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Effective communication as a foundation for work group success

According to Daniel Levi, a leading expert on group communication and success there are three basic tenets for evaluating the success of a work group or team.

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The transformation of job security and the American workplace through downsizing

One of the harsh realities of working in the 21st century is a fundamental change in the social contract from years past wherein American workers were virtually assured of a job for their lifetimes providing they worked hard and demonstrated loyalty to their companies.

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Psychodrama as a therapeutic tool for trauma recovery

The ways in which the mind processes and stores information, and how it works with the human body as a whole, remains a mystery not yet completely solved.

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Societal reactions to women who violate gender norms

This paper examines societal response to women who violate gender norms. To examine these reactions, the author engaged in three behaviors that are typically identified as male behavior: chewing tobacco in public, engaging in a football game with a group of males, and changing a tire while a male…

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Women's economic stature and marriage patterns in the United States

One of the most accurate definitions of gender was given Ridgeway and colleague (1999) where he explained that gender was simply a structure where by a society was able to define the social differences within people and their relations or socioeconomic stature based on those differences.

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Philosophical origins and definitions of modernism and postmodernism

There are differing opinions as to the point in history that is marked by the advent of modernism. Clement Greenberg (1982) says that he identifies the modernist period as commencing with the philosophy of Kant (Frascina, Francis, Harrison, Charles, and Paul, Deidre, 1982, p. *).

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How personal codes of ethics develop and shape moral decision-making

Personal Code of Ethics is much like the human brain. Everyone already has one but some people tend to use it to better effect than others.

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Gender differences in homicidal crime rates and demographics

Criminologists have long believed that crime rates are at least partially attributable to social factors in society that affect individuals differently (Macionis, 2003). In particular, race, social class, age and gender correlate strongly to incidence of criminal behavior.

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Women in combat units: policy debate and military integration

Women in the army are nothing new. During the Second World War, women served in the front as much as men, both among the allied and the axis powers. The separation of duties resulted in companies called the WAC -- Women Army Corps that had details in medical, and other non-combatant operations.

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Research-based best practices for teaching reading disabilities

The objective of this study is to make a review of research-based best practices for students diagnosed with a learning disability in reading.

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