Since 1982, cancer has been the leading cause of death in Taiwan, claiming over 30,000 lives annually. For certain families facing a cancer diagnosis, communication within the family helps them cope together and support ...
Higher education well-being initiatives are in need of analysis within critical scholarship on the neoliberal university, on corporate well-being, and within the field of critical disability studies. Despite the proliferation ...
This novel is about punk. It is about Monty Styx, a punk rocker in London during the late 1970s. He and his band, the Honourable Thieves, make waves as band thriving on the punk scene. Soon, they are successful enough that ...
The “discussion tradition” in political economy takes seriously the contention that language and communication function not only as forms of exchange but also for the preservation and progression of civic life and the ...
This thesis examines the tragedy of Tibetan self-immolation through the perspective of
Tantric Buddhism’s understanding of human potential. Such a perspective includes three
topics that formulate the individual chapters ...
Critical pedagogy and phenomenology as theoretical frameworks encourage the inclusion of experience in the classroom as a source of knowledge and as a means of deconstructing hegemonic systems of power. This study utilized ...
Leadership is typically studied from the vantage point of a single leader with a group of followers. However, team members can also share leadership responsibility with each other (Day, Gronn, & Salas, 2004; Gibb, 1954; ...
Telework is a common practice, with about 70% of U.S. organizations allowing for telework in some form, and its prevalence is expected to continue to increase. However, opinions in both research and practice remain mixed ...
Through research and personal writing, this collection of essays looks into the culturally-exposed gaps between bodily expectation and reality, to examine what it means to be called a “giant” in modern America, with pro ...
In this study, I examine the unique and interactive contributions of temperament and specific emotion regulation strategies in predicting preschooler externalizing and internalizing behaviors as well as their social ...
In this study, I explore how temperament and negative emotion knowledge combine to predict children's (N = 337) emotionally regulated and dysregulated responses to problem situations in preschool classrooms. Parent reports ...
Cette étude essaie de répondre à la question: comment le temps et l’espace sont
utilisés dans le cadre du discours onirique nervalien ? Ma démarche a suivi de près le
fonctionnement, les caractéristiques et l’évolution ...
This exploratory study uses quantitative and qualitative data to describe temporary lawyers who perform routinized professional tasks. Temporary lawyers working in the large law firm have been largely overlooked by the ...
This thesis is a short story collection that follows a variety of characters as they are forced to
evaluate, re-evaluate, and reconcile the way they view themselves, others, and the world
around them. The collection’s ...
This study examined the possibilities associated with whether the Al-Qaeda and the Taliban Terrorist groups have the capabilities to recruit in plain-view and employ United States-based gangs to use biological weapons ...
The mobile phone has arguably become the most ubiquitous information communication technology (ICT) in the world, including in the developing world. Introduced in the Philippines in the early 1990s, mobile phone penetration ...
Each year more than an estimated 250,000 couples end their marriage engagement. This may result in lost productivity at work, mental health challenges, and widespread emotions. Furthermore, a person receiving unhelpful ...
This thesis establishes a baseline narrative for the Panic of 1791, the first financial crisis
experienced by the United States as a constituted union. During July, August, and
September of 1791, newly formed American ...
This dissertation examines the digital technological initiatives and programs of three major cities in the U.S. (New York City, Seattle, and San Antonio) and how terms such as "digital," "smart," and "cyber" city are ...
The rise of digital micro-entrepreneurship has been defined in part by a reliance on affective appeals to create a sense of intimacy between users and thus engender followings and transactional relationships. I argue that ...