The effects of consumer involvement on product choice have been studied extensively. However, to the knowledge of the researcher of this work, no study has examined whether consumers become more involved with a product choice when it is associated with a country towards which they harbour feelings of animosity. Hence, this work examines whether feelings of animosity increase consumers' level of purchase involvement. This is a cross-cultural investigation conducted in the context of the Holocaust. 340 Israeli and British Jews took part in this experimental research. Structural equation modeling was employed to examine this relationship in a model adapted from Klein et al.(1998). A positive and statistically significant relationship was observed between consumer animosity and purchase involvement. This work suggests that subcultural differences are possible moderators of consumer animosity. Thus, marketing practitioners should segment markets by looking into subcultural differences among consumers in their target market.

This dissertation was undertaken to answer the following research question: What is the relationship between parental involvement and college generation status with the persistence of Hispanic Millennial college students? Social capital theory (Coleman, 1988) was used as a theoretical framework to analyze and gain a greater understanding of the factors that correlated with the persistence of first-generation Hispanic Millennial college students. This dissertation used an ex post facto with hypothesis research design. The research hypothesis was that parental involvement would be positively related with the second-year persistence of first-generation Hispanic Millennial college students. This dissertation used the data collected from 1179 Hispanic students who participated in the ELS: 2002 and enrolled in college. Logistic regression analysis of data from 972 of the students with completed surveys were used to examine the relationship between the dependent variable, which was student persistence to the second year, and the following independent variables: socio-economic status, family income, high school grade point average, gender, financial aid, highest degree ever expected, academic engagement, social engagement, college generation, and parental involvement. This dissertation’s findings show that parental involvement was not statistically associated with persistence to the second year of college, but that high school grade point average, highest degree expected, academic engagement, and the interaction between parental involvement and college generation were. While the findings do not support the hypothesis, they provide some evidence that may be supportive of the argument that recommendations that may affect degree expectations, high school GPA, and academic engagement of first generation Hispanic Millennial college students may be positively related to their college persistence.

Par l’exemple d’Antibes Juan-les-Pins, nous illustrons l’intérêt de mettre en place une procédure participative dans une commune à partir des compétences du géographe. L’objectif est d’établir une gouvernance des espaces verts, testée lors d’ateliers de groupe proposés comme cas d’étude pilotes. La collaboration de la ville d’Antibes Juan-les-Pins et du laboratoire de géographie ESPACE 7 300 allie recherche universitaire, pour la production et le développement de connaissances scientifiques, avec la politique d’aménagement et de gestion durable, soucieuse des enjeux, des conceptions et des modes de gestion des espaces verts. Dans cette recherche, la démarche de géogouvernance est appliquée. Ce qui nous intéresse tout particulièrement est qu’elle est axée sur l’implication des différents acteurs dans l’avenir de leur territoire, à travers l’utilisation de méthodes et d’outils de l’analyse spatiale. Le géographe incarne une posture à la fois de scientifique, d’expert technique, de médiateur ou encore d’animateur. Par sa formation transdisciplinaire, il est capable de s’adapter et de comprendre ses interlocuteurs tout en déployant un panel d’outils novateurs pour construire son projet d’accompagnement du gestionnaire. Tout au long de la recherche, nous élaborons un protocole opératoire mettant en place un dispositif participatif au sein d’un service gestionnaire que nous expérimentons et puis évaluons. A l’issue de ce travail, nous créons un outil d’aide à la réflexion, qui lui est destiné, à travers la modélisation des dynamiques et de l’organisation de la gestion des espaces verts à partir du dispositif participatif pensé par le géographe. / Using the example of Antibes Juan-les-Pins, we show the interest of organizing an involvement procedure in the city with the geographer's expertise. The aim is to set up a green spaces governance tried out during working groups used as pilot study cases. The collaboration between the City of Antibes Juan-les-Pins and the geography laboratory ESPACE 7300, brings together university research for theDépôt de thèseDonnées complémentairesproduction and development of scientific knowledge, with policy on urban planning and sustainable management conscient of the issues, conceptions and way of green spaces management. For this research, we use the “geogovernance” approach. The interesting fact about it is that it is based on actors’ involvement in their own territory prospects, through the use of spatial analysis methods and tools. That way, the geographer can be a scientific, expert, mediator or organiser as well. Through his cross-disciplinary training, he is able to adapt and to understand his interlocutors while deploying some innovating tools in order to build his project. Throughout this research, we create an operating procedure, developing a participating strategy inside an administrative service that we experiment before evaluation. At the end of this work, we build a reflexion helping tool for the administrator through the modelling of dynamics as well as the organisation of green spaces management from a participating procedure thought by the geographer.

