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Attribution Theory and Apology Discourse in the Context of Medical Errors
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Author
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Hartsell, Haley
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Communication, Psychology, Health education
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Description
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Communication scholars have investigated medical error and apology discourse over the last 20 years. However, despite the previous research on this topic, little is known about what factors (i.e., controllability, emotional response, and error sev...
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Black Lives Matter and Black Power
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Author
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Fraser, Daviana
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Communication, Rhetoric, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
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Description
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Today, Black Americans face the same foes as in previous efforts to secure civil rights. Over the last decade, names like Trayvon Martin, Sandra Bland, Tamir Rice, Keith Lamont Scott, Philando Castile, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor join those ...
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Breaking Down Barriers to Goals of Care Discussions With Terminally Ill Cancer Patients
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Author
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Poillucci, Victoria
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Communication, Medical sciences, Oncology
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Description
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Opportunities to discuss options for care when faced with a life limiting disease is the right of all patients. Yet, healthcare provider feelings of awkwardness, fear of diminishing hope, and fear of failing to cure can result in missed opportunit...
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Crowd Control: Organizing the Crowd at Yelp
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Author
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Askay, David
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Date Created
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2013
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Subjects--Topical
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Management, Communication, World Wide Web--Study and teaching
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Description
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This dissertation investigates how businesses are able to align the collective actions of a disconnected crowd with the strategic goals of the organization. I examined this questions within the context of the business review website Yelp through a...
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Electronic Multitasking During Workplace Meetings: Why Do Employees Do It?
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Author
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Williams, Eleanor
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Management, Communication, Psychology
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Description
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Employees are increasingly engaging in electronic multitasking during workplace meetings, as the proliferation of technology is on the rise. Though electronic multitasking is common and potentially harmful to meeting effectiveness because it distr...
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Evaluating the impact of working in an online environment
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Author
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Richardson, Kara, Ambroise, Sharmily
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Education, Communication
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Description
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Research has found that peer mentorship can play a valuable role in a student’s personal growth and development. At UNC Charlotte, the Communication Across the Curriculum program trains communication consultants to serve as peer mentors and provid...
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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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Fast and Energy-Efficient Mobility Management in Mobile Edge Computing Networks
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Author
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Wang, Haoxin
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Computer science, Communication, Computer engineering
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Description
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The prevalence of computation-intensive and latency-sensitive mobile applications, such as mobile augmented reality (MAR) and autonomous driving, has an utmost effect on resource-limited mobile clients. Mobile edge computing (MEC) is proposed to b...
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MLB's Neocolonial Practices in the Dominican Republic Academy System
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Author
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Gentile, Patrick
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Communication
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Description
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Major League Baseball (MLB) has operated in the Dominican Republic for many years in order to find cheap labor that is refined and shipped to the United States, with goals that a few players will develop into great players. Once a player is signed...
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Me, Myself, and Depression: Identity Construction and Depression
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Author
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Thomas, Rachael
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Date Created
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2014
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Subjects--Topical
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Communication, Mental health
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Description
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In this narrative autoethnography, I write about and analyze my experiences with depression in order to understand how my identity is socially constructed within that context. Through thematic analysis, I use Goffman's (1963) identity theory as a ...
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NOVEL IMPLEMENTATIONS OF PLANAR ANTENNAS WITH GOVERNABLE CIRCULAR POLARIZATION
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Author
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Thakar, Dip
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Electrical engineering, Communication
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Description
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This document is an explicit and an exclusive account on two antennas. This literatureis an attempt to solve some of the challenges for planar antennas in the frequencyindependent class and exploit the radiative nature of narrow band patch antenna...
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PROMOTING EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT THROUGH MANAGERS' STRATEGIC USE OF MEETINGS
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Author
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Allen, Joseph
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Date Created
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2010
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Subjects--Topical
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Communication, Psychology, Industrial, Business
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Description
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Employee engagement is a positive, fulfilling, work-related state of mind that researchers suggest is characterized by vigor, dedication, and absorption in work activities. Employee engagement is heavily marketed by HR consultants and recently rec...