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Attitude Strength And Situational Strength As Moderators Of The Job Satisfaction – Job Performance Relationship, Joseph William Dagosta Jan 2020

Attitude Strength And Situational Strength As Moderators Of The Job Satisfaction – Job Performance Relationship, Joseph William Dagosta

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Workers who are satisfied with their jobs are better performers, but prior research has found a plethora of moderating variables between job satisfaction and job performance (Ostroff, 1992, Schleicher, Watt, & Greguras, 2004; Spector, 1997). Prior research has suggested that job attitude strength can strengthen the relationship between job satisfaction and job performance and that the relationships between personality variables and extra-role job performance are stronger in weak rather than strong workplace situations (Meyer et al., 2014; Shleicher et al., 2015). In the current study, I investigated the interaction between job satisfaction, job attitude strength, and situational strength on job …

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The Use Of Performance Measurement And Management In Small Ohio Municipalities, Yvonne M. Christopher Jan 2020

The Use Of Performance Measurement And Management In Small Ohio Municipalities, Yvonne M. Christopher

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As the dominant public management paradigm today, performance measurement and management systems are fundamental to increasing efficiency, accountability, and service quality in the public sector. Research into the practice at all levels of government has been expanding for decades in developed countries. However, the small local governments that comprise most U.S. municipalities are frequently overlooked as a topic of academic inquiry in public administration. This study aims to shed light on the extent to which the performance measurement methods prevalent at the state and federal levels have spread to small municipalities. Using elite interviewing methods and the four-point approach to …

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Induction And Transferral Of Flow In The Game Tetris, Kevin John O'Neill Jan 2020

Induction And Transferral Of Flow In The Game Tetris, Kevin John O'Neill

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We looked at the facilitation and transfer of a flow state in a cognitive context. Subjects played a manipulated version of the game Tetris, and we gathered data on their gameplay performance on pre- and post-tasks, as well as a set of questionnaires which measure flow and perceived task effort. The altered version of Tetris includes an artificial intelligence agent that continually assesses the participant’s skill and adapts the challenge level of the game to match the participant’s skill. An adaptive condition characterized by challenge-skill balance was hypothesized to induce flow, reduce perception of effort, and improve performance. We found …

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Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder, Megan Creviston Jan 2020

Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder, Megan Creviston

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The study examines adverse childhood experiences among individual who use illicit opioids, focusing on emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. The study uses data collected from a sample of 357 individuals with opioid use disorder who were recruited in the Dayton area between May 2017 and October 2018. The study builds on the life course and social learning theories to examine the association between childhood experiences and drug use behaviors in later life. The key aims of the study are to: 1) assess the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences in the community-recruited sample of individuals with opioid use disorder; 2) analyze …

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What Are You Looking At? Using Eye-Tracking To Provide Insight Into Careless Responding, Cheyna Katherine Brower Jan 2020

What Are You Looking At? Using Eye-Tracking To Provide Insight Into Careless Responding, Cheyna Katherine Brower

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Careless responding (CR), also called insufficient effort responding (IER), occurs when survey participants respond to items without regard to item content. The presence of careless responding threatens the validity of inferences made from self-report data (Huang et al., 2012; Huang et al., 2015), thus careless responding must be identified and removed to trust inferences made based on self-report survey data. Using a sample of 59 undergraduate students, this study uses eye-tracking data to assess the validity of existing careless responding indices and to provide insight into the nature of careless responding. Although influenced by measurement error in the eye-tracking indices, …

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Comparing Dichotomous And Polytomous Items Using Item Response Trees, Daniel Jenkins Jan 2020

Comparing Dichotomous And Polytomous Items Using Item Response Trees, Daniel Jenkins

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Research on the optimal number of response options on graphic rating scales has yielded mixed results such as that more scale points are better; there is an optimal range; or that it does not matter. The present study compared the psychometric properties of dichotomous and polytomous personality items using several methods of scoring including summed scores, item response theory (IRT), and item response trees. It was found that regression models based on dichotomous items explained similar amounts of variance in careless responding as models based on polytomous items. In addition, scores from dichotomous models were more closely related to the …

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Game Of Survival: External Actors' Support For Separatists, Joshua C. Underwood Jan 2020

Game Of Survival: External Actors' Support For Separatists, Joshua C. Underwood

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This research develops a novel model for external actors’ support for separatists.Three variables measuring external actors’ support are identified through two case studies, Kosovo Liberation Army and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, with an emphasis on Military Aid’s impact. The variables are then applied to a quantitative analysis of external actors’ support in a dataset of 75 observations during the years 1991-2020, utilizing the Uppsala Conflict Data Program External Support Dataset. The findings for this research show that Military Aid and Moral Support improve the probability of survival for a separatist group. A deeper analysis reveals that military aid among …

