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Team Member Implicit Theories Of Team Development: Relationships With Team Member Behavior, Team Viability And Team Performance, Marilyn Ann Perkins

Doctoral Dissertations

This study examined the relationship of team effectiveness and members' implicit theories of team development. Implicit theories are individuals' preconceptions of the relative importance of team development variables associated with team effectiveness. Team development variables assessed in this study were communication, cohesion, norms, role clarity, conflict, and participation.

The first hypothesis predicted a direct relationship between implicit theories of team development and behavior. Hypothesis one also predicted this relationship would be enhanced by convergence of individual implicit theories with remaining team members' implicit theories. It was also hypothesized that there is a positive relationship between convergence of implicit theories among …

The Evolution Of Financial Practices And Financial Structures Among American Manufacturers, 1875-1905: Case Studies Of The Sugar Refining And Meat Packing Industries, William Michael Doyle

Doctoral Dissertations

Two salient features of late nineteenth century American economic development were the appearance of a multitude of large, horizontally or vertically integrated manufacturing corporations, and the emergence of a sophisticated market for industrial securities. According to most economist and economic historians, both of these developments can be attributed primarily to increased deficit financing requirements among late nineteenth century American manufacturers. This was presumed to have resulted largely from technological innovations in manufacturing that increased both total capital requirements and the minimum size of the required initial investment in many industries. These developments were thought to have necessitated the creation and …

Authorities On Ourselves: Being Lesbian In Heterosexist Culture -- Can Personal Meaning Inform Social Work Practice?, Sue Cover Wright

Doctoral Dissertations

This study was designed to explore the social reality of lesbian women. Its theoretical base lies in the social constructionist theory that the social context interacts with personal experience to create social meaning. Professional social science literature presents a confused account of lesbianism. Clinical studies have diagnosed and labeled lesbianism as a disease, a dysfunctional personality disorder, or poor social adjustment. Recent studies viewed them as an oppressed minority group. Few studies have gone to the source and asked the women to define themselves -- what it is like to be lesbian in our culture; what their experience means to …

Changes Wrought By Cd-Rom, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

By 1988 almost 60% of US academic and public libraries were using CD-ROM databases. CD-ROM products have changed library collections, patron expectations and reference service.

Petroleum Underground Storage Tanks: What You Need To Know, M. Elizabeth Mccroskey

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.

Organization Of Technology And Lithic Analysis: Prehistoric Occupation Of The Hayes Site (40ml139), Philip J. Carr

Masters Theses

The Hayes Site (40ML139) is located in the central Duck River Basin of Middle Tennessee. Excavations at the site revealed Middle Archaic, late Middle Archaic, and Late Archaic components. An examination of the lithic assemblage from the Hayes Site aids in assessing and building models of hunter-gatherer organization for the central Duck River Basin. An organizational perspective on technology, results from published flintknapping experiments, and a lithic resource survey provide the means of constructing and employing an interpretive framework for understanding prehistoric occupation of the Hayes Site. It was found that materials from the Middle Archaic components represent forager residences …

Technical Bulletins: Hotel/Motel Tax In Tennessee Municipalities, Dick Phebus

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

The proceeds from the hotel/motel tax can be used for most general purposes, ranging from economic and tourist development to retirement of outstanding debt.

Options For Accessing Databases, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

A survey was conducted of the database searching options offered by research libraries. Most libraries offer two or more search options. Mediated online searching was the most common, followed by CD-ROM and online end user searching.

Cd-Rom, Online, And Databases On Opacs In Research Libraries: Competition Or Coexistence?, Carol Tenopir, Ralf Neufang

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

No abstract provided.

Technical Bulletins: Social Security Coverage For Local Government Employees, Dick Phebus

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA), passed by Congress in November 1990, placed new requirements on local governments for withholding Social Security taxes on wages paid to employees. Final regulations were issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service on June 28, 1991. These regulations affect all public sector employees who are not part of , a qualified retirement plan. Because of uncertainties I.and questions regarding the provisions of the law, this Technical Bulletin offers answers on how the act affects municipal governments in Tennessee.

Survey, Analysis And Evaluation Criteria Of Full Text Systems, Carol Tenopir, Gerald W. Lundeen

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

No abstract provided.

Predicting The Future, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Five factors will influence the online databases of the future: telecommunications developments, scanning and storage improvements, increasing database distribution options, user needs and demands, and changes in database production.

Technical Bulletins: Tennessee Environmental Legislation Of 1991: Solid Waste Management And Environmental Fees, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

In 1991, the Tennessee General Assembly passed two major pieces of environmental legislation. The acts paved the way for improved solid waste management and more stable funding for the regulation of solid waste, water, and wastewater operations. This Technical Bulletin is designed to walk readers through each act individually.

How Up-To-Date Is That Update?, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Timeliness of online and CD-ROM databases depends on both the frequency of updates and the currency of information being added in each update. Comparisons of two CD-ROM indexes - LISA and Library Lit - and of 12 online databases are offered.

Online Databases: Today And Tomorrow, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

No abstract provided.

Quantitative Effects Of Skeletonizing Processes On Bone Density, Rex Mcdonald

Masters Theses

(From the Conclusion)

This study has focused on the alterations of bone when processed in aqueous solution. The author finds the process of immersing bone in aqueous as an unacceptable manner to process osseous materials. When bone is processed by insects, within a sheltered environment, the loss of inorganic material is almost non-existent. This study has shown that the use of water in almost every case, has caused an alteration in the baseline of the Bone Mineral Content.

