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The Influence Of Work Personality On Job Satisfaction: Incremental Validity And Mediation Effects, Daniel Heller, D. Lance Ferris, Douglas Brown, David Watson Aug 2009

The Influence Of Work Personality On Job Satisfaction: Incremental Validity And Mediation Effects, Daniel Heller, D. Lance Ferris, Douglas Brown, David Watson

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Drawing from recent developments regarding the contextual nature of personality (e.g., D. Wood & B. W. Roberts, 2006), we conducted 2 studies (1 cross-sectional and 1 longitudinal over 1 year) to examine the validity of work personality in predicting job satisfaction and its mediation of the effect of global personality on job satisfaction. Study 1 showed that (a) individuals vary systematically in their personality between roles— they were significantly more conscientious and open to experience and less extraverted at work compared to at home; (b) work personality was a better predictor of job satisfaction than both global personality and home …

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Talking Us Into War: Problem Definition By Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson And George W. Bush, Barbara Ellen May Warner Aug 2009

Talking Us Into War: Problem Definition By Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson And George W. Bush, Barbara Ellen May Warner

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

How presidents talk us into war merges the study of problem definition in public policy with the study of rhetoric in communications. Using both qualitative and quantitative methods, this research analyzes the key words used by two presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson and George W. Bush, to persuade us into escalating a war in Vietnam and engaging in a pre-emptive war in Iraq, respectively. The findings indicate that presidents repeat words that are patriotic, emotive, metaphorical, symbolic and religious, tapping into American themes of Manifest Destiny and even predicting dire outcomes if we do not accept their definitions of the dangers …

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Taking Facebook Seriously : A 21st Century Writing Space For Collaboration And Learning, Anastasia Rubis Aug 2009

Taking Facebook Seriously : A 21st Century Writing Space For Collaboration And Learning, Anastasia Rubis

Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects

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Women And The English Morality Play, Douglas Bruster Aug 2009

Women And The English Morality Play, Douglas Bruster

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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Melissa Franklin Harkrider. Women, Reform And Community In Early Modern England: Katherine Willoughby, Duchess Of Suffolk, And Lincolnshire's Godly Aristocracy, 1519-1580. Boydell Press, 2008., Julie Chappell Aug 2009

Melissa Franklin Harkrider. Women, Reform And Community In Early Modern England: Katherine Willoughby, Duchess Of Suffolk, And Lincolnshire's Godly Aristocracy, 1519-1580. Boydell Press, 2008., Julie Chappell

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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Latino Farmers In Missouri: Risks, Services, And Implications For Extension, Jose L. Garcia-Pabón, Jill R. Lucht Aug 2009

Latino Farmers In Missouri: Risks, Services, And Implications For Extension, Jose L. Garcia-Pabón, Jill R. Lucht

Journal of Extension

Latinos are the fastest growing ethnic group of farm owner/operators in Missouri and the United States. Their lives as farmers demonstrate a familiar and inspiring story: the pursuit of the American dream. We examine the growing reality of Latino-owned farms in Missouri through four in-depth personal interviews with Latino dairy and cattle producers to assess their situation and the challenges they face when entering and operating a farm. The interviews covered their farming operations, risk tolerance, access to financial services, and use of other services. Based on our findings, we offer recommendations for Extension on working with them.

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Learning And Teaching Chinese Language And Culture In Dublin: Attitudes And Expectations, Yiling Liu Aug 2009

Learning And Teaching Chinese Language And Culture In Dublin: Attitudes And Expectations, Yiling Liu

Masters

In response to a world-wide tide of Chinese language learning, educational institutions in Ireland have begun, in the last five years, to put in place degree courses and an increasing number of classes for the teaching of Chinese. It is helpful to understand the attitudes and expectations of students and teachers concerning the learning and teaching of Chinese language and culture in an Irish teaching environment. Language is part of a particular culture. The learning and acquisition of a target culture are as important as learning the language per se. In a non-target language environment, the learning and teaching of …

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The Power Of Procrastination: Blending Technology, The Creative Arts And Learning, Michael Thompson, Krista Carter Jul 2009

The Power Of Procrastination: Blending Technology, The Creative Arts And Learning, Michael Thompson, Krista Carter

SIDLIT Conference Proceedings

Blended learning should be key to the 21st century classroom. When done well, it can improve student engagement, learning and success. For Colby Community College, latecomers to e-Learning, the “traditional vs. online” debate wasn’t an either or proposition; the best teaching involved both. Blending emerging technologies with the creative arts helped our faculty create a rich learning environment that combines the best features of traditional face-to-face and online teaching. Once technology was seen as a normal part of the learning process, ed-tech buzzwords lost relevance, students were simply learning. The session will discuss the pedagogical benefits and practical advantages of …

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Summer Commencement Ceremonies, University Of North Florida Jul 2009

Summer Commencement Ceremonies, University Of North Florida

Commencement Printed Materials

Program for the Summer Commencement ceremonies.

