission objectives must be reached. Therefore, we should understand the different background employees' hierarchy of needs and their job involvement at work, in order to provide a reference to military in the personnel management. The results show: first, full-time military administrator and military veterans both pursuit the highest level self-actualization needs after physiological needs and security needs; ranked first for job involvement is internal job satisfaction. Second, general dispatched labor' highest level of demand is social needs; ranked first for job involvement is internal job satisfaction. Last, full-time military administrator and military veterans both pursuit the highest level self-actualization needs, we can see that Maslow's hierarchy of needs with "meet - progress-oriented" stepped path still had the discussion space.
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張良碩. "Exploring Consumer Value of Cross-Border Online Shopping: An Application of Means-End Chain Theory and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/75f3un.
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碩士國立政治大學
資訊管理學系
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While online shopping websites are facing the difficulties of price and low-quality competition, cross-border online shopping is on a vigorous development trend, showing that cross-border online shopping is an important trend of online shopping field. Due to the complexity of cross-border online shopping is much higher than the traditional domestic online shopping, so understanding the value of cross-border online shopping consumers is the most important success factors. Companies want to develop new markets abroad, must understand the local consumer’s behavior and their decision-making process in order to make good business strategies. This study uses means-end chain to construct Taiwanese cross-border online shopping consumers’ hierarchical value map, and also apply to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, then sorting these value elements’ importance by their position in hierarchy of needs. After obtained the reason why consumers use cross-border online shopping service and what values they got in this service. Researcher can predict and analyze the evolution and development of cross-border online shopping, provide reference for future online shopping academic studies and online shopping industry’s decision-making.
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Lee, Hai-Jung, and 李海容. "An Exploratory Study on Application of the theory of Maslow's Hierarchy Demands to Property Service Demands－Illustrated by Taipei Area." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/94295119076278244698.
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碩士華夏技術學院
資產與物業管理研究所
98
ABSTRACT In many communities, those major public affairs are resulted from the demands of property services around their households. Thus, the Property Service Demands (PSD) could be said as “Cornerstone” of property managements in housing communities. If there were no consensus among their demands of households, then many public affairs would have the infinite choices and instability. In this way, It would be increasing many difficulties of public affair running in housing communities. Presently the PSD researches are rarely, the Taiwan native documents or papers on PSD is absent, as well. This approach of study is base on Maslow's Hierarchy of Demands theory and Transaction cost theory. This study are using housing questionnaires to survey different PSD and dealing with those reply materials by the technologies of Factor Analysis and the Cluster Analysis. Finally this study gains seven PSD factors, as well as five PSD combinations to different kinds of owners in housing communities. The findings of this study are as follows, there are some correlations between the PSD and the theory of Maslow's Hierarchy Demands. Secondly, for the purposes of meeting the housing PSD, some firms could offer different degree sets of property managements through “Security Management”, “Environment Management”, “Mechanical Equipment Maintaining” and “Services of Living Affairs”. Thus these conclusions may be taken as references of the future housing PSD researches.
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"An analysis of the extraordinary behaviours of Jonah using Erikson's psychological theory of development and Maslow's hierarchy of needs model on motivation." 1999. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5890354.
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Chang Siu Pok.Thesis (M.Div.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 68-70).
Chapter I. --- Introduction to the Thesis
Chapter II. --- Summary of the Book of Jonah
Chapter III. --- Background and Problems on the Book of Jonah
Chapter IV. --- Some Basic Assumptions:
Chapter a) --- Jonah's Identity
Chapter b) --- Jonah's Childhood
Chapter c) --- Jonah and the Great City of Nineveh
Chapter d) --- Jonah and the Big Fish
Chapter V. --- Erikson's Model of Personal Development
Chapter VI. --- Erikson's Model and Jonah's Extraordinary Behaviour
Chapter VII. --- Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Model on Motivation
Chapter VIII. --- Maslow's Model and Jonah's Extraordinary Behaviour
Chapter IX. --- Comparison of the Two Models
Chapter X. --- Conclusion
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YIA-WEN, YANG, and 楊雅文. "A Study of Factors That Contribute to Facebook Addiction Disorder from A View of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: A Case Based in A Junior High School in Hsinchu County." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/692a77.
