Alien Registration- Clenney, James D. (Westbrook, Cumberland County)

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Negotiators at Work: Three Essays on Employee Negotiation Skill Development and Exhibition

The need to negotiate is pervasive, but the ability to do so effectively is not so commonplace and is an often assumed or taken-for-granted skill. Despite the fact that people negotiate something nearly every day, be it in their personal or professional lives, very few people undergo formal negotiation skill training. In fact, most people overestimate their negotiating abilities, primarily because they never receive feedback on their skills. Consequently, this overestimation of negotiating ability often leads people to unknowingly negotiate suboptimal agreements. In other words, they can do better. In an organizational setting, many employees have to negotiate as a normal and customary part of their job; however, unlike other essential skills, such as technical skills or general communication skills, negotiation skills are not as widely taught and are frequently assumed to be mastered. Furthermore, organizations will place great emphasis on the outcomes of employee negotiations rather than the skills that lead to those outcomes. Similarly, scholarly research on negotiation seems to mimic this focus, where there are many studies related to negotiation outcomes and even general tactics (e.g., making the first offer, setting target and resistance points, etc.) prescribed to obtain outcomes. However, there is a large gap in understanding how people acquire and why they exhibit particular negotiation skills. Furthermore, the relationship between specific negotiation skills and specific negotiated outcomes has been inferred or tested indirectly in previous research. Studies in this dissertation directly examine if acquiring a particular negotiation skill set does lead to particular negotiated outcomes. This dissertation aims to set forth an initial framework for employee negotiation skill development and test key relationships to support the idea that not everyone acquires the same set of negotiation skills or are effective in every negotiation situation. This overall argument will be presented via three essays, the first proposes a theoretical framework and the second and third empirically test relationships set forth in the theory paper

Flextime and Telecommuting: Examining Individual Perceptions

Thomas W. Gainey is the chairman and an associate professor in the Department of Management, Richards College of Business, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia, 30118. Beth F. Clenney is a lecturer in the Department of Management, Richards College of Business. University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia 30118

Anticoagulation for the long-term treatment of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer

Background Cancer increases the risk of thromboembolic events even while on anticoagulation. Objectives To compare the efficacy and safety of low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) and oral anticoagulants for the long-term treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with cancer. Search strategy A comprehensive search for studies of anticoagulation in cancer patients including a February 2010 electronic search of: the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), MEDLINE, EMBASE and ISI Web of Science. Selection criteria Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing long-term treatment with LMWH versus oral anticoagulants (vitamin K antagonist (VKA) or ximelagatran) in patients with cancer and symptomatic objectively-confirmed VTE. Data collection and analysis Using a standardized data form we extracted data on methodological quality, participants, interventions and outcomes of interest: survival, recurrent VTE, major bleeding, minor bleeding, thrombocytopenia and postphlebitic syndrome. We assessed the quality of evidence at the outcome level following the GRADE approach. Main results Of 8187 identified citations, nine RCTs were eligible and reported data for 1908 patients with cancer. Meta-analysis of seven RCTs showed that LMWH, compared to VKA provided no statistically significant survival benefit (hazard ratio (HR) 0.96; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.81 to 1.14) but a statistically significant reduction in VTE (HR 0.47; 95% CI 0.32 to 0.71). Other results did not exclude a beneficial or harmful effect of LMWH compared to VKA for the outcomes of major bleeding (RR 1.05; 95% CI 0.53 to 2.10) or thrombocytopenia (RR 1.02; 95% CI 0.60 to 1.74). The quality of evidence was low for mortality, major bleeding and minor bleeding and moderate for recurrent VTE. One RCT comparing six months extension of anticoagulation with 18 months ximelagatran 24 mg twice daily versus placebo found a reduction in VTE (HR 0.16; 95% CI 0.09 to 0.30) but did not exclude beneficial or harmful effects for the outcomes of mortality and bleeding. One RCT, comparing dabigatran to VKA, did not exclude beneficial or harmful effect of one agent over the other. Authors' conclusions For the long-term treatment of VTE in patients with cancer, LMWH compared to VKA reduces venous thromboembolic events but not death. The decision for a patient with cancer and VTE to start long-term LMWH versus oral anticoagulation should balance the benefits and downsides and integrate the patient's values and preferences for the important outcomes and alternative management strategies

Alien Registration- Clenney, Mary L. (Westbrook, Cumberland County)

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Mothers and medicine: the role of routine and accessible care for women entering a newly postpartum period

Although children are considered one of life’s greatest gifts by much of the population, the care and support surrounding the women who bear the most responsibility when it comes to caring for them is sorely lacking. The reason behind why postpartum care gets put on the back burner by medical providers is unknown, but upon further research, a few ideas can certainly be inferred. The first step when considering the initiation of routine screening for mental health in postpartum women is to evaluate the gaps in research that are present, particularly when looking at the significant drop in postpartum mental health screening of women who are considered minorities. From there, the current screening tools in place and the new proposed ideas for screening must be compared to assess the changes that should be made to ensure that the mental health of women is effectively taken care of during the postpartum period. Although it is clear that changes have to be made, the most important question is what changes to mental health screening will prove to be the most effective way to treat women during the postpartum period

Alien Registration- Clenney, Mary L. (Westbrook, Cumberland County)

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Alien Registration- Clenney, James D. (Westbrook, Cumberland County)

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