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Bridging The Great Divide - Moving From Outsider To Insider: How For Profit Executives Become Effective Nonprofit Ceos, Antoinette E. La Belle Dec 2008

Bridging The Great Divide - Moving From Outsider To Insider: How For Profit Executives Become Effective Nonprofit Ceos, Antoinette E. La Belle

Student Scholarship

A leadership crisis in the nonprofit sector is portended by sector growth, turnover at the top and a smaller cohort of leaders coming up from behind. Crossovers from the corporate sector present an alternative source of CEO talent, but a dearth of empirical research about top executives who cross the boundaries of sector, organization, and, at times role, stymies our understanding of the transition process of for-profit to non-profit leaders. In depth interviews with U.S. nonprofit leaders--both crossover CEOs and CEOs hired from within the nonprofit sector--compared and contrasted transition experiences. Rather than significant differences between the two groups, our …

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How Does Emotional Intelligence And Shared Vision Affect Teamwork Performance?, Ed Mahon Dec 2008

How Does Emotional Intelligence And Shared Vision Affect Teamwork Performance?, Ed Mahon

Student Scholarship

There is a vast literature on the emotional intelligence (EI) of individuals, but comparatively little on team EI. We report findings of a qualitative inquiry involving 36 members of twelve IT teams – half of them effective and half less so – to explore the relationship between team EI and team performance. Trust, conflict resolution skills and team communication are seen to differentiate effective and less effective teams, as is the ability to adapt shared vision to changes in project specification. The research supports that the teams possess emotional intelligence and that it powerfully influences how they function and to …

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Conversational Learning And Performance: Interpreting Great Strategic Conversations, Ann Kowal Smith Dec 2008

Conversational Learning And Performance: Interpreting Great Strategic Conversations, Ann Kowal Smith

Student Scholarship

We interviewed seventeen successful leaders to explore their experience of effective strategic conversations yielding innovative outcomes. Although these organizational leaders uniformly espoused emergent conversation, whereby they prefer to collaborate with their teams in an experiential learning process, their conversations were primarily leader-driven directed discussions with specific outcomes in mind. Moreover, they described not single events, but multiple strategic conversations distributed over time, with varied participants and purposes. Successful strategic conversations appear to develop, over time, in a dialectic space formed by the leader's desire for authentic contributions by participants and the experience of organizational and cultural forces that inhibit emergent …

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Ostensive And Performative Routines And Strategies For Institutional Adaptation And Innovation, Jaime Chua Dec 2008

Ostensive And Performative Routines And Strategies For Institutional Adaptation And Innovation, Jaime Chua

Student Scholarship

Using critical realist research, we sought to understand how nonprofit organizations blend deliberate and emergent strategizing to cope with neoinstitutional dilemmas posed by donors’ competing logics. To gain organizational legitimacy and access to resources, international nonprofits must conform to donors’ normative processes and practices which tend to be ineffectual. An international nonprofit operating in the highly complex international development field provided an ideal setting for investigating how routines blend and moderate deliberate and emergent strategies. Consistent with the view that strategic insights come from different organizational levels, we examined key patterns of interactions and routines between middle and top-level managers. …

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Outsider To Insider: Contrasting Routes And Transition Experiences Of New Nonprofit Leaders, Anotinette E. La Belle Dec 2008

Outsider To Insider: Contrasting Routes And Transition Experiences Of New Nonprofit Leaders, Anotinette E. La Belle

Student Scholarship

A leadership crisis in the nonprofit sector is portended by sector growth, turnover at the top and a smaller cohort of leaders coming up from behind. Crossovers from the corporate sector present an alternative source of CEO talent, but a dearth of empirical research about top executives who cross the boundaries of sector, organization, and, at times role, stymies our understanding of the transition process of for-profit to non-profit leaders. In depth interviews with U.S. nonprofit leaders – both crossover CEOs and CEOs hired from within the nonprofit sector − compared and contrasted transition experiences. Rather than significant differences between …

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The Relationship Between Reproducing Ownership And Sustaining Non-Profit Collaboration, Nonie Brennan Dec 2008

The Relationship Between Reproducing Ownership And Sustaining Non-Profit Collaboration, Nonie Brennan

Student Scholarship

Semi-structured interviews with 21 partners of three long-standing, non-profit collaborations in the health and human services sector emphasize the role of constituents’ sense of “ownership”– and their continuous reproduction of it − on collaboration sustainability. The data suggests that enduring collaborations are characterized, on the one hand, by employee behaviors typically considered aberrant – including rule breaking and rule making – and on the other, “appreciative” participant behaviors. Findings imply non-profit governance and leadership can purposefully foster environments in which collaboration ownership can reproduce.

