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Direct linkTalnack, G. Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The lines between basic and applied research and the sectors of the U.S. economy responsible for each type have begun to blur. No better case for the blurring of these lines and the benefits of technology transfer among research institutions can be provided than the recent phenomenon of corporate patent donations to non-profit research…
Descriptors: Research, Donors, Intellectual Property, Economic Impact
Rojas-Sosa, Deyanira – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study investigates how heterosexuality is performed and achieved in everyday language use, specifically in personal ads from the Internet. Within personal ads, it focuses on the metaphors used by ad posters to articulate concepts of love, desire, gender and sexuality. The aim was to determine how the use of certain metaphors reflects ad…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Sexual Orientation, Intimacy, Social Values
Gonzaga, Stephanie Young – ProQuest LLC, 2009
A grounded theory study examined senior leaders methods of knowledge sharing with junior leaders in a small commercial mortgage company. The study was designed to develop an emergent theory to explain the cultural elements that influenced the methods leaders used to transfer knowledge to junior people. The study identified a systemic value of…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Organizational Communication, Administrator Behavior, Leadership Styles
Shuman, Aaron L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Educational leadership has been the focus of many studies; however, leadership does not occur in a vacuum. Understanding the context in which it occurs will in turn help to explain the phenomenon itself. Rural communities in the United States have many differences when compared to urban and suburban areas. Twenty-eight percent of schools in the…
Descriptors: High Schools, Rural Schools, Rural Areas, Gender Discrimination
Latimer, Robin Marcelle – ProQuest LLC, 2008
The purpose of this study was to investigate the status of American democratic values and to identify participant perceptions of the core identity of American higher education. Kezzar (2005) proposed that projects for democratic dialogue are a neoliberal response to the failures of necoconservative and Old Left policies. These projects may be part…
Descriptors: Social Values, Higher Education, Democratic Values, Liberal Arts
Shim, Jenna Min – ProQuest LLC, 2009
In this dissertation I investigated how teachers interpreted intercultural differences and tensions embodied in fictional short stories and films. Participants in the study were 14 English teachers from China, South Korea, and the United States. My key research questions were: How are cultural differences understood and articulated by teachers…
Descriptors: Race, Multicultural Education, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries
