Reducing Occupational Noise Propagated from Centrifugal Fan through Dissipative Silencers: A Field Study

Hearing thresholds and distortion product otoacoustic emissions were measured for teachers of vocal performance who were gathered for a national conference. Results showed mean audiometric thresholds to be consistent with noise induced hearing loss, more than what would be expected with normal aging. Years of instruction and age were considered as factors in the hearing loss observed. It was concluded that hearing conservation should be initiated with this group to help raise awareness and protect them from hearing loss due to occupational noise exposure.

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Seminar and Field Study

Kappa Delta Pi Record ◽

10.1080/00228958.1966.10516624 ◽

1966 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

pp. 146-146

Keyword(s):

Field Study

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Investigating the Unified Motive Scales

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027/1015-5759/a000571 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-5

Author(s):

Martin Bettschart ◽

Marcel Herrmann ◽

Benjamin M. Wolf ◽

Veronika Brandstätter

Keyword(s):

Field Study ◽

Predictive Validity ◽

Selection Process ◽

Police Department ◽

Longitudinal Field ◽

Explicit Motives ◽

Achievement Motive

Abstract. Explicit motives are well-studied in the field of personality and motivation psychology. However, the statistical overlap of different explicit motive measures is only moderate. As a consequence, the Unified Motive Scales (UMS; Schönbrodt & Gerstenberg, 2012 ) were developed to improve the measurement of explicit motives. The present longitudinal field study examined the predictive validity of the UMS achievement motive subscale. Applicants of a police department ( n = 168, Mage = 25.11, 53 females and 115 males) completed the UMS and their performance in the selection process was assessed. As expected, UMS achievement predicted success in the selection process. The findings provide first evidence for the predictive validity of UMS achievement in an applied setting.

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Employees’ Critical Thinking, Leaders’ Inspirational Motivation, and Voice Behavior

Journal of Personnel Psychology ◽

10.1027/1866-5888/a000193 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 33-41 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Jing Jiang ◽

Ang Gao ◽

Baiyin Yang

Keyword(s):

Critical Thinking ◽

Field Study ◽

Voice Behavior ◽

Research And Practice ◽

Inspirational Motivation ◽

Positive Effect

Abstract. This study uses implicit voice theory to examine the influence of employees’ critical thinking and leaders’ inspirational motivation on employees’ voice behavior via voice efficacy. The results of a pretest of 302 employees using critical thinking questionnaires and a field study of 273 dyads of supervisors and their subordinates revealed that both employees’ critical thinking and leaders’ inspirational motivation had a positive effect on employees’ voice and that voice efficacy mediates the relationships among employees’ critical thinking, leaders’ inspirational motivation, and employees’ voice. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

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