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The Effects of Managerial Values on Social Issues Evaluation: An Empirical Examination
(Business & Society, 2000-06-01)
This article suggests that due to the value-laden nature of social issues, managerial values, as a framework or schema, play an important role in the social issues evaluation process. Our data show that there is clearly a ...
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 ...
The Impact of Web Site Campaigning on Traditional News Media and Public Information Processing
(Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 2003-09-01)
This study examined the impact of Web site campaigning on traditional news media agendas and on public opinion during the 2000presidential election campaign. Based on an intermedia agenda-setting approach, this study ...
IN PURSUIT OF MODERATION: NINE COMMON ERRORS AND THEIR SOLUTIONS
(2003-09)
One result of the increasing sophistication and complexity of MIS theory and research is the number of studies hypothesizing and testing for moderation effects. A review of the MIS and broader management literatures suggests ...
The Morning After: Assessing the Effect of Major Terrorism Events on Prosecution Strategies and Outcomes
(Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 2007-05-01)
A major terrorism event has several important consequences for officials involved in the investigation and prosecution of terrorist activities. Such events are likely to bring increased scrutiny by both public policy ...
Punishing Terrorists: A Re-Examination of U.S. Federal Sentencing in the Postguidelines Era
(International Criminal Justice Review, 2009-12-01)
The empirical literature on the theory and practice of sentencing politically motivated offenders such as terrorists in U.S. federal courts is limited. Thus, we know relatively little about the dealings between terrorist ...
Movement and adjustment in twentieth-century Western writing
(2003-08)
Western American literature in the twentieth century has effectively mirrored life in the
region. The West has for centuries seen more geographic movement, and accompanying
cultural adjustment, than other American regions. ...
Popular Science in National and Transnational Perspective: Suggestions from the American Context
(2009-06)
In what ways can the study of science and popular culture in the American context contribute to ongoing debates on popularization and popular science? This essay suggests that, for several reasons, attention to the antebellum ...
Beyond Two Decades of Motivation: A Review of the Research and Practice in Instructional Design and Human Performance Technology
(Human Resource Development Review, 2003-03-01)
Existing models and methods of instructional design and performance improvement offer promise for enhancement in nearly every area of human resource development. However, they fall short of potential in addressing human ...
Self-Esteem Maintenance Processes: Why Low Self-Esteem may be Resistant to Change
(Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2003-07-01)
If most people desire to maximize feelings of self-worth, how do we explain the persistence of low self-esteem? Results from four studies suggest that people with low self-esteem may be less likely to accept positive ...