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The Influence of Culture, Community, and the Nested‐Self in the Stress Process: Advancing Conservation of Resources Theory
Conservation of Resources (COR) theory predicts that resource loss is the principal ingredient in the stress process. Resource gain, in turn, is depicted as of increasing import...
A versatile vector for gene and oligonucleotide transfer into cells in culture and in vivo: polyethylenimine.
Several polycations possessing substantial buffering capacity below physiological pH, such as lipopolyamines and polyamidoamine polymers, are efficient transfection agents per s...
An Examination of the Nature of Trust in Buyer-Seller Relationships
The authors integrate theory developed in several disciplines to determine five cognitive processes through which industrial buyers can develop trust of a supplier firm and its ...
Strategic management of small firms in hostile and benign environments
Abstract This paper reports the results of a study designed to investigate the effective strategic responses to environmental hostility among small manufacturing firms. Data on ...
Research methods in anthropology: qualitative and quantitative approaches
Chapter 1. Anthropology and the Social Sciences Chapter 2. The Foundations of Social Research Chapter 3. Preparing for Research Chapter 4. Research Design: Experiments and Exper...
NONPOINT POLLUTION OF SURFACE WATERS WITH PHOSPHORUS AND NITROGEN
Agriculture and urban activities are major sources of phosphorus and nitrogen to aquatic ecosystems. Atmospheric deposition further contributes as a source of N. These nonpoint ...
The Theory of Economic Regulation
The state—the machinery and power of the state—is a potential resource or threat to every industry in the society. With its power to prohibit or compel, to take or give money, t...
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods
Qualitative methods are central to research conducted in Education, Nursing, Sociology, Anthropology, and other disciplines in the humanities, social sciences and health science...