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Veteran Reintegration, Joan Lee Tolliver Jan 2020

Veteran Reintegration, Joan Lee Tolliver

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Veterans are a unique population and share a common experience: reintegration. The reintegration period can be a challenging experience, and affects things such as mental health and overall adjustment to civilian life. In order to examine reintegration more closely, interviews conducted by the Wright State’s Veterans Voices Project were used to complete this study. A checklist was used and consisted of nine themes identified in the relative literature related to reintegration: intimate relationships, familial relationships, children, education, employment, physical health, mental health, coping, and identity. Of the nine categories, employment was discussed most often (59.5%). Mental health was only discussed …

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Discriminating Targets Among Distractors In A Virtual Shopping Environment With Different Rack Orientations: Testing A Model Of Visibility, Tyler Sinclair Whitlock Jan 2020

Discriminating Targets Among Distractors In A Virtual Shopping Environment With Different Rack Orientations: Testing A Model Of Visibility, Tyler Sinclair Whitlock

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Objective: This study measured observers’ abilities to identify letter targets distributed among number distractors in a virtual shopping environment. Head-turning behavior was also continuously recorded throughout each trial. The data were then used to test whether a model’s prediction for the duration of visibility needed for target detection in a virtual shopping environment (Parikh & Mowrey, 2014) generalize to the more realistic shopping task of identifying a target on a shelf. Currently, the model predicts the visibility of the locations of targets in traditional racks oriented 90° to the aisle (perpendicular) as well as racks oriented at 30°, 45, 135°, …

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Trust Discounting In The Multi-Arm Trust Game, Michael Collins Jan 2020

Trust Discounting In The Multi-Arm Trust Game, Michael Collins

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Social interactions are complex and constantly changing decision making environments. Prior research (Mayer, Davis, & Schoorman, 1995) has found that people use their trust in others as a criterion for decision making during social interactions. Trust is not only relevant for human-human interaction, but has also been found to be important for human-machine interaction as well, which is becoming a growing feature in many work domains (De Visser et al., 2016). Prior research on trust has attempted to identify the behavioral characteristics an individual (trustor) uses to assess the trustworthiness of another (trustee) to determine the trustor's level of trust. …

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Examining The Role Of Trust In Peer-Assisted Learning, Peter Crowe Jan 2020

Examining The Role Of Trust In Peer-Assisted Learning, Peter Crowe

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Team and peer-assisted learning methodologies are becoming increasingly prevalent in both academia and industry. Learning with others is used with the assumption that individuals learn better in groups. The studies in this paper examine aspects of Peer-Assisted Learning in order to understand whether the claims of improved individual learning are substantiated, and if so, how that improved learning occurs. The cognitive mechanism examined in the studies below is the development of trust between peers on a learning task. Participants were selected from Wright State University and were predominantly undergraduate Psychology 101 students. Results indicated that Peer-Assisted Learning conditions did not …

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Us Media Representations Of Transnational Indian Surrogacy: Pre 2016 Surrogacy Conditions And Connections With Global Inequality, Stephanie Brooks Jan 2020

Us Media Representations Of Transnational Indian Surrogacy: Pre 2016 Surrogacy Conditions And Connections With Global Inequality, Stephanie Brooks

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Transnational commercial surrogacy brought billions of dollars from the United States to the Indian economy. During this time, beginning in 2002, this practice was and continues to be scrutinized by scholars from various academic fields. In this study the researcher analyzes how the emergence of transnational commercial surrogacy in India was portrayed in US media through multiple outlets including newswires, magazines, transcripts, and web publications. In this qualitative study, the researcher performed purposive sampling to locate articles within the Nexis Uni database between the dates of January 1, 2006 and January 1, 2015. Using flexible coding, and qualitative content analysis …

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Assessing Implicit Leadership And Followership Theories, Daniel Bashore Jan 2020

Assessing Implicit Leadership And Followership Theories, Daniel Bashore

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Implicit Leadership and Followership Theories (ILTs and IFTs, respectively) are individuals’ schemas composed of attributes that characterize leaders and followers. ILTs and IFTs are commonly measured through direct measures, however, researchers have questioned the validity of popular direct measures. With better and more parallel measures, we can examine the extent to which individuals think about leaders and followers as similar or dissimilar. Also, although substantial research has examined predictors of explicit leadership and leaders’ behavior, little research has attempted to examine antecedents of implicit leadership or followership. Using a sample of working adults (N = 243), the current study created …

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Targeting The Minority: A New Theory Of Diversionary Violence, Nathaniel M. Arnold Jan 2020

