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Daily Eastern News: December 02, 2010, Eastern Illinois University

December

No abstract provided.

Exploring The Adaptive Function In Complexity Leadership Theory: An Examination Of Shared Leadership And Collective Creativity In Innovation Networks, David S. Sweetman

College of Business: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Leadership, creativity, and innovation are becoming increasingly important to the sustainability of organizations. Facing ever more complex environments, traditional views embodied in the individual are being augmented by theorizing which views leadership and creativity as a property of the collective. With theoretical grounding in complexity leadership theory, this dissertation leverages the emerging constructs of shared leadership and collective creativity from a network perspective to provide empirical understanding of the adaptive function of complexity leadership. Social network hypotheses were advanced positing that shared leadership and collective creativity comprise the adaptive function, and that the adaptive function is related to innovation. Results …

Gravel Bars, Walking Sticks, Scorchers, And Archies: An Ethnographic Look At The Sub-Culture Of Native American Artifact Collectors, Raymond Gathright

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

• Sunset Novelties Selects Statesboro
• News
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• Features
• Weekend Wrap
• Reviews
• Weekly Buzz
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The Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for December 2-10, 2010. Vol. 86, No. 9.

The Montclarion, December 02, 2010, The Montclarion

The Montclarion

Student Newspaper of Montclair State University

Volume 10, Issue 13: December 2, 2010, Women's Studies & Gender Studies Program

Women's Studies & Gender Studies: Digest Magazine

No abstract provided.

The East Texan, 2010-12-02, Texas A&M University-Commerce

All Issues

Volume XCV, number 13 of The East Texan, a student newspaper published at Texas A&M University-Commerce. This edition of the paper includes a holiday special.

A Case Study Of The Impact Of Filmmaker Decisions In The Construction Of A Documentary: Helen Whitney's (2007) The Mormons, Elizabeth Joy Mott

Theses and Dissertations

Informed by theories of media framing, exemplification, and non-fiction film production, this case study used as its sample for textual analysis the typed transcripts from the final cut of Helen Whitney's (2007) documentary film, The Mormons, and the interview transcripts of the 15 key commentators interviewed for the documentary. These theories suggest that (a) media producers condense topics in the media by selecting information that connects news stories to a larger context and imbues them with symbolic value; (b) verbal and visual examples have been shown to be more easily retrieved in memory than abstract ideas and are consequently …

Quintessential Acts Of Inquiry In Educational Practice: Delineating Inquiry And Interpretation In The Pursuit Of Teacher Professionalization, Ted Purinton

i.e.: inquiry in education

Sociological and political theories on the professions indicate that established professions utilize unique forms of inquiry and interpretation to guide practice. This essay argues that for teaching to become professionalized, unique forms of inquiry and interpretation need to be emphasized. Utilizing the concept of professional jurisdiction, the essay argues that other professions' forms of inquiry, while not detrimental to the purpose of teacher professionalization, do not establish the distinctive skills upon which teachers can lay claim.

The Concept Of Value In Design Practice - An Interview Study, Katarina Wetter Edman

ServDes Conference Series

Use and the value thereof are implicit in the design discourse and therefore rarely explicitly spoken of; although they are at the core of design practice. With the recent turn to a service dominant logic perspective; the service marketing discourse opens up for understanding value as value-in-use and value-in-context. This paper empirically explores and describes ways in which professional designers themselves express “value-in-use”. The findings suggest that professional designers do not focus explicitly on value as a standalone concept; but conceptualize value-in-use through contextualization and an extensive use of emotions.

Spicing Up Public Journeys - Storytelling As A Design Strategy, Sandra Viña, Tuuli Mattelmäki

ServDes Conference Series

The paper is based on an ongoing research that aims at studying how storytelling approaches can be applied in designing public customer journeys and service environments. It first introduces briefly how storytelling has been applied in designing service experiences then introduces the research project Spice and its context and approach. Finally; the paper describes and reflects upon an example case and; how storytelling has been applied in gathering and creating stories as well as creating concept ideas.

Adapting Service Design Tools To Facilitate Interdisciplinary Research Collaborations, G. Teal, A. S. Macdonald, P. J. Moynihan

ServDes Conference Series

This paper describes an ongoing multidisciplinary research project which is developing and prototyping a new food service for older hospital patients. This is a multi-faceted project combining the skills of designers; food sensory scientists; dietitians; medical sociologists; ergonomists and technologists with a diverse group of end users and stakeholders to map the existing food service and identify opportunities for re-design. This paper describes how three design methods/tools conventionally used by designers have been adapted and used to collaborate with colleagues from different non-design disciplines.

Case: Hälsokollen. Design Methods For Creating Services That Supports Longterm Behavioural Change, Elin Ankerblad, Marianne Norelius

ServDes Conference Series

No abstract provided.

The Design Value Of Business, Stefan Holmlid

ServDes Conference Series

In this small essay I will explore the notion of the design value of business. Interpreted as merely a play with words; such a statement may be regarded as a bearer of little value. But; taken as seriously as the more common question; what the business value of design is; it turns into a critical examination of basic conceptions of what design is for. It also paves the way for the critical claim that design value precedes business value.

