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Leader-to-member trust model: On the pervasiveness of doubt in effective leadership communication
(2011)
The purpose of this research was to explore how effective leaders report trusting and doubting their members. Specifically, this investigation: (a) described how effective leaders reported making predictions of the certainty ...
Production-Induced Changes in Reservoir Geomechanics
(2011)
Sand production remains a source of concern in both conventional and heavy oil production. Porosity increase and changes in local stress magnitude, which often enhance permeability, have been associated with severe sanding. ...
The Distortion of Upward Communication in Military Organizations
(2011)
This study explores the relationship between subordinates' inclination to distort negative upward organizational communication and four personality variables. The study used a postulated Upward Organizational Communication ...
Essays in Corporate Finance and Intermediation
(2011)
This dissertation is a collection of three essays that investigate the role and importance of intermediaries in corporate finance and financial markets. Chapter 1 investigates whether bond rating agencies convey new ...
HUMAN DETECTION AND TRACKING ENHANCING SECURITY SYSTEMS AT PORTS OF ENTRY
(2011)
The dissertation undertakes the critical application of establishing smarter surveillance systems to improve security measures in various environments. Human detection and tracking are two image processing methods that ...
Student Acquisition of Biological Evolution-Related Misconceptions: The Role of Public High School Introductory Biology Teachers
(2011)
In order to eliminate student misconceptions concerning biological evolution, it is important to identify their sources. The purposes of this study were to: (a) identify biological evolution-related misconceptions held ...
Nanoscale studies of thermal transport: R-matrix theory and thermal transport in strained graphene nanoribbons.
(2011)
The rapid development of nanotechnology has enabled the fabrication of structures much smaller than the mean free path of electrons and phonons. In modern electronics, miniaturization is desired to increase the transistor ...
RELATIONSHIPS AMONG COMMUNITIES, IDENTITIES, AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES
(2011)
A potential barrier to increasing diversity in engineering may be the failure of engineering colleges within predominantly White institutions (PWI's) to understand, acknowledge, and/or accommodate the unique perspectives ...
Robust Optical Wireless Links over Turbulent Media using Diversity Solutions
(2011)
Free-space optic (FSO) technology, i.e., optical wireless communication (OWC), is widely recognized as superior to radio frequency (RF) in many aspects. Visible and invisible optical wireless links solve first/last mile ...
COMPARING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ERROR AVOIDANCE, ERROR MANAGEMENT AND TEAM-BASED LEARNING PROGRAMS FOR SAP SOFTWARE TRAINING
(2011)
The implementation of large enterprise software systems introduces changes to business transactions and processes that have to be communicated and trained. SAP is one of the leading enterprise systems in the world, and ...