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The Private Sector And The Questionable Role Of Social Responsibility In Securing The Nation's Infrastructure, James K. Hayes Dec 2008

The Private Sector And The Questionable Role Of Social Responsibility In Securing The Nation's Infrastructure, James K. Hayes

Student Scholarship

Society faces many common challenges that the corporate sector can play a large role to help address. Security against terrorism is one such challenge and is an important pre-condition to sustainable development. Moreover, since terrorism often operates outside of the jurisdiction of state authorities, it is becoming clear that governments cannot address this issue alone. In the United States, for example, there is a large portion of the nation's infrastructure that owned by the private sector. Using data obtained from 158 survey responses from security professionals in the public and private sector, our structural equation model determined that while prior …

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The Relation Between Management's Perception Of Causal Ambiguity In Firm Competencies And Firm Performance: An Empirical Examination In Chile, Richard I. Araya Dec 2008

The Relation Between Management's Perception Of Causal Ambiguity In Firm Competencies And Firm Performance: An Empirical Examination In Chile, Richard I. Araya

Student Scholarship

Ambiguity about firm and competitor competencies and resources challenges managerial decision making − especially in developing countries where asymmetric information is higher than in the developed ones. Although a number of scholars have addressed “causal ambiguity” and its relationship with firm resources and competencies, and theorists have suggested a positive relationship between it and organizational performance, these links remain unclear. On one hand, ambiguity may protect a firm because competitors cannot easily imitate it (Alvarez & Antolin, 2005). On the other hand, causal ambiguity may impede imitation of valuable resources within the firm, limiting management ́s ability to manage resources …

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Emotional Intelligence, Shared Vision, And Teamwork Performance: A Qualitative Study, Ed Mahon Dec 2008

Emotional Intelligence, Shared Vision, And Teamwork Performance: A Qualitative Study, Ed Mahon

Student Scholarship

There is a vast literature on the emotional intelligence (EI) of individuals, but comparatively little on team EI. We report findings of a qualitative inquiry involving 36 members of twelve IT teams--half of them effective and half less so--to explore the relationship between team EI and team performance. Trust, conflict resolution skills and team communication are seen to differentiate effective and less effective teams, as is the ability to adapt shared vision to changes in project specification. The research supports the that teams possess emotional intelligence and that it powerfully influences how they function and to what effect. Our findings …

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Survey On The Virgin Mary And Mary Magdalene, Larimee Cortnik Dec 2008

Survey On The Virgin Mary And Mary Magdalene, Larimee Cortnik

Student Scholarship

Twenty diverse responses to a survey on the beliefs about the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene. The survey was completed by Larimee Cortnik for Women in the Bible: Ethnographic Approaches to Rite and Ritual, Story, Song and Art (JDST - RLGN 268, Prof. J. Neulander) in Fall 2008.

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The Impact Of Emotional Intelligence On Organizational Intelligence: An Applied Study At The General Company For Electrical Industries, Ali H. Altaee, Alaa Dham Hamd Dec 2008

The Impact Of Emotional Intelligence On Organizational Intelligence: An Applied Study At The General Company For Electrical Industries, Ali H. Altaee, Alaa Dham Hamd

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

The two terms"of fective intelligece and organizational intelligence" is it is the emotional intelligency and organizational intelligency"are considered as one of the contemporany terms which the various organizations started to function them in their activities to in crease their efficiency. This study aims at examining those two terms and the possibility of their functioning them in one of the general organizations and the questionnaire is used as atool to gather information that are distributed on asample consists of (50)employees and selected randomly from various organizationl levels. The most important conclusions: 1-Theneis aweakness in some of affective intelligence dimensions especially in …

