Browsing by Subject "Influence (Psychology)"
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Item Attachment and attitudes: factors influencing adolescent sexuality(Texas Tech University, 1996-12) Baier, Margaret E. M.Not availableItem The effects of interests and institutional influences on organizational adoptions over time and across practices(2006) Chng, Han Ming Daniel; Haunschild, Pamela R.; Davis-Blake, AlisonThe purpose of my dissertation is to examine the effects of interests and carriers of institutional influences on the adoption of three organizational practices that have become varyingly diffused and socially accepted over time. Drawing on theories of agency, power, social networks, and institutions, I argue that the effects of actors’ interests and carriers of institutional influences on adoption will be moderated by evolving degrees of social acceptance of a practice. This is because as social acceptance for a practice changes over time, it will not only influence actors’ interests and their ability to enact them but also determine the effectiveness of different carriers of social influences, and consequently, determine how these factors will affect adoption. For actors’ interests, I examine the effects of managerial power, managerial incentives, and institutional shareholders’ influence on adoption over time. For carriers of institutional influences, I examine the effects of social ties and prestigious endorsement on adoption over time. To test my hypotheses, I examine the adoptions of tender offer takeovers, poison pill takeover defenses, and executive stock option repricing using separate samples of companies listed on the Fortune 500 Largest U.S. Industrials (F500) between 1980 and 2004. I collect longitudinal data and conduct event history analysis to test my hypotheses. The results of this study offer some support for changing effects of actors’ interests and carriers of institutional influences on adoption as the degree of social acceptance for a practice evolves. In sum, this study provides a more nuanced understanding of the relative roles of interests and institutional influences on adoption as the social environment changes.Item Factors influencing male high school students to enroll in homemaking classes(Texas Tech University, 1978-05) Sampson, Mary Jane HollabaughNot availableItem Gender schematicity, relative power, and dyad composition: factors influencing the selection of power strategies in non-intimate relationships(Texas Tech University, 1996-12) Thompson, Jennifer RNot availableItem Influences on sexual decision making(Texas Tech University, 1986-12) Piper, Kathleen RiserNot availableItem Mass media influence on first-time mothers(Texas Tech University, 1980-08) Moffatt, Jean FlippinObjectives of this paper were to measure the amount of use first-time mothers make of the mass media for information on pregnancy and childrearing, and the corresponding impact of media use on the mother-infant dyad. In preparation for the study, extensive research was done on the capabilities of an infant to communicate before birth and during the six months following birth. The mother-infant dyad was also studied to determine the importance of the mother's recognizing her infant's individuality, his abilities, and his desire to communicate. The study was carried out in two ways. First, one mother-infant dyad in which the mother prepared herself for her role through media use was observed over a six-month period. Second, first-time mothers of all backgrounds from a small community of 7,000 people were mailed a questionnaire which asked personal history questions, the extent to which they used the media for pregnancy and childrearing information, and an evaluation of their own dyad. Results showed books as the main media source of information, followed by booklets and pamphlets, with magazines third. Television, newspapers, and radio were least used. Age, education, and income showed a high relationship to book and booklet use, but a negative one to radio, television and newspaper use. Greater media use, more education, and a higher maternal age at the birth of the child resulted in an earlier recognition of the child as an individual and in greater significance being attached to his communication attempts. Apart from the mass media, medical personnel were found to be the most-used, source of information. Books, however, were more used than such non-media sources as family members, friends, and training in school. The accessibility of books, their extensive coverage of the subject, and their helpful indexing were cited as major reasons for widespread use. Lack of programming and articles were the reasons for less use of television, radio and magazines. The study suggests that mothers who use the mass media for information on their children are better prepared for what to expect from their babies and are better able to communicate with them and to understand their communication efforts. It also, provides evidence supporting greater efforts by all of the media to present helpful pregnancy and childrearing information, particularly that which encourages mothers to respond positively to an infant's attempts to communicate- Such a response fosters development of a healthy self-image and an acceptance of the world around him.Item Social conformity: a cross-sectional study on the effects of prestige suggestion in children(Texas Tech University, 1972-08) Schnee, Steven BNot availableItem The effects of a minor tranquilizer on anxiety and the process of social influence(Texas Tech University, 1977-05) Sherrod, Lawrence MichaelNot availableItem Transmission of risk-taking through modeling in middle childhood(Texas Tech University, 1972-05) Montgomery, Gary ThomasNot availableItem Validation of the Adlerian construct of perceived early childhood family influence(Texas Tech University, 1986-05) Chandler, Cynthia KayNot available