The study explores how organization upward political behavior affect organizational culture. Jim min Lee¡¦s(2006) Organizational Upward Influence Behavior Scale is tested. Through factor analysis, there are five dimensions¡GRational Persuasion, Upward appeal, image management, Ingratiating, Pressure. In organizational culture scale, Wallach¡¦s(1983) twenty one items scale is tested. First, examine the relationship between the five-dimension organization upward political behavior and samples¡¦ basic data via one-way ANOVA. Second, examine the relationship between the five-dimension organization upward political behavior and generations at work. Third, examine the relationship between the five-dimension organization upward political behavior and manager or non-manager level. Finally, examine the relationship between the five-dimension organization upward political behavior and the three-dimension organization culture via one-way ANOVA. The result shows that samples basic data have effects on organizational upward influence behavior. Besides, X generation has effects on rational persuasion, image management, and pressure. The managers have effects more than non-managers. Finally, innovative culture has effects on rational persuasion, image management, and ingratiating.

Abstract Telecom market had been opened since 2001. Facing dramatically changing environment, in order to keep benefiting customers and investors, and to maintain employees¡¦ morale, it is important for the state-owned enterprise to be more competitive. ¡§Human Resource Management¡¨ is the key point to increase its competitive advantages. By understanding employees¡¦ organizational commitment (OC), we can find a way to keep them. Besides, if managers¡¦ politics of downward influence (PDI) can cause employees¡¦ dissatisfaction, employees might have intent to quit (ITQ). It might also increase company¡¦s cost. Therefore, it is necessary to have a research standing from subordinates¡¦ viewpoint, and exploring the effects of managers¡¦ PDI on subordinates¡¦ OC and ITQ. The research collected 629 effective samples from case company in Southern Taiwan via questionnaires and analyzed data by SPSS software. By proving the hypothesis, the research found several results: 1.Through factor analysis, there are three dimensions of power traits: conciliation & reason, authority & exert pressure, hypocrisy & urge by sarcasm. 2.The power trait of ¡§Conciliation & Reason¡¨ has significantly positive influence on OC. 3.The power trait of ¡§Conciliation & Reason¡¨ has significantly negative influence on ITQ. 4.The power traits of ¡§authority & exert pressure¡¨ and ¡§hypocrisy & urge by sarcasm¡¨ have significantly negative influence on OC. 5.The power traits of ¡§authority & exert pressure¡¨ and ¡§hypocrisy & urge by sarcasm¡¨ have significantly positive influence on ITQ.

To investigate the tropical Atlantic response to the remote El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) forcing, a Reduced Physics – Coupled Global Circulation Model (RP-CGCM) is developed, and four experiments are carried out. The results show that the RP-CGCM is capable of capturing the major features of Tropical Atlantic Variability (TAV) and its response to ENSO forcing. The SST response to the remote influence of ENSO may be divided into two stages. In stage one, the ENSO influences the tropical Atlantic SST primarily through the Troposphere Temperature (TT) mechanism, which predicts a uniform warming in the tropical Atlantic following the mature phase of El Nino. In the north tropical Atlantic (NTA), the Walker mechanism and the Pacific-North-American (PNA) mechanism work in concert with the TT-induced warming, giving rise to a robust SST response during the boreal spring in this region. In the south tropical Atlantic (STA), the southeasterly wind anomaly and increased stratus clouds work against the TT-induced warming, resulting in a much weaker SST response in this region. At this stage, the response can be largely explained by the ocean mixed layer response to changes in surface heat fluxes induced by ENSO. In stage two, ocean dynamics play a more active role in determining the evolution of SST. The cross-equatorial wind anomaly in the western to central equatorial Atlantic can change the SST in the eastern equatorial Atlantic through Bjerknes feedback and the SST in the central equatorial Atlantic through Ekman feedback. These feedback result in a cooling of SST in the equatorial south Atlantic (ESA) region which is so overwhelming that it cancels the warming effect induced by the TT mechanism and reverses the sign of the warm SST anomaly that is formed during stage one in this region. In general, the horizontal advection of heat plays a secondary role in the SST response to the remote influence of ENSO, except in the regions where the North Equatorial Countercurrent (NECC) dominates and the SST variability is strong. Entrainment is particularly important in maintaining the correct SST structure during boreal summer.

Recent work has suggested that emotion regulation of inner emotional experience requires fewer cognitive resources for older adults than for young adults (Scheibe&Blanchard-Fields, 2009). The present study investigated whether cognitive costs are reduced for various types of emotion regulation strategies or only for certain types. The suppression of emotional expression, for example, is a particularly costly strategy for young adults, but little information exists regarding its cognitive costs for older adults. Furthermore, suppression of emotional expression is not a strategy that older adults are likely to use or that they become more effective at using. By contrast, the regulation of inner emotional experience has been shown to be more effective in older adults and presents less of a cognitive cost. The present study examined the cognitive costs of regulation of inner emotional experience (to conceptually replicate previous findings) and the cognitive costs of suppression of the outer expression of emotion. The results suggest that regulating and suppressing emotions do not require the same degree of resources for older and young adults. Whereas older adults may require more resources to suppress expression of emotions than to regulate emotions, young adults appear to require more resources to regulate emotions than to suppress the expression of emotions.