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Journal Of The Book Of Mormon And Other Restoration Scripture Volume 18 Issue 2, Neal A. Maxwell Institute For Religious Scholarship Jul 2009

Journal Of The Book Of Mormon And Other Restoration Scripture Volume 18 Issue 2, Neal A. Maxwell Institute For Religious Scholarship

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

The Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to promoting understanding of the history, meaning, and significance of the scriptures and other sacred texts revealed through the Prophet Joseph Smith.

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Sea Of Stories, Ananya Vajpeyi Jul 2009

Sea Of Stories, Ananya Vajpeyi

History Faculty Publication Series

Ananya Vajpeyi reads Wendy Doniger's capacious study of the diversity of Hindu tales and traditions, which serves as a riposte to the self-appointed guardians of Indian culture by celebrating the multiple varieties of Hindu religious experience.

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State Sovereignity In Airspace, Priyatna Abdurrasyid Jul 2009

State Sovereignity In Airspace, Priyatna Abdurrasyid

Indonesian Journal of International Law

This article concentrates on the overall development of the historical air sovereignty concept since the time of Socrates/Plato, Ptolemius, Copernicus, Galilei-Galileo, Einstein and Stephen Hawkings. In 1994, finally, this air sovereignty concept was strongly embedded in Article 1 of the Chicago Convention 1944, after being analyzed/regulated at the Diplomatic Conference and the Paris Convention 1919.

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Contributors, Journal Of The Book Of Mormon And Other Restoration Scripture Jul 2009

Contributors, Journal Of The Book Of Mormon And Other Restoration Scripture

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

No abstract provided.

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Twitter, Tumblr, Yammer, Huh? - How To Navigate Massive Information Streams And Have A Life, Marziah Karch Jul 2009

Twitter, Tumblr, Yammer, Huh? - How To Navigate Massive Information Streams And Have A Life, Marziah Karch

SIDLIT Conference Proceedings

Twitter has been getting a lot of attention lately, but it's not the only emerging application out there. In fact, by the time this presentation rolls around, there may already be something else making headlines. Learn why these new tools can help you as educators, lean how to use them, and learn how to navigate the tools without drowning in a sea of information and ending up with no life.

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Consumer Typology And Online Travel Websites, Hong Youl Ha, Felix Mavondo, Siva Muthaly Jul 2009

Consumer Typology And Online Travel Websites, Hong Youl Ha, Felix Mavondo, Siva Muthaly

Asia Marketing Journal

This research attempts to investigate differences in past experiences of using internet in repurchasing. In doing so, the authors identify online consumer characteristics, particularly one-time and repeat users comparison across geographical borders of Korean and Taiwanese teenage customers. Results show that there are significant differences in online shopping typologies between Korean and Taiwanese customers. While attitude serves as a distinguishing factor for both data sets along the other two dimensions, trust does not. Since researchers have focused on comparisons between Western cultures and Asian cultures` online purchase behavior or Internet use, the current study provides a valuable comparison for this …

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The Role Of Ethnocentrism And Firms Reputation Of A Country Of Origin On Consumer Purchase Intention, Nadia Jimenez, Sonia San Martin Jul 2009

The Role Of Ethnocentrism And Firms Reputation Of A Country Of Origin On Consumer Purchase Intention, Nadia Jimenez, Sonia San Martin

Asia Marketing Journal

The growth of international trade and the formation of supranational economic and political trading blocks have noticeably widened the presence on the market of products of different national origins. This has stimulated interest in explaining the Country-of-Origin (COO) role in domestic and international markets and its consequences on consumer behaviour. Since the consumer purchasing decisions can be decisive to the success of a company`s strategy in domestic and foreign markets, the objective of this study is to present empirical evidence on the extent to which reputation of firms associated to a certain COO are related to consumer purchase intention. Additionally …

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Savings And Educational Attainment: The Potential Of College Savings Plans To Increase Educational Success, Michael Sherraden Jul 2009

Savings And Educational Attainment: The Potential Of College Savings Plans To Increase Educational Success, Michael Sherraden

Center for Social Development Research

Improved College Savings (529) Plans are part of the Obama administration’s broader focus on postsecondary education access and degree completion. This brief contains a literature review of the effects of savings and assets on outlook and life chances. The brief also examines the potential of savings to influence educational attainment and college completion.

