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The emotion structure of the isiNdebele speaking group in the Mpumalanga province / Masombuka, J.S.Masombuka, Johannes Sipho January 2011
Emotions play an important role in the lives of human beings and, without doubt,
emotions form an inherent part of the workplace (Ashkanasy, Zerbe, Charmine & Hartel,
2002). Studying emotions within the South African context is relevant for applied
psychology. South Africa comprises eleven official languages which are representative of
the general population in the working environment. As a result, knowledge and
understanding of emotions is useful since it forms part of social interaction at work. The
understanding of one’s own as well as others’ emotions and the ability to deal with those
emotions contribute to the productivity and cooperation among employees in the working
environment.
The objective of this research was to determine the conceptualization of emotion and
culture according to the literature study, to determine the different and representative
emotion words within the isiNdebele speaking group, to determine the relevant and
representative prototypical emotion words that have been encoded in this group, to
determine the cognitive emotion structure of this group and lastly, to determine the interrater
reliability of the raters and reliability of the measurement instrument as well as the
dimensions of emotion structure in the isiNdebele speaking group in Mpumalanga
province.
A survey design with convenience sample was used to achieve the research objectives in
a series of three independent studies. The study population of the first phase (N=126)
consisted of a convenience sample of the isiNdebele speaking group who have metric and
are working in the South African Police Service in Mpumalanga province.
The study population of the second phase consisted of a convenience sample of Language
Experts with degrees and diplomas (N=51) in isiNdebele language from different
occupations. The study population of the third phase consisted of a convenience sample
of the experts (educators) in isiNdebele speaking group (N=183) from different schools in
the former KwaNdebele homeland in Mpumalanga province.
In this study, free listing, prototypicality and similarity rating questionnaires were
administered by a qualified psychometrist. Statistical methods and procedures
(Multidimensional Scaling and Descriptive Statistics) were used and Cronbach alpha
coefficients were determined to analyse the results of the isiNdebele speaking group.
The results of the free listing task indicated the words with the highest frequency as cry
(lila), happy (thaba), laugh (hleka), angry (kwata), disappointed (swaba), confused
(hlangahlangana), depressed (gandeleleka), pain (ubuhlungu), tired (dinwa), and abused
(hlukumezeka). The results of this phase also indicated the basic emotion concepts of
happiness (thaba) and angry (kwata) as the only emotion terms which mostly came to
mind to the isiNdebele speaking group.
The results of the prototypicality rating task indicated the emotion terms ranked as the ten
(10) most prototypical emotion terms for the isiNdebele speaking group (N=51) were
“ukuthaba khulu” (exhilaration), “itukuthelo/ ukukwata” (anger), “ithabo elikhulu”
(euphoria), “ukuthaba” (cheerfulness), “ithabo” (happiness), “ukudana” (dejection),
“ukutlhuwa/ ukudana”(glumness), “ukuthaba” (joviality), “ukulila/isililo” (cry),
“ithabo” (joy).
A multi– dimensional scaling was conducted to determine the cognitive structure of
emotion concepts whereby a two– dimensional structure (evaluation and power) was
identified to the isiNdebele speaking group.
Recommendations for future research to the organisation as well as recommendations for
future research were suggested. / http://hdl.handle.net/10394/7044 / http://hdl.handle.net/10394/7044 / Thesis (M.A. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012.
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Flexible Working Arrangement : Exploring leader prototypicality, endorsement, and employee's respect in SMEsSugita, Lena, Zhao, Zixiang January 2017 (has links)
Background: Today ’s organizations receive increasing pressure from society and workers to maintain good work life balance. Flexible working arrangement is one of the HRM policies to improve employee’s work performance, job satisfaction and retention. Prior discussion still does not find the clear result on the positive effect of FWAs. Due to the administrative burdens, many organizations, especially SMEs are still hesitant to introduce such policies. In this study, the authors examine the effects on FWAs on employee’s improved engagement. The study will take a form of replicative study, and focus is on leader endorsement and feeling of respect in relation to leader prototypicality. Moreover, different circumstances of informal FWA based on size of the organization is explored. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to make contribution to create a cumulative knowledge on FWA studies by testing the generalization of a prior study. The result of this study will ultimately have an implication for how organizations may benefit from allowing their employees to have access to FWAs. Methodology:In this study, the authors use statistical approach to test the effect of FWA on employee’s improved feelings and the leader endorsement in relation to leader prototypicality. The research approach, measures, method and model are designed to be exactly same as Koivisto and Rice, (2016) however one change in research context is made, which is number of employees in the company. Conclusion: The result of the study shows that FWA allowance may not have significant influence on subordinates’ feeling of respect and leader endorsement. This implies the difficulty for leaders to use FWA as a tool to influence employee commitment on shared goal. Moreover, difference between prior finding indicates that FWA study may need to be separated for different size of the company. / <p></p><p></p>
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Revealing the emotion lexicon of the Setswana language within the South African Police Service / Christelle FourieFourie, Christelle January 2010 (has links)
Anthropologists claim that people in a variety of human societies differ enormously in how they experience, express and understand emotion (Kalat & Shiota, 2007). Research on emotions, around the world, has become increasingly popular during the past few decades. Emotion is involved in the mainstream of topics in psychology, be it about antecedents, emotional expressions and responses, or about the dimensions underlying the large emotion lexicon (Shaver, Schwartz, Kirson, & O’Connor, 1987).
