1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910708024603321

Autore

Carswell William J.

Titolo

The 3D Elevation Program : summary for Massachusetts / / William J. Carswell, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reston, VA : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2014

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (2 unnumbered pages) : color illustrations, color map

Collana

Fact sheet ; ; 2014-3055

Soggetti

Digital elevation models - Massachusetts

Three-dimensional imaging - Massachusetts

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"August 2014."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 2).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782615703321

Autore

Krcmar Marina

Titolo

Living without the screen [[electronic resource] ] : causes and consequences of life without television / / Marina Krcmar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, c2009

ISBN

1-135-59208-X

1-282-06480-0

9786612064807

0-203-87721-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (243 p.)

Collana

LEA's communication series

Disciplina

302.23/450973

Soggetti

Television and families - United States

Television viewers - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I Introduction and Overview; Chapter 1 Living without Television; Chapter 2 Sample and Method; Chapter 3 How Nonviewers Gave Up Television; Chapter 4 Attitudes Toward Living Without Television; Chapter 5 What is Television?; Part II Television as Content; Chapter 6 Keeping Out Televised Sex and Violence; Chapter 7 Minimizing Consumerism; Chapter 8 Politics and Civic Engagement; Part III Television as Medium; Chapter 9 Autonomous Children; Chapter 10 Time Use; Chapter 11 Encouraging Creativity

Chapter 12 Engaging in real LifePart IV Television as Industry; Chapter 13 Choosing to be Different; Chapter 14 Battling the Industry; Chapter 15 Conclusion; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Living Without the Screen provides an in-depth study of those American families and individuals who opt not to watch television, exploring the reasons behind their choices, discussing their beliefs about television, and examining the current role of television in the American family. Author Marina Krcmar answers several questions in the volume: What is television? Who are those people who reject it? What are their reasons for doing so? How do they believe their lives are



different because of this choice? What impact does this choice have on media research? This volume provides a cu

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777998003321

Titolo

Handbook of cultural intelligence : theory, measurement, and applications / / edited by Soon Ang and Linn Van Dyne ; foreword by Harry C. Triandis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Armonk, N.Y. : , : M.E. Sharpe, , 2008

ISBN

1-317-46909-7

1-315-70385-8

1-317-46910-0

1-282-11966-4

1-78034-206-3

9786612119668

0-7656-2450-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 414 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

331.2/153

Soggetti

Diversity in the workplace

Cultural awareness

Social intelligence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2008 by M.E. Sharpe"--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Conceptualization of cultural intelligence : definition, distinctiveness, and nomological network / Soon Ang and Linn Van Dyne -- Development and validation of the CQS : the cultural intelligence scale / Linn Van Dyne, Soon Ang, and Christine Koh -- Antecedents of the four-factor model of cultural intelligence / Lu M. Shannon and Thomas M. Begley -- Developing cultural intelligence : the roles of international nonwork experiences / Ibraiz Tarique and Riki Takeuchi -- Cultural intelligence and international assignment effectiveness : a conceptual model and preliminary findings / Kwanghyun Kim, Bradley L. Kirkman, and Gilad Chen -- Top executives and global leadership : at the



intersection of cultural intelligence and strategic leadership theory / Michael J. Mannor -- Cultural intelligence : a key success factor for expatriates / Margaret Shaffer and Gloria Miller -- Antecendents and consequences of cultural intelligence among short-term business travelers / Cheryl Tay, Mina Westman, and Audrey Chia -- Cultural intelligence as a mediator of relationships between openness to experience and adaptive performance / Tania Oolders, Oleksandr S. Chernyshenko, and Stephen Stark -- Personality, cultural intelligence and cross-cultural adaptation : a test of the mediation hypothesis / Colleen Ward and Ronald Fischer -- Cultural intelligence and global identity in multicultural teams / Efrat Shokef and Miriam Erez -- The effects of cultural intelligence on team member acceptance and integration in multinational teams / Jane E. Flaherty -- The effects of cultural intelligence on interpersonal trust in multicultural teams / Thomas Rockstuhl and Kok-Yee Ng -- Culture inside and out : developing a collaboration's capacity to externally adjust / Cristina B. Gibson and Rebekah Dibble -- The challenge of behavioral cultural intelligence : what might dialogue tell us? / Priscilla S. Rogers -- Cultural intelligence in counseling psychology : applications for multicultural counseling competence / Michael Goh, Julie M. Koch, and Sandra Sanger -- Cultural intelligence and short-term missions : the phenomenon of the fifteen-year-old missionary / David Livermore -- Social intelligence, emotional intelligence, and cultural intelligence : an integrative perspective / Detelin S. Elenkov and Joana R.C. Pimentel -- Successful intelligence as a framework for understanding cultural adaptation / Robert J. Sternberg -- Navigating cultures : the role of metacognitive cultural intelligence / Jennifer Klafehn, Preeta M. Banerjee, and Chi-yue Chiu -- Social axioms and cultural intelligence : working across cultural boundaries / Kwok Leung and Fuli Li -- Intercultural competence development and triple-loop cultural learning : toward a theory of intercultural sensitivity / Dharm P.S. Bhawuk, Keith H. Sakuda, and Vijayan P. Munusamy -- Contextualizing cultural intelligence : the case of global managers / Maddy Janssens and Tineke Cappellen -- Thinking intelligently about cultural intelligence : the road ahead / Michele J. Gelfand, Lynn Imai, and Ryan Fehr.

Sommario/riassunto

With contributions from eminent scholars worldwide, this handbook is a state-of-the-science summary of the body of knowledge about cultural intelligence--an individual's ability to function effectively in situations characterized by cultural diversity--and its relevance for managing diversity both within and across cultures.