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Publication date: 1 March 1988

ASSESSING AND SUPPORTING QUALITY IN THE LIBERAL ARTS: THE ROLE OF THE CHIEF LIBERAL ARTS ACADEMIC OFFICER

J. RICHARD McFERRON, DAVID M. LYNCH, LEE H. BOWKER and DEBORA L. KNEPP

Using data from a random sample of chief liberal arts academic officers in American colleges and universities, the authors have examined formal methods for evaluating the…

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Using data from a random sample of chief liberal arts academic officers in American colleges and universities, the authors have examined formal methods for evaluating the liberal arts, resource allocation policies of chief liberal arts academic officers, and factors which influence these evaluations. The liberal arts are defined as the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Data were presented on 14 evaluation factors related to distinct dimensions of department and program excellence. Findings suggest that “resources for excellence” are unevenly distributed among departments. If the educational goal of the 1980s — quality education — is to be met, these inconsistencies in resource allocations must be corrected.

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Journal of Educational Administration, vol. 26 no. 3
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/eb009959
ISSN: 0957-8234

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Publication date: 1 March 1974

Reference books in print

Tom Schultheiss, Lorraine Hartline, Jean Mandeberg, Pam Petrich and Sue Stern

The following classified, annotated list of titles is intended to provide reference librarians with a current checklist of new reference books, and is designed to…

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The following classified, annotated list of titles is intended to provide reference librarians with a current checklist of new reference books, and is designed to supplement the RSR review column, “Recent Reference Books,” by Frances Neel Cheney. “Reference Books in Print” includes all additional books received prior to the inclusion deadline established for this issue. Appearance in this column does not preclude a later review in RSR. Publishers are urged to send a copy of all new reference books directly to RSR as soon as published, for immediate listing in “Reference Books in Print.” Reference books with imprints older than two years will not be included (with the exception of current reprints or older books newly acquired for distribution by another publisher). The column shall also occasionally include library science or other library related publications of other than a reference character.

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Reference Services Review, vol. 2 no. 3
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/eb048526
ISSN: 0090-7324

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Publication date: 1 February 1974

Recent reference books

Frances Neel Cheney

Communications regarding this column should be addressed to Mrs. Cheney, Peabody Library School, Nashville, Term. 37203. Mrs. Cheney does not sell the books listed here…

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Communications regarding this column should be addressed to Mrs. Cheney, Peabody Library School, Nashville, Term. 37203. Mrs. Cheney does not sell the books listed here. They are available through normal trade sources. Mrs. Cheney, being a member of the editorial board of Pierian Press, will not review Pierian Press reference books in this column. Descriptions of Pierian Press reference books will be included elsewhere in this publication.

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Reference Services Review, vol. 2 no. 2
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/eb048511
ISSN: 0090-7324

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Publication date: 1 March 1974

Recent reference books

Frances Neel Cheney

Communications regarding this column should be addressed to Mrs. Cheney, Peabody Library School, Nashville, Tenn. 37203. Mrs. Cheney does not sell the books listed here…

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Communications regarding this column should be addressed to Mrs. Cheney, Peabody Library School, Nashville, Tenn. 37203. Mrs. Cheney does not sell the books listed here. They are available through normal trade sources. Mrs. Cheney, being a member of the editorial board of Pierian Press, will not review Pierian Press reference books in this column. Descriptions of Pierian Press reference books will be included elsewhere in this publication.

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Reference Services Review, vol. 2 no. 3
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/eb048520
ISSN: 0090-7324

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Publication date: 7 August 2019

Infrastructuring as Bricolage: Thinking Like a Contemporary Knowledge Worker

Ingrid Erickson and Steven Sawyer

This chapter advances an articulation of the contemporary knowledge worker as an infrastructural bricoleur. The practical and pragmatic intelligence of the contemporary…

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This chapter advances an articulation of the contemporary knowledge worker as an infrastructural bricoleur. The practical and pragmatic intelligence of the contemporary knowledge worker, particularly those involved in project-based work, reflects an ability to build adaptable practices and routines, and to develop a set of working arrangements that is creative and event-laden. Like Ciborra’s octopi, workers augment infrastructures by drawing on certain forms of oblique, twisted, flexible, circular, polymorphic and ambiguous thinking until an accommodation can be found. These workers understand the non-linearity of work and working, and are artful in their pursuits around, through and beyond infrastructural givens. Modern knowledge work, then, when looked at through the lens of infrastructure and bricolage, is less a story of failure to understand, a limitation in training or the shortcomings of a system, but instead is more a mirror of the contemporary realities of today’s knowledge work drift as reflected in individuals’ sociotechnical practices.

