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Using The Three Stooges To Illustrate The Scientific Method, Steven M. Dunphy, Joe Dobson

Organization Management Journal

An exercise using a comedy film is proposed for illustrating social science experimentation and the scientific method. Not every consumer of research or data reports may have had training in research methodology. This article offers a way of introducing research methods and the critical examination of such reports to these consumers, who are often the ones most needful of rigor in assessing data, rather than taking things at face value. Whether one is evaluating information from business, government, or media sources, the lessons learned from Moe, Larry, and Curly in Hoi Polloi are quite valuable.

A Model And Test Of Individual And Organization Factors Influencing Individual Adaptation To Change, Jane D. Parent, Cheryl C. Sullivan, Christina Hardway, D. Anthony Butterfield

Organization Management Journal

This study analyzed the antecedents and outcomes of individual adaptation to a changing work environment. We developed and tested a model of both individual factors and organizational factors affecting individual responses to change. We hypothesized that individuals reporting higher levels of the antecedent variables would also report higher levels of adaptability. We also hypothesized better adaptors would perceive better work outcomes. The model was tested in a field study of 169 participants across four different organizations experiencing varying changes. Results indicated participation, role clarity, and optimism were positively related to adaptability. Further, we found that better adaptors were more satisfied …

You Want Me To Trust You? Using Adventure Learning To Teach Millennials About Trust, Kathleen J. Barnes, George E. Smith, Madeline Constantine

Organization Management Journal

Management educators are confronted with a variety of teaching challenges as they attempt to distill and instill practical knowledge. Compounding this overarching challenge is millennial students’ desire to be actively involved in their own learning and their need to receive immediate feedback regarding the practical implications of their course material. One particularly difficult topic to teach millennial students is trust. Adventure learning provides a medium to address these student desires and to explore trust in an emotionally, socially, and physically safe environment. This article explores adventure learning and looks at specific activities being used at a medium-sized, northeastern university to …

Health Professionals’ Challenges In Managing Hiv/Aids In South Africa, Lynette Louw, Claude-Helene Mayer

Organization Management Journal

The unprecedented human immune deficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) crisis worldwide, and specifically in Africa, requires new thinking, new practices, and new research into health management. Identifying the challenges in managing HIV/AIDS from a health professional’s perspective would bring new opportunities and uncertainties to health management. Being able to use the opportunities and to better cope with the uncertainties would require a fundamental change and transformation in organizational health management, thinking, and practices. This case study presents selected research findings from a more comprehensive qualitative research study conducted in a selected health organization in South Africa. The …

The New Entrepreneurial Leader: Developing Leaders Who Shape Social And Economic Opportunity By Danna Greenberg, Kate Mckone-Sweet, And H. James Wilson, D. Jeffrey Lynn

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.

Trailblazing Healthcare: Institutionalizing And Integrating Complementary Medicine, Barbara F. Sharf, Patricia Geist Martin, Kevin-Khristián Cosgriff-Hernández, Julia Moore

Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications

Objectives — This study examines three integrative health centers to understand their (1) historical development, organizational goals, and modalities, (2) the processes and challenges of integrating complementary and allopathic medicine, while encouraging staff collaboration, and (3) how each center becomes institutionalized within their community.

Methods — We focus on three organizational case studies that reflect varying forms of integrative health care practices in three U.S. cities. Participant-observation and in-depth interviews with center directors were analyzed qualitatively.

Results — Important patterns found within the three cases are (1) the critical role of visionary biomedical practitioners who bridge complementary and allopathic practices, …

Societal Institutions And Work And Family Gender-Role Attitudes, Lisa T. Stickney, Alison M. Konrad

Organization Management Journal

We examine associations between societal-level policies and gender-role attitudes using nationally representative International Social Survey Program (ISSP) data sets from 14 countries in 1994 and 2002. Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) findings indicated that tax policies favoring dual-earner families were associated with greater egalitarianism in gender-role attitudes, while the relationship between parental leave times and individual gender-role attitudes was curvilinear in 2002. Low and high parental leave times were associated with traditionalism in gender-role attitude, while mid-length leaves were associated with egalitarianism. The findings support an institutional perspective on gender-role attitudes and suggest that public policies have sufficient impact on people’s …

Developing Entrepreneurial Leaders, Marguerite Schneider

Organization Management Journal

No abstract provided.

Nemo News, Volume 9, Issue 2, Uno Library Science Education

NEMO Newsletter

This issue of NEMO News features How Public Libraries are a Boon to Small Business, Important Dates and Reminders, NLA/NEMA Conference Photos, ALA 2013 Scholarship Online Application Available, Student Spotlight on Amy Wenzel, NLC Webinars, and Scholarship and Employment Opportunities.