While the study of emotion is of universal interest, emotions are of special interest for South-Africa. By studying the emotion lexicon of the Setswana culture, an evidence-based intervention program could be implemented by the SAPS, which will be relevant and practical to address emotional needs and support for South African Police members to express their emotions more accurately. This will help to ensure a healthy, productive and motivated police service which is an important contributor to the society (Van der Doef & Maes, 1999). South Africa, a multi-cultural country, with its eleven official languages, makes an exceptional country for studying emotion as presented in different cultures.
The main objective of this study was to investigate emotion and culture in accordance with a literature study, and to identify the different emotion words within the Setswana language group and determine the prototypical emotion words as well as the cognitive structure (different dimensions) of emotion concepts.
A survey design with convenience sampling was used to achieve the research objectives in a series of three phases (studies). The study population for the first (N=154) and third (N=140) phases consisted of entry level police applicants (students) from the South African Police Services. The study population (N=51) of the second phase consisted of Setswana language experts. Free Listing questionnaires, Prototypicality questionnaires and Similarity rating questionnaires were administered. Statistical methods and procedures (Multidimensional Scaling and Descriptive Statistics) were used and Cronbach alpha coefficients were calculated to analyse the results.
Results of the Free Listing task gave a strong indication that basic emotion concepts of joy, sorrow and love readily came to mind in the Setswana group. Most prototypical concepts listed by the Setswana-speaking group were those of: “lela” (cry), “rata” (like), “go tenega” (fed up), “kgalefo” (warning), “lerato” (love), “boitumelo” (joy), “go utlusiswa botloko” (being hurt), “kwata” (anger), “amego maikutlo” (affection), “itumeletse” (elation), “botlhoko” (disappointment) and “itumela” (happiness).
In order to determine the cognitive structure of emotion concepts, a multi-dimensional scaling was performed. A five-factorial solution was created with dimensions of Pleasantness, Yearning, Arousal, and Potency with the last dimension, “Go amega maikutlo”, being unique to the Setswana group.
Suggestions were made concerning future studies on the emotion lexicon. / Thesis (M.Com. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2010
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Revealing the emotion lexicon of the Setswana language within the South African Police Service / Christelle FourieFourie, Christelle January 2010 (has links)
Anthropologists claim that people in a variety of human societies differ enormously in how they experience, express and understand emotion (Kalat & Shiota, 2007). Research on emotions, around the world, has become increasingly popular during the past few decades. Emotion is involved in the mainstream of topics in psychology, be it about antecedents, emotional expressions and responses, or about the dimensions underlying the large emotion lexicon (Shaver, Schwartz, Kirson, & O’Connor, 1987).
While the study of emotion is of universal interest, emotions are of special interest for South-Africa. By studying the emotion lexicon of the Setswana culture, an evidence-based intervention program could be implemented by the SAPS, which will be relevant and practical to address emotional needs and support for South African Police members to express their emotions more accurately. This will help to ensure a healthy, productive and motivated police service which is an important contributor to the society (Van der Doef & Maes, 1999). South Africa, a multi-cultural country, with its eleven official languages, makes an exceptional country for studying emotion as presented in different cultures.
The main objective of this study was to investigate emotion and culture in accordance with a literature study, and to identify the different emotion words within the Setswana language group and determine the prototypical emotion words as well as the cognitive structure (different dimensions) of emotion concepts.
A survey design with convenience sampling was used to achieve the research objectives in a series of three phases (studies). The study population for the first (N=154) and third (N=140) phases consisted of entry level police applicants (students) from the South African Police Services. The study population (N=51) of the second phase consisted of Setswana language experts. Free Listing questionnaires, Prototypicality questionnaires and Similarity rating questionnaires were administered. Statistical methods and procedures (Multidimensional Scaling and Descriptive Statistics) were used and Cronbach alpha coefficients were calculated to analyse the results.
