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The role of employee motives in determining the type and consequences of citizenship behavior: The introduction of the OCB-Intentionality Scale
(2015)
Several decades have passed since organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) began to permeate the organizational sciences. Only recently, however, have scholars begun to critically analyze the motives that drive OCB. The ...
Faculty intentions to learn new technology in regards to existing teaching, research and service commitments: An integration of prospect theory and theory of planned behavior
(2015-05-08)
This research used a revised theory of planned behavior model and incorporated perceptions of time pressure, perceived instrumentality and a modified loss aversion index, to examine relationships between these constructs ...
PLANETARY REMNANTS AROUND WHITE DWARF STARS
(2015-05-08)
In this dissertation we present the results of four separate searches for infrared excess emission at white dwarf stars. Using spectra from the IRTF and photometry from PAIRITEL, MMT+SWIRC, Gemini+NIRI, and Spitzer+IRAC ...
Three Diverse Works for Trumpet by Japanese Composers: a Study of the Lives and Works of Toru Takemitsu, Marcel Kentsubitsch, and Hisato Ozawa
(2015-05-08)
Currently, band is one of the most popular extracurricular activities in Japanese schools, and many people enjoy playing the trumpet not only as professionals but also as a hobby. As band players, trumpeters in Japan ...
FLORENT SCHMITT AND THE LIED ET SCHERZO, OP. 54
(2015-05-08)
Though written by a less well-known composer, Florent Schmitt’s Lied et Scherzo, Op. 54, is a work for double woodwind quintet featuring a principal French horn that arguably approaches the stature of such cornerstone works ...
IMPROVING ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS VIA LOGIC DIVERSITY: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA NARRATIVES AND USE IN THE ENERGY SECTOR
(2015-05-08)
Over the last decade, social media has diffused widely through society, increasingly impacting aspects of our lives. In the private sphere, we use social media to develop and maintain personal relationships. In the civic ...
Social aggression mediated via kin selection and ecological competition in the Amazon molly, Poecilia formosa
(2015-05)
The maintenance of sexual reproduction is still a largely unresolved question in evolutionary biology, and one of the most puzzling aspects of this is the co-existence of sexual and asexual species. This often leads to ...
Transcriptions and Choral Arrangements of Five Wichita Melodies
(2015-08)
Preservation of Native American music is a timely and necessary endeavor. In the hopes of preserving the music of one Southern Plains tribe, this document examines five melodies and four choral arrangements of the Wichita ...
The Politics of Partisan Issue Attention: Connecting Congress and Policy Subsystems
(2015-05)
Attention is a disruptive force in politics; it is also a scarce resource. Decision-makers must prioritize which issues receive attention—typically educing policy change—and which issues are ignored. While issue attention ...
On the Methodological and Normative Foundations of Probabilism
(2015-12-18)
This dissertation is an elaboration and defense of probabilism, the view that belief comes in various degrees of strength, and that the probability calculus provides coherence norms for these degrees of belief. Probabilism ...