MUDSLINGING AND MANNERS: A MULTI-METHOD EXAMINATION OF CONFLICT IN FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

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James Michael Curley Scrapbooks Volume 71

The James Michael Curley Scrapbook Collection consists of digitized microfilmed copies of notebooks kept by Curley from 1914-1937. These notebooks contain news clippings that were drawn primarily from Boston newspapers. Curley was born in Roxbury, MA in 1874. He served four terms as Mayor of Boston: 1914–1918, 1922–1926, 1930–1934 and 1946–1950. He also served as Governor of Massachusetts from 1935-1937. In addition to Curley’s political career, the scrapbooks also include clippings about his first wife Mrs. Mary Herlihy Curley (1884-1930) and their daughter Mary D. Curley (1909-1950). A selection of the notebooks were microfilmed in 1962. The microfilm can be found in the holdings of Dinand Library, Holy Cross’s main library. This volume includes clippings from 1932.https://crossworks.holycross.edu/curley_scrapbooks/1102/thumbnail.jp

Town of Hanover, New Hampshire annual report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014 and 2015 town meeting.

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire

Market orientation on trust and performance in London's ethnic minority micro businesses

The main objective of this study was to investigate and produce results of value in determining the merits of market orientation, trust and performance within the London African and Asian ethnic minority micro businesses (EMMBs). Searches of the literature established that previous studies concentrated on trust and market orientation, or market orientation and performance. Market orientation, trust and performance were selected as variables based on the literature review and in-depth interviews. The aim was to examine the extent to which market orientation influences trust, then performance of the EMMBs in London.Exploratory in-depth interviews were conducted then surveys designed and pilot tested, before circulating to participating ethnic minority micro businesses. The statistical methods included the use of inferential statistics such as frequencies, means, correlations, regression analysis, and Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin and Bartlett's sample adequacy tests. Factor analysis was performed to generate new classifications. Six hypotheses were tested.From the findings, the EMMBs mainly carry ethnic products and serve ethnic markets. The results established that ethnic minorities discriminated amongst themselves, paid little attention to their competitors, had an a-la-carte attitude to marketing, more often than not employed members of their ethnic group, and tried to create jobs for their families. The EMMBs were found to relate better with their customers and employees than with banks and suppliers. Furthermore, EMMBs did not use mainstream business support agencies, but used their own community support groups. They had a distrust of the authorities, few adopted new technology, and performance was better when using non-financial measures than when financial measures were used. In terms of the relationship between market orientation, trust and performance, there was a stronger relationship between trust and performance than between market orientation and performance. Trust was found to mediate performance.This study has generated a better understanding of the organization and cultures present in these EMMBs, which are unique in their own ways and contribute actively and significantly to the market and economic activities of the London boroughs where they are located. If taken into consideration, the important factors isolated by this research could result in positive improvements for those planning to undertake more effective ethnic minority business, and advance knowledge in the area of ethnic entrepreneurial trading

Journal of the Senate, session of 1994.

Titles and imprints vary; Some volumes include miscellaneous state documents and reports; Rules of the Senat

New Hampshire general court, journal of the house of representatives, containing the 1994 session January 5, 1994 through June 22, 1994.

Titles and imprints vary; Some volumes include miscellaneous state documents and reports; Rules of the House of Representative

Mother-infant relations in different ethnic groups living in London

Styles of mothering and the emphasis on the mother-infant relationship vary enormously both across and within cultures. Class, ethnicity, birth order and sex are some of the factors which have been shown to affect mother-infant relations, and thus the infant's development. The importance of a stimulating physical environment for the infant's cognitive-intellectual development is now accepted, but the question of which aspects of development are related to different aspects of the environment, and at which ages, are less investigated. Individual differences also have to be considered here. This longitudinal study was planned to look at the mother-infant relationship and its subsequent effect on infant development in a diversity of child-rearing situations. Both ethnic origin and social class differed widely, reflecting the main immigrant groups of the area of study and the indigenous population. 19 mother-infant pairs were visited in their homes at 3-monthly intervals until 18 months. Assessment was by means of maternal interview, observation of family interaction, and developmental testing of infants. No significant differences relating to social class or ethnic group, sex of infant or birth order emerged, either in cognitive, motor or social development. Differences in styles of mothering were observed, and cross-lagged panel analysis indicated the positive influence of two maternal behaviours: Emotional and Verbal Responsivity, and Maternal Involvement, on subsequent mental development. Direction of effect for both behaviours was from mother to child, so that it was the more emotionally responsive and involved mothers who were having the more positive effect on their infant's level of mental functioning. In the second year a mutually reinforcing "steady state" relationship appeared to have been established between these two maternal behaviours and infant's mental test scores, although the impact of the alerter infants in eliciting maternal involvement was now greater than in the first year.<p

Quality of working life and quality of care in Icelandic hospital nursing

This thesis is a study about nurses' working environment in an Icelandic hospital (LSH), and its relationship with nurse job satisfaction, nurse burnout and nurse assessed quality of patient care. The study focuses on ways in which nurses' working environment can be improved to meet increasing health care demands and nurse shortages with the ultimate goal of providing high-quality patient care. Previous studies show positive relationships between supportive management, professional autonomy, adequate staffing and good inter-professional relationships, on one hand, and nurse job satisfaction, nurse burnout and quality of patient care, on the other. The first part of the study is a cross-sectional survey among a large sample of hospital nurses using an instrument previously employed in international studies. The second part is a series of focus group interviews with a sub-sample of the survey to further expand the survey findings. The study shows that working environment factors and nurse job outcomes are favourable for Icelandic nurses compared to nurses in five other countries. In this study the most important predictors of better nurse and patient outcomes are managerial support at the unit level, adequate staffing and good nurse-doctor working relationships. It is suggested that intrinsic job motivation, independent nursing practice, high educational background and supportive working environment of Icelandic nurses may contribute to their quality of working life and the quality of care they give their patients. The major contribution to knowledge from this study is to re-emphasise the important role of supportive frontline management, adequate staffing and good nurse-doctor working relationships, and to indicate the importance of intrinsic job motivation. Five new sub-scales to the key instrument are revealed, and a revised model on key determinants of nurse and patient outcomes is developed. -EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo