There are between one and two million
occurrences of head injuries in this country each
year causing an estimated 140,000 deaths. Fifty to
seventy thousand who survive are left with such
intellectual impairment as to preclude returning to a
normal life. The purpose of this study is to
investigate the...
One forty-item questionnaire (Cancer Nursing Outreach
Program Evaluation Tool) and one twenty-item questionnaire
(Cancer Attitude Survey) were submitted to a randomly
selected population of 200 employed associate, diploma and
baccalaureate degree nurses distributed among numerous
practice settings in the State of Oregon. Data were
analyzed using Analysis of Variance (fixed...
This study explored the applicability of a small portion of Western
communication theory and practice to an Eastern culture. It compared
the opinions or professional judgments of five Thai speech instructors
who had obtained their doctorates in American universities with those of
five American speech instructors who hold doctorates in...
Organization theory had seldom been applied to higher education
organizations but recent developments in organization theory appeared
to have potential for such application. No coherent theory of
educational change had been developed. However, one multidisciplinary
synthesis of literature on organizational change was congruent with
modern organization theory and contained both...
This study focused on perceptions of close friendship across gender groups in two national cultures. Four groups: a U.S.
American male group, a U.S. American female group, a Japanese male group, and a Japanese female group, were studied. Cultural value differences in individualism and collectivism, "doing" and "being" orientations, masculine...