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Kathrin Rucktäschel - Environmental Security and Deforestation in Indonesia

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Environmental Security and Deforestation in Indonesia

Series: Transformation, Development, and Regionalization in Greater Asia

Volume 14 2016

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Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 1-14

„… Environmental Security and Deforestation in Indonesia A Theoretical and Empirical Study of a Multi-Level …” „… 2 28.09.16 09:54 A Theoretical and Empirical Study of a Multi-Level Problem Environmental Security …” „… , Kathrin Environmental Security and Deforestation in Indonesia A Theoretical and Empirical Study of a …”

References S. 241-258

„… ). The Case Study of Indonesia (= Project on Environmental Scarcities, State Capacity, and Civil Violence …” „… , in: Jänicke, Martin/Weidner, Helmut (eds.). National Environmental Policies. A Comparative Study of …” „… .). Capacity Building in National Environmental Policy. A Comparative Study of 17 Countries, Berlin et al …”

II. Theoretical Framework S. 29-142

„… this study – and therefore leading to the question of what should be the responsibilities of different …” „… security,’ and ‘referents of security’ will be used interchangeably within this study as the author …” „… its theoretical and empirical problems, see Schuck 2011. 76 Gasper 2008, p. 2. 77 UNDP 1994, p. 24 …”

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Josef Schmid, Karin Amos, Josef Schrader, Ansgar Thiel - Governance und Interdependenz von Bildung

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Josef Schmid (ed.), Karin Amos (ed.), Josef Schrader (ed.), Ansgar Thiel (ed.)

Governance und Interdependenz von Bildung

Series: Wirtschafts- und Sozialpolitik

Volume 17 2017

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Marie-Christine Fregin The Impact of Social Policies on Skill Mismatch − Conceptual Framework of an International Comparative Empirical Study S. 63-86

„… Comparative Empirical Study Marie-Christine Fregin 1. Skill matching as a challenge for social policy …” „… international comparison. The empirical study follows the idea that heterogeneous national regimes …” „… an empirical study that examines the impact of social policies on the incidence of skill mismatch in …”

Célia Barrez French Examples of Subnational Uses of the Issue ‘Early-School-Leaving’ (ESL): A Reflective Contribution on the Appropriation of a European Benchmark S. 111-124

„… practices and structures. Based on the first results from empirical enquiries, it focuses on French …” „… observations and interviews. It thus bases on empirical data collected from different fieldworks and materials …” „… slide of a data-driven management of education policies at subnational levels by empirical examples …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 1-6

„… International Comparative Empirical Study 63 Carolin Knauber und Alexandra Ioannidou Grundbildungspolitik im …”

Michael Gebel Der Übergang vom Bildungssystem in den Arbeitsmarkt im europäischen Vergleich. Die Rolle von Bildungs- und Arbeitsmarktinstitutionen S. 13-36

„… capital. A theoretical and empirical analysis, with special reference to education. New York: Columbia …” „… , David/Noelke, Clemens/Kucel, Aleksander (2008): Labor market effects of field of study in comparative …” „… comparative study of educational qualifications and occupational destinations. Oxford: Oxford University …”

Maxwell Akansina Aziabah Decentralization and Internationalization of School-Based Management in Ghana: Implications for School Policy Reform S. 125-144

„… education nd Internationalization of School-Based Management in Ghana In a study on Dece Aziabah (2011 …” „… cultural goals. Although empirical findings from Standford scientists –notably, the originators of the …”

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Daniela Floß - The Impact of Mass Media on Political Support

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The Impact of Mass Media on Political Support

Series: Politische Kommunikation und demokratische Öffentlichkeit

Volume 1 2010

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This Study’s Empirical Program to Test the Model S. 71-73

„… preferences. 3.4. This Study’s Empirical Program to Test the Model The preferences4perceptions model of media …” „… !"# ! Figure 3.2. Empirical Parts of the Study …” „… preferences and perceptions as different cognitive constructs. Neverthe4less, the present study will test the …”

Outline of the Preferences-Perceptions Model of Media Effects S. 63-71

„… perception of political processes and related preferences. 3.4. This Study’s Empirical Program to Test the …” „… challenges citizens’ preferences might account for lower levels of politi4cal support. This study’s argument …” „… & Krosnick, 1996, 2000). In line with the assumption of priming effects research, this study’s model assumes …”

Conclusions S. 178-186

„… preference scale was confirmed. In addition, the study provided empirical evidence which support the …” „… found to focus on political discord, power struggles, and accusations, this study’s results indicated …” „… this study deserve special consideration. First, this study’s reliance on media use measures as …”

Summary and Conclusion S. 38-39

„… be relevant with respect to the present study’s research interest. In order to provide a rather broad …” „… agenda setting, to date the hypothesis has not been subject to empirical tests” (J. M. Miller, 2007, p …” „… . 691) because “in virtually every past agenda4setting study, content and accessibility are confounded …”

