Brian O’connell
Biographic Data
| ID | 4128312 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian O’connell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian |
| FAMILY NAME | O’connell |
| SIGNATURE | O’CONNELL B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Central Connecticut State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The future of SSIT and the state of the engineering profession
The temptation to predict the future is probably best avoided by all but poets and novelists. Within the precise and evidence-based world of engineering, this injunction should no doubt be doubly respected. Nevertheless, having agreed to the task of making predictions and therefore already committing the aforementioned offenses against sound practice, the author widens the offense by making the broader claim that prognostications about the future…
Communicating: Old and new - President's Message
Presents the President's message for this issue of the publication
Citizen Participation and Influence in America: Impressive Performance and Alarming Shortfalls
The majority of Americans volunteer and have extraordinary impact on a vast range of community and national needs. However, most Americans, including a majority of high school and college students, are not inclined to have much, if anything, to do with government.Examining why people serve so generously in voluntary organizations but keep their distance from government reveals pervasive misperceptions that voluntary organizations are per se more …
Civil Society: Definitions and Descriptions
L'A. de cet article revient sur la notion et le sens de societe cvile existante aux Etats-Unis. A une epoque ou les termes d'engagement, citoyennete et democratie sont couramment employes et peu appliques, il definit la societe civile par rapport a la communaute, l'individu, le benevolat, le commerce et le gouvernement, et insiste sur la necessite d'etudier les interactions ainsi engendrees, et sur l'importance de l'enseignement de ces concepts a…
The contribution of personality traits, negative affectivity, locus of control and Type A to the subsequent reports of job stressors and job strains
Personality variables (negative affectivity, locus of control and two components of Type A behaviour), assessed in a cohort of graduating college seniors, were used approximately one year later to predict reports of job stressors (autonomy, role ambiguity, role conflict, workload, constraints and interpersonal conflict) and job strains (job satisfaction, work anxiety, frustration and somatic symptoms). For all variables, except work frustration, …
What Voluntary Activity Can and Cannot Do for America
With his emphasis on private sector initiatives, President Reagan provided welcome attention to voluntary organizations and to personal responsibility for community service, but along the way he contributed to an exaggerated notion of what voluntary activity can do and what government need not do. President Bush intends to expand the encouragement of personal service through stimulation of the thousand points of light, which can be a great boon t…
Research on Men's Vocations to the Priesthood and the Religious Life
Secrecy in business
Piety and Power: The Role of the Italian Parishes in the New York Metropolitan Area, 1880-1930
Journal Article Piety and Power: The Role of the Italian Parishes in the New York Metropolitan Area, 1880–1930 by Silvano M. Tomasi. Staten Island, N.Y.: Center for Migration Studies, 1975, xi + 201 pp. $9.95 Get access Brian J. O'Connell Brian J. O'Connell St. John's University, N.Y. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 38, Issue 2, Summer 1977, Pages 173–174, https://doi.org/10.2…
Dimensions of Religiosity among Catholics
What Voluntary Activity Can and Cannot Do for America
With his emphasis on private sector initiatives, President Reagan provided welcome attention to voluntary organizations and to personal responsibility for community service, but along the way he contributed to an exaggerated notion of what voluntary activity can do and what government need not do. President Bush intends to expand the encouragement of personal service through stimulation of the thousand points of light, which can be a great boon t…
Citizen Participation and Influence in America: Impressive Performance and Alarming Shortfalls
The majority of Americans volunteer and have extraordinary impact on a vast range of community and national needs. However, most Americans, including a majority of high school and college students, are not inclined to have much, if anything, to do with government.Examining why people serve so generously in voluntary organizations but keep their distance from government reveals pervasive misperceptions that voluntary organizations are per se more …
Secrecy in business
Dimensions of Religiosity among Catholics
Dimensions of Religiosity among Catholics
Piety and Power: The Role of the Italian Parishes in the New York Metropolitan Area, 1880-1930
Journal Article Piety and Power: The Role of the Italian Parishes in the New York Metropolitan Area, 1880–1930 by Silvano M. Tomasi. Staten Island, N.Y.: Center for Migration Studies, 1975, xi + 201 pp. $9.95 Get access Brian J. O'Connell Brian J. O'Connell St. John's University, N.Y. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 38, Issue 2, Summer 1977, Pages 173–174, https://doi.org/10.2…
Secrecy in business
Research on Men's Vocations to the Priesthood and the Religious Life
What Voluntary Activity Can and Cannot Do for America
With his emphasis on private sector initiatives, President Reagan provided welcome attention to voluntary organizations and to personal responsibility for community service, but along the way he contributed to an exaggerated notion of what voluntary activity can do and what government need not do. President Bush intends to expand the encouragement of personal service through stimulation of the thousand points of light, which can be a great boon t…
The contribution of personality traits, negative affectivity, locus of control and Type A to the subsequent reports of job stressors and job strains
Personality variables (negative affectivity, locus of control and two components of Type A behaviour), assessed in a cohort of graduating college seniors, were used approximately one year later to predict reports of job stressors (autonomy, role ambiguity, role conflict, workload, constraints and interpersonal conflict) and job strains (job satisfaction, work anxiety, frustration and somatic symptoms). For all variables, except work frustration, …
Civil Society: Definitions and Descriptions
L'A. de cet article revient sur la notion et le sens de societe cvile existante aux Etats-Unis. A une epoque ou les termes d'engagement, citoyennete et democratie sont couramment employes et peu appliques, il definit la societe civile par rapport a la communaute, l'individu, le benevolat, le commerce et le gouvernement, et insiste sur la necessite d'etudier les interactions ainsi engendrees, et sur l'importance de l'enseignement de ces concepts a…
Citizen Participation and Influence in America: Impressive Performance and Alarming Shortfalls
The majority of Americans volunteer and have extraordinary impact on a vast range of community and national needs. However, most Americans, including a majority of high school and college students, are not inclined to have much, if anything, to do with government.Examining why people serve so generously in voluntary organizations but keep their distance from government reveals pervasive misperceptions that voluntary organizations are per se more …
Communicating: Old and new - President's Message
Presents the President's message for this issue of the publication
The future of SSIT and the state of the engineering profession
The temptation to predict the future is probably best avoided by all but poets and novelists. Within the precise and evidence-based world of engineering, this injunction should no doubt be doubly respected. Nevertheless, having agreed to the task of making predictions and therefore already committing the aforementioned offenses against sound practice, the author widens the offense by making the broader claim that prognostications about the future…
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