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Leadership styles across organizational and societal cultures

The focus of all leadership research shifting from traditional to transactional models of leadership has charisma as the central concept (Pillai, Schriesheim, & Williams, 1999).

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Origins and functions of Irish Round Towers

The name itself carries enough to become a description in its own right of these wonders of the Irish architecture.

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Nineteenth-century evolutionary theories of marriage, family, and religion

How do the methods of 19th Century Evolutionists explain the development of marriage, family, political organization, and religion?

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Corporate governance definitions and international convergence constraints

The proper governance of companies will become as crucial to the world economy as the proper governing of countries... strong corporate governance produces good social progress. The two go together. -- James Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank, 2002

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Web-based learning and Java applets for special education mathematics

Effects and Impact of Technology in Learning of Elementary School Special Education Students The use of technologies to assist in the teaching of special education elementary school children presents unique challenges and illustrates how the creative use of Web-based learning systems can accelerate…

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Zombie cinema's origins in Vodoun folklore and film

The very nature of the monster in the zombie movies is that they do not think or speak, they merely act. This means that unlike most other monsters in the horror genre, there is no literary precedent.

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Truth commissions versus criminal proceedings in transitional justice

One of the advantages of a truth commission as compared to a criminal proceeding is that often, the government set in place after the fall of a dictatorship or a military regime, for example, is just starting its work and it is still weak and without the possibility to strongly follow the…

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James Monaco's "How to Read a Film" and film criticism methods

Monaco, J. (2000). How to read a film, 3rd ed. Oxford University Press. James Monaco's seminal cinema studies text, How to Read Film, is currently in its third edition.

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Literacy as a tool of subjugation in Frederick Douglass's narrative

Theories differ on how people learn to read and write. The connection between reading and writing is one of the most debated topics in literary circles. However, the debate over this topic pales to the debate over the relationship between culture and literacy.

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Pessimism and uncertainty in Arthur Clough's English poetry

Arthur Clough was a British poet who spent some of his a few of his formative years in the United States. He was considered a genius from a young age, but his consequent stint at Oxford was not fruitful.

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