Browsing by Subject "Self-determination"

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    Creating Shared Value Through Sport: Investigating The Relationship Between Sport Participation And Customer Purchase Intention
    (2019-05) Wu, Ji
    Creating shared value (CSV) is defined as “policies and operating practices that enhance the competitiveness of a company while simultaneously advancing the economic and social conditions in the communities in which it operates” (Porter & Kramer, 2011, p. 66). Because of its potential in creating social and economic outcomes simultaneously, CSV has been adopted by a number of major corporations such as IBM and Nestle. Despite the preliminary evidence indicating the presumed salience of CSV in improving sport organizations’ competitiveness (Hills, Walker, & Barry, 2019; Walker & Hills, 2017), research on CSV in sport settings is sparse. Moreover, there lacks a comprehensive framework to depict the mechanism of how customers are influenced by an organization’s CSV performance (Dembek, Singh, & Bhakoo, 2016). The purpose of this dissertation is to examine how customers’ intention of buying products of a certain sport brand is increased by promoting their sport participation through a sport organization’s CSV. Because CSV is relatively a new concept in the field of sport management, this study first illustrated how CSV was implemented in sport using a specific case––Nike+ Run Club of Shanghai (NRCSH). The theoretical framework was then established based on previous research on autonomy-supportive coaching behavior and self-congruity theory (Alfermann & Stoll, 2000; Aşçı, 2003; Hosany & Martin, 2012). Specifically, it proposed that customers’ running participation would increase when they perceive autonomy-supportive behaviors, including caring, praising, and role modeling, from the NRCSH employees. The increased running participation, in turn, was expected to influence the customers’ sport self-concept as runner. The framework further hypothesized that sport self-concept as runner and brand-extension fit both had a positive association with brand-self congruity. In particular, the brand-extension fit was posited to moderate the relationship between sport self-concept as runner and brand-self congruity. The brand-self congruity then was postulated to promote customers’ purchase intention of a certain brand. Moreover, running participation was hypothesized to have a direct association, as well as an indirect association through the mediation of sport self-concept as runner and brand-self congruity, with purchase intention. To test the hypotheses, this dissertation collected data from registered customers of the NRCSH who participated in the program within the three months prior to the data collection. A time-lagged two-wave design was applied, in which customers’ perception of caring, praising, and role modeling, and running participation were measured at Time 1 and sport self-concept as runner, brand-extension fit, brand-self congruity, and purchase intention were measured at Time 2. Partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS–SEM) analysis was employed to analyze the data (N = 311). Results of the PLS–SEM indicated that caring was the only significant positive intervention that promoted customers’ running participation. The increased running participation had a positive association with sport self-concept as runner. The sport self-concept as runner and brand-extension fit were both significant determinants of brand-self congruity, which then led to the enhancement of purchase intention. A test of the relationship between running participation and purchase intention revealed that increased running participation promote one’s intention of purchasing running related product through the enhancement of self-concept as runner and the perception of brand-self congruity. Thus, sport self-concept as runner and brand-self congruity fully mediated the relationship between running participation and purchase intention. Additionally, the moderating effect of brand-extension fit on the relationship between sport self-concept as runner and brand-self congruity was supported. Overall, the findings of this dissertation contribute to the sport management literature by depicting a potential process for sport organizations to implement CSV. Furthermore, it provides an understanding of how customers, as an important beneficiary, are influenced by organizations’ CSV performance.
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    Examining the reliability and validity of a self-determination assessment for transition planning.
    (2009-09) Peper, Christine Rae
    Transition services and programs for older students with disabilities were first mandated by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in 1990. An important component of transition planning and programming centers on the Individual Education Plan (IEP). It is vital for educators to know the extent to which students possess the self-determination skills they need to participate as active members of their IEP meetings. Assessments that are reliable, valid, easy to administer, and that provide information about students' strengths and weaknesses are needed to help educators plan effective instructional programming in the area of self-determination. The purpose of this study was to develop a self-determination measure that can be used for instructional planning in transition programs. Specifically, I developed the Peper Transition Planning Scale to assess each of the major self-determination domains described by Abery and Stancliffe (2003). Participants included 57 students enrolled in a transition center in a large Midwestern suburban school district. Test-retest reliability, internal consistency, and criterion validity in relation to the Choicemaker Self Determination Assessment and the Minnesota Self-Determination Skills, Attitudes, and Knowledge Scale: Family/Educator Edition) were established, as well as the measure's capacity to show growth over time. Adaptive ability and general intelligence were found to be important predictors of students' performance. This study shows initial support for the Peper Transition Planning Scale as a reliable and valid measure of self-determination. Recommendations for further validation of the Scale are provided, as well as suggestions for use in transition program planning.
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    High School and Beyond: Continuing Education for Students with Disabilities
    (2011) Keating, Linda JK; Damme, Susan
    Transition means to pass from one stage to another. Until recent history, students with disabilities have not had many opportunities to continue education. Designing a transition plan from high school to postsecondary education is key to understanding self and opportunities outside of high school. Research and teaching models have created a new positive attitude to work toward success and quality of life. Clearly following the laws created for people with disabilities along with coordinating services, supports, and self-determination has begun to create self-advocacy as the norm. This literature review will provide an overview of transition plans’ points of interest. The key words throughout this review include transition, plan, postsecondary education, laws, self-determination, self-advocacy, advocacy, responsibility, dual enrollment, accommodations, services, students, disabilities, new paradigm, and quality of life.
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    The participation of young adults with mild intellectual disabilities and cerebral palsy in the decision to receive botox treatment for muscle spasticity.
    (2010-05) Belew, John Leland
    Background: While a large proportion of youth with intellectual disabilities (ID) live with chronic health conditions, it is unlikely that these individuals will be prepared to participate in health-related decisions. Purpose: This study examined the phenomenon of health-related decision-making among young adults with cerebral palsy and mild or borderline ID. The specific clinical context for the study was the decision to receive intramuscular injections of botulinum toxin type A (Botox) for skeletal muscle spasticity. Methods: A multicase methodology was used, based on a narrative approach. Data were gathered during semi-structured interviews with young adults and their parent guardians. Participants described their experiences related to the decision-making process. Results: Preliminary findings included a conceptual framework of the decision-making process based on case reports and case narratives. The four main concepts of the conceptual framework were goals, information, relationships, and deliberation. Thematic analysis was conducted using cross-case comparisons; data from field notes were also integrated. The main themes were agency; communication and cognition; information gathered independently; and relationships. The themes were further developed by synthesizing information from current literature. Conclusions: Participants described varying degrees of explicit participation of the young adult making the decision. Communication patterns were a significant factor in making decisions. Youth were supported in various ways with communication and deliberation. Participants considered peers as an important source of information about Botox. The young adults, their parents and their physicians weren’t the only people involved in the decision-making process.