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Stakeholder salience in corporate sustainability reports across regions

Questions that will be answered will include who the stakeholders are in the article, the firm's corporate reputation, how the topic could apply to the personal or professional life of the author of this report, how it would apply to an organization that the author of this report has observed and…

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Green IT strategies, drivers, dimensions and organizational goals

There are many drivers that are pushing the move to more sustainable IT practices. This trend has become known as green IT. The drivers of the trend have contributed to the dimensions in which the dedication to more efficient practices manifests in many different ways.

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Culturally competent mental health services for American Indian and Alaska Native veterans

This article importantly addresses special needs that American Indian (AI) and Alaska Native (AN) peoples have following their deployment. Unfortunately, in many instances, the research shows, AI/AN veterans are not receiving the care they are entitled to.

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Dispositional and evolutionary theories of personality

What makes some people extraverted and others introverted? Why are some people mellow and calm, while others lose their tempers at the drop of a hat? Personality psychology tries to answer questions like these by performing a twofold role.

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Fraud and transparency issues in secondary markets

What issues does the secondary market face when it comes to IPOs? The Economic Times (TET) in India explains that when a company issues securities to the public for the initial time, it is offered in the primary market.

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Managing nursing facility change: schedule shift versus electronic health records implementation

Change initiatives are always met with resistance in within the healthcare organizations, just as it is in other types of organizations.

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Windshield survey of North Miami Beach's community health systems

The purpose of this essay is to highlight and describe the results of a windshield survey of the North Miami Beach urban area.

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Progressive reform agendas of Roosevelt and Wilson

Progressivism describes the universal application of distinct responses in the social and economic problems arising from rapid industrialization and the urbanization introduced to America from the 19th Century.

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Financial transparency and capital planning in Veterans Affairs budget processes

It appears that of the suggestions offered by the various authors in consideration of this particular question, the concepts which yield the greatest insight into creating an improved budget process are those pertaining to financial transparency.

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Creating a spirit of mission to facilitate organizational change acceptance

The most effective technique for getting recipients of change to "buy in" is to create a unified vision that everyone can share and from which all can benefit. This is like what Samaan and Verneuil (2009) describe as adopting a "spirit of mission" (p. 143).

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