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The effects of conflict role and intensity on preschoolers’ expectations about peer conflict
(International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2004-11-01)
Using a puppet procedure depicting hypothetical conflict involving the participant and a peer, 96 preschoolers’ (48 boys and 48 girls; M 1/4 5.14 years, SD 1/4 0.78 years) expectations about peer conflict were assessed as ...
Formulating a Communication Strategy for Effective Knowledge Sharing
(Journal of Information Science, 2004-02-01)
Overcoming cultural resistance from a workforce and gaining sufficient buy-in from senior management are both critical to the successful implementation of Knowledge Management (KM) initiatives in any organization. The main ...
Ghosts in the Bureaucratic Machine: Resurrecting the Principles of Administration in the Oklahoma Health Department
(The American Review of Public Administration, 2004-03-01)
An Oklahoma health department scandal erupted when the acting director was arrested for taking a bribe. More revelations quickly followed, including the existence of multiple “ghost employees” on payroll but having no ...
Topic-Relevant Reference Groups and Dimensions of Distance: Political Advertising and First- and Third-Person Effects
(Communication Research, 2004-04-01)
This article argues for using topic-relevant reference groups in examining first and third-person effects. It also proposes using topic-relevant dimensions of distance to assess relationships not only between self and ...
A Model of the Global and Institutional Antecedents of High-Level Corporate Environmental Performance
(Business & Society, 2004-03-01)
Stories of firms that exceed local compliance requirements in their environmental performance appear routinely. However, we have limited theoretical explanations of what propels these firms to exceed compliance. Our theory ...
Toward the Construction of an Efficient Set of Robot Arm Operator Performance Metrics
(Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 2004-09-01)
As part of a larger project to identify and validate relevant quantitative measures of robot arm operator proficiency, fifteen metrics of arm maneuvering and hand controller performance were defined and measured for 3-DOF ...
Criterion-Related Validity in Multiple-Hurdle Designs: Estimation and Bias
(Organizational Research Methods, 2004-10-01)
Employee selection often involves a series of sequential tests (or hurdles). However, validation strategies under this complex design are not found in the literature. Missing is a discussion of the statistical properties ...
Comparison of Void Reduction Methods for Resin Transfer Molded Composites
(2004)
Liquid composite molding (LCM) processes such as resin transfer molding (RTM) have been successfully used to manufacture high performance fiber-reinforced composites at a low cost. However, these composites usually suffer ...
VI. Decontexualizing Female Criminality: Treating Abused Women in Prison in the United States
(Feminism & Psychology, 2004-05-01)
Panamanian Grandmothers' Family Relationships and Adjustment to Having a Grandchild with a Disability
(The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2004-12-01)
The purpose of this article was to explore the family relationships and role adjustment of grandmothers in the Republic of Panama who have a grandchild with special needs. Thirty Panamanian grandmothers of children with a ...