2015-1 GEN4107 Research Methods Dr. A. Imboden and Dr. R. Lewis Literature review Statement of authorship I certify that this dissertation is my own work and contains no material that has been accepted for the award of any degree or diploma in any institute‚ college or university. Moreover‚ to the best of my knowledge and belief‚ it contains no material previously published or written by another person‚ except where due reference is made in the text of the dissertation. Signed
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Gender and Leadership Literature Review 1. Introduction Leadership theories and literature describe what leaders should do and on the other hand literature also exists on what leaders actually do‚ the former are prescriptive and the latter are descriptive (Bratton et al; 2005). Leadership style is a relatively consistent set of behaviours that characterise a leader (DuBrin; 1995). The main leadership theories encompass the trait‚ behaviour‚ contingency‚ power
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REVIEW OF LITERATURE (Michael S. Lane‚ Gerald L. Blakely‚ 1990): Management development programmes are increasingly being studied and evaluated‚ regarding their efficiency and effectiveness. Presents the results of a survey of 155 directors and vice-presidents of personnel and human resource management departments regarding the current status of their management development programmes. The results indicate that management development programmes do not seem to differentiate between levels of
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Literature Review Caarne L. White Capella University Authors Note Caarne L. White‚ Department of Counseling‚ Capella University‚ Minneapolis‚ MN caarnew@gmail.com Abstract The purpose of this paper is to provide the reader with a literature review of the topic proposed for completion of the final project. Bullying has become an ongoing global phenomenon. In particular are bully/victim behaviors and its impact on bully-victim cycles with K-12 students. This project
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Psychology 490 Literature Review October 6‚ 2009 In a study of the relationship between online dating and mating‚ Couch and Liamputtong (2008) performed a study on the use of the internet to meet sexual partners. It was noted that the internet is the most commonly used tool used to find friends‚ romantic and sexual partners. Participants for this study were found online dating websites‚ such as RSVP‚ Adult Play and Date and Find a Date. For inclusion in the study the potential participant
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worldwide and identify common therapeutic areas to allow for focused interventions‚ because off-label drug use can be a measure of the lack of knowledge concerning paediatric treatments. A secondary objective was to provide a brief review of efforts to date. A literature review of articles on off-label and unlicensed drug use in children involving general prescription samples was performed using Medline and Embase : A lack of harmonisation between the evidence‚ the information available to doctors‚ and
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the hospitals such as interdisciplinary rounds and medical rounds‚ but these are done perhaps daily or a few times a week. It is the focus of this paper to address three relevant headings related to nursing hourly rounding through research literature and review. With hourly rounding‚ nurses can independently initiate and perform tasks. Additionally‚ nurses can utilize the nursing process and apply it as frequently as every hour. For example‚ after medicating (implementation) the patient with
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Peripheral catheter complications and maintenance a literature review Nearly half of the 40 million patients requiring hospitalization each year in the United States receive intravenous (IV) treatment. Furthermore‚ approximately 42% of those receiving IV therapy experience phlebitis or other medical complications (Uslusoy & Mete‚ 2008). With numbers as staggering as these‚ IV care proves to be a large area of nursing responsibility and shows great relevance in the nursing practice.
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Literature review of strategy implementation and strategy process frameworks Introduction Great strategies are worth nothing if they cannot be implemented (Okumus and Roper 1999). It can be extended to say that better to implement effectively a second grade strategy than to ruin a first class strategy by ineffective implementation. Less than 50% of formulated strategies get implemented (Mintzberg 1994; Miller 2002; Hambrick and Canella 1989). Every failure of implementation is a failure of formulation
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Various studies have shown the importance of phonological structure of words‚ often referred to as phonological awareness. According to Snow‚ Burns‚ and Griffin (1998)‚ phonological awareness is the ability to attend explicitly to the phonological structure of spoken words‚ rather than just to their meanings and syntactic roles. Children who exhibit low phonological awareness are at even further risk for developing difficulties while reading (McDowell et al.). These researchers explored the correlation
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