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Dissertations from 1987
An Analysis of the Use of Special Masters for Assuring Compliance with Judicial Decrees in Corrections Litigation, Richard J. Liles
An Analysis of the Effects of a Low Glycemic Diet on the Antisocial Behavior of Juvenile Offenders, James Edward Longhurst
A Study of Variables Related to Teacher Absenteeism in a K-12 School District, Dale F. Martin
American Indian Perception of Counselor Characteristics in a Counseling Interview, Francis Donald McLeod
Guilt, Ego Development, and Christian Faith, Dane Ver Merris
Leadership in a Juvenile Detention Facility: Portrait of an Effective Youth Management Program, D. John Morris Jr.
Differential Response Latencies Using Auditory Stimuli, Albert Edward Neal
Rule-Governed Behavior: Practical Applications in the Institutional Setting, David J. Potts
Prescriptive Supervisor Verbal Responding and Its Effect upon Trainee Satisfaction in Counseling Supervision, Douglas A. Riley
A Study of a Prekindergarten Screening Test: The Project Intercept Inventory, Francis J. Rutowski
A Study of Some Characteristics of Chippewa Valley Public School Teachers and Their Attitudes toward Merit Pay, Michael D. Samulski
Recidivism of 17-21 Year-Old Misdemeanants Participating in a Prosecution Diversion Program, Gerald D. Snodgrass
Treatment of Spasticity via Transcranial Electrical Stimulation in Persons with Cerebral Palsy and Severe Mental Retardation, George A. Thompson Jr.
The Relationship between Leadership Behavior and the Awareness of Organizational Culture in American and Japanese Corporations, Ikuko Torimoto
A Phenomenological Investigation of Women and Depression, Denise Twohey
A Comparative Study of Three Alternative Procedures for Identifying Severe Discrepancy in Learning Disabled Students, Carol Tully Uhlman
A Study of Stress Factors Related to the Attrition of Christian Reformed Church Missionary Personnel in a West African Work Environment, Dirk W. Vander Steen
The Efficacy of Relaxation Training on the Affective Behavior of Early Elementary Minority Students, Mary L. Veele
Investigation of the Relationship between Occupation, Learning Style, and Productivity Preference, Charlotte Wenham
The Idea of Good Government: The Evolution of Administrative Thought and Practice in the American Republic, James Robert Wieber
Development of Michigan JTPA Title IIA Performance Standards Regression Models under the New Federalism, Yung Sung Wu
Production of Thymine Dimer in DNA from Mesophilic and Thermophilic Bacteria by UV Irradiation, F redrick Shu-Chung Yein
An Assessment of the Counseling Services Provided to Juvenile Delinquents in Jordan through the Perceptions of Juvenile Probation Officers and Administrators, Ahmad Suleiman Zaghalil
The Identification and Assessment of Interaction in Educational Microcomputer Software, Pamela J. Zeller
Dissertations from 1986
The Effects of Mentoring of the Career Paths of Administrators in Community Colleges in the State of Michigan, Marianne Adam
A Study of the Impact of Supervisory Style on Teachers’ Job Satisfaction in the Secondary Schools in Kuwait, Abdulaziz D-M Al-Duaij
Perceptions of American College Students about Arabs: The Role of Mass Media and Personal Contact in the Formation of Stereotypes, Mansour Owaid Aljeaid
A Study of the Relationship between Oral Communication Apprehension and Cognitive Restructuring in High School Speech Class, Lolita Fox Balch
The Relationship between Marital Satisfaction and Jungian Psychological Type, Lawrence Brad Beer
The Relationship between Learning Disabilities and Juvenile Delinquency in Macomb County Juvenile Court (1983-84), Rita M. Bologna
A Study of the Relationship between Michigan Public School Principals' Perceptions of Self-Actualization Needs and Their Perceptions of Satisfaction with their Job, James Mervyn Cambridge
Self-Esteem in Elementary School Children, Joyce Carson
Executive Personality Types: A Comparison of Military and Civilian Leaders in a Single Organization, John Edward DeWald
Performance of Brain Dysfunctional and Non-Dysfunctional Subjects on the BIP and a Multiple-Choice BIP with Varying Degrees of Background Interference, Michael Joseph Ezzo
The Impact of Summer Recruitment Projects on Students for the Cooperative Education Program in Design Technology at Macomb Community College, David A. Feighan
The Use of Microcomputer Programs to Improve the Reliability and Validity of Content Analysis in Evaluation, Richard D. Frisbie
Service Begets Sales: An Investigation into the Relationship of Automotive Dealership Customer Service Satisfaction with Sales Success, Ivyl L. Gilbert
Experiencing Scale Discrimination between More and Less Productive Psychotherapy Sessions, Drevis L. Hager
A Comparison of the Personal Values of a Sample of Unemployed American Males and a Normative Sample of American Males as Measured by the Rokeach Value Survey, Timothy J. Howard
The Validation of and the Need for Administrative Computer Competencies in Michigan, Larry Joseph Ivens
A Study of the Attitudes of Michigan School Board Presidents toward Superintendents' Political and Policy Leadership in Third and Fourth Class School Districts, Jon Bradley Johnson
Teachers' Opinions of Affirmative Action and Faculty Seniority in a Court Ordered Desegregated Public School System, Monroe Johnson Jr.
