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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"Captains"”.
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Army Reserve General Officers and Captains of Industry -- A Study In Developing Dual Career Readiness
… executive careers as Army Reserve generals and captains of industry. This narrative study describes the pathways to becoming a general officer, risks of pursuing dual military and civilian careers, managing the journey, skills of successful executives, and structural and cultural imbalances in …
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The Effects of Inadequate Training on Knowledge Management Systems: Retention Crisis of Captains in the United States Army
… management for officers and the desires of captains to continue serving beyond their service obligation. Amidst the current retention crisis (Winkie, 2023) at the captain rank, blame often falls on factors outside of the Army’s control. This research, however, seeks to investigate a factor …
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Chosen Ones: A Qualitative Inquiry into the Collegiate Team Captain Experience
… of collegiate competition: male team sport captains, male individual sport captains, female team sport captains, and female individual sport captains. Participant interviews revealed an overall thematic structure of: A Good and Fun Experience, Responsibilities, and Relationships. Several …
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An exploration of the Scottish Women’s Premier League 2016 league restructure: forming recommendations for future development
… Club Managers / Head Coaches and Captain / Vice-Captains. Eight Club Managers / Head Coaches (7 Male 1 Female) and six Club Captains / Vice-Captains (6 Female) participated in this study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with all participants and these were thematically analysed. The …
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A comparison of the perceptions of NCAA Division III athletic administrators, coaches, and athletes regarding compliance with Title IX
… men's sports in financial support. Women's team captains perceived less equity than men's team captains in financial support. Women's softball players perceived less equity than other team captains in program support, while women's tennis perceived less equity than men's team captains in program …
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Self-Assessments by U.S. Army Officers: Effects of Skill Level and Item Ambiguity on Accuracy
… of self-assessments made by Lieutenants and Captains in the U. S. Army. The results indicated that increased skill level resulted in increased accuracy of self-assessments while ambiguity had no effect. Counter to the hypothesis, as items became more ambiguous, both Captains and Lieutenants …
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Regional Airline Pilot Commute: How Commuting by Air Affects Pilots' Satisfaction with Life
… in satisfaction with life for airplane commute captains vs. traditional commute captains, and airplane commute captains vs. traditional commute first officers. When only airplane commute pilots were analyzed, there are significant differences in satisfaction with life for pilots that commute …
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The Process of Team Selection in Children's Self-Directed and Adult-Directed Games (Play, Socialization)
… were most particular about who got to be captains, the order of selection, and who could and could not play. The main criterion influencing the selection of captains, and of teams, was athletic ability with friendship as an interrelated factor. In physical education classes teachers …
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Uncovered : the cover-up of the My Lai massacre.
… ranging from privates up through corporals and captains, knew of the event and what had occurred. For nearly a year the events were kept secret under a U.S. Army cover-up. Using the Peers Commission report, this study will show that the United States military intentionally covered-up the events …
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The Impact of Non-Mandated Physical Training on Physiological Measures and Performance in Army Officers
… 5 months of non-mandated exercise. Twenty two captains stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia volunteered to participate (age; 26.9£1.2 years, height; 1.76+0.6m, and weight; 83.1+11.1kg). Eleven participants remained in active units with mandated training (MT) while 11 participants were in …
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Pilot Perception of Cockpit Organizational Framework’s Impact on Flight Safety and Subordinate Pilot Behavior
… to identify and correct captain errors than captains are to correct FO errors. Crew resource management (CRM) training was introduced in the late 1970s to improve captain teamwork skills to utilize the FO more effectively and to increase FO willingness to interject to preserve safety. Despite …
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Military applications of geological engineering
… training in military engineering at the "Captains Career Course" of the U.S. Army Engineer School.</p> <p>Almost everywhere has some existing data on the local geology for civil purposes, yet these are ignored, not accessible or not translated to military purposes. A description of the …
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'Wanton and torturing punishments' : patterns of discipline and punishment in the Royal Navy, 1783-1815
… behind it included an examination of the captains’ and masters’ logs from a sample of warships of the period in order to extract the data contained within them concerning summary punishment. The literature covering the debate is examined, leading to an explanation of the objectives of the …
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Access to, retention and experiences of girls in technical secondary schools
… of responsibility such as class monitors and captains as well as their retention in the schools were lower than that for boys. The study also found that more girls in the urban technical secondary school not only came from higher socio-economic backgrounds, but also experienced and practised …
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THE IMPACT OF DESIGN ON THE COMPLIANCE OF STATES WITH INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
… burden of compliance falls on individual ship captains and harbor inspectors. By investigating the relationship between the state and the individual in compliance matters this work aims to contribute to the scholarship on the optimal path of bringing on the ground realities to diplomatic …
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The Boy Battery: A Socio-Military Study of the 2nd Missouri Light Artillery
… Army, following the unit under three successive captains, Clark, King, and Farris. This study, the first to focus on a State Guard artillery unit, discusses historiography, the war in Missouri, the organization of the Missouri State Guard, and the challenges faced by its artillery. The analysis …
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Fan Perception of Justice in Team Disciplinary Decisions
… severe) x 2 (Decision Maker: head coach vs. team captains) factorial design was used. Participants responded to four of the 16 hypothetical scenarios resulting from the design. Participants included 354 fans in attendance at a several university athletic events and students in psychology courses. …
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Developing a fengshui-based strategic decision-making model for Malaysia's property industry
… character. Fourteen participants of Malaysia's captains of the property industry formed the purposive sample. The researcher has prior familiarity and prolonged engagement with the subject matter. Therefore, the Modified Stevick-Colaizzi-Keen method was employed, including pre-reflective …
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MOBOCRACY: THE MOB AND AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1782-1851
… cartoons of the 1830s, reveal that corrupt captains are formed wherever Americans look for freedom, whether that be at sea or on the western frontier. The concluding chapter focuses on the current usage of "mob" in American culture--looking at the Tea Party and Occupy movements of the last …
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Searching for the Schooner Rob Roy: An Historical Archaeological Analysis of a Civil War Blockade Runner
… running became a lucrative career, and several captains, who held no allegiance to the Union or Confederacy, took advantage of the potential profits. One such captain, William Watson, successfully ran the blockade from 1863 to 1865 with the assistance of the eight-man crew on the centerboard …
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