Color is a major factor in persuasive communication and messaging. This study examines the role of color and other variables in the communication of environmental causes. Many environmental organizations are starting to use color to generate awareness and create symbolic color associations. Based on the congruency theory and the elaboration likelihood model, this study tested specific research hypotheses pertaining to the effects of color-cause congruency and involvement with the cause on consumer reactions through a controlled experiment. Results reveal that involvement and the congruency between color and cause had an effect on attitude toward the organization and attitude toward the message. However, the hypothesized interaction effects of congruency and involvement failed to reach statistical significance. The study thus provides support for the congruency theory and elaboration likelihood model by showing the independent influence of color-cause congruency and cause involvement.

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD / Literacy levels measured against national and international tests indicate that South African learners are performing poorly. Literacy skills are critical in the development of learners, and research suggests that parents play an important role in enhancing these skills. The study takes into account the geographical, socio-economic and historical context of learners and parents, and seeks to determine why children are struggling with literacy activities.

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"Seeing that consuming a healthy diet is an important step in preventing (or limiting) overweight and obesity, it is important for health policy making to establish aids by which consumers can make more informed choices. This thesis focuses on how the information provided to consumers could help them make choices towards more healthy diets. The different nutrition labelling strategies regulated by law include the nutrition information table (which provides the nutrition properties of the food, such as the calorie, sugar, salt and fat content, but also includes the ingredient list) as well as the use of nutrition claims (statements indicating the amount of a specific nutrient in a product, such as “high in fiber”) as well as other types of claims such as Organic or Fairtrade labelling. These types of labelling are relatively new, and for example, nutrition information labelling has been mandatory only as of December 2016. Many questions remain about how these labelling strategies are truly used and understood by consumers, and how they could aid in the choice for healthier foods. Indeed, there is an increasing emphasis on understanding the consumer’s motives for choosing food. Moreover, one’s food-related personal traits likely play a moderating role in food choice. That is why this thesis focusses on how the different information labelling strategies are used and understood by consumers, and if this is impacted by different interpersonal traits, such as food-related involvement, but also numeracy and moral satisfaction. In this thesis, first two theoretical concepts that are crucial for the understanding of this work will be explained: the notion of food-related involvement and the notion of nutrition labelling. After these two theoretical chapters, the empirical research will be discussed. First a quantitative study about the nutrition information table will be discussed. Then a study on nutrition claims, and how these may impact the choice for vegetables for different levels of processing will be discussed. After this, we will discuss how other labelling strategies such as organic and Fairtrade labelling impact food choice. And finally, after these quantitative studies, we will then turn to a mixed methods study in order to understand how consumers make sense of all these different labelling strategies together, and if, when and how consumers (with different levels of food-related involvement) use and understand them." / Doctorat en Sciences psychologiques et de l'éducation / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

Nous défendons l'idée qu'à l'époque actuelle où l'on n'a jamais autant parlé des relations humaines, où l'entreprise demande une implication de l'être humain dans son entièreté, où les mots d'ordre sont l'autonomie, le savoir-être, et la responsabilisation des individus (tant au travail que dans le rapport salarial), les sources de l'aliénation se trouvent alors renouvelées. Dans ce cadre, notre recherche s'appuie sur des données issues d'entretiens semi-directifs et d'observations in situ dans une entreprise européenne installée en Turquie, dans le secteur de l'industrie automobile. Par le biais d'une analyse du mode de production en flux tendu, de l'organisation du travail en teamwork, des politiques managériales au sein de l'usine ainsi que de la nature du rapport salarial au sein du pays, nous interprétons la modernisation et la transformation du travail, ainsi que ses effets sur les dimensions subjectives et sociales du travail ouvrier. / We defend the idea that in the current era in which human relations have never been talked about so much, in which the company demands the involvement of the entire human being, in which the watchwords are autonomy, know-how and individual responsibility (both at work and in the salary relationship), the sources of alienation are then renewed.In this context, our research is based on data from semi-directive interviews and in situ observations in a European company based in Turkey, in the automotive industry. Through an analysis of the just-in-time production mode, the organization of work in teamwork, managerial policies within the factory as well as the nature of the wage relationship within the country, we interpret the modernization and transformation of work, as well as its effects on the subjective and special dimensions worker's work.

