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Organizational behavior principles and their applications in modern business management

Generally, organizational behavior refers to the study of behavior patterns within professional business (and other) organizations (George & Jones, 2008; NAU, 2010; Robbins & Judge, 2009).

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Globalization's economic, environmental, and cultural impacts on developed and developing nations

When comparing the fortunes of the winners and losers of globalization, it might seem as if the United States has emerged as a clear winner. As a result of globalization, the U.S. has enjoyed peace and a wide variety of relatively low-cost goods and services from around the world.

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Donna Langston's analysis of class as a barrier to social mobility

"In the myth of the classless society, ambition and intelligence alone are responsible for success," writes Donna Langston in her essay "Tired of playing monopoly." Yet American society is highly stratified by class markers and class assumptions, often in invisible ways that can advance or prove to…

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Cinematic voyeurism and benign gazing in Amélie Poulain

Laura Mulvey's concept of cinematic voyeurism suggests that the pleasure of gazing, specifically the pleasure of gazing as a man, is inherent to the way in which women are framed in cinema.

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Parental divorce and offspring marriage timing: reconciling conflicting research findings

Wolfinger, Nicholas H. (2003, September). Parental divorce and offspring marriage: Early or late? Social Forces, 83(1): 337-353

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Google's high-performance workplace philosophy and employee engagement strategies

One of the most successful enterprises spawned by the digital age is that of Google, a company that has grown from its humble start-up beginnings to an international technological behemoth that dominates all of its competition.

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Harm reduction policies and their unintended consequences in drug control

Harm reduction: Pros and (mostly) cons of harm reduction public policies directed at substance abusers Harm reduction is a public health philosophy that seeks to mitigate the dangers that illicit drug abuse and drug use causes in society.

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Lori Schiller's The quiet room and schizophrenia stereotypes

Lori Schiller's 1996 memoir the Quiet Room defies many of the stereotypes attached to the common image of a schizophrenic person. Like many schizophrenics, Schiller began to suffer symptoms in late adolescence.

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Factors promoting and inhibiting second language acquisition

Low level of linguistic distance (learning a Romantic language like Portuguese is relatively easy for a native Spanish speaker) versus a high level of linguistic difference (learning a tonal language like Chinese is a greater challenge for native non-tonal language speakers)

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Idealism and disillusionment in James Joyce's "The Dead"

James Joyce's short story "The Dead" simultaneously idealizes and deflates romantic ideals. On one hand, Gretta's description of Michael Furey, and how he died for her love, is shocking and heartbreaking.

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