scholarly journals Conceptualizing career insecurity: Toward a better understanding and measurement of a multidimensional construct

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Spurk ◽  
Annabelle Hofer ◽  
Andreas Hirschi ◽  
Nele De Cuyper ◽  
Hans De Witte
Keyword(s):  
Multidimensional Construct

Measuring Agency Change Across the Domain of Hypnosis

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vince Polito ◽  
Amanda Barnier ◽  
Erik Woody
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scale ◽  
Sense Of Agency ◽  
Pass Rates ◽  
Current Experiment ◽  
Multidimensional Construct ◽  
Time Points ◽  
Hypnotic Induction ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Postexperimental Inquiry

Building on Hilgard’s (1965) classic work, the domain of hypnosis has been conceptualised by Barnier, Dienes, and Mitchell (2008) as comprising three levels: (1) classic hypnotic items, (2) responding between and within items, and (3) state and trait. The current experiment investigates sense of agency across each of these three levels. Forty-six high hypnotisable participants completed an ideomotor (arm levitation), a challenge (arm rigidity) and a cognitive (anosmia) item either following a hypnotic induction (hypnosis condition) or without a hypnotic induction (wake condition). In a postexperimental inquiry, participants rated their feelings of control at three time points for each item: during the suggestion, test and cancellation phases. They also completed the Sense of Agency Rating Scale (Polito, Barnier, & Woody, 2013) for each item. Pass rates, control ratings, and agency scores fluctuated across the different types of items and for the three phases of each item; also, control ratings and agency scores often differed across participants who passed versus failed each item. Interestingly, whereas a hypnotic induction influenced the likelihood of passing items, it had no direct effect on agentive experiences. These results suggest that altered sense of agency is not a unidimensional or static quality “switched on” by hypnotic induction, but a dynamic multidimensional construct that varies across items, over time and according to whether individuals pass or fail suggestions.

Impulsivity in Adolescents

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth K. Reynolds ◽  
Linda C. Mayes
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Maturation ◽  
Central Place ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Multidimensional Construct ◽  
Normal Behavior ◽  
Problematic Behaviors ◽  
Behavioral Tasks ◽  
Developmental Course

Adolescence is the time between the beginning of sexual maturation and adulthood, typically bounded by the ages of 13 to 19 years. One construct that holds a central place in many theories of development and psychopathology is impulsivity. Impulsivity has been considered to play an important role in normal behavior as well as linked to several problematic behaviors that are present or arise during adolescence. Impulsivity, considered to be a multidimensional construct, has been defined and measured in a variety of ways. This chapter will discuss the definitions of impulsivity, measurement (including self-report and behavioral tasks), developmental course, behaviors and disorders in which it is implicated, and future directions.

Small Business Orientation: A Construct Proposal

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 529-552
Author(s):  
Rodney C. Runyan ◽  
Jeffrey G. Covin
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Multidimensional Construct ◽  
Small Business Management ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Business Orientation

Entrepreneurship and small business management literatures diverged decades ago, with the former receiving the bulk of subsequent scholarly attention. The concept of a small business orientation (SBO) has not been widely and consistently employed in the literature. We present a conceptual framework aimed at clarifying the construct of SBO, and conceptualize SBO as a firm size- and age-independent phenomenon operating at the individual level, and reflecting manager values about how the business ought to be conducted. We discuss the values-based derivation of SBO, identify elements of this multidimensional construct, its likely consequences, and propose future research directions.

