Thesis (Ph. D.)--Washington State University, August 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-97).

Orientador: Sandro Caramaschi / Banca: Rinaldo Correr / Banca: Ana Cláudia Bortolozzi Maia / Resumo: O ingresso no ensino superior representa uma transição na vida do indivíduo que opta por graduar-se em uma universidade. O modo como os estudantes lidam com as ocorrências desse novo contexto podem facilitar ou dificultar seu desenvolvimento pessoal, cognitivo e psicossocial e, dessa forma, influenciar as demais áreas que demandam relacionamento interpessoal. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi identificar e relacionar as dimensões que podem compor o processo de adaptação do estudante à universidade, por meio de comparalções entre os gêneros, correlações e o nível empático dos estudantes. Como fundamentação teórica utilizou-se a Psicologia Evolucionista, a qual traz a proposta de entender a mente e o comportamento humanos como resultado de um processo de adaptação. Participaram da pesquisa 100 alunos ingressantes do sexo feminino e masculino de diversos cursos. Utilizou-se um questionário contendo questões fechadas de multipla escolha e do tipo Likert (escala de 1 a 5) bem como o Inventário de Empatia (IE). O estudo evidenciou diferenças significativas entre os sexos em alguns aspectos relativos às Expectativas Pré Universidade, Relações Interpessoais, Satisfação com o Curso, Atividadses Extracurriculares e Percepção de Rede de Apoio. Em todas as análises as mulheres obtiveram valores maiores, exceto nas Atividades Extracurriculares. Com respeito às correlações, os resultados significativos tanto para homens como para as mulheres englobaram a escolha pela carreira e a certeza pela escolha após a entrada na universidade, a certeza da escolha do curso e as Expectativas Pré Universidade, as Expectativas Pré Universidade e a Satisfação com a Universidade, a distância da cidade de origem e a frequencia de viagens de retorno, o Bem Estar e a Satisfação com a Universidade... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The entrance of a student in the college represents the transition in its life, by choosing the graduation in a university. The way how students deal with the circumstances of this new context can facilitate of make difficult its personal, cognitive and psychosocial development, and this way, to influence other areas that demand interpessonal relations. The objective of this research was identificate and relate the dimensions that may arrange the student adaptation process into the university, through comparisons between the genders, co-relations and the empathic level of the students. Based on the Evolutionary Psychology which brings the proposal of understanding the human mind and behavior as result of an adaption process. One hundred stufents of feminine and masculine sex from different course had participate of the research. A questionnaire contends questions with multiple choices of Likert's type (scale from 1 to 5) was used, as well as the Emphathy Inventory (EJ). The study has evidenced significant differences between feminine and masculine sex in some aspects relatives to the Expectations Before University, Interpersonal Relations, Satisaction with the Course, Extracurricular Activities and Perception of Care Network. In all the analyses women had higher numbers than men, except on the Extracurricular Activities. Related to the co-relations, the significant results as much for men as women were the decision for the carcer and the certain of this choise after the entrance at university, the certain of the course's choise and the Expectations Before University, the Expectations Before University and the Satisfaction with the University, the distance from the origin city and the frequency of the return trips. Welfare and the Satisfaction with the University, the Perception of the Care Network and the... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

As it becomes more common for individuals to work in many different jobs throughout their lives, career adaptability becomes more important to understanding how individuals deal with this changing environment. This study examined the history and background of career adaptability and personality, as well as current research in the field. A total of 196 students from a large Midwestern university completed the Career Futures Inventory – Revised and a Big Five measure from the International Personality Item Pool to examine potential relationships between individual personality traits and career adaptability. Pearson correlations, linear and hierarchical regression analyses, and analysis of variance were used to analyze possible relationships. The results of the study indicated that 39.7% of career adaptability was accounted for by the Big Five personality traits. All five personality traits and career adaptability were moderately correlated and neuroticism, conscientiousness, and extraversion predicted participants’ overall career adaptability. Hierarchical regression analyses showed that career adaptability and career agency both predicted major satisfaction above and beyond personality. Key words: career adaptability, Big Five personality, major satisfaction

The primary objective of this study was to explore the relationship between personality and employability using a sample of 100 employees at a meat producing company in South Africa. A secondary objective was to determine if personality could be used to predict employability, and whether individuals from different demographic groups differed regarding their employability. The instruments used were the sixteen personality factor inventory (16PF) and the Van Der Heidje employability measure. The research findings indicated that the personality factors of submissiveness and seriousness correlated to the employability dimensions of anticipation/ optimization and occupational expertise respectively. Openness and corporate sense were also correlated, with anxiety in particular correlating with the overall employability measure. Differences between the race groups and employability were also noted. Particular interventions aimed at improving individual career decision making and employability practices within the organisation concluded the study. / M.A. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)

