Destructive Leadership: The Cause, Effect, and Aftermath Snehal Kavi University of Maryland, University College Abstract This paper explores the behaviors of a destructive leader, and how this negativity affected the leader’s subordinates. Several peer-reviewed articles support the ideas that decision-making, influence tactics, power, and emotional intelligence create a successful leader. However, these traits were non-existent in a particular leaders case, which led to undesirable behaviors
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WORKING PAPER Auditor Independence: An Examination Independence Risk Factors and Mitigating Factors on Auditor Judgment Barbara M. Vinciguerra Penn State Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies Auditor Independence: An Examination Independence Risk Factors and Mitigating Factors on Auditor Judgment Abstract Professional standards require auditors to be independent in the performance of attestation services. Critics of the accounting profession have expressed
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This page intentionally left blank This practical coursebook introduces all the basics of semantics in a simple, step-bystep fashion. Each unit includes short sections of explanation with examples, followed by stimulating practice exercises to complete the book. Feedback and comment sections follow each exercise to enable students to monitor their progress. No previous background in semantics is assumed, as students begin by discovering the value and fascination of the subject and then move through
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stakeholders. Currently, the game is estimated to have the highest number of followers than any other sport. Due to its vast effects, Soccer World Cups have gained popularity in the past two decades. For the previously held World Cups, great focus has been on social and economic effects. There numerous articles that have been written about the positive and negative effects of World Cups especially to the host countries. Before the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, it was estimated that it would improve
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"Diplomatic negotiation consists of a process of communication between states seeking to arrive at a mutually acceptable outcome on some issue of shared concern."[p. 7] This process of communication can be profoundly affected by differing cultural conventions, norms, meanings, assumptions, ideals and perceptions. The problems of inter-cultural communication have received increased attention in recent years, and Cohen reviews briefly some of the main theorists working in this field. Cohen's own approach
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Lawyers, Political Embeddedness, and Institutional Continuity in China’s Transition from Socialism Author(s): Ethan Michelson Source: American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 113, No. 2 (September 2007), pp. 352-414 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/518907 . Accessed: 29/09/2013 06:25 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp
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9 COVERT HYPNOSIS TECHNIQUES TO INDUCE TRANCE ______________________________________________________________________ - Special Report - 9 Covert Hypnosis Techniques To Induce Trance Simple and Powerful Covert Hypnosis Techniques ANYONE Can Use To Enter Others Into A Trance Easily Written by Orkhan Ibad http://www.hypnosisblacksecrets.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2010 Orkhan Ibad – All Rights Reserved Page 1 CovertHypnosisLessons
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NiCE Working Paper 09-108 April 2009 Quality of Financial Reporting: measuring qualitative characteristics Ferdy van Beest Geert Braam Suzanne Boelens Nijmegen Center for Economics (NiCE) Institute for Management Research Radboud University Nijmegen P.O. Box 9108, 6500 HK Nijmegen, The Netherlands http://www.ru.nl/nice/workingpapers 1 Abstract We construct a compound measurement tool to comprehensively assess the quality of financial reporting in terms of the underlying fundamental
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Contribute to Teachers Absence Impact of Teachers Absenteeism Measuring Absenteeism Controlling Absenteeism Conclusion Bibliography 3 Chapter I The Problem and Its Scope Introduction Rates of employee absences and the effects of absences on productivity are topics of conversation in many organizations. One reason is that high rates of employee absence may signal weak management and poor labor-management relations. In the education sphere, employee absenteeism is a special
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Values What are values? Values are socially and personally shared conceptions of the good, desirable, and righteous. They are stabilized beliefs about personally or socially preferred modes of conduct or end-states of existence. They determine how one ought to or ought not to behave or act. In conversations, we qualify values using words like ought, should, good, right, and fair. Values are so central to individuals’ personality and cognitive structure that they influence every facet of human
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