Results of the Free Listing task gave a strong indication that basic emotion concepts of joy, sorrow and love readily came to mind in the Setswana group. Most prototypical concepts listed by the Setswana-speaking group were those of: “lela” (cry), “rata” (like), “go tenega” (fed up), “kgalefo” (warning), “lerato” (love), “boitumelo” (joy), “go utlusiswa botloko” (being hurt), “kwata” (anger), “amego maikutlo” (affection), “itumeletse” (elation), “botlhoko” (disappointment) and “itumela” (happiness).
In order to determine the cognitive structure of emotion concepts, a multi-dimensional scaling was performed. A five-factorial solution was created with dimensions of Pleasantness, Yearning, Arousal, and Potency with the last dimension, “Go amega maikutlo”, being unique to the Setswana group.
Suggestions were made concerning future studies on the emotion lexicon. / Thesis (M.Com. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2010
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Subordinates' approach of leadership effectiveness: the importance of personality traits, social perception characteristics and conditions of the evaluation / Pavaldinių požiūris į vadovavimo efektyvumą: asmenybės bruožų, socialinio suvokimo charakteristikų ir vertinimo sąlygų svarbaStelmokienė, Aurelija 16 October 2012 (has links)
The study analyses the assessment of leadership effectiveness performed by subordinates. In the dissertation, there will be introduced the criteria and how they will be applied during the assessment of leadership effectiveness, who will evaluate and what are those raters that give such a different feedback. The main aim of this research is to disclose what conditions of the evaluation (criteria from different theoretical background, applied research method), raters’ psychological (personality traits) and social perception (social identification, perceived leader prototypicality) factors are and how they are related to differences in the assessment of leadership effectiveness. It is expected that the assessment of leadership effectiveness performed by subordinates is not stable: it depends on conditions of the evaluation and raters’ psychosocial factors.
The empirical part of the dissertation presents the results of cross-sectional quantitative survey (sample of 505 subordinates) with self-administered questionnaire and quasi-experimental scenario. The results show that assessment of leadership effectiveness performed by subordinates differs according to the applied research method, but tendencies of the evaluation based on criteria of behavioural theory and transformational leadership perspective are similar. Further analysis reveals that regardless of conditions of the evaluation, perceived leader prototypicality mostly affects the assessment of leadership effectiveness... [to full text] / Disertacijoje nagrinėjamas pavaldinių požiūris į realaus bei kvazi eksperimento scenarijuje aprašyto vadovo vadovavimo efektyvumą remiantis elgesio ir transformacinio vadovavimo teorijomis. Pristatant pavaldinių atliekamą vadovavimo efektyvumo vertinimą kalbama ne tik apie ką bei kaip bus klausiama vertinant vadovą, bet ir kas bei kokie yra tie vertintojai, pateikiantys skirtingus vertinimo rezultatus. Darbe siekiama išsiaiškinti, kokios vertinimo sąlygos (teoriniai efektyvaus vadovo kriterijai ir tyrimo metodas), vertintojų psichologinės (asmenybės bruožai) bei socialinio suvokimo (socialinė identifikacija su grupe ir vadovo prototipiškumas) charakteristikos ir kaip yra susiję su vadovavimo efektyvumo vertinime atsirandančiais skirtumais. Keliamos prielaidos, jog pavaldiniams vertinant vadovavimo efektyvumą, šio vertinimo rezultatai nėra stabilūs ir priklauso nuo vertinimo sąlygų bei psichosocialinių vertintojų charakteristikų.