The Preferences-Perceptions Relationship as Predictor of Political Support S. 50-56

„… effects. This study’s empirical program to test the model is presented in Section 3.4. 3.1. The …” „… literature review in the previous chapter, I have formulated three suggestions for the present study. First …” „… , this study extends the focus of media effects research on the context of election campaigns by …”

The Role of Political Sophistication S. 40-42

„… . 956). Empirical support for this assumption is given in a study by A.H. Miller et al. (1979, p. 75ff …” „… moderates the strength of media effects. The findings are based on empirical tests using group comparisons …” „… might shape their political judgments (Krosnick & Brannon, 1993, p. 956).25 Empirical evidence for the …”

The Role of Intensity of General Media Use S. 42-43

„… 42 empirical results provided by the author support the assumption that politically aware people26 …” „… should be influenced by it” (Krosnick & Brannon, 1993, p. 956). Empirical support for this assumption is …” „… given in a study by A.H. Miller et al. (1979, p. 75ff.), for instance. The results indicate that the im4 …”

The Media’s Presentations of Political Processes S. 61-63

„… whether process preferences are rather independent from media information. Thus, the present study takes …” „… institutions” (Lichter & Amundson, 1994, p. 139). Similarly, a study by Lawrence (2000) showed that at the …” „… winning. Political debates on the state level were not shaped by the game frame, in contrast. A study by …”

The Role of Media Trust and Media Credibility S. 39-40

„… present study’s research interest. In order to provide a rather broad overview of possible moderators, the …” „… perceptions, for instance, is based on plausible theoretical argumentations rather than on a solid empirical …” „… summarizes the findings and discusses suggestions for the present study. 2.3.1. The Role of Media Trust and …”

The Role of Individual Predispositions S. 43-45

„… comparison in structural equation modeling, the empirical results support this assumption. This finding is in …” „… line with empirical results from other studies in media effects research (Druckman & Nelson, 2003 …” „… in this study, it is likely to better predict attitude change than standard explanations (such as …”

The Media’s Impact on the Perception of Political Processes S. 56-60

„… relationship. An exception to the tendency of research to neglect the role of the media is a study by Kimball …” „… & Patterson (1997). This study considers the media’s role in influencing the preference4perception discrepancy …” „… , exhibited lower ratings of Congress. Thus, the authors concluded: 33 For more information on the study by …”

Research Question S. 74-75

„… news coverage in Switzerland. This study’s research question is presented in Section 4.1. The …” „… of the preferences4perceptions model of media effects, the present study, first, analyzes the media …” „… presentation of political decision4making processes in Switzerland. The aim of this study is to investigate …”

Trough Effects on Political Knowledge S. 37-38

„… a study by Sotirovic (2001). The author showed that fear acts as a mediator of media use on …” „… . Interesting findings in this respect are provided in a study by Moy & Pfau (2000). Using structural equation …” „… political knowledge might lead to an increase of political support. Findings from a study on trust in the …”

Summary and Conclusion S. 45-47

„… . With respect to this study’s research question on the impact of media depictions of political processes …” „… ” (Shen, 2004, p. 133). Based on an experimental study, the author showed that sub4jects with different …” „… , then, the empirical evidence regarding the moderating role of political expertise is inconsistent (De …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 2-16

„… 3.2. Empirical Parts of the Study 73 5.1. Modified Measurement Model of Process 98 5.2 …” „… Processes 61 3.3. Outline of the Preferences4Perceptions Model of Media Effects 63 3.4. This Study’s …” „… Mass Media: Relevance and Objectives of this Study 17 2. The Impact of Mass Media on Political …”

The Impact of Media Strategy Frames S. 30-32

„… coverage impact on the audience’s political attitudes. With regard to this study’s research interest in the …” „… Strategy Frames Research on media framing constitutes a very broad and diverse field and this study cannot …” „… & Jamieson (1996, 1997) provide the first empirical evidence for the impact of media strategy frames on re4 …”

Political Support and Mass Media: Relevance and Objectives of this Study S. 17-22

„… study presents first empirical results regarding the role of individual preferences – in the sense of …” „… , p. 211; Sarcinelli, 1998, p. 553). 1 This study’s focus on evaluative attitudes is motivated by …” „… . Thus, this study’s research question is: How and under which conditions do mass media’s presentations …”

Test of Cultural Invariance of Process Preferences Scale S. 105-107

„… interpretations that may be derived from cross4national empirical research” (Bensaou, et al., 1999, p. 672). In …” „… study was used. This study was conducted with college stu4dents in Germany (n = 163) and Switzerland (n …” „… study is slightly different from the variables in the other two studies. The core messages are the same …”

