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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Organizational conditions"”.
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The relationship of human resource development manager empowerment to organizational conditions
… development (HRD) manager empowerment and four organizational conditions. Three research questions guided the study. These were: (a) what was a viable starting point for an operational definition of HRD manager empowerment, (b) what was the dimensional nature of HRD manager empowerment, and (c) …
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An Inquiry into the Necessary Organizational Conditions for Effective Human Service Delivery
… three-article dissertation seeks to identify the organizational conditions necessary for effective human service delivery. The first article provides a conceptualization by examining existent literature on the condition-performance relationship, integrating theories of organizational complexity …
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An analysis of pastoral perceptions of organizational conditions that promote ministry team effectiveness in multi-staff churches
This study examined the extent to which organizational conditions that promote ministry team effectiveness are present in multi-staff churches. The case was made for the need for effective teamwork in the church organization. Five influential and contemporary models of effective teams were examined …
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Organizational Conditions Shaping the Enactment of Mental Fitness Practices and Psychological Well-being in a Corporate Workplace
… being initiatives, yet little is known about how organizational conditions shape the enactment of interrelationship practices facilitated by those initiatives. This dissertation explores how contextual factors influenced employees’ experiences of mental fitness practices—relatedness, competence, …
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Technological capability catching up : follow the normal way or deviate
… by three groups of factors-R&D characteristics, organizational conditions, and environmental conditions, and that these three groups of factors also form a nested relationship. First, technological capability development is directly influenced by R&D characteristics such as the timing of …
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Empowered work groups: Conceptual framework and empirical assessment of empowerment processes and outcomes in organizations
… hypothesized that the effects of empowering organizational practices on work-related outcomes are mediated by the dimensions of empowerment. A survey questionnaire was developed and administered to employees of two organizations. Structural equations modeling was used to assess the fit of the …
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When technology and business collide : sheltering novelty as a source of innovative products
… objects suggests that the interactions and organizational conditions surrounding the boundary object -- the relational construction -- compete and thereby influence the interpretation and adoption of new technology. Using the case of Xerox PARC, this paper examines the factors occurring in a …
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BEYOND INTERVENTIONS: DISTRICT DESIGN OF MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT AS AN EQUITY FRAMEWORK TO ADDRESS INEQUITABLE STUDENT OUTCOMES
… as the primary unit of change and explored how organizational conditions influence the ability of schools to implement MTSS consistently and in ways that support durable equitable access, opportunity, and success for all students. The purpose of this study was to examine how Illinois school …
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Bridging the gender gap: factors enabling female directors to affect the appointment of female CEOs
… to the CEO position is stronger under two organizational conditions: (1) when directors have an opportunity to observe or work with women in the upper echelons of other firms through board interlock ties and (2) when the organization or industry has a higher-level of female-friendliness. I …
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Self-management and participatory schemes in co-operatives : a comparative study of self-management in industrial co-operatives in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana
… in the cooperatives are influenced by the organizational conditions in the cooperatives. On the basis these findings, the research has contributed to our knowledge of the organization and the functioning of co-operatives in developing countries. Furthermore, the research has demonstrated …
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The Professional Development School : a Descriptive Case Study of its History and Development
… forms o f expertise, and operate under different organizational conditions and reward structures (Goodlad, 1990; Stoddart, Winitzky & O ’Keefe, 1992). Throughout much o f the last century, collaboration between schools and universities have often been unsuccessful. In order for Professional …
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Supporting teachers' data use for instructional improvement: The role of learning performance management systems and professional learning context
… of teachers (n=1422) to examine key school conditions—technological data management tools and professional learning community context—that purportedly support teachers’ data use. Qualitative methods (observations, interviews, and focus groups) were also employed at one school site to explore …
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Understanding teachers' use of formative assessment practices during literacy
… this study brings to the forefront that organizational conditions were influential in teachers’ understandings and use of formative assessment. Rather than formative assessment being viewed as a process or “entwined with instruction and pedagogical processes,” (Shephard, 2005b, p. 24) the …
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When Data Matter: Evaluating Data Prioritization for Department-Level Decision-Making in Higher Education
… Secondarily, the evaluation explored what organizational conditions would be necessary for unused student-generated qualitative data to be considered relevant in the decision-making process about issues related to the student experience. Rooted in a constructivist methodology, this process …
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On the margins? : an analysis of theory and practice of development education in the 1990s
… an analysis' of the internal and -external conditions which circumscribe development education practice. It starts by charting the evolution, of development education, and identifying the major historical, cultural and theoretical forces which have given shape to it. It draws on key areas of …
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Facilitating and Hindering Factors in Implementing Managerial Technology: A Socio-Technical System Process
… in which attempts are made to apply such organizational theories and practices; (b) differences between economic systems of developing nations and industrialized nations (c) differences in political history, values and practices and (d) differences in organizational functioning and …
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Organizational responses to technological discontinuities: the case of the American College of Radiology (ACR)
A long history of organizational research has shown that organizations are affected significantly by changes in technology. Scholars have given particular attention to the effects of so-called disruptive or discontinuous technological changes. Studies have repeatedly shown that established, …
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Institutionalizing Performance Management: Lessons for Government Leaders from the Government Performance and Results Act Modernization Act of 2010
… performance information at all levels to improve organizational learning, management decisions, and performance. The latter represents full institutionalization of performance management reform. Empirical research on institutional and organizational conditions that lead to variance in …
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The Relationship Between Academic Achievement and Perceived Organizational Effectiveness and the Michigan Elementary Exemplary Public School Recognition Program
… elementary schools do not appear to be more organizationally effective than other schools which have applied for recognition or have been identified as top-achieving schools. Moreover, no significant relationship exists between socioeconomic factors, pupil achievement, organizational …
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Good Deeds Gone Wrong: How Leader Self-Sacrifice Morally Licenses Followers Counterproductive Work Behaviors
… of leader group prototypicality (LGP) and organizational justice on the relationship between LSS, moral identity, and CWBs are explored. I conduct three studies to examine the mediating effect of moral licensing, and the moderating effects of LGP and organizational justice, on CWBs. In …
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