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Where's Your Phone?: If You're Lost Without It, You May Have Nomophobia, Jacob Mccarthy

Colby Magazine

Do you feel anxious when your phone battery is low? Check your messages more often than you'd like? You might be a nomophobe.

Shooting For The Sky: Martin Tengler Is Part Of A Team That Wants To Use Drones To Plant A Billion Trees A Year, Gerry Boyle

Colby Magazine

Martin Tengler '12 can picture a time when aerial drones fan out to map vast reaches of deforested land and then plant thousands of seed pods that will turn wasteland into new forest.

University & Seminary Respond To Gc Vote: Statement On Women's Ordination Issue, Becky St. Clair

Andrews Agenda: Campus News

The Andrews University Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary responded to the General Conference vote against women's ordination.

Adventist Institutions Collaborate On Fitness App: Spiritstrong Combines Mission Stories & Exercise, Melodie Roschman

Andrews Agenda: Campus News

The School of Distance Education & International Partnerships (SDEIP) and the Department of Public Health, Nutrition & Wellness at Andrews University partnered with Adventist World Radio and NovoTempo to create “SpiritStrong,” an innovative app designed to promote physical and spiritual fitness. SpiritStrong launched during the 2015 General Conference Session in San Antonio, Texas. This article details the purpose of the app.

Broad Changes Are Needed To Move Toward Social Harmony, Vanessa Lopez-Littleton

UCF Forum

I wonder if the need for workplace-diversity initiatives is an indicator of an underlying societal issue? If so, could a more comprehensive approach to diversity serve as a catalyst for social transformation?

Partisan Media And Polarized Politics: A Meta-Analysis Of The Relationship Between Partisan Selective Exposure And Political Polarization, Kaitlin Marie Thornal

Communication & Leadership Dissertations and Theses

The increasing levels of political polarization in America have communication scholars, political scientists, and media pundits alike examining the causes of this trend, many of whom look to blame the proliferation of partisan media for this societal ill. An abundance of research exists on the effects of selective exposure to partisan media and the rise of political polarization in America today, thus, this thesis explores how partisan selective exposure and political polarization are related through a modified qualitative meta-analysis of existing research on these two topics. The social identity (Tajfel & Turner, 1986) and social comparison (Festinger, 1954) theories provide …

Icts And Regional Economic Integration: An Anticipatory Scenario For The Horn Of Africa, Ali Noor Mohamed

International Journal of African Development

Development experts are telling increasingly fascinating stories about how human development indices (HDI) among the poor in Africa, Asia, and Latin America have been buoyed by the diffusion of ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) over the last two decades. According to data compiled by the World Economic Forum, ICTs have facilitated faster and more reliable communication with regard to almost all important spheres of life including healthcare, education, agriculture, commerce, e-banking, the environment, etc. Perhaps the greatest impact of ICTs has been in their democratizing effect and their role in promoting gender equity, especially with regard to access to information …

The Prospector, July 7, 2015, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: FDA to Burn Fat

Library Display 2.0: Evolving From Monologue To Dialogue, Ilishe Mikos, Brandy R. Horne, Kari D. Weaver

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Generally created by individual librarians and anchored to a physical space, library displays are often static, limited, and fleeting. However, these displays can evolve into wider, more affective, multi-dimensional, 21^st century, virtual spaces by incorporating collaborative discourse between multiple librarians, by reaching out to the community for content, and by using technological tools, such as email, Google Drive, Google Images, QR codes, and social media. This paper presents a case study of the life of a library display from inception through execution. By pooling the skills, experiences, and stakeholder networks of two librarians and an MLIS intern, the library’s …

Talk Matters At Work: The Effects Of Leader Member Conversational Quality And Communication Frequency On Work Role Stressors, Guowei Jian, Francis Dalisay

Communication Faculty Publications

Although it is clear that leadership plays a significant role in followers’ psychological health, the specific mechanisms by which leadership effects may take place await further theorizing and investigation. We argue that communication practices may constitute such specific mechanisms. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine how leader-member conversational quality (LMCQ) and communication frequency are associated with members’ perception of work role stressors. Through an online survey, the study found that LMCQ has a significant predictive effect on work role ambiguity and role overload. However, LMCQ interacts with communication frequency in their effects on role conflict. These findings …

Communiqué, July 6, 2015, Lindenwood University

Communiqué

The Communiqué was the faculty/staff newsletter for Lindenwood University/College from 1982 to 2016.

