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Communication skills training and development: What is the state of the art?
(2001)
This exploratory/descriptive study investigates communication skills training provided by companies between 1998 and 2000 and perceptions of human resource practitioners (managers and trainers) as to the importance of ...
The advancement of women in higher education leadership.
(2001)
The cross-case analysis is supported by literature on organizational culture, change and life cycle. The importance of pioneers and the context for social change are discussed along with their impact on the diffusion of ...
A comparison of organizational culture between administrative affairs administrators and academic affairs administrators at selected institutions of higher education.
(2001)
This study examined the organizational culture of two administrative subcultures, the administrative affairs division and the academic affairs division in three four-year institutions of higher education: a research ...
Women mentoring minority women in universities: Retention strategies for female minority students.
(2001)
These purposely selected women (informally) mentored minority women in two different universities in one state. The broad research question was: (1) How do university female faculty perceive the mentoring process (if ...
The effect of Taiwanese piano education from the perspectives of college senior piano majors.
(2001)
Taiwanese parents and educators should first acknowledge what the students really need, then provide an environment which can help and guide them to internalize and actualize their beliefs in piano playing and nurture the ...
A descriptive analysis of dynamic (loudness) accuracy test scores for college non-keyboard music majors in group piano classes who practiced with four types of MIDI accompaniment.
(2001)
This study provided a descriptive analysis of test scores for dynamic (loudness) accuracy of pianists who practiced three pieces with various types of non-interactive musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) accompaniment. ...
Alterations to faculty compensation structures at midwest medical schools.
(2001)
Despite an almost equal number of positive and negative outcomes reported as a result of the plans' implementation, the majority of the faculty respondents were accepting of the revised plan, and reported its implementation ...
An examination of career longevity, career achievement, and Machiavellian attitudes of engineers and analysts in an international engineering and communications organization.
(2001)
There are implications for research and practice related to the explanations. The results of this study provide researchers with important information concerning the Machiavellian construct and the nature of the relationship ...
Impact of an Internet project on college mathematics students' discourse and meaning-making.
(2001)
Recommendations for future research regarding students' meaning efforts included suggestions for possible holistic approaches as well as suggestions for more student input into classroom curriculum design. Some examples ...
The relationship among language, classroom discourse, cognitive development, achievement, and vocabulary of developmental mathematics students.
(2001)
The purpose of this research was to examine how focusing on language and classroom discourse impacts the cognitive development, achievement, and vocabulary development of college developmental mathematics students. Two ...