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Succes Strategies of Elite First Nations, Inuit, and Métis AthletesJacko, Maria J. 07 May 2014 (has links)
The purpose of this study was to interview elite First Nations, Inuit, and Métis athletes to gain an in-depth understanding of their personal journeys to excellence. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and a narrative analysis was used to analyze the research findings. The three objectives were to find success strategies, obstacles and advice the elite athletes would provide to Aboriginal youth. The main success strategies were found to be Aboriginal elements, focus, mental preparation for competition, parental support, passion, and positive self-talk. Multiple obstacles were faced by the athletes in this study, with racism and leaving home being the commonalities. The advice they provided for young First Nations, Inuit, and Métis athletes was rich and inspiring. The findings of this study provide useful information for aspiring Aboriginal athletes, and for future ongoing meaningful research, that may lead to reducing the gaps in the literature.
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A conceptual framework for reputational capital development: An exploratory study of first-time FTSE 100 NED appointees.Gaughan, Mary January 2013 (has links)
This thesis seeks to explore and understand the appointment process of first-time FTSE 100 NEDs. It has been widely acknowledged for over three decades that the appointment process of NEDs is an opaque process involving a homogeneous group of people in an ‘old boys’ network. Corporate governance reforms recommend a formal and transparent appointment process which taps into a wider pool of talent. Companies comply with these recommendations yet there has been scant change in the composition of corporate boards.
The pilot study consisted of nine interviews with the main stakeholders in the appointment process of a NED, namely Chairman, Executive Search Firms and NEDs. Analysis of the interview transcripts revealed that reputational capital was the basis on which a first-time NED appointment was made after the Chairman had carried out an extensive vetting process to establish the fit of the individual. The main study, based on 15 first-time FTSE 100 NED interviews, sought to understand reputational capital, its constituent parts and how individuals developed it. Further, it sought to explore how an individual’s fit for a NED was established. The analysis revealed that the reputational capital of an appointed NED was a blend of sufficient levels of human, social and cultural capital which had been communicated to the Chairman and other members of the corporate elite. A first-time NED, in gaining a foothold on a corporate board was also entitled to membership of the corporate elite. As reputational capital drives success of directors in the corporate elite, new individuals needed to fit with the norms and values appropriate for membership and carry no reputational risk for existing members particularly the Chairman.
This research offers three main contributions to the literature. Firstly, at a theoretical level it extends the concept of board capital to include cultural capital in addition to human and social capital. Secondly, it proposes a conceptual framework which demonstrates how an individual builds reputational capital over the course of a career to secure fit for a first- time NED, as a position in the corporate elite. The framework clarifies our understanding of reputational capital as a combination of human, social and cultural capital in a unique blend of board capital. This board capital is communicated through reputation building activities to members of the corporate elite. Thirdly, at an empirical level it provides an understanding of the FTSE 100 NED appointment process.
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Messages in opposition : an evolutionary perspective on elites' use of discourse during war /Barela, Timothy Alexander, January 2007 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (M.A.)--Washington State University, December 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-57). Also available online in PDF format.
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Class, culture and structural domination in a colonial situation : changing community leadership on Cheung Chau Island, Hong Kong /Yao, Souchou. January 1983 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Anthropology, 1983. / Map on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 425-435).
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Habitus barbarus Kleidung und Repräsentation spätantiker Eliten im 4. und 5. JahrhundertRummel, Philipp von January 2005 (has links)
Zugl.: Freiburg (Breisgau), Univ., Diss., 2005
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Circulation and reproduction : the elite recruitment in China, 1949-1996 /Sun, Yuanjia. January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (M.Phil.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 54-59). Also available in electronic version.
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Passports and economic development : an anthropometric history of the US elite in the nineteenth century /Sunder, Marco. January 2007 (has links) (PDF)
Univ., Diss.--München, 2007.
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Rape and infanticide in Maryland, 1634-1689 gender and class in the courtroom contestation of patriarchy on the edge of the English Atlantic /Miracle, Amanda Lea. January 2008 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Bowling Green State University, 2008. / Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 301 p. Includes bibliographical references.
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Hiding the real under the formal : the secret power of whitness in Brazilian contemporary art /Budney, Jennifer Jo, January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-125). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.
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Elites, economic development, and population in HondurasMundigo, Axel I., January 1972 (has links)
Thesis--Cornell University. / Vita. Bibliography: p. 279-310.
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