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The Role Of Statutory Auditor In An Environment Of Complex Information Technology And Audit Risks, Ali Hussein Aldoghachi Dec 2008

The Role Of Statutory Auditor In An Environment Of Complex Information Technology And Audit Risks, Ali Hussein Aldoghachi

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

Companies are increasingly accelerating the integration of information technology into their financial operations, reducing reliance on paper-based documentation while retaining original copies primarily to support electronically processed transactions. This growing shift toward virtualization in business relationships with suppliers, consumers, and partners has intensified the need for trust and assurance, placing significant pressure on auditors to certify these digital safeguards. Furthermore, the widespread adoption of publishing financial reports online—initially through the establishment of corporate websites and subsequently using Adobe Acrobat to present non-interactive, read-only financial statements—aims to facilitate stakeholder access while maintaining data integrity. However, to ensure credibility, auditors must verify …

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Colegio Jacinto Treviño: A Microcosm Of The National Chicano Movement, Carlos Lino Cantú Dec 2008

Colegio Jacinto Treviño: A Microcosm Of The National Chicano Movement, Carlos Lino Cantú

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

Colegio Jacinto Treviño, based in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, was the first Chicano college in the United States. The Colegio met the same challenges that the national Chicano Movement endured. External threats, internal infighting, political mismanagement, and gender issues affected and attributed to the demise of the Colegio. This study provides a history of this alternative educational institution and highlights the founders of the college and the issues and people whom fought and supported its existence. It is crucial because the local college personified the national student and academic character of El Movimiento, the Chicana/o movement. …

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Increased Myocardial Susceptibility To Repetitive Ischemia With High-Fat–Diet-Induced Obesity, Geeta D Thakker, Nikolaos G Frangogiannis, Pawel T Zymek, Saumya Sharma, Joe L Raya, Philip M Barger, Heinrich Taegtmeyer, Mark L Entman, Christie M Ballantyne Dec 2008

Increased Myocardial Susceptibility To Repetitive Ischemia With High-Fat–Diet-Induced Obesity, Geeta D Thakker, Nikolaos G Frangogiannis, Pawel T Zymek, Saumya Sharma, Joe L Raya, Philip M Barger, Heinrich Taegtmeyer, Mark L Entman, Christie M Ballantyne

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Obesity and diabetes are frequently associated with cardiovascular disease. When a normal heart is subjected to brief/sublethal repetitive ischemia and reperfusion (I/R), adaptive responses are activated to preserve cardiac structure and function. These responses include but are not limited to alterations in cardiac metabolism, reduced calcium responsiveness, and induction of antioxidant enzymes. In a model of ischemic cardiomyopathy inducible by brief repetitive I/R, we hypothesized that dysregulation of these adaptive responses in diet-induced obese (DIO) mice would contribute to enhanced myocardial injury. DIO C57BL/6J mice were subjected to 15 min of daily repetitive I/R while under short-acting anesthesia, a protocol …

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Openline Newsletter, December 2008, Civil Service Council Dec 2008

Openline Newsletter, December 2008, Civil Service Council

OpenLine Newsletter

A monthly newsletter for Civil Service employees, Volume XXXIII, Number 6, December 2008.

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Ellis Paul To Perform At The Blue Moon Coffeehouse, Kimberly Stabosz Dec 2008

Ellis Paul To Perform At The Blue Moon Coffeehouse, Kimberly Stabosz

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

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The Link, Vol 2, No. 12, December 2008, Illinois State University, Center For Teaching, Learning, And Technology Dec 2008

The Link, Vol 2, No. 12, December 2008, Illinois State University, Center For Teaching, Learning, And Technology

The Link

Newsletter for the Illinois State University Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology

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Camping: A Positive Developmental Context For Youth With Disabilities/Serious Illness, Christopher T. Troxell Dec 2008

Camping: A Positive Developmental Context For Youth With Disabilities/Serious Illness, Christopher T. Troxell

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The paper will examine how elements of youth development can enhance the camp experience, so that new camps for youth with disabilities and/or serious illness, such as Flying Horse Farms, can start with a solid knowledge base of what works and why it works. Also, even though the paper is geared toward these specific types of camps, part of its recommendation could be modified to fit the purpose of any camp.

