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Examination of Anxiety Sensitivity and Mindfulness in Adolescents
(Washburn University, 2021-03-24)Anxiety sensitivity increases the risk of developing anxiety disorders while mindfulness decreases such risk. The current study hypothesized adolescents with high anxiety sensitivity will score significantly lower than ... -
An Examination of Firms Charged with Medicare and Medicaid Fraud: Does Corporate Governance Matter?
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2004-08-1)Prior research provides evidence that firms charged with financial reporting fraud have relatively weak corporate governance. According to the theory of the firm, effective corporate governance monitors management in order ... -
An Examination of the Presence of a Correlation Between the ATI test of Academic Skills (TEAS) Sub Score of Reading Comprehension and respiratory Therapist student academic Success.
Allied Health administrators are exploring interventions to increase student retention rates in order to decrease college costs, improve faculty effort and time developing courses, decrease administrative resources, and ... -
Examining the Journal Rating Project: Players, Process, and Purpose
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2014-11-1)Journal "quality" lists are pervasive in university level accounting programs, yet the academic literature leaves the specific institutional processes attending voluntary list adoptions largely unexamined. This study ... -
Examining the Mediating Relationship of "Play" on Ritual Enduring Involvement
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2003-11-1)The focus of this study is the examination of the effects of perceived sacredness of a particular consumer ritual on consumers' level of "play" and enduring involvement. In this study, the sociological concept of "play" ... -
Explanation for Market Response to Seasoned Equity Offerings
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2010-01-1)This paper uses a multivariate framework to extend the recent univariate seasoned equity offering (SEO) research by Hull, Kwak and Walker (2010) that investigates the valuation impact of inside ownership. Our multivariate ... -
Exploration of Team Mental Model Characteristics to Identify Opportunities and Hindrances in Global Virtual Teamwork
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2019-01-1)While there is a significant volume of literature that studies teams and team working, the research in virtual teams and global virtual teamwork is still developing. The current research acknowledges the popularity of ... -
Explorations in clay
Focus A series of tea sets ranging in utilitarian sizes will be constructed from hand built and thrown clay parts. At least three different clay bodies and various glazing and firing processes will be explored. Decals and ... -
Exploring Agency and Social Control through Comparative Biography : Robert Owen, Henry Ford, and E. Haldeman-Julius
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2019-08-1)Orthodox accounting and economic literature treats individuals as having full agency for rational decision making within the self-evident boundaries of a firm. Agency theory downplays the indirect mechanisms of social ... -
Exploring Radiologic Technology Students' Perception of Feedback Models: An Action Research Project
(Washburn University, 2025-05)This action research project explores the use of three feedback models in a real-world radiologic technology clinical setting. The Pendleton’s Rules model, the One-Minute Preceptor model, and the SET-GO model were utilized ... -
Exploring Rumination in Older Adults With and Without Signs of Dementia
Little previous research has examined the connection between aging and rumination. Two seemly opposing theories were presented as possible predictors and explanations for frequency of rumination, Socioemotional Selectivity ... -
Exploring Service Learning Partnerships with Hospice in Allied Health Education
Students in allied health professions such as radiation therapy will have encounters with patients who are dying. While clinical rotations and classroom discussions are designed to provide exposure to these situations, ... -
Exploring Strategic Change: A Case Analysis of the ConocoPhillips Merger
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2005-12-1)Americans today face energy costs which are spiraling upward every time they fill their cars with gas. Fingers point at large oil companies as people seek the real culprit for increased prices at the pump. On the other ...