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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"organization leaders"”.
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Sport and Social Capital: Perceptions of Sport for Development Organization Leaders in Kigali, Rwanda
… by exploring the relationship between two SFD organization sports programs and social capital formation among their youth participants in Kigali, Rwanda. I conducted semi-structured interviews with the leaders of both SFD entities to obtain their perceptions concerning whether and how the …
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“I’m the only one that knows what I can and can’t do.”: Shaping identities through disability accommodation discussions
… more about their experiences across several organizational fields. Analysis of these interviews pointed to barriers within the workplace when navigating accommodation discussions based on relationships with others, degree of disability support in the organization, and understanding of …
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Leaders Without Formal Titles: Student Leadership Within A Private University in the Midwestern U.S.
… phenomenological study was to discover the leadership characteristics which influence a follower to become an informal leader within a student organization at a university in the Midwestern U.S. The aim of the study was to use the discovered characteristics of the followers to assist student …
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Fracturing Illinois: Fields of Political Contention in Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Policy
… the interactions between social movement organizations and a variety of state and municipal targets of movement activity during the construction of the Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act (HFRA). Hydraulic fracturing is a controversial method of oil and gas extraction which …
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Equitable visitation of national parks : shedding light on community partner perspectives to improve park planning for all
… provides a deep dive into the lives of community organization leaders and National Park Service staff who work to promote diversity outdoors through hiking programs, the arts, advocacy, and more. The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (outside of Los Angeles California) is used as a …
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THREAT RECOGNITION IN INCUMBENT FIRMS: A CASE FOR ORGANIZATIONAL VELOCITY
… observation through action and across different organizational contexts. </p> <p>This qualitative study explores the process of threat recognition in several industries and organizational contexts through in-depth interviews with senior business and military leaders. The objective is to uncover …
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Food Security Survey Research
… was participatory action research involving host organization leaders' village leaders, District community development officers and agricultural extension officers. Quantitative data were collected using semi-structured questionnaire and focus group discussion, documentary review, direct …
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Is international service-learning win-win? A case study of an engineering partnership
… that compose the community- participants, organization leaders, residents, and others. This study responds to this need by exploring the community participants’ perspectives in Waslala, Nicaragua about the projects and partnership with Villanova University’s College of Engineering. The two …
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The role of national culture on the relationship between leadership styles and job satisfaction among public universities in the United Arab Emirates
… Emirates (UAE). Previous research has shown that leaders play a vital role in enhancing job satisfaction among academic staff. Here, transformational and transactional leadership were found to be the most efficiently influence attaining job satisfaction compared to other leadership styles. Due to …
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Emotional Intelligence Among Leaders and Non-Leaders in Campus Organizations
… emotional intelligence (EQ) levels among student leaders and members of three types of student organizations: governing, service, and special interest. Emotional intelligence refers to one's ability to recognize emotions in oneself and others and the ability to exhibit appropriate responses to …
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Law enforcement recruitment: the social, economic, and political considerations for police officer recruitment programs
… challenges for public administrators. Public organization leaders and police agency executives struggle with constant budget constraints, mounting expectations in law enforcement mandates, personnel management conflicts, and modem socially engineered perceptions on police legitimacy. Despite …
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Hierarchy of job wants as perceived by teachers and significant other parties to collective bargaining in selected Indiana school corporations
… Board presidents, superintendents, and teacher organization staffs ranked improved wages as the most prepotent teacher want. Significant differences were noted between rankings of teacher job wants and rankings of teacher wants by non-teachers. Rankings of perceived teacher job wants by board …
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Training Needs Assessment as an Action Research Intervention in a Federal Agency
Consultants are frequently called to help organization leaders identify and solve problems. However, few research reports reveal the holistic nature of the process. This case study helps fill that void with naturalistic inquiry into a process consulting intervention. This action research describes …
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Public school employer and employee leaders' attitudes toward contract dispute resolution devices
… were as follows: 1. Public school employer leaders did not agree that compulsory and binding arbitration are effective contract settlement devices. Teacher organization leaders disagree with those sentiments. 2. Employer leaders and employee leaders disagreed on whether arbitration is in the …
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The Design, Implementation, and Assessment of Initial Change and Growth in a Local Voluntary Organization and its Members
… involvement, such as clubs, associations, and organizations, that bring people together to effectively pursue a shared objective. In this postmodern society, leaders of community and nonprofit organizations find they are asking themselves difficult questions about the most effective methods of …