Women's World Cup, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

It was a remarkable performance. Two goals in five minutes, four goals in sixteen minutes. Five overall in a 5-2 World Cup Victory in front of over 53,000 fans in Vancouver. According to NPR early reports put the peak U.S. television audience at nearly 23 million viewers. It is the highest rating and largest audience for any U.S. World Cup match in U.S. television history. The overnight rating approached the ratings of the recently concluded NBA Finals. The game had such excitement that even FOX’s commentators and announcing team could not put a damper on the event.

Editor-In-Chief’S Introduction To Fall 2015 Issue: Announcing Retirement Of Editor-In-Chief And Search For A Replacement, As Well As New Articles In Five Sections, William P. Ferris

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.

Toward Holistically Mapping The Spread Of Workplace Emotions, Joel Harmon

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.

The 100 Most Cited Articles In Business And Management Education Research, Barbara A. Ritter

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.

Organizations Don’T Resist Change, People Do: Modeling Individual Reactions To Organizational Change Through Loss And Terror Management, James R. Bailey, Jonathan D. Raelin

Organization Management Journal

This article has three premises that stand in contrast to emphases found in contemporary organizational change research. First, examination of resistance must start with the individual. Organizations don’t resist change, people do. Second, people react not to the change per se, but to the loss it represents. Third, loss engenders a deeply rooted peril response that is largely emotional in nature. To support these premises, we apply Terror Management Theory to locate resistance in existential buffers: emotional defense mechanisms that prevent awareness of loss and allow participation in a larger meaningful system. We argue that the buffers threatened during organizational …

What Are The 100 Most Cited Articles In Business And Management Education Research, And What Do They Tell Us?, J. B. Arbaugh, Alvin Hwang

Organization Management Journal

Although business and management education research has made great strides over the last decade, concerns about the area’s legitimacy and attraction of new scholars continue to require attention. One of the obstacles that may impede the area’s progress is a lack of knowledge of the influential works that may be useful in determining the nature and magnitude of potential contributions. Using Harzing’s Publish or Perish and a broad list of search terms related to business and management education, we generated an initial list of 100 highly cited articles published since 1970. Fifty-eight of the 100 articles were published in or …

He Effects Of Informal Social Structures: A Cognition–Structure–Action Approach, Harry "Trip" Knoche, Gary J. Castrogiovanni

Organization Management Journal

The purpose of this article is to examine the effects of epistemic motives and social structures on individual actions and the implications for organizational outcomes. It has been suggested that the informal social structures that develop within organizations affect the behavior of individuals, perhaps more so than formal structure. If this is true, when studying organizations it may be important to examine the effects of informal social structures on individual actions and organizational outcomes. Drawing on findings from epistemic motive theory and expanding social capital theory, a cognition–structure–action model is introduced as a way to begin systematically examining the informal …

Using Feedback In Organizational Consulting By Jane Brodie Gregory And Paul E. Levy, Bishakha Majumdar

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.

Mapping The Association Of Emotional Contagion To Leaders, Colleagues, And Clients: Implications For Leadership, Laura Petitta, Shahnaz Naughton

Organization Management Journal

This article investigates emotional contagion in workplaces by proposing an expanded approach that simultaneously considers contagion both absorbed by (i.e., contagion absorbed) and issued toward (i.e., contagion infected) others, namely, within-individual bidirectional contagion. Furthermore, it explores the differential association of contagion to leaders, colleagues, and clients, namely, a holistic mapping. Participants (N = 694) from six organizations were asked how frequently they both absorbed and transmitted four basic emotions from or to others, and whether the emotional experience occurred with regard to their leaders, colleagues, and clients. The findings reveal that positive and negative emotions considered for within-individual bidirectional contagion …

Association For The Advancement Of Collegiate Schools Of Business (Aacsb) Accreditation Current Issues, Kathleen J. Barnes, George Smith, Sarah Vaughn

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.

