A reconsideration of measures of instability

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The influence of joining overseas service learning on college students\u27 service learning experience and whole person development

Service learning, involving college students in community service, has become a need for enhancing their learning in Taiwan. However, despite the increasing numbers of service-learning has been provided from Taiwan universities to the communities, there is limited research findings of what the influences of service-learning, especially in overseas or international service learning, on college students learning experience and their whole person development. To evaluate college students’ changes of joining overseas service learning, this study compared the scales of the experience of service learning, personal growth, interpersonal growth, intellectual growth, and responsibility of citizenship from 49 college students of Fu Jen Catholic University. The results of the study revealed that most of above -mentioned variables had positive and significant changes. To sum up, joining overseas service learning would deepen college students\u27 experience of service learning and facilitate them toward positive development

Effects of the overseas service learning experience on the college students\u27 mental adjustment

The study examined the effects of the service learning experience on undergraduate students’ mental adjustment in Taiwan. A total of 49 undergraduate students of Fu Jen Catholic University filled out questionnaires on the positive/negative experience of service learning, levels of life satisfaction and depressive levels before and after joining overseas service learning. Hierarchical regression analyses were conducted and the results revealed that the positive experience of service learning positively contributed to life satisfaction in pre-test and post-test of joining overseas service learning. Meanwhile, the results revealed the negative experience of service learning positively contributed to depression in pre-test of joining overseas service learning. This study implied that the acquiring positive experience of service learning could increase life satisfaction of college students. Furthermore, the change of negative experience of service learning might decrease the degree of depression of college students

College students\u27 changes of thinking styles, personality traits, and mental adjustment after joining overseas service learning

Service learning has become a very popular approach for enhancing whole personal development for students at Taiwan universities. However, there is little attention to the actual changes after joining service learning, especially in overseas service learning. To evaluate the changes of joining overseas service learning, this study compared the scales of thinking styles (including positive, negative thinking styles), personality traits (including hope, resilience, self-esteem), and mental adjustment (life satisfaction, depression) from 49 college students of Fu Jen Catholic University. The results of the study revealed that most of above-mentioned variables had positive and significant changes. In summary, college students joining overseas service learning had positive changes in thinking styles, personality traits, and mental adjustment

Piggybacking : a quick road to internationalization

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National welfare and local produciton by multinational enterprises

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The location of manufacturing foreign direct investment in the United States : the effects of nationality and firm-specific variables

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Country and industry determinants of United States foreign direct investment

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The Determinants of United States Foreign Direct Investment: an Emphasis on the Experience Effect.

Treating the U.S. as the home country, this study examines the impact of host country characteristics, industry and firm characteristics of the home country on foreign direct investment (FDI) altogether, and assesses the impact of experience on FDI at the country, industry, and firm levels. To test the hypothesized impact of various characteristics on FDI, three empirical studies based on data from U.S. government, United Nations, and corporate annual reports are conducted. The first study, using a structural equation model, finds a significant impact of host country characteristics and the experience effect at the country level on FDI in 1968, 1977, and 1982 though the impact changes over time. The second study, using ordinary least squares, Tobit, and non-linear weighted least squares, demonstrates the significant impact of host country characteristics, industry characteristics, and experience effect at the industry level on FDI in 1975. The impact of some characteristics is found to be different for investments in developed countries and in less developed countries. The third study, using a logit model, finds that host country characteristics, industry characteristics, firm characteristics, and the experience effect at the firm level have a significant effect on FDI in 1982. The impact of some characteristics is different for investments in developed countries and in less developed countries, and for investments by multinational corporations and by non-multinational corporations. The study derives implications for governments and firms. First, the results identify potential areas of public policy that can be modified to promote or attract FDI. Second, depending upon the type of firm, the study suggests strategic and operational alternatives for the firm to exploit competitive advantages across different markets.Ph.D.ManagementUniversity of Michiganhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/161608/1/8720362.pd

Globalization of markets : a framework / 1501

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