Relationship of Admission Variables to Success for Licensed Practical Nurses in Associate Degree in Nursing Ladder Program, Sally Kathryn Johnson
Jacobi Moments in Applied Mathematics with Computer Applications, John A. Kapenga
The Christian as Leader: A Study of Technical, Human and Spiritual Behaviors in Leadership Theory, Nicholas Velthuis Kroeze IV
A Study of Wage Differentials between Females and Males in Administrative Positions in a Michigan University, Barbara S. Liggett
Successful Women: A Racial Comparison of Variables Contributing to Socialization and Leadership Development, J. Baraka Love
The Effects of Vocal Instructions and Sequence of Conditions on the Acquisition and Maintenance of Behavioral Chains, Charles L. Lowe
The Incidence and Nature of Dating Violence among Never-Married Students at One Junior College, Nancy Cole Masterson
The Status of Counseling Education in American and Canadian Bible Colleges, Joan Eileen Mayers
Perceived Barriers and Proposed Solutions for Employment of the Handicapped: Attitudes of Employers and Employment Agencies, Leonard Robert McConnell II
School Consolidation as Viewed by Michigan Public School Superintendents, Dennis Owen McMahon
Factors Affecting Faculty Attitudes toward the Use of Instructional Media in Selected Public Colleges and Universities in Michigan, Abdelgader Ali El Musrati
Generalized Connectivity in Graphs, Ortrud R. Oellermann
The Effects of Acid Precipitation on Two Lakes in Southwestern Michigan, Fardin Olyaei
Relationship of University Faculty Loyalty and Faculty Perceptions of Department Chairperson Leadership Style, Thomas A. Ongwela
Video Display Terminals and Psychological Stress: A Study of the Acclimation Process, Walker Michael Parmelee
Comparison of Electron and Light Microscopy of Chromosome Aberration Induced in Human Lymphocytes by Adriamycin and Mitomycin C, Abbas Parsian
A Comparison of Perceptions Related to School District Consolidation, Grace A. Peapples
Physiological Differentiation and Cognitive Discrimination of an Olfactory Stimulus Produced under Stress, Robert Gray Perra
The Role of Trainer Contact in the Treatment of Enuresis Using a Conditioning Device, Elaine Lee Phillips
A Comparison of the Sub-Types and Specific Learning Disabilities of Attention Deficit Disordered Children, George D. Pommer
An Analysis of Conduct Disordered Boys’ and Their Parents’ Perceptions of Their Family Social Environments, John Rolph
Design and Analysis of Efficient Algorithms to Solve the Maximum Concurrent Flow Problem, Farhad Shahrokhi
An Historical Analysis of Public Policy for the Care and Treatment of People Who Are Mentally Retarded in Michigan, Kenneth O. Slater
Field Testing of an Instrument for Measuring Educator Knowledge of Laws of the State of Michigan, Barbara A. Souve
Gender and Assumptions Underpinning Research among Doctoral Students, Eileen F. Stryker
The Relationship between the Leader Behaviors of Pastors and Church Growth in the Lake Union Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, Clinton Anthony Valley
The Design and Analysis of Drug Combination Experiments, Thomas J. Vidmar
An Investigation of Variables Related to Successful Foster Care of Juvenile Delinquents, John Charles Weiks
An Analysis of the Correlation between Coping Factors and Clinical Symptoms, Justin Morgan Wilson
Perception of Effectiveness as a Factor in Schedule Management System Usage in Industries Involved in Department of Defense Development Programs, Lyle Adelbert Wolcott
Loneliness and Graduate Students: A Descriptive Study, Mary Zirpoli
Dissertations from 1985
The Effect of Medicaid Billing on Service to Developmentally Disabled Adults, Kambiz Alavi
The Use of an Incentive System to Increase Worker Performance in a Financial Setting, Steven S. Armstrong
Performance Appraisal System Design and Evaluation, Joe Baker Jr.
A Study of the Feasibility of Developing a Training Model to Incorporate Management by Objectives in Higher Education in Iraq, Nadhim J. Bakri
A Study of Effects of Persistence and Nonpersistence in Mastery Learning PSI Remedial English in a Two-Year College, John H. Corbin
To Establish the Degree of Interest for New Technical Instructional Programs at Taif Junior College, Saudi Arabia, Ahmed Said Sulayman Derbas
Differences in Typology among Nurses at Different Levels of Management in Acute Care Institutions as Measured by the MBTI, Catherine Marie DeVet
The Effects of Reward and Reinforcement on Intrinsic Interest, Alyce Muzette Dickinson
Determinant Factors in the Utilization Process of Social Services in Saudi Arabia, Fahd Abdullah Ali Dileym
A Descriptive Study of Six Career Developmental Tasks as a Function of the Performance Ratings of Supervisory Personnel of the Financial Department within One Division of a Multi-National, Fortune 500 Manufacturing Corporation, Claudia Mettler Duranceau
An Evaluation of the Client Progress Assessment (CPA) Instrument as a General Purpose Measure of Adaptive Behavior of Developmentally Disabled Adults, Robert Edward Endias
An Investigation of the Relationship between Premorbid Personality and Depression, William Essenburg
Reducing EMG and Cardiovascular Reactivity with Cue-Controlled Relaxation, Janel Kay Harris
The Effects of Symbolic Modeling and Parent Training on Noncompliance in Hyperactive Children, George Kahle Henry
A Comparative Study of Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Women's Perception of Their Relationship with Their Father, Judith A. Hinga
Organizational Deviance in the Direct Selling Industry: A Case Study of the Amway Corporation, Carol Lynn Juth-Gavasso
An Ecological Study of Coaching Behaviors and Corresponding Player Performance and Perception and Performance for the Sport of Collegiate Ice Hockey, Joseph M. Kalinowski