The Role Of International, Technological And Social Context In Considering Strategic Alliances In The Biotech–Pharmaceutical Industry, Kristin Backhaus

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.

Organizations Don’T Resist Change, People Do, Craig R. Seal, Donncha Kavanagh

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of External Contexts On Alliance Governance In Biotech–Pharmaceutical Firm Alliances, Joanne L. Scillitoe, Shanthi Gopalakrishnan, Michael D. Santaro

Organization Management Journal

The interest in strategic alliances has increased over the years, especially in high tech global industries such as biotechnology, as firms seek to gain access to needed resources, expertise, and knowledge for developing and commercializing new products and technologies. The governance structure of these alliances, which is an important consideration in understanding alliance formation and performance, is influenced by both external and internal contexts of the alliance partners. However, evidence from prior research has been inconclusive regarding the impact of external contexts on alliance governance selection. To better understand this impact, we simultaneously examine three key partner external contexts - …

Patient Care News: July 2015, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

Intravenous - Vascular Access Team

Summary of Recent Policy and Procedure Changes

Safe Patient Handling Equipment Reminders

Foundations of Cultural Competence in Nursing Care

Clinic Connection: Summer 2015, Centracare Clinic

Clinic Connection

• President’s Message: "Changes are a comin"
• Minnesota Legislature addresses shortage of mental health services
• CentraCare, Central Minnesota Mental Health Center explore partnership
• Training helps to reduce binge drinking in patients
• New Scleroderma Support Group
• Introducing our new CentraCare Clinic Specialist
• Reducing Readmissions for Hyperbilirubinemia at St. Cloud Hospital
• Cancer Center Update
• E/M Service on the same day as a procedure
• St. Cloud Hospital recognized as a 100 Top Hospital
• Safety concern for some patients using the ResMed ASV devices and BiPAP AutoSV

Literacy Work In The Reign Of Human Capital [Table Of Contents], Evan Watkins

Education

In recent years, a number of books in the field of literacy research have addressed the experiences of literacy users or the multiple processes of learning literacy skills in a rapidly changing technological environment. In contrast to these studies, this book addresses the subjects of literacy. In other words, it is about how literacy workers are subjected to the relations between new forms of labor and the concept of human capital as a dominant economic structure in the United States. It is about how literacies become forms of value producing labor in everyday life both within and beyond the workplace …

Driving Uber’S Success, Singapore Management University

Perspectives@SMU

Besides being a disruptive innovation, Uber’s exponential growth has been based on smart lobbying and use of social media

Scalable Euclidean Embedding For Big Data, Zohreh S. Alavi, Sagar Sharma, Lu Zhou, Keke Chen

Kno.e.sis Publications

Euclidean embedding algorithms transform data defined in an arbitrary metric space to the Euclidean space, which is critical to many visualization techniques. At big-data scale, these algorithms need to be scalable to massive dataparallel infrastructures. Designing such scalable algorithms and understanding the factors affecting the algorithms are important research problems for visually analyzing big data. We propose a framework that extends the existing Euclidean embedding algorithms to scalable ones. Specifically, it decomposes an existing algorithm into naturally parallel components and non-parallelizable components. Then, data parallel implementations such as MapReduce and data reduction techniques are applied to the two categories of …

Ua77/1 Wku Spirit, Wku Alumni Relations

WKU Administration Documents

WKU's alumni magazine. Contents:

• Ransdell, Gary. Letter from the President
• Before & After: College Bulletins
• Marc Archambault Named Vice President of Development & Alumni Relations
• 4 WKU Students Recognized by Goldwater Program
• Julia Roberts Receives National Award for Impact on Gifted Education
• WKU Newest Member of Kentucky Proud Farm to Campus Program
• Muhlenberg County Educator Inducted into Teacher Hall of Fame – Mary Armstrong
• Brent Bjorkman Appointed Director of Kentucky Museum
• WKU’s Campus Awarded Level I Arboretum Accreditation
• Honors College at WKU Spotlighted in National Guide
• WKU Wins Hearst Photojournalism Title for 22^nd Time in 26 Years
• WKU Among …