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Taxonomy Of Knowedge Management Research In Hospitality And Tourism, Henner Nehles Dec 2008

Taxonomy Of Knowedge Management Research In Hospitality And Tourism, Henner Nehles

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The hospitality industry is operating in an ever increasing knowledge-based economy, where hotels have to increase customer satisfaction and retention levels, lower employees turnover rates and operating expenses, maximize profits and strive to gain a sustainable competitive advantage. “Knowledge management caters to the critical issues of organizational adaptation, survival, and competence in the face of increasingly discontinuous environmental change. Essentially, it embodies organizational processes that seek synergistic combinations of data and information processing capacity of information technologies, and the creative and innovative capacity of human beings” (Civi, 2000, p.166). Knowledge Management (KM) is not a new concept. It has its …

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Rebranding: A Case Study Of A Business Hotel In Singapore, Guat Loo Ooi Dec 2008

Rebranding: A Case Study Of A Business Hotel In Singapore, Guat Loo Ooi

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

This paper examined the process of service rebranding through various studies of corporate rebranding and service branding. This paper used exploratory case study to gain insight of an actual service rebranding of a business luxury class hotel, Royal Plaza on Scotts. Information from in-dept interviews with the Marketing and Brand Director was used to understand the various elements of the service rebranding process. The study showed that the actual service brand revitalisation of the hotel involved a combination of elements in the corporate rebranding and service branding processes. The study showed that the process of making changes to service brand …

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Tailored Synthesis And Characterization Of Selective Metabolite-Detecting Nanoprobes For Handheld Breath Analysis, Lisheng Wang Dec 2008

Tailored Synthesis And Characterization Of Selective Metabolite-Detecting Nanoprobes For Handheld Breath Analysis, Lisheng Wang

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Shape Registration And Analysis Framework For Computer Vision And Graphics, Sen Wang Dec 2008

Shape Registration And Analysis Framework For Computer Vision And Graphics, Sen Wang

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Inventing Shakespeare, 1998-2008: A Consideration Of Recent Fiction And Picture Books In Which Shakespeare The Man Is A Character, Nina Mary Yuliano Dec 2008

Inventing Shakespeare, 1998-2008: A Consideration Of Recent Fiction And Picture Books In Which Shakespeare The Man Is A Character, Nina Mary Yuliano

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Ultrafast Vibrational Studies Of Biological Chromophores: Light-Driven Structural Changes In Yellow Fluorescent Protein And The Bacterial Blue Light Sensing Protein, Appa, Allison-Lynn Stelling Dec 2008

Ultrafast Vibrational Studies Of Biological Chromophores: Light-Driven Structural Changes In Yellow Fluorescent Protein And The Bacterial Blue Light Sensing Protein, Appa, Allison-Lynn Stelling

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Re-Examining The Urban And Suburban Mythos In America, Paul Roger Netter Dec 2008

Re-Examining The Urban And Suburban Mythos In America, Paul Roger Netter

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Accommodating The Posthuman In Twentieth Century Dystopian Literature, Karl Luther Shaddox Dec 2008

Accommodating The Posthuman In Twentieth Century Dystopian Literature, Karl Luther Shaddox

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Lattice Volume Rendering, Feng Qiu Dec 2008

Lattice Volume Rendering, Feng Qiu

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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The Physics Of Complex Systems In Information And Biology, Dylan Walker Dec 2008

The Physics Of Complex Systems In Information And Biology, Dylan Walker

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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The Dialogic Insinuation, Lauren Marie Tursellino Dec 2008

The Dialogic Insinuation, Lauren Marie Tursellino

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Renormalization And Non-Rigidity, Vasu Venkata Mohana Sarma Chandramouli Dec 2008

Renormalization And Non-Rigidity, Vasu Venkata Mohana Sarma Chandramouli

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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