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A New Way of Statecraft: The Career of Elton Mayo and the Development of the Social Sciences in America, 1920-1940

Description: Considered "the father of the science of human relations," Elton Mayo was instrumental in the development of industrial psychology and sociology in America. The career of Elton Mayo and his attraction to influential figures like John D. Rockefeller, Jr., provide a chronological order and interpretive force to understand this development. Mayo's concern about human behavior in the modern industrial world and management's concern over the future of industrial relations, found common ground in th… more
Date: August 1992
Creator: Cullen, David O'Donald, 1951-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
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The stability of input structures in a supply-driven input-output model: A regional analysis

Description: Disruptions in the supply of strategic resources or other crucial factor inputs often present significant problems for planners and policymakers. The problem may be particularly significant at the regional level where higher levels of product specialization mean supply restrictions are more likely to affect leading regional industries. To maintain economic stability in the event of a supply restriction, regional planners may therefore need to evaluate the importance of market versus non-market … more
Date: June 1, 1994
Creator: Allison, T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Descriptive Study of Offended Responses to Nudity in Print Advertising Targeted to Women

Description: A discussion of offensiveness in advertising is the initial focus of this research. A review of the offensiveness, irritation, nudity, and sexual suggestiveness in advertising literature suggested that females report somewhat high arousal scores when viewing nudity but that the arousal may not necessarily be positive. The measure of contributing variables to offendedness responses was proposed using various degrees of nudity in existing advertising as the primary stimuli.
Date: August 1992
Creator: Dishman, Paul Lake, III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
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Team learning center design principles

Description: This is a preliminary report of a multi-year collaboration of the authors addressing the subject: Can a facility be designed for team learning and would it improve the efficiency and effectiveness of team interactions? Team learning in this context is a broad definition that covers all activities where small to large groups of people come together to work, to learn, and to share through team activities. Multimedia, networking, such as World Wide Web and other tools, are greatly enhancing the ca… more
Date: June 1, 1995
Creator: Daily, B.; Loveland, J. & Whatley, A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Program: A Cultural Feast]

Description: Program for the 'Cultural Feast' hosted by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters celebrating Kathlyn Gilliam on May 17, 1998 at the Academy.
Date: May 1998
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[College of Business History]

Description: A video of the history of the University of North Texas and the school of business program.
Date: April 13, 1990
Duration: 32 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: University of North Texas. Center for Media Production.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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The safety climate of a Department of Energy nuclear facility: A sociotechnical analysis

Description: Government- and public-sponsored groups are increasingly demanding greater accountability by the Department of Energy`s weapons complex. Many of these demands have focused on the development of a positive safety climate, one that not only protects workers onsite, but also the surrounding populace and environment as well. These demands are, in part, a response to findings which demonstrate a close linkage between actual organizational safety performance and the organization`s safety climate, i.e… more
Date: June 1, 1993
Creator: Johnson, A. E. & Harbour, J. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Strategic Collaboration: Gaining Competitive Advantage across Business Lines]

Description: A comprehensive published paper that explores the intricacies of collaborating across lines of business to achieve a competitive advantage. This detailed document provides insights, strategies, and case studies, shedding light on successful approaches for businesses aiming to thrive through strategic collaboration.
Date: August 30, 1996, 3:52 p.m.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
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Call Number, Volume 53, Number 3, Summer 1995

Description: "Call Number, the newsletter of the School of Library and Information Sciences, University of North Texas, is distributed three times a year" (p. 2 of Vol. 53, No. 1). The periodical contains information about professors, news in the department, the school's alumni, and the schedule of classes for the following semester.
Date: 1995
Creator: University of North Texas. School of Library and Information Sciences.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: UNT College of Information
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The Impact of Corporate Interlocks on Power and Constraint in the Telecommunications Industry

Description: Using the tools of structural and network analysis developed by Ronald R. Burt and others, this study investigated the communication patterns among corporate officers of American Telephone and Telegraph Corporation (A.T. & T.) and United Telecommunications Corporation (Sprint). Data on contacts, efficiency, network density, and constraint indicate that opportunities for power and constraint have remained relatively stable at United Telecommunications between 1980 and 1990. A. A.T. & T., on the … more
Date: December 1992
Creator: Hickerson, Jon D. (Jon David)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
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Isomorphism as a Paradigm for Examining Self-Managed Work Teams and Work Spillover

Description: This study investigates the effects of a participative-type management approach termed self-managed work teams (SMWTs) and work spillover into the family environment. The perspective of isomorphism by Aldous (1969), and Rapoport and Rapoport (1965), was used as a paradigm to examine both positive and negative effects of the work-family relationship. A total of 76 employees from the Department of Defense's Quality Division was used in the regression analysis, due to recent transitions into SMWTs… more
Date: December 1993
Creator: Cyphers, Amy E. (Amy Elizabeth)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
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South-East Asia College: History, Development, Problems, and Issues Related to Achieving University Status

Description: The purpose of this study is to describe the history, development, problems, and issues related to achieving university status of South-East Asia College from 1974 to 1993. This historical research used records and documents from South-East Asia College and the Association of Private Higher Education Institutions of Thailand as primary sources. Also interviews with the president, faculty and staff of South-East Asia College were used. Secondary Sources were reports and publications from the Min… more
Date: May 1994
Creator: Chaowichitra, Jiravadee
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
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An Evaluation of Parametric and Nonparametric Models of Fish Population Response.