Experimental Design and Participants S. 123-124

„… mental design and the study’s participants are described. The procedures of data collection are depicted …” „… part of Switzerland who are at least 18 years old and hold voting rights. The study’s participants were …” „… , 2002b). Although political support is con4sidered to be a rather stable attitude, empirical studies …”

Trough Effects on Issue Accessibility or Perceived Issue Importance S. 36-37

„… ), based on survey data from the National Election Panel Study (NES), found support for their assumption …” „… on his overall job performance. In a study on the Iran4contra disclosure, Krosnick & Kinder (1990 …” „… effects were not the subject of strict empirical tests, however. 21 Discussions on how priming and …”

Summary and Discussion S. 118-120

„… . Patterson, et al., 1969). This study provides first empirical evidence of the concept of process preferences …” „… and validation, this study’s samples hold implications for the generalizability of findings. The data …” „… study was the development and validation of a standardized scale for the measurement of citizens …”

Hypotheses S. 88-90

„… this study is the development of standardized scales to measure citizens’ process preferences and …” „… to be relevant aspects of political processes (cf. Kaina, 2008). The focus of empirical research …” „… political processes in a study by Weatherford (1992). Using data from the National Election Studies …”

Research Questions and Hypotheses S. 121-123

„… probed. The study’s hypotheses and research questions are presented in Section 6.1. The methodological …” „… details are described in Section 6.2. Section 6.3 presents the study’s results, followed by a summary and …” „… processes influence the impressions that the study’s participant gains from the news articles. The …”

Discriminant Validity of Preferences and Perceptions Scales S. 104-105

„… across national groups weakens the interpretations that may be derived from cross4national empirical …” „… assumed in H2, data from the first pilot study was used. This study was conducted with college stu4dents …”

Summary and Conclusion S. 32-34

„… this study’s research interest in the effects of media presentations of politi4cal processes, negative …” „… that this study’s participants are not “distracted” from the role of political processes when forming …” „… empirical evidence for the videomalaise assumption, how4ever, is thin and videomalaise research has been …”

Trough Effects on Social Reality Perceptions S. 34-36

„… , 2005, p. 429f.). In order to inform the conceptualization of effect mechanisms in this study, research …” „… will inform the choice of possible mediators in the present study. More precisely, plausible …” „… discusses suggestions for the present study. 2.2.1. Trough Effects on Social Reality Perceptions Some …”

Summary and Discussion S. 144-147

„… involved with television stimuli, this was not possible, how4ever. Moreover, the study’s sample consists of …” „… television newscast instead of newspaper articles as stimuli in the present study. Because of the costs …” „… warranted to suggest that the absence of empirical evidence for the assumed effects of stimulus articles on …”

The Impact of Certain Aspects of News Coverage S. 27-30

„… decrease citizens’ trust in political leaders. A study by Maurer (2003a, 2003b) provides more confi4dence …” „… finding is consistent with results from a study by Kleinnijenhuis, van Hoof, & Oegema (2006). The au4thors …” „… approval for Congress. A study by Wolling (1999) probed the effects of negative statements in media …”

References S. 187-202

„… : An empirical test across the United States and Japan. . Strategic Management Journal, 20, 671–689 …” „… empirical examination within the public sector. Public Personal Management, 20(1), 1954205. Boyle, G. J …” „… Review, 99(1), 1415. Negrine, R. M. (1998). Parliament and the media. A study of Britain, Germany and …”

The Impact of Routine Use of Political Media Information S. 23-27

„… study’s research question is: How and under what conditions do the mass media’s presentations of political …” „… priming theory. A comprehensive overview of these theories would go beyond this study’s framework. Instead …” „… applicable for this study’s research interest are selected. Generally, methodo4logical aspects of the studies …”

Process Preferences: Test of Invariance Regarding Objects of Assessment S. 107-112

„… measuring process preferences regarding the parliament are high (mean correlation = .59). The empirical …” „… process preferences. Based on this assumption, the media effects study that is presented in Chapter 7 …”

Process Preferences: Model Development and Validation S. 95-101

„… who participated in the control group of the experimental study, and a second sample with 366 …” „… participated in the control group of the experimental study, and a second sample with 366 participants who …” „… here is larger than that value. 100 Models that are modified based on empirical data require the …”

Procedures S. 124-131

„… to motivate participants to stay in the study. There is empirical evidence that incentives are use4 …” „… part of Switzerland who are at least 18 years old and hold voting rights. The study’s participants were …” „… satisfactory; the treatment articles were received by the study’s participants. In order to have a more …”

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Oscar W. Gabriel, Jürgen Maier, Lena Masch, Anna-Maria Renner - Political Leaders, the Display of Emotions, and the Public

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Political Leaders, the Display of Emotions, and the Public

