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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
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Attachment Theory in Organizations: Relationships with Coworker, Leader, and Organization Itself
DownloadSpring 2023
I present a dissertation project consisting of three independent research papers focusing on how attachment theory (Ainsworth et al., 1978; Bowlby, 1969) can inform the employee–organization relationship (EOR) research, including workplace relationships with coworkers, leaders, and the...
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Spring 2012
Burnout is a chronic syndrome characterized by emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced efficacy that has long-term ill effects for individuals, organizations, families, and health-care systems. Job engagement is considered to be the positive opposite of the burnout experience, and it is...
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Fall 2019
Black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) are a species of songbird commonly found across much of North America. Their namesake chick-a-dee call is an acoustically complex vocalization that is partially learned (Hughes, Nowicki, & Lohr, 1998) and whose syntax is comparatively similar to that...