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A comparison of work values among American and German exchange students
(1993)
The purpose of this study was to determine whether participation in the CDS Youth Exchange Program for Young Professionals contributed to a change in work values. A total of 241 subjects (105 males and 136 females), ages ...
Corporate restructuring : an investigation of antecedents to divestitures and leveraged buyouts
(1993)
Corporate restructuring of publicly owned firms has recently become a common occurrence. The magnitude of restructuring events, both in terms of value and actual numbers, indicate corporate restructuring is, and has been, ...
Job characteristics affecting the job satisfaction of public relations directors
(1993)
The purpose of this study was to analyze and compare the perceptions of school and corporate PR directors with regard to their general job satisfaction. The Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS) was used to measure the job satisfaction ...
Middle school facilities for the twenty-first century : an identification of critical design elements by selected architects, administrators and teachers
(1994)
Research continues to document that children learn more rapidly in environments that are stimulating to all senses, varied in form and size, and meet basic needs for comfort. These qualities are especially essential for ...
From hero to leader : the development of nineteenth-century American military leadership
(1993)
This study examines the process of military leadership within the Regular Army in the period 1815 to 1898 and poses a paradigm that attempts to go beyond the argument about whether leadership is an art or science. Few ...
Forecasting services for pregnant and parenting adolescents using the Delphi Technique
(1992)
The purpose of this study was to determine existing services and barriers to services at the local level for pregnant and parenting adolescents and to forecast the events that would remove those barriers in the next decade. ...
Self-reported factors influencing adult students' decisions to return to school and to enroll in a nontraditional undergraduate program
(1994)
Among the recent trends in college enrollments has been the dramatic increase in the number of adult students entering undergraduate programs. This population has been identified as the fastest growing on college and ...
An empirical investigation into the strategic responses of U.S. manufacturing firms operating in mature industries threatened by foreign competition
(1990)
During the past decade, U.S. manufacturing firms have found themselves operating in increasingly competitive global markets (Young, 1985). In those global markets are large and aggressive foreign firms anxious to increase ...
The role of the mentor teacher in developing beginning classroom teachers : the perspective from selected exemplary school districts in the United States
(1990)
The purpose of this research had a three-fold approach: to gather data to assist in defining the role of the mentor teacher, to provide information pertaining to perceptions of the role of the mentor within the exemplary ...
Women superintendents' perception of managerial/leadership competencies : a national survey
(1991)
This study was to determine women superintendents' perceptions of the established leadership skills and Performance Areas presented in the AASA Guidelines for the Preparation of School Administrators (1982). None of the ...