A Correlation Analysis of English Language Proficiency and Performance in Content-Area Cognitive Skills Kate O’Neill - Zayed University Peter M. Theuri – Northern Kentucky University Abstract: Literature is replete with studies indicating the need to develop students’ language skills. Little research has emphasized the importance of language proficiency in enhancing learning or performance in specific content-area courses. This study investigates whether a student’s English
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e eBook Collection RESEARCH METHODS FOR BUSINESS A Skill-Building Approach Fourth Edition Uma Sekaran Southern Illinois University at Carbondale John Wiley & Sons, Inc. http://www.wiley.com/college ACQUISITIONS EDITOR MARKETING MANAGER SENIOR PRODUCTION EDITOR SENIOR DESIGNER PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES COVER IMAGE Jeff Marshall Ilse Wolfe Patricia McFadden Harry Nolan Hermitage Publishing Services José Ortega/Stock Illustration Source This book was set in 10/12 Garamond
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Kenya. Contact: Josephobwogi@yahoo.com ABSTRACT This study seeks to examine the effects of Strategic Management drivers on the performance of classified hotels in Kenyan Coast. The specific objectives are the effects of: customer relationship management strategy, strategic planning, competitive positioning, information communication Technology and organizational learning on the performance of the hotel industry in Kenyan Coast. The study seeks to determine the conceptualized Strategic Management
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Journal of Management http://jom.sagepub.com/ The Role of Sampling in Strategic Management Research on Performance: A Two-Study Analysis Jeremy C. Short, David J. Ketchen, Jr. and Timothy B. Palmer Journal of Management 2002 28: 363 DOI: 10.1177/014920630202800306 The online version of this article can be found at: http://jom.sagepub.com/content/28/3/363 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: Southern Management Association Additional services and information
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MARKET ANALYSIS AND THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING SMALL BUSINESSES Azzam Azmi Abou-Moghli, PhD Applied Science University Ghaith Mustafa Al-Abdallah, PhD Applied Science University Abstract This study aims to explore the nature of relation and effect between market analysis and feasibility of establishing small businesses operating in the services sector in Jordan. Four independent variables were identified to market analysis: location, demand, price and competitors. The study population
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intervention were hypothesized to depend on the initial quality of the LMX relationship Thus, employees having initially low LMXs with their immediate supervisor were compared to cohorts having initially higher LMXs It was hypothesized that employees having initially low LMX would respond more positively (after adjusting for regression effects) to the leadership intervention than those having higher quality relationships. Analysis of interaction effects indicates that comparing the leadership intervention
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with technological leaps. The study of ‘the media’ comes under the remit of media studies from perspectives such as their production and consumption, as well as their aesthetic form. The academic area of media studies cuts across a number of disciplines including communication, sociology, political science, cultural studies, philosophy and rhetoric, to name but a handful. Meanwhile, the object of study, ‘the media’, is an ever-changing and ever-growing entity. The study of ‘the media’ also comes
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Business QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia 2006 Title: Antecedents of Commitment to an Import Supplier Saleh @ 2006 Key Words: 1. Antecedents of commitment 2. Importer’ s commitment 3. Importer supplier relationship 4. Mediating role of trust 5. Cultural similarity 6. Communication 7. Knowledge and experience 8. Supplier’ s opportunism 9. Environmental volatility 10. Transaction-specific investment 11. Supplier’s competencies ii Abstract The concept
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Within most studies, the measures of surface acting employed do not distinguish between the acts of feeling emotions and suppressing them. This is a confounding variable because simply experiencing the negative emotions could account for the harmful effects which surface acting has upon wellbeing. To investigate whether or not this is the case, Semmer, Messerli and Tschan (2016) separately assessed ‘emotions felt’ and ‘emotions displayed’ by using a diary study. Their results suggest that the effects
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------------------------------------------------- POSTURE OF THE PAPER This study examined the validity of strategic human resource management practices and their effects on company performance on the basis of service sector, ownership and private-public organizations. Data were collected from several articles (mentioned in the reference section) and studies about different range of strategic HRM practices. The findings indicate that a valid set of strategic HRM practices (training, participation
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