Examines seven prominent theories of motivation, including research on self-efficacy, achievement goal theory, expectancy-value theory, self-determination theory, self-concept research, implicit motives, and interest. This book also examines the associations between motivation and other constructs, such as emotion and self-regulation.

Business development-or simply "BD"-in the design and construction industry has become a highly specialized discipline. Regardless of circumstances, architecture, engineering, and construction (A/E/C) business development has one core purpose: to bring buyers and sellers together to make deals. Those intimately involved with professional services business development recognize that people hire people, and that understanding motives and motivations of those who purchase and sell A/E/C services is the password that opens a portal to genuine success. Through its Thought Leadership Series initiative, the SMPS Foundation conducted primary research to probe the behaviors of both buyers and sellers of A/E/C services. Working with a team of more than thirty marketing and business development professionals-most of whom are Certified Professional Services Marketers (CPSM) or Fellows of the Society for Marketing Professional Services (FSMPS)-the SMPS Foundation completed a year-long effort to research and analyze the current state of buying and selling within the industry, and to look toward the future to identify key forces that will impact business development in the coming decade. A/E/C BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT - The Decade Ahead documents this in-depth research initiative. Inside you'll find an informative look at the state of the industry from the perspectives of buyers and sellers, as well as a panorama of trends and insights for those offering or procuring A/E/C services. If you wish to enhance your competitive advantage, deepen your business development knowledge and skills, and plan for the future, the findings and recommendations in this book will help you meet your goals. With this publication, the SMPS Foundation underscores its mission: to discover, in an ever-changing marketplace, what makes A/E/C organizations successful in marketing and business development.

Includes chapters which examine the associations between motivation and other constructs, such as emotion and self-regulation. This title also features chapters that examine sociocultural approaches to the study of motivation, the motivation of African American students and teachers' motivation, and the policy implications of motivation research.

Czech Yearbook of International Law is a compilation of articles written by professionals who offer unique insight into special issues regulated in the European legal culture. CYIL promotes development of international law and of new analytical approaches that will increase understanding of this branch of law and its goals in the current global era. The focal points of interest in Czech Yearbook of International Law are actual issues involving international treaties in the context of EU law, international contractual relations, the protection of human rights in the international context, aspects of criminal law as well as international arbitration. The goal of this book is to further advance and develop the international law analyses particularly from the countries of central and eastern Europe.

The momentousness of change during the past 10 years has inspired the Gallup Management Journal, an online business magazine that posts articles weekly for nearly 300,000 subscribers, to review how it covered and evaluated events during this period; how it tried to make sense of rapid change right as it was unfolding; and most importantly, how Gallup’s most visionary people, as well as the great minds with whom Gallup regularly associates, helped organizational leaders navigate the most tumultuous years in memory. In these pages, you’ll find insights and wisdom into how to manage, and make the most of, change. Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman probes the nature of decision-making. Lieutenant General Russel Honoré, of Hurricane Katrina fame, offers leadership lessons he applied in the crucible of crisis. Vinton Cerf, one of the creators of the Internet, tells how he’ll get six billion people online. Visionary executive Ray Anderson makes a powerful business case for environmental sustainability. Gallup Chairman and CEO Jim Clifton reveals what everyone in the globe most wants, And a host of other executives and thinkers tackle everything from mitigating the fear of layoffs, to promoting wellbeing in the workplace, to building customer engagement amid the post-crash “new normal.”

This timely and engaging text explores the full gamut of health policy issues confronting the United States¿ranging from Medicare and Medicaid, to the heated controversies surrounding health-care reform, to the ¿sleeping giant¿ of long-term care. Notable features of the text include balanced and user-friendly discussions of: ¿ how the real-world policy process works ¿ competing proposals for Medicare and Medicaid reform ¿ the details of¿and the debates surrounding¿the 2010 Affordable Healthcare Act ¿ the challenges posed by an aging population ¿ the experiences of other countries grappling with similar problems For close to a century, health policy issues have never been far from the center of the political agenda. James Brasfield traces the ideas behind the debates, examines the politics of health care, an offers possible scenarios for the decades ahead.

An authoritative survey of 2010-20: what went wrong, what went right, and what's next for Britain.

With a focus on the economic battlefront and in-depth analysis of the diplomatic, military, and ideological arenas, the world’s foremost expert on US-China global competition offers a rousing, strategic call to action and playbook—harvesting all of our nation’s ingenuity, confidence, and will power—to outcompete the long-term strategies of China and its Communist Party. In The Decisive Decade, Dr. Jonathan D.T. Ward—China scholar and founder of the Atlas Organization, a consultancy focused on US-China global competition—offers a comprehensive framework for how the United States can, and must, defeat China on the world stage economically, diplomatically, militarily, and ideologically. International security and American supremacy are at stake—and now is the time for the US to take action. China’s global power and influence grows every day. Working from a deep sense of national identity, the Chinese Communist Party is leading its country toward what it deems “the great rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation,” and executing a long-term Grand Strategy to topple over its chief adversary, the United States. As China becomes increasingly repressive domestically and aggressive overseas, it threatens to upend America’s global dominance at every turn. Ward provides novel and practical strategies that our government, as well as our businesses and our citizens, can utilize to undermine our adversary. Exhaustive campaigns in the economic, diplomatic, military, and ideological arenas, he argues, must be taken to achieve victory. With expert analysis of the history of US-China relations, as well as insight into how the Russia-Ukrainian war can inform our strategic thinking, The Decisive Decade presents a unique toolkit for our triumph over China. We can succeed, but it won’t be easy; it will take all of our nation’s ingenuity, confidence, and willpower to win.

The Ninth Decade is a path-breaking and timely book on aging: the first to focus explicitly and at length on eighty-somethings, the fastest-growing demographic in the industrialized world. Covering eight years in lively six-month installments, Klaus tells a vivid story not only of his own ninth decade and survival routines, but also of his loving companion, Jackie, who is strikingly different from him in her physical well-being, practical outlook, sociable temperament, and vigorous workouts. Cameos of their octogenarian friends and relatives near and far add to a wide-ranging and revelatory portrayal of advanced aging, as do bios of notable octogenarians. The multi-year scope of his chronicle reveals the numerous physical and mental problems that arise during octogenarian life and how eighty-year-olds have dealt with those challenges. The Ninth Decade is a unique, first-hand source of information for anyone in their sixties, seventies, or eighties, as well as for persons devoted to care of the aged. Though the challenges of octogenarian life often require specialized care, The Ninth Decade also shows the pleasures of it to be so special as to have inspired Lillian Hellman’s paradoxical description of “longer life” as “the happy problem of our time.”