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碩士中華大學
資訊管理學系
104
According to a recent English report: There are over 1 billion Facebook users, and 30% of them are victims of FAD (Facebook Addiction Disorder). They can’t live without Facebook. One Norway study shows: the desire to use Facebook frequently is no different from the desire for drugs or alcohol. One study of New York University indicts that: those who have FAD syndromes may have problems of excess drinking, drug abusing or bad emotional management as well. A survey of Ministry of Education in September, 2015 shows: the students of elementary and junior high overuse the internet for the non-studied purpose. It also shows: 7.8% of elementary students, 17.5% of junior high students and 14.4% senior high students are running a high risk of FAD. This study adopts the theory of Maslow's hierarchy of needs to build the framework and hypotheses and investigates the condition of FAD among teenagers. Data is collected from a questionnaire survey, and responses are analyzed on SPSS using methods including narrative statistics, independent-sample t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis to validate the proposed hypotheses. The results shows that: the theory of Maslow's hierarchy of needs is significantly and positively related to FAD among teenagers, the perspectives of Maslow's hierarchy of needs are significantly and positively related to each other. The results also shows that: FAD among teenagers are varied by the factors of gender, the history of having Facebook account, the days of using Facebook each week, the time of using Facebook each time, the amount of Facebook friends. Gender is positively related to the using of Facebook functions including likes, leaving comments, playing games, replacing profile pictures, sending messengers, watching news feed, posting photos and videos. I hope my study can offer the teachers, parents or educational institutions some suggestions that can help our children. Afer all, children are the future of our nation. It is our expectation that all of our children can grow up healthily and happily.
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CHU, HSI-MIN, and 朱希敏. "A Study on The Will of The Current College Students to Attend The Senior And Junior Examinations of the Public Servant With The Theories of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs And Promotion Strategy." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/77078284706431036884.
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碩士銘傳大學
企業管理學系碩士在職專班
104
Recently, according to the media report, our government subsidizes the enterprises ten thousand NT dollars per month in a period of six months from the financial crisis in 2008. Therefore, the graduating college students get the unbelievably little salary of twenty-two thousand NT dollars per month. It leads that the salary of the youth cannot be raised and the youth get the pauperization. And all these years, the unemployment rate is getting higher and higher due to the unpaid leave. For that reason, current college students start to make the plans for their future. The Senior and Junior Examinations of the Public Servant are the most well-known ways to select the most qualified personnel of government. Those who have passed the examinations will be assigned or appointed into the government. In addition, public servants possess the right of identity security so they have relatively higher stability about their job. The Senior and Junior Examinations of the Public Servant are also important ways to enter the workplace for the current college students. This study analyzes the will of the current college students to attend the Senior and Junior Examinations of the Public Servant with The Theories of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Furthermore, by means of newspaper advertisement, campus promotion, internet marketing and exhibition in examination place of the cram school's promotion strategy, we realize the factors which influence the will of attending a cram school of the current college student. This study gathers the samples by means of questionnaire and gets three hundred and three effective samples. This study uses statistical software of SPSS as its research tool and empirically discovers as follows, A. According to the theories of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, physiological needs, safety needs and self-actualization have positive influence on the will to attend the Senior and Junior Examinations of the Public Servant. B. Newspaper advertisement and internet marketing of a cram school have positive influence on the will to attend a cram school.
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Hsu, Chen-hung, and 徐震宏. "Application of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Theory to study the Reasons behind the Willingness to Apply to Join the Coast Guard Administration as Voluntary Soldiers - a Case Study of a Coast Patrol Unit in the Eastern Branch." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/k2mg72.
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WANG, MING-SIAN, and 王銘憲. "Case Study on Maslows Hierarchy of Needs of Non-Profit Organization." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/e8n64w.
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碩士大葉大學
管理學院碩士在職專班
103
With political reform and opening, the rise of social welfare thinking caused different, diversity and abundant Taiwan nonprofit organization growing vitally and set up one by one. The main reasons of the booming trend are fast change of domestic politics and economic environment. Those phenomenon leaded plentiful thinking in social value. Let people know some need can't be satisfied by government or commercial system. That's why people with lofty ideals gathering many resources to set up nonprofit organization. They try to solve problems that government or formal way can't do. On the other hand, to achieve ideal with government regulations. The research using Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and development and management of nonprofit organization as theory foundation. Analyzing how to get public affirmed and earn resources to support organization's finance. For sustainable development and management.
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Watson, Heather Dawn. "Factors contributing to sleep deprivation in a multi-disciplinary intensive care unit." Diss., 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3730.