Relationship between Multidimensional Perfectionism and Goal Orientations in Sport

2002 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 376-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
John G.H. Dunn ◽  
Janice Causgrove Dunn ◽  
Daniel G. Syrotuik
Keyword(s):  
Canonical Correlation ◽  
Goal Orientations ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Task Orientation ◽  
Personal Standards ◽  
Parental Pressure ◽  
Multidimensional Construct ◽  
Maladaptive Perfectionism ◽  
Concern Over Mistakes ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the relationship between perfectionism and goal orientations among male Canadian Football players (M age = 18.24 years). Athletes (N = 174) completed inventories to assess perfectionist orientations and goal orientations in sport. Perfectionism was conceptualized as a multidimensional construct and was measured with a newly constructed sport-specific version of the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (MPS; Frost, Marten, Lahart, & Rosenblate, 1990). Exploratory factor analysis of the modified MPS revealed four sport-related perfectionism dimensions: perceived parental pressure, personal standards, concern over mistakes, and perceived coach pressure. Canonical correlation analysis obtained two significant canonical functions (RC1 = .36; RC2 = .30). The first one revealed that task orientation was positively correlated with an adaptive profile of perfectionism. The second one revealed that ego orientation was positively associated with a maladaptive profile of perfectionism. Results are discussed in the context of Hamachek’s (1978) conceptualization of adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism.

Wearable Sensors and Their Metrics for Measuring Comprehensive Occupational Fatigue: A Scoping Review

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 1041-1045 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yibo Zhu ◽  
Rasik R Jankay ◽  
Laura C Pieratt ◽  
Ranjana K. Mehta
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Wearable Sensors ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Exclusion Criteria ◽  
Multidimensional Construct ◽  
Ovid Medline ◽  
Rate Sensor ◽  
Sleep Length ◽  
Occupational Fatigue

Extensive research has been conducted to study the effects of physical and sleep related fatigue on occupational health and safety. However, fatigue is a complex multidimensional construct, that is task- and occupation-dependent, and our knowledge on how to measure this complex construct is limited. A scoping review was conducted to: 1) review sensors and their metrics currently employed in occupational fatigue studies, 2) identify overlap between sensors and associated metrics that can be leveraged to assess comprehensive fatigue, 3) investigating the effectiveness of the sensors/metrics, and 4) recommended potential sensor/metric combinations to evaluate comprehensive fatigue. 512 unique abstracts were identified through Ovid-MEDLINE, MEDLINE, Embase and Cinal databases and application of the inclusion/exclusion criteria resulted in 27 articles that were included for the review. Heart rate sensors and actigraphs were identified to be the most suitable devices to study comprehensive fatigue. Heart rate trend within the heart rate sensor, and sleep length and sleep efficiency within actigraphs were found to be the most popular and reliable metrics for measuring occupational fatigue.

Colleague guanxi intensity: Scale development and validation

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 756-778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Huan Hong ◽  
Dauw-Song Zhu ◽  
Louis P. White
Keyword(s):  
Intensity Scale ◽  
Cognitive Trust ◽  
Affective Trust ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Multidimensional Construct ◽  
Scale Development And Validation ◽  
Validation Tests ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Colleague Relationships ◽  
Nomological Validity

AbstractThis research reviews the constructs and measurements of guanxi and concludes that colleague guanxi is appropriately conceptualized as a multidimensional construct that describes Chinese colleague relationships. The development of a colleague guanxi scale with four dimensions is described. Two studies test the convergent, discriminant, and nomological validity of the guanxi scale. In validation tests guanxi intensity increases with cognition features (subjective fit and cognitive trust) and results in a positive affect (affective trust). Contributions of the colleague guanxi scale are offered.

Multidimensional Models of Information Need

2009 ◽  
Vol 08 (01) ◽  
pp. 53-66
Author(s):  
Yun-jie (Calvin) Xu ◽  
Kai Huang (Joseph) Tan
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
Retrieval System ◽  
Multidimensional Model ◽  
Dimensional Model ◽  
Information Need ◽  
Multidimensional Construct ◽  
Multiple Data ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
Multidimensional Models ◽  
Better Than

