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  • Features of boardrooms and conference rooms in Pacific Northwest organizations

    Creator:
    Foltz, Andrew L.
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    This study examines selected cultural elements of the negotiating environment in seventeen organizations having home or branch offices in the Northwest United States. Conference room and boardroom design, intentional placement of meaningful artifacts, arrangement of seating, and providing of refreshments are compared. Observations and interviews of organizational representatives in nine...
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    : Features of Boardrooms and Conference Rooms in Pacific Northwest Organizations John A. Young This study

  • The design, meaning, and use of the Turkish salon

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    Dazkir, Sibel Seda
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    This exploratory study was focused on the design, meaning and use of the Turkish salon (the sitting room for guests). The findings provided an understanding of the different aspects of people's experiences of their salons. Socially and personally constructed meanings were examined to gain a deeper understanding of the respondents'...
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    Dissertation
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    decoration styles, the use of domestic space, family structure, social relations, and societal structure

  • The experience of first generation college students who cross class boundaries in internship

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    Clark, Adry S.
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    Gaining professional experience via internship is a pivotal career development event for college students, but research indicates that there is class disparity in the access and benefit from of internship. Career counselors on college campuses have a role in facilitating preparation and coordinating systemic supports for equitable access and benefit...
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    : SOCIAL CLASS AND INTERNSHIP Abstract Social class is an aspect of multiculturalism that has

  • "All the things you ask of me" : Law Enforcement Experiences of Infant Death Investigation

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    Schindell, Jennifer R.
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    The sudden and unexpected death of a seemingly healthy infant sets in motion a number of linked processes with potentially complex and far-reaching ramifications. While individuals, families and communities grapple with the shock and heartbreak associated with the loss of a young life, a chain of multidisciplinary investigative responsibilities is...
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     (SUID)  in  nine  Pacific  Northwest  jurisdictions.  Data  collected  from  open

  • Origins of the old-growth forest conflict (1971-1989) : a new model for resource allocation

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    Wilson, Mark Shelton
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    The old-growth forest conflict is part of the evolving debate over how to use the federal public lands. This study documents the origins and development of the old-growth issue through 1989. The controversy began in the early 1970s when scientists initiated studies of old-growth forests and northern spotted owls, and...
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  • African American Males' Perceptions of Success while Attending Community College

    Creator:
    Emerson, Dana M.
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    Background: African American males' experience in higher education is often categorized with negative terminology that does not reflect notions of success. Most research addressing the success of African American males in higher education illuminates factors that impede access to success and is often situated in university settings. Very little research...
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    colleges in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Subjects: Seven African

  • Investigating science identity and motivation constructs in undergraduate chemistry through novel instrument development

    Creator:
    Wolfe, Teresa M.
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    The purposes of this study were to: 1) determine in what ways incorporating active engagement into a traditional lecture chemistry course contributed to students' science identity and their motivation to learn the science, and 2) determine how the development of a science identity could be measured through the use of...
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    , research university in the Pacific Northwest in one of two undergraduate, general chemistry courses that

  • Development of the fisheries of the Eastern North Pacific : a natural-cultural systems perspective

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    Deimling, Elisabeth A.
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    The eastern margin of the Eastern North Pacific Ocean was classified into physiographic regions based on a suite of physical characteristics. Information on cultural and biological characteristics of this area was meshed with this classification. The result was a classification of the Eastern North Pacific into natural-cultural systems whose boundaries...
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    south off the Pacific Northwest and California. This latter phenomenon is most pronounced in summer