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Leadership And Management, Michael Flanagan May 2019

Leadership And Management, Michael Flanagan

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This research paper review several themes on leadership evident in the literature (e.g., Cunningham, Salomone, & Wielgus, 2015; Fairholm, 2002; Hodgkinson, 2009; Sinek, 2011). Examples from the military and civilian sectors are also used to explore definitions of leadership. Each theme is examined and evaluated for optimal opportunity and efficiency in an attempt to improve the reader's leadership ability. Characteristics of effective leadership are also explored in order to describe key elements of leadership ability (Boyd, 1987). The paper also surveys some of the literature on differences between leadership and management in order to further delineate the management components of …


Mechanisms Of Humility's Influence On Prosociality, Matthew A. Humphreys May 2019

Mechanisms Of Humility's Influence On Prosociality, Matthew A. Humphreys

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Prosocial behavior is valuable for the people it is meant to help, the people engaging in the behavior, and society in general. However, we do not always behave prosocially. Through three studies (N = 535) this work examined the possibility that resource scarcity might reduce prosocial behavior and that humility might promote prosocial behavior by both reducing the negative effect of scarcity on prosocial behavior, and by its own positive relationship with prosociality. This work further examined facets of humility that might promote prosocial behavior, such as other-orientation, and the roles of state and trait humility. Humility was associated with …


Understanding Substance Use And Recovery In Maine: A Culture-Centered Approach, Carter Hathaway May 2019

Understanding Substance Use And Recovery In Maine: A Culture-Centered Approach, Carter Hathaway

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There is ever-increasing attention to Maine’s substance use problem, particularly in the case of opioid-related deaths. With yearly death tolls increasing, citizens of Maine wonder what the best methods are in approaching the issue and preventing further harm. While statistics about the issue are repeated in news coverage and by political figures, there is a need to understand what substance use and recovery actually mean to individuals who experience them on a daily basis. The following thesis uses Mohan J. Dutta’s (2008) culture-centered approach to health communication to explore the meanings of substance use and recovery as well as the …


Gender Stereotyping Of The Managerial Roles Of Ncaa Athletic Directors, Richard A. Fabri May 2019

Gender Stereotyping Of The Managerial Roles Of Ncaa Athletic Directors, Richard A. Fabri

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The study draws upon content analysis to investigate the construction of intercollegiate athletic director (AD) vacancy advertisements to better understand how such language may play a role in women’s perceived access to these positions. As a mixed method study, this content analysis was initially employed to analyze the terminology used to construct AD job vacancy advertisements. Subsequently, survey data were analyzed to explore any possible relationships among the participants’ gender, managerial sub-roles, the associated gender of the managerial sub-roles, and the perceived barriers the managerial sub-roles present. The women respondents in this study perceived three of the nine managerial roles …