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EXPANDING THE BOUNDS OF AUTHORITY BY APPROPRIATING GROUP MEMBERS’ TIME
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Author
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Rejtig, Michael
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology
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Description
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Actors in a position of authority can acquire legitimacy beyond the normative order when the appropriation of subordinate’s time is found valid by group members. A randomized laboratory experiment consisting a peer condition and authority conditio...
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FUZZIER CONSTRUCTS IN CONTENT ANALYSIS: RATINGS FROM THE CROWD VS. TRADITIONAL EXPERTS
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Author
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Moffit, Miles
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Communication, Psychology
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Description
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The task of rating (or "coding") text data as a component of qualitative content analysis remains a time-consuming process. Advances in crowdsourcing platforms have presented novel opportunities to outsource this work away from the desks of academ...
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Predictors of Mobile Dating Application Use Among College Students
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Author
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Griffin, Meredith
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Psychology
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Description
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Emerging adulthood is the transitional developmental stage from the late teens through the early twenties when individuals explore possibilities, particularly in the domains of love, work, and identity (Arnett, 2000). This study focuses on emergin...
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Presidential Eulogies in the Wake of Mass School Shootings: A Call to Action
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Author
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Culletto, Gordon
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Communication, Political science, Rhetoric
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Description
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President Barack Obama described December 14, 2012 saying, "it continues to haunt me, it was one of the worst days of my presidency." That morning, a gunman stormed through the doors of Sandy Hook Elementary School and began opening fire on childr...
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RACE, RESEGREGATION AND THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPLELINE IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY
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Author
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Graham, Joseph
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology
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Description
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This thesis explores the relationship between out of school suspensions and court-involvement for youth in Mecklenburg County. Critical Race Theory (CRT) and the concept of implicit bias serve to inform this examination, interpretation, and analys...
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Reclaiming the Unredeemed: Irredentism and the National Schism in Greece's First World War
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Author
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Kinley, Christopher
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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History, Military history, Area studies
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Description
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Greece’s role in the First World War, although short, was characterized by political and social tumult that tore the small country in half, splitting it into two political camps both with their own public supporters. This divide is known as the Na...
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Cranial Capacity Variation of Pleistocene Homo and Possible Speciation Events
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Author
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Hudock, Autumn
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Biology, Paleontology, Evolutionary developmental biology
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Description
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The field of paleoanthropology is tasked with studying the morphology of extinct hominins using fossilized remains. To study the evolution of the human brain, researchers use endocast data derived from fossil skulls, in order to assess when and ho...
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Title
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Cultural Distinction in Campus Dining
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Author
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Jillani, Zara
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology
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Description
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This study examines patterns of cultural consumption at four universities as indicated by the dining options offered on their campuses. I explore the diversity of university dining options, the considerations that guide dining personnel’s decision...
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Do Refugees Who Become Economically Self-Sufficient Start With Nothing?
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Author
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Scholes, Paul
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Date Created
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2013
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Social sciences--Research, Social structure
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Description
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There are more refugees globally now than at any time since WWII. I use Phillimore’s opportunity structures from the refugee studies literature with popular ideas from the sociology of immigration literature like New Assimilation Theory to examine...
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Posttraumatic growth and career calling in undergraduates
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Author
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Riffle, Olivia
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Counseling psychology, Psychology, Clinical psychology
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Description
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As emerging adults, college students are beginning to craft a life narrative that provides purpose and direction, part of which is the identification and pursuit of a meaningful career. It may even include a calling, a sense of being summoned to a...
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Potential Barriers to Women's Leadership Self-efficacy
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Author
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Robinson, Aspen
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Education, Psychology
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Description
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Many organizations are employing women at a higher rate than seen in previous years, yet women are still underrepresented in leadership roles. In this paper, I examine factors that may influence an individual’s perceived capabilities of being a le...
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Professionalization through socialization: Student conceptualizations of internships
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Author
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Beveridge, Chelsea
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Date Created
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2007
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Subjects--Topical
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Communication, Psychology
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Description
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Research suggests that internships lead beneficial outcomes for students, universities, and organizations (e.g., Eyler, 1992; Knouse & Fontenot, 2008), yet a large body of internship research is devoid of a theoretical basis. Previous research tha...
