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Dissertations from 1994
Promising Practices: Perspectives of Junior and Senior High At-Risk Students, Janet Dalman
An Experimental Analysis of Instructional Technologies Applied to the Three Contingency Model of Performance Management, Judith S . DeVoe
The Effects of Systems-Centered Versus Individual-Centered Training on the Analysis of Organizational Problems, Jane E. DeVries
Interim Summative Evaluation: Assessing the Value of a Long Term or Ongoing Program During its Operation, Sharon Craven Dodson
Urban Teachers’ Views and Ranking of Five Home and School Variables with Respect to Effective Teaching of Disadvantaged Students, Loraine Constance Enniss
Effective Changes in Hospital Patient Accounting Since the Prospective Payment System (PPS), Carol L. Francke
Evolving Sisterhood: An Organizational Analysis of Three Sororities, Bonnie J. Galloway
Preservice Elementary Education Students’ Beliefs Regarding the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics, Elsa L. Geskus
A Previous Suicide Attempt as a Factor to Predict Successful Completion of a Residential Alcohol Treatment Program, Michael William Glover
A Descriptive Study of the Physical Education Programs for Kindergarten through Third Grade Students in Michigan, Allison Ann Hammond
The Effects of a Therapy Review Board Procedure on Denial and Self-Disclosure of Incarcerated Sex Offenders, Richard Martin Happel
The Effects of a Monetary Bonus and Penalty on the Performance of a Simple Monitoring Task, Gordon Henry
Academic Self-Esteem of Michigan High School Students, Dolores J. Howe
A Comparison Between Computer Assisted Group Therapy and Group Psychotherapy, Dennis A. Hunyadi
A Study of Leadership Behaviors of Principals in Schools Which Educate Students with Moderate and Severe Disabilities in Regular Education Classrooms, Patreese Ingram
Hydrogeology and Hydrogeochemistry of Government Marsh, North St. Joseph County, Michigan, Michael C. Kasenow
Hydrogeology and Hydrogeochemistry of Government Marsh, North St. Joseph County, Michigan, Michael C. Kasenow
Nuclear Threats by the United States in the Korean and Vietnam Wars: Toward a Grounded Theory of International Governmental Crime, David Kauzlarich
Effects of Caffeine Consumption on Cardiovascular Indices, Attention, Task Performance, and Memory Retention in Children, Suzanne L. Keller
Identification of Effective Classroom Management Practices Among Teachers in Elementary Special Education Computer-Use Classrooms, Stephanie L. Kenney
HIV Prevention and Heterosexual College Students: The Impact of Video Instruction on the "Safer" Sexual Behaviors of Sexually Active Men, Cheryl L. Knight
The Effects of Regular Aerobic Exercise on Sexual Desire in Women, Joanne Louise Kolean-Burley
Gold-Encrusted Chaos: An Analysis of Auschwitz Memoirs, Mary D. Lagerwey
Women in Public School Administration: Factors that Facilitate Attainment, Betty Newlin LaPointe
A Comparison of Teacher Attitudes Based Upon Their Involvement in Various Levels of Staff Development, James Lehto
Relationships Among Job Satisfaction, Productivity, and Supervision Provided to Financial Planners, Larry Leslie
A Case Study of Affirmative Action at Western Michigan University, Elizabeth Betina Lockett
A Bootstrap Method to Analyze an Intervention Model with Autoregressive Error Terms, Scott D. McKnight
The Effects of Relaxation Exercises on Young Persons with Moderate Asthma, Robert Edward Obrecht
A Descriptive Study of Michigan Auto Workers' (UAW) Physical and Psychological Responses to 1987 Plant Closures, Lorraine Marie Oginsky
An Exploratory Study of Sentient Evaluators: Communication, Ethics, and Relationships in the Evaluation Process, Mary Elizabeth Piontek
