Lynn E Miller
Biographic Data
| ID | 3939084 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lynn E Miller |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lynn E |
| FAMILY NAME | Miller |
| SIGNATURE | MILLER L E |
| AFFILIATIONS | La Salle University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5648-8226 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
David Alan Johnson, Diploma Mill
The history of medical education in nineteenth-century America is replete with scams and scandals. But John Buchanan, head of the Eclectic Medical College of Pennsylvania (EMC), earned especial notoriety for the scale and longevity of his diploma-selling schemes. Diploma Mill, by David Alan Johnson, captures Buchanan’s colourful history, identifies forces that allowed his diploma trade to thrive for well over a decade and explores the contributio…
Revisiting Black Medical School Extinctions in the Flexner Era
Abraham Flexner's 1910 exposé on medical education recommended that only two of the seven extant medical schools for blacks be preserved and that they should train their students to "serve their people humbly" as "sanitarians." Addressing charges of racism, this article traces the roots of the recommendation that blacks serve a limited professional role to the schools themselves and presents evidence that, in endorsing the continuance of Howard's…
The Social Transformation of American Medical Education
Applying Weber's theorizing on action and stratification, this study examines whether the early 20th-century extinction of half of the medical schools in the United States resulted from actions intended to serve class, status, and party interests by achieving social closure. Analyses reveal closure intentions in the school ratings assigned by the American Medical Association, although not in the recommendations in the 1910 Carnegie-sponsored Flex…
Medical Education Reform Efforts and Failures of U.S. Medical Schools, 1870-1930
The dramatic decline in the number of US medical schools in the early twentieth century has been traced to a medical education reform movement that gained momentum after the Civil War. The major parties to reform-the universities themselves, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), state licensing boards, the American Medical Association (AMA), and Flexner-had different interests and strategies, however, and scholars have continued to…
Work Culture in the Indian Context
Work Culture The Indian Social Milieu Research Strategy The Soft Work Culture The Synergetic Work Culture Soft Work Culture in Banking Organizations From Specifics to General Organizational Building
Factor Analytic Study of the Aiken and Hage Measures of Perceived Organizational Structure and Technology
Effects of Moon Phase and other Temporal Variables on Absenteeism
Previous research on the effects of lunar phase on deviant behavior has produced weak and inconsistent results and has been criticized for failing to use appropriate statistical controls. This study examined the effects of the full moon on daily absenteeism rates in a large organization while correcting for autocorrelation and controlling for the effects of the day of the week, month, and proximity to a holiday. Contrary to expectations, the full…
Factor Analytic Study of the Aiken and Hage Measures of Perceived Organizational Structure and Technology
Much work on organizational structure has been based on a set of scales developed by Aiken and Hage to measure centralization, formalization, and technology, yet the scales have been subjected to limited psychometric testing. This paper presents factor analyses of the scales and makes recommendations for their revision and use
Determinants of Turnover Among Volunteers
This study examined the causal sequencing of attitudes, personal situations, and behavioral intentions as determinants of turnover among hospital volunteers. Structural equation modeling indicated that, consistent with prevailing models of turnover, attitudes and personal situations influenced turnover indirectly with intentions acting as a mediating factor. However, the analysis suggested that one aspect of the volunteer's personal situation (th…
Boards of Directors in Nonprofit Organizations
Analyses of survey responses from the executive directors of 184 human service organizations examined the relationships of board characteristics to board activities, and of board activities to organizational outcomes. Results indicated that board characteristics most predictive of board activities were the numbers of board members who were representatives of the client population, who had expertise in marketing, who were trained in the types of s…
Individual differences in attitudinal versus normative determination of behavior
Understanding the Motivation of Volunteers
Volunteers from three soctal service agencies were surveyed to test the hypothesis that some people volunteer in order to satisfy needs that are not satisfied through their other activities. The findings indicated that those volunteers whose regular employment failed to satisfy their needs for psychological growth tended to be in volved and satisfied with volunteering to the extent that they (a) felt personally in control of their lives, and (b) …
The Work-Leisure Relationship
Research has generally found positive relationships between work and leisure, such that people choose leisure activities involving the same psychological, social, and behavioral skills as their work. The present study argues, however, that negative relationships may also occur, with individuals sometimes compensating for work deficiencies through leisure activities. Evidence is presented showing that individuals with low occupational status are m…
Reducing the effects of juror bias
Determinants of Turnover Among Volunteers
This study examined the causal sequencing of attitudes, personal situations, and behavioral intentions as determinants of turnover among hospital volunteers. Structural equation modeling indicated that, consistent with prevailing models of turnover, attitudes and personal situations influenced turnover indirectly with intentions acting as a mediating factor. However, the analysis suggested that one aspect of the volunteer's personal situation (th…
Reducing the effects of juror bias
The Work-Leisure Relationship
