Leslie E. Tower
West Virginia University
34 Papers
144 Citations
Leslie E. Tower is an academic researcher from West Virginia University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social work & Domestic violence. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 32 publications. Previous affiliations of Leslie E. Tower include Florida State University College of Arts and Sciences.
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Papers
Barriers in Screening Women for Domestic Violence: A Survey of Social Workers, Family Practitioners, and Obstetrician–Gynecologists
TL;DR: Self-Efficacy was the strongest predictor of screening behavior with Fear of Offending, Safety Concerns, CEUs/CMEs, and in-service hours contributing approximately equally to the prediction of screenings behavior.
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Domestic Violence Screening: Education and Institutional Support Correlates
TL;DR: Multiple regression analysis showed that perceived self-efficacy, paperwork screening reminders, and inservice training hours explained 38.5% (35.8% adjusted) of the variability in screening behaviors.
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Organizational Change and Gender Equity in Academia: Using Dialogical Change to Promote Positive Departmental Climates
Melissa Latimer,Kasi Jackson,Lisa M. Dilks,James J. Nolan,Leslie E. Tower +4 more
- 06 Oct 2014
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors implemented and assessed an intervention designed to promote gender equity and organizational change within STEM departments in two Colleges at a single Research High university at the University of South Carolina.
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Reframing Workplace Spirituality to Reduce Career and Social Costs to Women
TL;DR: The authors argue that career and social costs only exist because workplace policies and practices are based on values that are grounded in beliefs derived from scientific, religious, and spiritual sources, and employ three ontological ideal-types to examine workplace policies that affect men and women differently.
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Work/Life Fit The Intersection of Developmental Life Cycle and Academic Life Cycle
Leslie E. Tower,Anna C. Faul,Anna C. Faul,Johnnie Hamilton-Mason,Wanda Lott Collins,Priscilla A. Gibson +5 more
TL;DR: A successful academic trajectory tends to be characterized by a singular Standard, that is, doctoral degree, tenure-track position, tenure, and promotion to full professor, administration, or both as discussed by the authors.
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