The Relationship between Explicit Planning and Expressive Performance of Dynamic Variations in an Aural Modeling Task

1999 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 331-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert H. Woody

The present study is an examination of the performance of expressive dynamic variations by advanced pianists in an aural modeling (imitative) performance task. Twenty-four university musicians listened to expressive performances of short piano excerpts played for them via MIDI on a Yamaha Disklavier acoustic piano. These expressive models contained idiomatic features (musically appropriate) and nonidiomatic features (musically inappropriate). After hearing each model, subjects reported their thoughts regarding dynamic variations they had heard and then attempted to imitate the model in their own performance on the piano. Results indicated that expressive performance of dynamic variations is influenced by the performer's explicit identification of dynamic features and their incorporation into a specific goal performance plan. Analyses of individual dynamic features revealed that subjects who identified features consistently performed the features differently than did the subjects who did not identify them. Subjects who identified features played nonidiomatic features more accurately and played idiomatic features at more pronounced overall levels.

2003 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert H. Woody

This study is an examination of musicians' expressive performances, in an aural modeling task, paying special attention to the skills of goal imaging and motor production. Twenty-five university musicians heard expressive piano excerpts preceded by expressionless “deadpan” versions to use as the bases of comparison. After giving imitative performances of each expressive model, subjects indicated the perceived dynamic and tempo contours of the model by drawing on a chart. Multiple regression analyses were used to explain the dynamic variations of subjects' expressive performances. A theoretical model designated “contextual goal image” consisted of (a) subjects' previous attempts at performing in a deadpan manner (indicating the expressive conventions automatically applied to the excerpts' musical contexts) and (b) their line drawings of what they perceived in the models. Overall, the contextual goal image model explained a large proportion of the variance in performance, indicating the importance of supplementing automatically applied performance conventions with an explicit goal performance plan.


2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 170-177
Author(s):  
N. A. Kudusheva ◽  
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I. K. Amanova ◽  

The article deals with the problem of the dynamics of personal self-efficacy of psychology students during their studies at the University. Theoretical approaches to understanding the term "self-efficacy" and its relation to related concepts related to psychological confidence and personal potential are analyzed.The actual problem of personal self-efficacy of psychology students is discussed.The results of an empirical study of the dynamic characteristics of self-efficacy of a sample of 80 students are presented, and statistical indicators of subject self-efficacy and development of self-efficacy in communication, their relationship with the motivation for choosing a profession and the level of self-attitude are determined.Dynamism, integrity and multicomponent nature of self-efficacy; non-linear nature of its development at different stages of training; the relationship between the level of self-efficacy development and the experience of independent work.


2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (8) ◽  
pp. 1107-1118
Author(s):  
He Ding ◽  
Enhai Yu

PurposeThe aim of the present study was to examine the association of subordinate-oriented strengths-based leadership (SSBL) with subordinates’ job performance (task performance and innovative behavior) as well as the meditating role of supervisor–subordinate guanxi (SSG) in these relationships.Design/methodology/approachSelf-report data on SSBL, SSG, task performance and innovative behavior were gathered from 642 Chinese employees working in various Chinese enterprises. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data.FindingsThe results indicated that SSBL is positively related to subordinates’ job performance (task performance and innovative behavior). Furthermore, SSG partially mediated the relationship of SSBL with task performance and with innovative behavior.Originality/valueThis study is the first to empirically examine the relationship of SSBL with job performance. In addition, this study adds to the knowledge on the SSBL–job performance linkage by investigating the mediational effect of SSG on the relationship.


1992 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark C. Ely

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of timbre on musicians' intonational acuities during a listening and a performance task. Nine saxophonists, nine clarinetists, and nine flutists from The Ohio State University School of Music participated in the listening and performance segments of this experiment. The performance data consisted of subjects' intonational deviations from recorded examples, and the listening data consisted of subjects' correct and incorrect responses to in-tune or out-of-tune tone pairs. The relationship between subjects' abilities to perform in tune and detect intonation problems, and the effects of timbre on subjects' abilities to perform in tune and detect intonation problems were assessed. Results revealed a low correlation between subjects abilities to play in tune and their abilities to detect intonation problems. Results also indicated that timbre had a significant effect on subjects' abilities to detect intonation problems, but not on their abilities to play in tune. Although there was no significant difference between instrument groups' abilities to detect intonation problems, a significant difference was found between these groups' abilities to play in tune across all timbres. Subjects played significantly more flat than sharp when matching other instrument timbres.