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The abstract on the file is incorrect, use the the one in the system as it summerizes the full text.This attempted to describe factors contributing to sleep deprivation in the a multidisciplinary intensive care unit in KwaZulu-Natal Province. A quantitative, descriptive research design was adopted and structured interviews were conducted with 34 adult patients. Most factors contributing to these patients' sleep deprivation are basic physiological needs. Much can be done to enhance patients' abilities to sleep if noise (from alarms, monitors, televisions, telephones and footsteps) could be controlled, patients' pain would be managed effectively, doctors would visit the patients regularly, doctors and nurses use lay terms when talking to patients. Visible clocks and windows will help patients to maintain time orientation. Friendly, approachable and respectful nurses who introduce themselves to the patients help' to reduce patients' stress levels and improve their abilities to sleep.
Health Sciences
M.A. (Health Studies)
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Chi, Chi-chun, and 紀俊吉. "Leisure and exercise aspect based on human being The discussion of Maslow’s need hierarchy theory." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/25395393217991321914.
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碩士雲林科技大學
休閒運動研究所碩士班
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In this study, the reasearcher based on the content of Maslow’s need hierarchy theory to interview an excellent athlete, a coach and scholars from the educational, physical education and administrational fields. The results of the semistructured interviews were analyzed from theoretical and experiential aspects with the template analytic techniques. The results of the research are as followed: 1.In terms of the comprehension of Maslow’s need hierarchy theory, scholars from academic field gained their understanding of the theory in a systematic way. On the other hand, athletes or coaches approached the theory from their own practical experiences. 2.When it came to self-realization, all the interviewees believed that the inclination of human being to pursue for better self is going to lead to self-realization in the end. However, the definition of self-realization is basically neutral without focusing on the positive experiential development only. That is to say, the experience of self-realization could be either positive or negative and needed to be noticed by the following research. 3.Some suggestions were made for Maslow’s need hierarchy theory, including the strengthening of interpersonal relations, the discussion of altruistic behaviors, and the examination and reinterpretation of peak experience in a more rational and objective way. 4.The result of the participants’ peak experience is consistent with the reviewed literature. The peak experiences of every interviewee are different from one another ,and the senior or people who are highly involved in sports gain more peak experiences than the rest. Besides, occupation is believed to be one of the major factors that influence the peak experience. 5.Most of interviewees thought altruism is the most valuable and meaningful part in the living process. The altruistic behaviors bring the sense of happiness and satisfaction, which is an important factor to support the development of life.
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李寶瑗. "The Self-realization of Teaparker in the Theory of Maslow’s Self-realization Hierarchy of Needs." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/19014365918142967356.
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碩士佛光大學
未來學系
101
This research mainly focuses on exploring the personality and self-realization of the teaparkers through the Hierarchy of Needs Theory from the psychology master Abraham Maslow for allowing our people to know more of the tea issue and satisfy our needs of self-realization. This research collects the study data by means of Qualitative Research Method. Totally interview 3 teaparkers who all have over 20 years’ tea experience. The analyzing result: The teamasters of teaparkers authenticated by civil society participate the tea parties quite often to enjoy their serious leisures. During those tea art showings and performings and interactings among those teaparkers, they shoulder the heritage mission of tea culture, fully enjoying the peak experience and gaining the satisfaction of self-realization. Those teaparkers who grow the tea trees all see their organic tea planting as the cause of conscience business and sell their tea as a way of selling the health to people for making a better world. The life of growing tea trees on the top of mountains is good enough to satisfy the needs of their spiritual cultivations and self-realizations. Those teaparkers who artistically make tea ware appreciate the atmosphere of tea ceremony. Teapot and tea cup making, Zen-sitting, and Zen-tea-poem allow them to gain the wonderful feelings of self-achievement and peak experience, at the same time, also satisfy their needs of self-realization. At the end of this research, I’ll aim on its outcome accordingly to apply the following-up study and recommendation.
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Aghová, Žaneta. "Prevence extrémního vyloučení." Master's thesis, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-368720.
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The Diploma thesis the Preventation of the extreme social exclusion is focused on the issue of the long-term homelessness. Using available literature it tries to find information explaining the consequences of the depressive life condition in the form of the extreme social exclusion and life without any home. Furthermore the thesis is focused on the homelessness as a multifactorial pathological phenomenon. The Diploma thesis is therefore focused on the specific terms, facts and consequences connected with the condition of the long-term homelessness. The theoretical part is concentrated on the study of the human needs based on the humanistic conception of a personality and Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Moreover the text describes the methods of the help during the social work with the homeless people and introduces social services according to the monitoring of the needs of the people in the long- term social exclusion. Another part of the thesis is dedicated to the social services in the capital city Prague. The practical part is focused on the needs of the homeless people. The needs and the applicability of the available social services were inquired with the means of interviews, studies of the documentation and observing in the community of homeless people.