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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"pattern approach"”.
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The Forbidden Pattern Approach to Concatenation Hierarchies
… on this question using the so-called forbidden pattern approach: Classes of regular languages are characterized in terms of patterns in finite automata (subgraphs in the transition graph) that are not allowed. Such a characterization immediately implies the decidability of the respective class, …
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They're All in it Together: A Pattern Approach to Exploring Goal Orientation
… understanding of work motivation by taking a pattern approach to the examination of the dimensions of goal orientation. To explore the differential behavior of people who possess different goal orientation patterns, the present study sought to verify the existence of optimal and least optimal …
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A Competency Pattern Approach to Development of Curricular Models for Secondary School Agricultural Occupations Programs
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A Different Way of Looking: Application of a Pattern Approach to Understanding Transformational and Transactional Leadership
… this study, an analytic technique known as the pattern approach was employed to effectively discern which particular pattern of leader behaviors was associated with the highest levels of subordinate satisfaction and commitment. In general, the most effective leaders used a combination of …
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A new approach to the study of emergent leadership: the application of personality patterns based on general self-efficacy, intelligence, and dominance
… work of the past by pioneering a multi-variable pattern approach, along with the traditional examination of individual trait measures, in the domain of emergent leadership. The personality pattern examined in this study includes the variables dominance, intelligence and general self-efficacy. All …
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Individual Differences and Leader Emergence in a Transformational Context: An Examination of Person and Process
… (1997) enabling and forceful personality patterns were examined in an emergence setting that facilitates transformational leadership. A secondary purpose of this research was to further our knowledge of the process of leadership. The leadership process defined by Lord and his associates …
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Learning, Prove, and Avoid Goal Orientations in Academics and Athletics: Cross-Structure Analysis and Domain Specificity
… theories. Discussion centers on the need for a pattern approach to the prediction of goal orientation and stresses the importance of examining the interactions among learning, prove, and avoid goals. The overriding conclusion, however, is that goal orientation is not a useful construct.
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Leadership Emergence and Gender Roles: A Contextual Examination
… gender role on leadership emergence by using a pattern approach and manipulating task-type. 200 female undergraduate subjects, categorized based on their personality pattern of three variables (i.e., masculinity, femininity, and intelligence), were placed in groups of four members. Groups were …
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Leader Effectiveness in the Eye of the Beholder: Self-Affirming Implicit Policies in Leader Perception
The present study employed a novel approach to extend current knowledge of how ideal leader prototypes and self-concepts solely and dually influence leader categorization and effectiveness judgments. Cluster analysis and policy-capturing were employed to examine independent and dependent variables …
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Design Optimization of Fuzzy Logic Systems
… used for control, system identification, and pattern recognition problems. In order to maximize their performance, it is often necessary to undertake a design optimization process in which the adjustable parameters defining a particular fuzzy system are tuned to maximize a given performance …
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The construction and classification of educational objectives to develop selling competencies needed by workers in the general merchandise category of distribution
… in the research study, "A Competency Pattern Approach to Curriculum Construction in Distributive Teacher Education," identified as those needed by distributive workers in the selling area of the general merchandise category of distribution. The writer then classified the educational …
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A proposed taxonomy of educational objectives to develop professional teaching competencies for the distributive education teacher-coordinator
… developed in the research study, “A Competency Pattern Approach to Curriculum Construction in Distributive Teacher Education,” were used as a basis for constructing the educational objectives.² Before developing the educational objectives, the writer conducted a review of the literature for …
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Exploring the Impact of God Schema on Equal Opportunity Climate and Related Indicators of Organizational Effectiveness
… the impact of God schema (i.e., God schema patterns) on EO climate (i.e., collective EO climate patterns). The second aim of this research was to explore the impact of God schema, race, gender, and EO climate on indicators of organizational effectiveness, such as job satisfaction, …
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To explore the tangible attributes contributing to brand meaning. A study of local food brands.
… feeling good. Finally, not only are hierarchical approaches evident but there are also flatter patterned approaches apparent amongst the brand attributes and associations. This research makes an original contribution to knowledge regarding brand meaning structures. Hierarchical connections across …