Series: Emotionen in Politik und Gesellschaft

Volume 2 2023

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1. Introduction S. 17-38

„… impor‐tant topic of empirical political science. As demonstrated by the results ofa search on the Internet …” „… . Only recently, the role of emotions in political life has become an important topic of empirical …” „… outlets. Consequently, several authors have stated that empirical research on politics failed to reflect …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 1-16

„… RennerPolitical Leaders, the Display of Emotions, and the PublicAn Empirical Study on the Coverage and Effects of …” „… , Lena | Renner, Anna-MariaPolitical Leaders, the Display of Emotions, and the PublicAn Empirical Study …” „… . Dr. Christian von ScheveOscar W. Gabriel | Jürgen Maier Lena Masch | Anna-Maria RennerAn Empirical …”

8. Emotion in Politics: Much Ado About Nothing? S. 235-260

„… said that the results of our studyfit well into existing empirical evidence. The available data on the …” „… powerful role attributed to emotion by some theorists andobservers, it comes as a surprise that empirical …” „… political science, including the study of political emotions.Some of these more recent contributions to …”

4. Emotions in the Media: How Television Covers and Convey Politicians’ Emotions S. 81-122

„… politics reveals that empirical evidence here is quite limited.On the one hand, this concerns the sheer …” „… , 2006; Weber,2013), but less on the impact of media coverage of politics. The need for em‐pirical data …” „… empirical evidence supporting this claim exists. Most of theliterature comes from research on campaign …”

5. The Perception of Emotions S. 123-144

„… ordinary people) and our study(focusing on the perception of politicians) are so divergent.Apart from the …” „… refer to empirical findings in psychology in order to formulatesome expectations about recipients …” „… perceiving emotions displayed by members of the “own”group.Due to the lack of empirical evidence, we have no …”

2. Emotions in Politics: Concepts and Measurement S. 39-60

„… 2. Emotions in Politics: Concepts and MeasurementAlthough empirical political research has not …” „… explicitlyrefer to the psychological concept of emotions until recently. Thus, thebroad empirical investigation on …” „… Concepts: Attitudes, Emotions, Mood41is a matter of empirical investigation. The same can be said for …”

7. Is the Impact of Emotions on Candidate Evaluations Moderated by Other Variables? S. 183-234

„… study indicates that recipients’ political predisposi‐tions are activated more strongly when emotional …” „… reac‐tions. However, the follow-up study confirms that political attitudes alsoaffect physiological reactions …” „… emotions. In a second study (Brooks 2011,2013), the effects of female and male politicians’ anger and …”

3. Assessing Real-World Emotions and its Effects–the Design of the Study S. 61-80

„… 3. Assessing Real-World Emotions and its Effects–the Design ofthe StudyHow likely is it to be …” „… course of data collection.In addition–and this is probably the most innovative aspect of our study–we …” „… need to measure the effectsof those emotions. Both tasks are not trivial. In our study, assessing …”

6. How do Emotional Messages Impact the Assessment of Political Leaders? Findings of the Survey Experiment S. 145-182

„… ExperimentThe study of emotions in politics is becoming increasingly important, espe‐cially since emotions have …” „… Experiment in Our Study DesignAfter having analyzed the frequency, nature and strength of emotions in …” „… does not exist up to now. Moreover, most of them werelimited to the study of facial expressions. They …”

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Nicola Cobelli, Emanuele Blasioli - M&A Management & Healthcare Industry

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M&A Management & Healthcare Industry

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Chapter 3 An Empirical Study on M&A in the Italian Audiology Industry S. 127-196

„… Chapter 3 An Empirical Study on M&A in the Italian AudiologyIndustry3.1 Insights on the Audiology …” „… An Empirical Study on M&A in the Italian Audiology Industry128Given the prevalence of age-related …” „… Empirical Study on M&A in the Italian Audiology Industry130using hearing aids. The percentage of persons who …”

Foreword S. 5-8

„… hearing centers2.3.5 96Home assistance and caregiver agencies2.3.6 97An Empirical Study on M&A in the …”

Chapter 1 M&A in the Healthcare Industry: A Bibliometric Analysis S. 13-60

„… mortality. However, intheir study, Ho and Hamilton (2000) clarified that due to the large standarderrors …” „… study suggest thathospital M&As are associated with higher treatment intensity, both in the typeof …” „… hospitals and competitors to the acquirers. Another study evalu‐ated the rate of hospital closures and …”

Chapter 2 Mergers and Acquisitions of Private Healthcare Companies: A Focus on Europe S. 61-126

„… ). According to an official EU study,the introduction of eHealth in the form of information and …” „… study estimates that strengthening the healthcare sector will not onlycontribute to economic growth but …” „… of older users to accurately study their needs,expectations, and requirements regarding current …”

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