The understanding of body language engagement among motivational speakers in training / Syed Faizal Sitheek Rahman

This qualitative study focuses on understanding the exposures, contributory factors, audience involvement, audience interpretation and outcomes of body language engagement by motivational speakers and how they can give meaningful training and learning session towards their participants. To gain insi...

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Main Author:	Sitheek Rahman, Syed Faizal
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2022
Subjects:	Motivation Applied psychology
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/78037/2/78037.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.780372023-05-29T09:20:55Z The understanding of body language engagement among motivational speakers in training / Syed Faizal Sitheek Rahman 2022 Sitheek Rahman, Syed Faizal Motivation Applied psychology This qualitative study focuses on understanding the exposures, contributory factors, audience involvement, audience interpretation and outcomes of body language engagement by motivational speakers and how they can give meaningful training and learning session towards their participants. To gain insights about the core focus of this study, one research question was laid out which is (1) what are the exposures of body language engagement among motivational speakers and audiences in training?,(2) what are the contributory factors to the effective body language approach among speakers?, (3) how do audiences get involved with the body language engagement by the motivational speakers?, (4) how do the types of body language engagement shown by motivational speakers being interpreted by audiences ? and (5) what are the out comes of body language engagement among motivational speakers and audiences in training?. This study was guided by the theory of communication model by Albert Mehrabian (1971) and theory of kinesics by Birdwhistell's (1970). Using the phenomenology approach and snowball sampling methods, interesting discoveries were gathered through in-depth interviews from eighteen informants who are motivational speakers and their audiences located in Klang Valley and Kuala Lumpur. Data analysis were conducted simultaneously with the data collected and with the help of computer software NVivo 11.0 for the process of coding. Thematic analysis and constant comparison strategy were also used to analyze the data gathered. The result of this study revealed that the exposures, contributory factors, how to get audiences involved, types of body language engagement interpreted by audiences and the out come of body language engagement in training are very much related in applying gestures through nonverbal communication skills before, during and after deliveringtraining by motivational speakers. These gestures consist of body movement, facial expressions and hand gestures which played critical part in engaging with audience in training. The core components and some secrets of how veteran professional motivational speakers apply their body language engagement has been listed out in this study to be learned and practiced 2022 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/78037/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/78037/2/78037.pdf text en public phd doctoral Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Faculty of Communication and Media Studies Muhmad Pirus, Mohd Shahnawi
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topic	Motivation Applied psychology
spellingShingle	Motivation Applied psychology Sitheek Rahman, Syed Faizal The understanding of body language engagement among motivational speakers in training / Syed Faizal Sitheek Rahman
description	This qualitative study focuses on understanding the exposures, contributory factors, audience involvement, audience interpretation and outcomes of body language engagement by motivational speakers and how they can give meaningful training and learning session towards their participants. To gain insights about the core focus of this study, one research question was laid out which is (1) what are the exposures of body language engagement among motivational speakers and audiences in training?,(2) what are the contributory factors to the effective body language approach among speakers?, (3) how do audiences get involved with the body language engagement by the motivational speakers?, (4) how do the types of body language engagement shown by motivational speakers being interpreted by audiences ? and (5) what are the out comes of body language engagement among motivational speakers and audiences in training?. This study was guided by the theory of communication model by Albert Mehrabian (1971) and theory of kinesics by Birdwhistell's (1970). Using the phenomenology approach and snowball sampling methods, interesting discoveries were gathered through in-depth interviews from eighteen informants who are motivational speakers and their audiences located in Klang Valley and Kuala Lumpur. Data analysis were conducted simultaneously with the data collected and with the help of computer software NVivo 11.0 for the process of coding. Thematic analysis and constant comparison strategy were also used to analyze the data gathered. The result of this study revealed that the exposures, contributory factors, how to get audiences involved, types of body language engagement interpreted by audiences and the out come of body language engagement in training are very much related in applying gestures through nonverbal communication skills before, during and after deliveringtraining by motivational speakers. These gestures consist of body movement, facial expressions and hand gestures which played critical part in engaging with audience in training. The core components and some secrets of how veteran professional motivational speakers apply their body language engagement has been listed out in this study to be learned and practiced
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title	The understanding of body language engagement among motivational speakers in training / Syed Faizal Sitheek Rahman
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