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Identifying Audiences: A Rhetorical Analysis of Mary Shaw’s Suffrage Plays

Creator:: Wright, Amanda R.
Abstract:: American women’s quest for equality came into focus in the early 1900s. Amidst the cultural and societal forces pushing for suffrage, some chose the mechanism of theater. This thesis is a work of rhetorical criticism. It applies Lloyd Bitzer’s situational approach to two suffrage theater artifacts: Mary Shaw's The Woman...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: committee members, Dr. Marion Rossi, Dr. Susan Shaw, Dr. John Simonsen and especially to Dr. Mark

Reward Allocation Behavior as a Function of Psychological Gender and Biological Sex : A Study of Advanced Business Students

Creator:: Woods, Elizabeth A.
Abstract:: Women today represent a larger part of the American workforce than ever before. The influx of women into the workplace raises questions about differences in male and female work-related behaviors particularly in groups, and decision making. For example, existing research suggests that men and women have differing strategies in groups...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Redacted for Privacy Marcia Shaw Women today represent a larger part of the American workforce than ever

When she was bad : framing female killers in contemporary film

Creator:: Finch, Kurstin
Abstract:: This thesis presents an analysis of seventeen contemporary blockbuster films in which women kill people. The purpose of the analysis is to discover the "frames" with which film producers, directors, scriptwriters and actors portray women in film. The thesis first establishes the model in use in the analysis: Entman's model...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Contemporary Film. Abstract approved: _____ a..v-)-_-:::::: _ Susan Shaw This thesis presents an analysis

High-context and low-context cultures: value system variations for American and Japanese university students and their resultant communication patterns

Creator:: Yamaguchi, Shinobu Yume
Abstract:: This exploratory investigation focused on the validity of the concepts of high-context and low-context as a meaningful and powerful construct for examining cultural differences. Specifically, American and Japanese value differences and communication patterns were examined. The study tested the hypotheses that Japanese students would rank high-context group orientation values higher...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Marcia Shaw, Ph.D. and Lloyd ksp,Vh.D. This exploratory investigation focused on the validity of the con

InHERitance: The Transmission of Women's Inalienable Possessions, Personal Narrative and the Mother-Daughter Bond

Creator:: Ashley, Jessica
Abstract:: Two companion pieces, a video documentary and written analysis, provide the text for this exploration of how women's life stories and the mother-daughter narrative are preserved through the transmission of inherited objects. The video documentary reveals the lives of six diverse women who each discuss the politics of receiving and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Personal Narrative and the Mother-Daughter Bond. Abstract approved: Susan M. Shaw Two companion pieces

East Meets East: Cross-Cultural Communication between Japanese Managers and Thai Subordinates

Creator:: Mekratri, Yaowarej
Abstract:: This research mainly examines the superior-subordinate relationship between Japanese managers and Thai subordinates working in joint ventures in Thailand, especially the management style of the Japanese and the reactions of the Thais, Cultural adaptation of Japanese expatriates and Thai subordinates is also explored. Through this study, we gain better understanding...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: extend my sincere appreciation to my thesis committee Dr. Nancy Rosenberger, Dr. Natalie Dollar, Dr

Pushing for natural childbirth : a rhetorical analysis of the alternative birth movement

Creator:: Coffey, Kimberly Ann
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to examine how rhetoric functions in the Alternative Birth Movement (ABM). In particular, communication published by movement leaders will be examined to discover how rhetoric propels the movement from one stage to the next as well as how rhetoric facilitates the goals of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: would also like to thank Dr. Susan Shaw and Dr. Vicki Tolar-Burton for dedicating their time to be on

Perceptions on informal performance feedback in Japanese subsidiary organizations : Japanese supervisors and U. S. subordinates

Creator:: Kinefuchi, Etsuko
Abstract:: This study explored perceptions of performance feedback communicated by Japanese supervisors to their U.S. subordinates in Japanese subsidiaries in the U. S. Individual face-to-face interviews were conducted with both Japanese supervisors and U.S. subordinates and their responses were tape-recorded. The purpose of the study was to assess perceptual similarities and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: committee, Dr. Gregg Walker and Dr. Nancy Rosenberger, and the graduate representative, Dr. Anisa

Women and Workplace Competition : A Study of Horizontal Hostility

Creator:: Stone, Erin A.
Abstract:: Throughout society, many believe women are not succeeding professionally because of the institutional barriers created by men in the American workforce. However, women may be more competitive with other women than with men, especially when limited job positions are the goal. Competitiveness among women can be explained by a phenomenon...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . (Chesler, 2001; Domínguez, 1994; Greer, 1999; Penelope, 1992; Rosabal, 1996; Shaw & Lee, 2001; Tannebaum

An Enthnobotanical Analysis of Basketry

Creator:: Fluharty, Suzanne M.
Abstract:: The focus of my thesis is ethnobotany which seeks to examine botanical resources and their context within particular cultures. My ethnographic research identifies and interprets the cultural processes woven into Oregon's coastal basketry through spirituality, environmental habitats, and utilized plant species. This is augmented with botanical research addressing the question...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: THESIS OF Roberta L. Hall The focus of my thesis is ethnobotany which seeks to examine botanical

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Identifying Audiences: A Rhetorical Analysis of Mary Shaw’s Suffrage Plays

Reward Allocation Behavior as a Function of Psychological Gender and Biological Sex : A Study of Advanced Business Students

When she was bad : framing female killers in contemporary film

High-context and low-context cultures: value system variations for American and Japanese university students and their resultant communication patterns

InHERitance: The Transmission of Women's Inalienable Possessions, Personal Narrative and the Mother-Daughter Bond

East Meets East: Cross-Cultural Communication between Japanese Managers and Thai Subordinates

Pushing for natural childbirth : a rhetorical analysis of the alternative birth movement

Perceptions on informal performance feedback in Japanese subsidiary organizations : Japanese supervisors and U. S. subordinates

Women and Workplace Competition : A Study of Horizontal Hostility

An Enthnobotanical Analysis of Basketry

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