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Thinking Infrastructures
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20190000062020
ISBN: 978-1-78769-558-0

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  • Infrastructure
  • knowledge work
  • digital assemblage
  • bricolage
  • improvisation
  • Ciborra

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Publication date: 1 April 1973

New and forthcoming reference books from Gale Research company

Current issues of Publishers' Weekly are reporting serious shortages of paper, binders board, cloth, and other essential book manufacturing materials. Let us assure you…

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Current issues of Publishers' Weekly are reporting serious shortages of paper, binders board, cloth, and other essential book manufacturing materials. Let us assure you these shortages are very real and quite severe.

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Reference Services Review, vol. 1 no. 4
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/eb048498
ISSN: 0090-7324

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Publication date: 13 July 2012

Influence of a mandatory IFRS adoption on accounting practice: Evidence from Australia, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom

Leopold Bayerlein and Omar Al Farooque

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the changes of accounting policy choices and the harmonisation of accounting practices for two important financial reporting items…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the changes of accounting policy choices and the harmonisation of accounting practices for two important financial reporting items within and between three IFRS adopting countries. Furthermore, it aims to address methodological shortcomings in the prior harmonisation literature through the introduction of two newly developed significance assessment methodologies.

Design/methodology/approach

The influence of the mandatory IFRS adoption in Australia (AUS), Hong Kong (HK) and the UK on deferred taxation (DT) and goodwill (GW) accounting practices as well as the within and between country harmonisation of accounting practices is investigated through an event type study. These investigations are conducted using a McNemar test with Bowker extension as well as the Split C‐Index with a newly developed bootstrapping significance testing methodology.

Findings

This study demonstrates that the mandatory IFRS adoption in the analysed countries is linked to a significant harmonisation of DT and GW accounting practices between AUS, HK and the UK. Furthermore, the increase of adequate accounting policy information in the financial reporting documents of UK firms over the period of this study is identified as an important harmonisation accelerator.

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This study adds to the prior literature due to its focus on the mandatory IFRS adoption within the analysed countries. Furthermore, the introduction of two newly developed methodologies to evaluate the significance of accounting policy choice changes and harmonisation over time addresses an important methodological shortcoming in the prior literature.

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Asian Review of Accounting, vol. 20 no. 2
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/13217341211242169
ISSN: 1321-7348

Keywords

  • Harmonization
  • IFRS
  • McNemar test
  • Split C‐Index
  • Bootstrapping significance test
  • Australia
  • Hong Kong
  • United Kingdom
  • Financial reporting
  • Accounting
  • Accounting standards

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Publication date: 19 November 2007

Knowledge Management Research Imperatives Governing Multinational Corporation Expansion

James W. Gabberty and Jennifer D.E. Thomas

This paper examines the depth, erudition, and rigor of contemporary research on knowledge management as a causal factor that influences the ultimate outcome of…

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This paper examines the depth, erudition, and rigor of contemporary research on knowledge management as a causal factor that influences the ultimate outcome of multinational corporation (MNC) expansion, bounded by the confines of information and communication technology (ICT) competences identified as behavioral, business, and technological. Through discussion highlighting the dominant knowledge management (KM) research themes within the milieu of the global firm, readers will gain definitive and practical insight into relevant topics that may be used to stimulate development of growth strategies for the firm.

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Multinational Business Review, vol. 15 no. 3
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/1525383X200700014
ISSN: 1525-383X

Keywords

  • Knowledge management
  • Multinational corporation (MNC)
  • Expansion
  • Research
  • Growth
  • Global firm

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Book part
Publication date: 6 November 1992

Buying Publishers' Trade Paperbacks versus Hardbacks: A Preventive Conservation Strategy for Research Libraries

Randy Silverman and Robert Speiser

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Advances in Librarianship
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0065-2830(1992)0000016008
ISBN: 978-0-12024-616-8

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Publication date: 11 August 2006

Characteristics of Web Based Surveys and Applications in Travel Research

Rahaf Alsnih

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Travel Survey Methods
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/9780080464015-032
ISBN: 978-0-08-044662-2

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