This cross-sectional, correlational study ( N = 289) explored the relationships among workplace incivility, conflict management styles and their influence on perceived job performance, organizational commitment and turnover intentions. Differences...
This dissertation examines the entry of volunteers into the culture of hospitals paying particular attention to the relationships among organizational socialization tactics and the outcomes of person-organization fit (P-O fit), organizational...
Motivation (Psychology); Psychology and religion; Faith--Psychology
Religious motivation is a construct that has been the focus of decades of research. The "Religious Orientation Scale" (ROS) and variations of it, including the "Age Universal Intrinsic-Extrinsic Scale-12" (AUIES-12), are the...
Scales formed with a golden bow serving as the "arms" and a pierced heart as the fulcrum. Two containers of roses are balanced. The rest of the inscription reads, "with sunshine always in your heart / May every joy combine / To...
Stringed instruments--Instruction and study; Music teachers--Kentucky
The purpose of this study was to identify the teaching techniques of current string
teachers within the Kentucky Music Education Association. Participants (N=31)
completed a 17-question survey that focused on teaching techniques they use...
Middle school education--Case studies; Academic achievement--Kentucky; Home and school--Kentucky
This dissertation is a case study of 109 students and their parents from a small rural, middle school community in Western Kentucky. It seeks to determine the interrelationships between conservative Protestant Parent Values (Parent Rural Values and...
Wit and humor--Therapeutic use; Behavior therapy; Wit and humor--Psychological aspects
Objective: To evaluate the influence of positive affect inductions on daily and weekly Positive and Negative Affect Scales (PANAS) in a community setting. Methods: Humor messages were distributed to participants four times per day during a...
Special education teachers--Attitudes; Special education teachers--Job stress; Burn out (Psychology); Teacher turnover; Autistic children--Education
Students with autism require a variety of supports to be successful in classrooms. Because of this, special education teachers need additional training to address these needs along with balancing the demands of the rest of their caseload. This...
Group portraits; Industrial facilities; Buildings; People
Address: 829 Logan Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A group of men and women pose at the corner of the Stimpson Computing Scale Company. The corner of the building has a protruding section which frames one of the company's scales. The rest of the...
Archaeologists use soil analysis to detect chemicals, like phosphate, to indicate areas of anthropogenic activity. Phosphate detection is a multi-step process, which makes standard techniques time consuming. Kinetic studies decreased the analysis...
Scroll containing musical scales with notes and a violin. To the right of the violin is the name "Ruth Jones Knott." Blue ink. Signed Ainslie Hewett with four-digit year.
Energy independence requires that the nation reduce its dependence on foreign oil imports. This can be achieved through electrification of transportation vehicles if proper battery technology can be developed. In addition, the renewable energy...
Automobiles; Street railroad tracks; Buildings; Industrial facilities; Transportation
A stretch of Mellwood Avenue between Frankfort Avenue and Letterle (now Brownsboro Road), Louisville, Kentucky, is shown with potholes around the trolley tracks. Industrial buildings line the street. One building has signs reading "No...
Group portraits; Children; Costumes; Pageants; People
Children dressed as various costumes pose for a picture at Lucia Avenue School (1634 Lucia Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky), now Bloom Elementary School. A boy in the back has a graduation cap and gown and a pair of scales. Most others have costumes...
Louisville Medical College; Medical students; Teachers
Louisville Medical College 1891 - 1892. Composite photograph for Louisville Medical College in Louisville, Kentucky, of faculty and part of the graduating students in the medical school class of 1891-1892. Horseshoe-shaped grouping of individual...
Louisville Medical College; Medical students; Teachers
Louisville Medical College 1897 - Composite photograph for the Louisville Medical College in Louisville, Kentucky, of faculty and graduating students in the medical school class of 1897. Rows of individual oval-shaped portraits clustered around...
Military personnel; Servants; Men; Women; Children; Reading; Skeletons; Scythes; Animals; Violins; Sailors; Camps; Military camps; Angels; Justice
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at left: two uniformed military officers and one young man by bivouac; servant clears dishes from table where man and boy share "Louisville Journal" newspaper; man holds up page in book to...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the paddle-wheel steamboat, the zeppelin, the teapot or genie bottle, the three-dimensional rectangle, the flower with 9 spokes, the eagle perched on shield, the...
Job embeddedness theory, as introduced by Mitchell, Holtom, Lee, Sablynski, and
Erez (2001), offers a method of discovering why people stay in an organization. By
analyzing the construct's three dimensions (links, fit, and sacrifice) within...
During the 2004-05 school year, over 10,000 international student-athletes competed for National Collegiate Athletic Association schools (NCAA, 2006b). Few researchers have examined how international student-athletes' college experiences compare to...