Empirinėje darbo dalyje pristatomi įvairiose Lietuvos organizacijose vykdyto tyrimo, kuriame dalyvavo 505 tiriamieji iš 20 skirtingo dydžio padalinių, rezultatai. Apibendrinus tyrimo duomenis nustatyta, kad pavaldiniams vertinant vadovavimo efektyvumą vertinimo rezultatų tendencijos skiriasi tik pagal pritaikytą tyrimo metodą, bet ne pagal pasirinktus teorinius efektyvaus vadovo kriterijus. Tyrimo rezultatai parodė, jog nepriklausomai nuo vertinimo sąlygų vadovavimo efektyvumo vertinimo rezultatus labiausiai lemia vadovo prototipiškumas. Vis dėlto... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]
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A transitividade na conversa??o: uma abordagem funcional centrada no usoLima, Lucia Chaves de Oliveira 30 September 2013 (has links)
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Previous issue date: 2013-09-30 / This work investigates the phenomenon of transitivity in the conversation. We examined the behavior of complements in Brazilian Portuguese speech, and then compared the results with previous researches in the English language by Thompson and Hopper (2001) and in the Spanish language by V?zques (2004). In Brazil, there are no researches that treat this phenomenon in the discursive conversation, for that reason it justifies and reveals the importance of this research that aims to answer questions related to the transitivity of ordinary conversations. Thus, we describe, explain and analize the transitivity based on concrete linguistic data, provided by native speakers of Portuguese language, specifically, spontaneous talk of people from Natal-RN. We have used as theoretical assumptions the Functional Linguistics usage-based (LFCU), which gathers academics of North-American Functional Linguistics, inspired by Chafe (1979), Hopper and Thompson (1980), Thompson and Hopper (2001), Giv?n (2001), Bybee (2010), Traugott (2009, 2011), among others, as well as Cognitive Linguistics, presented by Langacker (1987), Taylor (1995), Tomasello (1998) and Goldberg(1995), among others. This data consists in conversations extracted from the corpus Banco Conversacional de Natal (FURTADO DA CUNHA). The results obtained from this work confirm the assertions defined by prior conducted studies on the transitivity in the conversation. The research showed that these three idioms, Spanish, Portuguese and English, despite the differences, they present a uniform behavior regarding their transitivity in the conversation. We intend, by this work, to contribute, in some way, to the comprehension of the focused linguistic phenomenon, likewise to build a finer scenario around of the transitivity in the Brasilian Portuguese / Este trabalho investiga o fen?meno da transitividade na conversa??o. Examinamos como os predicados transitivos se comportam no discurso do portugu?s brasileiro e, em seguida, comparamos os resultados com as pesquisas realizadas na l?ngua inglesa por Thompson e Hopper (2001) e na l?ngua espanhola por V?zques (2004). No Brasil, n?o h? pesquisas que contemplem esse fen?meno na conversa??o, o que justifica e revela a necessidade desta pesquisa, direcionada a elucidar quest?es que envolvem a transitividade em conversas espont?neas do dia a dia. Isso posto, descrevemos, explicamos e analisamos a transitividade com base em dados lingu?sticos concretos, produzidos por falantes da l?ngua portuguesa, especificamente, na fala espont?nea dos natalenses. Utilizamos os pressupostos te?ricos da Lingu?stica funcional Centrada no Uso (LFCU), que re?ne estudiosos da Lingu?stica funcional Norte-americana, inspirada em Chafe (1979), Hopper e Thompson (1980), Thompson e Hopper (2001), Giv?n (2001), Bybee (2010), Traugott (2009, 2011) entre outros, bem como da Lingu?stica Cognitiva, representada por Langacker (1987), Taylor (1995), Tomasello (1998) e Goldberg (1995), entre outros. O material de an?lise ? constitu?do por conversas extra?das do corpus Banco Conversacional de Natal (FURTADO DA CUNHA, 2011). Os resultados obtidos neste trabalho confirmam as asser??es defendidas pelos estudos anteriores sobre a transitividade na conversa??o. A pesquisa mostrou que as tr?s l?nguas, o espanhol, o portugu?s e o ingl?s, embora diferentes, apresentam um comportamento semelhante quanto ? transitividade na conversa??o. Esperamos, atrav?s deste trabalho, ter contribu?do de algum modo para a compreens?o do fen?meno lingu?stico pesquisado, bem como para a constitui??o de um quadro mais refinado acerca do fen?meno da transitividade no portugu?s contempor?neo
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Prototypicality and Ingroup Perceptions: The Role of Identity DenialLeidy Daiana Trujillo (11799005) 07 January 2022 (has links)
<p>Hispanics are the fastest growing minority group within the United States, and the present work studies the existence of intragroup biases within this community due to violations of prototypicality and the existence of colorism. The present work also explores identity denial as a possible mediator of the relationship between target prototypicality and negative social consequences. Specially, when presented with lighter-skin or darker-skin targets, Hispanic/Latinx individuals are more likely to see them as less likable, and less warm when compared to a prototypical target. There was no evidence to support that identity denial mediated this relationship. Additionally, this research extends previous literature on the content of stereotypes faced by individuals of differing skin colors and finds conflicting results using an intragroup sample. Unexpected results suggest prototypicality may trump phenotypic variations within this unique population.</p>
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ARE BLACK, MALE LEADERS EXPECTED TO HELP OTHER BLACK AMERICANS IN THE WORKPLACE?Sisley Yan (19200781) 03 September 2024 (has links)