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This thesis explores the experiences of managers who work flexibly. Flexible working policies are prevalent in all organizations in the UK because of the legislation giving specific groups of parents and carers the right to request flexible working. Many organizations extend the policies to all employees, yet the take-up is not as high as expected, particularly among staff at managerial levels. This thesis explores how managers construe and experience flexible working arrangements while successfully fulfilling their roles as managers of people. The exploratory study consisted of interviews with eight managers with unique flexible working patterns. Analysis of the interview transcripts identified concepts of consistency and adaptability. Consistency refers to meeting fixed needs from the work and non-work domains, and adaptability refers to the adjustment of schedules to meet the changing demands from those domains. The concepts of consistency and adaptability were further explored in the main study which is based on interviews with 24 women and 10 men who held managerial positions and had a flexible working arrangement which reduced their face time in the workplace. The research offers three main contributions to the literature. At a theoretical level, I propose a model which demonstrates how individuals use consistency and adaptability to meet the fixed and changing demands from the work and non-work domains. This model extends understanding of the complexity of the segmentation/integration continuum of boundary theory, explaining how and why managers use flexible working arrangements as a means of managing boundaries and achieving desired goals in both domains. Four distinct clusters emerged among the managerial participants in terms of the type and direction of adaptability, indicating the range of strategies used by managers to ensure the success of their flexible working arrangements. A detailed description of managers’ flexible working experiences is provided, adding to what is known about the role of manager through the exploration of the enactment of that role when working flexibly.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:29:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2012-03-05Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:58:31Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 cavallini_ac_me_bauru.pdf: 695413 bytes, checksum: f6c26c8a467ef97593c441779e1c59c9 (MD5) / O ingresso no ensino superior representa uma transição na vida do indivíduo que opta por graduar-se em uma universidade. O modo como os estudantes lidam com as ocorrências desse novo contexto podem facilitar ou dificultar seu desenvolvimento pessoal, cognitivo e psicossocial e, dessa forma, influenciar as demais áreas que demandam relacionamento interpessoal. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi identificar e relacionar as dimensões que podem compor o processo de adaptação do estudante à universidade, por meio de comparalções entre os gêneros, correlações e o nível empático dos estudantes. Como fundamentação teórica utilizou-se a Psicologia Evolucionista, a qual traz a proposta de entender a mente e o comportamento humanos como resultado de um processo de adaptação. Participaram da pesquisa 100 alunos ingressantes do sexo feminino e masculino de diversos cursos. Utilizou-se um questionário contendo questões fechadas de multipla escolha e do tipo Likert (escala de 1 a 5) bem como o Inventário de Empatia (IE). O estudo evidenciou diferenças significativas entre os sexos em alguns aspectos relativos às Expectativas Pré Universidade, Relações Interpessoais, Satisfação com o Curso, Atividadses Extracurriculares e Percepção de Rede de Apoio. Em todas as análises as mulheres obtiveram valores maiores, exceto nas Atividades Extracurriculares. Com respeito às correlações, os resultados significativos tanto para homens como para as mulheres englobaram a escolha pela carreira e a certeza pela escolha após a entrada na universidade, a certeza da escolha do curso e as Expectativas Pré Universidade, as Expectativas Pré Universidade e a Satisfação com a Universidade, a distância da cidade de origem e a frequencia de viagens de retorno, o Bem Estar e a Satisfação com a Universidade... / The entrance of a student in the college represents the transition in its life, by choosing the graduation in a university. The way how students deal with the circumstances of this new context can facilitate of make difficult its personal, cognitive and psychosocial development, and this way, to influence other areas that demand interpessonal relations. The objective of this research was identificate and relate the dimensions that may arrange the student adaptation process into the university, through comparisons between the genders, co-relations and the empathic level of the students. Based on the Evolutionary Psychology which brings the proposal of understanding the human mind and behavior as result of an adaption process. One hundred stufents of feminine and masculine sex from different course had participate of the research. A questionnaire contends questions with multiple choices of Likert's type (scale from 1 to 5) was used, as well as the Emphathy Inventory (EJ). The study has evidenced significant differences between feminine and masculine sex in some aspects relatives to the Expectations Before University, Interpersonal Relations, Satisaction with the Course, Extracurricular Activities and Perception of Care Network. In all the analyses women had higher numbers than men, except on the Extracurricular Activities. Related to the co-relations, the significant results as much for men as women were the decision for the carcer and the certain of this choise after the entrance at university, the certain of the course's choise and the Expectations Before University, the Expectations Before University and the Satisfaction with the University, the distance from the origin city and the frequency of the return trips. Welfare and the Satisfaction with the University, the Perception of the Care Network and the... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