Research has generally found positive relationships between work and leisure, such that people choose leisure activities involving the same psychological, social, and behavioral skills as their work. The present study argues, however, that negative relationships may also occur, with individuals sometimes compensating for work deficiencies through leisure activities. Evidence is presented showing that individuals with low occupational status are m…
Individual differences in attitudinal versus normative determination of behavior
The Social Transformation of American Medical Education
Applying Weber's theorizing on action and stratification, this study examines whether the early 20th-century extinction of half of the medical schools in the United States resulted from actions intended to serve class, status, and party interests by achieving social closure. Analyses reveal closure intentions in the school ratings assigned by the American Medical Association, although not in the recommendations in the 1910 Carnegie-sponsored Flex…
Reducing the effects of juror bias
The Work-Leisure Relationship
Research has generally found positive relationships between work and leisure, such that people choose leisure activities involving the same psychological, social, and behavioral skills as their work. The present study argues, however, that negative relationships may also occur, with individuals sometimes compensating for work deficiencies through leisure activities. Evidence is presented showing that individuals with low occupational status are m…
Understanding the Motivation of Volunteers
Volunteers from three soctal service agencies were surveyed to test the hypothesis that some people volunteer in order to satisfy needs that are not satisfied through their other activities. The findings indicated that those volunteers whose regular employment failed to satisfy their needs for psychological growth tended to be in volved and satisfied with volunteering to the extent that they (a) felt personally in control of their lives, and (b) …
Individual differences in attitudinal versus normative determination of behavior
Boards of Directors in Nonprofit Organizations
Analyses of survey responses from the executive directors of 184 human service organizations examined the relationships of board characteristics to board activities, and of board activities to organizational outcomes. Results indicated that board characteristics most predictive of board activities were the numbers of board members who were representatives of the client population, who had expertise in marketing, who were trained in the types of s…
Determinants of Turnover Among Volunteers
This study examined the causal sequencing of attitudes, personal situations, and behavioral intentions as determinants of turnover among hospital volunteers. Structural equation modeling indicated that, consistent with prevailing models of turnover, attitudes and personal situations influenced turnover indirectly with intentions acting as a mediating factor. However, the analysis suggested that one aspect of the volunteer's personal situation (th…
Factor Analytic Study of the Aiken and Hage Measures of Perceived Organizational Structure and Technology
Effects of Moon Phase and other Temporal Variables on Absenteeism
Previous research on the effects of lunar phase on deviant behavior has produced weak and inconsistent results and has been criticized for failing to use appropriate statistical controls. This study examined the effects of the full moon on daily absenteeism rates in a large organization while correcting for autocorrelation and controlling for the effects of the day of the week, month, and proximity to a holiday. Contrary to expectations, the full…
Factor Analytic Study of the Aiken and Hage Measures of Perceived Organizational Structure and Technology
Much work on organizational structure has been based on a set of scales developed by Aiken and Hage to measure centralization, formalization, and technology, yet the scales have been subjected to limited psychometric testing. This paper presents factor analyses of the scales and makes recommendations for their revision and use
Work Culture in the Indian Context
Work Culture The Indian Social Milieu Research Strategy The Soft Work Culture The Synergetic Work Culture Soft Work Culture in Banking Organizations From Specifics to General Organizational Building
Medical Education Reform Efforts and Failures of U.S. Medical Schools, 1870-1930
The dramatic decline in the number of US medical schools in the early twentieth century has been traced to a medical education reform movement that gained momentum after the Civil War. The major parties to reform-the universities themselves, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), state licensing boards, the American Medical Association (AMA), and Flexner-had different interests and strategies, however, and scholars have continued to…
The Social Transformation of American Medical Education
Applying Weber's theorizing on action and stratification, this study examines whether the early 20th-century extinction of half of the medical schools in the United States resulted from actions intended to serve class, status, and party interests by achieving social closure. Analyses reveal closure intentions in the school ratings assigned by the American Medical Association, although not in the recommendations in the 1910 Carnegie-sponsored Flex…
Revisiting Black Medical School Extinctions in the Flexner Era
Abraham Flexner's 1910 exposé on medical education recommended that only two of the seven extant medical schools for blacks be preserved and that they should train their students to "serve their people humbly" as "sanitarians." Addressing charges of racism, this article traces the roots of the recommendation that blacks serve a limited professional role to the schools themselves and presents evidence that, in endorsing the continuance of Howard's…
David Alan Johnson, Diploma Mill
The history of medical education in nineteenth-century America is replete with scams and scandals. But John Buchanan, head of the Eclectic Medical College of Pennsylvania (EMC), earned especial notoriety for the scale and longevity of his diploma-selling schemes. Diploma Mill, by David Alan Johnson, captures Buchanan’s colourful history, identifies forces that allowed his diploma trade to thrive for well over a decade and explores the contributio…
Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Work (physics (4 works) · Applied Psychology (3 works) · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices (3 works) · Management (3 works)