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Technologically Assisted Wayfinding : Comparing the Effects of Optical Head Mounted Displays and Hand-held Global Positioning Systems on Spatial Cognition and Wayfinding Performance

Creator:: Platosh, Paul
Abstract:: This study presents a comparison of differences in cognitive mapping as a result of navigating an unfamiliar space with GPS or with Google Glass. Using the Yerkes-Dodson law and attenuation theory, the study attempts to uncover how attention is diverted or focused through each of these wayfinding platforms. In addition...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Business Dean of the Graduate School I understand that my dissertation

Effectual Entrepreneurship and its Application to a Microfluidics R&D Startup

Creator:: Brown, Matthew E.
Abstract:: An inventor seeks to leverage his unique means in order to create and commercially exploit new technologies. Until new technologies are sufficiently developed, they have the theoretical potential for commercial exploitation in a wide range of markets. Those opportunities are limited by physical bounds that are often only discovered through...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the degree of Master of Business Administration in Business Administration presented on November, 23

The "Who" and "When" of Bad Bosses : Implicit Aggression and Resource Depletion as Interactive Predictors of Abusive Supervision and Supervisor Rudeness

Creator:: Qiu, Feng
Abstract:: To explore the possible causes of abusive supervision and rudeness, I used an interactive approach to test whether one domain of implicit personality (implicit aggression) and self-control resource depletion are interactive predictors. By using a sample of 83 students in a large public university in the North Western United States,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Administration Dean of the College of Business Dean of the Graduate School

Goal orientations and the providing of novel knowledge

Creator:: Suryani, Irma
Abstract:: This thesis objective is to examine the relationship between individuals' goal orientations (learning-prove, learning-avoid, performance-prove, and performance-avoid) and the extent to which they provide knowledge. Included in this document is a review of literature pertaining to knowledge sharing and goal orientations. The author surveyed 64 College of Pharmacy students at...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Irma Suryani for the degree of Master of Business Administration in

Development of a pricing methodology for the manufacturing production of a high temperature microchannel recuperator

Creator:: Lizarazo-Adarme, Jair A.
Abstract:: To improve energy efficiency of industrial processes, heat exchangers are used to transfer thermal energy between different process streams. The compact size and increased efficiency of microchannel based recuperators make them appealing in extreme environments where costly superalloys are mandatory. Due to the high manufacturing cost of microchannel heat exchanges...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Administration Dean of the College of Business Dean of the Graduate School

Homesickness in Chinese migrant workers : investigating the mediation effects of work adjustment between homesickness and job satisfaction and turnover intentions

Creator:: Zhang, Qu
Abstract:: Drawing from the concept of work-life balance, the author used the concept of the spillover effect to theorize the mediating role of work adjustment in the mechanism from homesickness to job satisfaction and turnover intentions. Using a sample of 307 migrant workers in a manufacturing firm in China, the author...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Qu Zhang for the degree of Master of Business Administration in

Self-assessment as a function of entering skills analysis in Adult Basic Education

Creator:: Haynes, Judith Lee
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to determine if a self-assessment procedure provides data with acceptable accuracy for use in Adult Basic Education placement diagnostic batteries. Several factors descriptive of the population and the treatment were studied: 1. The overall degree of accuracy in computation and word pronunciation. 2. The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the high school diploma. Depending on the future goals of adult students, they may select from among

The Role of Community Cultural Wealth in the Retention of Latino/a Students in the Community College Setting

Creator:: Reeder, Jane F.
Abstract:: Background. Many studies addressing the reasons why minority students fail in higher education are based on what is defined as a deficit model. A deficit model documents that a significant number of minority students fail because their culture is distinct from that of the majority population. Numerous minority students do...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , representing Adult and Higher Education Dean of the College of Education Dean of the Graduate School I

Exploration of male inmates in the Deuel Vocational Institution : a case study

Creator:: McNelley, William J.
Abstract:: The purposes of this study were to (1) identify major problems faced by the youth who, in transition from school to work, have resorted to anti-social behavior and are now inmates of Deuel Vocational Institution, (2) identify the behavioral patterns of youth having employment problems that resulted in incarceration within...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creation and investigation of musical forms designed to promote relaxation

Creator:: Montgomery, Sue
Abstract:: The study was a creative endeavor in which researchfindings from the areas of medicine, mental health andeducation concerning effects of background music were combinedinto an experimental musical form designed to promote andfacilitate the relaxation response. This experimental musicwas cormared with Baroque largo musical background, as recommendedin Lozanov's method of accelerated...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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ScholarsArchive@OSU

Technologically Assisted Wayfinding : Comparing the Effects of Optical Head Mounted Displays and Hand-held Global Positioning Systems on Spatial Cognition and Wayfinding Performance

Effectual Entrepreneurship and its Application to a Microfluidics R&D Startup

The "Who" and "When" of Bad Bosses : Implicit Aggression and Resource Depletion as Interactive Predictors of Abusive Supervision and Supervisor Rudeness

Goal orientations and the providing of novel knowledge

Development of a pricing methodology for the manufacturing production of a high temperature microchannel recuperator

Homesickness in Chinese migrant workers : investigating the mediation effects of work adjustment between homesickness and job satisfaction and turnover intentions

Self-assessment as a function of entering skills analysis in Adult Basic Education

The Role of Community Cultural Wealth in the Retention of Latino/a Students in the Community College Setting

Exploration of male inmates in the Deuel Vocational Institution : a case study

Creation and investigation of musical forms designed to promote relaxation

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