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  • Communication Climate in a Health Care Setting : A Case Study

    Creator:
    Reynolds, Kristy
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    The climate in which communication occurs is a result of how employees in an organization perceive and react to such factors as rewards, support, trust, openness, decision making, and leadership. The purpose of this case study is to identify and describe communication climate factors in a health care organization which...
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  • Characteristics of a functional organization : a case study of the Portland Rose Festival Association

    Creator:
    Newbore, Lisa M.
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    This research addresses the functional characteristics of a single organization. It specifically investigates one of the largest festival organizations in the United States, The Portland Rose Festival Association (PRFA). In this case, three groups within the PRFA are its foundation: the paid staff, the executive committee, and the volunteer directors....
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to first thank Dr. Gregg Walker for all of his support and encouragement. His faith

  • Exploring the Dramatization in Dabiq: A Fantasy Theme Analysis

    Creator:
    Drischell, John
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    The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a formidable international force operating and perpetuating religious, military, and violent agendas. In 2014, ISIS established a worldwide Caliphate governing religious authority across Middle Eastern territories. ISIS operations are grandiose and large scale, longevity and survival are predicated on recruitment. One...
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    Gregg B. Walker The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a formidable international force

  • Spousal Communication in the Family Setting (Married with Children)

    Creator:
    Dokken, Cort J.
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    Communication plays an important role in the life of a couple. This study seeks to determine the nature of couple communication. This study compares and contrasts the differences and similarities in communication between childless couples and parenting couples. The material for this study comes from interviewing ten married couples along...
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    ) Redacted for Privacy Abstract approved: Gregg Walker T/ Communication plays an important role in the

  • Cooperation and Coordination Between Interdependent Organizations : Job Training Partnership Agencies and Oregon Employment Division Local Offices

    Creator:
    Bober, Pete
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    The Oregon Employment Division (ES) and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) funded agencies frequently provide employment and training services to the same populations, resulting in increased demands to coordinate the two systems efforts and avoid duplications of service. This study examined coordination between local ES offices and JTPA agencies in...
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    committee for their patience and flexibility. Special accolades to Dr. Gregg Walker and Dr. Marian Kostecki

  • Get off the Couch and Move! A Rhetorical Analysis of American Idle

    Creator:
    Cluster, Melodee A.
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    Mary Collins composed the award-winning book American Idle in 2009 after her recovery from an awful bicycle accident. This bicycle accident inspired Mary Collins to take a trip of discovery. Mary Collins visited historical locations to see changes in peoples’ physical activity over time. Collins interviewed individuals whose professions varied...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Gregg B. Walker Mary Collins composed the award-winning book American Idle in 2009

  • Gender bias & teachers : college students' perceptions of sexual discrimination in their high school

    Creator:
    Hostetler, Catherine L.
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    The field of gender bias indicates that teachers are a significant source of gender-role socialization for students. This study focuses on post hoc recollections of college students' perceptions of gender bias exhibited by their high school teachers. Specifically, this study asks students to define sex discrimination, as well as describe...
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    committee: --Dr. Gregg Walker -Dr. Jodi Engel --Dr. Lisa Ede - -Dr. Frank Ragulsky I would also like

  • Children and the communication of values through significant emotional events

    Creator:
    Biddle, Ronald Lon
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    This study addresses how parents communicate with their children about Significant Emotional Events (SEEs). A SEE is an experience that is so mentally engaging as to cause an individual to consider, examine, and possibly change one's initial values or value system. It examines parent's goals, concerns, and values related to...
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    Emotional Events. Abstract approved: Gregg B. Walker This study addresses how parents communicate

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

    Creator:
    Kinefuchi, Etsuko
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    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...
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    committee, Dr. Gregg Walker and Dr. Nancy Rosenberger, and the graduate representative, Dr. Anisa

  • ‘Uncle Ho’: A Rhetorical Analysis of U.S. Newspaper Coverage of Hồ Chí Minh

    Creator:
    Meyers, Kaden R.
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    This thesis is a rhetorical analysis of American newspaper coverage of Hồ Chí Minh from 1954-1969. My method is the Pragmatic Attitude, created by Elizabeth and Jay Mechling. My foci of study are the polls and letters to the editor from this same period. These foci of study are used...
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    . Gregg Walker, Dr. Christopher Stout, and Dr. Mario Magana for their help and flexibility with this