James R Rawls
Biographic Data
| ID | 5526064 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James R Rawls |
| GIVEN NAMES | James R |
| FAMILY NAME | Rawls |
| SIGNATURE | RAWLS J R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vanderbilt University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Characteristics Associated with Preferences for Certain Managerial Positions
The present study was designed to ascertain similarities and differences in personality traits, values, and intellectual abilities between individuals preferring particular kinds of managerial positions. 97 graduate students enrolled in the Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt expressed their preferences for 10 different organization or job categories: line vs staff, large vs small, ongoing operation vs new venture, produce a product vs pr…
Toward Earlier Identification and Development of Managerial Success
This paper summarizes the results of three published studies, emphasizing similarities among 30 successful and 30 less successful executives and dimensions of success for 350 male college students and for 694 grammar school Ss
Comparison of Wallace, Nixon, and Humphrey Supporters along Certain Demographic, Attitudinal, and Value-System Dimensions
A 28-item questionnaire and the Rokeach Value Survey were administered to 298 registered voters in 12 Southern states. The questionnaire included (1) background information such as age, marital status, education, family income, church attendance, etc., and (2) attitudinal data such as Hawk-Dove, law and order, integration-segregation issues, etc. In addition, the 18 terminal values of the Rokeach scale were rank-ordered by all Ss. The data were f…
Conditioning and Generalization of Hostile Verbalization
The present study was designed to determine the effects of stimulus generalization from conditioned hostile verbalization. Ss were divided into two groups of 10 males and 10 females each. One group was given partial reinforcement for using “intensely hostile” verbs, the other for “neutral” verbs. The results indicated significant differences in conditioning between the two groups, with a more accelerated acquisition rate for the group conditioned…
Evaluation of Closed-Circuit Television in Teaching Educational Psychology
Results indicated that there were no significant differences in achievement and retention of students taught by conventional and televised instruction. Students in general held highly unfavorable attitudes about television instruction and strongly preferred the conventional classroom approach. Although these unfavorable attitudes decreased among those who had taken previous telecourses and among those making high grades, even the majority of thes…
Personality Characteristics and Personal History Data of Successful and Less Successful Executives
From a population of 150 executives employed by a medium-sized utilities company, 30 highly successful and 30 less successful executives were selected on the basis of (1) salary level, (2) company job title, (3) job number as listed in the Hayes salary survey, and (4) appraisal performance ratings. Age and length of service were controlled. The Edwards Personal Preference Schedule, the California Psychological Inventory, and a 179-item biographic…
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Evaluation of Closed-Circuit Television in Teaching Educational Psychology
Results indicated that there were no significant differences in achievement and retention of students taught by conventional and televised instruction. Students in general held highly unfavorable attitudes about television instruction and strongly preferred the conventional classroom approach. Although these unfavorable attitudes decreased among those who had taken previous telecourses and among those making high grades, even the majority of thes…
Personality Characteristics and Personal History Data of Successful and Less Successful Executives
From a population of 150 executives employed by a medium-sized utilities company, 30 highly successful and 30 less successful executives were selected on the basis of (1) salary level, (2) company job title, (3) job number as listed in the Hayes salary survey, and (4) appraisal performance ratings. Age and length of service were controlled. The Edwards Personal Preference Schedule, the California Psychological Inventory, and a 179-item biographic…
Conditioning and Generalization of Hostile Verbalization
The present study was designed to determine the effects of stimulus generalization from conditioned hostile verbalization. Ss were divided into two groups of 10 males and 10 females each. One group was given partial reinforcement for using “intensely hostile” verbs, the other for “neutral” verbs. The results indicated significant differences in conditioning between the two groups, with a more accelerated acquisition rate for the group conditioned…
Comparison of Wallace, Nixon, and Humphrey Supporters along Certain Demographic, Attitudinal, and Value-System Dimensions
A 28-item questionnaire and the Rokeach Value Survey were administered to 298 registered voters in 12 Southern states. The questionnaire included (1) background information such as age, marital status, education, family income, church attendance, etc., and (2) attitudinal data such as Hawk-Dove, law and order, integration-segregation issues, etc. In addition, the 18 terminal values of the Rokeach scale were rank-ordered by all Ss. The data were f…
Toward Earlier Identification and Development of Managerial Success
This paper summarizes the results of three published studies, emphasizing similarities among 30 successful and 30 less successful executives and dimensions of success for 350 male college students and for 694 grammar school Ss
Characteristics Associated with Preferences for Certain Managerial Positions
The present study was designed to ascertain similarities and differences in personality traits, values, and intellectual abilities between individuals preferring particular kinds of managerial positions. 97 graduate students enrolled in the Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt expressed their preferences for 10 different organization or job categories: line vs staff, large vs small, ongoing operation vs new venture, produce a product vs pr…
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