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Finding the Big Picture: A Bona Fide Group Approach to Work Team Assimilation
(2015-12)
The purpose of the present study was to use the bona fide group perspective to study organizational assimilation through the work team context. Applying this perspective served to address two limitations in the organizational ...
RADAR POLARIMETRY FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
(2015-05-08)
Radar aeroecology has steadily progressed since its inception in the 1950's, and additional advancements in radar technology, networks, modeling, and validation continue to drive the science further. As human impacts ...
ASSIMILATION OF RADAR OBSERVATIONS WITH ENSEMBLE VARIATIONAL HYBRID DATA ASSIMILATION METHOD FOR THE INITIALIZATION AND PREDICTION OF HURRICANES
(2015-05-08)
Data assimilation is a critical component for accurate model forecast. This dissertation investigated the ensemble-variational hybrid data assimilation methods using land based radar and airborne radar data for the prediction ...
Nocturnal Boundary Layer and Low-level Jet Characteristics under Different Turbulent Regimes
(2015-05-08)
The intensity, extent, and continuity of turbulence in the nocturnal stable boundary layer (SBL) is governed by many interacting processes and features. Generally, SBLs can be grouped into two broad categories: weakly ...
Instructional Decisions of English/ Language Arts Teachers and Their Reflections on Those Decisions
(2015)
In the current climate of national and state level educational reform, teachers navigate an endless barrage of new ideas, mandates, reforms, curriculum, standards, evaluations, and expectations. Regardless of reform efforts ...
EXPLORING TEACHERS’ AUTONOMY, SELF EFFICACY, MOTIVATION, AND PERCEPTIONS OF STATE MANDATED TESTING IN THE CONTEXT OF NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
(2015-05-08)
This study examined teachers’ autonomy, teachers’ motivation, teachers’ self-efficacy, and teachers’ perceptions of state mandated testing, in the context of NCLB. The research design included an online survey that combined ...
PLACE-IDENTITY AND THE GEOGRAPHIES OF CONTEMPORARY COUNTY FAIRS IN OKLAHOMA
(2015-08)
A particular kind of allure surrounds agricultural fairs in Oklahoma. Agricultural fairs, which include county, regional, and state fairs in the United States, support emotional connections between fair participants and ...
American Indian Views About Family Cohesion and Flexibility
(2015-08-13)
This qualitative study examined the views American Indian people hold regarding family structure. American Indians who identified as members of traditional southeastern tribes regarding family views and the impact of ...
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 ...