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Fall 2010
In two essays I investigate two antecedents of self-concept change in consumers: Threats to the self and the activated self-construal and its effect on goal conflict resolution. In the first essay, I explore identity strictly as consumers define themselves in terms of the possessions with which...
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To compete or cooperate? three essays on the relationship between unions and employee and organizational outcomes: the moderating effect of management's response
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In their highly influential work on the labour market impact of unions termed the collective voice/institutional response model (CVIR), Freeman & Medoff (1984) proposed that whether the union’s monopoly or voice face would prevail greatly depended on the union’s and management’s willingness to...
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To Copy, Camouflage or Do Neither? The Role of Asocial and Social Information in Affecting Nest Material Choices of Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata)
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Animals can use asocial cues from the environment or information obtained from other individuals, called social information to make decisions. Further these different sources of information can be simultaneously available. How do animals evaluate and prioritize asocial and social information...
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To Free or Not to Free: Nintendo’s quest to maintain a unique brand identity in the homogeneity of the Mobile Games Market
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As recently as 2013, Nintendo made bold assertions that they would never enter into the mobile games market (Byford, 2013). However in 2016 the market saw three games using IP commonly associated with Nintendo launch on both iOS and Android: Miitomo, Pokemon Go, and Super Mario Run. Nintendo has...
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Fall 2013
Chimpanzees have been previously used to study HAV infection in vivo but they are expensive and difficult to maintain and thus, there is a need for a small animal model. Our aim is to test the susceptibility of the SCID-beige/Alb-uPA mice with chimeric human/mouse livers to HAV infection....
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To Humbly Go Where No Psychologist Has Gone Before: Insider-Outsider Relationships in Rural Practice
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Canada’s rural population is an important part of the country’s national identity. And yet, this is a dwindling population which has become a rather marginalized group with unique challenges and needs. In terms of mental health, rural individuals face complex and multifaceted barriers to...
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To measure the cost of collaborative partnership for the healthy alberta communities project
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The Healthy Alberta Communities (HAC) is a community-based chronic disease prevention project that draws on a wide spectrum of community-initiated interventions undertaken as a cluster in four Alberta communities since 2005. HAC-funded collaborative projects are undertaken with local...