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Consumer activism and corporate marketing strategy alignment

Consumer activists are every much a part of modern day life. On the one hand, they attack corporations for deceiving and perverting a simple-minded public; on the other hand, they denounce consumers for their attachment to a frivolous and insipid materialism.

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Leadership: innate talent versus learned skill development

Leadership: Born or Made? Goleman et al. An effective leader is one who possesses both the innate talents of one who will preside with influence over others and the acquired skills that come with education, training and experience.

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Short-term rewards and employee satisfaction at a food bank

Of course that fat, end-of-the-year bonus check is lovely to get. Even in these lean days, when that annual largesse may have been put on a diet, the bonus given for a long period of good work is certainly beneficial in terms of proving to be an incentive for a worker to continue to put in his or…

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Policy reform needed to expand charter school establishment in Virginia

Policy Reform to Promote the Growth and Development of Charter Schools in the State of Virginia Tools ? Administrations ?

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Counseling approaches and cultural satisfaction with mental health services

Populations span from the egregiously poor-functioning substance abuser to a graduate student who is merely struggling with stress and financial related problems. The need outruns the resources, and, oftentimes counselors may feel themselves inadequately equipped to address the need or situation.

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Threat perception bias and anxiety in Chinese school children

The study conducted by Lu, Daleiden, & Lu; "threat perception bias and anxiety among Chinese school children and adolescents," considered the relationship between threat perception bias and anxiety among children and adolescents in China.

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Institutional factors contributing to counselor turnover in substance abuse treatment centers

This article examines a study of institutional and ecological factors contributing to turnover rates among counselors in substance abuse treatment centers.

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Hamlet's indecisiveness and moral contemplation in Shakespeare's tragedy

It is doubtful that William Shakespeare had any idea when he began writing his play, Hamlet, (Shakespeare) of the far reaching and varied effect that his words and characters would have.

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Conflicting theories of prospective memory and aging

"Results pertaining to adult age differences in prospective memory performance are conflicting, with some studies reporting no deficits for older adults and others observing significant age-related

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Willy Loman's tragic flaw and the American Dream delusion

Arthur Miller's play, Death of a Salesman, explores personal tragedy through the life of Willy Loman, whose fatal flaw is coupled with inaction. Willy is a unique man in that he is able to maintain his lifestyle for decades. This lifestyle is not successful but it was comfortable and easy.

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