"Now Imagine You're One Of Them": Using Serious Games To Induce Identification With Out-Groups, Ganer L. Newman Iv

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study was to expand our understanding of the utility of identification in the reduction of out-group derogation. Specifically, this research examined the extent to which individuals can be persuaded to identify with members of a perceived out-group, particularly through the use of online games. Spent is an online, point-and-click game that places users in the role of the working poor. Spent was used to test the potential of serious or prosocial games to increase players’ identification with a group of people who are often on the fringes of social acceptance. Specifically, this research (a) developed a …

Library Education And Development Newsletter, Volume 6, Issue 2, Uno Library Science Education

Library Education and Development (L.E.A.D.)

This issue of the Library Education and Development Newsletter features Advice from the Frontlines from Crystal Schneekloth, a Student Spotlight of EmiLee Paul, Announcements, Professional Development, a Tri-Conference Collage, and Things to Consider: "A Match Well Made: The standards’ emphasis on information aligns with librarians’ skills," by Paige Jaeger.

An Investigation Of Corporate Identification And Disidentification, Wijnand Hendrik Rijkenberg

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines the taken-for-granted processes of both identification and disidentification with corporate messages. Theories of identity and identification aided as a starting place in developing a focus for this study and Bakhtin’s dialogism perspective provided a lens for understanding how people’s word choices in their interviews worked as performances of identification and disidentification in the world of the Mokum Corporation, a nationwide company operating in the financial industry. The findings from this study challenge the idea that a corporation controls employee identification. Rather, while the messages from a corporate office can influence what meanings are out for employees to …

Prescribed Reading: November 2012, Centracare Clinic

Prescribed Reading

• Health Care Matters: Health literacy on your radar screen
• Leading with Care until the end
• Are you registered to vote?
• Are you traveling out of the country?
• Welcome to these new providers
• Welcome to our new employees
• Recognizing years of service
• Please complete mandatory education
• Kudos to . . .
• 2013 employee benefits update

Patient Care News: November 2012, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

Daisy Award Honoree: Mandy Doering RN

New Policy: Care of Patient Belongings

After Visit Summary Accuracy

Adverse Health Events Update

St. Cloud Hospital Receives Organ Donation Award

Thanksgiving Holiday Sign-up Sheets for Cut/Call

Schedule Posting Date Change for Christmas and New Year's Schedules

Safe Skin Patient Education Reminders

Being PreCAUTIous to Help Prevent Infections

Setting A Standard For Space-Related Names, Acronyms, And Technical Terms, Henrique Casagrande

Von Braun Symposium Student Posters

No abstract provided.

Library Education And Development Newsletter, Volume 6, Issue 1, Uno Library Science Education

Library Education and Development (L.E.A.D.)

This issue of the Library Education and Development Newsletter features UNO Registration Dates, Advice from the Frontlines from Joy Harvey, a Student Spotlight of Erin Solheim, Announcements, Professional Development, and Things to Consider: "Talking Comics: Starting your Graphic Novel Book Club," by Jack Baur and Jessica Lee.

Patient Care News: October 2012, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

Standardized Antibacterial Honey (Medihoney) with Standard Therapy in Wound Care: Randomized Therapy

IV Catheter Update

Product Value Analysis Committee Membership

Family Members' Informal Roles in End-of-Life Decision Making in Adult Intensive Care Units

Back to the Basics of Mobility

Critical Event Notice

Funeral Directors to Use C Level Garage for Removal of Deceased

Daisy Award Honoree - Margaret (Peg) Laraway RN

Clinic Connection: Fall 2012, Centracare Clinic

Clinic Connection

• President’s Message: "Transitioning into retirement"
• Meet our new Clinic President
• Introducing our new CentraCare Clinic Specialists
• Bariatric surgery indications for patients with diabetes
• The penumbra is key in stroke treatment
• New, Web-based tool helps to calculate fracture risk

Ua77/1 Wku Spirit, Wku Alumni Relations

WKU Administration Documents

WKU alumni magazine. Contents:

• Ransdell, Gary. President’s Letter
• Hilltoppers Go for the Gold – Olympics, Claire Donahue, Gavin Smellie, Raigo Toompuu
• Instruments that Shaped American History – Kentucky Museum
• WKU Students Shine When It Comes to National Scholarships
• Gatton Academy of Mathematics & Science
• Chuck Clark Named Director of WKU Student Publications
• Health Sciences Complex Will House Nursing, Physical Therapy Programs
• Paul Markham receives National Award for Leadership in Civic Engagement
• Todd Stewart Named WKU Director of Athletics
• All 19 WKU Athletic Teams Exceed NCAA-Required 925 APR Score
• 3 Students Receive Awards in Hearst Program’s National Championships
• WKU, USDA-ARS Open …

Criss Chronicles, Volume 3, Issue 1

Criss Chronicles Newsletter

This issue highlights the Kaneko-UNO Library, reCAPTCHA and libraries, A Conversation With... Lindsey Bailie, pictures from 1965 Homecoming festivities in the university archive, Roving Reference @ Criss Library, PsychTests database, Campaign 1996: Hagel for Senate in the Osborne Family Gallery, new media equipment, Copyright Corner, The Life of a Book by Megan Klein-Hewitt, and a calendar of events.