W Jack Duncan
Biographic Data
| ID | 714201 |
|---|---|
| NAME | W Jack Duncan |
| GIVEN NAMES | W Jack |
| FAMILY NAME | Duncan |
| SIGNATURE | DUNCAN W J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Testing a model of signals in the IPO offer process
Leadership and Decision Making
This paper examines the applicability of the Vroom-Yetton model of leadership and decision making to the battlefield behavior of ten commanding generals in six major battles of the American Civil War. The purpose of the paper was twofold. The first objective was to see if it is possible to utilize official war records, autobiographies, biographies of close associates, and scholarly works to reconstruct the thinking of decision makers in the past …
A Sense of Direction in Public Organizations
This article presents the results of a study of mission statements in 42 state health departments. The statements were examined in an effort to verify the components previously found in the mission statements of hospitals and business firms. It was determined that state public health departments often identify their target clients and include more extensive lists of services provided, than either business firms or hospitals. Business firms and ho…
Perceived Humor and Social Network Patterns in a Sample of Task-Oriented Groups
Nine diverse, task-oriented groups were studied in an effort to relate humor networks and interpersonal relations. Data were collected by means of a self-administered, structured questionnaire. The results did not confirm the assumption that rank-and-file employees are more actively involved in the humor network than are managers. However, in cases where managers were included, they were first accepted as friends. Unlike prior studies, this analy…
Japan as Number One
Quasiexperimental Research in Organizations
The experiment has been the hallmark of empirical science. In recent years, the impracticality and sometimes impossibility of conducting ex-periments in real organizations has led to the increased use of quasiex-perimental research designs. This paper begins with a review of the ad-vantages and disadvantages of traditional experiments. Two major categories of quasiexperimental designs are then presented. Constructive techniques are evolutionary a…
Knowledge Transfer in Administrative Science
Parapsychology, Problem Solving, and Interpersonal Attraction
Pautas de respuesta al primer envío por correo de cuestionarios de encuesta
W. Jack Duncan, Fred L. Myrick, Jr., Pautas de respuesta al primer envío por correo de cuestionarios de encuesta: Implicaciones en la investigación de la opinión, Revista española de la opinión pública, No. 46 (Oct. - Dec., 1976), pp. 275-279
Economic Neoliberalism
The Economics of Environmental Control
Additional informationNotes on contributorsW. Jack DuncanDr. W. Jack Duncan holds his Doctorate from Louisiana State University, and is presently Associate Professor of Management in the School of Business at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Perceived Humor and Social Network Patterns in a Sample of Task-Oriented Groups
Nine diverse, task-oriented groups were studied in an effort to relate humor networks and interpersonal relations. Data were collected by means of a self-administered, structured questionnaire. The results did not confirm the assumption that rank-and-file employees are more actively involved in the humor network than are managers. However, in cases where managers were included, they were first accepted as friends. Unlike prior studies, this analy…
A Sense of Direction in Public Organizations
This article presents the results of a study of mission statements in 42 state health departments. The statements were examined in an effort to verify the components previously found in the mission statements of hospitals and business firms. It was determined that state public health departments often identify their target clients and include more extensive lists of services provided, than either business firms or hospitals. Business firms and ho…
Leadership and Decision Making
This paper examines the applicability of the Vroom-Yetton model of leadership and decision making to the battlefield behavior of ten commanding generals in six major battles of the American Civil War. The purpose of the paper was twofold. The first objective was to see if it is possible to utilize official war records, autobiographies, biographies of close associates, and scholarly works to reconstruct the thinking of decision makers in the past …
The Economics of Environmental Control
Additional informationNotes on contributorsW. Jack DuncanDr. W. Jack Duncan holds his Doctorate from Louisiana State University, and is presently Associate Professor of Management in the School of Business at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Economic Neoliberalism
Pautas de respuesta al primer envío por correo de cuestionarios de encuesta
W. Jack Duncan, Fred L. Myrick, Jr., Pautas de respuesta al primer envío por correo de cuestionarios de encuesta: Implicaciones en la investigación de la opinión, Revista española de la opinión pública, No. 46 (Oct. - Dec., 1976), pp. 275-279
Parapsychology, Problem Solving, and Interpersonal Attraction
Knowledge Transfer in Administrative Science
Japan as Number One
Quasiexperimental Research in Organizations
The experiment has been the hallmark of empirical science. In recent years, the impracticality and sometimes impossibility of conducting ex-periments in real organizations has led to the increased use of quasiex-perimental research designs. This paper begins with a review of the ad-vantages and disadvantages of traditional experiments. Two major categories of quasiexperimental designs are then presented. Constructive techniques are evolutionary a…
Perceived Humor and Social Network Patterns in a Sample of Task-Oriented Groups
Nine diverse, task-oriented groups were studied in an effort to relate humor networks and interpersonal relations. Data were collected by means of a self-administered, structured questionnaire. The results did not confirm the assumption that rank-and-file employees are more actively involved in the humor network than are managers. However, in cases where managers were included, they were first accepted as friends. Unlike prior studies, this analy…
A Sense of Direction in Public Organizations
This article presents the results of a study of mission statements in 42 state health departments. The statements were examined in an effort to verify the components previously found in the mission statements of hospitals and business firms. It was determined that state public health departments often identify their target clients and include more extensive lists of services provided, than either business firms or hospitals. Business firms and ho…
Leadership and Decision Making
This paper examines the applicability of the Vroom-Yetton model of leadership and decision making to the battlefield behavior of ten commanding generals in six major battles of the American Civil War. The purpose of the paper was twofold. The first objective was to see if it is possible to utilize official war records, autobiographies, biographies of close associates, and scholarly works to reconstruct the thinking of decision makers in the past …
Testing a model of signals in the IPO offer process
Political science (8 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (3 works) · Management (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Complex Systems and Decision Making (2 works)