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  • Apparel descriptions in catalogs and perceived risk associated with catalog purchases

    Creator:
    Gaal, Brigitte D.
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    The increasing popularity of catalog shopping has prompted many retailers to enter the market. Consequently, competition among catalog retailers has escalated. To maintain or expand their customer bases, catalog retailers must now find better ways to serve consumers. Many consumers are apprehensive to shop for apparel via catalog because they...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Definitions 11 2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE 13 Consumer Purchase Decision Making 13 Need Recognition 15

  • Factors influencing source credibility of consumer reviews : apparel online shopping

    Creator:
    Shin, KoEun
    Abstract:
    The EBM model of consumer decision making was used to guide the present study. According to this model when consumers make purchase decisions, they search for information from either internal and/or external sources. When consumers do not have enough information from internal sources, such as knowledge and experiences, they search...
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    Masters Thesis
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    model of consumer decision making was used to guide the present study. According to this model when

  • Reproductive decision-making in young women breast cancer survivors

    Creator:
    Everson, Courtney Louise
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    The purpose of this study is to use an integrated biocultural perspective to examine the decision-making processes of young survivors as they navigate breast cancer treatment and reproductive health care options. This retrospective study utilizes a mixed-methods approach that integrates quantitative survey data (Phase I) with interview (Phase II) and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Anthropology presented on September 29, 2008. Title: Reproductive Decision-Making in Young Women Breast

  • Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy of Evangelical Christian College Women

    Creator:
    Dahlvig, Jolyn E.
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    The extent in which the evangelical Christian perspective influenced the career decision-making self-efficacy of six female college students was qualitatively explored. Interviews and a focus group were utilized to find common themes and influences amongst the women. Literature from the areas of female college student development, career decision-making self-efficacy, and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    career decision-making of women? Defining movements within the Christian church was a difficult task

  • Quality driven collaborative decision making for product development under the influence of trustworthiness

    Creator:
    Meier, Stefan
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    The focus of this study is the effective prioritization of customer requirements in collaborative product development. The CR priorities are often retrieved by questioning and interviewing targeted customers. But the targeted customer might not always be easily questioned, because they might not always be obvious or clearly known. If customers...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . Title: Quality Driven Collaborative Decision Making for Product Development Under the Influence of

  • Diverse pathways in retirement transitions : influences of family, work, wealth, and health

    Creator:
    Peters, Cheryl L.
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    Shaped by life course and feminist perspectives, this study investigated the influence of finances, human capital, health, family situations, and work factors on two different retirement transitions among married and partnered men and women. Because women and men arrive at retirement under different life circumstances, logistic regression analyses were conducted...
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    Dissertation

  • Emergency contraceptive pills and college women : factors influencing intention and use

    Creator:
    Nelson, Heather A.
    Abstract:
    Approximately half of the 6.4 million pregnancies occurring each year in the United States are unintended (Finer & Henshaw, 2006). Unintended pregnancies, defined as pregnancies not wanted at the time conception occurs, regardless of contraceptive use (Chandra, Martinez, Mosher, Abma, & Jones, 2005) can have serious repercussions on women, children,...
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    Dissertation
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    however, another option has become available to American women making unintended pregnancy decisions

  • "It's not about place it's about space" : place-of-birth decision-making in Cork, Ireland

    Creator:
    Houtman, Leah S.
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    Despite apparently supportive national policies, including nation-wide legalization of home birth and coverage by the national health care system of the costs associated with that option, these births account for less than 1% of all births in the Republic of Ireland. Using data collected during participant observation, both in person...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Decision-making in Cork, Ireland AN  ABSTRACT  OF  THE  THESIS  OF       Leah  S