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The Effect Of Stress And Perceived Social Support On Job Satisfaction: A Comparison Between U.S Born And Foreign-Born Faculty, Lisa Owen Dec 2014

The Effect Of Stress And Perceived Social Support On Job Satisfaction: A Comparison Between U.S Born And Foreign-Born Faculty, Lisa Owen

Dissertations

Research indicates that academic work-stress is a significant and growing problem for faculty members. General work-stress studies suggest that social support may buffer the negative impact of stress on faculty job satisfaction. To date, little research has been conducted in this area. Even fewer studies have examined the potential differences between U.S.-born and foreign-born faculty members regarding these variables. This quantitative, non-experimental multivariate study utilized a survey to assess academic stressors, perceived departmental social support, and job satisfaction at a large U.S. university. The surveyed institution consisted of 807 full-time faculty members. The three-week survey yielded a response rate of …


Geo Director Selected For Fulbright Award To India, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee Oct 2014

Geo Director Selected For Fulbright Award To India, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

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The selection was made by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, a presidentially appointed 12-member board that is responsible for establishing worldwide policies for the Fulbright Program and for selecting of Fulbright recipients.


Student Participates In International Conference, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee Oct 2014

Student Participates In International Conference, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

The MCC provides a platform for student leaders from across the world to engage in dialogue regarding global development. The event, hosted by Lynn University, inspires student participants to act to create sustainable change, increase awareness of global issues, and provoke reflection regarding solutions to these problems such as world hunger and poverty to help advance the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals.


Dominican Grad Returns To Spain For Worldwide Pr Agency, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee Jun 2014

Dominican Grad Returns To Spain For Worldwide Pr Agency, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

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Sansone was working in Madrid for Lewis PR, a multinational public relations communication agency with 25 offices worldwide specializing in building global brands with integrated PR and digital media campaigns for some the largest companies in the world including Samsung, Cisco, Audi, Salesforce, Maurice Lacroix, Citrix, Sotheby's, Siemens, and FIBA. In May, Sansone graduated from Dominican with his BA in International Business and a Spanish minor with Cum Laude honors


Extensive Recent Discoveries In The 2014 Update Of Global Andragogical Perspectives, John A. Henschke Edd Jan 2014

Extensive Recent Discoveries In The 2014 Update Of Global Andragogical Perspectives, John A. Henschke Edd

IACE Hall of Fame Repository

This 2014 updated paper on the History and Philosophy of Andragogy includes 35 new items related to andragogy, which have been discovered since the previous year iteration. It is mainly limited (with a few exceptions) to a chronological history and the accompanying philosophy of andragogy, in line with when the English language documents were published and personal descriptions of events were written down. Some of these documents, however, present aspects of the events and ideas, which recount the years and contexts in which they appeared in published form. This will not be an exact history of the events and philosophy …