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Presents a discussion of fundamental statistical modeling concepts in a multiple regression framework. This book provides an introduction to GLM, exponential family distribution, and maximum likelihood estimation. It is useful for social science researchers who like to learn about advanced techniques.

This book provides encouragement and strategies for researchers who routinely address research questions using data from small samples. Chapters cover such topics as: using multiple imputation software with small sets; computing and combining effect sizes; bootstrap hypothesis testing; latent variable modeling; and time-series data from small numbers of individuals.

This volume is a readily accessible compilation of current, original scholarly research in the area of power and influence in organizations. It offers a rich exploration of emerging trends and new perspectives.

Internationally respected contributors describe in this volume their experiences of balancing the tension between teaching and research. Among the themes that emerge are: teachers as models for each other and for their students; individualism versus collectivism in the institution and the classroom; integrating individual research interests into the classroom; and finding one''s voice. The book suggests that if scholars are to be teachers, their ability to integrate teaching and research is fundamental to their wellbeing over the course of their career, and is probably an indication of their classroom effectiveness as well.

An international group of feminist psychologists use a range of perspectives to explore the relations between feminist politics and psychological practices in different countries. Issues of race, class and sexuality figure centrally.

'Price's introduction to public opinion shows that it is possible to add something interesting and distinctive at the same time as introducing neophytes to a new concept.... The issues raised are not new, but they are relevant, and rarely presented in such a concise and accessible way' Irish Communications Review

Does a client's age affect the counselling process? This book links life-span concepts directly to the daily concerns of counsellors. It identifies key decisions that are typically made in the counselling process and determines what kinds of age-related information will positively influence the counselling process.

The second volume presents an in-depth analysis of ten giant cities. The contributors - all leading experts on their respective cities - describe the present and future economic, social, political and environmental problems facing each city. Both public policy failures and successes are studied. Mega-Cities looks at - New York City, Los Angeles, London, Tokyo, Shanghai, Delhi, Lagos, Cairo, Mexico City and Sao Paulo.

Secondary analysis has assumed a central position in social science research as existing survey data and statistical computing programmes have become increasingly available. This volume presents strategies for locating survey data and provides a comprehensive guide to US social science data archives, describing several major data files. The book also reviews research designs for secondary analysis.

Explore increasing levels of sophistication in evaluating professional development - from the participants' reaction to professional development to how to evaluate organizational support and change.

Anne Sigismund Huff and Mark Jenkins have brought leading academics together: to provide informed analysis and theory to illustrate the contribution of knowledge mapping to central issues in strategy and organization theory; to consider the contribution of these studies to management practice; and to address practical theoretic and methodological limitations of these tools, including several software tools now available to facilitate mapping.

Offers a foresight into the different hypothetical paths counselling and psychotherapy may follow. Covering a range of professional, practical and philosophical issues, this book offers predictions that are realistic, although not always optimistic.

Education Studies

Use 80 reflection breaks as individual discussion starters or as part of a comprehensive professional growth plan that is perfect for teachers at all levels.

Examines some of the major precepts of what some refer to as the 'Los Angeles School' of urban theory.

This managment training aid gives seventy-one exercises that provide students and trainees with the practical experience and knowledge needed to succeed in real-world situations. Drawing from over 15 years of cross-cultural training experience, the author has assembled this diverse number of engaging exercises that can be quickly implemented with minimal effort.

Logistic Regression is designed for readers who have a background in statistics at least up to multiple linear regression, who want to analyze dichotomous, nominal, and ordinal dependent variables cross-sectionally and longitudinally.

The field of employment and industrial relations is undergoing dramatic changes in the developed world; whilst developing economies are also experiencing their own shifts in practice and policy. The chapters in this collection provide detailed and up-to-date analyses of industrial relations developments in four contrasting economies: Australia, the United Kingdom, China and Vietnam. Readers are invited to make a comparative study of these very different regions and regimes. Chapters are contributed by leading authorities in employment and industrial relations and make the complex detail of new industrial relations laws easy to understand.This book is designed for students and scholars of employment and industrial relations, and provides an excellent reference for practitioners and students of labour economics and international and comparative human resource management.

This resource helps young people from 5 to 12 years of age develop resilience and well being based on strong social and emotional health.

This excellent resource assists educators seeking to establish school-community partnerships to achieve goals for their schools and the students, families, and communities they serve.

This book offers a six-step model that harnesses the skills of popular young people to help others who may have low social status.

Ideal for teachers, psychologists and lecturers wishing to implement a practical, whole-school training program to help practitioners nurture children's emotional development.

This unique resource provides a wealth of theories and strategies for teachers to help spark students' motivations to learn and succeed beyond their formal schooling years.

Providing a rich and comprehensive resource for exploring the complexity of modern organizations internationally and translating leading-edge theory into leading-edge practice, this new Updated Edition preserves Morgan's renowned creative images and metaphors while refreshing the references and tables.

This four-volume collection provides a map for anyone seeking to reconnoitre the landscape of human geography today.

Introduces readers to a novel way of thinking about the familiar problems of public policy. This title sets out the crucial questions that must be asked in order to draw logical and empirically sound conclusions from observing experiences in the past, or in other places.

Analyzing Social and Political Change provides a clear and accessible guide to quantitative methods for the analysis of change over time.

This text shows how to put discursive theoretical and methodological insights to work in the investigation of concrete problems in psychology. A range of traditional psychological topics are examined, from decision-making, memory and attributions to emotions, learning and the self.