Examining Collegiality and Social Justice in Academia and the Private Sector: an Exploratory SYMLOG Analysis

This research compares the perceptions of the private sector, high-technology employees to the perceptions of university faculty members regarding organizational culture, social justice and collegiality concepts. The SYMLOG assessment technique was used to record the perceptions of respondents to four different concepts of organizational culture, two different aspects of social justice and two measures of collegiality. Comparative findings of gender differences across the eight concepts raise key organizational culture, legal, measurement, governance, and social policy issues for academia and high tech organizations. The development of a conceptual framework to guide future research and a blueprint to discuss desired organizational change are highlighted

The Relation Between The Obsessional Character And Aspects Of Cognitive Performance

This research aims to examine the relation between obsessionality and aspects of cognitive performance in secondary school children. The obsessional character is typified by such traits as orderliness and caution, and may be distinguished from the obsessional neurotic who displays varied clinical symptoms. An examination of the literature attempts to ascertain the nature of relationships between obsessional attributes and cognition, but the majority of studies concentrate on adult clinical populations. The cognitive style of reflection-impulsivity is considered in view of its superficial similarity to the obsessionality dimension but it is found to be a narrow concept at its most discriminating with younger children. Means of assessing obsessionality psychometrically are examined with particular reference to six tests, only one of which has a variant suitable for use with children, the Easy Reading Version of Kline's Ai3Q. Data on reliability and validity for this test are sought in a series of three studies with 12 and 13 year old children; it is concluded that it can satisfactorily discriminate between children of this age who may be labelled high or low obsessionals. Sex differences were also found. Two studies of cognitive performance are carried out using four tasks involving speed and accuracy. The results confirm in general hypotheses that high obsessional children perform more accurately and with less speed than low obsessionals, but some interaction effects with sex are noted as well as indications of possible task-specificity. The results are discussed in the light of such factors as underinclusive thinking and theories of reversal and arousal. It is concluded that obsessionality in an important variable to be considered when investigating cognition in children

Digital Acoustic Tracking Analysis Program

The purpose of this report is to investigate the processing of tracking data for acoustic targets. The programs developed for two- and three- dimensional space calculate the target\u27s position via hyperbolic-fix navigation (geometric) considerations using the Newton-Raphson algorithm. The computer programs and the tracking solution approach contained herein is based on knowledge of only the sensors\u27 locations and the relative time-difference at which a target\u27s referenced, singular, acoustic pressure wavefronts are received at the sensors. Omnidirectional sensors are found to be sufficient for the two-dimensional space tracking problem. However, it is found that the three-space problem required usage of directional frequency and ranging (DIFAR) sensors. Line printer plots are provided for the target position solutions; also; tabular track position solutions are provided

Alien Registration- Ford, George N. (Strong, Franklin County)

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Media Influences and Student Attitudes Toward Law Enforcement Figures Within Northeast Tennessee

The purpose of this study is to analyze student attitudes toward various law enforcement figures and to obtain a better understanding of public relations, police effectiveness, and media influences in Northeastern Tennessee. This literature review provided a preliminary analysis of related works to advance the accuracy in conducting and examining future studies. The fields that deserve the most analysis are the underlying dimensions associated with public attitudes about police effectiveness, the media’s impact on public attitudes toward police, and the individual, external, and contextual variables that influence public attitudes toward police

The European Union preferential trade with developing countries. Total trade restrictiveness and the case of sugar

Preferential trade agreements are a central issue in the multilateral trade liberalization process. The extent to which such agreements are effective in improving market access for developing and developed countries is important because trade liberalization results in eroding their value to the beneficiary countries, expressed as export revenue. This paper focuses on the estimation of a theoretically founded bilateral aggregated measure of trade restrictiveness, the Mercantilistic Trade Restrictiveness Index, by means of a general equilibrium model, in order to measure the effectiveness of preferences granted by the European Union. We also develop an empirical model structure, comprising a partial equilibrium model for the sugar market and a gravity model, in order to replicate least developed countries bilateral trade with Europe, and to estimate the erosion in the value of preferences granted to African, Caribbean and Pacific countries and to least developed countries brought about by changes in the Common Market Organization for sugar and the Everything but Arms initiative. The results highlight the importance of sugar in determining the degree of trade restrictiveness faced by developing countries. Sugar sector policy reform in Europe is expected to result in a significant reduction in the African Caribbean and Pacific countries’ export revenue, whilst the initial impact on least developed countries may be limited, but increasing in the medium run.preferential trade, sugar, policy reform

The State, Democratic Transition and Employment Relations in Indonesia

Indonesia’s transition since 1998 from authoritarian developmentalism to democracy has had a fundamental effect on employment relations. Although the basic structure of the economy has not changed, the twin processes of democratisation and decentralisation have seen the return of a degree of political space not available in Indonesia since the 1950s. This transformation was underpinned by a shift in the balance between the primary logics of the state that has seen an enhanced emphasis on legitimation. It has reshaped expectations of workplace-level employment relations practice in the country’s small formal sector and of trade unions’ engagement with policy-making and electoral politics. This article traces the processes through which this transformation occurred and analyses both its successes and the ongoing challenges to more robust implementation of the country’s industrial relations framework

Banking 1987: a year of reckoning

Banks and banking - Ratio analysis ; Bank profits