Comparisons of Several Medians in a Lognormal K-Sample Context Where Some Data May be Left-Censored, Stavros Costa Pouloukas
The Theory and Applications of Stratified Graphs, Reza Rashidi
The Relationships Among One's Beliefs Regarding Divine Sovereignty Versus Human Freedom, Procedures for Discerning the Will of God, and Internal-External Locus of Control, Timothy M. Robinson
A Study of Tuition in Public Comprehensive Universities and Colleges: A Model for Analyzing Factors that Affect Tuition, Michael J. Roy
Faculty Development Programs and Evaluation in American Colleges and Universities, Antonio Nicolas Rubino
Nutrition, Fitness, Stress and Genital Herpes Recurrences, Carman E. Stark
The Effects of a Problem-Solving and Imagery-Based Suggestion on Analgesic Responding in Low, Medium, and High Hypnotizable Females, Gloria Haddad Taggett
Lesbian's Perception of Parental Support and the Disclosure of Sexual Orientation, Janet Trudee Snyder Tarkowski
The Relationship of Leadership Style Behaviors of Principals to the Existence of Effective Schools, Lanny John Tibaldo
Changes in Hypnotizability as A Function of Suggestion-Based Experimenter Manipulations, Marlin 0. Trulsen
Isospectral Graphs and the Expander Coefficient, Ian Campbell Walters Jr.
The Effects of Utilitarianism on Performance Appraisal and Selected Output Measures in a Weberian Bureaucracy, Donald Wayne Wright
Dissertations from 1993
The Effects of Differing Response Force Requirements on Response Rate and Post-Reinforcement Pause, Kenneth Lee Ailing
The Importance of Evaluation Questions in Human Resources Development: Audience Perspectives, Fahad Al-Ruwaished
The Effects of Two Motivational Factors on Accuracy and Persistence for Second Graders, Jesse D. Baker
A Comparison of Strategic Decision Task Variable Analysis Between School and Business Executives, Peter A. Behnke
The Relationship Between Communication Skills of First Line Nurse Managers and Stability, Sherry A. Blair
The Effects of Arousal on Time Perception, J. Keith Cardwell
A Comparative Study of Primary Preventive Behaviors and Secondary Preventive Behaviors Among Michigan Adults, Jing Chang
A Study of the Thematic Integrated Curriculum (TIC) of the Focus 2000 Program, Sherry Collins
Family Birth Order and Leadership Behavior of Public School Principals in Michigan, Larry J. Corbett
An Experimental Demonstration of the Transitive Conditioned Establishing Operation with Pigeons, Rachel Nunes da Cunha
The Effects of Disclosure of Comprehensive Pretherapy Information on Clients' Behaviors and Perceptions of Therapists and the Therapy Process, Patricia J. Dauser
Robust Rank-Based Inference Procedures in the Heteroscedastic Linear Model, Sherry L. Dixon
Dyadic Similarity of the Superintendent-Principal Interpersonal Relationship, Principal’s Job Satisfaction, and Subordinate’s Performance Evaluation, Richard William Drury
Caring for Dementing and Nondementing Chronically Ill Elderly in Belgium: Modeling Salutogenic and Pathogenic Processes, Timothy John Gallagher
Adaptive Leadership Style and Sales Performance: A Test of the Social Style Model, Frank M. Gambino
Productivity and Perceived Work Environment of Work Groups in Poland, Donald L. Gusfa
The Job Search Process in Michigan 1990-1991, Zhuoyan Gu
An Examination of Depression in a Subclinical Eating Disorder Female Population, Christine Hill-Melton
Using Technology for Dispensing Information, Ray Hoag
Responses of Female Therapists to Treating Adult Female Survivors of Incest, Marcia A. Hollingsworth
Adolescent Substance Use Patterns: Testing a Multidimensional Sociogenic Model, Eric O. Johnson
Symbol Sense and Its Development in Two Computer Algebra System Environments, Brian A. Keller
Rating Intervention Strategies for Overcoming Impediments to Planned Change by Michigan Public School Administrators, Dale Kimball
