Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 38-09, Section: A, page: 5385. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1977.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 38-05, Section: A, page: 2695. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1977.

This study was prompted by recent changes in higher education funding policies that have been introduced to encourage greater economic and social impact from investments in academic research. Historically certain elements of the social sciences, particularly business and management, have been criticised for their lack of practical utility outside the realm of the university system (See, for example; Beyer, 1982; Starkey and Tempest, 2009; Mintzberg, 2004). The research is based upon the premise that the current attempts to reverse this trend with modifications to the UK’s ‘Research Excellence Framework’ (REF) may be using too blunt an instrument to change the habits of a community long established in an environment that is not geared to the needs of a practitioner audience. The study draws on literature to identify the components of ‘impactful’ research and considers the extent to which they exist, or otherwise, within a sample of three UK business schools. The purpose of the investigation was to determine the effect of existing policy and practice on academics’ actions with respect to research style, practitioner engagement and dissemination choices. In doing so it sought to identify if current strategies enable impact or pose an operational and motivational constraint. The study finds that business schools are unlikely to deliver their part in the government’s ambitions for economic growth from the impact agenda so long as academics are so heavily incentivised to produce the theoretical and conceptual research preferred by the leading journals in their field. The report concludes that these aspirations require fundamental change and offers a number of strategic options for this purpose. These include modifications to the funding mechanisms of academic research, changes to the REF and a re-evaluation of the criteria that define ‘high quality’ research. The report also raises questions over the role of business and management studies within the university system.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 39-03, Section: A, page: 1464. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1978.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 39-03, Section: A, page: 1465. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1978.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 40-06, Section: A, page: 3070. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1979.

This study examined the influence of family of origin experiences of autonomy and intimacy and other selected variables as predictors of adult children choosing the roles of caregiver or non-caregiver for their aged dependent parent. The instruments used were the Family-of-Origin Scale and demographic and caregiving questionnaires. Lists of possible subjects were provided by ministers of 13 Anglo-Saxon Protestant churches in a southeastern city. / The researcher contacted the adult children and their siblings. The selected volunteer subjects had at least one sibling, a single (divorced, widowed, or separated) parent aged 65 and older, unemployed, and in reasonably good health. / Seventy-nine subjects with complete data were classified into one of two criterion groups: caregivers lived geographically closer than non-caregivers and had regular and frequent contact with the parent; the non-caregivers kept touch with the parent via telephone, letters, and short visits. / The data were analyzed through ANOVA and post-hoc tests. Three hypotheses were examined: the perceived intimacy of the family of origin of the caregiver would be rated higher than that of the non-caregiver; the perceived autonomy of the family of origin of the caregiver would be rated lower than that of the non-caregiver; and female caregivers would rate the family of origin experience as less autonomous and more intimate than the male caregivers. The three hypotheses were rejected. The Pearson Correlation Coefficients identified two significant correlations: the caregiver and non-caregiver groups co-varied statistically significantly with gender; and the intimacy and autonomy scores co-varied at.86. From the multivariate discriminant function analysis with four control variables (socioeconomic status, marital status, birth order and employment status), gender and birth order captured a significant amount of variance related to group membership. (Specifically, females and youngest females were caregivers.) / Further analyses provided a three variable discriminant function equation for post hoc classification of subjects into groups: classification was more accurate for caregivers than non-caregivers. / Analyses and results were discussed with regard to family theory, future research, social policy, and family therapy. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-07, Section: A, page: 1727. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.

This study examined the State of Florida's middle school policies in an attempt to understand their impact on curriculum and instruction in one middle school discipline, the social studies. The focus of this policy study was to determine what changes have occurred in two selected middle schools in the direction of state-directed middle school policy as understood and practiced by social studies teachers in five areas--curriculum, instructional content, materials, instructional methods, and assessment in social studies education, grades six through eight. / Two school social studies programs selected for study are located in the Florida panhandle. Ethnographic research methods were used. This researcher observed classes, interviewed teachers and administrators, and collected and analyzed appropriate artifacts of instruction such as assessment instruments, textbooks, course outlines, and interdisciplinary units. These sources were used by the researcher to understand how state policy mandates have been understood and interpreted in the operation of the middle school social studies programs. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-04, Section: A, page: 1309. / Major Professor: Rodney F. Allen. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1995.

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