Blobaum Finds Meaning In Milo

Imprint

While most farmers think of milo as livestock feed, sociologist Eve Blobaum thinks of it as a means to research rural communities on the brink of extinction.

Imprint April/May 2010 Full Issue

Imprint

This is the complete issue of Imprint for April/May 2010.

Assessment Of Spectator Behavior At Youth Soccer Games, Teagan Lazzarotti

Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Administration

Sports have always played an important role in children’s lives. American Youth Soccer Organization provides youth athletes the opportunity to participate in a soccer league that focuses on teaching good sportsmanship and player development. The purpose of this study was to assess fan behavior at middle school age female and male AYSO soccer games in San Luis Obispo. The subjects of this study were spectators (i.e. coaches and parents) of AYSO. The researcher and the research assistant attended six games during October 2010. At each game, notes were recorded on comments and behaviors, both positive and negative. After the data …

Framing Climate Policy Debates: Science, Network, And U.S. Congress, 1976-2007, Hyung Sam Park, Xinsheng Liu, Arnold Vedlitz

2010

Debates on global climate change (GCC) have been heavily influenced by such factors as scientific evidence, media coverage, public concerns, partisan interest, and so forth. Focusing on the linkages among the congressional committees, hearings, and invited witnesses (and their sectors), this study investigates the relational conditions under which congressional committees have mobilized climate expertise to discuss climate change issues for the past decades in U.S. Congress. Our findings show that agenda setting and witness selection by the committees significantly differed across the party lines: more environmental scientists were invited to define GCC as a threat in Democratic Congresses, whereas industrial …

Determinants Of Health Of Migrant Farm Workers In Canada, Janet Mclaughlin

International Migration Research Centre

Despite wide indications that migrant farm workers (MFWs) comprise a particularly vulnerable subset of the temporary foreign worker population, relatively little attention has been paid to their health issues. This article describes major health concerns among MFWs in Canada, reviews the social determinants of health of particular importance to this population, and notes research and policy implications. Findings are drawn primarily from two recent literature reviews conducted for the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Apartheid On Trial: South West Africa And The International Court Of Justice, 1960-1966, Ryan Irwin

History Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Posttraumatic Stress Among Young Urban Children Exposed To Family Violence And Other Potentially Traumatic Events, Cindy A. Crusto, Melissa L. Whitson, Sherry M. Walling, Richard Feinn, Stacey R. Friedman, Jesse Reynolds, Mona Amer, Joy S. Kaufman

Psychology Faculty Publications

This study examines the relationship between the number of types of traumatic events experienced by children 3 to 6 years old, parenting stress, and children's posttraumatic stress (PTS). Parents and caregivers provided data for 154 urban children admitted into community-based mental health or developmental services. By parent and caregiver report, children experienced an average of 4.9 different types of potentially traumatic events. Nearly one quarter of the children evidenced clinically significant PTS. Posttraumatic stress was positively and significantly related to family violence and other family-related trauma exposure, nonfamily violence and trauma exposure, and parenting stress. Additionally, parenting stress partially mediated …

The Cresset (Vol. Lxxiv, No. 2, Advent/Christmas), Valparaiso University

The Cresset (archived issues)

No abstract provided.

Violence And Belonging: Land, Love, And Lethal Conflict In The North- West Frontier Province Of Pakistan By Are Knudsen; Reviewed By Cabeiri Robinson, Cabeiri Robinson

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

No abstract provided.

Scholarworks Statistics - December 2010, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Reports

For the month of December 2010, ScholarWorks recorded a total of 8,923 full-text downloads.

November Uri Community Diversity Project 2010, Joseph A. Santiago, Riley Davis, Richard V. Travisano

November Diversity Project

November is National Novel Writing Month. For the first time at the University of Rhode Island November was a month for the URI community to share their stories, poems, art, and photos with the world. The Writing to Model Diversity project intends to connect individuals across cultural boundaries and borders by sharing the stories and experiences that challenge our everyday experiences and the dreams of the future. Built on the efforts of the World Voice series, URI presents a book that shares the stories and culture of the students, faculty, staff, and community members who embrace the idea of becoming …

November Uri Community Diversity Project 2010, Joseph A. Santiago Mr, Riley Davis Ms, Richard V. Travisano Mr

November Diversity Project

November is National Novel Writing Month. For the first time at the University of Rhode Island November was a month for the URI community to share their stories, poems, art, and photos with the world. The Writing to Model Diversity project intends to connect individuals across cultural boundaries and borders by sharing the stories and experiences that challenge our everyday experiences and the dreams of the future. Built on the efforts of the World Voice series, URI presents a book that shares the stories and culture of the students, faculty, staff, and community members who embrace the idea of becoming …

Communicator, Dec. 2010, San Jose State University, Department Of Kinesiology

Communicator (Kinesiology)

Volume 23, Issue 2

25 Year Club: 29th Annual Gala, Western Michigan University

25 Year Club

25 Year Club: 29th Annual Gala

December 1, 2010

• New Inductees
• Members
• Retirees

The Challenge Of Developing Effective Public Policy On The Use Of Social Media By Youth, John Palfrey

Federal Communications Law Journal

Symposium: Essays from Time Warner Cable's Research Program on Digital Communications.