Search Results - "academic discipline"
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Development studies entering a cul-de-sac? Reflections on development studies as an academic discipline: A historical appraisal
Published 2007“…This article undertakes to do a historical appraisal of development studies as an academic discipline under the guidance of the following questions: (i) How development studies emerge as a (serious) academic discipline in institutions of higher learning; (ii) How these institutions of higher learning define “development” and “development studies”; and (iii) What are their objectives/rationale, methodology and scope? …”
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Psychopathic Personality Traits and Empathy in Business and Psychology: An Examination of the Attraction, Selection and Attrition Cycle in Higher Education.
Published 2019“…Attracting and selecting students that are well suited to their academic discipline is associated with improved student outcomes. …”
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Concerns on the threat of environmental hazards to human and environment in Malaysia: an exploratory analysis
Published 2013“…The role of gender, year of study, race, and academic discipline on risk perception were also examined. …”
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Can tourism qualify for interdisciplinary research? A European view
Published 2015“…It should clarify that "becoming an academic discipline" is a scenario that could provide a number of opportunities for tourism research. …”
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Locating Design Anthropology in Research and Practice: PhD workshops provoke expansion of cross-disciplinary horizons
Published 2011“…While the unclear nature of this new collaboration may be confronting for research students from either traditional academic discipline areas, such as anthropology, or from established practice-based design industries, it does offer the opportunity for investigative and methodological experimentation at doctoral level. …”
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A Study on Student's Perception Towards The Quality of Services Provided by The Library, University Malaysia Pahang (UMP)
Published 2013“…The intense competition among academic institutions has forced the academic libraries to deliver the best services in aiding the student's advancement in academic discipline.…”
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Reflecting on 60 years of Academic Korea Expertise in Australia: (Missed) Opportunities and Challenges Ahead
Published 2022“…Korean Studies in Australia is typically seen as pure language and cultural training rather than a critical area of research and academic discipline. Key barriers for utilising the growing expertise in Korean Studies in Australia are lack of coordinated policy planning and targeted funding to support Korea-focused or Korea-Australia comparative research at tertiary level. …”
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A Fine Country to Starve in? Australian Geography Past and Present
Published 2015“…This paper describes the development of the academic discipline of geography in Australia from the beginning of European settlement in 1788 to the present day. …”
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From Genealogy To Inventory: The Situation Of Asian American Studies In The Age Of The Crisis Of Global Finance Capital
Published 2010“…The onset of global capitalism's crisis has exposed the fragile theoretical underpinnings of Asian American Studies as an academic discipline. Spellbound by deconstructive, rhetorical assumptions, all symptomatic of commodityfetishism and alienation, mainstream Asian American critics continue to validate neoliberal pluralism while claiming to value difference and singularity. …”
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Job satisfaction among Korean academics: a critical investigation
Published 2011“…This gender gap was attributed to the male-dominated culture in academe, heavy family responsibilities, and the lack of support structure. Academic discipline influenced job satisfaction to some extent, which was thought to be attributable to differences in working conditions and culture between academic disciplines. …”
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WELLFOCUS PPT: modifying positive psychotherapy for psychosis
Published 2016“…PPT is a positive psychology intervention, an academic discipline which has developed somewhat separately from psychotherapy and focuses on amplifying wellbeing rather than ameliorating deficit. …”
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English language teachers in higher education: a different tribe?
Published 2021“…The paper concludes that EAP as an academic discipline currently faces some significant threats. …”
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Islamic banking: products, theory, practice & issues
Published 2011“…The conference is organized by Graduate School of Management (GSM) of University Putra Malaysia with two aims: “a- to create a forum for serious public discussion relating the new emerging industry and academic discipline, Islamic Finance, and b- to produce peer-reviewed quality publications of books and journal articles of high quality on industry issues.” …”
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A future for organisational behaviour?
Published 2009“…Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to raise and critically analyse controversial issues facing the future directions of the academic discipline organisational behaviour (OB). Design/methodology/approach – Specifically, the commercial benefits for basic and applied OB research conducted by academics are considered. …”
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An investigation of international and domestic tourists' satisfaction in heritage context: implications for destination marketing
Published 2011“…The marketing of heritage coincides with the emergence of marketing as an academic discipline in the 1950s. This research seeks to determine domestic and international tourists' expectations and perceptions of the heritage site of Melaka in Malaysia by measuring their satisfaction level using eight travel attributes. …”
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Gordon Valentine Manley and his contribution to the study of climate change: a review of his life and work
Published 2015“…Throughout, the review aims to show Manley to be a fieldworker and an empiricist and reveals how he remained committed to rigorous scientific investigation despite changing trends within his academic discipline.…”
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Empathy and psychopathic traits as predictors of selection into business or psychology disciplines
Published 2019“…Method: An online self‐report survey collected data on levels of psychopathic traits and empathy from 380 newly enrolled first year business and psychology undergraduate students to examine whether these pre‐existing personality traits could predict academic discipline attraction and selection. Results: Binary logistic regression analysis partially supported the proposed hypotheses. …”
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