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Predictors Of Adl Disability In Culturally Diverse Older Adults, Fernanda Winchester†, Rebecca Ellis‡, Maria Kosma‡, Katie E. Cherry‡, Priscilla D. Allen‡, Pamela A. Monroe‡, Robert H. Wood‡ Jul 2009

Predictors Of Adl Disability In Culturally Diverse Older Adults, Fernanda Winchester†, Rebecca Ellis‡, Maria Kosma‡, Katie E. Cherry‡, Priscilla D. Allen‡, Pamela A. Monroe‡, Robert H. Wood‡

International Journal of Exercise Science

The purpose of this study was to utilize the disablement pathway model to examine the contribution of physical function, dyspnea, and pain to disability in activities-of-daily-living (ADL) in culturally diverse older adults. Participants were 51 older adults (age = 69.0 years ± 9.7; 76.5% African-American, 51.0% < high school education, 52.9% < $20,000 annual income) from an urban community center and an independent living housing facility for seniors. Participants completed the Functional Status Index (FSI), which provides ratings of need for assistance (FSIA) and pain (FSIP) with ADL, the Continuous Scale Physical Functional Performance 10-item Test (CS-PFP10), and an analog dyspnea scale. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed that facility, physical function, pain, and dyspnea accounted for 50.5% of the variance in disability and that pain (β = .43, p < .01) and physical function (β = -.39, p < .01) were the only significant predictors. In the second model, facility, dyspnea, and pain explained 27.6% of the variance in physical function, and facility (β = .39, p < .01) and dyspnea (β = -.26, p = .05) were the only significant predictors. Based on the disablement pathway model, physical functional improvement and pain prevention and management should be targeted when designing culturally appropriate strategies for delaying disability and maintaining independent life.

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Dmitri Shalin Interview With Robin Room About Erving Goffman Entitled "Only Someone Who Had Trouble With Sociability Would Be So Keen An Observer", Robin Room Jul 2009

Dmitri Shalin Interview With Robin Room About Erving Goffman Entitled "Only Someone Who Had Trouble With Sociability Would Be So Keen An Observer", Robin Room

Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives

This conversation with Robin Room was recorded over the phone on July 16, 2009. Robin Room is a Professor in the School of Population Health of the University of Melbourne and the Director of the AER Centre for Alcohol Policy Research at Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia. After Dmitri Shalin transcribed the conversation, Dr. Room edited the transcript and approved posting the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information and additional materials inserted during the editing process appear in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear …

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Jerome Gueneau, Danielle Siembieda Jul 2009

Jerome Gueneau, Danielle Siembieda

SWITCH

This article contains a short biography of architect Jerome Gueneau, including a list of his research and publications.

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Us Foreign Trade Zones As The Secret Lover: Is Uncle Sam Faithful To Tariff Elimination?, Richard J. Smith Jul 2009

Us Foreign Trade Zones As The Secret Lover: Is Uncle Sam Faithful To Tariff Elimination?, Richard J. Smith

Social Work Faculty Publications

For centuries the nations and principalities of the world have engaged in trading schemes to boost exports. Conquest, protection of domestic supply through tariffs and eroding domestic currency are all part of the historic policy harem. The United States has a foreign trade zone program. Who knew? FTZs evoke images of women locked inside a dark sweatshop in a jungle making hoodies for football fans. While these "developing" countries have unambiguously embraced FTZs as an export strategy, Uncle Sam has played the unwilling suitor to the concept, making the FTZ a common law revealed preference while engaged with but not …

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Building Community In Mixed Income Developments: Assumptions, Approaches And Early Experiences, Mark L. Joseph Jul 2009

Building Community In Mixed Income Developments: Assumptions, Approaches And Early Experiences, Mark L. Joseph

Faculty Scholarship

As an urban-redevelopment strategy, the goals of mixed-income development are often talked about in terms of building “community”—the shaping of environments, opportunities, and social arrangements that promote healthy neighborhood life, particularly for the low-income people who live there. This article explores the strategies engaged, expectations for, and early responses to efforts to build “community” in three mixed-income developments being built on the footprint of former public housing developments in Chicago. In doing so, it investigates the expectations among residents and stakeholders, distills and explores three major strategic orientations being engaged by developers and their partners, and examines how these strategies …

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Patterns Of Differential Involvement In Terrorist Activities: Evidence From Dhkp/C And Turkish Hezbollah, Ismail Yilmaz Jul 2009

