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Physically Disabled Women: A Study Of Perceptions Of Social Support And Experiences Affecting The Transition Through Parenthood, Beverly Kopala

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The Administrative Organization Structure Of The Chicago Public Schools, 1837-1949, Frank Lucente

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Thomas Hobbes' Theory Of Obligation: A Modern Interpretation, Ralph P. Forsberg

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Unspeakable Rich Mercy: Text And Audience In Three Puritan Sermons : John Cotton's The Covenant Of God's Free Grace, Thomas Hooker's The Christian's Two Chiefe Lessons, And Thomas Shepard's The Saint's Jewel, Parley Ann Boswell

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Legislators' Perceptions Of Communications Between Superintendents And Other Educational Sources Regarding Educationally-Related Legislation, Charlene Bennett

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Role Of The Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Reca Analogue In Lysogeny And Recombination, Tyler Alan. Kokjohn

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Counselor And Black Student Perceptions Of The Skills, Knowledge And Practical Experiences Needed By Counselors Who Advise Black College Students, Richard L. Pullin

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The Coparental Relationship Of Divorced Spouses: Its Effect On Children's School Adjustment, Joan Wood

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The Muses In Academe: A Survey Of Faculty Attitudes Regarding The Role Of Fine Arts In General Education Programs, David F. Unumb

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The Effects Of Psychological Intervention On Primiparous Career Women’S Adjustment To Motherhood After The Age Of Thirty, Beth Schiff

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A Descriptive And Exploratory Case Study Of Secondary Education In The British Colony Of Hong Kong, 1960-1980: Implications For Nursing Education In The United States, Sylvia Lee Huie

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Parents' Affective Experience: A Study Of The Influences Over Time Of Infant Gestational Maturity And Maternal Perinatal Illness, Karin A. Ruetzel

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy, The Catholic Issue And Presidential Politics, 1959-1960, Timothy J. Sarbaugh

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The Effects Of Depression On Expectancies And Perceptions Of Health Risk In Male Alcoholics, Margaret Kasimatis

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The Transformation: The Puritan Past And Language In Hawthorne's Novels, Joan A. Mullin

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Moral Judgment Making: A Philosophical Analysis, Robert P. Craig

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A College Athletic Department - An Example Of A High Performance System Existing In An Organized Anarchy Known As A University-Higher Education Organization, June Townsend Scopinich Edd

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This study investigated an empirical example of a Vaill's high performance system within the university-higher education organization with the purpose of assisting leaders within colleges and universities in having a greater understanding of the organizational structure of their own institutions. The results are analyzed with the prospects of utilizing this information to address such theoretical questions as: how did the athletic department achieve this high level of performance and how was the athletic department able to exist as a high performance system within the university organization? This study, which extended from January, 1986 to May, 1986, was conducted using the …

The Administrative Organization Structure Of The Chicago Public Schools, 1837-1949, Frank Lucente

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Interaffectivity In The Mother-Infant Relationship, Lenore R. Weissmann

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Executive Effectiveness Profile Instrument Development And Validation, John W. Hanes Edd

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As executives ascend in organizational structures, they become less likely to receive objective feedback from superiors, peers, and subordinates regarding the effects of their behavior within their organizations. This loss of feedback can contribute to perceptual blind spots within the executives. Such blind spots and their ensuing negative consequences have been found to be a major cause of executive derailment. Despite the enormous value of feedback, there is a paucity of proven methodologies for providing executives with constructive feedback on the effectiveness of their behavior. Consequently, the objective of this research was to design and validate an instrument that measures …

Shared Organizational Culture And Leader Communication: A Study Of Correlation, Anthony F. Smith Edd

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Considerable literature has mounted concerning the central theme of leadership. The perspective of this study is that leadership inherently involves the process of shaping and maintaining a desirable organizational culture. A critical means by which a leader shapes and maintains an organizational culture is through effective and competent communication. The present study sought to explore the relationship between an organizational member's perception of the communication competence and homophily of his/her leader and the member's degree of shared culture, as espoused by the leader. Five hypotheses were advanced as well as five research questions regarding the relationship and predictive power of …

An Analysis Of Selected Aspects Of Leadership Skills Among Selected Principals Of Catholic Secondary Schools In The Archdiocese Of Chicago, John Michael Shields

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The Meaning Of Marriage To The Voluntarily Childless Couple, June Ann Smith

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Problem. The literature is replete with findings to show that childlessness is a contemporary and growing trend. However, no known study has been done to explore what marriage means to the couple who chooses childlessness. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore the meaning of marriage to the voluntarily childless couple.

Method. This study was done with a purposive sample of 42 couples. These couples were selected from referrals made through contact with a local radio station. Some were selected from referrals made by church pastors who were aware of couples in their congregations who are voluntarily childless, …

Effects Of Administrator Implemented Homogeneous And Heterogeneous Grouping On Reading Achievement Of Selected Sixth-Grade Students, Jerry L. Thacker

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Problem. A Nation at Risk reported that the average achievement score of high-school students on most standardized tests is lower now than it was a quarter of a century ago, and the majority of the brightest students fail to achieve according to their ability. A salient problem in educating pupils is that of attaining reading comprehension achievement scores comparable to their intellectual potential. This study examines the effects of administrator implemented homogeneous and heterogeneous grouping on the reading achievement of selected sixth-grade students.

Method. This was a quasi-experimental study using parametric techniques. The tests for hypotheses were analysis of …

Identification Of Key Strategies For School Effectiveness And How They Are Implemented, As Perceived By Administrators And Teachers In Selected Exemplary Private Secondary Schools, Hedley J. Eager

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Problem. Educators in the 1970s and early 1980s identified characteristics of effective schools. But researchers had not addressed the problem of identifying what strategies exemplary schools used to make the characteristics effective, nor how the strategies were implemented.

Method. Administrators and teachers in selected exemplary private secondary schools responded to the Quality Schools Index for Private Schools (QSIPS). Key strategies for school effectiveness were ranked on the basis of mean weighted scores for: (a) extent of use of the strategies within the school; and (b) their importance to quality schooling. Selected personnel were interviewed in six schools to determine how …

Comparison Of International And American Doctoral Graduates' Expectations, Satisfaction, And Appropriateness Of Their Programs In Education At Andrews University, Libin Kutup Rampasan

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The proportion of international students in the doctoral programs, School of Education at Andrews University, raises concerns over (a) the ability of the programs to meet the varied expectations and needs of the international and American students and (b) the relevance of the students' academic preparations to their careers. Possible differences between the international and American doctoral graduates' appraisals of their programs were investigated.

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This ex-post facto study obtained data from two sources: All's records and the graduates' responses to survey questionnaires sent to 143 of the 151 doctoral graduates with known addresses. A 72.7% return rate was …

Client Organization Preference For Employee Assisstance Program And Counselor Selection, Gerard A. Butzen

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A Repertory Grid Investigation Of Similarities And Differences In Work Values And Interpersonal Perceptions Among Nursing Students, Nursing Faculty And Staff Nurse Role Models, Bette Barbara Case

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An Investigation Of Teaching Behaviors And Personal Characteristics Of Nursing Instructors In The Clinical Setting That Facilitate The Learning Of Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Patricia Ruttkay

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The Training And Supervision Of Family Therapists In The Republic Of Ireland, James William Moran

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