<p dir="ltr">Experimental vignette methodology was utilized to investigate the relationships between leader group prototypicality, identity denial, and three leader outcomes (i.e., charisma, trust, and endorsement). Participants were randomly assigned to one of three experimental conditions: general advocacy (control), ingroup advocacy, and ingroup anti-advocacy. We hypothesized that a Black, male target displaying ingroup advocacy behaviors would be perceived most favorably while a Black, male target displaying ingroup anti-advocacy behaviors would be perceived most poorly. Furthermore, we predicted that identity denial, measured via perceived racial identification, would serve as a mediator. Overall, we found support for our hypotheses, with the exception being that there were no significant differences in leader outcome ratings when comparing the general advocacy condition to the ingroup advocacy condition, even despite the significant mediation throughout all conditions. In summary, Black Americans on average do not expect a Black, male leader to help other Black employees, but he is expected to not devalue or trivialize his Black identity. Doing so would lead to identity denial and less positive evaluations. In contrast, standing in solidarity with the ingroup increases the leader’s perceived racial identification the most and this in turn helps to bolster leader outcomes. Although future research should test climate change as a valid control condition, our pattern of findings suggests that environmental sustainability should be a safe topic for a Black, male leader to advocate for if he wishes to remain more neutral on matters pertaining to race.</p>
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The phenomenology of same-race prejudiceMakena, Paul Tshwarelo 01 1900 (has links)
This thesis is not structured as a conventional empirical study (theoretical background, method, results, discussion), but instead consists of an iterative series of attempts at making sense of same-race prejudice – hopefully systematically homing in on a richer and more acute understanding of the phenomenon.
The chapters are grouped together in pairs or triplets – each grouping addressing different but related perspectives on the problem. Chapters 1 and 2 are contextual, setting the scene historically and conceptually. Chapters 3, 4 and 5 introduce three different perspectives on using phenomenology as a means of approaching the issue of same-race prejudice. Chapters 6 and 7 are dedicated to looking at the themes of same-race prejudice, a critical interrogation of the themes from the interview discussions, the literature and how same-race prejudice is experienced, played out and sustained. Chapter 8 links back to Chapter 1 by casting another look at sensitivity and responsiveness to same-race prejudice by organisations whose work is supposedly on prejudice eradication. The chapter further links with both Chapters
3 and 4 by calling upon a phenomenological understanding to humanity as what can bring a liveable change to humanity regarding same-race prejudice. Chapter 9 serves as a summary of all the chapters, what each individually and collectively hoped to achieve, and the general findings and statements about same-race prejudice from the chapters’ theoretical discussions, research interviews, and critical interrogation of both the mundane and theoretical understanding. / Psychology / D. Phil. (Psychology)
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The Perception of Lexical Similarities Between L2 English and L3 SwedishUtgof, Darja January 2008 (has links)
<p>The present study investigates lexical similarity perceptions by students of Swedish as a foreign language (L3) with a good yet non-native proficiency in English (L2). The general theoretical framework is provided by studies in transfer of learning and its specific instance, transfer in language acquisition.</p><p>It is accepted as true that all previous linguistic knowledge is facilitative in developing proficiency in a new language. However, a frequently reported phenomenon is that students see similarities between two systems in a different way than linguists and theoreticians of education do. As a consequence, the full facilitative potential of transfer remains unused.</p><p>The present research seeks to shed light on the similarity perceptions with the focus on the comprehension of a written text. In order to elucidate students’ views, a form involving similarity judgements and multiple choice questions for formally similar items has been designed, drawing on real language use as provided by corpora. 123 forms have been distributed in 6 groups of international students, 4 of them studying Swedish at Level I and 2 studying at Level II. </p><p>The test items in the form vary in the degree of formal, semantic and functional similarity from very close cognates, to similar words belonging to different word classes, to items exhibiting category membership and/or being in subordinate/superordinate relation to each other, to deceptive cognates. The author proposes expected similarity ratings and compares them to the results obtained. The objective measure of formal similarity is provided by a string matching algorithm, Levenshtein distance.</p><p>The similarity judgements point at the fact that intermediate similarity values can be considered problematic. Similarity ratings between somewhat similar items are usually lower than could be expected. Besides, difference in grammatical meaning lowers similarity values significantly even if lexical meaning nearly coincides. Thus, the obtained results indicate that in order to utilize similarities to facilitate language learning, more attention should be paid to underlying similarities.</p>
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