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Essays on idea sharing and investor performance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation is the study of a novel database from an exclusive and confidential website where a select group of fundamentals-based hedge fund ...
Social skill in the workplace : what is social skill and how does it matter?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Social skill is becoming increasingly important in today's workplace because organizational structures are becoming flatter with more service-oriented positions. Strong social skill can facilitate interpersonal interactions, ...
A multi-case examination of the impact of national board certification on the teaching profession
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The purpose of this investigation was to add to the knowledge base an understanding of the long term impact of National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification on the profession of teaching through ...
Media performance and democratic rule in East Africa : agenda setting and agenda building influences on public attitudes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This dissertation examined the media influence and the government influence on public attitudes on issues concerning democratic rule in the East African Community (EAC). I proceeded under the assumption that the influence ...
The effects of experiences with constructivist instruction on attitudes toward democracy among Thai college students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The study draws on Dewey's theory that constructivist instruction embraces the philosophy of democracy with regards to enhancing students' individual and social constructivist learning. As a result, the hypothesis is that ...
The effects of gender, academic concerns, and social support on stress for international students
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Thousands of international students come to the United States every year and from the moment they arrive they experience stress from multiple directions. This study focuses on gender differences in stress levels for ...
Factors influencing agricultural education students' choice to teach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that influence senior level agricultural education students' choice to become secondary agriculture teachers. This study focused on the extent to which beliefs and ...
Factors influencing students' self-perceived levels of civic responsibility during FFA sponsored civic engagement activities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of involvement level, autonomy, and reflection during FFA civic engagement activities on ...
Searching for satisfaction : how 20something women use media to get news and advertising information
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
As traditional media companies struggle to maintain their current audience and attract young adults, it's imperative that providers understand how young women use media devices to get news and advertising information. This ...
Mentoring as a psychological contract : implications for relationship development and evaluation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The purpose of this study was to investigate the mentoring relationship as a psychological contract and, in doing so, explore the influence of formality, ...
Invitational leadership in public schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The purpose of the mixed design study was to examine the perceived effectiveness of leaders who made use of the invitational leadership style of leading their organization. Four research questions emerged throughout the ...
A starting point for identifying perpetrator genocidal messaging
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The purpose of this research was to determine whether a consistent messaging strategy could be identified in three recent outbreaks of violence or if genocidal messaging will show tremendous variances that are unique to ...
The social nature of an online community of practice for learning to teach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Taking advantage of Internet technology, an online community of practice, NETwork, was established to support a group of elementary science pre-service ...
A study of individual internet dependency as an extension of social support
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
This current study aims to define and describe the relationship between individuals' Internet dependency and social support as they function in one specific information environment. How the immigrants' acculturation attitude ...
The role of product category involvement when stealing thunder during organizational crises
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Today's media landscape, which is based on instant news dissemination, allows a crisis to quickly be brought upon an individual or an organization. It ...
Incidental take and endangered species demography
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Incidental take is the permitted killing, harming, harassing or destroying habitat of an endangered species under endangered species law. Legislation assumes that endangered or threatened populations can somehow compensate ...
Propagation of polarized light in skeletal muscle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Skeletal muscle is a very important tissue in animals and humans. Optical polarization imaging is a non-invasive method to study biological tissues and provides unique polarization contrast. An imaging system was developed ...
Optimal marketing budgeting and benchmarking of platform firms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Platform firms are firms that increase social surplus by (1) catering to distinct groups of customers such that (2) members of at least one group wish to access the other group and (3) facilitating group-access more ...
Information graphics in modern engineering firm, and the use of social media at downtown Manhattan metropolitan community newspapers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] From May to August 2012, Kaikang Wang, then Master's candidate at Missouri School of Journalism, University of Missouri worked as an information ...
Level of influence of selected factors upon Missouri agricultural education teachers' choice to instruct agricultural mechanics curriculum
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The purpose of this study was to determine the factors influencing school-based agricultural educators in Missouri to instruct the curriculum found within the course Agricultural Construction 1 and/or Agricultural Construction ...