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Creative intelligence's impact on organizational decision making and leadership

Creative intelligence has a significant and lasting impact on decision making in organizations. Leading theorists in transformational leadership contend there is a correlation between the ability to motivate and creative intelligence

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Self-efficacy beliefs and their role in personal achievement

Self-efficacy is a person's perception or belief of, and in, his ability to organize and perform acts towards the attainment of a goal (Bandura, 1994). This belief in himself determines how he thinks, behaves and feels (as qtd in Cherry, 2010).

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Auditor responsibility for fraud detection under SAS 99

The objective of this work is to describe the various types of fraud that the auditor may encounter and provide examples of actual fraud and to describe the auditor's responsibility under GAAS. This work will incorporate a discussion of SAS 99 and summarize key points.

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The relationship between economic factors and crime rates in San Bernardino

It is the general aim of all researchers not only to discover new information but as much as possible to build on what other people have already done in the field (Becker, p76).

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Why capitalism emerged in Western Europe and not elsewhere

Capitalism is a concept that defies a simple definition. Yet, from the end of feudalism in the West, to the rise of mercantilism, and finally with the development of the nation-state and the origins of competition, there appears a more definitive system that defines capitalism.

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Religious transformation in the 1920s and 1970s: Dumenil and Schulman compared

According to Dumenil's The Modern Temper, the 1920s resulted in a "modern" society because of the culmination of late nineteenth century industrialization, urbanization, and immigration. Far from monolithic, a burgeoning working class rose alongside the new era of middle class women.

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Robert Kagan's analysis of transatlantic divergence on foreign policy

Author Robert Kagan borrows from the title of a pop culture book -- Women are from Venus, Men are from Mars -- to illustrate the great difference in the 21st Century between Europe and the U.S.

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Social stigma and misinformation barriers to emergency contraception use

In the United States there are more than three million unplanned pregnancies per year (Raymond, Trussell, & Polis, 2007). The cause of these pregnancies varies greatly, generally resulting from improper use of contraception or even a complete lack of contraception.

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The difference effective leadership makes in organizations

The process of social influence in which someone can procure the aid and support of others in the achievement of a common task is leadership. Leadership definitions that are more inclusive of followers also exist.

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Supreme Court's reversal in Arthur Andersen v. United States

In the case of Arthur Andersen v. United States, the Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling that the company had obstructed justice.

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