irrational delay, pathological decision making, meta-analysis Procrastination is extremely prevalent. Although virtually all of us have at least dallied with dallying, some have made it a way of life. Estimates indicate that 80%–95% of college students engage in procrastination (Ellis & Knaus, 1977; O’Brien, 2002), approximately 75% consider themselves procrastinators (Potts, 1987), and almost 50% procrastinate consistently and problematically (Day, Mensink, & O’Sullivan, 2000; Haycock, 1993; Micek
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AN STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AT LAIKIPIA COUNTY. A CASE STUDY OF NYAHURURU SUB-COUNTY, KENYA BY LUCY WANGARI GACHAU A Research Proposal Submitted To The St. Annes Catholic Insitute in Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements For The Award of Higher Diploma in Secretarial Management of KNEC. JUNE 2014 DECLARATION/RECOMMENDATION Declaration This proposal is my original work and has not been presented
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McMillian University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA) ABSTRACT The publication of Hernstein & Murray’s (1994) “The Bell Curve” appears to be the latest expression of pseudo scientific theories with respect to race and intelligence. This paper gives an historical and ideological insight behind the development and application of intelligence tests by citing examples of their impact on legislation, social policy and intervention programmes in relation to Blacks. More importantly, a discussion
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called “No Child Left Behind Act” (NCLB), which expanded the role of federal government in education. This law strongly emphasizes the implementation of standardized tests in public schools to measure the progress of students as well as to hold teachers and schools accountable for students’ progress. A social problem that the NCLB is trying to fix is the fact that the quality of education in US’ public schools has decreased during the last years. Alarming statistics have shown that the country’s education
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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations Economics Syllabus Effective for examinations from May/June 2010 Correspondence related to the syllabus should be addressed to: The Pro-Registrar Caribbean Examinations Council Caenwood Centre 37 Arnold Road, Kingston 5, Jamaica, W.I. Telephone Number: (876) 920-6714 Facsimile Number: (876) 967-4972 E-mail address: cxcwzo@cxc.org Website: www.cxc.org Copyright © 2008, by Caribbean Examinations Council
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variables are also very important while a study is being conducted on relationship of work rewards with job satisfaction. The importance of reward in the day-to-day performance of workers’ duties cannot be over emphasized, especially when it comes to being rewarded for a job done. It is a well-known fact that human performance of any sort is improved by increase in motivation. Going by the findings of this study, it can be easily inferred that workers reward package matters a lot and should be
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POLICY CHOICES IN SECONDARY EDUCATION IN AFRICA: CHALLENGES SEEN FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES IN AN AFRICAN COUNTRY A CASE STUDY OF TANZANIA MAINLAND AS SEEN BY TANZANIA TEACHERS’ UNION (TTU)1. A PAPER PRESENTED AT THE LAUNCH SEMINAR OF THE NORWEGIAN POST-PRIMARY EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR AFRICA (NPED) ORGANISERS: THE WORLD BANK, WASHINGTON AND MINISRTY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ROYAL NORWERGIAN GOVERNMENT, NORWAY PRESENTER:
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the end of the Conclusion section): 2192 words EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Research has shown that motivation of employees in the workplace has always been a major challenge for management. This issue has also been noticed at the ABC Bank This paper first introduces the meaning of motivation and some authors concept of motivation. It then evaluates two of the most contemporary models of motivation showing how they may inspire employees of the Human Resources Workgroup at the ABC to achieve
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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination CAPE ® BIOLOGY SYLLABUS Effective for examinations from May/June 2008 CXC A10/U2/07 Published by the Caribbean Examinations Council All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means electronic, photocopying, recording or otherwise without prior permission of the author or publisher. Correspondence related to the
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Habits and Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students Abid Hussain Ch.* Abstract The substantive aim of the study was to examine the effect of guidance services on students’ study attitudes, study habits and academic achievement. An experimental study was devised for the purpose. A guidance programme for secondary school students was developed by the researcher. An experiment was conducted to explore the effectiveness of guidance services in terms of improvement in students’ study attitudes
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