assessing their time management behaviors and attitudes, stress, and self-perceptions of performance and grade point average. The study revealed 2 major findings. The Time Management Behavior Scale consists of 4 relatively independent factors; the most predictive was Perceived Control of Time. Students who perceived control of their time reported significantly greater evaluations of their performance, greaterwork and life satisfaction, less role ambiguity, less role overload
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as at increasing the performances of public transport and other (more) environmentally sound modes of transport on these aspects. An overview of possible policy strategies is given. Key words: public transport; car; attractiveness; psychological factors; policies Can public transport compete with the car 3 1.
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well as unplanned shopping from these local shops. It is usually seen that buyers purchase products which they have not planned and this phenomenon of unplanned purchasing is termed as impulse. There are many factors which lead to unplanned or impulsebuying. This leads us to determine the factors that lead to impulse buying behaviour in consumers as well as to determine which segment (based on VALS classification scheme) of consumers show the most impulse buying behaviour. 2. Background of the
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Factors Influencing the Job Satisfaction of Expatriates in Dubai SUBMITTED BY: - AABHAS RASTOGI (11 DCP 053) - ABHAY GAHLOT (11 DCP 054) - ABHISHEK GUPTA (11 DCP 055) - ADESHWAR RAJA (11 DCP 056) - ADITI ANIL KUMAR SANGANERIA (11 DCP 057) - AKSHAY PRASAD (11 DCP 058) - AKANKSHA GUPTA (11 DCP 059) ABSTRACT This paper aims at revealing the various factors influencing the job satisfaction of employees in the Middle East especially in Dubai. After identifying
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FACTORS INFLUENCING CONSUMERS’ LAPTOP PURCHASES Dr. V. Aslıhan Nasır, Sema Yoruker, Figen Güneş and Yeliz Ozdemir Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey ABSTRACT The rapid developments in IT sector accompanied by increased competition and acquisitions and mergers in the market, lead both academicians and practitioners to concentrate on the consumers’ purchase decisions in portable PC industry. The NDP group’s report published by PC World state that in May 2003, U.S. retailers made more money
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are the result of inconsistency in both the measurement and the definition of constructs across studies that do not fully account for all the relationships between constructs. The current findings emphasize the need to distinguish clearly between factors that represent employees’ inputs in a work relationship (i.e., effort) and those that represent their outputs (i.e., job performance). The article also demonstrates the importance of properly accounting or controlling for all key variables to eliminate
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TI 2011-061/3 Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper Entrepreneurship and Role Models Niels BosmaA Jolanda HesselsB,C Veronique SchutjensA Mirjam van PraagD Ingrid VerheulE Utrecht University; B EIM Business and Policy Research, Zoetermeer; C Erasmus School of Economics, Rotterdam; D Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Amsterdam; E Rotterdam School of Economics; all in the Netherlands. A Tinbergen Institute is the graduate school and research institute in economics of
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Research Paper No. 2008/20 Entrepreneurship in Economic Development Wim Naudé * March 2008 Abstract What is the role of entrepreneurship in economic development? At a minimum the answer should be able to explain the role of entrepreneurs in the structural transformation of countries from low income, primary-sector based societies into high-income service and technology based societies. More broadly though, it should also be able to explain the role of entrepreneurs in the opposite pole of stagnating
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ECONOMICS HO CHI MINH CITY International School of Business ------------------------------ Bui Trung Kien FACTORS AFFECTING THE FLUCTUATION OF LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS MASTER OF BUSINESS (Honours) Ho Chi Minh City - 2012 UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS HO CHI MINH CITY International School of Business ------------------------------ Bui Trung Kien FACTORS AFFECTING THE FLUCTUATION OF LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ID: 60340102 MASTER OF
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means combining personal characteristics, financial means and the resources available within your environment. Geoffrey G. Meredith et al (1991). As an initiator of the business, the entrepreneur relies on his inherent nature of task-result oriented, risk taking, innovative, creative and above all, futuristic to spot opportunities and take advantage. Thus, why Geoffrey G. Meredith et al (1991) defined the entrepreneur(s) as “people who have the ability to see and evaluate business opportunities, to
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