Chapter 1 Before we describe and discuss the internationalization theories we need to have a general idea of which are the motives that leads a company to make the decision to expand to foreign markets.The four main motives that companies use nowadays are the ones that ( Dunning 1993)is referring below: • Market-seeking, i.e. companies that venture abroad to find customers. • Efficiency-seeking, i.e. companies that venture abroad to lower their costs of performing economic activities…
Besides, these factors which are important to development of empathy, there is also evidence that empathy is thought to be an important precursor to and motivator for pro-social, or helping, behavior. The primatologist and theorist De Waal (2008) proposed that empathy is an evolved mechanism that promotes altruistic behavior. If a person sees someone in distress, for example, he may himself begin to feel distressed; this would provide a strong internal signal that the other person needs help. At…
I believe that my need for competence is motivating me to achieve this goal. According to the self-determination theory, competence is one of the innate psychological needs that are the basis for self-motivation and personality integration (Ryan & Deci, 2000). Thus, I am motivated to achieve this goal because I want to develop my skills at public speaking and be more competent at it. Not only that, achieving this goal will also help me achieve esteem needs. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of…
The toxin was first discovered in 1735 Europe as it caused a fatal disease of the nervous system. Its cause was suspected to be connected to German Sausages. This is originally where its name came from, as due to these suspicions the toxin was named “botulus” – the Latin for sausage. Since then we know that Botulinum Toxin is a potent neurotoxin that is produced by rod-shaped spore-forming anaerobic bacterium called Clostridium bacterium. The bacterium require special conditions to reproduce;…
While studies have shown the importance that media plays during the socialization and the social identity creation (Arnett, 1995; Suess et. al., 1998), less research has been done to specifically look at group dynamics that come into play during a media viewing experience. Therefore this study will analyze the group process of conformity within the entertainment experience. Conformity To the best of our knowledge, no study has looked into the social need to conform within the uses and…
My natural counseling abilities lie in active listening, and mindful of what affects my mood when it comes to self-actualization, self-awareness, self-fulfillment, and self-discovery of the intellect and body (D’Andrea, Daniels, & Heck, 2015). In addition, empathy and the ability to feel what other people are feeling. I comprehend what it means to stand in someone else’s shoes. I am affectionate, positive, and agreeable, but can be stubborn and competitive sometimes, as well as, reliable,…
cult, has shown how cognitive approaches to ancient evidence provide to the historians the opportunity to release themselves from their own common sense understanding of the world in order to deeper understand the processes of appropriation and internalization of seemingly paradoxical or even inconceivable religious ideas by people of the past. In particular, the healing inscriptions found at the asclepieia record narratives of treatments which historians have characterized as miraculous,…
principles. I’m at Identity Synthesis in Cass’ model, because I only view my sexual orientation as a part of my identity rather than seeing it as the only identity that I have. In Cross’ racial identity development model, I believe that I am at Internalization, because I embrace my own racial identity but do not degrade white identity and values, although I still have some negative assumptions about white people, especially when I do not interact enough with them. Lastly, I talk about what I has…
A Social Worker’s Key To Motivation The questions revolving around the motivations behind human behavior have been pondered and theorized by scholars living across boarders, cultures, and even time periods; despite that, many questions still remain. It is probable that almost everyone, if not everyone, can say that they have come in contact with someone, at least once, who seems to have little motivation to do anything more than sit around. Vice versa, it is also probable that everyone can say…
Introduction The definition of a social networking according to Merriam Webster’s Dictionary is “the use of dedicated websites and applications to interact with other users, or to find people with similar interests to oneself.” The way we as a society communicate to one another is ever changing due to the progression of different technologies. Due to such large amounts of interpersonal relationships being made over the internet, a concept known as mass media comes into play. If you’ve ever read…