Are Astronauts Worth Tens of Billions of Dollars in Extra Costs to Go to Mars?

As society contemplates going to the moon or Mars, there’s a rising debate as to whether it’s worth spending billions of dollars to send humans to other planets if a robot or rover can perform the necessary science

Servant leadership for multidimensional sport employee well-being: relationships, health, and happiness [Abstract]

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Sport identification and employee pride: key factors in sport employee psychology

The current study used a positive psychology approach to gain insight on employees working within the professional sports industry. While psychological fulfillment has been proposed as a critical area of distinction for managing in the sport environment, there is a need for empirical investigation relating to this proposition. The purpose of the current study was to address this gap in the literature and assess the role of psychological fulfillment in the form of sport employee pride. This study also addresses the role of identification with a specific sport and introduces this concept to the organisational behaviour literature more generally. More than 1,000 employees from five different professional sports leagues participated in the study, with structural equation modelling results providing support for sport identification and employee pride having a positive influence on satisfaction and organisational citizenship behaviour. Implications for sport managers are that employees working in this environment can have a psychological connection with a particular sport, which in turn augments employee pride and leads to positive attitudes and behaviours in the workplace. The results of this study are significant to sport managers in relation to human resource decisions and promoting positive psychology in the workplace

Workplace dynamics in professional sport: a case study of identification, political skill, and personal control

This case is based on a collection of real-life scenarios encountered by employees working for professional sport organizations. The workplace in this environment contains circumstances distinct to the sport context which this case aims to highlight. A small work group of three individuals with diverse backgrounds representing key departments in a professional basketball club are brought together to lead a difficult challenge in the community. Over the course of the season, several meetings and personal interactions play out which present difficulties in productivity due to individual differences in human relations capacity and varying psychological connections with the environment. In combination with the teaching notes, the case is designed to highlight (1) the special nature of employee identification in the professional sport setting (2) an array of political skills which are relevant and useful to the sport workplace and (3) the role of perceived personal control in sport organizations. An overview of theory and its specific application to the case is provided along with discussion questions and answers to aid instructors in effectively engaging with students around the topical areas. </div

Work in Progress: Integrating Computational Thinking in STEM Education Through a Project-Based Learning Approach

This work in progress describes the design of a project-based, STEM +C (Computing) curriculum for 4th to 6th grade students in an afterschool setting, which is part of a large NSF-funded STEM+C project. The paper reports the preliminary outcome of the implementation of the first two STEM+C projects that focuses on student attitudes toward STEM and the computational thinking revealed during students’ scientific inquiry and problem solving processes

Regional biodiversity of terrestrial Heteroptera and Orthoptera in southwestern Illinois

We conducted a baseline inventory of terrestrial Heteroptera (true bugs) and Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets and katydids) at foursites in Monroe and Randolph counties,Illinois in 2014, namely: Mill Creek Natural Area (MCNA); White Rock Nature Preserve (WRNP); Fogelpole Cave Nature Preserve (FCNP); and Kidd Lake State Natural Area (KLSNA).A total of 95 species in the focal taxa were recorded (67 Heteropteraand28 Orthoptera). In addition, a further 96 species of arthropods in groups other than Heteroptera and Orthoptera were also recorded.Heteropteran diversity was found to be typical of that expected for other natural areas in Illinois, though orthopteran diversity was much lower and may be related to structural aspects of the respective habitats.Cluster analysis of our presence/absence data revealed marked differences in site similarity between orthopteran and heteropteran species assemblages.IDNR Division of Wildlifeunpublishednot peer reviewedOpe

Surfacing implicit leadership theories in a professional sport context - A comparison of four research techniques in two Bundesliga handball clubs

Surfacing implicit leadership theories in a professional sport context - A comparison of four research techniques in two Bundesliga handball club

Innovative cultures in professional sports: The role of servant leadership in fostering employee cooperation, creativity, and satisfaction [Abstract]

Innovative cultures in professional sports: The role of servant leadership in fostering employee cooperation, creativity, and satisfaction [Abstract

New Tricks (1992)

The magazine is almost finished- forged in the fiery loins of Beadle Hall (erect in 1886). The Editor (Hephaestus) eyes me anxiously. He\u27s waiting for the foreword and is acutely aware of my procrastinating nature. The clock, uncaring of my plight, ticks on. New Tricks (The Official Magazine of the Literary Stunt Dogs) has risen from the ashes of the Dakotah Poesy. The Poesy was Dakota State\u27s literary magazine from 1986 to 1990. Sadly, the Poesy died of natural causes and DSU became a university without a literary magazine. Not for long. For in mid-September a young writer (Brian Bargmann) snatched a brand from the smoldering embers and ran with it. Thanks to Brian\u27s undying efforts- constantly stinging the haunches of the sleeping cow of apathy, goading students and faculty, and occasionally screaming and blurry-eyed- here it is, finally, after eight months- Volume I, Number I. Please try to remember that the perfect poem will never be written. For this let us thank the gods and the next page. Stephen Bel