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Innovativeness in clothing and textiles as related to adoption leadership, venturesomeness, perceived sewing competence, and selected demographic factors

Creator:

Lauritsen, Chrisanne Clark

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between innovativeness in clothing and textiles and; self rating of innovativeness, adoption leadership, venturesomeness, perceived sewing competence, age, education, social status characteristics, social participation, sources of information, and continuation of learning. The sample consisted of 67 women who sew who...

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Masters Thesis

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innovativeness and social participation was not significant at the . 05 level ( r = +. 0761). Innovativeness
Innovators and non-innovators in furniture purchase compared on their creativity, change orientation, and social participation

Creator:

O'Toole, Kathy Sue

Abstract:

The study determines and compares the characteristics of innovators (defined as purchasers of wood furniture of similar line, curve, mass, function, and cost). Null hypotheses were written predicting that there would be no difference between innovation in purchase of furniture and age, creativity, social participation, socio-economic level, exposure to mass...

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Masters Thesis

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of the diffusion of Hybrid Seed corn in two Iowa communities. Belcher (1958) studied the acceptance