O trabalho, composto de quatro experimentos, teve como objetivo geral avaliar a tolerância ao calor em ovinos, sua relação com a coloração do pelame e a presença ou ausência de lã em ovelhas de raças lanadas e deslanadas. Os experimentos foram conduzidos no Instituto de Zootecnia, localizado em Nova Odessa, Estado de São Paulo (22º42\'S e 47º18\'W, 570m de altitude). Nos primeiros três experimentos, avaliaram-se 83 ovelhas, das raças Santa Inês (31), Morada Nova (15), Texel (14), Suffolk (11) e Ile de France (12). O índice de tolerância ao calor (ITC) foi calculado pela fórmula 10 - (TR2 - TR1), através das temperaturas retais registradas às 13h (TR1), após duas horas em descanso na sombra, e às 15h, após uma hora de exposição à radiação solar direta e uma hora de descanso à sombra (TR2). No quarto experimento, 90 ovelhas, 18 de cada raça, foram avaliadas quanto à temperatura retal (TR) e freqüência respiratória (FR) às 8h, 13h (após duas horas em descanso à sombra), 14h (após uma hora de exposição ao sol), e depois a cada 15 minutos, na sombra, até às 15h, originando quatro TR2 para cálculo dos índices. Verificou-se que não houve diferença na tolerância ao calor entre animais da raça Santa Inês de pelagem clara e escura. A raça Texel (lanada) teve menor variação de temperatura entre os dois horários, e obteve melhor índice de tolerância ao calor (P<0,05) do que a raça deslanada Morada Nova. Ovelhas das raças Suffolk e Ile de France tiveram altos índices de tolerância ao calor, independente do fato de estarem ou não tosquiadas. No experimento 4, ovelhas da raça Santa Inês tiveram TR inferiores (P<0,05) à TR de algumas raças lanadas, às 13h, 14h, 14h30min e 14h45min. Em todas as raças, não houve diferença (P>0,05) entre as TR medidas às 8h e 13h, assim como não foram encontradas diferenças (P>0,05) entre elas quanto à TR da manhã e aos 60 min após o estresse (15h). As ovelhas deslanadas tiveram FR inferiores (P<0,05) às lanadas. Não houve diferença (P>0,05) entre o ITC calculado com base na TR2 aos 45 e 60 min pósestresse. Concluiu-se que o tempo de registro da TR2 para a espécie ovina pode ser antecipado de 60 para 45 minutos após o estresse, e que as ovelhas avaliadas estão adaptadas ao clima do Estado de São Paulo. / This study consisted of 4 experiments and had as main goal evaluate the heat tolerance in ewes, and its relation to hair color and presence or absence of wool in wool and hair breeds. The experiments were conducted at the Instituto de Zootecnia, located in Nova Odessa city, São Paulo State, Brazil (22º42\'S e 47º18\'W, 570m altitude). Three experiments evaluated 83 ewes of the following breeds: (31) Santa Inês; (15) Morada Nova; (14) Texel; (11) Suffolk and (12) Ile de France. The heat tolerance index is calculated on the formula 10 - (RT2 - RT1) through data on rectal temperatures (RT) as follows: RT1 at 13:00h, after 2 hours of rest in the shade and RT2 at 15:00h, after na hour of sun exposure and one hour of rest in the shade. The fourth experiment examined a 90 ewe flock, consisted of 18 ewes of each breed, which were evaluated for rectal temperature (RT) and respiratory frequency (RF) as follows: 8:00h, 13:00h (after 2 hour shade rest); 14:00h (after one hour sun exposure) and in the shade, every 15 minutes till the hour; which provided four RT2 for the index. There was no heat tolerance difference between light or dark hair colored Santa Ines. Texel ewes (wool breed) presented the lowest variation of temperature between the two timeframes and had best heat tolerance index (P<0,05) than the hair breed Morada Nova. Suffolk and Ile de France ewes had high heat tolerance index values, irrespective of having been sheared or not. In the fourth experiment, Santa Inês ewes presented lower RT (P<0,05), than some wool breeds at 13:00h, 14:00h, 14:30h and 14:45h. In all breeds, there was no difference (P>0,05) between the RT values taken at 8h and 13h. In addition, no significant differences (P>0,05) were found among the breeds between the RT values recorded in the morning and the RT taken 60min after heat stress (15h). The hair breeds presented lower RF (P<0,05) than the wool breeds. No difference was found amongst the heat tolerance indexes based on RT2 at 45 and 60min after stress. It was concluded that the registering time of RT2 for sheep can be advanced from 60 to 45 min after stress, and that the ewes in the experiment are all adapted to São Paulo State\'s weather.

M.A. (Clinical Psychology) / The purpose of this study was to assess the differential and relative effects of cortical immaturity and non-cortical immaturity in specific learning disabled children on the development of maladaptive behavior. For this purpose twenty specific learning disabled children were selected according to certain criteria. This group was divided into a group of children with specific learning disabilities with cortical immaturity, and a group with specific learning disabilities without cortical immaturity. Acontrol group consisting of ten children without any learning disabilities was also selected. The three groups thus obtained were assessed on indices of aggression, withdrawal, class- and learning problems, and personal and social efficacy. The results indicated that specific learning disabled children manifested more maladaptive behavior than non-specific learning disabled children. Concerning the differential effect of cortical immaturity and noncortical immaturity in specific learning disabled children on the development of maladaptive behavior there were no meaningful differences. The recommendation was made that future studies should control contaminating variables among which socio-economic class differences and parental child rearing practices.

M.A. (Psychology) / Please refer to full text to view abstract