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Chronicles of an Urban CEO

Author(s): Jaymes Winters

The Chronicles of an Urban CEO provides the reader with a birds eye view from the C-suite of an African American CEO who started his business after being fired from all of the jobs he had after graduating from college and ending up living on the street. The ups and down of entrepreneurship and workp...

Peak Performance

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Abstract North Point Autos has a company softball team originally created by the owner as a fun way to blow off steam and build unity through sport. But is the softball team actually an unpaid, forced work obligation that causes resentment and takes away from family time? , basic_html

One, Two, Three Strikes You're Out

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Abstract Austin Tallman is all geared up for an outstanding senior season in college baseball. When his coach bans Twitter for the season, Austin decides to create a pseudo account to get around the ban. Things get tough when posts get noticed and spread like wildfire throughout social networking...

Public Relations Management: A Team-Based Approach

Author(s): Diane F. Witmer, Douglas J Swanson

Emerging communication technologies continue to affect the practice of public relations….. Public Relations Management: A Team Based Approach by Diane F. Witmer features discussions of these new developments, including social media and the Internet. Unique to the market, Public Relations Manageme...

The Big Bang: Adding a New Generation to a Family

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Abstract Emma’s family grew last year when she and her husband Ted had their first child, Flora. Like with any couple’s first child, Flora created new relationships (parent–child and grandparent–grandchild). The arrival of a new generation also forms a major turning point for existing relationshi...

When a Daughter Becomes a Son: Negotiating Gender, Identity, and Ambiguous Loss in Families

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Abstract It’s 4:00 p.m. on a Sunday afternoon at the O’Hara house. Anne, a college freshman who attends a school a short drive away, is home for the family’s weekly Sunday dinner. This week Anne, her mother, Catherine, and her sister, Maureen, will be joined by Maureen’s new boyfriend. Anne has b...

Humor and Message Production

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Sample If laughter is the best medicine, then we ought to devote as much attention to the doctors and pharmacists of wit as we do to the ailments that give rise to the prescription. Interest in the sense of humor is longstanding, and investigations vis-à-vis the field of communication are no exce...