The Relationship Between Dependency, Gender, and Personality Style as it Impacts Adolescent Inpatient Depression, Cathy L. Kubik
The Effects of a Monetary Incentive System on the Performance of Rolloff Truck Drivers, Jeanne Marie LaMeie
The Identification and Validation of Sociopsycholinguistic Strategies for Integrating Reading and Writing at the Postsecondary Level, Gail L. Landberg
A Comparative Study of the Coping Ability of Mobile and Nonmobile Elementary Pupils, Solomon Mokone Lebese
Preferred Motivators for Previously Incarcerated Criminals, Selma R. Massey
The Effect of a Transition Class (Developmental Kindergarten) on Academic Parity, Douglas S. McCall
Comparison Study of the Implementation Rate of Eighteen Middle School Characteristics in Michigan and National Blue Ribbon Schools, Gregg G. Mowen
Satisfaction in Lesbian Relationships as Compared to the Qualities of Mutuality, Cohesion, and Merging, Patricia R. Murray
Requisite Managerial Leadership Behaviors: A Diagnostic Role-Set Study of Executives within a Fortune 500 Corporation, Prudence LaBeach Pollard
The Efficacy of Eye Movement Desensitization in the Treatment of Trauma Related Imagery and Cognitions: A Partial Dismantling Procedure, George S. Renfrey
The Maintenance of Statistical Process Control (SPC) with Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) Techniques, Pollis Robertson
Spanish Translation and Validation of the Daily Stress Inventory, and a Comparison of the Level of Stress Experienced by Three Culturally Distinct Hispanic Groups, Senez Rodriguez-Charbonier
Transformational Leadership: The Relationship Between Consciousness, Values, and Skills, John E . Schmidt
The Use of Nonhuman Subjects in Behavior Analysis: A Review of JEAB Studies, Dylan David Schmorrow
A Status Study of Formal Evaluation Procedures Employed by Michigan Philanthropic Foundations, John R. Seita
Self-Control and Choice in Children: Effects of Food Magnitude and Reinforcer Delay, Ellen Lee Sharenow
Stakeholder Perceptions of Barriers to Implementing Shared Decision-Making in Wisconsin Schools, Donald John Viegut
A Psychoanalytic and Archetypal Examination of Two Seminal Dreams and Visions of Ellen G. White, Dennis E. Waite
The Link Between Psychosocial Factors and Coronary Heart Disease: A Possible Neuroendocrine Mechanism, Sheila Wang
The Efficacy of Prepared Videoprograms and Personal Conferences in Parent Education for Language Intervention, Candis M. Warner
The Impact of Test Sophistication on Tenth Grade Students’ Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) Scores, Iris Williams
Distances Associated with Subgraphs and Subdigraphs, Steven John Winters
An Assessment of Vocational Technical Education Students' Literacy Levels and Awareness of Employer Expectations, Toni Woolfork
Computer-Based Fluency Training with the Terminology of Behavior Analysis, Guillermo E. Yaber-Oltra
Dissertations from 1992
Characteristics of Community Foundations at Different Ages and Asset Sizes, Kathryn Ann Agard
An Analysis of the Effect of Matching Student Learning Style to the Method of Instruction, Addamae Akin
Practices in Results-Oriented HRD: Levels of Support and Agreement Between HRD and Upper-Level Managers, Abdulmohsin Al-Luheid
Effects of Western Education on Employees' Participation and Job Satisfaction in Saudi Arabian Industries, Abdulrahman Y. Al-Selaim
Interpersonal Issues of Dependency in Adult Children from Dysfunctional Relationships, Dennis Michael Beaufait
A Descriptive Study of the Development and Validation of a Curriculum Development Process for Occupational Therapy in an Institution of Higher Education, Alfred G. Bracciano
Juvenile Justice: An Examination of Disparities in Dispositions, Michael P. Brown