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Cinamon, Rachel Gali – Journal of Career Development, 2009
Conceptualizing career development in a cultural and contextual framework, this study examined within-gender differences in role salience and work-family conflict (WFC) among 101 Jewish and 99 Arab female teachers (aged 23-64 years) from central Israel. The contribution of social support to women's conflict was also examined. Results highlighted…
Descriptors: Jews, Arabs, Family Work Relationship, Foreign Countries
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Baer, Markus; Oldham, Greg R.; Jacobsohn, Gwendolyn Costa; Hollingshead, Andrea B. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2008
We examined the possibility that teams composed primarily of individuals with personality characteristics conducive to team creativity (e.g., high extraversion, high openness to experience, low conscientiousness, high neuroticism, low agreeableness) would show synergistic increases in creativity when they experienced high levels of "team creative…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Creativity, Personality, Teamwork
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Oakland, Thomas; Pretorius, Jenny D.; Lee, Dong Hun – School Psychology International, 2008
Four bipolar temperament qualities (i.e. extroversion-introversion, practical-imaginative, thinking-feeling and organized-flexible) of 800 South African children, ages 9-10, 11-12, 13-14 and 15-17, first are described and then compared to temperament qualities of 800 US children of the same ages. South African children do not differ in their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personality, Extraversion Introversion, Personality Traits
Klinzing, Hans Gerhard – Online Submission, 2009
The ability to express and decode nonverbal cues is assumed to be an essential quality in communication and teaching. To validate, generalize and expand upon earlier research on the importance of nonverbal competencies in communication and teaching, i.e., the relationship of nonverbal competencies (e.g., expressiveness/"charisma" and…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Cues, Teacher Education Curriculum, Teacher Effectiveness
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Ivcevic, Zorana – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2007
Scholars often distinguish everyday creativity and creativity in more formal domains, such as the arts. However, everyday creativity has been rather neglected in research. This paper compares artistic and everyday creativity. Three studies examine the content of behavior in artistic and everyday creativity, as well as similarities and differences…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Creativity, Psychopathology, Personality
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Liu, Sunny – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2008
This paper focuses on one of the most significant challenges in distance learning, the student-to-student interaction issue, by studying the interaction experiences of a group of students who have had a distance education experience. It addresses questions such as the current status of student interactions, the students' perceptions of such…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Peer Relationship, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction
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Brown, Michael A.; Stopa, Luisa – Behavior Therapy, 2008
This exploratory study examined the relationship between the looming maladaptive style (i.e., an enduring and traitlike cognitive pattern to appraise threat as rapidly rising in risk, progressively worsening, or actively speeding up and accelerating) and three different aspects of trait social anxiety (i.e., fear of negative evaluation, social…
Descriptors: Social Psychology, Fear, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety
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Scott, Monica – College Quarterly, 2008
The author believes that effective communication is an essential factor in overcoming differences and creating an environment where people can come together to learn, work, or play. Communication on the surface seems a straightforward endeavour. In practice, it is fraught with a multitude of issues that are dependent on the parties involved, who…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Communication Strategies, Organizational Communication, Organizational Climate
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Hartman, Robert O.; Betz, Nancy E. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2007
The present study investigates the hypothesis that the big five personality factors could exert two kinds of effects on career self-efficacy: (a) generalized or nonspecific effects and (b) domain-specific, content-correspondence effects. The hypothesis is examined using relationships of the NEO Five-Factor Inventory to 24 distinct domains of…
Descriptors: Personality, Self Efficacy, Factor Analysis, Career Choice
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Bonner, Bryan L.; Sillito, Sheli D.; Baumann, Michael R. – Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2007
Although estimations typically possess correct answers, these answers may be difficult to demonstrate to others. However, providing external information may increase their demonstrability. In this experiment, individuals (N = 60) and 6-person groups (N = 360) generated estimations with or without frames of reference. We hypothesized that…
Descriptors: Extraversion Introversion, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics, Computation
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Offir, Baruch; Bezalel, Rachel; Barth, Ingrid – American Journal of Distance Education, 2007
Although difficulties that characterize distance learning (DL) clearly have differential effects on different learners, links between barrier research and individual differences remain relatively unexplored. This study examined the relationship between cognitive style, based on Jung's (1971) theory, and achievement levels among 77 university…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Cognitive Style, Academic Achievement, Distance Education
Evenson, Renee – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2007
Managers and business owners often base hiring decisions on first impressions. That is why it is so important to teach students to make a great first impression--before they go on that first job interview. Managers do not have unrealistic expectations, they just want to hire people who they believe can develop into valuable employees. A nice…
Descriptors: Employment Interviews, Job Search Methods, Personality Development, Guidance Programs
McCoy, Leah P., Ed. – Online Submission, 2015
This document presents the proceedings of the 20th Annual Research Forum held June 25, 2015, at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Included are the following 21 action research papers: (1) History Lives! The Use of Simulations in a High School Social Studies Classroom (Lydia Adkins); (2) Using Francophone Music in the High…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Action Research, Simulation, Social Studies
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Kashdan, Todd B.; Breen, William E. – Behavior Therapy, 2008
The purpose of the present study was to examine social anxiety as a predictor of positive emotions using a short-term prospective design. We examined whether the effects of social anxiety on positive emotions are moderated by tendencies to openly express or suppress emotions. Over the course of a 3-month interval, people with excessive social…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Social Psychology, Emotional Problems
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Dickinson, Gail – Knowledge Quest, 2007
While a positive attitude for librarians helps, there is a knowledge base and a research base in the field, a structured set of protocols, and a range of skills that have to be taught and practiced at the preservice level. In this article, the author discusses the importance for librarians to exude more enthusiasm about their work. She offers…
Descriptors: Librarians, Academic Achievement, Librarian Attitudes, Library Services
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