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They're Making All The Wrong Decisions - Unintended Consequences Of Empowerment Resulting From Individual Situated Cognition, Jonathan Coleman Jan 2007

They're Making All The Wrong Decisions - Unintended Consequences Of Empowerment Resulting From Individual Situated Cognition, Jonathan Coleman

Student Scholarship

This paper describes how organizational culture affects individual level decision­ making processes in large organizations. This is particularly notable in the effect on the relative communication of qualitative versus quantitative information. Different levels of success in communicating these two kinds of information affect the development of the situated cognition prior to making a particular decision. We present the findings of a qualitative research study of thirteen executive level decision makers representing four Fortune 100 companies from four diverse industries. These executives were involved in strategic decisions in the normal course of business and also had particular experience in decisions involving …


Organizational Trauma: A Phenomenological Study Of Leaders In Traumatized Organizations, Shana D. Lynn Hormann Jan 2007

Organizational Trauma: A Phenomenological Study Of Leaders In Traumatized Organizations, Shana D. Lynn Hormann

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

While some organizations die when trauma erupts, others do not succumb. They live and even thrive. The purpose of this study was two-fold: 1. To learn from leaders their perspectives about key conditions that allow organizations to withstand and heal from organizational trauma; and, 2. To inform practice about building and strengthening these conditions in organizations. Participants were leaders who led their organizations during an organizational trauma or who came into programs after the trauma occurred to facilitate recovery. Nine executive directors for sexual assault programs participated in this hermeneutic phenomenological study, sharing their experiences and reflections. Two composite depictions …


The Emotional Intelligence Of Chief Development Officers In Public Higher Education Institutions Of The Mid Atlantic Region And Organizational Climate Perceptions Of Their Development Teams., Rosemary M. Thomas Jan 2007

The Emotional Intelligence Of Chief Development Officers In Public Higher Education Institutions Of The Mid Atlantic Region And Organizational Climate Perceptions Of Their Development Teams., Rosemary M. Thomas

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The purpose of this study was to determine if a significant relationship exists between the emotional intelligence of chief development officers and the organizational climate in the development organizations they lead. Additionally, demographic data was collected and tested as well to determine if such factors as: gender, age, years of experience, and length of tenure were significantly related to the organizational climate scores. Chief development officers (CDOs) from AASCU member comprehensive public colleges and universities in the Mid-Atlantic region were invited to participate and their development staff members were included by virtue of the CDO responding. The Bar-On Emotional Quotient …


Deliberating Groups Versus Prediction Markets (Or Hayek's Challenge To Habermas), Cass R. Sunstein Jan 2007

Deliberating Groups Versus Prediction Markets (Or Hayek's Challenge To Habermas), Cass R. Sunstein

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

For multiple reasons, deliberating groups often converge on falsehood rather than truth. Individual errors may be amplified rather than cured. Group members may fall victim to a bad cascade, either informational or reputational. Deliberators may emphasize shared information at the expense of uniquely held information. Finally, group polarization may lead even rational people to unjustified extremism. By contrast, prediction markets often produce accurate results, because they create strong incentives for revelation of privately held knowledge and succeed in aggregating widely dispersed information. The success of prediction markets offers a set of lessons for increasing the likelihood that groups can obtain …


Predictors Of Job Engagement With Extraversion As The Moderating Variable, Thanh-Thao Phan Jan 2007

Predictors Of Job Engagement With Extraversion As The Moderating Variable, Thanh-Thao Phan

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Manipulation Of Psychological State And Trait Properties Of Body Image, Aline Marie Kirby Jan 2007

Manipulation Of Psychological State And Trait Properties Of Body Image, Aline Marie Kirby

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Knowledge Management And Employee Productivity, Christina Michelle Gomez Jan 2007

Knowledge Management And Employee Productivity, Christina Michelle Gomez

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Relationship Between Readiness For Change And Job-Related Attitudes, Christine Marie Squillaci Jan 2007

The Relationship Between Readiness For Change And Job-Related Attitudes, Christine Marie Squillaci

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Concurrent Use Of Caffeine And Cigarettes In A Population Of College Students, Stephen William Tracy Jan 2007

Concurrent Use Of Caffeine And Cigarettes In A Population Of College Students, Stephen William Tracy

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Relationship Between Graduate Admission Measures And Student Success, Jui S. Maru Jan 2007

Relationship Between Graduate Admission Measures And Student Success, Jui S. Maru

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Culture And Personal Value On Distributive Behavior, Crystal Ho-Fung Yu Jan 2007

The Impact Of Culture And Personal Value On Distributive Behavior, Crystal Ho-Fung Yu

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


About Women, War And Darfur: The Continuing Quest For Gender Violence Justice, Mary Deutsch Schneider Jan 2007

About Women, War And Darfur: The Continuing Quest For Gender Violence Justice, Mary Deutsch Schneider

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Campus Crime And Security Report, V. 11 (Fall 2006), Illinois State University Police Department Jan 2007

The Campus Crime And Security Report, V. 11 (Fall 2006), Illinois State University Police Department

Clery Act Annual Security Report

Illinois State University Police Department Annual Security Report


Book Notes: Living Speech: Resisting The Empire Of Force, By James Boyd White, Rosa Kang Jan 2007

Book Notes: Living Speech: Resisting The Empire Of Force, By James Boyd White, Rosa Kang

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Comparative Evidence Or Common Experience: When Does "Substantial Limitation" Require Proof Under The Americans With Disabilities Act?, Cheryl L. Anderson Jan 2007

Comparative Evidence Or Common Experience: When Does "Substantial Limitation" Require Proof Under The Americans With Disabilities Act?, Cheryl L. Anderson

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Psychotherapists Working With Homeless Clients: The Experience Of Stress, Burnout Symptoms, And Coping, Sharon D. Young Jan 2007

