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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"Personal variables"”.
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The relationships between selected personal variables and faculty perception of the leader behavior of the academic dean
… to investigate relationships between selected personal variables of faculty members and academic deans and faculty perception of the leader behavior and effectiveness of the academic dean. A secondary purpose of the study was to investigate relationships between the leader behavior dimensions …
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Intra-personal variables and characteristics of interactions between change agent and client: their predictive relationship to attitudes toward change and toward the change agent
… (1) the relative contributions of six intrapersonal subsystems of potential adopters of innovations in accounting for attitudes toward change and toward the change agent; and, (2) the characteristics of diffusion strategies associated with modifications in attitudes toward change and toward …
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Adolescent Norms for the Eating Disorder Inventory as Related to Personal Variables in Female Adolescents at One Private Urban, One Rural, and One Semi-Rural High School
… using the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) and a personal background questionnaire. The higher the subscale scores on the EDI the more similar the individual's perceptions to those of victims with a pathological eating disorder.</p> <p>With the exception of the Maturity Fears, Perfectionism, and …
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The Predictive Roles of the Personal Variables and the Leader Attributes and Behaviors of Department Chairpersons Regarding the Outcomes of Leadership as Perceived by Department Members in Selected Jamaican Universities
… have often been selected either because of their personal aspirations or their emergence. Since institutional success is integrally linked to leadership, an intentional approach to leader identification should be established in an effort to consistently yield the desired outcomes. The purpose of …
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Vicarious Traumatization in Therapists: Contributing Factors, PTSD Symptomatology, and Cognitive Distortions
… completed a survey that examines the impact of personal and professional factors on vicarious traumatization. Quantitative results indicated that therapists' personal variables of sex, personal trauma history, and current stressfulness of personal trauma predict PTSD symptoms, while variables …
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The relation of home economics teachers' professional identification and personal characteristics to job satisfaction
… the United States and to determine which personal variables related to those two constructs. The sample of 500 members of the Elementary, Secondary, and Adult Education section of the American Home Economics Association was randomized by ZIP Code to assure national geographic coverage. …
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A Model of Organizational Commitment in Staff Nurses
… utilized which incorporated organizational and personal variables. The correlational design resulted in a temporally ordered causal recursive model with linkages supported by a literature review. Past research has demonstrated less organizationally committed nurses more prone to leave their …
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Students' experience and perceived learning outcomes in international collaborative programs in Shanghai, China
… of learning outcomes, even when students' personal variables, such as gender, grade level, major, pre-college grades, and international experience were controlled. This research further investigated the possible moderating effect of personal variables on the relationship between learning …
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National survey of the attitude of school board members toward community participation--community control
… of this attitude to selected demographic and personal data. The population for this descriptive research was school board member subscribers to The American School Board Journal. A stratified random sample of 17% received the National Questionnaire on Attitudes of School Board Members. …
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Variables Associated With the Disciplinary Actions Received by Middle and High School African-American Students in Public Schools: A Synthesis of Studies
… (1) to identify and collect studies on the variables associated with the disciplining of African-American students, (2) to examine how the variables contribute to African-American students being disproportionately disciplined when compared to other ethnic groups, and (3) to examine how the …
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An Examination of Moderators of Use of Violence by Adolescents
… examined the extent to which psychosocial or personal variables moderated the relationship between exposure to violence and use of violence in adolescents. The relationship between exposure to violence and use of violence was examined within a sample of adolescents, ages 13 -18. The major …
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Variables Associated With Academic Achievement of African-American Males in Four-Year Undergraduate Educational Institutions: a Synthesis of Studies
… males. The second purpose was to identify variables associated with achievement of African-American males. In this review of 13 studies, 48 variables associated with academic achievement of undergraduate, African-American males were identified. These variables were placed into three …
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Consumers' Behavioral Intentions Regarding Online Shopping
… control (PBC). The effects of demographic and personal variables on BI are also examined. Data analysis (n = 303) indicates that attitude, subjective norm, perceptions of behavioral controls, and previous purchases are significant predictors of behavioral intention. Product/Convenience, …
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Teachers' concerns about integrative physical education: A cross-cultural comparison
… change in largely individual. The influence of personal and contextual variables on teachers concerns is affected by cultural differences (e.g., working conditions). However, the theoretical implications for the relationships between concerns, personal variables, and contextual variables appears …
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A study of organizational and professional commitment among nurses in Singapore
… (b) determine the effects of the nurses' personal variables on their organizational commitment; and (c) ascertain the relationships between the nurses's overall job satisfaction and their organizational commitment and professional commitment. A total of 2,424 usable questionnaires were …
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An Investigation of Parents' Perceptions of the Junior-Academy Principal's Role in the Lake Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
… and maintain constituency confidence; (c) Hold personal conferences with teachers; (3) Of the seven areas of administrative responsibility identified, student personnel was ranked highest and spiritual leadership lowest. (4) There was a significant difference between parents' perceptions of the …
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The Assessment of Burnout and Resilience in Correctional Officers
… was to: (a) identify whether select positive personal variables (i.e., hope, optimism, social support) are associated with increased resilience, (b) determine the extent to which individual resilience acts as a protective factor against job burnout, (c) ascertain whether resilience serves as a …
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Learner as an active participant in learning and continuous assessment
… role. The findings also show that learners' personal variables such as gender, age as well as grade have no influence on learners' active role which they play in learning and continuous assessment. On the basis of the findings of this study, recommendations to the Department of Education as …
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Self-employed youth and youth employed in governmental positions: an analysis of high school and beyond data
This ex post facto descriptive study used personal and environmental variables to differentiate 1,318 youth who attained either self-employment or positions working for a governmental entity within four years after high school. Differentiation was assessed based on the "push" and "pull" theories of …
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Effects of Situational Authority and Subject's Level of Dogmatism on Attitudes Toward Conventional and Unconventional Music.
… attention to the role of situational as well as personal variables in predicting behavior (e.g., Mischel, 1968, 1973; Mischel, Ebbeson and Zeiss, 1973 ; Milgram, 1963, 1964, 1974). This recent research represents a trend away from traditional personality theories which emphasize traits as broad …
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