Submitted by Maryse Santos (maryseeu4@gmail.com) on 2016-08-12T14:35:16Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação- Antônio da Conceição Montes.pdf: 1481934 bytes, checksum: 1381695c76839ac1746b0857c550dc3d (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Divisão de Documentação/BC Biblioteca Central (ddbc@ufam.edu.br) on 2016-08-26T12:17:59Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação- Antônio da Conceição Montes.pdf: 1481934 bytes, checksum: 1381695c76839ac1746b0857c550dc3d (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Divisão de Documentação/BC Biblioteca Central (ddbc@ufam.edu.br) on 2016-08-26T12:20:07Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação- Antônio da Conceição Montes.pdf: 1481934 bytes, checksum: 1381695c76839ac1746b0857c550dc3d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-26T12:20:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação- Antônio da Conceição Montes.pdf: 1481934 bytes, checksum: 1381695c76839ac1746b0857c550dc3d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-09-25 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Although belonging to the same social system, governmental and commercial organizations, among others, possess different internal environments and behaviors. Teaching institution, for example, It differs from other organizations, not only in architecture but also in the internal climate and culture. This study aims, verify and discuss an appropriate questionnaire model to evaluate the organizational climate in higher education institutions. The assessment of this instrument is focused on ease of understanding of the items by the respondents, proposed based on the synthesis of some of the instruments already used to evaluate the organizational climate to measure the organizational climate to effectively assess such a climate in secondary education institutions, allowing for swifter analysis, interpretations and diagnostics of data obtained through this method without compromising quality, effectiveness or relevance of results. Based on the literature review, different models measuring organizational climate were observed, each analyzing the dimensions associated with determined properties of the specific organization to be studied. The presented instrument is based on the characteristics of the work context for which it was created and responds to the lack of tools that allow for simple evaluation of the specific climate of teaching institutions. In conclusion, the climate was acknowledged as a construct of considerable interest within the research field of Organizational Behavior, predominantly as a result of its demonstrable influence over organizational effectiveness. Key / Embora pertençam a um mesmo sistema social, as organizações governamentais e comerciais, entre outras, possuem comportamentos e ambientes internos diferentes. As instituições de ensino, por exemplo, diferem das outras organizações, não só na arquitetura, mas também no clima interno e na cultura. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo, verificar e discutir um modelo de questionário adequado para avaliação do clima organizacional em instituições de Ensino Superior. A avaliação deste instrumento é focada na facilidade de compreensão dos itens por parte dos entrevistados, proposto com base na síntese de alguns dos instrumentos já utilizados para avaliação do clima organizacional para aferir o clima organizacional em uma instituição de ensino superior de maneira eficiente, proporcionando maior rapidez na interpretação, análise e diagnóstico dos dados obtidos por meio deste instrumento sem comprometer a qualidade, eficácia e relevância dos resultados. Com base na revisão da literatura, foram observados diferentes modelos para medir o clima organizacional e cada um analisa as dimensões associadas com determinadas propriedades da organização específica a ser estudada. O instrumento apresentado baseia-se nas características do contexto de trabalho para o qual foi criado e responde à falta de instrumentos que permitam avaliar de forma simples o clima especifico de instituições de ensino. Em resumo, o clima foi estabelecido como uma construção de considerável interesse dentro do campo da pesquisa de comportamento organizacional, predominantemente como resultado de sua influência demonstrável sobre a eficácia organizacional.

Master of Science / Department of Statistics / Nora Bello / Ordered categorical responses are frequently encountered in many disciplines. Examples of interest in agriculture include quality assessments, such as for soil or food products, and evaluation of lesion severity, such as teat ends status in dairy cattle. Ordered categorical responses are characterized by multiple categories or levels recorded on a ranked scale that, while apprising relative order, are not informative of magnitude of or proportionality between levels. A number of statistically sound models for ordered categorical responses have been proposed, such as logistic regression and probit models, but these are commonly underutilized in practice. Instead, the ordinary least squares linear regression model is often employed with ordered categorical responses despite violation of basic model assumptions. In this study, the inferential implications of this approach are investigated using a simulation study that evaluates robustness based on realized Type I error rate and statistical power. The design of the simulation study is motivated by applied research cases reported in the literature. A variety of plausible scenarios were considered for simulation, including various shapes of the frequency distribution and different number of categories of the ordered categorical response. Using a real dataset on frequency of antimicrobial use in feedlots, I demonstrate the inferential performance of ordinary least squares linear regression on ordered categorical responses relative to a probit model.