User studies in information science have recognised relevance as a multidimensional construct. An implication of multidimensional relevance is that a user's information need should be modeled by multiple data structures to represent different relevance dimensions. While the extant literature has attempted to model multiple dimensions of a user's information need, the fundamental assumption that a multidimensional model is better than a uni-dimensional model has not been addressed. This study seeks to test this assumption. Our results indicate that a retrieval system that models both topicality and the novelty dimension of a users' information need outperforms a system with a uni-dimensional model.

scholarly journals Position of aggressiveness in common latent space of PEN model and model Big Five Plus Two

Psihologija ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-310
Author(s):  
Bojana Dinic ◽  
Snezana Smederevac
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Physical Aggression ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Acting Out ◽  
Multidimensional Construct ◽  
Negative Valence ◽  
Latent Space ◽  
Aggression Questionnaire

The purpose of this research was to examine the relations between different aspects of aggressiveness and personality traits. Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (AQ), Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), which represent psychobiological model, and inventory Big Five Plus Two Inventory (BF+2), which represent psycholexical model of personality in Serbian language, were administered to 478 participants. The results revealed that affective impulsive aggressiveness and predatory or instrumental aggressiveness could be identified in the aggressiveness - personality traits relationships. Those aspects of aggressiveness could take manifest or latent character. As expected, Psychoticism from EPQ, Aggressiveness, and Negative Valence from BF+2 showed a significant contribution to all identified forms, except for Aggressiveness in relations with ?acting out? physical aggression. Although these personality traits carry out significant loadings, these loadings were not always the highest. Affective-impulsive aggressiveness, which was mainly determined by the components of latent domain AQ, was related to Neuroticism from both models. The remaining forms of manifest aggressiveness were related to low Consciousness, whereas Physical aggression is connected to Extraversion and Oppennes. This connection represents possible ?acting out? reaction or more frequent tendency of impulsive physical aggression. The results showed that aggressiveness represents a multidimensional construct which could be explained by specific constellation of personality traits, depending which aspects of aggressivenes are of interest.

Relative exploration orientation and real options reasoning: survey evidence from Denmark

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claus Højmark Jensen ◽  
Thomas Borup Kristensen
Keyword(s):  
Real Options ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Complete System ◽  
Service Innovation ◽  
Downside Risk ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Chief Financial Officer ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Multidimensional Construct ◽  
Product Service

Purpose This paper aims to extend the understanding of how real options reasoning (ROR) is associated with downside risk and how a firm’s portfolio (explore and exploit) of investment activities affects managers’ ability to effectively apply ROR in relation to downside risk. Design/methodology/approach The survey method is used. It is applied to a population of Danish firms, which in 2018 had more than 100 employees. The chief financial officer was the target respondent. Findings This study finds that a higher level of ROR is associated with lower levels of downside risk. ROR’s association with lower levels of the downside risk is also moderated by the level of relative exploration orientation in a negative direction. Originality/value The field of ROR research on downside risk and portfolio subadditivity has been dominated by research focused on multinationality. This paper extends extant literature on ROR by studying ROR as a multidimensional construct of firm action, which is associated with lower levels of downside risk, also when studied outside of a multinationality setting. This is the case when ROR is implemented as a complete system. This paper also applies a framework of exploitation and exploration to show that findings on subadditivity in options portfolios caused by asset correlations extend outside the scope of multinationality and into one of product/service innovation.

Measuring Organizational Learning as a Multidimensional Construct

2010 ◽  
pp. 1101-1109
Author(s):  
Juan C. Real ◽  
Antonio Leal ◽  
Jose L. Roldan
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Production Cost ◽  
Learning Curves ◽  
Labour Cost ◽  
Manufacturing Cost ◽  
Total Production ◽  
Multidimensional Construct ◽  
Experience Curves

The traditional way of measuring learning as a result has been through the so-called learning and experience curves. The learning curves, developed within the production framework (Levitt & March, 1988), relate the manufacturing cost of a product to the accumulated experience in its production. This establishes that its cost decreases as the number of units made increases. At first, although this relationship was limited to the direct labour cost, it later extends to the total production cost.

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