Targeting The Minority: A New Theory Of Diversionary Violence, Nathaniel M. Arnold

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This research develops a novel theory for domestic diversionary violence, contending that the main drivers for this type of conflict are the specific characteristics of state-targeted domestic minority groups. Seven new variables measuring minority group characteristics are identified through a case study of the Kurdish minority in the Turkish Republic, then applied to a quantitative analysis of domestic diversionary violence in a dataset of 284 observations across 117 countries during the years 2004-2005, utilizing data from the University of Maryland’s Minorities at Risk Project, the University of Illinois Cline Center SPEED Database, and World Bank. A proportional odds logistic regression …

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Assessing The Role Of Childhood Physical Abuse At The Hands Of A Caregiver In The Development Of Sex Addiction In Adulthood, Bria L. N. Brown Jan 2020

Assessing The Role Of Childhood Physical Abuse At The Hands Of A Caregiver In The Development Of Sex Addiction In Adulthood, Bria L. N. Brown

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The author provides a critical review of the etiology of sex addiction and its relationship to childhood physical abuse. The author selected and reviewed current literature of perceived causes of sex addiction and determined strengths and limitations of each study. The author provides a review of common themes in the literature and implications for clinicians treating sex addiction in those who have experienced childhood physical abuse with an attachment-based approach.

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The Guardian, Week Of December 30, 2019, Wright State Student Body Dec 2019

The Guardian, Week Of December 30, 2019, Wright State Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the week of December 30, 2019. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965

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The Guardian, Week Of December 23, 2019, Wright State Student Body Dec 2019

The Guardian, Week Of December 23, 2019, Wright State Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the week of December 23, 2019. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965

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The Guardian, Week Of December 16, 2019, Wright State Student Body Dec 2019

The Guardian, Week Of December 16, 2019, Wright State Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the week of December 16, 2019. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.

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The Guardian, Week Of December 9, 2019, Wright State Student Body Dec 2019

The Guardian, Week Of December 9, 2019, Wright State Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the week of December 9, 2019. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.

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The Guardian, Week Of December 2, 2019, Wright State Student Body Dec 2019

The Guardian, Week Of December 2, 2019, Wright State Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the week of December 2, 2019. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.

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Raj Soin College Of Business Newsletter - December 2019, Raj Soin College Of Business Dec 2019

Raj Soin College Of Business Newsletter - December 2019, Raj Soin College Of Business

Raj Soin College of Business Newsletter

A five page newsletter created by the Raj Soin College of Business at Wright State University documenting current affairs of the college including being named a Best Business School by Princeton Review and faculty member Rachel Sturm being featured in the Harvard Review.

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The Guardian, Week Of November 25, 2019, Wright State Student Body Nov 2019

The Guardian, Week Of November 25, 2019, Wright State Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the week of November 25, 2019. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.

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The Guardian, Week Of November 18, 2019, Wright State Student Body Nov 2019

The Guardian, Week Of November 18, 2019, Wright State Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the week of November 18, 2019. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.

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The Guardian, Week Of November 11, 2019, Wright State Student Body Nov 2019

The Guardian, Week Of November 11, 2019, Wright State Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the week of November 11, 2019. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.

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The Guardian, Week Of November 4, 2019, Wright State Student Body Nov 2019

The Guardian, Week Of November 4, 2019, Wright State Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the week of November 4, 2019. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.

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Raj Soin College Of Business Monthly Update - November 2019, Raj Soin College Of Business Nov 2019

Raj Soin College Of Business Monthly Update - November 2019, Raj Soin College Of Business

RSCob Monthly Update

The RSCoB Monthly Update highlights the activities in the college, such as, publications, new faculty and staff, recognitions, and student accomplishments.

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Raj Soin College Of Business Newsletter - November 2019, Raj Soin College Of Business Nov 2019

Raj Soin College Of Business Newsletter - November 2019, Raj Soin College Of Business

Raj Soin College of Business Newsletter

A five page newsletter created by the Raj Soin College of Business at Wright State University documenting current affairs of the college including Traynor being named dean and Wamwara receiving International Education Award.

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The Guardian, Week Of October 28, 2019, Wright State Student Body Oct 2019

The Guardian, Week Of October 28, 2019, Wright State Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the week of October 28, 2019. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.

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The Guardian, Week Of October 21, 2019, Wright State Student Body Oct 2019

The Guardian, Week Of October 21, 2019, Wright State Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the week of October 21, 2019. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.

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The Guardian, Week Of October 7, 2019, Wright State Student Body Oct 2019

The Guardian, Week Of October 7, 2019, Wright State Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the week of October 7, 2019. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.

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