Psychotherapists Working With Homeless Clients: The Experience Of Stress, Burnout Symptoms, And Coping, Sharon D. Young

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

Stress, secondary trauma, and burnout symptoms are significant problems within the field of human services. Homeless clients present many challenges, frequently are highly traumatized, and often require many services. Psychotherapist working with homeless clients experience negative effects of exposure to the stress and trauma of homeless clients, and as a result must develop strategies for coping in order to continue in the work. This study used a mixed method design to investigate psychotherapists' experience working with homeless clients through Healthcare for the Homeless grantee projects, and their strategies for coping with the stress of their work. A survey, which included …


A Theory Of Curriculum Development In The Professions: An Integration Of Mezirow's Transformative Learning Theory With Schwab's Deliberative Curriculum Theory, Shelley Ann Chapman Jan 2007

A Theory Of Curriculum Development In The Professions: An Integration Of Mezirow's Transformative Learning Theory With Schwab's Deliberative Curriculum Theory, Shelley Ann Chapman

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

A hundred years ago, the problem with professional education was that it lacked a sound scientific foundation and opportunities for clinical practice. Throughout the past three decades, discussions on graduate professional education have focused on how to improve the theory/practice continuum, either through new formats or strategies, or by emphasizing one over the other. However, with the new century, new problems have emerged within the professional education arena. This dissertation has focused on two main problems in graduate professional education in the early 21st century: students are focusing too much on technical expertise and not enough on becoming transformed into …


Gathering Around The Organizational Campfire: Storytelling As A Way Of Maintaining And Changing For-Profit Organizational Cultures, Steven Austin Stovall Jan 2007

Gathering Around The Organizational Campfire: Storytelling As A Way Of Maintaining And Changing For-Profit Organizational Cultures, Steven Austin Stovall

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

Stories abound in the business world. They may be called "success stories," "best practices sharing," or even simply "stories," but however they are referred to, these tales not only become part of the organizational culture, but they also help define it. This study examines storytelling among for-profit organizations to demonstrate how stories are selected, told, and related to employees for the purposes of either changing the organizational culture or helping to maintain the existing one. Four companies have been chosen to capture the nature of storytelling as it relates to the sharing of cultural information within these firms. Using the …


Annual Report 2005-2006, Connie Jan Maraan Jan 2007

Annual Report 2005-2006, Connie Jan Maraan

SDRC Publications

No abstract provided.


Taking It On: Disclosure, Stigmatization, And Self-Esteem, Eileen M. Brennan, Julie M. Rosenzweig, Anna M. Malsch, Lisa Maureen Stewart, John Conley Jan 2007

Taking It On: Disclosure, Stigmatization, And Self-Esteem, Eileen M. Brennan, Julie M. Rosenzweig, Anna M. Malsch, Lisa Maureen Stewart, John Conley

School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Presentations

PDF version of a presentation given at the Building on Family Strengths: State of the Science Conference, Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health, Portland, OR, in May 2007.


Comparative Law And State-Building: The Organic Minimalist Approach To Legal Reconstruction, Dan E. Stigall Jan 2007

Comparative Law And State-Building: The Organic Minimalist Approach To Legal Reconstruction, Dan E. Stigall

Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.


Why The Killing In Darfur Is Genocide, Jennifer Trahan Jan 2007

Why The Killing In Darfur Is Genocide, Jennifer Trahan

Fordham International Law Journal

In the “Anfal trial,” the Iraqi High Tribunal (“IHT”) in Baghdad convicted five former Iraqi high officials of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in 1988 against the Iraqi Kurds. The evidence presented at trial—which included both voluminous documentary evidence as well as eye-witness testimony—demonstrated the clear existence of a genocidal campaign by the former Iraqi government and military, which eliminated an estimated 182,000 Iraqi Kurds in 1988, including through the use of chemical weapons (the eight-phased “Anfal campaign”). Ali Hassan al-Majid al-Tikriti (“Majid”), known by the moniker “Chemical Ali,” and four others were convicted—three of whom (including …


Biosecurity Under The Rule Of Law, Lawrence O. Gostin, David P. Fidler Jan 2007

Biosecurity Under The Rule Of Law, Lawrence O. Gostin, David P. Fidler

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Breaking The Silence: Rape As An International Crime, Mark Ellis Jan 2007

Breaking The Silence: Rape As An International Crime, Mark Ellis

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Do We Need New International Law To Protect Women In Armed Conflict, Karima Bennoune Jan 2007

Do We Need New International Law To Protect Women In Armed Conflict, Karima Bennoune

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


On Terrorism And Whistleblowing, Michael P. Scharf, Colin T. Mclaughlin Jan 2007

On Terrorism And Whistleblowing, Michael P. Scharf, Colin T. Mclaughlin

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Simulation: From Three Days After Diagnosis Onward, Amos Guiora, Carl Adrianopoli, Charles J. Couch, Leah C. Dorman Jan 2007

Simulation: From Three Days After Diagnosis Onward, Amos Guiora, Carl Adrianopoli, Charles J. Couch, Leah C. Dorman

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Against The Surgical Requirement For Chance Of Legal Sex, Harper Jean Tobin Jan 2007

Against The Surgical Requirement For Chance Of Legal Sex, Harper Jean Tobin

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Foot And Mouth Disease Responses In Ohio, Leah Dorman Jan 2007

Foot And Mouth Disease Responses In Ohio, Leah Dorman

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Transitional Justice And Post-Conflict Israel/Palestine: Assessing The Applicability Of The Truth Commission Paradigm, Ariel Meyerstein Jan 2007

Transitional Justice And Post-Conflict Israel/Palestine: Assessing The Applicability Of The Truth Commission Paradigm, Ariel Meyerstein

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.