Description: Predicting the distribution or status of animal populations at large scales often requires the use of broad-scale information describing landforms, climate, vegetation, etc. These data, however, often consist of mixtures of continuous and categorical covariates and nonmultiplicative interactions among covariates, complicating statistical analyses. Using data from the interior Columbia River Basin, USA, we compared four methods for predicting the distribution of seven salmonid taxa using landsca… more
Date: November 1999
Creator: Haas, Timothy C.; Peterson, James T. & Lee, Danny C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Clipping: Panel supports gay's view on police hiring]

Description: Newspaper pages from the Dallas Times Herald for November 3, 1990. "Panel supports gay's view on police hiring" describes the decision of the Mayor's Advisory Committee on Crime to advocate for an end of the Dallas Police Department's discriminatory hiring practices towards gays and lesbians.
Date: November 3, 1990
Creator: Robinson, Lauren
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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A Survey of Two-Year And Four-Year Hospitality Management Programs To Describe Characteristics of Hotel Front Office Management Courses

Description: This study focused on the hotel front office management course and how this course and related topics were taught in hospitality management programs. The results of the study can guide faculty in developing and expanding the hotel front office management course, related textbooks and teaching resources to best prepare students to meet the future needs of the lodging industry.
Date: December 1993
Creator: Chiang, Rhu-rong
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
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The Professional Contributions of Ruth I. Anderson to Business Education

Description: This study explored the professional contributions of Ruth I. Anderson, retired professor of Business Administration, The University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. The data for this study were gained through questionnaire responses, a telephone interview, and personal interviews with faculty, staff, students, and business people who have worked closely with Anderson and an interview with Anderson herself. During a literature review, many of the journal articles written by Anderson were read in… more
Date: May 1990
Creator: Matthews, Barbara G. (Barbara Gayle)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Federal laboratories for the 21st century

Description: Federal laboratories have successfully filled many roles for the public; however, as the 21st Century nears it is time to rethink and reevaluate how Federal laboratories can better support the public and identify new roles for this class of publicly-owned institutions. The productivity of the Federal laboratory system can be increased by making use of public outcome metrics, by benchmarking laboratories, by deploying innovative new governance models, by partnerships of Federal laboratories with… more
Date: April 1, 1998
Creator: Gover, J. & Huray, P.G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Centennial Commencement]

Description: A video of a graduation commencement ceremony.
Date: May 1991
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: University of North Texas. Center for Media Production.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Chemical Information Bulletin, Volume 44, Number 2, Spring 1992

Description: Periodic supplement for "the regular journals of the American Chemical Society," containing annotated bibliographies of chemical documentation literature as well as information about meetings, conferences, awards, scholarships, and other news from the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Chemical Literature.
Date: Spring 1992
Creator: American Chemical Society. Division of Chemical Information.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Chemical Information Bulletin, Volume 45, Number 2, Spring 1993

Description: Periodic supplement for "the regular journals of the American Chemical Society," containing annotated bibliographies of chemical documentation literature as well as information about meetings, conferences, awards, scholarships, and other news from the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Chemical Literature.
Date: Spring 1993
Creator: American Chemical Society. Division of Chemical Information.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A Case Study of an Information System Developed to Generate Competitive Advantage

Description: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of information technology (IT) on the competitive position of a firm. The problem motivating this study is the potential for misallocation of scarce resources on new technology without realizing the level of competitive advantage (CA) expected. This study was a single-site case study. It examined the factors related to the selection, design, development, implementation, use, and effects of an information system (IS) intended to generate CA. Th… more
Date: December 1990
Creator: Platt, Richard G. (Richard Gordon)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
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The Influence of Age on Public Sector Managerial Evaluations

Description: As the American population ages, the issues of aging and work have gradually come to the forefront. An older and increasingly diverse workforce has raised concerns over job performance, labor costs, and alternative work demands. At the same time, evidence indicates that older workers continue to experience extensive labor market problems due to false assumptions on the part of managers about the limiting effect of age on employee performance. The public sector's ability to respond to age-relate… more
Date: August 1993
Creator: McCaghren, Kathy L. (Kathy Lea)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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