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Development And Validation Of An Australian Video Speed Test (Avst), Jennifer Ann Algie, John R. Rossiter
Development And Validation Of An Australian Video Speed Test (Avst), Jennifer Ann Algie, John R. Rossiter
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Anti-speeding educational campaigns (in television commercials, print ads, and outdoor ads, mostly) are constantly being tried but it is difficult to determine which ads are effective in reducing speed. A promising solution to this problem is to use a behavioural simulation such as the Video Speed Test, the VST (Horswill and McKenna, 1999). The driving simulation test involves getting drivers to view video excerpts of a person driving a vehicle in real driving situations. The drivers then are asked to estimate the speed that they would use in the same situations, that is, how many kilometres/hour slower or faster they …
Engendering Healthy Organisational Communication - Evidence From Australian Female Managers And Business People, Mary Barrett
Engendering Healthy Organisational Communication - Evidence From Australian Female Managers And Business People, Mary Barrett
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Keeping 'good' communication in organisations is one of the most frequently prescribed recipes for organisational well being. Training programs for employees in assertiveness, improved communication, career development, and managing oneself and others, have often called attention to the specifics of verbal interactions between managers, employees and others in the organisation. Such training programs generally suppose that direct, open approaches to communication are best. Yet it has often been asserted in sociolinguistic research that men and women communicate differently, including at work. Despite this, precepts for 'good' communication that are recommended for both genders in communication training are usually consistent with …