Searching With Menus, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

BRS, DIALOG and OCLC's EPIC are three major online systems that provide menu searching in addition to their command interfaces. The menus used by these three systems are described.

Technical Bulletins: Attention General Law Mayor-Aldermanic Municipalities: Your Revised Charter Is Effective July 1, Leslie Shechter

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

An improved charter for 52 Tennessee towns and cities is the result of Public Chapter 154, 1991, signed by the governor in April.

Cd-Rom Goes Consumer, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

CD-ROM products have already been enthusiastically received by librarians and educators, but now CD-ROM publishers are seeking to make inroads in the consumer market.

Technical Bulletins: The 1990 Mtas Salary And Fringe Benefits Survey: A Look At Compensation Of Tennessee Municipal Employees, Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

The salaries of workers in Tennessee's cities and towns are keeping pace with inflation. That's just one of the findings of the comprehensive salary and fringe benefit survey conducted annually by The University of Tennessee's Municipal Technical Advisory Service. This summary of the 1990 findings is designed to help towns, cities, and others evaluate and compare the data and prepare budgets based on the most up-to-date information.

Technical Bulletins: Do Your Executives Pass The Flsa's Salary (And Duties) Test?, Sid Hemsley, Richard M. Ellis

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Certain battalion chiefs in the Kern County, California fire department are not executives under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). That's what the 9th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in Abshire v. County of Kern, 908 F.2d 483 (1990). In March, the U. S. Supreme Court refused to review that decision, in effect upholding it. Some newspapers called that case an expensive disaster for municipalities. The real question is whether the executives in a city's municipal departments are executives as defined by FLSA.

Railroad Deregulation And Rail Rates: A Disaggregated Analysis, Mark L. Burton

Doctoral Dissertations

This investigation first provides a highly disaggregated study of deregulated railroad rates for seventeen commodities. The results indicate that the Staggers Rail Act fundamentally altered the way in which rail carriers price their services. Rates now adhere more closely to incurred costs and exhibit a heightened sensitivity to the presence of both intermodal and intramodal competition. The model is then extended to accommodate the possibility of shipper responses to changed carrier behavior. The results of this extension suggest that shippers have responded eagerly to altered railroad behavior by changing the characteristics of their shipments. Together, the changes in railroad behavior …

The Same Databases On Different Systems, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Decisions made by database producers and online vendors or just plain old errors may result in different versions of the same database. Differences in processing and loading, MEDLINE, spelling variations and CD-ROM are discussed.

Nailing Down The Pattern In Historical Archaeology, Amy L. Young

Masters Theses

This study suggests that middle-range research has an important role to play in historical archaeology. Three models are developed for interpreting nail assemblages from 19th and 20th century contexts. All models are based upon ethnoarchaeology, experimental archaeology, and direct observations of nails operating in their systemic contexts. The first model allows for discriminating between a nail assemblage from an ephemeral structure site and an assemblage from a dump site. The second model enables the archaeologist to identify whether a building was log, timber frame, or balloon frame construction. The third model is designed to discriminate between nail assemblages where structures …

The Age-Related Effects Of Reproduction On Bone Mineral Density In Saddle-Back Tamarins (Saguinus Fuscicollis, Callitrichidae, Primates), Rachel A. Power

Masters Theses

This research examines the age-related effects of reproduction on bone mineral density in saddle-back tamarins (Sanguinus fuscicollis). Analyses of variance and bootstrapping statistical techniques were performed on a sample of 69 tamarins (31 males and 38 females) in order to determine the relationship between bone mineral density, age, gender, and reproductive status. The total sample of tamarins exhibits a significant decrease in bone mineral density with age, paralleling the condition observable in humans and Old World monkeys. Of particular interest are the results observable in the female sample relative to reproductive status. A significant increase in bone mineral …

Technical Bulletins: State And Federal Gasoline Tax Refunds (Revisited), Dick Phebus

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

The Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Act) passed by Congress imposed increases in federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel. The tax on gasoline was increased to 14.1 cents per gallon while the tax on diesel fuel was raised to 20.1 cents per gallon. The new rates became effective December 1, 1990.

Technical Bulletins: 1990 Census Update, Joe Walsh

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Includes a list of Tennessee cities, their 1990 populations, and the census impact on state shared taxes.

The Most Popular Databases, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Notes the proliferation of online databases in the last two decades and suggests publications which can help librarians to make decisions about choosing a database. Discussion of information in the book "Directory of Online Databases," by Carlos Cuadra and "Computer-Readable Databases: A Directory and Data Sourcebook," with a preface by Martha E. Williams; Mention of the most popular databases, including MEDLINE, NEXIS, ERIC, World Patents, Predicasts files, Chemical Abstracts (CA) File, CA Search, and Financial Information Service; Discussion of databases most used by academic, corporate, and law libraries; View that popular databases are sought after because they have been in …

Stimulus, Vol. 15, No. 1, Ut College Of Social Work

Stimulus Alumni Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Wilson Branches Out, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

This article reports that by March or April 1991, all of the H. W. Wilson Company databases will become available on the Bibliographic Retrieval Service (BRS) online system. After seven years of exclusivity on WILSONLINE, the Wilson databases are branching out and BRS is only the first extension. Starting in 1986, Wilson offered ways to access electronic versions of its indexes. Many libraries have purchased selected Wilson indexes on CD-ROM to emphasize end-user searching. BRS implementation of the Wilson files is planned in stages throughout 1991. Stage 1 will bring up Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, Applied Science & Technology …