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Use of a developmental theory of parental cognition to construct a model of parental decision-making strategiesFulmer, Kaye Alison 05 1900 (has links)
In recent years researchers interested in family decision
making have argued for the need to apply a conceptual framework to
the study of parental decision making about child-rearing issues.
This study is an attempt to construct a theory-based model of
parental decision-making strategies. Two theoretical approaches
were employed; a structural-developmental approach to provide an
understanding of parental cognition, and an information processing
approach to the study of decision-making strategies.
Previous research has demonstrated that pressure of time and
task complexity were important in influencing the selection and use
of information. These two factors were manipulated by the
researcher. A model of parental decision-making strategies was
proposed and tested in a pilot study. The decision was made to
reduce the number of variables to those which demonstrated the
potential to make a significant contribution to an understanding of
parental decision making. These variables were tested in the main
study.
Sixty mothers participated in the study. They represented a
wide range of socio-economic and educational backgrounds as well
as number of years of parenting experience and age. Participants
completed Newberger’s Level of Parental Awareness Interview and
four decision tasks about two childrearing issues. The decision
tasks were presented on information boards.
The model of parental decision-making strategies was tested
using multivariate analysis of variance with repeated measures.
Significant effects were obtained for level of parental awareness,
pressure of time, task complexity and number of years of formal
education. The reduced model explained much of the variance in
parental decision-making strategies (71%). Specific hypotheses
concerning level of parental awareness and information use were
supported.
The results inform theory and practice. Support was found for
the theory-based model and for Liben’s view of a rapprochement
between developmental theory and information-processing theory.
Parents with more knowledge about parenting used less information
and more variability in their decision making. Support was found for
Newberger’s measure and construct. Practical implications for
parent education were curricula described.
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Use of a developmental theory of parental cognition to construct a model of parental decision-making strategiesFulmer, Kaye Alison 05 1900 (has links)
In recent years researchers interested in family decision
making have argued for the need to apply a conceptual framework to
the study of parental decision making about child-rearing issues.
This study is an attempt to construct a theory-based model of
parental decision-making strategies. Two theoretical approaches
were employed; a structural-developmental approach to provide an
understanding of parental cognition, and an information processing
approach to the study of decision-making strategies.
Previous research has demonstrated that pressure of time and
task complexity were important in influencing the selection and use
of information. These two factors were manipulated by the
researcher. A model of parental decision-making strategies was
proposed and tested in a pilot study. The decision was made to
reduce the number of variables to those which demonstrated the
potential to make a significant contribution to an understanding of
parental decision making. These variables were tested in the main
study.
Sixty mothers participated in the study. They represented a
wide range of socio-economic and educational backgrounds as well
as number of years of parenting experience and age. Participants
completed Newberger’s Level of Parental Awareness Interview and
four decision tasks about two childrearing issues. The decision
tasks were presented on information boards.
The model of parental decision-making strategies was tested
using multivariate analysis of variance with repeated measures.
Significant effects were obtained for level of parental awareness,
pressure of time, task complexity and number of years of formal
education. The reduced model explained much of the variance in
parental decision-making strategies (71%). Specific hypotheses
concerning level of parental awareness and information use were
supported.
The results inform theory and practice. Support was found for
the theory-based model and for Liben’s view of a rapprochement
between developmental theory and information-processing theory.
Parents with more knowledge about parenting used less information
and more variability in their decision making. Support was found for
Newberger’s measure and construct. Practical implications for
parent education were curricula described. / Education, Faculty of / Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of / Graduate
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Decision making in rural-urban migration from a low income areaKovacsics, Miklos Peter January 1973 (has links)
This is a study of migration. The Report of the Federal Task Force of Agriculture in 1969 defined increased mobility out of agriculture as a farm policy goal. This goal was seen as a means to help reduce the incidence of poverty in farming.
Economic theory identifies costs and benefits as deterring and motivating factors for migration respectively. This study is a study of individual decision making. Retaining a basic cost-benefit framework, decision making is examined with the aid of a model where a decision to migrate is some function of economic and non-economic expectations, and expectations
in turn are some function of information about events, and finally information about events is a function of perception.
A sample area was selected within Census Division 16 in Saskatchewan
and two parallel surveys were conducted in July 1971. Residents of the sample area were interviewed, and outmigrants from the area during the previous five years were located and interviewed. Parametric variables were evaluated via one way analysis of variance producing the F statistic, and non-parametric variables were evaluated using cross tabulations producing the chi square statistic.
The study findings and conclusions provide the following information.
Rural people do expect a higher level of income as a result of migration.
The experience of migrants seems to support these expectations but at a lower level. Job expectations are generally non-specific, any kind of steady employment is seen as desirable. Costs, particularly costs of moving
are not perceived as a significant deterrent to moving. Failing health, low incomes and inadequate acreage are the most common motivating events (factors) towards the decision to migrate. Information about an urban environment
is most effectively transmitted by personal contact, friends and relatives are most effective in transmitting relevant and reasonably accurate information. / Land and Food Systems, Faculty of / Graduate
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Decision-making in a one-industry townCompany townsPort, Albert Walter January 1972 (has links)
Communities with relatively undiversified economies are an intermediate category between the monolithic "company town" and the industrially diversified metropolis. A community with an undiversified
economic base is influenced by factors external to it, including absentee ownership of industry and the international market. The part which the "company" plays in the decision-making process of such a community is examined. Propositions concerning the emergence and viability of decision-makers in this particular environment are considered.
Research was carried out in a community- of 12,000 people which depends heavily on a single industry. Leaders were identified by a multi-step approach which, drew on a panel of knowledgeable persons in the community. Twenty-two men identified as leaders were interviewed. Their interrelationships and participation in decisions which affected the community were explored. The individual and collective resources available to leaders were considered.
It was found that the major employer had made unilateral decisions
on economic and organizational grounds. As long as these decisions
resulted in stability and continuity for the community this
activity was not recognized by the citizens as company participation in the decision-making process of the community. When these unilateral decisions adversely affected the community it became possible for new decision-makers to emerge from the most threatened non-company sector of the community. "New leaders" were instrumental in having the economic situation in the community redefined as problematic. Not only did new leaders emerge, but new organizations were created which, when they were defined as legitimate, provided a mechanism for tapping the resources already in the decision-making network.
Brief consideration is given to the possibility that access to the decision-making process based on unusual circumstances can be transferred into more conventional positions of power in the community. / Arts, Faculty of / Sociology, Department of / Graduate
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Conflict management in environmental administration : the case of U.S. Steel Corporation's proposed Lakefront plant /Drtina, Ralph E. January 1980 (has links)
No description available.
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Esther : a case study23 July 2014 (has links)
M.B.A. / Please refer to full text to view abstract
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Quaker consensus: Helping learners understand and participate in the Quaker way of reaching group decisions /Drake, Matthias C. January 1974 (has links)
No description available.
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A study of decision-making: recent theoretical perspectives in educational administration黎凱源, Lai, Hoi-yuen, Hilary. January 1998 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Education
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The financing & capital investment decisions of small manufacturing enterprises in Hong Kong : a case study approach.January 1986 (has links)
by Ho Siu-hung, Horace. / Bibliography: leaves 50-55 / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1986
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Resident participation in management of HOS/PSPS courts: problems encountered and possible solutionsTam, Pui-ching, Celine., 譚佩貞. January 1998 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Housing Management / Master / Master of Housing Management
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