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Don't fuss, focus: the mediating effect of on-task thoughts on the relationship between error approach instructions and task performance Ghent University
People working on a task can make errors along the way. How people deal with an error, however, depends on the type of error approach they apply. One approach, error management, focuses on increasing the positive and decreasing the negative consequences of errors. A second approach, error prevention, focuses on working faultlessly. In two experiments, we manipulated error approach through task instructions and measured on-task thoughts and ...
Buyers' perspectives on improving performance and curtailing supplier opportunism in supplier development: A social exchange theory approach Vlerick Business School
Supplier development initiatives, instituted by buyers, may have both positive (performance improvement) and negative (supplier opportunism) outcomes. Consequently, it is important to understand the factors that increase the likelihood of positive outcomes and decrease supplier opportunism. Drawing on Social Exchange Theory, we introduce and validate a model whereby socially embedded commitments mediate the effects of investment in suppliers on ...
Forced choice versus open-ended assessments of goal orientations: A descriptive study KU Leuven
The purpose of the present studies was twofold: (a) to describe the spectrum of goals adopted in physical education, and, (b) to relate forced-choice reports of goal orientations to open-ended, qualitative ones. Elementary (n = 139) and middle school (n = 342) physical education students participated in two studies. Results indicated that mastery approach goals included strong elements of social goals, (b) mastery avoidance goals were ...
Identified versus introjected approach and introjected avoidance motivations in school and in sports: the limited benefits of self-worth strivings Ghent University
On the basis of self-determination theory (Ryan & Deci, 2000), the authors examined whether 2 different types of introjected motivation-an avoidant type aimed at avoiding low self-worth and an approach type aimed at attaining high self-worth-are both associated with a less positive pattern of correlates relative to identified motivation-acting because one identifies with the value of the action. Two studies focusing on the academic and ...
A three-step methodology for process-oriented performance : how to enhance automated data collection in healthcare Ghent University
Background. Healthcare managers often attempt to enhance process-oriented performance. However, this remains a challenge. New approaches aimed at increasing the implementation success of process-oriented performance measurement should be investigated. Methods. This study investigates and discusses a step-by-step methodology to implement an automated and effective process-oriented performance measurement system in a hospital. The methodology is ...
Identifying the most significant indicators of the total road safety performance index Hasselt University KU Leuven
The review of the national and international literature dealing with the assessment of the road safety level has shown great efforts of the authors who tried to define the methodology for calculating the composite road safety index on a territory (region, state, etc.). The procedure for obtaining a road safety composite index of an area has been largely harmonized. The question that has not been fully resolved yet concerns the selection of ...
Searching for Watchdogs: Investigating Journalistic Role Performance Using Latent-Class Analysis KU Leuven
© 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Empirical studies have repeatedly shown that journalists’ role orientations (i.e., their attitudes, values) are reflected in the news (i.e., their role performance). Methodologically, such studies either ask journalists whether they perceive their own professional role in accordance with common conceptualizations (e.g., being a watchdog), or they search for journalistic ...
From sensemaking to school improvement? Exploring educational professionals' use of school performance feedback KU Leuven
Purposeful and systematic data use has a positive impact on the quality of educational decisions (Rossi et al., 2004). However, research has shown that Flemish schools make limited use of pupil outcome data, benchmarks, standardized assessment and feedback from scientific research in order to shape their policy and practice (Van Gasse et al., 2015; Vanlommel et al., 2017). In this doctoral project, we investigated to what extent and in what ...
Analyzing the Predictive Performance of Scheduler Pro- cess Models of Rule-based Activity-based Models Hasselt University
Activity-based travel demand modeling systems to date can be classified into two modeling approaches Utility maximization-based econometric model systems, and Rule-based computational process model systems. This dissertation discusses three particular contributions with respect to rule-based computational process models specifically the ALBATROSS (A Learning-based Transportation Oriented Simulation System) models system. The first contribution ...