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Showing 1 to 20 of 88 for “"Reconceptualization"”.
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A RECONCEPTUALIZATION OF CHILDCARE BASED ON COMPARISONS OF THREE CHILDCARE ALTERNATIVES
<p>The present study examines three aspects of childcare: the childcare provider, the parent, and the social environment within childcare centers. Providers of family daycare, and directors of group daycare and nursery schools were surveyed regarding the services they provide. Parents whose …
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Agile Knowledge Management; A Review, Reconceptualization, and Extension to Military Applications
<p>The purpose of this research is to explore the conceptual background of agility in knowledge management, re-conceptualize it and extend it to military applications with a special focus on Counterinsurgency (COIN).</p> <p>An initial qualitative exploration of agility in knowledge management was …
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A schematic reconceptualization of Gottfredson's theory : the development of a compromise measure
… of career development and choice. A schematic reconceptualization of Gottfredson's theory was proposed to reconcile the conflicting findings of the circumscription and compromise process. The current methods in measuring circumscription and compromise, however, were not adequate to measure them …
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Humanist Reconceptualization Of The Dogmatic Marxist Concept Of Religion By Esad Ćimić
<p>This study analyzes and evaluates the humanist reconceptualization of the dogmatic-Marxist concept of religion by the Yuqoslav philosopher Esad CimiC . The questions we address are:How did Cimic reshape the dogmatic Marxist criticism of religion? and What is the significance of this reshaping …
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Renaissance of the ramp : reconceptualization of National Assembly's architectural symbolism and accessibility
This thesis examines the architectural potential through the functional extension of the plaza and reconstruction of the symbolic National Assembly to answer questions. Creating a space of ramps will heighten perceptions of accessibility of the National Assembly. The plaza becomes the place of …
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Toward a reconceptualization of paternal involvement in infancy: The role of maternal gatekeeping
It is proposed that previous studies of the determinants of paternal involvement in infant care have produced equivocal findings due to the failure to consider maternal attitudes with respect to father involvement in child care. This study of paternal involvement employed a two-pronged strategy: …
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Towards an inclusive reconceptualization of IT governance: espoused theory and theories-in-use
IT governance is a highly researched field with a majority of the literature focusing on structural (form) and processual (contingency) mechanisms. The theoretical foundations of agency theory, which has a strong focus on control, predominantly underpin the current IT governance practices. The …
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Law enforcement's reconceptualization of juvenile prostitutes from delinquency offenders to child sexual abuse victims in six US cities
<p>The involvement of youth in prostitution has proven to be a difficult and complex issue for law enforcement, child welfare, and social service agencies to confront. This stems from the complicated social and legal aspects of the problem, which have created considerable ambiguity in how to …
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An Examination of Self-Editing Behavior on the Part of the Listener
… Epting, 2003). The current study suggests a reconceptualization of self-editing behavior using an interbehavioral approach to verbal interactions (Kantor, 1977). As such, self-editing behavior is described as a verbal event in which a listener can participate. From this reconceptualization, …
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Essays on a novel framework for product development theory
… emergent framework for the novel description and reconceptualization of the standard product development (PD) process. We begin with a review of the literature on Set-Based Design (SBD), introducing a paradigm called Set- Based Thinking which unifies the SBD and affiliated literatures around …
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GENESIS AND CONCEPTUALIZATION OF COOPETITION STRATEGY
… at interfirm relationships, or more simply a reconceptualization of an old phenomena?
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Spatializing science and technology studies : exploring the role of GIS and interactive social research
… awareness about sustainability. A theoretical reconceptualization of knowledge building is provided that favours interactive engagement with information and argues against a traditional model of science production and communication that is linear and unidirectional. The elements of …
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Dreams and the Maternal Imaginary: From Nostalgic Intersubjectivity to Mourning
… rise of object relational paradigms led to the reconceptualization of the dream in relation to the presence of the maternal mind rather than the absence of the maternal body. It describes how this reconceptualization led to the understanding of the analytic session as a waking dream and to the …
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Aspects of the syntax of Spanish nominal expressions
… concern of the study is the major theoretical reconceptualization of nominal structure known as the DP Hypothesis, an analysis of nominal expressions as being headed by D, rather than by N, as in the traditional analysis. The most important proposals in support of this hypothesis are set out …
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CLIMATE AS ASSEMBLAGE: IMAGINING AN ECOLOGICAL METAPHYSIC
… and I offer an indication of what this reconceptualization would look like for climate. Climate-as-assemblage brings to light numerous and diverse nonhuman forces, or actants, and taking these seriously requires a reconceptualization of agency that can be broadly disseminated across …
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CLIMATE AS ASSEMBLAGE: IMAGINING AN ECOLOGICAL METAPHYSIC
… and I offer an indication of what this reconceptualization would look like for climate. Climate-as-assemblage brings to light numerous and diverse nonhuman forces, or actants, and taking these seriously requires a reconceptualization of agency that can be broadly disseminated across …
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Environments, Transactions, and Organizational Practices: The Management and Performance of Real Estate Brokerage Firms
A reconceptualization of the environment-organizational structure relationship is at the heart of this study. The poverty of the theoretical language used to articulate this relationship which has made it difficult for organization theorists to relate organizational practices to external factors. …
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Progressive Education in Transition: An Intellectual History
… and 1960s and the movement forward with the reconceptualization of the field in the early 1970s were discussed. This reconceptualization of the field in the early 1970s provided a renewed texture from which to move forward in critiquing and changing curriculum theory. By understanding …
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Necessary and Sufficient: Examining the Role of Attachment Trauma and Psychological Maltreatment as Primary Etiological Factors in the Development of Borderline Personality Disorder
… factors in the development of BPD. As such, a reconceptualization of BPD as a trauma disorder may be beneficial in both destigmatizing BPD and for more effective treatments.</p>
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