Patterns Of Differential Involvement In Terrorist Activities: Evidence From Dhkp/C And Turkish Hezbollah, Ismail Yilmaz

Theses and Dissertations

This study examines the patterns of involvement in terrorist activities for the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C) and Turkish Hezbollah members. The study is based on the assumption that terrorists differ in terms of their involvement in terrorist activities. In this sense, there are full-time and part-time terrorists. Full-time terrorists act professionally and do the assignments given by their commanders. Part-time terrorists, on the other hand, act on a non-professional basis and have their own motivations to participate in terrorist activities. For part-timers, there are various factors that may have an effect on their degree of involvement in terrorist activities. …

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One Of Erving’S Writings Influenced Bob To Write A Basic Article On Higher Education, Adele Clark Jul 2009

One Of Erving’S Writings Influenced Bob To Write A Basic Article On Higher Education, Adele Clark

Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives

Adele Clark wrote this memoir at the request of Dmitri Shalin and approved its posting in the Erving Goffman Archives.

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Carsey: State Of Working New Hampshire Is Mixed For 2009:Granite State Workers Fared Better Than Others In Region, But Wages And Full-Time Employment Suffered, Beth Potier, Amy Sterndale Jul 2009

Carsey: State Of Working New Hampshire Is Mixed For 2009:Granite State Workers Fared Better Than Others In Region, But Wages And Full-Time Employment Suffered, Beth Potier, Amy Sterndale

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

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Enhancing Nature Of Science Understanding, Reflective Judgment, And Argumentation Through Socioscientific Issues, Brendan E. Callahan Jul 2009

Enhancing Nature Of Science Understanding, Reflective Judgment, And Argumentation Through Socioscientific Issues, Brendan E. Callahan

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

There is a distinct divide between theory and practice in American science education. Research indicates that a constructivist philosophy, in which students construct their own knowledge, is conductive to learning, while in many cases teachers continue to present science in a more traditional manner. This study sought to explore possible relationships between a socioscientific issues based curriculum and three outcome variables: nature of science understanding, reflective judgment, and argumentation skill. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used to examine both whole class differences as well as individual differences between the beginning and end of a semester of high school Biology …

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Dmitri Shalin Interview With Saul Mendlovitz About Erving Goffman Entitled "Erving Was A Jew Acting Like A Canadian Acting Like A Britisher", Saul Mendlovitz Jul 2009

Dmitri Shalin Interview With Saul Mendlovitz About Erving Goffman Entitled "Erving Was A Jew Acting Like A Canadian Acting Like A Britisher", Saul Mendlovitz

Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives

This interview with Saul Mendlovitz, Dag Hammarskjöld professor at the School of Law, Rutgers University, was recorded over the phone on December 29, 2008, and January 7, 2009. Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, after which Professor Mendlovitz read the transcript and gave his approval for adding the present version to the Goffman Archives. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information and additional materials inserted during the editing process appear in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”.

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Crafting Authenticity, Allison N. Schumacher Jul 2009

Crafting Authenticity, Allison N. Schumacher

Theses and Dissertations

Authenticity is what we want from the world around us, from others, and crucially from ourselves and what we make. As it relates to graphic design, I define authenticity as a perceived match between form and purpose. For the designer, its quality is found in the process of simultaneously developing a concept and crafting the design/object.

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Academic And Research Programs In Exercise Science, South Korea, Kyung-Shin Park, Wook Song Jul 2009

Academic And Research Programs In Exercise Science, South Korea, Kyung-Shin Park, Wook Song

International Journal of Exercise Science

We appreciate the opportunity to review academic curriculum and current research focus of Exercise Science programs in South Korea. The information of this paper was collected by several different methods, including e-mail and phone interviews, and a discussion with Korean professors who attended the 2009 ACSM annual conference. It was agreed that exercise science programming in South Korea has improved over the last 60 years since being implemented. One of distinguishable achievement is that exercise science programs after the 1980’s has been expanded to several different directions. It does not only produce physical education teachers but also attributes more to …

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Is There Really A Problem With Hiring Rural Social Service Staff? An Investigation Of Rural Minnesota Social Service Supervisors, Paul Force-Emery Mackie Jul 2009

Is There Really A Problem With Hiring Rural Social Service Staff? An Investigation Of Rural Minnesota Social Service Supervisors, Paul Force-Emery Mackie

Social Work Department Publications

This study was designed to further investigate concerns about hiring social service staff in rural areas. Surveyed rural-based social service supervisors across Minnesota.

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