<p>The work is focused on experimental study and modelling of spacer grid influence on single- and two-phase flow. In the experimental study a mock-up of a realistic fuel bundle with five spacer grids of thin plate spring construction was investigated. A special pressure measuring technique was used to measure pressure distribution inside the spacer. Five pressure taps were drilled in one of the rods, which could exchange position with other rods, in this way providing a large degree of freedom. Laser Doppler Velocimetry was used to measure mean local axial velocity and its fluctuating component upstream and downstream of the spacer in several subchannels with differing spacer part. The experimental study revealed an interesting behaviour. Subchannels from the interior part of the bundle display a different effect on the flow downstream of the spacer compared to subchannels close to the box wall, even if the spacer part is the same. This behaviour is not reflected in modern correlations. The modelling part, first, consisted in comparing the present experimental data to Computational Fluid Dynamics calculations. It was shown that stand-alone subchannel models could predict the local velocity, but are unreliable in prediction of turbulence enhancement due to spacer. The second part of the modelling consisted in developing a deposition model for increase due to spacer. In this study Lagrangian Particle Tracking (LPT) coupled to Discrete Random Walk (DRW) technique was used to model droplet movements through turbulent flow. The LPT technique has an advantage to model the influence of turbulence structure effect on droplet deposition, in this way presenting a generalized model in view of spacer geometry change. The verification of the applicability of LPT DRW method to model deposition in annular flow at Boiling Water Reactor conditions proved that the method is unreliable in its present state. The model calculations compare reasonably well to air-water deposition data, but display a wrong trend if the fluids have a different density ratio than air-water.</p>

<p> </p><p>The author of this degree thesis has interviewed students in there first year of the upper secondary school about (among others) how they express conception about Adolph Hitler. The thesis shows that the students are interested in modern history but they have some lack in knowledge in nineteen- and the twentieth century general history. The students connect Hitler with the Holocaust and they had no conceptions that aren’t known in Hitler research. The students wanted to understand “why” the Holocaust happened and why Hitler did what he did and what his beliefs and thoughts was. In general the students had good knowledge about Hitler and they often saw him as intelligent but also as mentally ill. The students often placed too much in there explanations to Hitler’s own person and did idealistic interpretations, but they didn’t see Hitler as a superhuman or a demon. The students also were good at critical thinking, analysis ability and reflection. The thesis also shows that the interviewed students were influenced by media andespecially movies about Hitler, and the schoolbooks were of subordinate importance. The thesis finally concludes that discussion and orientation in school about historical movies is of importance and new ways to teach about the Second World War, Hitler and the Holocaust can be necessary regarding things as education about movie influence and a social psychology way of looking at things as human evil and the Second World War.</p><p> </p>

<p>Background: Today, advertising is a multi-billion industry, employing hundreds of thousands of people and affecting billions of people’s lives worldwide. Yet, seeing as advertising clutter has increased tremendously and is more intense than ever, it is vital that companies differentiate themselves from competitors by creating even more powerful, entertaining and innovative advertisement messages, as well as sponsoring different events. Examples of such companies that spend billion of dollars on marketing strategies in order to stay key players in their industry are The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo.</p><p>Purpose: The overall purpose of this paper is to gain a deeper understanding of different international and local factors affecting consumer preferences on a local market.</p><p>Method: A quantitative method was applied, and thus a questionnaire with 150 respondents on the local market was conducted. The respondents were divided into three different age groups: ≤ 18, 19-34, and ≥ 35, and represent a diverse set of people who are at different stages in their lives.</p><p>Conclusions: International advertising and international sponsorship respectively influence the local target group in different ways, but they also affect international brand in that they have an impact on brand image and brand equity. Moreover, depending on a person’s age, consumers view brands differently, and thus have an effect on international brand alone, but also in combination with international advertisement and international sponsorship. Together, these factors influence the way in which a brand is perceived, and consequently influence consumer preferences.</p>

Reproduction de : Thèse de doctorat : Esthétique, Sciences et Technologies des Arts. Option Etudes théâtrales : Paris 8 : 2007. / Titre provenant de l'écran-titre. Les illustrations ne sont pas disponibles dans la version en ligne. Bibliogr. f. 405-484. Index.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2002. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 112-123).

Thesis (M.S.)--Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004. / Catrambone, Richard, Committee Member ; Fisk, Arthur, Committee Member ; Rogers, Wendy, Committee Chair. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 135-141).