Pauline Hopkins’ “Talma Gordon” may package itself as a murder mystery but it has a deeper message underneath. The message lies in how the story conveys its opinions on race. “Talma Gordon” shows the triviality on racial emphasis and how having “Negro blood” does not matter. Race may be part of one’s cultural identity but it does not completely define them. The ridiculousness of racial emphasis is laid out when The Doctor sarcastically cites “racial conquest” being a reason for mixed marriage. He
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A Role for Equity Theory in the Turnover Process: An Empirical Test1 RODGERw.GRlFFETH2 AND STEFAN GAERTNER Department of Management Georgia State Universiw The purpose o f the present study was to examine the role o f equity theory in the context of the contemporary turnover process. A model was developed and tested with 192 hospital employees using structural equation modeling (SEM)‚ which placed satisfaction and intention to quit as mediators of employee turnover. The results strongly support
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The Idea of Mill ’s ethical theory is his Greatest Happiness Principle in that “actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness and they are wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. Happiness is the intended pleasure and the absence of pain. Unhappiness is the pain and the lack of pleasure. Pleasure and freedom from pain are the only desirable things.” Mill ’s view of happiness is hedonistic‚ which suggests that the only good thing in a person is pleasure and the
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Leadership Traits Although research has shown that the presence of specific traits alone do not ensure successful leadership‚ it has been proven that successful historical leaders share certain key traits. According to Shelley Kirkpatrick and Edwin Locke‚ “leaders do not have to be great men or women by being intellectual geniuses or omniscient prophets to succeed‚ but they do need to have the "right stuff" and this stuff is not equally present in all people” (Kirkpatrick & Locke‚ 1991‚ p. 12)
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Micheal Brewer David Fisher Composition II February 17‚ 2013 Hell’s Kitchen Nightmares: What it’s like to be Gordon Ramsay Gordon Ramsay is an extraordinary chef and restaurateur‚ and he is whom I will be profiling. Gordon is mostly known for his chaotic antics on shows such as Hell’s Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares. What most do not know is that when you take away all the yelling and screaming you are left with a genuinely caring person‚ and that is exactly what I intend to bring
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Trait Approach By Javier Mauricio Alfonso LDR/531 ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP Facilitator University of Phoenix September 22‚ 2012 TRAIT APPROACH Leadership is one theme in the field of business‚ is widely discussed and studied. In today ’s world continually covering aspects of leadership‚ especially in relation to the nature and behavior of good leaders‚ and the structure and characteristics of the organizations
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building relationships‚ developing personal qualities‚ creating leader outcomes. 6 major approaches: great man theories‚ traits theories‚ behavioural theories‚ contingency theories‚ influence theories‚ relational theories. Leadership evolution model (scope/ environment) Great person theory‚ rational mgmt‚ team/ lateral leadership‚ learning leadership. Traits leadership Impt traits: (1) optimism‚self confidence‚ (2) honesty and integrity‚ (3) drive. Behavioural Approaches: Auto vs democratic
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A critical evaluation of Trait Theory and its associated methods’ contribution to the understanding of critical differences. Psychologists have long been interested in how and why individuals can (and often do) act in strikingly different ways in similar circumstances‚ for instance how someone can thrive on the sort of work-based stress that would reduce another to tears. This essay will discuss and critically evaluate Eysenck and Rachman’s trait theory and its associated experimental method of
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John Hall’s Theory: Violence in Aum Shinrikyo Despite whether these actions have justification are no‚ new religious movements all across the globe have been at some point under scrutiny by those outside their realm of beliefs. Aum Shinrikyo is no exception. It was subject to violence when it suffered attempts to destruction and vengeance. In 1995‚ a Tokyo subway was the hit with a nerve gas attack. It was targeted towards devotees of Aum Shinrikyo‚ who were riding it. With many ways to examine
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Chapter I RAWLS THEORY OF JUSTICE 1.1) Introduction John Rawls‚ a modern and one of the most influential philosophers‚ who held the James Bryant Conant University Professorship at Harvard University and Fulbright Fellowship at Christ Church‚ Oxford‚ published several books and many articles. He wrote a series of highly influential articles in the 1950s and ’60s that helped refocus on morals and political philosophy on substantive problems. He is widely regarded as one of the most important political
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