Author(s):  
TaeYong Yoo ◽  
ChaeRyeong Lee

The first purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of personality(extraversion, openness, conscientiousness) on job crafting. The second purpose was to examine the effects of job crafting on task performance and adaptive performance. The third purpose was to examine the mediating effects of job crafting on the relationship between personality(extraversion, openness, conscientiousness) and job performance(task performance, adaptive performance). The last purpose was to testify the moderating effect of the leader’s empowering behavior on the relationship between personality(extraversion, openness, conscientiousness) and job crafting. Data were collected from 167 employees who were working in a variety of organizations in Korea by the survey research method. Both task performance and adaptive performance were rated by others(peer or supervisor). The result of this study showed that the relationship between personality(openness, conscientiousness) and job crafting, and the relationship between job crafting and job performance(task performance, adaptive performance) were significantly positive. Also, the job crafting had full mediation effect on the relationship between personality(openness, conscientiousness) and job performance(task performance, adaptive performance). Leader’s empowering behavior had moderation effect on the relationship between conscientiousness and job crafting. That is, the positive relationship between conscientiousness and job crafting was stronger when leader’s empowering behavior was lower rather than higher. Based on these results, we discussed the implications and limitations of the study, and the suggestions for the future research.


2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 295-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Jalalkamali ◽  
Mohammad Iranmanesh ◽  
Davoud Nikbin ◽  
Sunghyup Sean Hyun

AbstractThis study investigates the relationships between humor (frequency and effectiveness), communication satisfaction (informational and relational), and employee job performance (task and contextual) in international joint ventures in Iran. Based on a survey of 375 employees and their supervisors in two of the biggest joint ventures in the automotive industry in Iran, the results indicate that the frequency of humor had significant positive effects on contextual and task performance as well as on informational and relational communication satisfaction. In addition, informational communication satisfaction was significantly related to both contextual performance and task performance, whereas relational communication satisfaction was related only to task performance. Finally, informational communication satisfaction mediated the relationship between the frequency of humor and job performance (task and contextual), while relational communication satisfaction mediated the relationship between the frequency of humor and task performance.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 5287
Author(s):  
Joanna Poczta ◽  
Nuno Almeida ◽  
Mateusz Rozmiarek ◽  
Maciej Młodzik ◽  
Ewa Malchrowicz-Mośko

Running has been very popular for years, especially in organized mass runs. Various running events take place all over the world, at different distances and locations, including charity running events. However, there has not been any research on the social impact of these events on participants to date. This article/paper is an attempt to remedy this situation. The authors conducted their research by the diagnostic survey method using standardized interview technique during the 6th Santa Claus Run organized in Poznan on the day of Santa Claus. A sample of 136 runners: 49 male respondents and 87 female respondents participated in the event voluntarily and completed a questionnaire. Therefore, the main goal of the study was to recognize the relationship between the lifestyles of men and women in the context of participation in a charity running event, in order to evaluate the differences between them. The specific goal was to discern the motives to take part in such kind of an event, as well as to find out what influence the participation in a charity run has on the respondents, both those leading an active and passive lifestyle. The most important result and the only one statistically significant difference in the conducted study was the indication that women have more empathy and participate more often than men in charity runs.


2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 603-622
Author(s):  
Néstor Garza

This article assesses the neutrality of Captura de Plusvalía, a land value capture policy implemented in Bogotá (Colombia) in 2004. The case offers a rare opportunity for assessment because the policy application had a scattered spatial and temporal structure but on an urban agglomeration ruled by a single master plan and revenue collecting authority. The analysis reveals that (a) the relationship between value capture and prices is negative (static neutrality); (b) this result holds under various spatial specifications and controls; (c) the policy is not endogenous to the built output or the spatial distribution of the land prices; and (d) there is no evidence of preemption, a theoretical feature where landowners consider that the policy onset represents a regulatory taking, compelling them to accelerate developing timing (dynamic neutrality).


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