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The effects of CEO succession on corporate restructuring and strategy change
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This dissertation examines three CEO succession scenarios-established CEOs, new outsider CEOs, and new insider CEOs-and their effect on the strategic actions of firms undergoing portfolio restructuring. I argue that ...
Assessing costs and environmental impacts of municipal food waste treatment options in Columbia, Missouri : a decision support tool integrating life cycle analysis and robust optimization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Many municipal governments currently have goals in place to align with global efforts and policy to reduce greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions and take advantage of waste as a resource for renewable energy and nutrients. To ...
Methodological approaches for sound training in underepresented learners: a case study with american toads (Anaxyrus americanus)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
efforts to better understand the minds of animals have been flourishing, with methodological breakthroughs and a remarkable increase in the number of publications dealing with a wide variety of non-model species. The growing ...
Human rights in presidential democracies : does a runoff rule reduce repression?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
I argue that within a democratic context the presence of a presidential runoff rule leads to the following outcomes: a reduced distance between the ideological position of the president and the median voter, a reduced ...
Understanding the experiences of students of color transferring to a private institution
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
This case study used a revision of Tinto's theory of student departure and self-efficacy as frameworks, to explore the experiences of seven students of color who transferred to a small, private, and predominately White ...
The role of school migrant composition in migrant students' school-related well-being
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Over the past few decades, internal migration in China has resulted in equity issues related to educational opportunities for migrant children. In an effort to provide equal schooling opportunities for migrant students, ...
Adsorption of fluorescent labeled E. coli in selected vegetative buffer systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
-and-water-borne pathogens like Salmonella enterica, Escherichia coli, Vibrio cholerae, Campylobacter jejuni, Shigella spp., enterotoxigenic, Clostridium difficile, Listeria monocytogenes are presenting threats to over 600 million people worldwide, almost 1 in 10 persons...
Framing of immigrants and refugees : a content analysis of mainstream and partisan news coverage of immigration
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
of President Trump on Jan. 27, 2017 were analyzed using a content analysis tool, Buzzsumo. 50 news stories from 10 news outlets were analyzed. The news outlets consisted of mainstream, right-leaning and left-leaning partisan news outlets. Results showed...
An empirical analysis of alternative explanations for the female wage gap
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2011-05-20)
The social sciences have four explanations for the gender wage gap: preference, crowding, power, and socialization. Neoclassical economists explain the wage gap as the result of employers and employees' work-related ...
The Financialization of the Business Enterprise
(2015)
of neoclassical agency theory influenced reality. The second chapter studies the diffusion of agency theory into corporate practice as an example of how theory can simultaneously be impacted by and have an impact on the world. The third chapter provides a review...
Expanding social cognitive career theory : academic satisfaction of female students of color in STEM
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Underrepresentation of women and students of color has been a longstanding issue in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Although the gender gap has narrowed in several STEM fields in recent years, ...
Proteomics and condensed tannin : an optimized method to characterize grape protein and the relationship to wine condensed tannin content
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
-press resulted in condensed tannin retention above 100% and the use of ACE (accentuated cut edges), a practice involving using a blender after crush to increase the skin to juice ratio, increased native condensed tannin content 2.5-fold higher than the control...
Examining the relationship between students' perception of servant leadership by physical therapy faculty mentors and interprofessional socialization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Interprofessional collaborative practice, requiring providers from two or more disciplines to effectively work together, is considered necessary to enhance health outcomes at the individual, organizational, and system-level in the United States...
The impact of residence hall leadership on international students' cross-cultural adaptation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
International students experience cross-cultural difficulties as they seek to adapt to U.S. campuses. Past research has indicated that residence halls can have both positive and negative impacts on students' educational ...
Access to high-quality and effective teachers through a para-to-teacher grow your own program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This study investigated how a Grow Your Own (GYO) paraprofessional-to-teacher program increased access to a workforce of teacher educators in the rural areas of southwest Missouri. The teacher shortage has been described ...
"Rape is a part of life where I live" the normalization of girl-child sexual abuse in Jamaica
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
, perpetuate GCSA. Finally, the way the law interprets childhood and child sexual abuse are constructed differently by men and women and the communities in which they live. These findings have important implications for child protection and family violence...
Jazz elements in select Finnish and Swedish choral music
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-05-09)
Jazz was born in the United States around the turn of the twentieth-century and arrived in the Nordic lands in the 1920s and '30s. After this initial encounter, jazz spread throughout Finland and Sweden, the two countries ...
Muse, number 53-54 (2019-2020)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2020)