Thesis advisor: Michael Russell / For more than a half century surveys and questionnaires with Likert-scaled items have been used extensively by researchers in schools to draw inferences about students; however, to date there has not been a single study that has examined whether alternative item response types on a survey might lead to different results than those obtained with Likert scales in a K-12 setting. This lack of direct comparisons leaves the best method of framing response options in educational survey research unclear. In this study, 4th through 12th grade public school students were administered two versions of the same survey online: one with Likert-scaled response options and the other with visual analogue-scaled response options. A randomized, fixed-effect, between-subjects experimental design was implemented to investigate whether the survey with visual analogue-scaled items yielded results comparable to the survey with Likert-scaled items based on the following four methods and indices: 1) factor structure; 2) internal consistency and test-retest reliability; 3) survey summated scores; and 4) main, interaction, and simple effects. Results of the first three indices suggested that both the Likert scale and visual analogue scale produced similar factor structures, were equally reliable, and yielded summated scores that were not significantly different across all three school levels (elementary, middle, and high school). Results of the factorial ANOVA suggested that only the main effect of school level was statistically significant but that there was no significant interaction between item response type and school level. Results of the post-survey questionnaires suggested that students at all school levels preferred answering questions on the survey with the VAS compared to the LS nearly three to one. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2008. / Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education. / Discipline: Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation.

This thesis reports the results of a survey of Christian church attenders which explored their attitudes and beliefs towards domestic violence. An extensive review of the relevant literature covers the nature of, and research into domestic violence; attitudes toward domestic violence; the relationship of domestic violence to doctrines and practices in the Judeo-Chrlstian tradition and in modern Christianity; and relevant topics in attribution theory. A survey of beliefs and attitudes about husband-to-wife physical violence was designed for this project. The questionnaire consisted of 53 items using a 5 point Likert scale and an optional, open-ended comments section. It was distributed to 12 congregations, representing 6 denominations, in the Canberra region. Participation was voluntary, and 340 questionnaires were completed. The gender ratio of the respondents is consistent with other studies of church attending populations, and Chi-square analysis found no significant differences in gender balance among the denominations. Factor analysis of the responses identified 8 subscales which explored themes of responsibility for and justification of violence, community support for perpetrators and victims, and beliefs about sex roles. Analysis of variance revealed significant differences among the denominations in beliefs about sex roles, but failed to find expected parallels in the justification and responsibility subscales. This sample is more in agreement than is the general population that neither a wife's action nor her verbal behaviour is justification for a husband to use physical force against her, and it is personally more willing to give support to victims of domestic violence and to helping perpetrators to change. Gender is more frequently a significant factor across the subscales than denomination. Comments from 190 respondents were categorised and provide qualitative data which is juxtaposed with the quantitative results. Directions for future research are discussed.

This survey study on students attitudes towards science was conducted in Papua New Guinea. It involved 200 randomly selected grade six students in eight selected community (primary) schools (4 urban and 4 rural) of four provinces. There were six research questions to focus the study. The instruments consisted of 9 Students Background Questions, 9 interview questions, 43 Students Science Attitude Questionnaire Items, and a 20-item cognitive test. The former three sets of instruments were trialled in two schools. The test questions were not trialled as they were trialled previously in several schools within PNG. The 43 Likert-type items were divided into five categories - curiosity, enjoyment, science learning, perceived achievement, and relevance. Each category was assigned 10 items, with the exception of perceived achievement which had three items. About half of the the statements in a category were negatively worded. A student had to put a tick in a box next to a statement according to his or her feelings. The choices were given by the five-point scale - Strongly Agree (SA), Agree (A), Hot Sure (NS), Disagree (D), and Strongly Disagree (SD) along with three laces (smiling, uncertain and frowning) which were added as interest, From the twenty five students in a study school, a group of 6 students (3 males and 3 females) was randomly selected for face to face interview. The responses in the items associated with the five categories (dependent variables) were used to assess various student characteristics (independent variables) of parent and home background (i.e. parent educational levels and language use at home), gender (male and female), biogeographical location (urban and rural), and level of performance in standardized cognitive test (above average, average and below average). Statistical techniques of correlation coefficient, analysis of variance and factor analysis were used in analysing the responses but the results were not clear due insufficient trialling and test of reliability with the limited period in which the data had to be collected. As consequence, chi-square test (contingency tables) was used as alternative statistical test to determine significant differences in responses to the items at 0.05 level. With the exception of perceived achievement, student responses to the items on the categories were generally and satisfactorily positive. The mean levels of attitudes in the categories were not as high as one may expect (Table 5.1). Relatively, few of the items associated with student independent variables showed significant differences. There was generally no significant differences in parent and home backgrounds (i.e. language use and parent educational background). Urban students tended to be more positive than the rural students, but. this not could be generalised due to a small number of items with significant differences. Male students showed more positive attitudes to science than female students, but this was limited to a small number of items. The students with above average scores in the cognitive test showed more positive attitudes to science than those of average and below verage scores. However, the number of items were quite small, and therefore could not be generalised. Points of improvement in the practice of teaching and future research in attitudes to science are recommended. For instance, the present officially prescribed time of 40 minutes per week for science should be changed to 1.5 to 2 hours after further investigation. The reason for this is that it requires some preparation before actual lessons begin (e.g. collecting materials by groups) and the students are generally slow.

Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2009.

Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2009.

Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2009.

Submitted by Estagiário SPT BMHS (spt@fgv.br) on 2012-03-07T13:39:15Z No. of bitstreams: 1 000069525.pdf: 14523544 bytes, checksum: 08a69f55eae0cd8e3ff8a1f79fc49c91 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2012-03-07T13:39:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 000069525.pdf: 14523544 bytes, checksum: 08a69f55eae0cd8e3ff8a1f79fc49c91 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1977 / This research h.e as an objective to examine the convenience and adaptation of Rensis Likert Theory to a University - in this case theUniversity of Amazonas - and the identification of its organizational styles through the application of his tecniques for the organizational variables related to the human behaviour, the construction of profiles, the examination of its concentTation into Likert four Management Sistems and the comparison with Likert Sistem 4. Thêresults, not only demonstrated the convenience of the application of this medel, as well as permited to evaluate its adaptation to the study of University organizational profiles and the identification of their administrative styles and forms of human organization. / Esta pesquisa teve por objetivo verificar a conveniência e adequação do modelo de Rensis Likert a uma Universidade - no caso a do Amazonase ã identificação dos seus estilos organizacionais através da aplicação de seu instrumental, técnicas de mensuração das variáveis organizacionais reI acionadas com o comportamento humano, e da construção dos perfis, exame de sua concentração nos quatro Sistemas Gerenciais de Likert e comparaçao com o Sistema 4 de Likert. Os resultados não só demonstraram a conveniência da aplicação do modelo, como também permitiram avaliar sua adequação ao estudo dos perfis organizacionais da Universidade e a identificação de seus estilos administrativos e formas de organização humana.

Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico / Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-21T18:02:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 224875.pdf: 1181616 bytes, checksum: 591d0bf4eb60bf1a266f11f3e6336d76 (MD5) / Por muitos anos o homem degradou o meio em que habita, porém atualmente, esta postura tem sido modificada em função da busca pelo desenvolvimento sustentável, que acaba norteando muitas das iniciativas de gestão ambiental. Dentro deste contexto, as organizações privadas têm sofrido fortes pressões, sobretudo pelo mercado, a adequar a forma de gerenciar seus processos de gestão a sistemas estruturados a partir de normas e programas internacionais. Frente a estas transformações, a certificação pelas normas ISO-14001 e a implantação de Programas como o de Produção Mais Limpa tem significado um diferencial de competitividade, garantindo, ao mesmo tempo, uma maior lucratividade para as empresas e o atendimento às exigências do mercado nacional e internacional. Com o intuito de suprir a falta de dados referentes ao setor privado quanto à preocupação ambiental em Santa Catarina, esta pesquisa tem como objetivo mapear o setor no estado através de uma análise dos seus sistemas de gestão Ambiental - ISO-14001 e Programa Produção Mais Limpa - utilizados. Como critérios de avaliação do perfil das organizações foram utilizados: ramo de atividade, porte e região onde está localizada cada organização. Com um complexo industrial significativo, Santa Catarina apareceu como 5ª colocada no ranking das certificações brasileiras. Como era de se esperar, o perfil das empresas certificadas foi de empresas na sua maioria de grande porte, principalmente do setor têxtil, exportadoras tradicionais e com históricos de muitas premiações na área ambiental. Quanto à Produção Mais Limpa, o perfil apareceu diferente: empresas de pequeno e médio porte, sendo 45% do total do setor alimentício e 27% metal-mecânico. No tocante à localização o resultado foi bastante variado, sendo a região do Vale do Itajaí e Norte do Estado as mais freqüentes. Apesar dos resultados encontrados, não há muito o que comemorar, a consciência ambiental das organizações ainda é pequena e os sistemas de gestão ambiental ainda são vistos, muitas vezes, como um fim e não como um meio para a busca real do tão esperado desenvolvimento sustentável.