Acad. Mark. Sci. (2009) 37:161–169 DOI 10.1007/s11747-008-0116-y ORIGINAL EMPIRICAL RESEARCH The effect of superstitious beliefs on performance expectations Lauren Block & Thomas Kramer Received: 7 January 2008 / Accepted: 15 August 2008 / Published online: 9 September 2008 # Academy of Marketing Science 2008 Abstract We explore superstitious beliefs as a basis of product performance expectations and their impact on initial purchase likelihood and subsequent satisfaction. In doing so
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Query letter Title: Kentucky fried girlfriend Genre: Modern Word count: 2000-2500 per episode (roughly 5 pages) 2 sentence pitch: What happens when 1 week with your new girlfriend turns into 5 months after stepping off the airplane? One wacky slice of life story. 3 paragraph summary: The week before Christmas 2009 lead to be my most harrowing experience. Right after getting baptized in a mega church was what I thought to be the last week before the end. The end of walking to coffee houses 6 days
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htm IJPDLM 41‚2 The relationships between supply chain and firm performance The development and testing of a unified proxy Mark Johnson and Simon Templar Cranfield School of Management‚ Cranfield‚ UK Abstract Purpose – Supply chains directly influence the differentiation and cost of a firm’s products and services and its exposure to risk. The purpose of this paper is to use secondary financial data to explore the relationship between supply chain and firm performance by developing a unified proxy
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How direct instruction affects student’s performance Direct instruction refers to instructional approaches that are builds up‚ properly ordered and led by their instructors. It is how teachers presented lessons to students in every lecture or discussion. In short‚ it is how students were being directed by teachers. Classroom lectures is the most commonly associated with direct instruction‚ direct instruction includes a broad variety of teaching techniques and potential instructional scenarios. For
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Analyze the Effect of Education on the Development of Countries Education can teach us how to be a real man‚ how to get along with others in the society and also can make talents to let countries’ power stronger. Education can have significant effects on the development of a country. It is mainly reflected in three aspects. The first is the economic growth‚ the second is the population and employment in society and the third is stability and fair in politic. In addition‚ this essay will also show
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SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES AFFECT ONE‟S ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ADVERSELY ________________________________ A Group Paper presented to the UST College of Nursing ________________________________ As a Partial Fulfillment of the requirements of the subject General Psychology ________________________________ Submitted to: Mr. Jose Ricarte B. Origenes Submitted by: Kimberly Banquil Charles Allen Burce Nicole Allyson Chua Sittie Norhanisa Dianalan Gemeile Ann Leaño April Rose
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competences of an employee‚ purposely to improve his or her performance. Training makes it possible to introduce employees to what they do not know or what they know but needs to be mastered by them. Training in the labour market has many minor objectives. The basic objective for training is however to develop new skills and competences in employees or to upgrade or advance existing skills and competences in them‚ with the aim of enhancing the performance of employees on their job roles (Heathfield‚ 2013)
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With Greg (Santino Fontana) gone‚ Crazy Ex-Girlfriend has set it’s sights on the women‚ focusing on the budding relationship between Rebecca (Rachel Bloom) and Valencia (Gabrielle Ruiz). The latest episode‚ Why Is Josh’s Ex-Girlfriend Eating Carbs‚ focuses on Rebecca forcing Valencia into friendship and it could not be more entertaining. Why Is Josh’s Ex-Girlfriend Eating Carbs sees Paula (Donna Lynne Champlin) finally beginning law school‚ and making a new friend Sunil (Parvesh Cheena). While
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Effect of Labor Unions Economic Performance Dec. 10‚ 2012 Kidong Kang(Kenny) I. Introduction According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2011‚ 11.8% of workers are members of unions in the labor force as a whole. Especially in the private sector‚ there was obvious tendency to decrease of unionization. Only 6.9% workers in the United States belong to labor unions in 2011. That was more than 2% drops compared to in 2000 era. The basic dilemma faced by unionization is the need to serve the
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in the implicit or explicit exchange” (Shin and Zhou 2003‚ as cited in Dvir‚ Eden‚ Avolio‚ & Shamir‚ 2002). This paper intends to focus on the effect that transformational leadership has on individual performance. Dvir et al (2002) observed the Israel Defense Force and hypothesized that transformational leadership positively impacts follower performance‚ as well as a positive impact in: motivation in self actualization needs and extra effort‚ morality regarding their organization’s morals and
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