54 research outputs found
Organizational communication connectedness in action
No full text"The lines between our personal and professional lives are blurred - naturally one affects the other. Organizational Communication is the first book on the subject to take into account the personal context we bring into an organization. In addition to the connections between home life, social life, and professional activities, author Cynthia Stohl asserts we must pay close attention to the linkages that individuals develop and maintain within their organizational contexts. Each chapter illustrates the ways in which today's changing social patterns, the increasing diversity of the work-force, the introduction of new communication technologies, and the challenges of global integration and competition create organizational and interpersonal networks that are intricately interwoven and complex. By reframing the network metaphor, the author challenges us to examine the ways in which organizational communication is always embedded in, and influenced by, overlapping systems of relationships."--BOOK JACKET
Sex‐Associated Disparities in Industry Payments to US Authors in High‐Impact Rheumatology Journals: Correlation with Author Impact
No full textObjective The aim of this study was to assess sex‐associated disparities in the frequency and magnitude of industry payments to US physician authors in high‐impact rheumatology journals and their correlation with author impact. Methods US authors of publications in four high‐impact rheumatology journals were vetted on Open Payments Database (OPD) for industry payments. The h‐index (an accepted metric of author impact), physician type, and dollar amounts for each OPD category were recorded. Differences in the percentages of male versus female US authors with or without OPD entries, differences in research‐associated and non–research‐associated payments, and differences in h‐indexes were determined. Two hematology, two surgery, and two obstetrics/gynecology high‐impact journals were similarly vetted. Results The h‐indexes of, and industry payments to, US male physician authors were greater than those of and to US female physician authors across all four vetted journal disciplines, with the male‐to‐female ratio of median dollar payments being greatest for rheumatology. Whereas payments to male US physician authors tended to be larger than those to female US physician authors at low h‐indexes, payments to female US physician authors, especially for rheumatology, tended to match and surpass those to male US physician authors as the h‐indexes rose. Conclusion Significant differences exist in industry payments and h‐indexes between male and female US physician authors of publications in high‐impact journals, especially high‐impact rheumatology journals. Sex‐associated differences in industry payments can be attributed, at least in part, to sex‐associated differences in author impact
The Tangled Web of Illicit Arms Trafficking
No full textSmall arms trafficking in the 21st century is nothing if not a global operation.34 In 2002, traffickers acquired 5,000 AK-47s from Yugoslavian army stocks and moved them from Serbia to Liberia under the guise of a legal transaction with Nigeria. One of the planes used in this shipment came from Ukraine and made a refueling stop in Libya while en route.35 That same year, a group of West African gun smugglers persuaded the Nicaraguan government to sell it 3,000 assault rifles and 2.5 million rounds of ammunition by pretending to be brokering the deal on behalf of the Panamanian National Police. Instead, the illegal goods were routed to South America and sold to the United Self-Defense Forces of Columbia, an international terrorist organization.3
Challenging Conventional Wisdom: Debunking the Myths and Exposing Risks of Arms Export Reform
No full textEdited by Tamar Gabelnick, former director of the Arms Sales Monitoring Project at the Federation of American Scientists, and Rachel Stohl, senior analyst at the Center for Defense Information, examines the growing momentum to overhaul the arms export control system. It describes special governmental support for the weapons industry; probes the justifications for major changes to the export system; examines the potential risks associated with these changes; and provides suggestions to strengthen the export control system. The book provides sound, factual research and analysis so that there can finally be an honest, comprehensive debate on this critical issue. Introduction and conclusion are available in Adobe Acrobat by clicking on the link below
Lena Duchannes’ triumph toward her dread revealed in Beautiful Creatures novel by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
No full textIn this study, the researcher analyzed the main character in the Beautiful Creatures novel written by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. Beautiful Creatures tells about Lena Duchannes's fear of her Claim at the age of sixteen. The aims of this thesis is first to know the characteristics of Lena Duchannes, the researcher uses the theory of new criticism as a supporting theory that focuses on characterization. Secondly to find out why Lena is afraid of her sixteenth birthday. And third to find out Lena Duchannes overcome her fear. This study uses psychoanalysis theory of Sigmund Freud with the concept of id, ego, and superego to analyze the two problems. This thesis uses descriptive method. The author reads the novel several times. The first reading aims to understand the content of the story. Then the author determines the interesting part of the novel story to be analyzed. The second reading and so on is done to collect the data needed for further analysis and drawn conclusions from the results of the analysis. The results show that Lena has the characteristics of a coward, strange, and withdrawn person. The reason Lena is scared by her sixteenth birthday because she know that she is the daughter of the most evil Caster. So she always be claimed that she will turn into Dark during the night of claims. In addition, Lena looks for the book of the Moon and understands its contents to find a way to destroy the curse so that her fears can be overcomed. Although, her decision made her to give up her uncle
Consequences of socioeconomic development in Taiwan, Singapore, and South Korea: Democracy or a continuation of authoritarianism? (Volumes I and II)
No full textA statist developmental-authoritarian model is proposed to examine the seemingly contradictory development of political authoritarianism and economic growth in East Asia. The states of Taiwan, Singapore and South Korea are examined from a historical perspective as well as within the context of recent economic and political development. The author examines the state apparatus, its relations with the society and the economy, and how it responds to change. The work concludes that while recent trends of democratization in Taiwan and South Korea came as a result of economic advancement and political expediency, the high level of legitimacy which is not found in these two countries, is mainly responsible for the continuation of authoritarianism in Singapore
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