Introduction: Adequate nutrition knowledge, positive attitudes and perceptions, and good practices of parents on infant and young child feeding (IYCF), among others, are essential for the optimal growth of children. Hence, the involvement of both parents in IYCF is essential. Aim: To explore and describe the involvement of both biological parents and caregivers in IYCF in Mzimba-north district, Malawi by assessing their nutrition knowledge, attitudes, perceptions and practices, and identifying the factors that affected their involvement. Study design: A cross sectional descriptive study employing quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. Setting: Five agriculture extension planning areas in Mzimba-north district, Malawi. Sampling technique: Stratified random sampling in the quantitative domain and purposive sampling in the qualitative domain. Sample: Quantitative domain: Households [mothers (n = 154) and fathers (n = 127)] with children aged zero to 24 months and caregivers (n = 4) where the biological parents were absent. Qualitative domain: A different sample of fathers (n = 41), mothers (n = 53) and local leaders (n = 3). Methodology: Quantitative domain: Participants were stratified into three groups based on the age of their children, i.e. <six months, six to 12 and >12 to 24 months. Data were collected using modified FAO nutrition knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) questionnaires. Data were analysed using Stata version 14.0 and Microsoft Excel 2013 version. The Chi-square, Fisher’s exact and McNemar's tests were used to compare the nutrition KAP between males and females. Testing was done at 0.05 significance level. Qualitative domain: Eleven focus group discussions (FGDs): five with males and six with females, and three in-depth interviews with three local leaders were conducted using three interview guides (one for each group). Creswell’s method of data analysis was used to identify themes and sub-themes. Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria (Ref no EC151204-26) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Mzuzu Agriculture Development Division, Malawi. Results: Quantitative domain: More than half of the participants knew the recommended IYCF practices. More than 80% of the participants showed positive attitudes on the appropriate IYCF practices. No significant differences were observed between the male and female participants’ mean knowledge scores and their responses on the attitude statements (P > 0.05). All participants with children <six months reported having their children breastfed both during the previous day and night. Half of the children <six months were exclusively breastfed. Poor food diversity with low consumption of animal foods was observed for children aged six to 24 months. The majority of the participants reported to have given their children food from only two food groups out of seven food groups. Qualitative domain: The participants identified the roles of mothers, fathers and local leaders in IYCF; mothers had direct roles while fathers and local leaders had supporting roles. The roles and influence of grandmothers on IYCF were also discussed. The participants identified the motivating factors and the factors limiting parental involvement in IYCF, and made recommendations on improving parental involvement in IYCF. Conclusion: Findings from the qualitative study were in support of quantitative study findings. Both parents were involved in IYCF. However, mothers had direct roles while fathers had supporting roles. Good nutrition knowledge, positive attitudes and perceptions, and poor practices on IYCF were reported. Recommendations: Participants in the FGDs made recommendations on improving parental involvement in IYCF. Recommendations are also made for future research and the implementation of IYCF practices in Mzimba-north district, Malawi. / Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2017. / Food Science / MSc / Unrestricted

The study examined the relationship between mass uprisings and insurgencies and the impact of international involvement on escalation of mass uprisings into an insurgency. The research used the insurgencies of the LRA (Uganda); RUF (Sierra Leone), Boko Haram (Nigeria) and Al-Shabaab (Somalia) as well as the mass uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya as case studies. The study established that insurgencies in Africa that relied primarily on terrorism and violence explain criminal rather than political violence. While the mass uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya revealed normal patterns of conflict, it was established that the case of Libya was a hybrid of mass uprising and insurgent methods that leaned towards a description of a new category of insurgency. The study further confirmed that internal conditions in a state and the nature of international involvement define the outcomes of a mass uprising or an insurgency in terms of escalation, duration and termination. The comprehensive humanitarian interventions in the insurgencies of the LRA, Boko Haram, Al-Shabaab and the R2P intervention in Libya escalated violence and conflict continuation. In contrast, the limited involvement in the mass uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt resulted in low levels of violence, while the intervention in Sierra Leone terminated the RUF insurgency in view of the associated DDR and institutional building programmes. The study recommends that since humanitarian and military interventions invariably escalate violence and increased fatalities, interventions to end conflicts (mass uprisings and insurgencies) must be based an incremental use of force as a complement to peaceful negotiations. / Thesis (DPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2017. / Political Sciences / DPhil / Unrestricted