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2000 U.S. Presidential Campaign and Elaboration Likelihood Theory

In twelve pages this theory's concepts are examined within the context of the 2000 U.S. presidential election with attitude paths ...

Importance of the Locus of Control Theory

In 5 pages this paper discusses how life is affected by the Locus of Control concept in a consideration of this theory's significa...

Contingency Theory; Is It Valid?

level of variation and employee discretion is required then it is more likely the best approach to production control the one wher...

A Review of Issues in Economics by Robert Guell

in depth the basics of theory. The section starts out with the more basic ideas of economics, first there is a chapter on opportu...

Crime, Victimology and Victimization

get close with one another. Another theorist contends it is segmentation that would divide people (Lilly, 2002). Lilly (2002) rela...

Nursing Vocabulary

is a term that refers to "a formal way of thinking (i.e. conceptualizing) about a process/system under study" (Conceptual Framewor...

Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft

is "largely agricultural and the political life is local" (Deflem, 2001). The Gesellschaft, on the other hand, is "organized at th...

A Theoretical Approach To Cultural Change Within An Organization

are required. The concept of culture may be seen as the embodiment of the norms, values and beliefs. These may be seen...

Leadership Theories: A Comparison

can be expressed as ones ability to pay attention to how ones rational decisions relate to ones values, as well as ones ability to...

Developmental Theories Compared

theory form of human development. Freud discussed psychosexual development, Erikson discussed psychosocial development and Piaget ...

Learning Theory Applied to a Government Department

the need to learn to develop and respond may not be seen as new, this dates back to ideas such as Sun Tzu and Confucius (Thompson,...

Jurisprudence - Criticism of Austin’s Command Theory

deemed to be sovereign (Strauss, 1996). The law is then issued by that sovereign and will have the power of threat and force, wit...

Uncertainty in Illness Theory/Merle H. Mishel

Intervention using Mishels theory facilitates the process of patients accepting the inevitability of uncertainty as a factor in th...

Leadership Theories

people and meanings including emotions, while managers work at a lower level of emotion and do not look for meaning, focusing on t...

The Relationship between Positive Accounting Theory and World Dimensions of Habermas

warming. This has been seen by many as a claim rather than a fact, arguing that there is insufficient proof, it was this reasoning...

Theory of Human Caring/Jean Watson

experience of another person, and another can enter into the nurses experiences" (Tourville and Ingalls, 2003, p. 25). Watson rega...

LEGITIMACY THEORY AND SOCIAL CONTRACTS: AN ANALYSIS

section, well discuss ExxonMobil and how it behaved when its tanker Valdez ran aground on Prince Island Sound in Alaska. The compa...

Vygotsky's Theory of Social Cognitive Development

4 The most important element of the process is the cultural aspects. The mediators will be specific to each culture, this...

Ainsworth/Attachment Theory

following discussion of attachment theory, which particularly focuses on the contributions of Ainsworth, offers an overview of it...

X- AND Y-THEORY AND LOGISTICS

empowerment and the taking of responsibility. Though it might seem as though these two are at the opposite end of the spectrum, le...

Economists Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, and Adam Smith

laissez faire held sway. In short, Smiths thought was that if the market and economy were basically left alone, that theyd functio...

Information Warfare (IW) and Cyber-Terrorist Activities

The concept of information warfare is not new, it has been around for centuries, while cyber-terrorism is new. Despite this the tw...

The Deviant Behavior of Academic Dishonesty

time or another - displays deviant behavior. Human nature is defined by myriad elements, not the least of which is the social nee...

7 Nursing Theory Issues

patient was in a significant amount of pain, he made jokes throughout his entire stay, as family members remained at his bedside. ...

Modern Management Schools of Thought

In six pages contemporary management is examined in a consideration of theories that include those of Peters and Waterman, Engstro...

Developmenetal Theories and Counseling

(Ginn 2009). Accommodation is the act of changing the cognitive structure in order to accept new knowledge or new experiences and ...

The Evolution of Leadership Theory

study of great men in order to identify their behavior patterns, with the belief that of these were emulated it may lead to great ...

Problems with a Duel Remuneration System in a Single Company

to be faced, in order to assess challenges and the best way to deal with them it is essential to consider the background of the co...

Five Leadership Theories

of trait theories is that a person is born with leadership traits. In other words, these theories argue that leaders are born, not...

The Communication Privacy Management Theory - Analysis

boundary. The private information falls within a boundary; the individual believes they own whatever information is included withi...